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March 15 -21, 2012 | Volume 54, Issue 23 | carillonregina.com

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Gadies and lentlemen, your 2012-2013 Carillon Board of Directors has been acclaimed! Salutations to Kent Peterson, Madeline Kotzer, Tim Jones, Nathan Frank, and Anna Weber. We look forward to an excellent year of you ve biting your nails over our nances. (There are two student-at-large seats still available, BTW.) There are maybe half a handful of issues left this term, so if you want to contribute to this volume of the paper, get at us! And if you want to make a more creative contribution, think about sending something in for our writing supplement. Checkthe last issue or contact aandc@carillonregina.com for details.

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An Op-Ed piece in last weeks issue (Consider your options, Vol. 54 Iss. 22) was mistakenly attributed to contributor Sebastian Prost. It was in fact written by URSU president Kent Peterson. The Carillon regrets this outright ridiculous error and, accordingly, our production managers house has been burned down.

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

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editor-in-chief Ha ha ha, what is even going on at the University of Regina Students Union these days. So there was going to be a board meeting on Tuesday, March 13, but when your correspondent arrived in the room, there were a grand total of six board members plus the chair. In other words, no meeting! Which marks the second week in a row that URSU has tried and failed to get a board meeting together. Board chair Sean McEachern, after letting the presenters go, told those assembled that hed send out an email seeing if next Tuesday is ne. So well be trying again on March 20, midway through elections, apparently. That ought to be fun and completely not tense or awkward for any of the competing parties at all. The plus side out of all this is that we can see a bunch of proposed URSU motions in advance. If something piques your interest, why not contact your constituency director and let them know how you feel? And while youre at it, why not come to the candidates forum in Riddell Centre on Monday, March 19, at 11:00 a.m.? Therell be a presentation on behalf of a petition to reconsider the boycott, divestment, and sanctions resolution passed at the annual general meeting, which requires URSU to determine its investments in Israeli businesses and withdraw those funds in protest against Palestinian apartheid. The group behind this representatives from which hustled out the boardroom door immediately after the meeting was cancelled are likely looking for a special general meeting to be called before the end of the term. Given the heated rhetoric and media spotlight the event has borne in the last couple of weeks, its likely that reconsider is a euphemism for reject. Well see what happens next week. Presentation!

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First on the docket is the URSU Social Media Policy, during the discussion of which if history is any guide your correspondent will likely nd himself out on his ass, as these conversations have been held in camera since they first reared their cumbersome head in mid-October. As it stands, the URSU executives Twitter accounts are technically privately registered, so the board has no direct control over either the branding or messaging. With luck, next week will bring us close enough to an actual idea of future policy so that we can report it and everyone on Twitter can breathe easy and plan another tweet-up somewhere. The fourth motion, likely to be the most contentious, addresses something youll surely notice if you open the election guide included with this issue: Rather than the newly-created Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) position being elected, it appears that the position will be appointed by members of [its] respective constitutenc[y]. It further appears that, according to the motion, the position was not open for election, leaving the question of exactly who will appoint the CFS board seat up in the air, seemingly in direct contravention of URSU president Kent Petersons remarks to the Carillon following the AGM that the position would be elected by the student body (Despite debates, URSU adds board positions, Feb. 16, Vol. 52, Iss. 19). Odds are good this one will be, er, time-consuming. Other motion that will make it to next week include a sponsorship item for new U of R club A Worthy Cause to receive $700 from the sponsorship line item in order to promote a Kony 2012 campaign here on campus, a motion establishing a training period for the next board of directors, and a motion asking the universitys board of governors to reconsider the on-campus parking fee increase. Sadly, an item requesting that URSU ofcially support the Five Days for the Homeless campaign on social media probably wont make next week, as itll be out of date. Motions!

Personality conflicts turn Electoral Reform URSU board set to deal with Israeli apartheid and CFS Committee into bust

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This is where the magic was supposed to happen suggestions more fully, but also feel free to research other members topics as well, Peterson said He claims that ERC members did largely no research work. Petersons reason for asking for recommendations ahead of time was so he could pass the suggestions along to all the board members, which ensured everyone could make an informed and thoughtful decision on which recommendations to present at the AGM. In one of his emails to the committee, Peterson wrote, We will deal only with motions submitted in advance ... It will give everyone an opportunity to read the motions ... It will enable us to streamline, should several motions be submitted from different people that that deal with the same section of the constitution or bylaws. However, for every meeting that was scheduled, only one recommendation was ever submitted. Jordan Palmer, one of the board members in the committee, suggested a few reasons that this happened. He said Peterson made his committee members feel uncomfortable when they made suggestions, so he did not wish to send in his recommendations ahead of time. This semester, there were hardly any meetings, which was ridiculous, Palmer said. Kent said Forward all your ideas, which I didnt feel comfortable with. No one can trust Kent. The majority of the board members cant trust Kent. Its either conform to what the chair or executive wants, or be ignored. Peterson cancelled several meetings due to time issues and the lack of content for meetings. The meeting was postponed, which allowed more time to submit recommendations, he said. Still, no recommendations were submitted. In an attempt to start conversation and to get the ERC members to do work I submitted example recommendations, Peterson said. However, when asked, Palmer said no sample recommendations were ever given to the ERC members. There was a lot of miscommunication whether deliberate or not, that remains to be seen. Kent would call the meetings and only some of us would get the email. Thats happened to Kyle [Addison], Mike [Burton] and myself, Palmer said. In one email, I did kind of go off on Kent, saying, Its more important to get a time that works for the majority of members at the meeting, not just the chairperson. Despite the few meetings and recommendations, Peterson still submitted some recommendations at the AGM on Feb. 8. I dont know if the other committee members know, but I presented the suggestions from our first meeting and Mike Burtons recommendation, which was the only one submitted to me, he said. Palmer said he would have preferred if there were other changes suggested for the electoral process. I think if theres 50 votes between something, there should be a by-election, he said. And we should just clarify which areas are campaign spaces. But these ideas were not suggested at this years AGM, as the meetings were never held. Palmer has a theory as to why. It was organization, planning, and just the fact that personal egos got in the way, he said. Yeah, personal egos got in the way.

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news writer Theres nothing like a good political spat around election time. At last years University of Regina Students Unions annual general meeting, then-presidential candidate Kent Peterson proposed the organization create an Electoral Reform Committee (ERC), which would present suggestions for changes at this years AGM for the upcoming elections. Once the current URSU executive and board took over in May 2011, they struck up a committee consisting of six representatives: new president Peterson as chairperson, Sonia Stanger, Kyle Addison, Mike Burton, and Rhiannon Ward as students-atlarge, and Jordan Palmer and Shayna Glass in the board positions. There were meetings scheduled before the fall semester started and there were discussions on what changes might be recommended. However, from here things seem to get a little blurry and stories begin to conflict. Several meetings wound up cancelled, no recommendation was submitted to the AGM, and the details from each side of the story dont quite match. According to Kent Peterson, this was due to coincidence and little effort on the part of his committee members. Peterson said he continually tried to organize a time for the ERC to meet and that his committee members simply did not reorganize their schedules. In Petersons minutes for the rst ERC meetings, there is a note that outlines the responsibilities for each person. It was mutually decided that, on the list of suggestions and recommendations was typed, members should research their own

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URSU Presidential Roundtable

The Carillon questions candidates about their platforms

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Not pictured: Snowy Bears gin and cola Nick Faye: I have had an interest in politics ever since I was little, and I made a conscious effort to get involved in the university a couple of years ago, and its just been the best experience of my life. I started paying attention to URSU for the last couple of years and I loved it. I think I have the leadership skills. I am a glue guy; I think I can bring a lot of different people together and I think I can bring a real sense of professionalism and leadership to the executive. about rallying in the streets for a postal workers strike at a CFS [Canadian Federation of Students] meeting on an URSU blog and the recent Israel issue at the AGM: students voted it in and we need to respect that, but my personal viewpoint is we need to be more neutral and speak up on only student or education issues. voted in at an AGM. it could mean there were other whole clubs that werent there, that couldnt be there and able to put in their voice, which is something that I want to work on as well, to get all people out to make these big decisions, not just the smaller groups that are able to make it out to the general meetings. Bear: I brought ice cream if anyone wants to try some. Its amazing. Have you ever had freshly cooked bacon on vanilla ice cream? Its tasty. If you have never tried vanilla ice cream and bacon you are missing out and these are the opportunities that students are missing out on campus: vanilla ice cream and bacon. Faye: Just to go back, I denitely agree with Haanim that that was voted in. Regardless of whether or not students complain about it, that was voted in. Show up and vote if you really feel strongly for it. But I feel this particular issue might have marginalized a few members of the Jewish community or the Israeli community, so I am not sure how I feel about the issue, but it was voted in by students and, if you didnt vote, I dont think it is appropriate to complain. know of their options and that URSU did not persecute against a certain group of people; it was a motion brought forward by students and voted on by students.

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news editor On Wednesday, Mar. 7, the four University of Regina Students Union (URSU) presidential candidates Snowy Bear, Nick Faye, Haanim Nur, and Nathan Sgrazzutti sat down together in the Carillon ofce to answer questions that are on, or should be on, students minds. The majority of it is excerpted below; for the whole 40-minute roundtable, visit carillonregina.com. Why are you running for president?

Nathan Sgrazzutti: It eventually became my decision to run for president because, when were coming together as a group who wanted to run as an entire slate, I was the one who knew everyone, had an interest in everyone, and knew everyones ideas. I have been an everyman jack-of-alltrades for everything I am interested in, from sports to arts to everything in between. I am able to connect with anyone who has a got a problem or any one [who] needs something done.

Snowy Bear: I really want people to have fun here at the campus. Now Damien, my campaign manager, wrote my bio, and I think it may have got away from my true campaign, which is to bring more bacon to the campus. If students have to pay for mandatory meal plan, they should have more diverse bacon options on the menu. If theyre forced to pay for something they should have a choice if not, then why the hell are the paying for it?

Haanim Nur: After serving one term as vice-president of nance, I gained a lot of experience of the whole executives URSU role. The reason I am running is because I think students deserve a strong and diverse team and a strong president when talking to the university administration, when talking to the municipal, provincial, and federal governments. What we need is a leader [who] represents all students on campus and bridge[s] a lot of relationships and work[s] toward student issues. Is it URSUs place to provide a platform for social issues?

Faye: My personal opinion of this and obviously this depends on things like the [annual general meeting] and student voting is that we shouldnt be taking partisan stances. I feel we should try and keep that out of student politics as much as possible. If there are issues that are relevant to students education and student issues that we need to take a stance on, I am all for it. Supporting a teacher during a teacher strike: I stand behind that one hundred per cent because we have a vested interest in students. Blogging

Sgrazzutti: First and foremost, the University of Regina Students Union is just that: its a union for the students, its a union for the betterment of the students experience and, although things like whats going on in Israel and the currently popular issues in Uganda [are important], its not something thats going to exactly affect students right here, right now. As the University of Reginas Students Union, youre here to support all student societies, any student club that wants to get involved. If there is a club that says were going to be political activists, I would be more than ready to fund them, but fairly, in a line with all other club funding; they would get the same amount we would give to anyone else because, although it was something

Nur: The way URSU is mandated, just going off of what Nick said about the whole Israeli motion, is we have to follow a constitution and the way the constitution works is that if students voted in the AGM and that motion carries, then URSU supports it. I really respect democracy that URSU plays a large role in and having an AGM and having the ability to put a motion forward and then having enough support for that and going carrying on those goals in that sense, I am really proud of URSU.

Bear: I also brought cookies and cream toppings for the ice cream. I noticed no one really wanted my ice cream, so I brought this if you want. What do you think the current board did well and what do you think it needed to improve on?

Nur: Actually just going off of that as well. Some students a part of Israeli Appreciation Week came up to my ofce and actually spoke with me about the BDS motion that passed. I let them know how URSU works and the structures in place and I let them know that they do have options. If they want to call a special general meeting, that could happen. They could also bring a motion to the AGM and vote on it next year. I let them

Bear: At the beginning of this winter term I was very impressed that the URSU was out there giving out bacon to students. I was tired, I had just waited in line for 10 minutes for Tim Hortons, and then the next thing I know I walked over and bacon. Oh emm gee. Yes, there were pancakes, hash browns, and sausage, but bacon. Thank you. And that is

Sgrazzutti: Hands down, especially from our last question, the board did a great job of supporting things that was voted in the AGM such as the Israel issue. That should always be continued through URSU because thats our job. [Something] that could be worked on is a much better connection with the faculty and with the outside government. I think instead of taking an incredible hard-nosed stance when dealing with members of our faculty we should be able to communicate and keep things from getting a little too heated and be able to come to a happy medium, where the students can be happy and where the teachers and the faculty are happy enough to let it kind of continue.

