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By Albert Leung
closures, unemployment and a
slouching market, it would seem
like the world would collectively
scrounge every cent and pinch every
penny. One establishment you might
expect to go the way of the Dodo bird
in such a penurious climate would be
Hy’s Steakhouse.
Someone like me would not
usually be one to visit such a
prestigious establishment as it has a
certain aura of class and dignity. Not
only is the dress code of business
casual enforced when you first walk in
to the seasoned establishment, but they
encourage you to leave your coat with
the hostess. It was like walking into a
private dinner party but without a high
level of posturing and vanity.
As soon as I stepped foot in the
vintage steakhouse, located in the
heart of downtown Vancouver at the
corner of Dunsmuir and Hornby, the
classic wooden interior of the walls and
candle-lit ambiance made me feel right
at home. I took my seat with my lunch
companion and I noticed the linen
tablecloth and assortment of glasses and
silverware; I didn’t know there were
so many different knives and forks to
eat a meal. Taking a look around, the
recession does not seem to be affecting
the other patrons—the steakhouse is
completely full and there are many
bottles of wine scattered throughout the
dining room.
With its extensive wine list, it’s
suitable for every taste whether you’re
looking for a balanced Sauvignon Blanc
from Australia to a deep, dark Merlot
from Napa Valley. Unfortunately,
as a student, the list didn’t receive a
second glance from me. The menu
itself incorporates appetizers, like
their famous Cheese Toast for Two to
Oysters Rockefeller, refreshing salads
and soups, seafood and of course their
signature steaks. Half of their menu
features filets, porterhouses and New
York striploins which range in any size
from eight to 22 ounces. And of course
there is also a few accompaniments
you may choose from to complete your
meal.
The server’s assistant greeted us
promptly pouring our San Pelligrino
I: the uncertain time of bank
Hy’s Steakhouse
Tightening our belts but not our appetites
mineral water into the water glass and
removing the wine glasses. It took my
lunch partner and I a moment to take in
the atmosphere as the small steakhouse
was full of middle-aged businessmen—
it was quite the intimidating experience.
We ordered the Hy’s specialty,
Cheese Toast for Two and deservingly
so. The layers of different cheeses,
including gorgonzola and old cheddar,
melted on to the freshly baked French
bread made the best first impression on
and moist from the oven.
Our entrees arrived at the table
and the appetites that we brought to the
steakhouse were about to be spoiled.
Across the table was a large prime rib
steak accompanied by garlic mashed
potatoes flaked gracefully across the ho’
plate—obviously keeping in mind that
presentation is almost more important
than the taste of the food itself. My hot
plate contained a beautiful lobster tail
on top of the shell next to a superbly
seared filet mignon and the same
wonderfully flaked mashed potatoes.
The filet mignon was brilliantly
cooked as the moist flavour and tender
meat danced within the confines of my
mouth as this was possibly the first time |
that I have enjoyed my meal in rather a
long time. I tasted a bit of the prime rib
across the table and the fat-surrounded
steak was cooked to perfection as it was
only cooked slightly until it was barely
medium rare. Bite after bite, the only
downside to the meal was that the food
on the plate was diminishing. It was a
shame that the lobster tail only lasted
four mouthfuls. Throughout the meal,
the service was spectacular with extra
focus on tidiness and our beverages.
Unfortunately, the dessert menu
was not utilized as the gluttonous
amounts of food inside of my stomach
was not about to give room to anything
sweet or decadent even though créme
brulee and bananas foster would’ ve tied
the meal up in fantastic fashion. As
mouthfuls of filet and lobster entered
my stomach, I could see the tables
emptying and filling up in less than five
minutes. This difficult economy, this
recession does not seem to be affecting
the fine dining patrons. The bill total of
a meal for two is evidence of that.
)
this reviewer, as the cheese was still hot |.
college pro
mame SUMMER
PAINTERS JOBS
COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS
is presently looking for responsible / hard-
working University or College
students for:
Full-Time Painting Positions
May - August
No experience required,
we will train you to paint.
Positions available in your area.
If interested call 1-888-277-9787
or apply online at www.collegepro.com
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By Albert Leung
closures, unemployment and a
slouching market, it would seem
like the world would collectively
scrounge every cent and pinch every
penny. One establishment you might
expect to go the way of the Dodo bird
in such a penurious climate would be
Hy’s Steakhouse.
Someone like me would not
usually be one to visit such a
prestigious establishment as it has a
certain aura of class and dignity. Not
only is the dress code of business
casual enforced when you first walk in
to the seasoned establishment, but they
encourage you to leave your coat with
the hostess. It was like walking into a
private dinner party but without a high
level of posturing and vanity.
As soon as I stepped foot in the
vintage steakhouse, located in the
heart of downtown Vancouver at the
corner of Dunsmuir and Hornby, the
classic wooden interior of the walls and
candle-lit ambiance made me feel right
at home. I took my seat with my lunch
companion and I noticed the linen
tablecloth and assortment of glasses and
silverware; I didn’t know there were
so many different knives and forks to
eat a meal. Taking a look around, the
recession does not seem to be affecting
the other patrons—the steakhouse is
completely full and there are many
bottles of wine scattered throughout the
dining room.
With its extensive wine list, it’s
suitable for every taste whether you’re
looking for a balanced Sauvignon Blanc
from Australia to a deep, dark Merlot
from Napa Valley. Unfortunately,
as a student, the list didn’t receive a
second glance from me. The menu
itself incorporates appetizers, like
their famous Cheese Toast for Two to
Oysters Rockefeller, refreshing salads
and soups, seafood and of course their
signature steaks. Half of their menu
features filets, porterhouses and New
York striploins which range in any size
from eight to 22 ounces. And of course
there is also a few accompaniments
you may choose from to complete your
meal.
The server’s assistant greeted us
promptly pouring our San Pelligrino
I: the uncertain time of bank
Hy’s Steakhouse
Tightening our belts but not our appetites
mineral water into the water glass and
removing the wine glasses. It took my
lunch partner and I a moment to take in
the atmosphere as the small steakhouse
was full of middle-aged businessmen—
it was quite the intimidating experience.
We ordered the Hy’s specialty,
Cheese Toast for Two and deservingly
so. The layers of different cheeses,
including gorgonzola and old cheddar,
melted on to the freshly baked French
bread made the best first impression on
and moist from the oven.
Our entrees arrived at the table
and the appetites that we brought to the
steakhouse were about to be spoiled.
Across the table was a large prime rib
steak accompanied by garlic mashed
potatoes flaked gracefully across the ho’
plate—obviously keeping in mind that
presentation is almost more important
than the taste of the food itself. My hot
plate contained a beautiful lobster tail
on top of the shell next to a superbly
seared filet mignon and the same
wonderfully flaked mashed potatoes.
The filet mignon was brilliantly
cooked as the moist flavour and tender
meat danced within the confines of my
mouth as this was possibly the first time |
that I have enjoyed my meal in rather a
long time. I tasted a bit of the prime rib
across the table and the fat-surrounded
steak was cooked to perfection as it was
only cooked slightly until it was barely
medium rare. Bite after bite, the only
downside to the meal was that the food
on the plate was diminishing. It was a
shame that the lobster tail only lasted
four mouthfuls. Throughout the meal,
the service was spectacular with extra
focus on tidiness and our beverages.
Unfortunately, the dessert menu
was not utilized as the gluttonous
amounts of food inside of my stomach
was not about to give room to anything
sweet or decadent even though créme
brulee and bananas foster would’ ve tied
the meal up in fantastic fashion. As
mouthfuls of filet and lobster entered
my stomach, I could see the tables
emptying and filling up in less than five
minutes. This difficult economy, this
recession does not seem to be affecting
the fine dining patrons. The bill total of
a meal for two is evidence of that.
)
this reviewer, as the cheese was still hot |.
college pro
mame SUMMER
PAINTERS JOBS
COLLEGE PRO PAINTERS
is presently looking for responsible / hard-
working University or College
students for:
Full-Time Painting Positions
May - August
No experience required,
we will train you to paint.
Positions available in your area.
If interested call 1-888-277-9787
or apply online at www.collegepro.com
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What is your favourite thing about Easter?
By Maria Asselin-Roy, Photographer
Cole Dougans Justin Koh Brian Evancic
Criminology Criminology General Studies
“My parents never really celebrated Easter, so I don’t like Easter.” “It’s a day off, and we get a long weekend.” “The fact that we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus
by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit left chocolate eggs in
the night.”
The 2010 Student Research Days were held at both campuses this year—each student who participated The Douglas College Royals are inviting students to do some crafts while waiting between classes, or just for fun!
showed their impressive work.
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What is your favourite thing about Easter?
By Maria Asselin-Roy, Photographer
Cole Dougans Justin Koh Brian Evancic
Criminology Criminology General Studies
“My parents never really celebrated Easter, so I don’t like Easter.” “It’s a day off, and we get a long weekend.” “The fact that we commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus
by telling our children that a giant bunny rabbit left chocolate eggs in
the night.”
The 2010 Student Research Days were held at both campuses this year—each student who participated The Douglas College Royals are inviting students to do some crafts while waiting between classes, or just for fun!
showed their impressive work.
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Google changes its name to “Topeka”
Google’s April Fool’s joke could be the biggest ruse of all time
news editor
very April 1, rumours run rampant—from
He and TV stations attempting to convince
the public that Burger King’s Whopper is
now left-handed, to traditional print media such as
The Vancouver Sun reporting that it had created the
world’s first flavoured newspaper. “Taste our pages
and guess the taste,” the paper invited.
Or perhaps take a whiff of Kodak’s aroma-
Kristina Mameli
photography, which features pictures that will allow
the viewer to smell the image thanks to “Neuro
Optic Nasal Sense Imagining,”
But it’s the elaborate pranks that take hold of
the Internet that most have the ability to persuade.
No longer is it simply that friends’ Facebook
statuses suddenly all change to “I’m pregnant” —
no, cyberspace pranks now run much deeper.
Take for instance, Google’s 2010 name change.
American users awoke to find that the popular
search engine had changed its name to “Topeka.”
The ruse comes just less that a month after
the little town in Kansas temporarily changed its
name to “Google” in order to try and win the bid as
the testing site for Google’s soon-to-be-launched
broadband network. Google’s standard logo was
replaced by the word “Topeka” in Google colours
and a picture of Google headquarters with a sign
adorning the moniker also made the rounds.
The gag, though up against stiff competition
such as prescription windshields and 128 ounce
cups of Starbucks coffee, has upped the ante for all
future April Fool’s pranks. YouTube was certainly a
contender as well with its option to view videos is
text. Kudos to creativity.
The usage of Topeka, courtesy of Google:
“Before out blind date I did a Topeka search on
him.”
The new Douglas Students’ Union
Representative Committee: election results
Results are unofficial pending ratification
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
| ast week, the unofficial results
of the Douglas Students’ Union
election, held March 22 to 26, were
released on the group’s website. Candidates
campaigned the week before the elections
were held for 12 positions within the
Representative Committee. The committee
represents the interests of all Douglas
students and oversees activities within the
College. It also advocates services and
organises campaigns for issues effecting
students.
Nominees, all members of the Union
elected by 10 fellow members, campaigned
for the positions at two all-candidates
forums leading up to the elections where
they had the opportunity to share their
platforms and address any questions. The
forums were held on Wednesday, March
17 at the New Westminster Campus and
on Thursday, March 18 on the David Lam
Campus.
All Douglas College students are
members of the DSU, which offers students
activities such as campaigns, pub nights,
free food, planners, the use of the Student
Union Building for groups/activities, and
advocacy for a range of issues.
The DSU is a member of the Canadian
Federation of Students (CFS) and as such
has the opportunity to work on campaigns
for solutions to education and social issues
on a provincial and national scale. The
outgoing committee was involved in an
assortment of successful activities and
campaigns from free pancake breakfasts
to raise awareness about student hunger to
4
addressing student debt and transit issues
with the One Pass Now campaign.
rhe unofficial results as listed on the DSU’s
website are as follows:
* Internal Relations Coordinator:
Chris Dahan
External Relations Coordinator:
aU iTir meres ire\elevatstt
College Relations Coordinator:
Jerin Mece
Treasurer: Tony Atwal
David Lam Campus Coordinator:
Sikimic Djordje
Women’s Liaison: Cathy Pham
Aboriginal Liaison: Thibodeau
Patrick
Pride Liaison: Anna Lusk
Disability Liaison: Lorna Howat
Members-at-large: Brandon
Johannessen, Jill Griffin and Ricky
Apiitea
hese results are unofficial pending
ratification as stated in the DSU’s
constitution. Results can be appealed in
writing to the Electoral Committee within
14 days of the election
It should also be noted that not every
voter cast a ballot for each position. The
committee above will represent the student
body from May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011
For information on how you
can get involved with the DSU call
604.527.5110, visit the website at http:
douglasstudentsunion.ca/ or stop by on
either campus
Douglas College Wrap-Up
By Kristina Mameli
Application deadline for student retreat
The application deadline for the Centre for Campus Life’s first
Annual Student Engagement and Leadership Retreat is April 9.
A maximum of 24 students will attend the retreat which
takes place at Mission’s Camp Zajac on Stave Lake from April
23 until April 25. Transportation, lodging, meals and activities
will all be covered by the Centre for Campus Life.
The long-weekend workshop is intended to bring students
interested in making a difference on campus together. Students
will develop leadership skills, team-building skills, will
participate in outdoors activities and will discuss and plan
activities for Douglas College students for the upcoming year.
The application form and more information can be found
at http://www.douglas.bc.ca/__shared/assets/leadership_
application63 175.pdf
Dr. Kathy Denton named new VP of education
Announced March 18 in a press release on Douglas College’s
website, Douglas College President Dr. Scott McAlpine
named Dr. Kathy Denton the new vice president of education.
Denton, a 20-year teaching veteran at Douglas, UBC and
SFU, replaces Jan Carrie, acting VP of education for the last
eight months. She has been serving as the Dean of the Faculty
of Humanities and Social Sciences at Douglas backed by
impressive credentials including both a Bachelors and Masters
in Criminology from SFU and a Ph. D in Psychology.
She expressed her excitement in the press release: “This
is an exciting role— Douglas offers so much to students now
and I see more connections that we could make to increase
opportunities for students to advance their education and
reach their career goals.” She added that she plans to focus on
creating new opportunities for Douglas College students.
She takes over the position May 1, 2010.
“Dr. Denton brings a wealth of experience and expertise
in leadership to Douglas College,” McAlpine said in the
release. “She has all the skills and abilities necessary to be
the senior educational leader at this institution as we move
forward in implementing the next step in our strategic plan.
We're confident that in Kathy, we have chosen the best
person.”
Edited Text
Google changes its name to “Topeka”
Google’s April Fool’s joke could be the biggest ruse of all time
news editor
very April 1, rumours run rampant—from
He and TV stations attempting to convince
the public that Burger King’s Whopper is
now left-handed, to traditional print media such as
The Vancouver Sun reporting that it had created the
world’s first flavoured newspaper. “Taste our pages
and guess the taste,” the paper invited.
Or perhaps take a whiff of Kodak’s aroma-
Kristina Mameli
photography, which features pictures that will allow
the viewer to smell the image thanks to “Neuro
Optic Nasal Sense Imagining,”
But it’s the elaborate pranks that take hold of
the Internet that most have the ability to persuade.
No longer is it simply that friends’ Facebook
statuses suddenly all change to “I’m pregnant” —
no, cyberspace pranks now run much deeper.
Take for instance, Google’s 2010 name change.
American users awoke to find that the popular
search engine had changed its name to “Topeka.”