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something that I would continue on the tradition with more bacon, of course for the following year. the short-to-medium term solution, is to get these spots up and we need to sure were looking at medium solutions for parking. Just to segue off Haanims point, I take the bus. I tweet from the bus. I love public transit, but Regina transit is a very frustrating thing. I dont take it because it is efficient, I take it because I love it and I believe the long-term solution for our transportation problems is developing infrastructure for transit and maybe creating a report so the next U-Pass vote; we can give it to the students to say if you give us your money, if vote this in these are the improvements you can expect. I dont think that was ever prevalent in any previous UPass referendums. out. How much it costs, how much bacon is given out these are things that have to be talked with students after were earn there attention and trust. Apathy is becoming a major issue on campus. How do you plan on engaging students and increase participation on campus? should be closed. URSU meetings are open [and] they work ne, its not like they get too disruptive. Were just students curious about how our money is being used and the things on the horizon, etc. I dont think it would hurt anything; I would obviously expect students to be professional at these meetings. I believe they should be open and I see no reason why they should really be closed. Sgrazzutti: In order for the board of governors to have open meetings we need to have a much stronger relationship with them, by being a much more active and easier to work with group. I believe slowly with time we can gain that trust that students can enter the board meetings. What kind of relationship do you want with Vianne Timmons?

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Nur: One of the things that I was really proud of this year was the URSU budget that was passed in June. We increased sponsorship, we increased club funding, we decreased the dollar amount for locker rentals; just overall I was really proud the board of directors passed it. We also had a really great elections campaign for the provincial election. We tied in a lot of student issues, like tuition fees, housing, childcare, aboriginal education, and general youth voting. A lot of students were pleased with the actions that were taken and we just had a great time overall running the campaign and making students aware of the issues. Another thing I was proud of this year was the Day of Action campaign that we ran as well with the CFS. We called on the federal government to take off the twoper-cent cap on the PostSecondary Student Support Program, which is the funding mechanism in place to fund First Nations and Inuit students. Bear: Can I propose a Day of Bacon? Parking is a major concern for students. What would be your plan to address this, if elected?

Faye: I was really impressed with the election video campaign. I thought it was great, it was really well done. I loved how URSU came out and supported the teachers. We have a vested interest in education and we need show support. I felt there was a very partisan slant to one way a lot of times. I think that translated in the dealings of the government and members of the University of Regina. If elected, I would really put a focus on making constructive relationships and trying to build them and trying to maintain a sense of professionalism in dayto-day dealings, just try and build those relationships. It is easy to let your opinions alter the way that you represent the school. In reality, your job is to represent all students, not just your opinions.

ing up for students on an issue, but I think you need to do so respectfully and you need to do so in a constructive manner to try and build and go forward and not to clash. Sgrazzutti: The day the provincial government starts acting in a way that its universities will fail is the day the provincial government itself will fail. Support from youth and parents of youth is a huge part for them, so by having a strong relationship with Brad Wall and the provincial government were able to once again converse with them instead of being very hard-nosed and attacking them.

Sgrazzutti: So like Nathan and Haanim said parking is a huge issue at the university and I think all of us hope to improve that in the next year. From my point of view, I think taking a moderate approach to fix the issues is the best course of action. I have heard a ton of ideas being past across the table: why dont we build a parkade, why dont we build a hundred new stalls. While all of these are good ideas especially the parkade these are all expensive and will take time. Something that an URSU can work positively towards is something like adding a new parking lot and possibly dropping the fee of a parking pass. If the lot is too far away for students, then possibly looking at something a little more radical and possible like a shuttle that can go in between from a farther parking lot to the front of the university buildings. It is a little out of the box, but it is something that could work. Bear: [Making audible chewing noises] Bacon. Give bacon to any students that choose to ride the bus, that way everyone would leave their cars at home. If students get bacon they will go and do things that are good for the environment and stuff. Bacon is such an amazing incentive. Just to recap, are you for or against a U-Pass?

Bear: Doing things that catch their attention, that truly draw the[ir] attention away from the[ir] everyday life and making an impact, so that once you have the[ir] attention doing things that matter. Nur: That is actually one of the points that is on our platform this year as well: increase student engagement. One of the ways we as a team would do this is by having these things called the URSU socials. Where every once a month we will sponsor a keg at the Owl and we will have a theme around for example the Rams big night, or the basketball teams, or the wrestling or swim teams just to get students engaged that way. Also through continuing the campaigns we did this year. Faye: Just making sure things such as voting are as accessible as possible, just making sure things are as easy for students to get there as possible. And just to touch on what Nathan said, working with the student groups. They have a wide reach on our campus and I thin[k] if we reach out to them, get them more involved, maybe send out a newsletter, just try and get them on board for all our campaigns. Do you think board of governor meetings should be open? How would you best advocate for students while they continue to be closed?

Sgrazzutti: I guess the rst thing is to get known and then to get people to vote. For things run by URSU and student societies, the rst thing is awareness. We need to get people to know that these activities are actually happening. We had that problem with the AGMs in the past year. Students didnt know about them. So by making students aware by their student societies working with their student societies we can make things happen.

Nur: I want a good relationship with Vianne. Vianne is a great person; I met her a couple of times. We worked great together this year, as well. One quick point about our relationship with Vianne is that she actually came to our AGM. We asked her to come and say a few words. This years was a little different because we criticized the administration on the parking issue, but I think that is what essentially a students union is for. It doesnt mean we have burned any bridges, it just means were a strong representation. Faye: Just on that parking issue I thought we went at that in abrasive way and I think we could have been more diplomatic. I would really try to forge constructive relationships with Vianne. I met her as well; she seems like a really nice person and congrats on her getting her contract being extended. I think that is going to be a huge key for getting this university anywhere, making that relationship strong. I just thought last year they got off on the completely wrong foot, with that abrasive campaign. Sgrazzutti: I am behind Nick a hundred per cent. By working with Vianne for the new student orientations and the winter orientations, I can see she is very smart lady and she knows what she wants for the university and she wants the best and that is no different than what an URSU should want. Bear: I think she is an amazing person and that I really think if students vote on incentives like if you help us out, well bribe you with bacon. Did I say bribebonuses with bacon? Vianne, bacon, Vianne, bacon thats all I have to say. Bacon, bacon, bacon bacon, bacon its for you if you help us out. Why kind of relationship do you think URSU should have with Brad Wall and the provincial government?

Nur: I really do agree with the guys here, I really do want a strong relationship with the provincial government considering that post-secondary education is a provincial jurisdiction. I think it is important to communicate our asks and our issues and it is important to do so in a very respectable and efcient manner. Do you think slates or parties have a place in student politics? Do you think it takes away from a diversity and forces people to vote for people in a slate that they dont necessarily want, but because it is part of a slate?

Bear: I believe if students vote for Snowy Bear to be the next president then media, as well as politicians, will pay more attention to us and then we will have the opportunity to send our message in a more positive way. But we rst need that attention that I can provide with bacon.

Nur: This is actually one point on our platform this year. That the plan for next year considering there is a municipal election coming up would be to work with the City of Regina and the University of Regina for better transit. Lots of students have communicated that if bus routes were more accessible not like twenty minutes away from their house they would take the bus. And if it wasnt a forty minute to an hour ride to campus they would take the bus. So, with the upcoming election, work with the people that I mentioned to get transit to become better. I think that would automatically make the parking issue better. If we have more students taking the bus then that frees up more lots. So for parking in general is to work with the U of R and get more lots on campus and to get long-term sustainable plan in place for parking. Faye: This is a huge issue. Basically for the university you need to spend money to make money. We took a hundred spots off the market last year; were building a 450 new spots for this fall which is good, but the school is going continue to grow. That is

Nur: I would be for a U-Pass after doing some polling and after doing some tangible planning with the City of Regina and then ensuring they would make transit better and after doing some longterm planning with the university and the city. Then I would be for having a referendum. Faye: I took two years at the U of S and the rst year I went there was the first year of the implementation of a U-Pass. I have some experience and initially I said I wouldnt use it. I think that the transit system was as bad there as it is in Regina; it is pretty terrible. I am not meaning to hate on the City of Regina. I think that if we take a few years, develop a report, develop a plan with the city, and can tell students a tangible plan, these are the things you can expect. I think we are a couple years away from a U-Pass vote, but I would be for it if the students knew where there money was going.

Sgrazzutti: I only have thirty seconds, but I really want to fit in that I am really excited for Nicks answer. Personally I think that, although a slate and parties do defeat the original idea of democracy, I do think a slate [is] also good because within a slate you can nd teamwork, co-operation, and a way to voice opinions that all of you have. So by having 20 people interested in the same thing then just one, it is easier to get an idea across to multiple people. Bear: They can do what they want; it just leaves it up to the independent runners to be creative in what they do so they can be noticed. Yes they have a budget increase, they can buy bigger ads in the Carillon, but you know whatever, lifes a bitch sometimes you got to go with it.

Bear: U-Pass, Bacon Pass, I am all for it if its for the environment, but the details have to be worked

Sgrazzutti: If its something the students want then I would support it.

Nur: I think board of governor meetings should be open. I denitely would work towards working with the students on campus basically making them aware board of governors meetings are closed and basically making them aware of this issue. I understand that some students say that meetings then wouldnt be as efcient, but the fact of the matter is students wouldnt get to speak anyways. As students we just want to sit there and watch, as students we just want to see how the motions are being voted on. Faye: I see no reason why they

Bear: Of course they should be public; everyone should know whats going on behind closed doors. But how to get them involved, get them in front of the doors knocking. If you dont want this to be private, if you want to know whats happening, go and make a scene, and bring bacon. If you have fresh bacon the smell will draw them out. Trust me. Works for me every time.

Nur: I think slates can be a strong mechanism when youre running a campaign, but I strictly believe URSU should only have executive slates; I dont believe in the slates with the board of directors, just because the board of directors provide an oversight on the executive. I think slates are good for teamwork.

Faye: I think at especially at the provincial level it is going to be very important to keep communication open and to try and create these constructive relationships. I am using that a lot because I like that phrase. I thought again, just with some of the personal opinions of the board members last year, there is nothing wrong with voicing your opinions and stand-

Faye: Parties and slates have huge value in the province and in the federal government; they run the country. I think at the student level it takes away from learning more about the individual. Instead of having students market their individual skills, I feel the shift is on this group that might not even work together depending on the votes. They have to work with all different types of slates and people.

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A new season for activism

Starhawk helps the seeds of social change sprout at the U of R
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news writer How do you develop a strategy for change and how do you also sustain yourself in a healthy and nurturing and nourishing way when youre trying to work on issues that are big and sometimes seem overwhelming? author and activist Starhawk asked. How do you create spiritual sustenance so you have the ability to stay healthful, energized, and enthusiastic, and continue working for the longterm? On Monday, Starhawk will be coming to the University of Regina for a lecture and a Spring Equinox ritual. Her visit, facilitated by the U of Rs Womens Centre, will revolve around activism and Canadas environment circumstances. But first, on Sunday, she will be at Reginas Cathedral Neighborhood Centre, conducting a workshop titled Spirit and Activism, looking at how to maintain spiritual strength through the battles of activism. As an activist for decades, Starhawk has done all kinds of work surrounding a variety of issues. She believes activism takes two forms: protesting injustices and creating alternatives. Ive been involved a lot with the Occupy movement through the fall, protesting economic injustice and inequality, she said. For me, its always important to work on both sides. I think were stronger when we say no to something when we also have a way of saying yes. Starhawk is also the founder of a seminar program called Earth Activist Trainings (EAT), which recently helped develop gardens in inner-city neighbourhoods, where she claims there are more liquor stores than groceries stores. Its a neighbourhood that suffers from a food apartheid, Starhawk how we can stand up and build a world that values the values that women have always held, she said. I dont think they are innate to women and women only. I think there is denitely plenty of men that are nurturing and loving and care for children and our future, but those are the values that have been assigned to women in our patriarchal culture. Starhawk also plans to discuss Canadas oil sands and Canadas important role in the environment. Thats one of the things that makes Canada[s] society so strong and so unique, she explained. In some ways, Canada is very much in the forefront of some of the big environmental questions, especially around the tar sands and Keystone pipeline. I think the decisions you all make, as Canadians, around these things are really key right now, not just for Canada, not just for North America, but for the state of the world. Coming from California, Starhawk jokes that shes apprehensive about the cold, but is thrilled to be able to spread her message a fusion of spirituality and activism to University of Regina students. I hope the students will take away some tools and understandings that they can apply to the issues they care most deeply about for understanding how do you develop a strategy for change, she said. Starhawks workshop on Sunday does require registration, but Mondays events are open to all University of Regina students. The Spring Equinox ritual at First Nations University will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, with the talk scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Luther Auditorium and a reception and book signing to follow. All of the events are free of charge.

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said. There is little or no way in that neighbourhood to get a hold of fresh fruit, vegetables, good food. But when she comes to Regina next week, Starhawk will focus more on spirituality, activism, and Canadas resources. She nds her spiritual approach, however, in tune with the Aboriginal people and their shared view that the world is sacred. The planet we live on, our support systems, the things we need to sustain life are sacred in the sense that they are really, really important, she said. They shouldnt be given up, or compromised, for the sake of something else, like prot or money. If we dont take care of them, if we dont care of the basic systems that sustain our lives, then were not going to be able to sustain our culture, our society, and our own lives. Starhawks visit to the U of R deliberately coincides with the

Spring Equniox, which she said is a way of celebrating the transition of the seasons and the time of winter and cold and dark into the time of spring, when new things begin to grow and sprout. When this is happening in the outer world, its a good time to focus on what we want to grow and sprout and plant in our own lives, she added. The changes we might want to make, the growth we might want to go through personally, and the things we want to do for our community and our world. On Monday evening, Starhawk will be giving a talk about her experiences as an activist and the state of one of Canadas most disputed resources, the oil sands. She takes issue with both the environmental and economic impacts of the industry and she hopes other women do, too. I think the huge issues are environmental destruction and eco-

nomic injustice and there is a lot of things that support both of them, like racism and sexism, Starhawk explained. All of those issues have an enormous impact on women, because women are the ones who pick up the pieces, clean up the messes, who are often the ones left to take the responsibility that no one else wants to take. I think women are the ones who also suffer the worst impact when the environment no longer sustains us and when economic injustice forces us into poverty; it always falls hardest on women and our children. Although she thinks these issues are particularly relevant to women, she doesnt disregard their impact on men; however, Starhawk thinks its the values and ideas of women that will make a difference. I think its very important for us, as women, to be able to nd our voices and find our power and come together and gure out

Cold nights, warm hearts

Five Days for the Homeless returns to Regina
kyle leitch
contributor Walking a mile in someone elses shoes is one thing, but sleeping on their concrete is something else entirely. Thats what ve University of Regina students found themselves doing this weekend. As the thirdannual Five Days for the Homeless campaign kicked off March 4, students representing several faculties covered the ground in cardboard, sleeping bags, and signs, and prepared to face the next few (mercifully mild) nights. The rules of the event are very simple: the students must remain on campus for ve days, they cannot have any income and are not allowed to purchase anything, they may only consume what is donated to them, they may only have a pillow and sleeping bag, they cannot access showers or student facilities, they must sleep outside, they must avoid social media and they must attend all classes. Five Days for the Homeless was conceived at the University of Alberta Business School in 2005. Students there wanted to simultaneously raise awareness about the growing issue of homelessness and to challenge the stereotype of the greedy business student. The inaugural event raised $2,000 for the Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS), a local in charity organization Edmonton. In 2011, 22 campuses had joined the cause and they collectively raised over $220,000. Naturally, I needed to get to the bottom of this phenomenon. Five Days for the Homeless was something positive to do for the community, explained U of R fourth-year business administration student Sarah Stewart. The positive environment of last year really resonated with me. The ve participating students and I were huddled on our makeshift bed sheets of donated cardboard discussing the impact of Five Days. Students wonder who these people are and when you tell them that youre sitting outside for five days ... then they really listen, says Andrew Burant. Though the event is now three years old at the U of R, each of the ve participants in this years event are taking part for the rst time. Ally Pilkey, one of the cochairs of the Regina chapter of the event, says this lack of past experience only serves to strengthen the event. They have a huge impact on the success of the event because theyre the ones who get into it, drive the event forward, and drive more people to participate, Pilkey explained. In fact, two of last years participants brought our small camp Tim Hortons hot chocolate to help combat the cold. Sleep came a little bit tougher than one would expect, the cold notwithstanding. Campus security had to make sure we were still alive in the early hours of the morning and, at 5 a.m., the camp was awakened by the arrival of no less than three garbage trucks in the small receiving area below. Finally, at 7 a.m., we were up and moving, ready to start our week of fundraising. Sarah Stewart assured me the student response to Five Days was very positive. However, one cannot fully grasp the generosity of the folks on campus until they join in the fundraising efforts for themselves. I was out in force with the Five Days camp, shaking the bright orange collection can, trying to raise all the money I could for Carmichael Outreach. Of course, there were those who would not make eye contact with us one student even sprinted away from us but there were also those that gladly donated $10 and $20 bills and assured us they would be donating again. The cold, lack of facilities, and the generosity of students will not deter these brave men and women. So what does worry the camp? Underwear, Pilkey stated. We had a great big lecture from a Carmichael woman from Outreach about how to wear underwear for ve days. If underwear is the only thing that worries the camp, then its fundraising goal of $17,000 should be a walk in the park.

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Tightening up
B.C. budget calls for cuts at post-secondary institutions
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cup western bureau chief VANCOUVER (CUP) In the pursuit of a balanced budget, B.C. is asking universities and colleges to tighten their belts. The provincial government, in its budget tabled Feb. 21, is calling for post-secondary institutions to cut $70 million from their collective budgets over the next three years. According to Finance Minister Kevin Falcon, the government expects this money to come from administrative savings. The province will work with universities, colleges and other institutions to help ensure that front-line programs are not affected, he said in his budget announcement. And we believe a one per cent cost reduction is very achievable. Funding will stay stable for the next year, with the cuts coming between 2013 and 2015. The budget document asserts that savings can be found by combined purchases of equipment by institutions, cutting travel costs and through a reduction in support services. A statement from the Ministry of Advanced Education emphasized that the budget also included a $9 million increase for additional medical, health and other priority seats, and that $462 million had been set aside for capneeds-based grant program that was axed in 2005. Robert Clift, the executive director of the Canadian Federation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., said that post-secondary institutions face greater inationary pressures than other sectors of the economy. Prices for things like journals, scientific equipment, laboratory supplies ... the ination rates for those types of goods and services increases at a faster rate than the general price index, he said. Clift was suspect of the government's claim that funding cuts won't affect students. They said that the cuts can't come at the expense of services to students, which is laudable, but impossible, he said. Students are going to feel this one way or another. Clift went on to say that while lay-offs are unlikely at universities, one way that savings may be found is by departments not rehiring for vacancies. So it's not that a faculty member gets laid off, but a department that was maybe looking to hire somebody won't do that hiring now. When we can't reduce services to students, we can't cut the number of sections, so what we do [is] we try to hire sessional instructors to do that job.

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ital projects over the next few years. UBC declined to comment about how the university would deal with budget cuts. Michelle Mungall, the NDP critic for advanced education, said that despite the government's promises, the cuts are likely to affect students. We're seeing colleges report projected decits, and that would be before the budget was released. And now with this budget, we're going to see program cuts. She argued that institutions

B.C. nance minister Kevin Falcons announcement caused many a grad student to shed a tear into a bowl of ramen have been cutting back on administration for years and that there remains little left to cut. They've become very lean machines, she said. And they have no choice but to go back to students. No surprise here, when you look at the budget book, the only thing increasing in post-secondary education is revenue from tuition. Mungall said that colleges will be hit harder by the budget cuts than universities. They don't have the ability to seek out research grants to top up

in the same way that universities do. Mungall also pointed to the special challenges of northern and rural institutions. She argued that schools that have multiple campuses spread over large regions, such as Okanagan College and Northwest Community College, must pay more for travel and often replicate classes at various campuses. She went on to say that the budget also falls short on nancial aid for students, and that an NDP government would reinstate a

Federal student summer job centres to close

Critics say action treats young people as easy targets
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cup ontario bureau chief TORONTO (CUP) The federal government is closing job centres that help students find seasonal summer employment, shifting its services online to save $6.5 million a year. The Canada Centres for Youth offices were open temporarily from May from August to offer job-finding advice and careerbuilding tips to youth aged 15-24. The number of students visiting these sites has signicantly decreased over the years, making them less effective and relevant for today's youth, said Alyson Queen, spokesperson for Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley. Young Canadians have told us that they want to access more government services online, so as a result we are expanding our website with more resources to help them nd employment. While Finley announced on Jan. 27 that services were moving to the governments youth employment site, there was no mention in that announcement that the centres would be closing. Diverse reaction has followed the announcement. It doesnt surprise me, because this government has shown its willingness to cut its expenses on the backs of the most vulneravestments in young people. The federal Conservatives, however, are reiterating the fact that the summer job-nding services will still continue, being integrated into already existing Service Canada ofces. What we want to be clear about is students will continue to have access to in person service ... at our Service Canada ofces, said Queen. There is no longer the need for these seasonal temporary ofces. Also repeated by the federal government is the statement that more young people are going online. But according to Graefe, excluding those who cannot navigate the online job market could be problematic, and that while those who know how to move from the online job market to getting a job will do well, others who might not have access or experience with looking for jobs online could be left behind. There [are] problems that havent been thought of, Graefe said, adding that if youth use other mainstream online job sites to nd work, support for the traditional centres may not be enough for them to stay open. Its a government thats looking to cut as much as possible, in places that they think people arent going to feel it, and let's face it youth arent going to come out for these employment centres, he said.

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ble, said Liberal MP for Papineau Justin Trudeau, the party's critic for youth and post-secondary education. Young people, unfortunately, are easy targets in that sense. The centres provided career advice such as resume writing and interview techniques, and were stationed country-wide with about 100 in Ontario alone. There might be a good reason to move important aspects of these job centres online, but the other side of it is you probably need, more than ever, good forms of training, coaching and devel-

Sadly, Parliament ag raiser isnt listed on the Canada Centres for Youth website opment of skills ultimately to get around the labour market, said McMaster University political science professor Peter Graefe. All that is lost when we move things online. The shift online comes at a time when unemployment among Canadian youth is 14.5 per cent, according to Statistics Canada almost double the rate of unemployment in all Canadians. We need to be ensuring that youth have access to jobs and that youth have access to services to nd jobs, said NDP post-secondary education critic and MP for

Scarborough-Rouge River Rathika Sitsabaiesan. We should be encouraging our youth to nd better employment, we should be providing that support, but we cant. Trudeau said that the issue has been brought up briefly in the House of Commons. It came up at one point in question period and [the Conservatives'] answers have been about streamlining, offering the same quality of services, making better use of taxpayers' dollars, said Trudeau. But this is not making better use of taxpayers' dollars, this is removing in-

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

Regina will finally experience this little thing called the playoffs

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Even the competition started dancing when the Regina Pats made the playoffs plus pack of beer. Though the hockey parties were arguably better last year, and featured DJs, dance oors, and trainers rooms being boarded up, they still engage in annual leg wrestling competitions, which partially makes up for it. Hordichuk: The U of R Weekend Warriors. Yes, this is a shout out to all of the hardworking students who put in countless hours of studying and homework, just so they can go out and tip it on back on the weekend. I dont always answer roundtable questions with passion, but when I do its for the Weekend Warriors. Regina will have playoff hockey for the rst time in a long time. Will you be attending any Pats playoff games? he should wait. The team doesnt need him too badly the way they have been playing, and after the last comeback he should wait.

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this weeks roundtable

Which University of Regina sports team do you think parties the hardest?

McDowell: I think I will have to go with the mens hockey team, better known as the boozebags. Seriously, you walk into a hockey party at 121 or 86 and immediately see every player with a death grip around their own 18-

Gray: The football team parties the hardest. Ive heard about football parties and they have kegs galore and a load of alcohol to go around. I have heard the hockey kids parties can get a little bit crazy too, but like weird crazy.

Gray: No, I will not, but I do wish them all the luck in the world. It will be good to see some playoff hockey in Regina. If I wasnt a poor starving university student I would have forked out the cash to go, but that just wont be happening.

McDowell: Damn right I will. However, though I will be at the game, I will not be standing with them. Seriously, Come stand with us has got to be the absolute worst slogan for a season that I have ever heard of in my entire life. I mean, Sea of red wasnt great either, but lets be real no one stands at hockey games.

Gray: Hmmm ,theres a lot of potential. The name should be both intimidating and should be used to strike fear into the opponents hearts. Maybe the Regina Crushers? The Regina Maulers? Also, maybe we can get Carly Rae Jepsen out for the rst home game and she can sing Call Me Maybe. Hordichuk: Id like Reginas Lingerie Football League team to have the same name as the ECHL hockey team out of West Virginia, the Wheeling Nailers except it would be the Regina Nailers. I can already picture the memorabilia and slogan now: Whos Ready to Get Nailed? Do you think Sidney Crosby should try and make another comeback this season, or should he wait until next season?

McDowell: Oh boy. I am going to try and refrain myself for making some sort of hilarious acronym that coincidentally spells out SLUT. But its so hard to refrain when their skimpy lingerie undermines talent.

would you pick for Reginas Lingerie Football League?

Hordichuk: Crosby should sit this one out, unless Bylsma really feels that the Penguins can make a legit run at the cup. Other than that, he should just take a seat, eat some of those delicious hockey rink hot dogs in the press box, and enjoy an ice-cold frosty beer. Where do you think Peyton Manning will play football next year?

McDowell: Well, apparently he has been taking a good look at Arizona, but if I had my way he would go to the Vikings. To have him and my boy AP on the same team would be nothing short of unreal. People keep talking about him going to Denver, but the Broncos are so bent on ass-kissing Tebow that I have trouble believing he would go there.

Hordichuk: Ive been trying to get to a Pats game all year, let alone a playoff game, but I just cant nd the time to go. I remember when I was a kid, I told my friends mom I can go to the Pats/Warriors playoff game with them, but she thought I said I cant so I didnt go. I was so devastated, I watched Pokemon, and held the waterworks back all night. What name (besides RAGE)

McDowell: I really dont think he should try and come back again this season to be honest. Obviously, no one wants to see Sid back on the ice more than I do, but when hes back I want him to stay back, not tease me by playing eight games and then be sidelined again. Gray: Well, the NHL will be trying to get him to return, because hes the face of the league, but I think

Gray: Manning will be playing in Miami, Arizona, or Denver and I personally think he should go for Denver. Then Elway can trade Tebow to a team that appreciates him and he can nally have someone who believes in him. Maybe the Riders?

Hordichuk: Peyton Manning will be taking his talents to south beach and hell be playing with the Miami Dolphins. Lets hope to God if he does end up in Miami, that Mannings Super Bowl ring will give LeBron James some incentive to actually win a championship.