The ruse comes just less that a month after
the little town in Kansas temporarily changed its
name to “Google” in order to try and win the bid as
the testing site for Google’s soon-to-be-launched
broadband network. Google’s standard logo was
replaced by the word “Topeka” in Google colours
and a picture of Google headquarters with a sign
adorning the moniker also made the rounds.
The gag, though up against stiff competition
such as prescription windshields and 128 ounce
cups of Starbucks coffee, has upped the ante for all
future April Fool’s pranks. YouTube was certainly a
contender as well with its option to view videos is
text. Kudos to creativity.
The usage of Topeka, courtesy of Google:
“Before out blind date I did a Topeka search on
him.”
The new Douglas Students’ Union
Representative Committee: election results
Results are unofficial pending ratification
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
| ast week, the unofficial results
of the Douglas Students’ Union
election, held March 22 to 26, were
released on the group’s website. Candidates
campaigned the week before the elections
were held for 12 positions within the
Representative Committee. The committee
represents the interests of all Douglas
students and oversees activities within the
College. It also advocates services and
organises campaigns for issues effecting
students.
Nominees, all members of the Union
elected by 10 fellow members, campaigned
for the positions at two all-candidates
forums leading up to the elections where
they had the opportunity to share their
platforms and address any questions. The
forums were held on Wednesday, March
17 at the New Westminster Campus and
on Thursday, March 18 on the David Lam
Campus.
All Douglas College students are
members of the DSU, which offers students
activities such as campaigns, pub nights,
free food, planners, the use of the Student
Union Building for groups/activities, and
advocacy for a range of issues.
The DSU is a member of the Canadian
Federation of Students (CFS) and as such
has the opportunity to work on campaigns
for solutions to education and social issues
on a provincial and national scale. The
outgoing committee was involved in an
assortment of successful activities and
campaigns from free pancake breakfasts
to raise awareness about student hunger to
4
addressing student debt and transit issues
with the One Pass Now campaign.
rhe unofficial results as listed on the DSU’s
website are as follows:
* Internal Relations Coordinator:
Chris Dahan
External Relations Coordinator:
aU iTir meres ire\elevatstt
College Relations Coordinator:
Jerin Mece
Treasurer: Tony Atwal
David Lam Campus Coordinator:
Sikimic Djordje
Women’s Liaison: Cathy Pham
Aboriginal Liaison: Thibodeau
Patrick
Pride Liaison: Anna Lusk
Disability Liaison: Lorna Howat
Members-at-large: Brandon
Johannessen, Jill Griffin and Ricky
Apiitea
hese results are unofficial pending
ratification as stated in the DSU’s
constitution. Results can be appealed in
writing to the Electoral Committee within
14 days of the election
It should also be noted that not every
voter cast a ballot for each position. The
committee above will represent the student
body from May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011
For information on how you
can get involved with the DSU call
604.527.5110, visit the website at http:
douglasstudentsunion.ca/ or stop by on
either campus
Douglas College Wrap-Up
By Kristina Mameli
Application deadline for student retreat
The application deadline for the Centre for Campus Life’s first
Annual Student Engagement and Leadership Retreat is April 9.
A maximum of 24 students will attend the retreat which
takes place at Mission’s Camp Zajac on Stave Lake from April
23 until April 25. Transportation, lodging, meals and activities
will all be covered by the Centre for Campus Life.
The long-weekend workshop is intended to bring students
interested in making a difference on campus together. Students
will develop leadership skills, team-building skills, will
participate in outdoors activities and will discuss and plan
activities for Douglas College students for the upcoming year.
The application form and more information can be found
at http://www.douglas.bc.ca/__shared/assets/leadership_
application63 175.pdf
Dr. Kathy Denton named new VP of education
Announced March 18 in a press release on Douglas College’s
website, Douglas College President Dr. Scott McAlpine
named Dr. Kathy Denton the new vice president of education.
Denton, a 20-year teaching veteran at Douglas, UBC and
SFU, replaces Jan Carrie, acting VP of education for the last
eight months. She has been serving as the Dean of the Faculty
of Humanities and Social Sciences at Douglas backed by
impressive credentials including both a Bachelors and Masters
in Criminology from SFU and a Ph. D in Psychology.
She expressed her excitement in the press release: “This
is an exciting role— Douglas offers so much to students now
and I see more connections that we could make to increase
opportunities for students to advance their education and
reach their career goals.” She added that she plans to focus on
creating new opportunities for Douglas College students.
She takes over the position May 1, 2010.
“Dr. Denton brings a wealth of experience and expertise
in leadership to Douglas College,” McAlpine said in the
release. “She has all the skills and abilities necessary to be
the senior educational leader at this institution as we move
forward in implementing the next step in our strategic plan.
We're confident that in Kathy, we have chosen the best
person.”
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Beate:
Stupidity in the cyber age
By Robert J. Holt, The Uniter (University of
Winnipeg)
WINNIPEG (CUP)—Once, in elementary school, a
friend of mine was sitting by himself in a corner of
the playground, pouting. I walked over and asked
what was wrong.
“T hate people,” he
responded, looking at
the ground.
“Why?” I asked.
He lifted his head,
looked me right in the eyes, and shouted, “Because
people are stupid!”
Recently, I’d been having the same thought
whenever I went online. Whether watching a
video on YouTube of some sub-normal jackass
from South Carolina jumping on his best friend’s
crotch or reading barely-literate status updates on
Facebook, I got the feeling that people aren’t just
stupid. No, the whole human species is getting
more idiotic by the keystroke.
It was a depressing thought, but I’ve started
to see things differently. It’s not that people are
getting any dumber. It’s that, thanks to the advent
of social media, people are more honest about how
18
- ‘The lap dance in question
dumb they actually are. They can come clean and
let the whole world know.
For example, take that teacher from a
Winnipeg high school that decided it was a bright
idea to perform a lap dance on his colleague in a
gym full of students. Was that dumb? Fantastically
It’s not that people are getting any dumber. It’s that, thanks to the advent of social media,
people are more honest about how dumb they actually are.
so. Everybody in the place knew it was dumb and
everyone who saw it on the news thought it was
dumb. Really, really dumb.
A decade ago, only a handful of people would
have known about this — the people in the gym,
the parents and the school board. Rumours would
spread to schools nearby, but it would essentially be
a local issue.
However, thanks to YouTube and a high school
student with a cell phone (I understand that’s fairly
common these days), the lunchtime lap dance
story blew up like gangbusters. It received global
attention; the video was featured on the front page
of CNN’s website. It’s a safe bet that neither of
the teachers in the video will ever be hired by any
school division with a working knowledge of how
to use Google.
If there’s a moral to their story, it’s this:
nowadays, if (and when) you do something stupid,
people are going to find out.
Personally, I think
that’s great. I’m looking
forward to a future
when the members of
this generation start
running for public office
and.the photos from their youth begin to surface.
Smear politics will be that much more fun. Or
maybe they’ ll just disappear entirely. After all, if
everyone has dirt on everyone else, no one can
really claim the moral high ground.
The point is, if you’re ever crawling the web—
that wondrous series of tubes—and you start to feel
like the world is getting dumber, just remember that
my grade school friend has been right all along.
People aren’t getting any stupider; we were plenty
stupid to begin with.
We’re simply getting better at admitting it.
Edited Text
Beate:
Stupidity in the cyber age
By Robert J. Holt, The Uniter (University of
Winnipeg)
WINNIPEG (CUP)—Once, in elementary school, a
friend of mine was sitting by himself in a corner of
the playground, pouting. I walked over and asked
what was wrong.
“T hate people,” he
responded, looking at
the ground.
“Why?” I asked.
He lifted his head,
looked me right in the eyes, and shouted, “Because
people are stupid!”
Recently, I’d been having the same thought
whenever I went online. Whether watching a
video on YouTube of some sub-normal jackass
from South Carolina jumping on his best friend’s
crotch or reading barely-literate status updates on
Facebook, I got the feeling that people aren’t just
stupid. No, the whole human species is getting
more idiotic by the keystroke.
It was a depressing thought, but I’ve started
to see things differently. It’s not that people are
getting any dumber. It’s that, thanks to the advent
of social media, people are more honest about how
18
- ‘The lap dance in question
dumb they actually are. They can come clean and
let the whole world know.
For example, take that teacher from a
Winnipeg high school that decided it was a bright
idea to perform a lap dance on his colleague in a
gym full of students. Was that dumb? Fantastically
It’s not that people are getting any dumber. It’s that, thanks to the advent of social media,
people are more honest about how dumb they actually are.
so. Everybody in the place knew it was dumb and
everyone who saw it on the news thought it was
dumb. Really, really dumb.
A decade ago, only a handful of people would
have known about this — the people in the gym,
the parents and the school board. Rumours would
spread to schools nearby, but it would essentially be
a local issue.
However, thanks to YouTube and a high school
student with a cell phone (I understand that’s fairly
common these days), the lunchtime lap dance
story blew up like gangbusters. It received global
attention; the video was featured on the front page
of CNN’s website. It’s a safe bet that neither of
the teachers in the video will ever be hired by any
school division with a working knowledge of how
to use Google.
If there’s a moral to their story, it’s this:
nowadays, if (and when) you do something stupid,
people are going to find out.
Personally, I think
that’s great. I’m looking
forward to a future
when the members of
this generation start
running for public office
and.the photos from their youth begin to surface.
Smear politics will be that much more fun. Or
maybe they’ ll just disappear entirely. After all, if
everyone has dirt on everyone else, no one can
really claim the moral high ground.
The point is, if you’re ever crawling the web—
that wondrous series of tubes—and you start to feel
like the world is getting dumber, just remember that
my grade school friend has been right all along.
People aren’t getting any stupider; we were plenty
stupid to begin with.
We’re simply getting better at admitting it.
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Let’s hope Buck lands on his feet
Leos let go of injury-prone QB
Buck Pierce
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
rofessional football is a rough
Pe both on and off the
gridiron. That’s true of both the
NFL and the CFL, and in the heavily
salary-capped world of the Canadian
game, teams have to be exceedingly
careful about how they spend their
money. To put it simply, all of the
players they invest in have to provide
maximum return if a club hopes to be
successful. That is especially true of
the quarterback position, which in the
CFL can win or lose you games all
alone.
Having to make these decisions
strictly on performance and money
leaves little room for the heart, and that
was the unfortunate case recently when
the BC Lions unconditionally released
QB Buck Pierce, ending the oft-injured
semi-starter’s five-year tenure with the
team.
Pierce had long been plagued
by increasingly prevalent concussion
issues, and with the re-emergence
of Casey Printers as the Leos’ new
undisputed go-to gunslinger, there was
little room for Pierce, who’s relatively
large salary made his return to the
team for another season financially
unfeasible. It’s a shame when look
back on Pierce’s stay with the Lions.
His was such a heart-warming story,
what with him driving all the way up
to B.C.’s free agent training camp with
nothing guaranteed or promised to
him, and then making the club behind
Printers and former starter Dave
Dickenson. When Printers left for his
tumultuous adventures in the NFL and
Hamilton, and Dickenson was stricken
with a never-ending string of his own
concussion problems, Pierce surpassed
Jarious Jackson on the depth chart and
effectively seized the team’s starting
reigns by himself. To say the least, it
was quite a story.
But as the injuries continued to
mount and when Printers came back to
B.C. and outplayed Pierce, the writing
was on the wall. Lions’ GM and head
coach Wally Buono was forced to sever
ties with Pierce.
On the bright side though, it looks
like the ever-defiant Pierce, who has
bucked the odds his entire career and
who so passionately proclaimed to the
media at the end of last season that
his career was far from over, won’t
be out of work for long. A number of
teams on both sides of the border have
expressed significant interest in the
28-year-old New Mexico State grad,
including the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,
(who at this point appear to be the front
runners and are perennially in search
of a new quarterback), Hamilton and
in the NFL, Jacksonville, Detroit and
Carolina.
It’s easy to see why Pierce is a
sought after commodity. He has the
third best passer efficiency rating in
Lions history (somewhat ironically,
behind Printers and Dickenson), and
sports a commendable 21-12-1 starting
record. In a job market where someone
is always the hunt for a QB, those are _
impressive numbers that will most
definitely grant him a job somewhere.
No matter where Pierce goes,
expect him to land on his feet. He’s
been a fighter his entire football life, so
don’t expect this set back to hold him
back for long.
Ss. YoMTs,
Can you even pull for Tiger anymore?
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
ith The Masters kicking
off this upcoming
weekend, all the talk
surrounding the fabled tournament
has been centered solely on Tiger
Woods and his return to golf
following all of his...ahem...off
course business lately.
Members of the media have
been hailing this year’s contest
at Augusta as quite possibly the
biggest and most anticipated event
in the history of golf. After all,
Woods hasn’t been seen on the
course for months now, but details
of his extramarital affairs that
have dribbled out continually have
dominated the headlines since his
car accident that kicked this whole
firestorm off back on American
Thanksgiving.
There’s no doubt that just about
every major media outlet on the
planet will be sending envoys to The
Masters in order to cover Woods’
sure-to-be dramatic return, and so
far the generally accepted line on
Woods coming back is the question
of whether he will be able to regain
his otherworldly form and in turn
recapture the hero status that he
involuntarily vacated.
The real question around The
Masters this year though, at least to
me, is do I even want Tiger Woods
to dominate again?
It isn’t even a question that golf
is more interesting when Woods is
in title contention. In the past, there
were few other sporting events I
enjoyed more than watching Woods
make his classic back nine charges
on Sunday and pull out yet another
dramatic win.
Before all of the recent events
with Woods surfaced, my favourite
moment in sports history was the
2008 U.S. Open. Watching Woods,
back when I still called him Tiger,
who could barely walk on one leg
due to a catastrophic knee injury that
had required arthroscopic surgery
just three months beforehand and
would soon keep him out for over
nine months, sink a 12-foot putt on
the 18" hole on Sunday with the
whole world watching in order to
send him into a playoff the next day
Rocco Mediate, and watching
him then come back on Monday in
a two-man playoff, which ended in
a draw after 18 gruelling holes, and
then to have him pull out the victory
a 19" sudden death hole, the only
word I can use to describe it was
magical. When a wounded Woods,
who could barely stand, closed out
the win by a single stroke, I won’t
deny that the tears fell. That was one
of those all too rare and exceedingly
special moments in sports where
I realized just how powerful the
human spirit is, and that anything is
possible.
That tournament, that one
moment, is what made is so hard
for me to believe and then accept
what Woods had done. It was even
harder to watch a hero fall and
have his legacy turned into a joke.
Maybe we shouldn’t place our faith
in athletes, or look to them as role
models. Unfortunately though, right
or wrong, that will never change.
Kids are always going to look up to
the heroes they see on television and
regardless of what you think of that,
those athletes have a responsibility
to those people that admire them so
much. That’s where Woods let us,
and where he let me, down.
So watching him return to the
golf course, where he will most
likely rediscover the level of play
that launched him beyond superstar
status in the first place is a sight
that has already inspired mixed
feelings. On the one hand I just want
to put all of this in the past, and for
people to think of Woods and golf
in the same sentence again. But on
the other hand, it’s still impossible
to forget what he did, and every
time I see him tee up, swing a club
or lift a trophy, I know that those
feelings from years gone by won’t
ever come back again. It’s a feeling
of innocence lost, and more then
anything; it’s a feeling of sadness.
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Let’s hope Buck lands on his feet
Leos let go of injury-prone QB
Buck Pierce
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
rofessional football is a rough
Pe both on and off the
gridiron. That’s true of both the
NFL and the CFL, and in the heavily
salary-capped world of the Canadian
game, teams have to be exceedingly
careful about how they spend their
money. To put it simply, all of the
players they invest in have to provide
maximum return if a club hopes to be
successful. That is especially true of
the quarterback position, which in the
CFL can win or lose you games all
alone.
Having to make these decisions
strictly on performance and money
leaves little room for the heart, and that
was the unfortunate case recently when
the BC Lions unconditionally released
QB Buck Pierce, ending the oft-injured
semi-starter’s five-year tenure with the
team.
Pierce had long been plagued
by increasingly prevalent concussion
issues, and with the re-emergence
of Casey Printers as the Leos’ new
undisputed go-to gunslinger, there was
little room for Pierce, who’s relatively
large salary made his return to the
team for another season financially
unfeasible. It’s a shame when look
back on Pierce’s stay with the Lions.
His was such a heart-warming story,
what with him driving all the way up
to B.C.’s free agent training camp with
nothing guaranteed or promised to
him, and then making the club behind
Printers and former starter Dave
Dickenson. When Printers left for his
tumultuous adventures in the NFL and
Hamilton, and Dickenson was stricken
with a never-ending string of his own
concussion problems, Pierce surpassed
Jarious Jackson on the depth chart and
effectively seized the team’s starting
reigns by himself. To say the least, it
was quite a story.
But as the injuries continued to
mount and when Printers came back to
B.C. and outplayed Pierce, the writing
was on the wall. Lions’ GM and head
coach Wally Buono was forced to sever
ties with Pierce.
On the bright side though, it looks
like the ever-defiant Pierce, who has
bucked the odds his entire career and
who so passionately proclaimed to the
media at the end of last season that
his career was far from over, won’t
be out of work for long. A number of
teams on both sides of the border have
expressed significant interest in the
28-year-old New Mexico State grad,
including the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,
(who at this point appear to be the front
runners and are perennially in search
of a new quarterback), Hamilton and
in the NFL, Jacksonville, Detroit and
Carolina.
It’s easy to see why Pierce is a
sought after commodity. He has the
third best passer efficiency rating in
Lions history (somewhat ironically,
behind Printers and Dickenson), and
sports a commendable 21-12-1 starting
record. In a job market where someone
is always the hunt for a QB, those are _
impressive numbers that will most
definitely grant him a job somewhere.
No matter where Pierce goes,
expect him to land on his feet. He’s
been a fighter his entire football life, so
don’t expect this set back to hold him
back for long.
Ss. YoMTs,
Can you even pull for Tiger anymore?
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
ith The Masters kicking
off this upcoming
weekend, all the talk
surrounding the fabled tournament
has been centered solely on Tiger
Woods and his return to golf
following all of his...ahem...off
course business lately.
Members of the media have
been hailing this year’s contest
at Augusta as quite possibly the
biggest and most anticipated event
in the history of golf. After all,
Woods hasn’t been seen on the
course for months now, but details
of his extramarital affairs that
have dribbled out continually have
dominated the headlines since his
car accident that kicked this whole
firestorm off back on American
Thanksgiving.
There’s no doubt that just about
every major media outlet on the
planet will be sending envoys to The
Masters in order to cover Woods’
sure-to-be dramatic return, and so
far the generally accepted line on
Woods coming back is the question
of whether he will be able to regain
his otherworldly form and in turn
recapture the hero status that he
involuntarily vacated.
The real question around The
Masters this year though, at least to
me, is do I even want Tiger Woods
to dominate again?
It isn’t even a question that golf
is more interesting when Woods is
in title contention. In the past, there
were few other sporting events I
enjoyed more than watching Woods
make his classic back nine charges
on Sunday and pull out yet another
dramatic win.
Before all of the recent events
with Woods surfaced, my favourite
moment in sports history was the
2008 U.S. Open. Watching Woods,
back when I still called him Tiger,
who could barely walk on one leg
due to a catastrophic knee injury that
had required arthroscopic surgery
just three months beforehand and
would soon keep him out for over
nine months, sink a 12-foot putt on
the 18" hole on Sunday with the
whole world watching in order to
send him into a playoff the next day
Rocco Mediate, and watching
him then come back on Monday in
a two-man playoff, which ended in
a draw after 18 gruelling holes, and
then to have him pull out the victory
a 19" sudden death hole, the only
word I can use to describe it was
magical. When a wounded Woods,
who could barely stand, closed out
the win by a single stroke, I won’t
deny that the tears fell. That was one
of those all too rare and exceedingly
special moments in sports where
I realized just how powerful the
human spirit is, and that anything is
possible.
That tournament, that one
moment, is what made is so hard
for me to believe and then accept
what Woods had done. It was even
harder to watch a hero fall and
have his legacy turned into a joke.
Maybe we shouldn’t place our faith
in athletes, or look to them as role
models. Unfortunately though, right
or wrong, that will never change.
Kids are always going to look up to
the heroes they see on television and
regardless of what you think of that,
those athletes have a responsibility
to those people that admire them so
much. That’s where Woods let us,
and where he let me, down.
So watching him return to the
golf course, where he will most
likely rediscover the level of play
that launched him beyond superstar
status in the first place is a sight
that has already inspired mixed
feelings. On the one hand I just want
to put all of this in the past, and for
people to think of Woods and golf
in the same sentence again. But on
the other hand, it’s still impossible
to forget what he did, and every
time I see him tee up, swing a club
or lift a trophy, I know that those
feelings from years gone by won’t
ever come back again. It’s a feeling
of innocence lost, and more then
anything; it’s a feeling of sadness.
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Wandering Trees
By Jay Schreiber
final wave ‘goodbye
you a budding poet? Send your work to a
tcotherpres.a tose our work in prin!
Hot Tub Time Machine: exactly how it sounds
It’s The Hangover meets Back to the Future; what more could you want?
Angela Espinoza
lhe first quarter of 2010 has just
about ended, and already we’ve been
“blessed” with a wide range of films
ranging from boring and tired to half-decent
and “alright,” which saddens me, considering
the list includes films by Martin Scorsese,
Roman Polanski (get over it), Tim Burton
and Kevin Smith. So, when all these fine
named Blaine (Sebastian Stan) and Chaz
(Charlie McDermott). The era is captured
in a way that doesn’t abuse parody, but still
makes abundant use of neon colours, music,
and “80s legends Chevy Chase (as the all-
knowing hot tub repair man) and Crispin
Glover (as the greatest one-armed bellhop
you’ll ever see). The pacing in this film is
phenomenal, managing to solidify all four
leads within a five-to-ten minute interval.
The beauty of this is that where most movies
of this sort will have poorly attempted
character development, this film filters those
unnecessary moments 0 o three outrageous
John Cusack once again reminds us that he can do more than just hold a boom
box over his head.
options become void, who do you turn to?
In this case, Steve Pink (Accepted, High
Fidelity), proud director of Hot Tub Time
Machine.
Time Machine begins by introducing
four good-for-nothings: Nick (Craig
Robinson), Lou (Rob Corddry), Adam (John
Cusack), and Adam’s nephew, Jacob (Clark
Duke). The out-of-touch 40-somethings have
all failed in their lives with both women
and careers, and 20-year-old Jacob is well
on his way to doing the same. After Lou
fails a supposed suicide-attempt, Adam and
Nick take the liberty of booking a room at
the ski resort the three of them spent many
memorable nights in.
After accidentally dumping Chernobley
(an illegal Russian energy drink) into their
hot tub’s electrical wiring, the four are sent
back to 1986. Without spoilers, all I can say
is it only gets better from there.
Very rarely does this happen in a movie
today, especially a comedy, but Hot Tub
Time Machine does everything right. From
spectacular dialogue all the way down to
the cocky, ski-patrolling pricks so perfectly
characters and their equally entertaining
punching bag. Every single performance is
done flawlessly, from its main characters to
momentary extras.
Cusack, who’s been in most of Pink’s
films, once again reminds us that he can do
more than just hold a boom box over his
head. Since The Office, Robinson has been
gradually becoming more prominent in
films, and thank God—this man is always
comedic gold. As for Corddry, he’s had
some difficulty becoming as famous as his
ex-Daily Show cast-mates Steve Carell and
Stephen Colbert. It’s disappointing, since he,
like Robinson, is hilarious no matter what
role he gets. Believe me when I say that if
you’ ve never heard of Robinson or Corddry
before, you won’t be forgetting their names
any time soon. As for Duke, he may just be
another two-role-wonder, but he certainly
holds potential to become something more.
One thing’s for sure, this movie will
forever change your perception of squirrels,
soap dispensers, and the song “Let’s Get It
Started.” Hot Tub Time Machine, 1 guarantee,
will have you laughing from start to finish.
By Jay Schreiber
final wave ‘goodbye
you a budding poet? Send your work to a
tcotherpres.a tose our work in prin!
Hot Tub Time Machine: exactly how it sounds
It’s The Hangover meets Back to the Future; what more could you want?
Angela Espinoza
lhe first quarter of 2010 has just
about ended, and already we’ve been
“blessed” with a wide range of films
ranging from boring and tired to half-decent
and “alright,” which saddens me, considering
the list includes films by Martin Scorsese,
Roman Polanski (get over it), Tim Burton
and Kevin Smith. So, when all these fine
named Blaine (Sebastian Stan) and Chaz
(Charlie McDermott). The era is captured
in a way that doesn’t abuse parody, but still
makes abundant use of neon colours, music,
and “80s legends Chevy Chase (as the all-
knowing hot tub repair man) and Crispin
Glover (as the greatest one-armed bellhop
you’ll ever see). The pacing in this film is
phenomenal, managing to solidify all four
leads within a five-to-ten minute interval.
The beauty of this is that where most movies
of this sort will have poorly attempted
character development, this film filters those
unnecessary moments 0 o three outrageous
John Cusack once again reminds us that he can do more than just hold a boom
box over his head.
options become void, who do you turn to?
In this case, Steve Pink (Accepted, High
Fidelity), proud director of Hot Tub Time
Machine.
Time Machine begins by introducing
four good-for-nothings: Nick (Craig
Robinson), Lou (Rob Corddry), Adam (John
Cusack), and Adam’s nephew, Jacob (Clark
Duke). The out-of-touch 40-somethings have
all failed in their lives with both women
and careers, and 20-year-old Jacob is well
on his way to doing the same. After Lou
fails a supposed suicide-attempt, Adam and
Nick take the liberty of booking a room at
the ski resort the three of them spent many
memorable nights in.
After accidentally dumping Chernobley
(an illegal Russian energy drink) into their
hot tub’s electrical wiring, the four are sent
back to 1986. Without spoilers, all I can say
is it only gets better from there.
Very rarely does this happen in a movie
today, especially a comedy, but Hot Tub
Time Machine does everything right. From
spectacular dialogue all the way down to
the cocky, ski-patrolling pricks so perfectly
characters and their equally entertaining
punching bag. Every single performance is
done flawlessly, from its main characters to
momentary extras.
Cusack, who’s been in most of Pink’s
films, once again reminds us that he can do
more than just hold a boom box over his
head. Since The Office, Robinson has been
gradually becoming more prominent in
films, and thank God—this man is always
comedic gold. As for Corddry, he’s had
some difficulty becoming as famous as his
ex-Daily Show cast-mates Steve Carell and
Stephen Colbert. It’s disappointing, since he,
like Robinson, is hilarious no matter what
role he gets. Believe me when I say that if
you’ ve never heard of Robinson or Corddry
before, you won’t be forgetting their names
any time soon. As for Duke, he may just be
another two-role-wonder, but he certainly
holds potential to become something more.
One thing’s for sure, this movie will
forever change your perception of squirrels,
soap dispensers, and the song “Let’s Get It
Started.” Hot Tub Time Machine, 1 guarantee,
will have you laughing from start to finish.
Edited Text
Wandering Trees
By Jay Schreiber
final wave ‘goodbye
you a budding poet? Send your work to a
tcotherpres.a tose our work in prin!
Hot Tub Time Machine: exactly how it sounds
It’s The Hangover meets Back to the Future; what more could you want?
Angela Espinoza
lhe first quarter of 2010 has just
about ended, and already we’ve been
“blessed” with a wide range of films
ranging from boring and tired to half-decent
and “alright,” which saddens me, considering
the list includes films by Martin Scorsese,
Roman Polanski (get over it), Tim Burton
and Kevin Smith. So, when all these fine
named Blaine (Sebastian Stan) and Chaz
(Charlie McDermott). The era is captured
in a way that doesn’t abuse parody, but still
makes abundant use of neon colours, music,
and “80s legends Chevy Chase (as the all-
knowing hot tub repair man) and Crispin
Glover (as the greatest one-armed bellhop
you’ll ever see). The pacing in this film is
phenomenal, managing to solidify all four
leads within a five-to-ten minute interval.
The beauty of this is that where most movies
of this sort will have poorly attempted
character development, this film filters those
unnecessary moments 0 o three outrageous
John Cusack once again reminds us that he can do more than just hold a boom
box over his head.
options become void, who do you turn to?
In this case, Steve Pink (Accepted, High
Fidelity), proud director of Hot Tub Time
Machine.
Time Machine begins by introducing
four good-for-nothings: Nick (Craig
Robinson), Lou (Rob Corddry), Adam (John
Cusack), and Adam’s nephew, Jacob (Clark
Duke). The out-of-touch 40-somethings have
all failed in their lives with both women
and careers, and 20-year-old Jacob is well
on his way to doing the same. After Lou
fails a supposed suicide-attempt, Adam and
Nick take the liberty of booking a room at
the ski resort the three of them spent many
memorable nights in.
After accidentally dumping Chernobley
(an illegal Russian energy drink) into their
hot tub’s electrical wiring, the four are sent
back to 1986. Without spoilers, all I can say
is it only gets better from there.
Very rarely does this happen in a movie
today, especially a comedy, but Hot Tub
Time Machine does everything right. From
spectacular dialogue all the way down to
the cocky, ski-patrolling pricks so perfectly
characters and their equally entertaining
punching bag. Every single performance is
done flawlessly, from its main characters to
momentary extras.
Cusack, who’s been in most of Pink’s
films, once again reminds us that he can do
more than just hold a boom box over his
head. Since The Office, Robinson has been
gradually becoming more prominent in
films, and thank God—this man is always
comedic gold. As for Corddry, he’s had
some difficulty becoming as famous as his
ex-Daily Show cast-mates Steve Carell and
Stephen Colbert. It’s disappointing, since he,
like Robinson, is hilarious no matter what
role he gets. Believe me when I say that if
you’ ve never heard of Robinson or Corddry
before, you won’t be forgetting their names
any time soon. As for Duke, he may just be
another two-role-wonder, but he certainly
holds potential to become something more.
One thing’s for sure, this movie will
forever change your perception of squirrels,
soap dispensers, and the song “Let’s Get It
Started.” Hot Tub Time Machine, 1 guarantee,
will have you laughing from start to finish.
By Jay Schreiber
final wave ‘goodbye
you a budding poet? Send your work to a
tcotherpres.a tose our work in prin!
Hot Tub Time Machine: exactly how it sounds
It’s The Hangover meets Back to the Future; what more could you want?
Angela Espinoza
lhe first quarter of 2010 has just
about ended, and already we’ve been
“blessed” with a wide range of films
ranging from boring and tired to half-decent
and “alright,” which saddens me, considering
the list includes films by Martin Scorsese,
Roman Polanski (get over it), Tim Burton
and Kevin Smith. So, when all these fine
named Blaine (Sebastian Stan) and Chaz
(Charlie McDermott). The era is captured
in a way that doesn’t abuse parody, but still
makes abundant use of neon colours, music,
and “80s legends Chevy Chase (as the all-
knowing hot tub repair man) and Crispin
Glover (as the greatest one-armed bellhop
you’ll ever see). The pacing in this film is
phenomenal, managing to solidify all four
leads within a five-to-ten minute interval.