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Out-RAGE-ous
The original Rage Regina goes to war with the Lingerie Football League
autumn mcdowell
sports editor Rage is in the air. On March 7, it was announced that Regina would be the hometown of a Lingerie Football League team aptly named Rage. Although many people were displeased by this announcement, no one was more upset by the chosen name than the owners of the original Rage Regina. Two University of Regina students, Leah Mazur and Alyshia Chobot, developed their company last May in order to enhance the cultural scene in Regina. We started as just a website, [RageRegina.ca], that just had a calendar of all of the arts events going on in Regina because we felt that there wasnt just one place where you could go to get that, and then we expanded, Mazur explained. We are doing band interviews and also planning our own events, then we started up our company which we just registered for a month ago. We will be offering services to businesses to plan events for them. If they want us to plan an entertainment event or if they want us to outsource for any of there departments, we can do that. We will also be planning events and offering promotional services to artists both touring and local. Both Mazur and her business partner Chobot felt having an organization was necessary in order to promote the ever-growing arts and culture community in Regina. A lot of touring bands dont know which venues to play in in Regina, Chobot said. It is helpful for them to have. While the two young entrepreneurs believe in empowering young women, one could argue that the Lingerie Football League is promoting the opposite. The controversial league has been the buzz around Regina for the past few weeks, with some even arguing that the league casts women as sex objects and condones rape culture. Both Mazur and Chobot do not want the negative attention that has surrounded the LFL to be cast on their positive company, something they fear will ultimately be done due to the name confusion. While the Regina LFL name was apparently chosen out of 7,320 possible name submissions that were sent into the league, the original Rage Regina had more thought put into their name selection, rather than basically picking

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from a hat. Originally it was an acronym for Regina Arts and General Events and then we just decided to get rid of that, Chobot explained. We actually tried to register that, but you cant, so we just put it as Rage Regina and it just stuck. All the Rage in the arts community [became the] phrase we went off of. Mazur and Chobot admitted they were just in the process of registering their business name when the debacle came up. Although Mazur and Chobot dont necessarily have anything against the LFL, they do not want people to get the two extremely separate companies confused with one another. [The LFL] can do whatever they want, Mazur said. We just dont want to be associated with them. A lot of people in the arts community do call us the Rage Regina girls when we host events or we help plan them and they will say, Oh, thanks to the Rage Regina girls and we just dont want to have that [confusion], Chobot said. Oh, what? The lingerie girls planned our event. Its kind of a weird situation

too because we have totally different audiences. They are sports and we are arts and culture, so it is really different and it is a weird clash. While many people have reached out to offer help and reassurance to the original Rage Regina girls, Mazur and Chobot are still skeptical about what they will be able to do in this situation. We do have support from the community, Mazur said. But it is from people in the arts who probably wouldnt have gone to the games anyways, so they probably dont care and visa versa. Both Mazur and Chobot are unfortunately well aware that, should they decide to ght for the rights to the name and pursue a name change by the LFL, they would be engaging in an uphill battle against a national organization. I think that [a name change] will probably be difcult, Chobot admitted. Regina is such a small city and people are aware of the Lingerie Football League and its a national organization. It is probably going to be very large, so I think that it is going to be hard for us to differentiate ourselves via our name if we

have it the same. Although, in an ideal world, the LFL would change its name to be something other than Rage, Mazur and Chobot admit they dont expect that to happen. I mean, we like our name, Chobot said. But, I think that just because we are new and starting up and trying to get out there, that it probably wouldnt be too late to re-brand, but we would be ghting against a national organization, so that would be difcult. We dont want to [change our name], Mazur added. But, we will probably have to. We have had people ask us [about starting a petition], but we dont really know if it is worth it.

I just think that [the LFL] just dont care. We are too small, they are a big organization. With the fate of their companys name still up in the air, the original Rage Regina girls have been trying to speak with the organizers of the LFL to discuss the name, but have had limited success. We have heard that they will not be getting in contact with us, Chobot said. We tried to get in contact with them and we had some sources say, We talked to them and they will not be calling you back. The Carillon reached out to the LFL for a comment on the name but received no response.

A lot of people in the arts community

do call us the Rage Regina girls when we host events we just dont want to have that [confusion]. Oh, what? The lingerie girls planned our event.
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Welcome back Kelly

U of R running standout Kelly Wiebe prepares for a future on the track
ed kapp
sports writer Heading into his previous CIS campaigns, Kelly Wiebe, a threetime Canada West gold-medalist for the University of Regina Cougars, set his sights pretty high. But after enduring a conglomeration of leg injuries and being forced to redshirt for the 2011-12 track and eld campaign, Wiebe admittedly had more modest aspirations at the onset of this season. I mainly wanted to stay healthy, increase my base, and get ready for the outdoor season and really set myself up well for the upcoming cross-country season. explained Wiebe, 22, who doubles as a member of the U of Rs crosscountry squad. Although Wiebe admitted he once thought his series of leg injuries was the worst thing ever, in retrospect, the Swift Current product views his experience as a positive one. As I look back on it, it was probably a blessing in disguise, because we have a really, really good team for cross-country next year and I really set myself up well for the outdoor season, Wiebe said. According to Wiebe, several of his peers at the U of R have also

A lot of guys
were really upset at the time, because the team relies on each runner and whenever you lose a runner, then that has a big impact on the team.
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had changes of heart regarding his recent run-in with the injury bug. A lot of guys were really upset at the time, because the team relies on each runner and whenever you lose a runner, then that has a big impact on the team, Wiebe said. When they look back on it, theyre happy, because we have a good setup this year. Wiebe insisted he was back to 100 per cent earlier in the year. As evidenced by his two most recent outings victories that wouldve

gone down as U of R records, had he not been redshirting Wiebe is healthy and once again back to his winning ways. When Wiebe begins the upcoming cross-country campaign, he emphasized that he will be back to setting his goals high for himself and his squad. I have really high expectations, Wiebe admitted. I think this is the most talented group of athletes that weve had ever ... I think hands down, [well win] CanWest and on a good day,

maybe even win CIS thats what I think. If all goes according to Wiebes plans, 2012 wont be his nal year of either running or setting major goals as an athlete. A team in Guelph has contacted me about running professionally, so Im going to try that out for a few years and see where that takes me, said Wiebe, who intends on making a strong push to represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. I truly believe I can and if not this

year make the Olympics in 2016, so thats what Im going to be shooting for. Not surprisingly, Wiebe, who began running competitively in high school, insisted representing Canada at the Olympic Games would be a dream come true. Thats my ultimate goal, Wiebe said with a laugh. Thats something that Ive dreamt about almost every day up to this point. If I made the Olympics, it would be the most special moment ever.

Not again
U of R wrestler Kirk Ackerman is disappointed with second place
ed kapp
sports writer Going into the 2011-12 CIS season, Kirk Ackerman a fourthyear wrestler for the University of Regina Cougars hoped above all else to help his teammates claim a national-championship banner. Just a few weeks prior to the year-end tournament, Ackerman and the Cougars mens wrestling squad the No. 1 ranked team in Canada for a good part of the season nished in rst place at the Canada West championships. Once at the tournament in late February, the Cougars mens squad, who were ranked third in the nation going into the event, continued to impress in Thunder Bay, the host city of the CIS championships. Four members of the Cougars qualied for gold-medal matches, including victories by Connor Malloy and Steven Schneider. But Malloys and Schneiders victories in the nal round of the tournament ultimately werent enough. We were tied with Concordia going into the second day and we had guys in big matches for big points and we ended up losing to Concordia by two points, recounted Ackerman, 21, who went into the tournament as the No. 2ranked 61 kilogram wrestler in Canada and won his first three matches before losing in the nal match of the event.

It was just a
state of disbelief, really. We had gotten all that way again and did all that work again and fell short, again. If somebody was satisfied with that, then they probably shouldnt have been there.
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Although the Cougars were ranked third in the nation going into the tournament surprising some with their showing Ackerman and his squad claimed a second-place nish, emphasizing that his experience at the nationals was, for all intents and purposes, a disappointing one. It was just a state of disbelief, really, Ackerman said. We had gotten all that way again and did all that work again and fell short, again. If somebody was satisfied with that, then they probably shouldnt have been there. While Ackerman noted that

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his experience will stay with him for quite some time I dont even remember speaking for a few hours after, to be honest, he offered he will soon have the opportunity to redeem himself on the mat. In the coming weeks, the Balfour Collegiate graduate is to compete at the 2012 Senior National Wrestling Championships at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. Although Ackerman is quick to point out he isnt looking past the upcoming competition in Ontario, he is admittedly looking forward to traveling to Orlando

in late-March to try to qualify for Team Canadas 2012 Olympic wrestling team. For Ackerman who has dreamt of competing at the Olympics since he rst took to the mat around 15 years ago representing Canada at the Olympic Games would be far more than just another tournament. It definitely gives you a tingly-feeling, like being a little kid on Christmas, again, said Ackerman, who has won more provincial and national competitions than he can remember and has represented Saskatchewan on the mat across Central and North

America. [Qualifying for the Olympics] would mean the world to me and it would mean a lot to, probably, to more people than I know, Ackerman added. I know it would mean a lot to my team I know my whole team is rooting for me it would mean a lot to all the alumni that I grew up with, my coaches, Leo, and Danny. Im sure [they] would be happier than I would be. And, of course, my family would be really happy.

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Shes cheating on you

Solveig Nilson is forced to leave her relationship

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The best way to get over one sport is to get under another

autumn mcdowell
sports editor Solvieg Nelson has had a ve-year relationship with the University of Regina womens volleyball team. Although their relationship has been through its ups and downs, the two have nally decided to part ways. While Nilson has been Facebook official with the Cougars since 2007, she admits that, when she was younger, volleyball was not the only one in the picture. I played basketball rst and lots of girls that I played basketball with were playing volleyball on a club team, so I joined that with them and played both teams provincially for a couple of years, Nilson admitted. I ended up choosing volleyball. Though Nilson may have done some experimenting with basketball in her past, she felt the U of R was the perfect place to see her relationship with volleyball blossom. U of R had a relatively good program and I played volleyball in Regina all along, Nilson said. They had a good program, but also this is my hometown so that was a huge part of it. With the threat of a long-distance relationship out of the question, Nilson turned her attention to a five-year vow, which she nervously accepted. Five years is a long time and its a long commitment, Nilson said. Its hard work to keep that commitment, because there is a lot of other options that you could be doing. Although other options were attractive, Nilson could not keep her hands off of her true love. What kept me coming back was just the team and the girls that I was playing with, she said. The drive to want to be successful and even the feeling of I am not going to give up. I dont feel good when I quit. Had Nilson given up on her relationship with volleyball, she would not have been able to experience the joys of the third year together. I would have to say in our third year, it was my best year out of my ve, Nilson said. There was a lot of long games and the

excitement of having our own home playoff game makes a huge difference. It is always more fun to play at home. However, the relationship took a turn for the worse recently and, after five years together, Nilson and Cougars volleyball have been forced to call it quits. It is not going to be an easy transition for the 6-foot-2 middle blocker, as she admits she already misses Cougar volleyball. Im missing aspects of it. Im also enjoying the other freedoms of being able to do other things and focus on school and just take a breath, she said. After every year, I just take a couple of weeks just to relax a little because it is emotional; the whole season is emotional. While the laps of their fiveyear eligible commitment ultimately lead to the twos split, one could also say the two were just in different places in their lives. I have applied for medicine, so I have a couple of interviews this month, hopefully I get it, Nilson said. Other than that I am also traveling as soon as my nals are over; I am going to South America and Central America. Future travel and school plans would put too much stress on the couple, but Nilson admits there are plenty of other girls that will be able to take her place. There is a lot of rst and second years on our team now because we graduated a lot of players, so I just know that they are going to see success because there is a good core of them, she said. They are talented athletes and they are committed athletes, so I just want to see them just keep getting better every year and have success and also grow as people. You change a lot and mature a lot between your rst and fth year. While many people had high hopes for their relationship, it has become a concern that Nilson will go back to her ex. She openly admits to plans of cheating on volleyball, as she cannot stay away from bad boys. After a little bit of a break just for my body I will probably play womens league, she said. Then I look forward to maybe playing some more basketball because that part of me has been suppressed for about ve years.

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in psychology, I had already been aware for some time about the vastly different goals of both men and women in the dating game. What is more, I also know that almost no one else seems to be aware of these things. What would be better than an article highlighting some of these confusing and unknown differences between men and women? Without hesitation, I did my research and wrote the article. After a long night of produc-

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Dietrich Neu

dietrichneu
features editor As Im sure most of you know, the Carillon ran a singles-themed issue on Valentines Day a few weeks back. As is the norm with themed issues, every section of the paper had an article or two devoted to single life in some way. Every section except one: Features. Why was Features absent

from the paper that week? It was not because of a lack of content; it was the content of the section itself that prevented the article from making print. As the editor of the features section, the duty to produce the singles-themed article fell on my shoulders. With everyone scrambling for ideas for the singles issue, I decided that I would like to examine the psychological concepts of the dating game itself. Through my personal interest

Privilege

tion, I went home feeling confident that I had written a decent article. To my surprise, when I opened my email later that evening, I received a message that I had never seen before. It was my editor-in-chief my article could not be printed, there was no time to edit it, it had to be scrapped. Shocked and in disbelief, I read on to nd out why. When I found out, it became blatantly obvious why the article was

scrapped. Despite all of my research, all of the work and writing I had put into the article, I had still managed to utterly ignore the queer community. The entire piece dealt solely with heterosexuality. Worse, I did not even think about it at the time. I made one of the worst mistakes a journalist can make: I looked at an issue from my point of view alone and failed to see the bigger picture.