The beauty of this is that where most movies
of this sort will have poorly attempted
character development, this film filters those
unnecessary moments 0 o three outrageous
John Cusack once again reminds us that he can do more than just hold a boom
box over his head.
options become void, who do you turn to?
In this case, Steve Pink (Accepted, High
Fidelity), proud director of Hot Tub Time
Machine.
Time Machine begins by introducing
four good-for-nothings: Nick (Craig
Robinson), Lou (Rob Corddry), Adam (John
Cusack), and Adam’s nephew, Jacob (Clark
Duke). The out-of-touch 40-somethings have
all failed in their lives with both women
and careers, and 20-year-old Jacob is well
on his way to doing the same. After Lou
fails a supposed suicide-attempt, Adam and
Nick take the liberty of booking a room at
the ski resort the three of them spent many
memorable nights in.
After accidentally dumping Chernobley
(an illegal Russian energy drink) into their
hot tub’s electrical wiring, the four are sent
back to 1986. Without spoilers, all I can say
is it only gets better from there.
Very rarely does this happen in a movie
today, especially a comedy, but Hot Tub
Time Machine does everything right. From
spectacular dialogue all the way down to
the cocky, ski-patrolling pricks so perfectly
characters and their equally entertaining
punching bag. Every single performance is
done flawlessly, from its main characters to
momentary extras.
Cusack, who’s been in most of Pink’s
films, once again reminds us that he can do
more than just hold a boom box over his
head. Since The Office, Robinson has been
gradually becoming more prominent in
films, and thank God—this man is always
comedic gold. As for Corddry, he’s had
some difficulty becoming as famous as his
ex-Daily Show cast-mates Steve Carell and
Stephen Colbert. It’s disappointing, since he,
like Robinson, is hilarious no matter what
role he gets. Believe me when I say that if
you’ ve never heard of Robinson or Corddry
before, you won’t be forgetting their names
any time soon. As for Duke, he may just be
another two-role-wonder, but he certainly
holds potential to become something more.
One thing’s for sure, this movie will
forever change your perception of squirrels,
soap dispensers, and the song “Let’s Get It
Started.” Hot Tub Time Machine, 1 guarantee,
will have you laughing from start to finish.
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Giving up on conversation—click, click, click
By Susan Jung
he blonde is sitting across the
table from a pretty brunette, steam
trailing out from her coffee cup
as she takes a small sip before putting it
down without looking. One inch closer to
the edge of the table and the cup would
have tipped. The brunette speaks to her
friend, yearning for her attention, but the
blonde is focused on someone else—
someone who isn’t even there.
The brunette’s desperation is evident
in her actions: her futile attempts to
make eye contact, her nervous laughter,
her feigned indifference. I notice the
vein in her forehead becoming more
pronounced —it travels down from her
hairline to her left eye like a lightning bolt
ever pulsing, but never hitting ground.
It’s that incessant beeping that’s
keeping her coffee companion’s attention
from her—that never-ending, torturous
sound that occupies all of her friend’s
time and thoughts, blocking any other
voice from entering her consciousness.
And then the inevitable click, click,
click that follows with an urgency that is
incomprehensible. The brunette can’t take *
it anymore. She must put an end to this.
Already, her hand is acting
independent of her brain as it inches
towards the open cup of scalding liquid—
with hesitation at first, then with steady
determination. Liquid at that temperature
could cause second degree burns, or if
she was lucky, third. Her fingers are mere
millimetres from the cup; all she has to do
is tip it to send a burning stream onto the
target’s lap. The blonde is still unaware,
still clicking away. The sound becomes
unbearable, accelerating in speed and
volume until the background noise has
become mute and all that is heard is that
monotonous madness.
Just when I think the moment of
triumph has arrived, just when I am on the
edge of my seat to see vengeance being
delivered, the brunette grabs her own
BlackBerry and starts texting.
She has given up on conversation.
How much do grades really matter?
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
Trevor Doré
opinions editor
oe
As college students, many have us have spent
a good chunk of our lives working for grades. In
elementary, kids competed for the most smiley
face stickers and in high school report cards were
send home for parental authorization. Grades are
what we know best. It has been hammered into us
that good grades reflect and increase chances of
future successes. Straight-A students go on to get
high-paying professional jobs and live comfortable
lifestyles. We are set in this mentality of achieving
the best grades possible even if it sometimes means
sacrificing social activities and putting life on hold
in the process. But how much do grades really
matter?
There is an old quote that says, “School is
a place where former A students teach mostly B
students to work for C students.” Although this
may be an over exaggeration, perhaps it holds some
truth.
In general, I am an advocate that high school
doesn’t adequately prepare students for the
obstacles that they will encounter in “real life.”
According to University
of Chicago-trained
psychologist Michael
Thompson, “The set of
skills required to be a
good student does not
match the set of skills to
be a success in the world.”
Canada Research Chair in
emotion and health at Trent
University James Parker
adds, “High school marks
don’t even predict how well
you will do in first-year
university.”
There have been many
famous successful dropouts
throughout history. For
example: Winston Churchill was at the bottom of
his class, Richard Branson left high school to run
a newspaper he founded and Bill Gates dropped
out of Harvard in his third year to build Microsoft.
Although these famous examples are most likely
exceptions to the rule, they do send a message:
you don’t have to be a straight-A student to be
successful. It comes down to a deadly combination
of IQ and EQ, motivation and drive.
So do grades really matter? Although grades
may not be a predictor of future success, they no
doubt matter when looking for university transfer
and entrance. Some employers even take the
an AY
infamous GPA into consideration when hiring.
Overall, grades may help you get into
university or help you get that dream job but
education is about more than letter grades, it’s
about higher learning and questioning. Learning
about yourself through experiences— what you do
and don’t like and what you’re good at and not so
good at.
Unfortunately, a major percentage of course
grades consist of tests and assignments that fall
within the next couple of weeks. So, take the time
and dedicate them to your studies, but don’t forget
to get out there and experience the real world at
every opportunity.
15
By Susan Jung
he blonde is sitting across the
table from a pretty brunette, steam
trailing out from her coffee cup
as she takes a small sip before putting it
down without looking. One inch closer to
the edge of the table and the cup would
have tipped. The brunette speaks to her
friend, yearning for her attention, but the
blonde is focused on someone else—
someone who isn’t even there.
The brunette’s desperation is evident
in her actions: her futile attempts to
make eye contact, her nervous laughter,
her feigned indifference. I notice the
vein in her forehead becoming more
pronounced —it travels down from her
hairline to her left eye like a lightning bolt
ever pulsing, but never hitting ground.
It’s that incessant beeping that’s
keeping her coffee companion’s attention
from her—that never-ending, torturous
sound that occupies all of her friend’s
time and thoughts, blocking any other
voice from entering her consciousness.
And then the inevitable click, click,
click that follows with an urgency that is
incomprehensible. The brunette can’t take *
it anymore. She must put an end to this.
Already, her hand is acting
independent of her brain as it inches
towards the open cup of scalding liquid—
with hesitation at first, then with steady
determination. Liquid at that temperature
could cause second degree burns, or if
she was lucky, third. Her fingers are mere
millimetres from the cup; all she has to do
is tip it to send a burning stream onto the
target’s lap. The blonde is still unaware,
still clicking away. The sound becomes
unbearable, accelerating in speed and
volume until the background noise has
become mute and all that is heard is that
monotonous madness.
Just when I think the moment of
triumph has arrived, just when I am on the
edge of my seat to see vengeance being
delivered, the brunette grabs her own
BlackBerry and starts texting.
She has given up on conversation.
How much do grades really matter?
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
Trevor Doré
opinions editor
oe
As college students, many have us have spent
a good chunk of our lives working for grades. In
elementary, kids competed for the most smiley
face stickers and in high school report cards were
send home for parental authorization. Grades are
what we know best. It has been hammered into us
that good grades reflect and increase chances of
future successes. Straight-A students go on to get
high-paying professional jobs and live comfortable
lifestyles. We are set in this mentality of achieving
the best grades possible even if it sometimes means
sacrificing social activities and putting life on hold
in the process. But how much do grades really
matter?
There is an old quote that says, “School is
a place where former A students teach mostly B
students to work for C students.” Although this
may be an over exaggeration, perhaps it holds some
truth.
In general, I am an advocate that high school
doesn’t adequately prepare students for the
obstacles that they will encounter in “real life.”
According to University
of Chicago-trained
psychologist Michael
Thompson, “The set of
skills required to be a
good student does not
match the set of skills to
be a success in the world.”
Canada Research Chair in
emotion and health at Trent
University James Parker
adds, “High school marks
don’t even predict how well
you will do in first-year
university.”
There have been many
famous successful dropouts
throughout history. For
example: Winston Churchill was at the bottom of
his class, Richard Branson left high school to run
a newspaper he founded and Bill Gates dropped
out of Harvard in his third year to build Microsoft.
Although these famous examples are most likely
exceptions to the rule, they do send a message:
you don’t have to be a straight-A student to be
successful. It comes down to a deadly combination
of IQ and EQ, motivation and drive.
So do grades really matter? Although grades
may not be a predictor of future success, they no
doubt matter when looking for university transfer
and entrance. Some employers even take the
an AY
infamous GPA into consideration when hiring.
Overall, grades may help you get into
university or help you get that dream job but
education is about more than letter grades, it’s
about higher learning and questioning. Learning
about yourself through experiences— what you do
and don’t like and what you’re good at and not so
good at.
Unfortunately, a major percentage of course
grades consist of tests and assignments that fall
within the next couple of weeks. So, take the time
and dedicate them to your studies, but don’t forget
to get out there and experience the real world at
every opportunity.
15
Edited Text
Giving up on conversation—click, click, click
By Susan Jung
he blonde is sitting across the
table from a pretty brunette, steam
trailing out from her coffee cup
as she takes a small sip before putting it
down without looking. One inch closer to
the edge of the table and the cup would
have tipped. The brunette speaks to her
friend, yearning for her attention, but the
blonde is focused on someone else—
someone who isn’t even there.
The brunette’s desperation is evident
in her actions: her futile attempts to
make eye contact, her nervous laughter,
her feigned indifference. I notice the
vein in her forehead becoming more
pronounced —it travels down from her
hairline to her left eye like a lightning bolt
ever pulsing, but never hitting ground.
It’s that incessant beeping that’s
keeping her coffee companion’s attention
from her—that never-ending, torturous
sound that occupies all of her friend’s
time and thoughts, blocking any other
voice from entering her consciousness.
And then the inevitable click, click,
click that follows with an urgency that is
incomprehensible. The brunette can’t take *
it anymore. She must put an end to this.
Already, her hand is acting
independent of her brain as it inches
towards the open cup of scalding liquid—
with hesitation at first, then with steady
determination. Liquid at that temperature
could cause second degree burns, or if
she was lucky, third. Her fingers are mere
millimetres from the cup; all she has to do
is tip it to send a burning stream onto the
target’s lap. The blonde is still unaware,
still clicking away. The sound becomes
unbearable, accelerating in speed and
volume until the background noise has
become mute and all that is heard is that
monotonous madness.
Just when I think the moment of
triumph has arrived, just when I am on the
edge of my seat to see vengeance being
delivered, the brunette grabs her own
BlackBerry and starts texting.
She has given up on conversation.
How much do grades really matter?
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
Trevor Doré
opinions editor
oe
As college students, many have us have spent
a good chunk of our lives working for grades. In
elementary, kids competed for the most smiley
face stickers and in high school report cards were
send home for parental authorization. Grades are
what we know best. It has been hammered into us
that good grades reflect and increase chances of
future successes. Straight-A students go on to get
high-paying professional jobs and live comfortable
lifestyles. We are set in this mentality of achieving
the best grades possible even if it sometimes means
sacrificing social activities and putting life on hold
in the process. But how much do grades really
matter?
There is an old quote that says, “School is
a place where former A students teach mostly B
students to work for C students.” Although this
may be an over exaggeration, perhaps it holds some
truth.
In general, I am an advocate that high school
doesn’t adequately prepare students for the
obstacles that they will encounter in “real life.”
According to University
of Chicago-trained
psychologist Michael
Thompson, “The set of
skills required to be a
good student does not
match the set of skills to
be a success in the world.”
Canada Research Chair in
emotion and health at Trent
University James Parker
adds, “High school marks
don’t even predict how well
you will do in first-year
university.”
There have been many
famous successful dropouts
throughout history. For
example: Winston Churchill was at the bottom of
his class, Richard Branson left high school to run
a newspaper he founded and Bill Gates dropped
out of Harvard in his third year to build Microsoft.
Although these famous examples are most likely
exceptions to the rule, they do send a message:
you don’t have to be a straight-A student to be
successful. It comes down to a deadly combination
of IQ and EQ, motivation and drive.
So do grades really matter? Although grades
may not be a predictor of future success, they no
doubt matter when looking for university transfer
and entrance. Some employers even take the
an AY
infamous GPA into consideration when hiring.
Overall, grades may help you get into
university or help you get that dream job but
education is about more than letter grades, it’s
about higher learning and questioning. Learning
about yourself through experiences— what you do
and don’t like and what you’re good at and not so
good at.
Unfortunately, a major percentage of course
grades consist of tests and assignments that fall
within the next couple of weeks. So, take the time
and dedicate them to your studies, but don’t forget
to get out there and experience the real world at
every opportunity.
15
By Susan Jung
he blonde is sitting across the
table from a pretty brunette, steam
trailing out from her coffee cup
as she takes a small sip before putting it
down without looking. One inch closer to
the edge of the table and the cup would
have tipped. The brunette speaks to her
friend, yearning for her attention, but the
blonde is focused on someone else—
someone who isn’t even there.
The brunette’s desperation is evident
in her actions: her futile attempts to
make eye contact, her nervous laughter,
her feigned indifference. I notice the
vein in her forehead becoming more
pronounced —it travels down from her
hairline to her left eye like a lightning bolt
ever pulsing, but never hitting ground.
It’s that incessant beeping that’s
keeping her coffee companion’s attention
from her—that never-ending, torturous
sound that occupies all of her friend’s
time and thoughts, blocking any other
voice from entering her consciousness.
And then the inevitable click, click,
click that follows with an urgency that is
incomprehensible. The brunette can’t take *
it anymore. She must put an end to this.
Already, her hand is acting
independent of her brain as it inches
towards the open cup of scalding liquid—
with hesitation at first, then with steady
determination. Liquid at that temperature
could cause second degree burns, or if
she was lucky, third. Her fingers are mere
millimetres from the cup; all she has to do
is tip it to send a burning stream onto the
target’s lap. The blonde is still unaware,
still clicking away. The sound becomes
unbearable, accelerating in speed and
volume until the background noise has
become mute and all that is heard is that
monotonous madness.
Just when I think the moment of
triumph has arrived, just when I am on the
edge of my seat to see vengeance being
delivered, the brunette grabs her own
BlackBerry and starts texting.
She has given up on conversation.
How much do grades really matter?
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
Trevor Doré
opinions editor
oe
As college students, many have us have spent
a good chunk of our lives working for grades. In
elementary, kids competed for the most smiley
face stickers and in high school report cards were
send home for parental authorization. Grades are
what we know best. It has been hammered into us
that good grades reflect and increase chances of
future successes. Straight-A students go on to get
high-paying professional jobs and live comfortable
lifestyles. We are set in this mentality of achieving
the best grades possible even if it sometimes means
sacrificing social activities and putting life on hold
in the process. But how much do grades really
matter?
There is an old quote that says, “School is
a place where former A students teach mostly B
students to work for C students.” Although this
may be an over exaggeration, perhaps it holds some
truth.
In general, I am an advocate that high school
doesn’t adequately prepare students for the
obstacles that they will encounter in “real life.”
According to University
of Chicago-trained
psychologist Michael
Thompson, “The set of
skills required to be a
good student does not
match the set of skills to
be a success in the world.”
Canada Research Chair in
emotion and health at Trent
University James Parker
adds, “High school marks
don’t even predict how well
you will do in first-year
university.”
There have been many
famous successful dropouts
throughout history. For
example: Winston Churchill was at the bottom of
his class, Richard Branson left high school to run
a newspaper he founded and Bill Gates dropped
out of Harvard in his third year to build Microsoft.
Although these famous examples are most likely
exceptions to the rule, they do send a message:
you don’t have to be a straight-A student to be
successful. It comes down to a deadly combination
of IQ and EQ, motivation and drive.
So do grades really matter? Although grades
may not be a predictor of future success, they no
doubt matter when looking for university transfer
and entrance. Some employers even take the
an AY
infamous GPA into consideration when hiring.
Overall, grades may help you get into
university or help you get that dream job but
education is about more than letter grades, it’s
about higher learning and questioning. Learning
about yourself through experiences— what you do
and don’t like and what you’re good at and not so
good at.
Unfortunately, a major percentage of course
grades consist of tests and assignments that fall
within the next couple of weeks. So, take the time
and dedicate them to your studies, but don’t forget
to get out there and experience the real world at
every opportunity.
15
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Living with less
A shift from the bigger and better mentality
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
ost of us dream of one day
owning a bigger house,
a nicer car and a fancier
wardrobe. We push ourselves through
school and then through a career in
order to make enough money to live
comfortably and to have these things
that we “need.” Although there is
nothing wrong with working hard
in order live comfortably, perhaps
there is something wrong with our
definitions of convenience and
comfort. In order to live comfortably
and conveniently, we constantly
strive for bigger and better things.
We have adopted a growth for
the sake of growth mentality. In our
pursuit of bigger and better we often
forget to stop and question why? Do
we really need bigger, do we really
need better, or perhaps we don’t
need at all. This drive for bigger and
better has negative consequences
for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we
willing to pay?
other words, there is no correlation
between consumption and long-term
personal satisfaction. Many will
argue that money can buy a certain
level of comfort and convenience—
but not happiness. As individuals
within society, we are trapped in a
cycle of work and spend. In order
to maintain our lavish lifestyles we
must work ridiculous hours. In turn,
the amount of time we spend working
and then shopping outweighs the
time we spend with friends and
family, partaking in hobbies and
volunteering with community groups.
We are too busy on the treadmill to
stop and enjoying the smaller things
in life.
This pattern of conspicuous
consumption is also harmful to the
environment. This constant pursuit
of more results in resource depletion
and environmental degradation. As
the world’s population continues
to rise exponentially, the problem
continues to compound. Nearly
everyone consumes more than is
necessary to survive yet we still
This drive for bigger and better has negative
consequences for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we willing to pay?
Many people spend their entire
working lives on what has often
been referred to as the “treadmill,”
continually running faster and faster
without getting anywhere in terms
of individual satisfaction. They
constantly strive for more income
in order to be able to consume and
consume in order to demonstrate an
achieved level of income. We are so
pre-occupied with material things.
It’s a never-ending cycle of trying
to keep up with the Joneses. People
are increasingly willing to forgo in
the name of convenience. They work
for hours and hours a week in order
to demonstrate their status with a
house that is much larger than what
they actually need and a car with all
of the latest and greatest gizmos and
gadgets.
We have long been told that
money can’t buy happiness. In
16
unsatisfied. In the words of Mahatma
Gandhi, “The world has enough for
everybody’s need, but not enough for
everybody’s greed.”
It’s really about living a simpler
life, replacing frivolity with frugality.
In the end, being rich is a matter
of how you look at it, not having
a bunch of stuff. As the upcoming
generation, we might not necessarily
have the same standard of living as
our parents but perhaps, this is not as
bad as at first it may seem. It’s about
a gradual shift in attitudes and values
towards work and the environment.
Chances are if you don’t want much,
"you want continually want for more.
So, stop and take some time
to enjoy the finer things in life
instead of continually striving for
unnecessary bigger and better. Make
the shift away from overindulgence
and start living happily with less.
SISKINDS |i
ATTENTION
Current and Former Users of YASMIN® or YAZ®:
If you have taken Yasmin or Yaz birth control for any
reason and if you have developed Blood Clots,
Gallbladder Disease/Removal or other serious injury,
please call 1-800-461-6166 or email
birthcontroi@siskinds.com for free information
birthcontroi@siskinds.com
SISKINDS.com (519) 660-7832 or 1-800-461-6166
Ghandi
Living with less
A shift from the bigger and better mentality
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
ost of us dream of one day
owning a bigger house,
a nicer car and a fancier
wardrobe. We push ourselves through
school and then through a career in
order to make enough money to live
comfortably and to have these things
that we “need.” Although there is
nothing wrong with working hard
in order live comfortably, perhaps
there is something wrong with our
definitions of convenience and
comfort. In order to live comfortably
and conveniently, we constantly
strive for bigger and better things.
We have adopted a growth for
the sake of growth mentality. In our
pursuit of bigger and better we often
forget to stop and question why? Do
we really need bigger, do we really
need better, or perhaps we don’t
need at all. This drive for bigger and
better has negative consequences
for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we
willing to pay?
other words, there is no correlation
between consumption and long-term
personal satisfaction. Many will
argue that money can buy a certain
level of comfort and convenience—
but not happiness. As individuals
within society, we are trapped in a
cycle of work and spend. In order
to maintain our lavish lifestyles we
must work ridiculous hours. In turn,
the amount of time we spend working
and then shopping outweighs the
time we spend with friends and
family, partaking in hobbies and
volunteering with community groups.
We are too busy on the treadmill to
stop and enjoying the smaller things
in life.
This pattern of conspicuous
consumption is also harmful to the
environment. This constant pursuit
of more results in resource depletion
and environmental degradation. As
the world’s population continues
to rise exponentially, the problem
continues to compound. Nearly
everyone consumes more than is
necessary to survive yet we still
This drive for bigger and better has negative
consequences for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we willing to pay?
Many people spend their entire
working lives on what has often
been referred to as the “treadmill,”
continually running faster and faster
without getting anywhere in terms
of individual satisfaction. They
constantly strive for more income
in order to be able to consume and
consume in order to demonstrate an
achieved level of income. We are so
pre-occupied with material things.
It’s a never-ending cycle of trying
to keep up with the Joneses. People
are increasingly willing to forgo in
the name of convenience. They work
for hours and hours a week in order
to demonstrate their status with a
house that is much larger than what
they actually need and a car with all
of the latest and greatest gizmos and
gadgets.
We have long been told that
money can’t buy happiness. In
16
unsatisfied. In the words of Mahatma
Gandhi, “The world has enough for
everybody’s need, but not enough for
everybody’s greed.”
It’s really about living a simpler
life, replacing frivolity with frugality.
In the end, being rich is a matter
of how you look at it, not having
a bunch of stuff. As the upcoming
generation, we might not necessarily
have the same standard of living as
our parents but perhaps, this is not as
bad as at first it may seem. It’s about
a gradual shift in attitudes and values
towards work and the environment.
Chances are if you don’t want much,
"you want continually want for more.
So, stop and take some time
to enjoy the finer things in life
instead of continually striving for
unnecessary bigger and better. Make
the shift away from overindulgence
and start living happily with less.
SISKINDS |i
ATTENTION
Current and Former Users of YASMIN® or YAZ®:
If you have taken Yasmin or Yaz birth control for any
reason and if you have developed Blood Clots,
Gallbladder Disease/Removal or other serious injury,
please call 1-800-461-6166 or email
birthcontroi@siskinds.com for free information
birthcontroi@siskinds.com
SISKINDS.com (519) 660-7832 or 1-800-461-6166
Ghandi
Edited Text
=» Pon
Living with less
A shift from the bigger and better mentality
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
ost of us dream of one day
owning a bigger house,
a nicer car and a fancier
wardrobe. We push ourselves through
school and then through a career in
order to make enough money to live
comfortably and to have these things
that we “need.” Although there is
nothing wrong with working hard
in order live comfortably, perhaps
there is something wrong with our
definitions of convenience and
comfort. In order to live comfortably
and conveniently, we constantly
strive for bigger and better things.
We have adopted a growth for
the sake of growth mentality. In our
pursuit of bigger and better we often
forget to stop and question why? Do
we really need bigger, do we really
need better, or perhaps we don’t
need at all. This drive for bigger and
better has negative consequences
for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we
willing to pay?
other words, there is no correlation
between consumption and long-term
personal satisfaction. Many will
argue that money can buy a certain
level of comfort and convenience—
but not happiness. As individuals
within society, we are trapped in a
cycle of work and spend. In order
to maintain our lavish lifestyles we
must work ridiculous hours. In turn,
the amount of time we spend working
and then shopping outweighs the
time we spend with friends and
family, partaking in hobbies and
volunteering with community groups.
We are too busy on the treadmill to
stop and enjoying the smaller things
in life.
This pattern of conspicuous
consumption is also harmful to the
environment. This constant pursuit
of more results in resource depletion
and environmental degradation. As
the world’s population continues
to rise exponentially, the problem
continues to compound. Nearly
everyone consumes more than is
necessary to survive yet we still
This drive for bigger and better has negative
consequences for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we willing to pay?
Many people spend their entire
working lives on what has often
been referred to as the “treadmill,”
continually running faster and faster
without getting anywhere in terms
of individual satisfaction. They
constantly strive for more income
in order to be able to consume and
consume in order to demonstrate an
achieved level of income. We are so
pre-occupied with material things.
It’s a never-ending cycle of trying
to keep up with the Joneses. People
are increasingly willing to forgo in
the name of convenience. They work
for hours and hours a week in order
to demonstrate their status with a
house that is much larger than what
they actually need and a car with all
of the latest and greatest gizmos and
gadgets.
We have long been told that
money can’t buy happiness. In
16
unsatisfied. In the words of Mahatma
Gandhi, “The world has enough for
everybody’s need, but not enough for
everybody’s greed.”
It’s really about living a simpler
life, replacing frivolity with frugality.
In the end, being rich is a matter
of how you look at it, not having
a bunch of stuff. As the upcoming
generation, we might not necessarily
have the same standard of living as
our parents but perhaps, this is not as
bad as at first it may seem. It’s about
a gradual shift in attitudes and values
towards work and the environment.
Chances are if you don’t want much,
"you want continually want for more.
So, stop and take some time
to enjoy the finer things in life
instead of continually striving for
unnecessary bigger and better. Make
the shift away from overindulgence
and start living happily with less.
SISKINDS |i
ATTENTION
Current and Former Users of YASMIN® or YAZ®:
If you have taken Yasmin or Yaz birth control for any
reason and if you have developed Blood Clots,
Gallbladder Disease/Removal or other serious injury,
please call 1-800-461-6166 or email
birthcontroi@siskinds.com for free information
birthcontroi@siskinds.com
SISKINDS.com (519) 660-7832 or 1-800-461-6166
Ghandi
Living with less
A shift from the bigger and better mentality
By Trevor Doré, Opinions Editor
ost of us dream of one day
owning a bigger house,
a nicer car and a fancier
wardrobe. We push ourselves through
school and then through a career in
order to make enough money to live
comfortably and to have these things
that we “need.” Although there is
nothing wrong with working hard
in order live comfortably, perhaps
there is something wrong with our
definitions of convenience and
comfort. In order to live comfortably
and conveniently, we constantly
strive for bigger and better things.
We have adopted a growth for
the sake of growth mentality. In our
pursuit of bigger and better we often
forget to stop and question why? Do
we really need bigger, do we really
need better, or perhaps we don’t
need at all. This drive for bigger and
better has negative consequences
for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we
willing to pay?
other words, there is no correlation
between consumption and long-term
personal satisfaction. Many will
argue that money can buy a certain
level of comfort and convenience—
but not happiness. As individuals
within society, we are trapped in a
cycle of work and spend. In order
to maintain our lavish lifestyles we
must work ridiculous hours. In turn,
the amount of time we spend working
and then shopping outweighs the
time we spend with friends and
family, partaking in hobbies and
volunteering with community groups.
We are too busy on the treadmill to
stop and enjoying the smaller things
in life.
This pattern of conspicuous
consumption is also harmful to the
environment. This constant pursuit
of more results in resource depletion
and environmental degradation. As
the world’s population continues
to rise exponentially, the problem
continues to compound. Nearly
everyone consumes more than is
necessary to survive yet we still
This drive for bigger and better has negative
consequences for individuals, society and the
environment. What price are we willing to pay?
Many people spend their entire
working lives on what has often
been referred to as the “treadmill,”
continually running faster and faster
without getting anywhere in terms
of individual satisfaction. They
constantly strive for more income
in order to be able to consume and
consume in order to demonstrate an
achieved level of income. We are so
pre-occupied with material things.
It’s a never-ending cycle of trying
to keep up with the Joneses. People
are increasingly willing to forgo in
the name of convenience. They work
for hours and hours a week in order
to demonstrate their status with a
house that is much larger than what
they actually need and a car with all
of the latest and greatest gizmos and
gadgets.
We have long been told that
money can’t buy happiness. In
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unsatisfied. In the words of Mahatma
Gandhi, “The world has enough for
everybody’s need, but not enough for
everybody’s greed.”
It’s really about living a simpler
life, replacing frivolity with frugality.
In the end, being rich is a matter
of how you look at it, not having
a bunch of stuff. As the upcoming
generation, we might not necessarily
have the same standard of living as
our parents but perhaps, this is not as
bad as at first it may seem. It’s about
a gradual shift in attitudes and values
towards work and the environment.
Chances are if you don’t want much,
"you want continually want for more.
So, stop and take some time
to enjoy the finer things in life
instead of continually striving for
unnecessary bigger and better. Make
the shift away from overindulgence
and start living happily with less.
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How do the Penguins do it?
Letang signing the latest in a series of great moves
wo A!
am, 8d feo
Letang
Kris
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
teams in the NHL are supposed to
be competitive with one another.
Each club is supposed to have one or
two highly marketable stars and an
assortment of other lesser lights who all
fit in nicely under the (preferably low)
salary cap. In Bettman’s world, parity
is the name of the game, the league is
idiot proof, protected from itself and
most of all, smart teams who spend
money wisely shouldn’t be able to form
dynasties.
Well, after Bettman wiped out
the entire 2004-05 season in order to
realize that vision, things haven’t exactly
worked out that way. Teams like the
Toronto Maple Leafs place morons at the
helm of multi-million dollar operations
and at the other end of the spectrum,
Bettman certainly didn’t account for
organizations like the Detroit Red Wings
and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It’s the Pittsburgh in particular
who this season have continued to set
the standard for the way a professional
sports team should be run. After back-
to-back Stanley Cup final appearances
(both against Detroit) in the last two
years, including winning it all last year,
the Penguins have managed to avoid the
perennial problem experienced by most
winning clubs: they’ ve kept the players
who brought them to the dance.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin,
Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury and
Brooks Orpik (it should be noted that
all of those players, with the exception
of Staal, were Olympians this year,
and Staal surely will be in the future)
were all retained at very fair pay scales,
and now Pittsburgh has locked up
another franchise cornerstone, rushing
I: Gary Bettman’s world, all 30
defenseman Kris Letang.
The 22-year-old Montreal native,
who was slated to become a restricted
free agent this summer, was inked to a
four-year contract extension that will
pay him just $3.5 million each year over
the course of the deal. Letang, who has
yet to play a season in the NHL that
hasn’t ended with at least a trip to the
Stanley Cup finals, has already suited up
for 39 playoff contests. He’s a proven
winner with not only a Cup ring but
also a pair of back-to-back World Junior
Championship gold medals in 2006 and
2007 where he was Canada’s leading
defenseman and power play quarterback.