As a straight, white male, I sit atop the most privileged position in society. Unfortunately, in that position, people like myself enjoy unearned privileges because of our race and sexual orientation. To make matters worse, people in societys most privileged positions are over unaware of challenges other face. I did not intentionally exclude the queer community from my article; I literally never considered it. This is a problem throughout our society; the problems of the less privileged go unacknowledged by individuals who live in a best-case scenario. The truth is that we live in a society that is stratified by race and sexual orientation. Straight white men can be sure that everyone they meet will be comfortable with their sexual orientation. They do not have to be concerned that, if their friends and family nd out about their sexual origination, there could be economic, psychological, physical, or emotional consequences. They do not have to defend their sexual orientation. They have no need to qualify their sexual identity. They are not identified by being straight. No one calls them straight with malice. These are just a handful of the

privileges that come with being a straight in todays society. Unfortunately, members of the queer community do not share in these privileges and, as painful as it is for me to admit, people such as myself have passively contributed to the problem by remaining ignorant of it. White privilege is different from obvious prejudice because the dominant group is not actively seeking to oppress minorities. Instead, the theory of white privilege suggests that whites, like myself, view their position in life as the norm that others should strive to achieve. What this does, in turn, is prevent dialog on issues and situations of inequality, unless a group is so disadvantaged that it is viewed as having failed to achieve this norm, in which case a dialog is opened to think of methods of allowing that group to return to the normal condition enjoyed by whites. White privilege prevents inequality from being combated unless it is substantial inequality, which in turn prevents society from ever reaching a state of true equality. So here is my shot at making things right. This is the revised edition of What you really want out of sex.

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It was an unfortunate mistake to make not just because it was exclusive, but a look into the queer community also provides some powerful insights into the realm of human nature. Indeed, many physiologists have used their findings in researching the queer community to add supporting evidence to their claims. What is more, research has indicated that men and women, of any sexual orientation, are psychologically the same when it comes to sex. The only difference is who they are attracted to. To start with, at least, a look into the tendencies of heterosexual couple is helpful. As I am sure almost everyone on the planet has noticed, men and women are decidedly different and we have some trouble understanding each other. However, is that statement true, or is it simply a clich? Many psychologists, such as world-renowned Harvard professor Steven Pinker, believe the typical gender stereotypes often underestimate the documented differences between men and women. Everyone knows the stereotypes Pinker is referring to: Men are blunt, emotionless, and isolated; women are emotional, talk too much, and are more social than men. Although these stereotypes are just that, stereotypes, what Pinker and other physiologists have pointed out is the sex-differences between humans have a wider reaching effect than simply

Men vs. women

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Now, do the rules of the game change when sexual orientation changes? According psychologists like Pinker, and Symons, the answer is No. When discussing the deepseated psychological principles that drive both men and women to seek out sexual partners, the goals are dictated by gender, not sexual orientation. In other words, it doesnt matter which gender an individuals sexual attraction is aimed towards, men and women of any orientation are still looking for the same things out of a sexual encounter. Symons states in his book, The Evolution of Human Sexuality, that homosexual relationships actually provide a purer window into the sexual nature of both men and women. Every heterosexual relationship is a compromise between the wants of a man and the wants of a woman, he writes. But homosexuals do not have to compromise and their sex lives showcase human sexuality in a purer form. Pinker points out that, before the AIDS epidemic, a study in San Francisco backed up Symons statement. Twenty-eight per cent of gay men reported having more than one thousand sexual partners and seventy-five per cent reported having more than a hundred, he writes. No homosexual woman reported having a thousand partners, and only two per cent reported having over a hundred. It is essential to note this is not to be used to negatively scrutinize gay men. They are simply males, whose male desires

Queer men and women

bounce off other male desires, thus amplifying the effect. They are just men being men in an unrestrictive environment. The social conventions of our society are heavily situated in the belief that promiscuity is negative. There are legitimate concerns that warrant caution in mating with an excessive amount of partners. However, this idea also blatantly ignores the very real evidence that monogamy is an unnatural practice for humans and our closest primate relatives. Indeed, even women have a natural incentive to have sex with multiple partners, but to a more limited capacity than men. Symons stresses that a tendency toward promiscuity is one shared by all men, not simply homosexual or bisexual males. I am suggesting that heterosexual men would be as likely as likely as homosexual men to have sex most often with strangers, he writes. To participate in anonymous orgies in public baths,and to stop off in public restrooms for ve minutes of fellatio on the way home from work if women were generally interested in these activities. But women, for the most part, are not interested. The parallels between men and women of all sexual orientations also extend to arousal. Human men are all the same; they become aroused by a visual assessment. This can happen in real life, or through things like photography, video, postcards, dolls, sculptures, etc. Because of this, a massive pornography industry has emerged worldwide

emotions and talking; they make an immense impact on how we look for love and what we want to get out of the encounter. anthropologist Famous Donald Symons, credited as one of the founders of evolutionary psychology and a pioneer of the study of human sexuality, believes the goals of men and women in copulation are almost polar opposites. There is a female nature and a male nature, he stated in an interview with BBC Radio 1. Men and women differ in their sexual natures because, throughout the immensely long hunting and gathering phase in human history, the sexual desires and dispositions that were adaptive for one sex were, for the other, a ticket to reproductive oblivion. When discerning why we are so vastly different in our psychology regarding mate selection, the concept of investment is incredibly important. Our libidos have evolved to motivate us to mercilessly breed our species. That means each person is highly driven to replicate their own genes and ensure their own genetic code survives. However, how a man increases his chances and how a woman does is entirely different. A females investment in sex is much larger than a males. A woman can only produce one offspring at a time; she has to nurture it inside her body for nine months and take care of it for years afterwards. Each offspring is an incredible investment of her time and energy. A male, on the

other hand, only needs to contribute a few minutes of sex. With the amount of time and energy that a female is forced to put into each child, and the fact that she can only have one child at a time, means she can only increase her chances by selecting from the best genes out there and, hopefully, from a man who is willing to stick around and help out. Males, on the other hand, increase their chances by copulating with as many females as possible. The more impregnated females, the better the odds the male will be able to pass on his genes. This also has the added benet of preventing other males from passing on their DNA. Thus, human females, like almost every other animal, are called the choosy sex. An attractive woman has no shortage of men constantly knocking at her door and she stands to gain nothing by mating with all of them; selecting the best one is the only method of increasing her offsprings chances of survival. Because of this, males compete for females by presenting themselves and demonstrating the desired traits that make them appealing. In the past, physical violence determined the winners and losers. We know this because human males are around 1.5 times larger than females. Larger males would win out in physical battles; they would pass on their genes, while extinguishing the genes of the smaller males. Thus, men have evolved to become the larger gen-

der. Today, physical prowess is no longer necessary to establish the dominance and the social status that women find attractive. Wealth, prestigious jobs, celebrity status, musical talent, condence, and social skills are now also used to establish a position at the top of the male hierarchy. A male at the top of roost is attractive to women because he has proven to have the strongest DNA and replicating with him means they will get to combine those winning genes with their own and hopefully produce powerful offspring. This means a mans actions are the predominant factor in generating attraction in women. The quality of his genes is indicated by his success in the real world, which is part of the reason why things like wealth and fame can make a man more attractive in the eyes of women a concept that is very confusing to men. Like stated before, a male does not increase his chances of genetic survival by picking the best genes, but rather, by producing as many offspring with as many partners as he can. For males, a females attractiveness is dictated by her perceived ability to produce children. The more children a woman has the potential to create, the more attractive she is to her prospective mates. The most consistent indicator of a fertile female is in her physical appearance. Over the course of the hunting and gathering era of human history, which accounts for approximately 99 per cent of

it, males would assess a females fertility by looking for indicators of youth. After all, a younger woman has more potential to pump out offspring than an older one. Soft, smooth skin, colourful eyes, and body shape are all indicators of a youthful female, and a larger hip-to-waist ratio is an indicator of a womans ability to give birth successfully. Some may call it shallow, or callous, for men to use physical appearance as the barometer of attractiveness mens desire for a high level of sexual variety compounds this problem. However, males are driven by hundreds of thousands of years worth of conditioning and natural selection. Pinker notes the males thirst for varying partners is nearly unquenchable. People dont seek mass quantities of air, food, and water, he writes. But the more women that a man has sex with, the more offspring he leaves, too much is never enough. That gives men a limitless appetite for casual sex partners. The sexual interests of men and women are seemingly on opposite ends of the spectrum. Men want the maximum amount of sex with the maximum amount of possible partners, while women want the maximum amount of sex with one quality partner,and she wants to hold onto that partner for as long as she can, or until she nds a better one and can move up.

that capitalizes on the males sexual preferences. Indeed, most pornography depicts the same situation: a mysterious stranger who is eager to engage in casual, emotionally detached sex. Pinker noted it does not make any sense for a woman to become aroused in the same way. A fertile woman never has a shortage of willing sexual partners, and in that buyers market she can seek the best partner available, the best genes, or other returns on her sexual favours, he writes. If she could be aroused by the sight of a naked man, men could entice her to have sex by exposing themselves and her bargaining position would be lost. Although the above quote is aimed at heterosexual women, the San Francisco study mentioned earlier conrms that bisexual and homosexual women behave the same way. In the study, the majority of women rated character traits and indicators of status as the most attractive quality in a girlfriend. This should all be taken with a grain of salt. Psychological research and principles are inductive, meaning they represent the majority of subjects, but not necessarily all of them. There are, of course, women who would love to have hundreds of sexual partners, who love to engage in casual sex, and who hold physical appearance in high esteem. There are men who prefer to stay with one partner, and nd personality traits attractive. Psychology is not a game of absolutes, but research and studies like the work done by evolutionary psychologists

help to give us a broad picture into what most people are like and how humans have evolved

to become what they are.

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Drag queens scandal-ize full house

UR Prides DIVAS at the Owl: Sexy Scandals featured over-the-top performances

photos by Marc Messett

On Saturday, March 10, UR Pride, with the help of the Regal Social Association of Regina, held their 11th annual drag show. The Sexy Scandals show featured over-the-top performances to a full house, including a particularly scandalous performance by Lexi Tres-Belle (above) where she appeared naked from the top down for a brief moment, exposing (or not exposing) her tucked-in junk.

Yada Ya-Oughta-Book-Ahead (above) gave URSU LGBTQ candidate Aaron Shannon a lap dance in the front row.

Kajj Monae brought the house down with her performance to Christina Aguileras Dirrty.

(above and left) Ruby Hymen-White did a performance to Katy Perrys Fireworks where she would take a grinder to a metal plate attached to her body to shoot sparks at the audience. These are some of our favourite photos of the year.

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Of green beer and leprechauns

The Carillons picks for the seven bars you should frequent this St. Patricks Day

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I punched green beer into Google and then realized this page would be printed in black and white, so you wouldnt be able to tell if the beer was green or not anyway whose name I do not catch, is being forced to do a terrible Riverdance at shillelagh-point, much to the amusement of the patrons. Too Ra, as Ive christened the waiter serving me, cannot bring the green beer fast enough. Several hours later, I stumble out of Cheers, a string of green beads swinging proudly from my neck. Truly there has never been a better time to pretend I was Irish than St. Patricks Day at Cheers. /KL The Pump What do you get when you cross a leprechaun with a cowboy? The Pump on St. Patricks Day. Although The Pump is greasy no matter what day you decide twostep with a stranger on its incredibly small dance floor, it is particularly so on St. Pattys Day. There are some things that just dont belong together, namely cowboys and leprechauns. Have you ever seen a cowboy in a green plaid shirt? On the ipside, have you ever seen a leprechaun in a cowboy hat? These are serious questions. The majority of people probably answered no, unless you began your St. Patricks Day celebration early and are currently drunk. At the end of the night, if you happen to find yourself at The Pump on March 17, you better hope that you are right plastered otherwise, you will remember being there. /AM The GLCR St. Patricks Day at the GLCR will probably be, if most of its patrons dont stumble over to OHanlons, the gayest party in the city in every sense of the word. On a typical Saturday at the citys only gay bar, you can find its tiny dance oor and lounge lled with people drinking a couple beer quietly in the corner, smoking a cigarette on the patio, or just getting dirty on the danceoor. And, because its St. Patricks Day, youll probably have lots of people dressed up as slutty leprechauns, which is always a plus if youre the type who goes to a bar to ogle the eye candy. Its drink specials including a $2 lucky shamrock shooter are only on from 7 to 10 p.m, so to take advantage of that sweet deal. Consider making the GLCR your rst stop on your inevitable St. Patricks Day pub crawl/bender. /JP Pure The only thing going on St. Patricks Day weekend at the Pure Ultra Lounge is a pubcrawl that nishes there on Friday, March 16. St. Patricks Day will be a normal Saturday, and thus busy as fuck, as one of the bartenders said to me. Pro-tip: show up at 9:45 p.m. (like I did) and you probably wont have to pay a cover charge, because no one even watches the door at that time. Just dont forget your sunglasses. The lights on the dance oor are pretty bright why else would a dude be wearing his sunglasses inside the club? If dancing to unnecessary amounts of dubstep isnt your thing, you can always watch people on the TVs and live vicariously through the people having way more fun than you. /PB Neighbourhood Pub Here we have the lowest-key venue on the list. While the others aim for some sort of club vibe certain nights of the week, at least, and denitely on St. Patricks Day this bar keeps to its namesake aesthetic year-round. Neighbourhood Pub isnt a dive, but rather the north-end Smittys approximation of one. The room is aglow with blacklight, though the patrons are decidedly far from partying. You can take in your yearly-recommended dose of VLTs and Bob Seger inside an hour. You can ask for bourbon, be told they dont serve bourbon, and then spot a bottle of Jim Beam behind the bar on your way out. But most importantly, its quiet, unassuming, and charming in its way. Its the perfect venue for anyone looking to spend the night away from anything too young or adventurous, or anyone who wants to follow a St. Patricks Day showing of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with a few pints next door. /MP The Owl A very loud man keeps apologizing to me for party rocking and I keep telling him to go away. Nacho cheese and diced tomatoes are raining down from the balcony onto the dance floor. Someone is screaming, You are nachos, this is food now. No ofcer, I didnt see who threw the rst onion. Yes ofcer, I am aware that gambling on NCAA basketball is illegal and I am very sorry. There is a man urinating in the sink in the ladies room singing Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral. He must be lost. If you rolled all the bouncers into a ball, their mass would rival that of a neutron star and that makes me feel safe. One of them, I think his name was Ben, or Benton, or Benny, or Benn just gave me a hug and everything is okay now. /NA [Full disclosure: Neil Adams works at the Owl.]

After the nuclear disaster, it wasnt like the sewer systems of Chernobyl just disappeared. All of that now-toxic waste had to go somewhere; into the glasses of fucked-inhalf-drunk North Americans was as good a place as any.

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This ones obvious. Everybody in Regina who is legally entitled to quaff tall frosty ones has done so in the citys premiere Irish pub. But as an Irish pub, BroHans takes its St. Patricks day celebrations so seriously that it held a practice run this year cheekily advertised as St. Practice Day so you owe it to yourself to give the place a shot for your St. Paddys drinking at least once. Enough green fabric to keep a sweatshop worker in nger pain for life and perfectly poured, leather-black Guinness with a shamrock design woven into the foamy head makes for a pretty perfect way to celebrate the patron saint of engineers. And though its crowds have become obnoxiously bro-heavy in recent years, OHanlons still feels homey even at its rowdiest; its as much a place to sit down and have a good, worthwhile conversation as it is a place to get drunk so hard that you throw up off a balcony. /JC Cheers I stumble into the bar already halfcorked. Big Fat Pat OMalley sits in the corner, slamming down green beer like its water. The bartender and waiters are singing Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral both loudly and off-key. This infuriates me and I order my rst green ale. The shortest man in the bar,

Have you ever noticed that the $20 bills of yesteryear have a different colour of green to them than those of today? The Canadian Mint had to nd a way to rid itself of the excess stock of green dye. To the breweries it went!

The Mint

Chlorophyll is registered as a food additive (colorant) and its E number is E140. Chefs use chlorophyll to colour a variety of foods and beverages green, such as pasta and absinthe. Chlorophyll is not soluble in water and it is rst mixed with a small quantity of vegetable oil to obtain the desired solution.

Chlorophyll

People will pay high prices for a jar of the slime of the tentacle monsters that violate innocent Japanese schoolgirls on a semi-regular basis (according to the Internet). And if bars sell that stuff in a mug, they can charge double because its an imported draught.

Japans Chief Export

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What does your band play?

Rye n the Vats stumbles together after meeting at jam nights
jonathan petrychyn
a&c editor Rye n the Vats OHanlons March 17

Like any great band, Rye n the Vats got their start drunk at a jam night. Judd and I and Riley all used to go to the same jam night on Tuesday night at Bocados. I went up to Riley one night and poked him on the back and said, Hey, whats your name? and he told me, and I said Good, were starting a band. Meet at my house tomorrow and bring a bass player, said Greg Junior Osmond, the bands percussionist and one of their vocalists. I had some drinks, he added. And true to form, the sevenpiece Rye n the Vats comprised of Judd Stachoski, Greg Junior Osmond, Alex Wilson, Holly Grewald, Charity Putman, Riley Rye Noble, and Graeme McLoed stumbled into the interview Sunday afternoon hungover from the night previous, extra large coffees in hand, surprised they managed to get the entire band together for an interview. This was, after all, the first time they had all been together since their show in Gravelbourg at the end of February. But these are the difculties of getting a band together that met almost solely at Regina jam nights, coming together slowly since their origins as a three-piece blues band in 2010. We were originally kind of geared towards a blues project, just a three-piece blues project and it quickly became more roots and country and folk, Osmond said. And then all these other fabulous people started showing up.

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And showing up isnt too far from the truth. Most of the bands members came to the band by being told at Regina jam nights that they were joining the band. Sometimes you just wake up on the couch with an instrument and [its like] I guess Im in a band, Osmond joked. Its difficult for a band of seven people to all get together to play a show and so, as a result, theyve either had to adopt their shows if a band member cant make it to a show, they just dont play the songs they need their instrument on or they pick someone out of the audience and get them to play along. This is how banjo and accordian player Judd Stachoski joined the band. He said he hopped on stage at a performance at McNallys when bass player Graeme McLeod wasnt able to

Can you tell theyre hungover?

come to the show. My rst show I didnt know any of the songs. I just asked Riley the key and I just plucked the banjo to it, Stachoski said. The poking on the back method [Junior] got Riley with was pretty much the same method he got all of us with, added Charity Putman, the bands tuba player. As a result, you have seven people with seven very different musical backgrounds, which makes for a band with a sound thats difficult, if not impossible to pinpoint. Thats the thing I hate being asked, said lead guitarist Alex Wilson. What does your band play? And while band members would put forward their own take on what their music is, whether it be blues-jazz, bluegrass, or reg-

gae, Wilson feels this isnt totally accurate. Every time one word is mentioned, I feel like it leaves out a whole section of our sound, he said. I think thats one of our strengths, though, is that people dont know how to peg us to one particular sound. So it keeps people wanting to listen to it more

and gure it out when we cant even figure it out, Putman added. We could put on some matching clothes and learn some dance steps and have a regular variety show, Osmond joked. The bands first six-song EP, My Dogs are Barking, is due to come out sometime later this month.

I think thats one of our strengths, though, is

that people dont know how to peg us to one particular sound. So it keeps people wanting to listen to it more and figure it out when we cant even figure it out.
Charity Putman

All about Shakespeare

Theatre department performs lesser-known Much Ado About Nothing
paul bogdan
a&c writer Its one of those Shakespeares that, until just this year, has not been performed all that much, Handerek said. Its quite a dynamic and complicated comedy and yet quite fun-loving ... seldom do you get to see Much Ado About Nothing. For those unfamiliar with the play, as this is one of Shakespeares lesser-performed comedies, Handerek described Much Ado About Nothing as about watching, seeing people do things. The whole play is a riddle play, a puzzle play, about the idea of viewing people doing things and wondering why they do what they do when they fall in love or have a dispute, Handerek said. Anyone who has read and/or watched a Shakespeare play knows they can be exceedingly long, so the theatre department has opted to omit certain parts in the interest of brevity. Handerek said any lines or scenes omitted were not central to the plot and understanding of the play and audiences shouldnt be concerned that this may impede their following of the narrative. We didnt edit the play so its unrecognizable. We took out some obscure references that would have been very popular in its time and understood by the audience ... its usual playing time is about three hours and twenty minutes and now its playing time is under two and a half hours, Handerek said. Other changes to the play include its temporal setting being in the 1930s. Handerek said he and designer Wes Pearce drew inspiration from paintings by Henri Rousseau. The particular painting that [Pearce] found had all the wonderful colours that are in Much Ado. Much Ado is a very colourful play to look at ... it has an autumnal feel to it, but its in that full bloom of summer, those wonderful, hot Septembers and Octobers that we enjoy in Saskatchewan ... there was a biplane and a hot-air balloon going through the sky and we thought this would be perfect, 1910 tracking through the early 1930s, Handerek said. As youre watching the University of Regina theatre departments production of Much Ado About Nothing, you may not recognize one of the actors on stage or perhaps you will from plays elsewhere. The department has brought in guest actor Ryland Alexander, who performed in the Golden Apple Theatres production of Billy Bishop Goes to War earlier this year, to perform in the play. The department has done this with past performances to give students a chance to see what its like working with one who does this as his or her career. Niki Elek, a fourth-year acting student playing the role of Margaret in the play, said its great to work with an actor who has performed at a professional level. She described it as a sort of co-op for [theatre students]. Moreover, Elek said having Alexander in the play has beneted not only the students in the play, but the production as a whole. If you were able to see the beginning of rehearsals to the end, I feel that every actor has taken away something from Ryland [Alexander], Elek said. [Rehearsals] are so incredibly great now. Theyre so much better; its phenomenal. Much Ado About Nothing University Theatre March 14-17 7:30 p.m. Free for students

Its that time of the semester when students have much ado about assignments, papers, midterms, and what have you, so its tting for the theatre departments penultimate production of the year to be Much Ado About Nothing. While theres a wide array of Shakespearean plays to choose from, director Kelly Handerek said Much Ado About Nothing was chosen to be performed because it hasnt seen as much stage time as other Shakespearean comedies such as Twelfth Night (Or What You Will) or As You Like It.

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Tying the knot

Choosing and tying your tie doesnt have to be scary

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ashley kilback
contributor The end of the semester is fast approaching, and youve realized that a job interview or important formal event is coming up in the near future. You have one problem: your selection of formal attire is lacking. Its been a while since youve had to worry about throwing on a suit or even tying a tie. Youre a grown-up now, so your mom wont be able to choose and tie your tie for you any more. So lets be honest youre in need of a refresher. Heres a style guide that will help you pick and tie the right tie for any occasion. When choosing a tie for any occasion, there are three main elements to consider: proportion, colour, and pattern. In short, proportion is all about width and length of the tie and matching it to the size and build of your body, colour is about nding a tie that adds versatility to an outt, and pattern is used to create a statement piece that becomes the focus point to an outt. Sounds complicated? It isnt. Proportion Think of the tie as a representation of your body structure; if you have a larger build you are going to want to stick with a tie that is wider and if you have a slimmer build you want to stick with a skinnier tie. The knot of your tie Choosing your tie

should fill the gap between the collar of your shirt and hang in the centre of your belt buckle. If your tie hangs above or below your belt buckle it may look disproportionate. A good rule to keep in mind when choosing a tie is, the narrower the size of the lapel on your suit, the narrower your tie should be. Colour Matching colours can be a tricky task, but its safe to say that sometimes being bold is better. Still, its

outside of the professional world. Florescent colours and mixing patterns are the best ways to adding personality to your tie this season. Patterns Once youve been able to master colour choice, youre now ready to step your style up a notch with patterned ties. Patterned ties are great for making a standout impression, but could go from good to bad to ugly if not done right. If you plan to pair up two different

time to move on to what will make or break the appearance of your tie: the knot. When determining the style of your knot it can sometimes be difficult to choose which knot and when. The Knotty List Windsor: At the top of the list, we have the bad boy of knots. This is the knot of choice for a presentation or a job interview. This is a thick, wide, and triangular knot that works best with a wide rm collar. If youre a guy with a larger

When choosing a tie for any occasion there are three main elements to
consider: proportion, colour, and pattern. In short, proportion is all about width and length of the tie and matching it to the size and build of your body, colour is about finding a tie that adds versatility to an outfit, and pattern is used to create a statement piece that becomes the focus point to an outfit..
important to keep in the mind the type of occasion you are attending, so you dont commit the fashion faux-pas equivalent of dancing on someones grave. If its a formal blacktie event, you want avoid bright colours and patterns. Semi-formal events allow for a little mix and match, so choose a tie from a bolder colour palette such a blue and red or try a subtle print. The casual approach is where the rules can be broken, which gives you the perfect opportunity to play around with colours and prints that are types of patterns, youll want to avoid clutter by making sure to combine large prints with a subtle pattern. If youre pairing striped patterns together, combine wider and narrow stripes to balance the patterns out. Or, if you want to avoid the tricky task of matching patterns all together, stick to a solid colour shirt with a matching patterned tie. Tying your tie Now that weve covered the basics of choosing the right tie, its neck, this knot is for you: its wide form helps to shorten the perceived height of the neck. The Half-Windsor: This is the Windsors sidekick. This is a small, symmetrical, and triangular knot that can be worn with any type of dress shirt. Like the Windsor, it also is meant to be worn with a wider necktie. The knot is best suited for a formal or semi-formal occasion. Four-in-hand: This knot is best used with a skinny tie. This is a more of a laid-back style that is simple and more casual than the

above-mentioned. This style can be used for a less professional occasion and be the perfect choice for a good impression on a hot date. If youre a guy with a shorter neck, this is the knot for you its narrow form helps to elongate the height of the neck. Pratt: This knot means business. This is also a wide knot that is similar to the Windsor for the big and tall. It can also be paired with any style of dress shirt and should be worn with a wider necktie. The Bowtie: This is where the modern man meets the modern gentleman. Its the perfect addition to a formal event that gives you an elegant appearance. The bowtie is best paired with a tuxedo, but can also be a tailored to your own personal style. This knot should never be broader than the widest part of your neck and should never extend past the tips of the shirt collar. Bonus tie: the neckerchief If you want to avoid the stuffy formality of the traditional necktie, accessory neckties are the latest twist in that fashion. It is also referred to as the neckerchief and can be compared to the similar style of a bandana. Its a great piece for a rugged urban look that can be styled to your own preference. Pair the neckerchief with a cardigan, leather jacket, or even just a T-shirt and jeans. The knot looks best when its twisted around itself, tied tightly around the throat or placed slightly off center. Its the next best piece to add to your spring wardrobe.