Letang is a budding offensive star
who should contend for the Norris
Trophy in the next few seasons. He’s
chalked up 27 points so far this season,
which is good but should improve in
years to come, and despite his young
age is already in his third full NHL
campaign. He’s a great passer, a wizard
with the puck and one of the best pure
skating defensemen in hockey. On top of
all that, he’s also oddly enough become
a highly reliable shootout specialist, with
four goals this year in the breakaway
competition.
So that’s another bright young
player who will be wearing the Penguin
on his jersey for the foreseeable future.
I don’t imagine Gary Bettman is all
that pleased with the deal, and with
the collective bargaining clouds darkly
swirling in the distance it’s a safe bet
that he’ll try and “fix” the NHL even
further then he proclaimed he’d done
back in 2004.
Unfortunately for Bettman and
company, the Pittsburgh Penguins have
proven that you don’t need an idiot-
proof system to succeed.
You just need to get rid of the idiots.
By Garth McLennan, Sports
Editor
hen one thinks of
Langley’s Brett Lawrie,
the first round pick, 16"
overall, of the Milwaukee Brewers
back in the 2008 MLB entry draft,
one word springs to mind right
away: power.
The Brookswood secondary
school graduate, who despite
being just 20 years old has already
represented Canada at numerous
international competitions
including the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing as an 18
year old, is set to pick up where
he left off last season in AA ball
with the Huntsville Stars of the
Southern League. Lawrie has had a
tremendous spring training that has
even seen him spend several games
at second base with the major
league Brewers where he made
an immediate impact by throwing
out several double plays from
second and hitting a triple against
Colorado in his first game during
Cactus League play.
Lawrie, whose sister Danielle
was the starring pitcher for the
University of Washington’s
national softball championship
last year, is already progressing
at a tremendous rate, and that’s
even more so when you take into
account that he made the switch
to second base from catcher last
summer. He was recently named
the Brewer’s top prospect, and
the 26" best in all of baseball, by
MLB.com in a poll by the website.
Lawrie earned a promotion to
Huntsville last season, his first as
a professional, after 105 games in
low-A with the Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers of the Midwest League
in which he hit 13-home runs and
Brett Lawrie ready to break out
B.C.-born Brewers prospect has developed fast
displayed an amazing ability to hit
the ball to all areas of the field. He
also proved that he can be counted
to deliver in big situations. Lawrie
hit .274 for the season, but his
on-base percentage jumped to a
superb 348. The promotion came
at the tail of the season, so Lawrie
didn’t have much time to find his
niche in Huntsville but still, in 13
games with the team he hit a very
respectable .269 in 52 at bats.
For a then-19-year-old player,
it would have been tough to ask
for a better start to a professional
career then the one Lawrie
produced. He finished in the top
20 league wide in almost every
significant statistic while suiting up
for the Rattlers and since moving
up to Huntsville and once again
exceeding expectations with his
phenomenal spring training play.
Since drafting him, the
Brewers have raved about Lawrie’s
off-the-charts athleticism, and
that has been on full display since
he turned pro. He’s an extremely
versatile player who can play
multiple positions when called
upon, has remarkable bat speed
through the ball and is a terrific
runner (he stole 19 bases with
Wisconsin last year).
The regular developmental
progression rate for even the most
highly rated prospects in baseball
is usually three, four or even five
years before they reach the major
leagues. It took Derek Jeter four
full seasons with New York’s
various minor league affiliates
before he cracked the Yankees line-
up, so for Lawrie to have already
played games with the Brewers,
even in spring training, suggests he
has the makings of a truly special
athlete.
21
Letang signing the latest in a series of great moves
wo A!
am, 8d feo
Letang
Kris
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
teams in the NHL are supposed to
be competitive with one another.
Each club is supposed to have one or
two highly marketable stars and an
assortment of other lesser lights who all
fit in nicely under the (preferably low)
salary cap. In Bettman’s world, parity
is the name of the game, the league is
idiot proof, protected from itself and
most of all, smart teams who spend
money wisely shouldn’t be able to form
dynasties.
Well, after Bettman wiped out
the entire 2004-05 season in order to
realize that vision, things haven’t exactly
worked out that way. Teams like the
Toronto Maple Leafs place morons at the
helm of multi-million dollar operations
and at the other end of the spectrum,
Bettman certainly didn’t account for
organizations like the Detroit Red Wings
and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It’s the Pittsburgh in particular
who this season have continued to set
the standard for the way a professional
sports team should be run. After back-
to-back Stanley Cup final appearances
(both against Detroit) in the last two
years, including winning it all last year,
the Penguins have managed to avoid the
perennial problem experienced by most
winning clubs: they’ ve kept the players
who brought them to the dance.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin,
Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury and
Brooks Orpik (it should be noted that
all of those players, with the exception
of Staal, were Olympians this year,
and Staal surely will be in the future)
were all retained at very fair pay scales,
and now Pittsburgh has locked up
another franchise cornerstone, rushing
I: Gary Bettman’s world, all 30
defenseman Kris Letang.
The 22-year-old Montreal native,
who was slated to become a restricted
free agent this summer, was inked to a
four-year contract extension that will
pay him just $3.5 million each year over
the course of the deal. Letang, who has
yet to play a season in the NHL that
hasn’t ended with at least a trip to the
Stanley Cup finals, has already suited up
for 39 playoff contests. He’s a proven
winner with not only a Cup ring but
also a pair of back-to-back World Junior
Championship gold medals in 2006 and
2007 where he was Canada’s leading
defenseman and power play quarterback.
Letang is a budding offensive star
who should contend for the Norris
Trophy in the next few seasons. He’s
chalked up 27 points so far this season,
which is good but should improve in
years to come, and despite his young
age is already in his third full NHL
campaign. He’s a great passer, a wizard
with the puck and one of the best pure
skating defensemen in hockey. On top of
all that, he’s also oddly enough become
a highly reliable shootout specialist, with
four goals this year in the breakaway
competition.
So that’s another bright young
player who will be wearing the Penguin
on his jersey for the foreseeable future.
I don’t imagine Gary Bettman is all
that pleased with the deal, and with
the collective bargaining clouds darkly
swirling in the distance it’s a safe bet
that he’ll try and “fix” the NHL even
further then he proclaimed he’d done
back in 2004.
Unfortunately for Bettman and
company, the Pittsburgh Penguins have
proven that you don’t need an idiot-
proof system to succeed.
You just need to get rid of the idiots.
By Garth McLennan, Sports
Editor
hen one thinks of
Langley’s Brett Lawrie,
the first round pick, 16"
overall, of the Milwaukee Brewers
back in the 2008 MLB entry draft,
one word springs to mind right
away: power.
The Brookswood secondary
school graduate, who despite
being just 20 years old has already
represented Canada at numerous
international competitions
including the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing as an 18
year old, is set to pick up where
he left off last season in AA ball
with the Huntsville Stars of the
Southern League. Lawrie has had a
tremendous spring training that has
even seen him spend several games
at second base with the major
league Brewers where he made
an immediate impact by throwing
out several double plays from
second and hitting a triple against
Colorado in his first game during
Cactus League play.
Lawrie, whose sister Danielle
was the starring pitcher for the
University of Washington’s
national softball championship
last year, is already progressing
at a tremendous rate, and that’s
even more so when you take into
account that he made the switch
to second base from catcher last
summer. He was recently named
the Brewer’s top prospect, and
the 26" best in all of baseball, by
MLB.com in a poll by the website.
Lawrie earned a promotion to
Huntsville last season, his first as
a professional, after 105 games in
low-A with the Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers of the Midwest League
in which he hit 13-home runs and
Brett Lawrie ready to break out
B.C.-born Brewers prospect has developed fast
displayed an amazing ability to hit
the ball to all areas of the field. He
also proved that he can be counted
to deliver in big situations. Lawrie
hit .274 for the season, but his
on-base percentage jumped to a
superb 348. The promotion came
at the tail of the season, so Lawrie
didn’t have much time to find his
niche in Huntsville but still, in 13
games with the team he hit a very
respectable .269 in 52 at bats.
For a then-19-year-old player,
it would have been tough to ask
for a better start to a professional
career then the one Lawrie
produced. He finished in the top
20 league wide in almost every
significant statistic while suiting up
for the Rattlers and since moving
up to Huntsville and once again
exceeding expectations with his
phenomenal spring training play.
Since drafting him, the
Brewers have raved about Lawrie’s
off-the-charts athleticism, and
that has been on full display since
he turned pro. He’s an extremely
versatile player who can play
multiple positions when called
upon, has remarkable bat speed
through the ball and is a terrific
runner (he stole 19 bases with
Wisconsin last year).
The regular developmental
progression rate for even the most
highly rated prospects in baseball
is usually three, four or even five
years before they reach the major
leagues. It took Derek Jeter four
full seasons with New York’s
various minor league affiliates
before he cracked the Yankees line-
up, so for Lawrie to have already
played games with the Brewers,
even in spring training, suggests he
has the makings of a truly special
athlete.
21
Edited Text
How do the Penguins do it?
Letang signing the latest in a series of great moves
wo A!
am, 8d feo
Letang
Kris
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
teams in the NHL are supposed to
be competitive with one another.
Each club is supposed to have one or
two highly marketable stars and an
assortment of other lesser lights who all
fit in nicely under the (preferably low)
salary cap. In Bettman’s world, parity
is the name of the game, the league is
idiot proof, protected from itself and
most of all, smart teams who spend
money wisely shouldn’t be able to form
dynasties.
Well, after Bettman wiped out
the entire 2004-05 season in order to
realize that vision, things haven’t exactly
worked out that way. Teams like the
Toronto Maple Leafs place morons at the
helm of multi-million dollar operations
and at the other end of the spectrum,
Bettman certainly didn’t account for
organizations like the Detroit Red Wings
and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It’s the Pittsburgh in particular
who this season have continued to set
the standard for the way a professional
sports team should be run. After back-
to-back Stanley Cup final appearances
(both against Detroit) in the last two
years, including winning it all last year,
the Penguins have managed to avoid the
perennial problem experienced by most
winning clubs: they’ ve kept the players
who brought them to the dance.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin,
Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury and
Brooks Orpik (it should be noted that
all of those players, with the exception
of Staal, were Olympians this year,
and Staal surely will be in the future)
were all retained at very fair pay scales,
and now Pittsburgh has locked up
another franchise cornerstone, rushing
I: Gary Bettman’s world, all 30
defenseman Kris Letang.
The 22-year-old Montreal native,
who was slated to become a restricted
free agent this summer, was inked to a
four-year contract extension that will
pay him just $3.5 million each year over
the course of the deal. Letang, who has
yet to play a season in the NHL that
hasn’t ended with at least a trip to the
Stanley Cup finals, has already suited up
for 39 playoff contests. He’s a proven
winner with not only a Cup ring but
also a pair of back-to-back World Junior
Championship gold medals in 2006 and
2007 where he was Canada’s leading
defenseman and power play quarterback.
Letang is a budding offensive star
who should contend for the Norris
Trophy in the next few seasons. He’s
chalked up 27 points so far this season,
which is good but should improve in
years to come, and despite his young
age is already in his third full NHL
campaign. He’s a great passer, a wizard
with the puck and one of the best pure
skating defensemen in hockey. On top of
all that, he’s also oddly enough become
a highly reliable shootout specialist, with
four goals this year in the breakaway
competition.
So that’s another bright young
player who will be wearing the Penguin
on his jersey for the foreseeable future.
I don’t imagine Gary Bettman is all
that pleased with the deal, and with
the collective bargaining clouds darkly
swirling in the distance it’s a safe bet
that he’ll try and “fix” the NHL even
further then he proclaimed he’d done
back in 2004.
Unfortunately for Bettman and
company, the Pittsburgh Penguins have
proven that you don’t need an idiot-
proof system to succeed.
You just need to get rid of the idiots.
By Garth McLennan, Sports
Editor
hen one thinks of
Langley’s Brett Lawrie,
the first round pick, 16"
overall, of the Milwaukee Brewers
back in the 2008 MLB entry draft,
one word springs to mind right
away: power.
The Brookswood secondary
school graduate, who despite
being just 20 years old has already
represented Canada at numerous
international competitions
including the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing as an 18
year old, is set to pick up where
he left off last season in AA ball
with the Huntsville Stars of the
Southern League. Lawrie has had a
tremendous spring training that has
even seen him spend several games
at second base with the major
league Brewers where he made
an immediate impact by throwing
out several double plays from
second and hitting a triple against
Colorado in his first game during
Cactus League play.
Lawrie, whose sister Danielle
was the starring pitcher for the
University of Washington’s
national softball championship
last year, is already progressing
at a tremendous rate, and that’s
even more so when you take into
account that he made the switch
to second base from catcher last
summer. He was recently named
the Brewer’s top prospect, and
the 26" best in all of baseball, by
MLB.com in a poll by the website.
Lawrie earned a promotion to
Huntsville last season, his first as
a professional, after 105 games in
low-A with the Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers of the Midwest League
in which he hit 13-home runs and
Brett Lawrie ready to break out
B.C.-born Brewers prospect has developed fast
displayed an amazing ability to hit
the ball to all areas of the field. He
also proved that he can be counted
to deliver in big situations. Lawrie
hit .274 for the season, but his
on-base percentage jumped to a
superb 348. The promotion came
at the tail of the season, so Lawrie
didn’t have much time to find his
niche in Huntsville but still, in 13
games with the team he hit a very
respectable .269 in 52 at bats.
For a then-19-year-old player,
it would have been tough to ask
for a better start to a professional
career then the one Lawrie
produced. He finished in the top
20 league wide in almost every
significant statistic while suiting up
for the Rattlers and since moving
up to Huntsville and once again
exceeding expectations with his
phenomenal spring training play.
Since drafting him, the
Brewers have raved about Lawrie’s
off-the-charts athleticism, and
that has been on full display since
he turned pro. He’s an extremely
versatile player who can play
multiple positions when called
upon, has remarkable bat speed
through the ball and is a terrific
runner (he stole 19 bases with
Wisconsin last year).
The regular developmental
progression rate for even the most
highly rated prospects in baseball
is usually three, four or even five
years before they reach the major
leagues. It took Derek Jeter four
full seasons with New York’s
various minor league affiliates
before he cracked the Yankees line-
up, so for Lawrie to have already
played games with the Brewers,
even in spring training, suggests he
has the makings of a truly special
athlete.
21
Letang signing the latest in a series of great moves
wo A!
am, 8d feo
Letang
Kris
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
teams in the NHL are supposed to
be competitive with one another.
Each club is supposed to have one or
two highly marketable stars and an
assortment of other lesser lights who all
fit in nicely under the (preferably low)
salary cap. In Bettman’s world, parity
is the name of the game, the league is
idiot proof, protected from itself and
most of all, smart teams who spend
money wisely shouldn’t be able to form
dynasties.
Well, after Bettman wiped out
the entire 2004-05 season in order to
realize that vision, things haven’t exactly
worked out that way. Teams like the
Toronto Maple Leafs place morons at the
helm of multi-million dollar operations
and at the other end of the spectrum,
Bettman certainly didn’t account for
organizations like the Detroit Red Wings
and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It’s the Pittsburgh in particular
who this season have continued to set
the standard for the way a professional
sports team should be run. After back-
to-back Stanley Cup final appearances
(both against Detroit) in the last two
years, including winning it all last year,
the Penguins have managed to avoid the
perennial problem experienced by most
winning clubs: they’ ve kept the players
who brought them to the dance.
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin,
Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury and
Brooks Orpik (it should be noted that
all of those players, with the exception
of Staal, were Olympians this year,
and Staal surely will be in the future)
were all retained at very fair pay scales,
and now Pittsburgh has locked up
another franchise cornerstone, rushing
I: Gary Bettman’s world, all 30
defenseman Kris Letang.
The 22-year-old Montreal native,
who was slated to become a restricted
free agent this summer, was inked to a
four-year contract extension that will
pay him just $3.5 million each year over
the course of the deal. Letang, who has
yet to play a season in the NHL that
hasn’t ended with at least a trip to the
Stanley Cup finals, has already suited up
for 39 playoff contests. He’s a proven
winner with not only a Cup ring but
also a pair of back-to-back World Junior
Championship gold medals in 2006 and
2007 where he was Canada’s leading
defenseman and power play quarterback.
Letang is a budding offensive star
who should contend for the Norris
Trophy in the next few seasons. He’s
chalked up 27 points so far this season,
which is good but should improve in
years to come, and despite his young
age is already in his third full NHL
campaign. He’s a great passer, a wizard
with the puck and one of the best pure
skating defensemen in hockey. On top of
all that, he’s also oddly enough become
a highly reliable shootout specialist, with
four goals this year in the breakaway
competition.
So that’s another bright young
player who will be wearing the Penguin
on his jersey for the foreseeable future.
I don’t imagine Gary Bettman is all
that pleased with the deal, and with
the collective bargaining clouds darkly
swirling in the distance it’s a safe bet
that he’ll try and “fix” the NHL even
further then he proclaimed he’d done
back in 2004.
Unfortunately for Bettman and
company, the Pittsburgh Penguins have
proven that you don’t need an idiot-
proof system to succeed.
You just need to get rid of the idiots.
By Garth McLennan, Sports
Editor
hen one thinks of
Langley’s Brett Lawrie,
the first round pick, 16"
overall, of the Milwaukee Brewers
back in the 2008 MLB entry draft,
one word springs to mind right
away: power.
The Brookswood secondary
school graduate, who despite
being just 20 years old has already
represented Canada at numerous
international competitions
including the 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing as an 18
year old, is set to pick up where
he left off last season in AA ball
with the Huntsville Stars of the
Southern League. Lawrie has had a
tremendous spring training that has
even seen him spend several games
at second base with the major
league Brewers where he made
an immediate impact by throwing
out several double plays from
second and hitting a triple against
Colorado in his first game during
Cactus League play.
Lawrie, whose sister Danielle
was the starring pitcher for the
University of Washington’s
national softball championship
last year, is already progressing
at a tremendous rate, and that’s
even more so when you take into
account that he made the switch
to second base from catcher last
summer. He was recently named
the Brewer’s top prospect, and
the 26" best in all of baseball, by
MLB.com in a poll by the website.
Lawrie earned a promotion to
Huntsville last season, his first as
a professional, after 105 games in
low-A with the Wisconsin Timber
Rattlers of the Midwest League
in which he hit 13-home runs and
Brett Lawrie ready to break out
B.C.-born Brewers prospect has developed fast
displayed an amazing ability to hit
the ball to all areas of the field. He
also proved that he can be counted
to deliver in big situations. Lawrie
hit .274 for the season, but his
on-base percentage jumped to a
superb 348. The promotion came
at the tail of the season, so Lawrie
didn’t have much time to find his
niche in Huntsville but still, in 13
games with the team he hit a very
respectable .269 in 52 at bats.
For a then-19-year-old player,
it would have been tough to ask
for a better start to a professional
career then the one Lawrie
produced. He finished in the top
20 league wide in almost every
significant statistic while suiting up
for the Rattlers and since moving
up to Huntsville and once again
exceeding expectations with his
phenomenal spring training play.
Since drafting him, the
Brewers have raved about Lawrie’s
off-the-charts athleticism, and
that has been on full display since
he turned pro. He’s an extremely
versatile player who can play
multiple positions when called
upon, has remarkable bat speed
through the ball and is a terrific
runner (he stole 19 bases with
Wisconsin last year).
The regular developmental
progression rate for even the most
highly rated prospects in baseball
is usually three, four or even five
years before they reach the major
leagues. It took Derek Jeter four
full seasons with New York’s
various minor league affiliates
before he cracked the Yankees line-
up, so for Lawrie to have already
played games with the Brewers,
even in spring training, suggests he
has the makings of a truly special
athlete.
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Chasing tasteful tails
Peter Cottontail keeps up with spring style in haute headbands
By Stephanie Trembath,
Life and Style Editor
, aybe it’s thanks to the hype surrounding
Mie in Wonderland, but it seems all
designers are taking their inspiration
from little furry animals and fancy florals. Rather
than falling down a rabbit hole, many stylists
showcased a number of haute headbands in their
fall collection of 2009 that have hopped their way
down the runway for this year’s spring collection.
Peter Cottontail would be jealous of these frisky
furs and colorful ears.
Louis Vuitton sent his fall fashion models
out in leather tights, colourful pouf skirts, nude
gloss, and a number of bold accessories which
included a pair of juicy pink bunny ears. Worn
knotted in a messy bun, Vuitton’s bunny brigade
influenced a whole new line of haute headbands
that are reminiscent of our furry little friends from
Bambi. The trend started when Marc Jacobs noted
that Bunny ears were exactly what were needed to
complete his desired look and began designing his
ears in over thirty different colors including beige,
turquoise, hot pink, black, and dark purple.
“I like the kind of Playboy, French coquette
aspect to it,” Jacobs said. “It’s stylish and cheeky,
and adds a touch of playful glamour to any special
occasion”.
Since Vuitton’s show in 2009, many designers
are capturing their own little creatures and
designing hot head accessories. Maison Michel,
a studio in Paris which carries chic headwear and
hats, designed petite headbands in the shape of
mouse ears in delicate lace and silk for a more
romantic look. Models from VOGUE, ELLE, and
’ NUMERO, each sported different styles of bunny,
cat, and even Minnie Mouse ears in the 2009/2010
fashion layouts.
Cute, classy, and flirty, Vuitton’s bunny ears
have captured the runway for spring style. Worn
with tousled locks and nude lips, this quirky
trend looks best when paired with little or no
other accessories (think a big necklace or over-
sized ring), and clothes with a more masculine
edge. Anything too cutesy or girly will make you
look like an oversized child playing dress-up for
Halloween; leather pants, boy-cut blazers, and bold
colors balance sex appeal with style.
Stylish in sportswear
Lululemon too mainstream; Douglas College student sports chic
Adidas gear
By Stephanie Trembath,
Life and Style Editor
arch was in like a lamb
and went out like a lion,
which makes this time of
year all the more miserable seeing
final papers and exams are all coming
up within the next couple of weeks.
Pulling all nighters, drinking old
microwave coffee, and eating greasy
food to get the creative juices flowing
are all typical of student life in the
final months of semester. In leaving
assignments to the last possible
minute it’s best to maximize your
time in minimizing what you’re
doing in the morning, which includes
putting together a nice outfit.
The easiest way to look
presentable for class after spending
all night with your face glued to
10
the computer screen and your room
stacked with books you should have
cracked twelve weeks ago is to throw
on an outfit that looks like you belong
on a swim or volleyball team. Athletic
never goes out of style and dozing off
in class is not nearly as comfortable
when you’re wearing jeans.
Nicole Lapins, who is currently
enrolled in Douglas College’s Sports
Science program, relies on her comfy
clothes when she’s running late,
and says that as long as your hair
looks nice it’s all good. Wearing one
of Adidas spring jackets in white,
gold, and soft grey, Nicole prefers
brands like Reebok and Adidas over
Lululemon Athletica.
“Everyone has those Lulu
sweaters and stretch pants. I don’t
like looking like everyone else all the
time.”
Nicole Lapins
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lffe aa Styie
modern muse¥
Chasing tasteful tails
Peter Cottontail keeps up with spring style in haute headbands
By Stephanie Trembath,
Life and Style Editor
, aybe it’s thanks to the hype surrounding
Mie in Wonderland, but it seems all
designers are taking their inspiration
from little furry animals and fancy florals. Rather
than falling down a rabbit hole, many stylists
showcased a number of haute headbands in their
fall collection of 2009 that have hopped their way
down the runway for this year’s spring collection.
Peter Cottontail would be jealous of these frisky
furs and colorful ears.
Louis Vuitton sent his fall fashion models
out in leather tights, colourful pouf skirts, nude
gloss, and a number of bold accessories which
included a pair of juicy pink bunny ears. Worn
knotted in a messy bun, Vuitton’s bunny brigade
influenced a whole new line of haute headbands
that are reminiscent of our furry little friends from
Bambi. The trend started when Marc Jacobs noted
that Bunny ears were exactly what were needed to
complete his desired look and began designing his
ears in over thirty different colors including beige,
turquoise, hot pink, black, and dark purple.
“I like the kind of Playboy, French coquette
aspect to it,” Jacobs said. “It’s stylish and cheeky,
and adds a touch of playful glamour to any special
occasion”.
Since Vuitton’s show in 2009, many designers
are capturing their own little creatures and
designing hot head accessories. Maison Michel,
a studio in Paris which carries chic headwear and
hats, designed petite headbands in the shape of
mouse ears in delicate lace and silk for a more
romantic look. Models from VOGUE, ELLE, and
’ NUMERO, each sported different styles of bunny,
cat, and even Minnie Mouse ears in the 2009/2010
fashion layouts.
Cute, classy, and flirty, Vuitton’s bunny ears
have captured the runway for spring style. Worn
with tousled locks and nude lips, this quirky
trend looks best when paired with little or no
other accessories (think a big necklace or over-
sized ring), and clothes with a more masculine
edge. Anything too cutesy or girly will make you
look like an oversized child playing dress-up for
Halloween; leather pants, boy-cut blazers, and bold
colors balance sex appeal with style.
Stylish in sportswear
Lululemon too mainstream; Douglas College student sports chic
Adidas gear
By Stephanie Trembath,
Life and Style Editor
arch was in like a lamb
and went out like a lion,
which makes this time of
year all the more miserable seeing
final papers and exams are all coming
up within the next couple of weeks.
Pulling all nighters, drinking old
microwave coffee, and eating greasy
food to get the creative juices flowing
are all typical of student life in the
final months of semester. In leaving
assignments to the last possible
minute it’s best to maximize your
time in minimizing what you’re
doing in the morning, which includes
putting together a nice outfit.
The easiest way to look
presentable for class after spending
all night with your face glued to
10
the computer screen and your room
stacked with books you should have
cracked twelve weeks ago is to throw
on an outfit that looks like you belong
on a swim or volleyball team. Athletic
never goes out of style and dozing off
in class is not nearly as comfortable
when you’re wearing jeans.
Nicole Lapins, who is currently
enrolled in Douglas College’s Sports
Science program, relies on her comfy
clothes when she’s running late,
and says that as long as your hair
looks nice it’s all good. Wearing one
of Adidas spring jackets in white,
gold, and soft grey, Nicole prefers
brands like Reebok and Adidas over
Lululemon Athletica.
“Everyone has those Lulu
sweaters and stretch pants. I don’t
like looking like everyone else all the
time.”
Nicole Lapins
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By Garth McLennan
26 hours.
That’s how long it took me to
drive down from Calgary to Phoenix,
Arizona, to catch Wrestlemania 26.
That’s 26 hours of virtually non-stop
driving, 5S-Hour Energy drinks (which
taste like crap, by the way) and
enduring the absolute wasteland that
is northern Montana.
Backing up a bit, this was
supposed to be one of the best
weekends I could think of. I was
being sent down to Phoenix to
cover the 26" edition of the WWE’s
showcase event, Wrestlemania. I was
going to head down a few days early,
catch up with my cousin, play some
golf and then head to what was sure
to be a spectacular event. Well, as it
turned out, things went awry.
After getting to Calgary from
Vancouver, I was informed by a nice,
smiling lady at Gate 23 of Calgary
International I’d been bumped off my
flight. Oh, and the one leaving the
next morning was full, but they would
see what they could do. Great.
So, I did what any adventurous
20-year-old armed with his father’s
12
credit card would do: I rented a
car from Hertz (whose employees
redefine the term “useless.” Seriously,
it took me almost two hours to get a
car from those guys), couldn’t find
a GPS, printed off four full pages
of directions from Mapquest and
drove 1,537 miles through Alberta,
Montana, Idaho, Utah and most of
Arizona to get to Phoenix by four
o’clock on Sunday. Hey, I missed
golf, but it was Wrestlemania, and I
had floor seats.
As it turned out, it was all
worth it. The hellacious drive, the
increasingly stale peanuts and the
cold chicken from some godforsaken
trucker stop in Montana (well okay,
maybe not that last part). When
I finally arrived at the University
of Phoenix football stadium for
Wrestlemania, and gained a deeper
appreciation of the Wrestlemania
theme song, “I Made It,” by Kevin
Rudolf, only one thought entered my
mind: wow.
72,219 jammed the stadium to
the rafters for the spectacle that is
Wrestlemania and it blew me away.
Vince McMahon and the rest of
the WWE tore the house down. A
star studded card headlined by the
incomparable Shawn Michaels and
The Undertaker provided the best
WWE show in years. Every match
was great, even Vince McMahon
himself taking on an aged Bret Hart
(it was fun watching Vince get the
crap beaten out of him with a steel
chair for 15 minutes).
The night kicked off with a 26-
man dark match (non-televised) battle
royal, which was won by up and
coming star Yoshi Tatsu. When the
real show got started, things only got
better. The Miz and The Big Show
successfully defended the unified
tag team championships in a short
but fast-paced match against John
Morrison and R-Truth.
That was followed up by a
triple threat contest between the
imploding Legacy stable of Randy
Orton, Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes.
Heading in, I didn’t have high hopes
for this one, but it fully exceeded
all expectations I had for it. It was
exciting, it was unpredictable all the
way through and it actually made
me a fan of Randy Orton (almost).
Despite portraying a heel character
for the last three years or so, Orton
was able to play the good guy in the
match brilliantly, and the three of
them told an excellent story the entire
way through. Orton pulled out a
dramatic win by pinning Dibiase after
hitting the RKO (which might be the
best finisher in wrestling) and punting
Rhodes.
The Money in the Bank
ladder match, which followed
Orton’s match, was decent, but not
spectacular. Evan Bourne, one of the
WWPE’s best high-fliers, was great,
and his shooting star press from the
top of the ladder (an inverted back
flip) was superb, but the blockbuster
quality from some of the previous
MITB editions was lacking. Seeing
Jack Swagger win was a huge
surprise though. It'll be interesting to
see how he’s built up as a main event
bad guy in the months to come.
Triple H met Sheamus in an
all out brawl in the next match that
was just great. It was an interesting
follow up to the high-flying style
of MITB, but the two of them put
on an excellent brawl. The match
was filled with a ton of high-impact
power moves, and Triple H scored
an unpredictable win that not many
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By Garth McLennan
26 hours.
That’s how long it took me to
drive down from Calgary to Phoenix,
Arizona, to catch Wrestlemania 26.
That’s 26 hours of virtually non-stop
driving, 5S-Hour Energy drinks (which
taste like crap, by the way) and
enduring the absolute wasteland that
is northern Montana.
Backing up a bit, this was
supposed to be one of the best
weekends I could think of. I was
being sent down to Phoenix to
cover the 26" edition of the WWE’s
showcase event, Wrestlemania. I was
going to head down a few days early,
catch up with my cousin, play some
golf and then head to what was sure
to be a spectacular event. Well, as it
turned out, things went awry.