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Five
student elections in pop culture
With the URSU elections well underway, we students are again all too aware of how uninspired student elections are. Maybe our student politicians could take some pointers from pop culture and turn our by-the-book election into an outlandish sitcom.

California dreamin
Courtroom drama 8 hopes for an inclusive and equal California post-Prop 8
cant think straight
jonathan petrychyn
a&c editor The central question of Dustin Lance Blacks courtroom drama, 8: A Play About Marriage Equality, is the same central question to marriage debates that have being going on through the United States courts since the rst states passed same-sex marriage laws. This question goes something like this: is there something about the institution of marriage that is so innately heterosexual that allowing homosexual couples into the institution would damage the institution and make it so that heterosexual couples would not be able to marry? The answer that both the play and the court settle on is no, and that including same-sex couples into the institution of marriage could not adversely marriage in any way that would affect heterosexual couples. Of course, this is because the play is based on the actual court trials surrounding Proposition 8 in California, and so the play exists partly to show American audiences the evidence presented in the courts and partly to prove to Americans that same-sex marriage really isnt the big boogeyman that the Christian right makes it out to be. The argument for same-sex marriage the play presents is compelling, but despite being incredibly well-acted or more accurately, well-read, as this was a loosely acted reading of the play by its star-studded cast (including the likes of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, and Kevin Bacon), deftly scripted, and lled with emotional and dramatic tension, by the end of the play, you begin to wonder who the play was actually written for. If its written for the progressive types in the United States who are for same-sex marriage, its safe to say this play will be viewed as a huge success.

Alexanders Paynes blackly comic depiction of a high school student council election is as bleak as they get. Reese Witherspoon plays the obsessive Tracy Flick, who will stop at nothing to succeed at everything, including becoming the student council president. Toss in some adultery, some Lolita-style plot developments, and general debauchery, and youve got what the URSU elections would look like if everyone was sleeping with everyone.

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Im not really sure why voting for Pedro became such a ubiquitous cultural sign. Napoleon Dynamite is an awkwardly uncomfortable tale of high school elections, yet somehow we all loved it. Hopefully at the URSU candidates forum one of the presidential candidates will break into an elaborate routine to Madonnas Give Me All Your Luvin.

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What begins as a GOP-style race between Jeff, Annie, Pierce, Starburns, Leonard, Vicki, and Garrett, quickly becomes a twoperson showdown of unintelligible verbal noises between Leonard and Magnitude. If Trailer Park Boys wins the URSU election, Im going to officially declare this school worse than Greendale, who elected South Park as their school president.

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However, theyll be preaching to the converted. We all know samesex marriage is a no-brainer. If the play was written with the intention of converting the anti-same-sex facet of American culture to agree that same-sex marriage is legitimate, they would have failed miserably because of they incredibly unsympathetic and quite frankly bumbling portrayal of the opposing side. Anti-same-sex marriage advocates will not be so pleased to see themselves portrayed as bumbling and sometimes monstrous individuals who care more about the children that ubiquitous yet invisible cultural sign that we must protect lest we destroy our own race than the basic civil right of any individual living in the United States. The play seems to exist wholly in its echo chamber and wants nothing more than to beat its opposition down to the ground in some twisted David and Goliath scenario. This, of course, is a function of the fact that its a courtroom drama and thus is explicitly presenting an argument for a po-

Theyre hunky and theyre playing a same-sex couple. I dont think I need to say any more than that litical and ideological dilemma. It becomes so wrapped up in presenting a convincing side for same-sex marriage that it ends up reducing the case against samesex marriage to a carnival. Maybe it was like that. The play is based heavily on the actual transcripts of the court proceedings, so maybe the case against same-sex marriage was as outrageously ill-informed as its made out to be. Despite this, the play seems to work. It works on an intellectual and emotional level because it is clear that everyone involved cared about the message and believed that American citizens would be better off with same-sex marriage. It managed to present a compelling argument in the form of the courtroom setting and managed to infuse enough heart, humor, and tension to create a consistent dramatic ow. The play breaks up its narrative with actual ads for Prop 8 inserted into the drama horrifying in their demonization of same-sex marriage and deication of our

children and asides with one of the two families, Sandy Stier and Kris Perry, who are challenging Prop 8. Theres a sense of rhythm and momentum to the play that is never tiresome despite the fact that, on paper, the structure must have been incredibly uncreative. It pulls on those ever-ckle nationalist heartstrings that even the most independent and anti-nationalist among us have buried deep inside of us. Look for the moment when Chris Colfer plays a witness who recalls his time at gay conversion camp: the bits of humour infused with the story help to keep the audience from drowning in their own tears. And ultimately, that is where the play succeeds. It succeeds because, like those who championed Prop 8 as protecting our children, it champions same-sex marriage as giving every person equal rights. If you were to go into 8 unconvinced that same-sex marriage was beneficial, youd come out with a change of heart only because the play is so damn good at playing to every one of those humanitarian bones in your body.

Bart runs against Martin for class president and, after a heated race, loses. In disbelief, Bart asks for a recount. Ms. Hoover obliges, counting one for Martin, two for Martin. Sadly, this will probably be about the same number of votes that are cast in this years URSU election.

Nous sommes Fransaskois

Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie raises awareness of Fransaskois culture
paul bogdan
a&c writer Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie is a yearly event across Canada that promotes Francophone culture. This year is particularly important to the Francophone community in Saskatchewan (sometimes referred to as Fransaskois) because the provincial government has named 2012 the Year of the Fransaskois. The Institut Franais at the University of Regina has been busy and will be busy all March organizing and hosting these events. This year, we wanted it bigger because 2012 is the Year of the Fransaskois. We really want to showcase the community on campus, said Frdric Dupr, manager of community engagement at the Institut Franais. Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie features numerous events including art showings, concerts, lectures, and dances focused around Francophone culture and awareness, which is the largest effect of Rendez-vous de la Francophonie on the Francophone culture in Saskatchewan. More people are aware of it. People may be interested in taking part in activities, projects, and events like this, which is good too, Dupr said. [Our goal is] to create awareness. Fransaskois is really active and have many activities and that has to be seen as something positive. Dupr believes Francophone awareness has been growing in Saskatchewan in recent years with the help of advertising and policies of the provincial government, which has led to better relations than in the 50s. Theres been a lot of work in the last years by the community to create advertising in the newspaper and on billboards and promotion by the government, Dupr said. Awareness also is growing amongst parents who want their kids to be bilingual, who are enrolling their children in French immersion schools. Theres interest by young parents that their kids are bilingual. I think theres more and more interest in that, but its growing. In immersion schools, you can see an increase in enrollment in elementary schools. Having more than one language is positive and useful, Dupr said. Events for Rendez-vous de la Francophonie began on March 9 and run until March 30.

Youre Not Elected, Charlie Brown

Linus runs for student body president on a campaign of change. He wins the election by a single vote, but discovers he has no power and is at the behest of the faculty. So before marching into that URSU office thinking youre going to revitalize the Owl, you better take a look at what power you actually have.

jonathan petrychyn
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It is apartheid
The boycott, divest, and sanctions (BDS) movement has come under re recently. It has, along with its supporters, been described as anti-Semitic. This claim is completely inappropriate and untrue. Unfortunately, opponents of the BDS cannot argue the facts, so the resulting reex becomes name calling. This has created an atmosphere of fear. This is a powerful tool of repression and I expect to catch ack for this article. Why write about this subject if you know you will be called names, or worse? As an answer, please allow me to start with my experience being born a Christian Orthodox, Palestinian, Irish, and a bunch of other ethnic backgrounds in Regina, Canada. I have felt true discrimination. As a small child, I answered the phone only to have the voice on the other end threaten to murder my parents and then kill me. I was ve years old. This was not the last time it would happen to me. In my travels to the occupied Palestinian territories, I have been detained, forced to provide my passport just to cross town, pulled off a bus and interrogated, had my hand broken, and then a machine gun pointed directly in my face all done to me as a Canadian citizen by the Israeli Army. I cannot even begin to describe the things the indigenous population has to go through every day. I am no stranger to discrimination, and when I see it, I speak up, regardless of how many friends and family tell me not to. We cannot live in fear. I have had enough. I will not live on my knees in this country or any other. I will not be bullied into submission and I will not tolerate any more half-truths. This is why we need to talk about what is going on in this campus and what the BDS movement really is. The BDS movement is comprised of many people from all faiths and backgrounds. This includes working groups such as the San Francisco-based Jewish Voice for Peace and Israeli BDS organization Boycott!, just to name two. This is not about race or religion. This is about Israelis, Palestinians, and other peace-focused people who want to create a strong peace by removing the occupation. That is the issue here occupation. This hardly sounds like

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an organization that is racist. Do you know why? Because it is not. The Palestinian people whom are living in Israel are a popular example of how great things are in Israel for Palestinians. It is true; there are some Palestinians who are well off. There are voting rights, a Supreme Court judge, and a very good soccer player. What is the problem? Well, Arabs make up twenty per cent of total population in Israel. the Approximately 70 per cent live in crippling poverty. They cannot get out to vote as they cannot leave the shanty shacks they are forced to live in. Why are they in these adverse conditions? They cannot move to a new home because they are not allowed to. In fact, walls are built around these shanty towns so they are not visible. As well, the water infrastructure they are allowed to use is so polluted that to drink it would surely make you sick, if not kill you. Because of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the territory resembles Swiss cheese rather than a country. There are two road systems: one is paved, avoids cliffs, and safely gets the settlers around check points to their destination; the other is made up of Palestinian dirt roads, subject to several checks and delays. This makes a

15-minute trip to the store a day-long affair. The roads I traveled on just to go from Bethlehem to Ramallah travelled up and down a mountain road called Fire Road, a name the road earned from all the amedout cars that fell off the cliff. From Fire Road, we merged onto Death Road. You can guess why it has this name. My favourite part, however, was when the extremists in the settlement camps would shoot at the house where I was sleeping. I slept on the oor for two weeks as bullets ew through my window. Gaza is a disaster. It is an open-air prison with limited resources since the Israeli government controls what goes in and out. This is a population that has been aggressively bombed due to air raids that have invoked the response of rockets red into Israel. This amounts to a sad cycle of violence created by and maintained through occupation and oppression. Though the size constraints of this article will not allow us to explore these themes in more detail, information is readily available through human rights organizations inside and outside Israel, and writings on the history of the region are available from respected authors such as Ilan Pappe, Noam Chomsky, and Edward Said. These are just some of the reasons that

I have chosen to join the BDS movement. It is the most effective tool we have. How do we know it is working? Take a look around. There is a reason why the people of this movement are being slandered without proof. There is a reason our students union is denounced in Parliament for not wanting our students dollars invested in companies that produce weapons that enable occupation, genocide, oppression, and apartheid to exist. In the BDS, I can speak for myself without the threat of being labeled and marginalized. This brings me to my final request: please stop telling people you speak for me. You speak for the Israeli government, not for its people. Sixty-ve per cent of Israelis regardless of race and religion want peace. The BDS movement helps us put pressure on all governments to comply with international law and enter into real discourse about how to fix this mess.

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I do not enjoy disputes. Sometimes, however, something needs to be said. There are a couple of things that trouble me about Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) and the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) policy that was recently passed by our Students Union. First, the motion was presented with an extreme bias. I am not complaining about this biases are simply a fact of life but in a democracy it is crucial to thoroughly examine all sides of every issue. I have heard from many students present at the meeting that determined this policy. I was disappointed to hear that there was very little dialogue over the positive and negative points of the motion or its less obvious implications. Many who were there were ready to leave after a long meeting and did not feel clear on said implications. Support Palestinian Rights. Any world-conscious university student instantly feels an obligation to those words.

Of course I am in favour of human rights! I rmly believe in respect and tolerance of other human beings, even where beliefs are not shared. However, using loaded words such as human rights in such a serious motion tends to gloss over the fact that there is another side to the argument that should not be overlooked and fully elaborated upon. This boycott and the celebration and support of Israel Apartheid Week are not just about something happening far away. It is not just about a far-removed situation through which we can demonstrate our political and social ideals without fear of hitting closer to home. The truth is that there are people right here who are affected by it. The stance that our university has adopted is neither welcoming nor accepting toward Israeli and Jewish students and the people representing these groups in our city. It is easy to look at what is happening in other parts of the world and believe that

a policy like this as a step toward the globalization of equal rights that visionaries and activists desire. However, we must not lose sight of the fact that even under the pretext of human rights, we all have culturally and individually preconceived notions of who and what should have certain rights. To me, it seems that we should be very careful about playing judge in our policies. Even if we believe we are supporting a motion to potentially aid other human beings, we need to examine all the angles very carefully for the sake of our own integrity and for the sake of those affected by our decisions. I could offer links to news articles about terrorist acts against the Israeli people and statistics about which side has done what in the war, but I am not here to change anyones mind. I simply want to encourage both the student body and our elected leaders to consider the full picture before making decisions that have such far- and

near-reaching consequences. We are a democracy, and it is our responsibility to examine our decisions carefully and from all perspectives before we act. We need to put our own biases aside and consider all of the angles in order to make fully-educated decisions, both individually and on the larger scale. Unfortunately, there has not been full representation of some aspects of the BDS policy and support of IAW. Because of this, UR Friends of Israel is petitioning for the motion to be re-considered with both sides fully examined and equally represented. I sincerely hope that our students union is willing to reconsider and hear another side. I believe that as a democratic student body, we have a responsibility to at least do that much.

melissa enns
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Understanding URSU
URSU is not a student government. In fact, when you say student government, and refer to the goings-on as student politics, you are grossly misrepresenting the purpose of a students union and what kind of organization a students union should be. URSU is a non-prot organization and it deserves to be run as one. More importantly, it deserves to be considered as one not only by students, but by those running for a position on its board of directors. To be sure, URSU deals with governance, but it is not an organization that should be governed with the goal of protability, nor is it an organization that imposes rules and regulations upon its citizens, i.e. university students. URSU is an advocacy body and one that must exist to advocate for the rights, needs, wants, and interests of its members to society, our governments, and our citizens. URSU is not Parliament. Its not Congress. Its not the Senate. URSU is not a place for political posturing and politicking in big, grandiose gestures. URSU is not an us vs. them system. There is (or should be) no party system in a non-prot organization. Its a group of people working together to best serve their members. Critics who rail against URSU for being partisan really do not understand the full meaning of the term in this context and are incorrectly transplanting a word from their national and provincial political lives into non-prots governance. To be partisan is to advocate for a particular cause. By denition, URSU is a partisan body: the cause it advocates for is the interests of students.

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By misunderstanding partisanship, critics of URSUs so-called partisanship are failing to understand the very essence of URSU and this has begun to show itself in our elections for the board of directors. Our elections have morphed from an event undertaken to better URSU into a monster where the group of students with the flashiest posters and the most banal and inane platform win. Remove mandatory meal cards? Hand out more drinks at

Cougar and Rams games? Give me a break. This isnt high school anymore, and any student who responds positively to your offer of free candy is a student who fails to understand the role of a non-prot advocacy body. If you want to best serve the interests of all students, youll quit pandering to them and offer real solutions to real problems that students face. But of course, this is where the problem with a body that represents a diverse mem-

bership arrives: how do you represent the interests of all students? This criticism, that all students must be represented, is a common one lobbied against our current board of directors. They argue that by taking a stance they are marginalizing students who do not share that stance. However, this diversity stance is really just a stance taken up to make their criticisms seem less narcissistic and individually based and give them a universal quality that no one would disagree with. The aw in this criticism is that it still suggests that students are one singular amorphous mass, and that if they arent representing my interests, then they arent representing the interests of other students since really, all other students are just like me. The truth of the matter is that youll never please everybody. The university is an incredibly diverse place with incredibly different points of view converging and competing. But if you never take a stance, you wont please anybody and will fail your sole mission to make the lives of students better through advocacy. URSU is not a government. URSU is an organization that advocates for students. If you think that URSU is supposed to only throw sweet parties and not take a stance on issues that not only affect us now, but in the future, as well, then I would suggest you run for the board of your local elementary school student council.

jonathan petrychyn
a&c editor

I was fascinated to nd that the newly created Canadian Federation of Students [CFS] Liaison Director is not a position being contested in the 2012 URSU election. The preamble to the motion promised students transparency and accountability through an elected representative, but how can this transparency be provided without an election? The Carillon paraphrases Kent Peterson as saying the position would be an elected representative. It would be interesting to know who made this decision, because according to the URSU Board Chair, there has not been a motion made or approved by the board of directors. This is not the only issue with the current election. Several provisions of the election bylaws were contravened and later amended. The claim is no one noticed that the election bylaw requires the chief returning ofcer to be a member of URSU. Its quite embarrassing that no member of the board or executive, including those who were tasked with reviewing the bylaw as part of the electoral reform commission, understood what the bylaw said. The current URSU President is using

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his position to virtually endorse one set of candidates for executive at the expense of other slates and independent candidates. He has done this through his ofcial Twitter account, which he claims personal ownership over. However, URSU used your money to advertise and gain followers for it. He also did this in his last letter to the Carillon. Kent Peterson is also seeking re-election to the U of R senate, which comes with a free parking pass, even though the minutes show he missed at least 50 per cent of the meetings that he was eligible to attend this year (according to another senator he has not been at either meeting this year; no minutes are posted so I am unable to confirm this). To paraphrase the late Jack Layton, in the real world, when someone misses 100 per cent of their work, they dont deserve to be re-elected.

mike burton
contributor

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asking you to recognize that student unions arent student governments since 1962

Ugandan guerrilla group leader Joseph Kony, of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), is on the whats hot list in Regina activism and Facebook invite spamming these days, with both KONY 2012 REGINA and KONY 2012: Cover the Night Facebook events getting hundreds of people in Regina participating in the affair and supposedly becoming aware of the cause. We will be raising not money, but awareness of a world that has become invisible, states the KONY 2012 Regina Facebook page. People posting on the pages of the two events can be easily grouped into two categories: those who think theyre informed but really arent, and no, I think that covers everyone. It is hard to nd the truth these days. There are supporters out there trying to rally awareness for causes left, right, and centre, every year turning to a new cause that is the thing to raise awareness about. They are the people who tell you the facts, but not all of them. They say that Joseph Kony is a bad man, he must be arrested, he has a reputation of using children as sex slaves and war soldiers, support the cause people, because this is obviously terrible! There is also the group of people who say, No, supporting this wont change anything because Kony hasnt been in Uganda for six years. The only reason the Americans want to go there, they purport, is because they discovered a bunch of oil in Uganda and they wish to exploit it. How are we Canadians supposed to truly know what to believe when it comes to issues like this in places like Uganda and the Congo? The Internet is our No. 1 source of news and information, but anything on the Internet could be posted by anyone. This means that a lot of what we read yes, even if its on Wikipedia can be thought up by some misinformed, or worse yet half-

Have you heard of Joseph Kony?

informed, person spouting words to rally the people! and support the cause! It saddens me to know that there is always a hidden agenda. Todays media is looking for whats big and fresh and exciting. They keep things conservative yet alluring, and as soon as something is old news, well, its no longer worth thinking about. I will say this in particular to this whole KONY 2012 thing: I have a real issue with the 2012 bit. I understand that its because this is year we all hope to see Kony brought to justice and because it is in 2012 that he will be arrested and yadda yadda. However, having 2012 in the title just supports the fact that this is a fad. This is something that we will be interested in for one year (in Reginas case one night, the Cover the Night walk on April 20) and then forget once we turn our heads to the next big monstrosity that is happening elsewhere. Specifying a date in the title of the cause aids in the bandwagon-hopping mentality, which when it comes to fighting for a cause is not better than having no one at all. So if you havent heard of Kony 2012 yet (because youve been too busy living under your rock and havent checked your Facebook in a month) then I suggest you keep it that way. Do not Google it. Do not talk about it. If you want support this cause, or any other one out there, and donate your money to charities you are free to do as you please. All that I ask is that you fully inform yourself rst and know that your money is going where you think it is. I hate to say it, students, but its up to you to do your homework.

cassandra j. hubrich
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the carillon | March 15 -21, 2012

Look in the mirror

There has been a lot of anger recently on the University of Regina campus and across the country. URSUs recent vote to support the boycott, divest, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel has drawn attention not only from outraged students at our own university, but from Conservative Members of Parliament who denounced URSUs democratically-chosen initiative as racist. Agitating the situation further is Israeli Apartheid Week, an event meant to raise awareness of human rights abuses committed by Israel against Palestinians. At the same time, the Kony 2012 campaign to encourage Western intervention in Africa has divided many university students similarly, with many saying the important thing is awareness of the crimes committed by Kony, while others say the campaign is seriously awed and disgustingly skewed. Meanwhile, while students get extremely worked up about issues on the other side of the world, issues in Canada that we could actually do something about to make a difference are ignored. They are ignored because it is not protable to take action. They are ignored because we refuse to believe that our society is not nearly as squeaky-clean as we want to believe. They are ignored because it is far easier to point ngers at Israel, or Palestine, or Ugandan warlords and demand that they change their ways than it is to do the hard work of improving ourselves. Consider that our democracy is being steadily eroded by the Conservative government, who are alleged to have instigated a potentially illegal voter suppression campaign to ensure that nonConservatives could not vote in the last Federal Election. On top of this alleged crime, the Conservatives have been found in contempt of Parliament a ruling that condemns the Conservative Party for deliberately withholding information from Parliament and the Canadian public they are accountable to and makes them the rst government in our history to commit such a crime. Perhaps even more telling, the Conservative government pleaded guilty to election fraud from the 2006 election, in which it fudged its nancial records to exceed the national advertising limit imposed on them by the Elections Act. Despite this evidence, students dont seem terribly concerned about robocalls or the fact that our country is slowly, but steadily becoming less democratic. There are no angry protests against the government, nor are there advocacy groups on campus willing to rally to demand a full in-

quiry into robocalls. There are no flashy movies on YouTube imploring us to become aware of the growing scandal happening in Ottawa and no one talks about demanding transparency of the government. On top of this inaction, perhaps the most frustrating hypocrisy at this university is the stubborn refusal to examine our own past before pointing out the aws in countries on the other side of the world. For example, the petition to make Indigenous studies a mandatory class is scorned by many students as unnecessary and extreme. For some reason, many people think taking a three hour a week class for one semester is equivalent to implementing a residential school system at our university and so adamantly oppose it that some find it acceptable to scrawl death threats and swastikas on the petition. If you want to talk about anti-Semitism, perhaps you should start there. The reality is that Canada needs to come to terms with the fact that we are a post-apartheid state and deal with the farreaching implications that entails. Its an extremely ignorant view to believe that aboriginals have all the same opportunities as the rest of society and, although the formal systems of repression have been lifted,

their scars remain and will continue to remain unless we take some action. There are reasons that Aboriginal communities like Attawapiskat cannot house their people. There are reasons that Indigenous communities consistently have the highest suicide rates in Canada. And its not the fault of Canadas Aboriginal population. But action is unlikely. It would require us to take some blame and perhaps do something that might affect the status quo here in Canada. Its far easier to ignore the erosion of our democracy. Its so much easier to point ngers at African warlords who kill innocent children with guns than it is to point ngers at ourselves for killing children through poverty and lack of opportunity. Effective activism is not as easy as clicking a mouse, nor is it as easy as becoming aware of an issue or pointing ngers at faroff people. It starts with determining what can be done and then doing it. Canada is far from perfect and, if we are going to start making the world a better place, we had better start right here.

edward dodd
op-ed editor

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Hey Arts students, you guys know how we collectively lean way "left"? Sean Wilson, running for Arts director, is a huge fanatic. Conservative-party Google him. Does THAT represent Arts? Student Success Workshops (45 Min) - RC 230. Call 585-4076 to register. Exam Preparation March 21 & 29. Note Taking & Reading March 20. Academic Writing March 21 & 29. Learning Styles March 27 pressing a group of people. Get off the defence and educate yourself.

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Bacon, Bacon, Bacon, Bacon, & Bacon. That is all. Snowy Bear Professor whats-his-name in Nick Carletons Psych. 101 Class on Wednesday nights, I think youre a very nice guy with good intentions and you seem intelligent enough.... but, you gotta do more than just read the slides, youre seriously killin me here. I understand youre got some big shoes to ll but I could be getting paid right now... Get well soon, Dr. Carleton We miss you!!! People from Regina should be called Reginamites! BAM

ning for Kin Director on UR Innovations slate isnt even a part of the Kinesiology and Health Studies Students society! How will he be able to represent us? The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement is NOT a ght against the Jewish students on campus. And no, URSU is NOT taking a controversial stance on a political issue. Israeli Apartheid Week is looking at the Israeli-Palestinian issue from a humanitarian perspective.

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Carillon, your excessive use of the term "fuck" is not endearing. Vote for change. Vote four Kais. Two people actually reading the carillon on the bus. And I don't mean the declass.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the KHSS Shave A Cougar Steak Night! We raised $1070.00 for the Regina Cancer Society! KHSS If you dont smell like pee, youre alright with me.

Israeli Apartheid Week has nothing to do with religion. It IS NOT Islam vs. Judaism vs Christianity. etc. It is about a Government op-

Look, I get it, youre tabling, but playing terrible music loudly just makes you seem incredibly more irritating #areelectionsoveryet Its nice to see that the guy run-

Jon P., in fact, does not have a hag. He always tells me to go away. :(

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i know we as a campus can be divided against each other on a lot of issues ursu elections, the lingerie football league, etc. but we need to come together and recognize that carly rae jepsens call me maybe is the most perfect pop song of the millenium