After getting to Calgary from
Vancouver, I was informed by a nice,
smiling lady at Gate 23 of Calgary
International I’d been bumped off my
flight. Oh, and the one leaving the
next morning was full, but they would
see what they could do. Great.
So, I did what any adventurous
20-year-old armed with his father’s
12
credit card would do: I rented a
car from Hertz (whose employees
redefine the term “useless.” Seriously,
it took me almost two hours to get a
car from those guys), couldn’t find
a GPS, printed off four full pages
of directions from Mapquest and
drove 1,537 miles through Alberta,
Montana, Idaho, Utah and most of
Arizona to get to Phoenix by four
o’clock on Sunday. Hey, I missed
golf, but it was Wrestlemania, and I
had floor seats.
As it turned out, it was all
worth it. The hellacious drive, the
increasingly stale peanuts and the
cold chicken from some godforsaken
trucker stop in Montana (well okay,
maybe not that last part). When
I finally arrived at the University
of Phoenix football stadium for
Wrestlemania, and gained a deeper
appreciation of the Wrestlemania
theme song, “I Made It,” by Kevin
Rudolf, only one thought entered my
mind: wow.
72,219 jammed the stadium to
the rafters for the spectacle that is
Wrestlemania and it blew me away.
Vince McMahon and the rest of
the WWE tore the house down. A
star studded card headlined by the
incomparable Shawn Michaels and
The Undertaker provided the best
WWE show in years. Every match
was great, even Vince McMahon
himself taking on an aged Bret Hart
(it was fun watching Vince get the
crap beaten out of him with a steel
chair for 15 minutes).
The night kicked off with a 26-
man dark match (non-televised) battle
royal, which was won by up and
coming star Yoshi Tatsu. When the
real show got started, things only got
better. The Miz and The Big Show
successfully defended the unified
tag team championships in a short
but fast-paced match against John
Morrison and R-Truth.
That was followed up by a
triple threat contest between the
imploding Legacy stable of Randy
Orton, Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes.
Heading in, I didn’t have high hopes
for this one, but it fully exceeded
all expectations I had for it. It was
exciting, it was unpredictable all the
way through and it actually made
me a fan of Randy Orton (almost).
Despite portraying a heel character
for the last three years or so, Orton
was able to play the good guy in the
match brilliantly, and the three of
them told an excellent story the entire
way through. Orton pulled out a
dramatic win by pinning Dibiase after
hitting the RKO (which might be the
best finisher in wrestling) and punting
Rhodes.
The Money in the Bank
ladder match, which followed
Orton’s match, was decent, but not
spectacular. Evan Bourne, one of the
WWPE’s best high-fliers, was great,
and his shooting star press from the
top of the ladder (an inverted back
flip) was superb, but the blockbuster
quality from some of the previous
MITB editions was lacking. Seeing
Jack Swagger win was a huge
surprise though. It'll be interesting to
see how he’s built up as a main event
bad guy in the months to come.
Triple H met Sheamus in an
all out brawl in the next match that
was just great. It was an interesting
follow up to the high-flying style
of MITB, but the two of them put
on an excellent brawl. The match
was filled with a ton of high-impact
power moves, and Triple H scored
an unpredictable win that not many
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people saw coming. There were plenty
of near-falls and times when it looked
like Sheamus was about to close out the
match. Overall it was a very solid and
well done match in the middle of the
card.
CM Punk versus Rey Mysterio was
fast paced and exciting, both guys have
styles that mesh well with the other, but
it would have been nice to see the match
go longer then the six and a half minutes
that it went for, which was among the
shortest on the card. Both guys like to
use a variety of aerial manoeuvres and
it played out as a classic good guy/bad
guy battle. Mysterio won in the end with
some great off-the-top-ropes moves, and
it was great all the way through, just a
little short.
The WWE had put a lot of time
into building up the Bret Hart-Vince
McMahon grudge match, and while it
was probably the weakest match of the
night, the two of them put on just about
all you could expect of them. The match
basically consisted of Hart bashing
Vince with a chair repeatedly and then
making him tap out to the sharpshooter,
and when Hart held up the chair after
the match was over, it looked pretty
dented. It was a nice touch having the
entire Hart family coming out for the
match too.
The match quality rose considerably
with the next bout, Chris Jericho
defending the World Heavyweight
Championship against Edge, who won
the 2010 Royal Rumble to get into the
match. Heading into Wrestlemania,
the two of them, who are two of the
WWE’s best overall performers, had
been a bit overshadowed by John
Cena/Batista and Shawn Michaels/
Undertaker, but they challenged for the
best overall match of the night. This was
another one that was hard to call leading
in, and Jericho, who has in the past long
been known primarily as a transitional
champion, successfully defended the
title, but in an odd twist, Edge beat the
crap out of him after the match, which
would lead one to assume that their
feud isn’t over. During the match, both
guys hit a wide array of great moves,
and more than once it seemed like Edge
would seal the victory with a spear,
or that Jericho would make Edge tap
out with the Walls of Jericho. Neither
happened though, and Jericho stole the
win after hitting Edge with the title belt
(in classic WWE fashion, the referee
was knocked out) and then connecting
with his signature finisher, the Code-
Breaker.
John Cena vs. Batista wasn’t
exactly the most riveting feud heading
into Wrestlemania, but they completely
redeemed themselves with a match that
was supposed to be average at best and
instead wound up stealing the show.
Cena went to the top rope far more then
he normally does and kicked out of
all of Batista’s power moves. The spot
where Batista caught a flying Cena in
midair and delivered a massive Spine-
Buster was just outstanding. It looked
like Cena, who entered into the match
with a nice entrance featuring the U.S.
Air Force, was done when Batista hit
his finishing move, the Batista Bomb
(which almost no one kicks out of), but
he kicked out, and went on to make
Batista tap out with the STF in a finish
that no one saw coming. This was
just an awesome match. Plus, it was
hilarious seeing Cena go right up to the
anti-Cena portion of the audience after
winning and show off to them.
It all led up to the main event,
Shawn Michaels versus The Undertaker,
which even though there was no title
up for grabs, was the unquestioned tue [F
main event. The match was beyond epic en
(even though it was tarnished a bit by a
jackass usher who demanded that I was
in the wrong seat and showed me why
making six bucks an hour is a horrible,
horrible thing), and because of the
stipulation that Michaels would have
to retire if he lost, it was pretty much
a 50-50 proposition as to who would
win. As it turned out, Michaels lost after
absorbing three Tombstone Pile Drivers
and an assortment of other moves that
most wrestlers don’t get up from in your 3
regular matches, but he didn’t go down
without a fight.
There was Michaels hitting three
Sweet Chin Music super kicks, and
his truly awe-inspiring Moonsault (a
back flip) off the top rope while The
Undertaker was lying prone on the
Spanish announce table a good 12 feet
away. For a 45-year-old man to do that
takes something more then tremendous
athleticism. After the match, The
Undertaker gave the floor to HBK ina
truly touching moment when he broke
character and saluted Michaels, who
has had one of the most legendary and
remarkable careers in wrestling history.
To put it lightly, it was a special thing to
be there for Michaels’ final match.
So even though there was a laundry
list of hiccups, and along the way it was
a weekend from hell where just about
everything that could have gone wrong
did, it was all worth it to see what was
the best Wrestlemania in the last decade
at least. To see this show, I’d do it all
over again.
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people saw coming. There were plenty
of near-falls and times when it looked
like Sheamus was about to close out the
match. Overall it was a very solid and
well done match in the middle of the
card.
CM Punk versus Rey Mysterio was
fast paced and exciting, both guys have
styles that mesh well with the other, but
it would have been nice to see the match
go longer then the six and a half minutes
that it went for, which was among the
shortest on the card. Both guys like to
use a variety of aerial manoeuvres and
it played out as a classic good guy/bad
guy battle. Mysterio won in the end with
some great off-the-top-ropes moves, and
it was great all the way through, just a
little short.
The WWE had put a lot of time
into building up the Bret Hart-Vince
McMahon grudge match, and while it
was probably the weakest match of the
night, the two of them put on just about
all you could expect of them. The match
basically consisted of Hart bashing
Vince with a chair repeatedly and then
making him tap out to the sharpshooter,
and when Hart held up the chair after
the match was over, it looked pretty
dented. It was a nice touch having the
entire Hart family coming out for the
match too.
The match quality rose considerably
with the next bout, Chris Jericho
defending the World Heavyweight
Championship against Edge, who won
the 2010 Royal Rumble to get into the
match. Heading into Wrestlemania,
the two of them, who are two of the
WWE’s best overall performers, had
been a bit overshadowed by John
Cena/Batista and Shawn Michaels/
Undertaker, but they challenged for the
best overall match of the night. This was
another one that was hard to call leading
in, and Jericho, who has in the past long
been known primarily as a transitional
champion, successfully defended the
title, but in an odd twist, Edge beat the
crap out of him after the match, which
would lead one to assume that their
feud isn’t over. During the match, both
guys hit a wide array of great moves,
and more than once it seemed like Edge
would seal the victory with a spear,
or that Jericho would make Edge tap
out with the Walls of Jericho. Neither
happened though, and Jericho stole the
win after hitting Edge with the title belt
(in classic WWE fashion, the referee
was knocked out) and then connecting
with his signature finisher, the Code-
Breaker.
John Cena vs. Batista wasn’t
exactly the most riveting feud heading
into Wrestlemania, but they completely
redeemed themselves with a match that
was supposed to be average at best and
instead wound up stealing the show.
Cena went to the top rope far more then
he normally does and kicked out of
all of Batista’s power moves. The spot
where Batista caught a flying Cena in
midair and delivered a massive Spine-
Buster was just outstanding. It looked
like Cena, who entered into the match
with a nice entrance featuring the U.S.
Air Force, was done when Batista hit
his finishing move, the Batista Bomb
(which almost no one kicks out of), but
he kicked out, and went on to make
Batista tap out with the STF in a finish
that no one saw coming. This was
just an awesome match. Plus, it was
hilarious seeing Cena go right up to the
anti-Cena portion of the audience after
winning and show off to them.
It all led up to the main event,
Shawn Michaels versus The Undertaker,
which even though there was no title
up for grabs, was the unquestioned tue [F
main event. The match was beyond epic en
(even though it was tarnished a bit by a
jackass usher who demanded that I was
in the wrong seat and showed me why
making six bucks an hour is a horrible,
horrible thing), and because of the
stipulation that Michaels would have
to retire if he lost, it was pretty much
a 50-50 proposition as to who would
win. As it turned out, Michaels lost after
absorbing three Tombstone Pile Drivers
and an assortment of other moves that
most wrestlers don’t get up from in your 3
regular matches, but he didn’t go down
without a fight.
There was Michaels hitting three
Sweet Chin Music super kicks, and
his truly awe-inspiring Moonsault (a
back flip) off the top rope while The
Undertaker was lying prone on the
Spanish announce table a good 12 feet
away. For a 45-year-old man to do that
takes something more then tremendous
athleticism. After the match, The
Undertaker gave the floor to HBK ina
truly touching moment when he broke
character and saluted Michaels, who
has had one of the most legendary and
remarkable careers in wrestling history.
To put it lightly, it was a special thing to
be there for Michaels’ final match.
So even though there was a laundry
list of hiccups, and along the way it was
a weekend from hell where just about
everything that could have gone wrong
did, it was all worth it to see what was
the best Wrestlemania in the last decade
at least. To see this show, I’d do it all
over again.
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s anyone who has followed the Vancouver
Ace this year can attest, head coach
Alain Vigneault has made some brilliant
moves to keep his team competitive through a
number of injuries that in previous seasons would
have been catastrophic. He’s been able to pull his
team together and contend with the very best in the
NHL with a defence corps that has had a patchwork
quality about it almost all season long.
Willie Mitchell has missed a very prolonged
stretch of games with a lingering concussion while
Kevin Bieksa was absent for 27 contests this year
due to injury and has also had to battle through
a poor season where he hasn’t come close to
providing a significant return on his $3.75 million
salary.
So with Mitchell’s status unclear and Bieksa
chipping in with just a single goal this year, things
were left to Sami Salo and Alex Edler to hold down
the fort. However, Shane O’Brien stepped up to the
plate in a manner that no one could have expected.
He’s a remarkable plus 16 this year.
Now, O’Brien has long been a favourite
20
whipping boy for Vigneault in the past, and when
the blueliner was late for practice last week, that
trend surfaced again. Vigneault exiled O’Brien to
the press box and left him off the team’s road trip to
California, and while what O’Brien did was indeed
unprofessional, how Vigneault reacted was over the
top.
There was no need to sit O’Brien down
for three games (the team refused to label it a
suspension, but it was). When Vigneault addressed
the media about the situation, he claimed that this
wasn’t an isolated incident, and that O’Brien’s
being late for practice was the straw that broke the
camel’s back, so to speak. He declined to go into
further detail, which caused the media rumour mill
to swirl with claims of O’Brien’s fitness and weight
levels, and his supposed taste for the nightlife at
Vancouver’s Roxy club. That was only furthered
when leaked pictures surfaced showing the Ontario
native partying it up with several female patrons of
the club.
Alright, so the guy likes to live up his status
as a professional athlete. The fact is, that’s not
a crime. Yes, being late for practice wasn’t the
brightest move in the world, but he was bag skated
at the end and with the Canucks on a downward
slide at the time of his suspension-that-wasn’t-a-
suspension, benching him wasn’t all that smart
either.
Beyond Salo and Edler, all the Canucks had to
rely on was Andrew Alberts, Aaron Rome and the
struggling Bieksa. Since being acquired at the trade
deadline, Alberts (who, to be fair, played decently
against Phoenix in the first game of O’Brien’s non-
suspension) has shown that skating is a task even
some in the NHL haven’t mastered, and Rome has
provided little to no upside this year.
The larger question also has to be asked, why
is there a standard for O’Brien, and then one for
the rest of the team? Granted, this may not be
O’Brien’s first offence, but Vigneault wouldn’t
confirm that with details, so we’re left with very
little to lambast the guy with. So O’Brien was
late for practice, but Pavol Demitra can basically
come and go whenever he pleases. I mean, despite
missing the first two thirds of the campaign due to
injury, Demitra has taken several leaves of absence
for “personal reasons”. Last year, Rick Rypien was
gone from the team for pretty much the entire year
because of the aforementioned and ever mysterious
“personal reasons.”
Now, I’m sure that the reasons for missing
games from those two are a little more serious than
being too hung over to get to the rink on time, but
still, over the last two years O’Brien has hardly
been alone in that regard. Unfortunately he’s the
only one catching the wrath of Vigneault’s power
trip because of it.
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Mott's,
Garth McLennan
sports editor
s anyone who has followed the Vancouver
Ace this year can attest, head coach
Alain Vigneault has made some brilliant
moves to keep his team competitive through a
number of injuries that in previous seasons would
have been catastrophic. He’s been able to pull his
team together and contend with the very best in the
NHL with a defence corps that has had a patchwork
quality about it almost all season long.
Willie Mitchell has missed a very prolonged
stretch of games with a lingering concussion while
Kevin Bieksa was absent for 27 contests this year
due to injury and has also had to battle through
a poor season where he hasn’t come close to
providing a significant return on his $3.75 million
salary.
So with Mitchell’s status unclear and Bieksa
chipping in with just a single goal this year, things
were left to Sami Salo and Alex Edler to hold down
the fort. However, Shane O’Brien stepped up to the
plate in a manner that no one could have expected.
He’s a remarkable plus 16 this year.
Now, O’Brien has long been a favourite
20
whipping boy for Vigneault in the past, and when
the blueliner was late for practice last week, that
trend surfaced again. Vigneault exiled O’Brien to
the press box and left him off the team’s road trip to
California, and while what O’Brien did was indeed
unprofessional, how Vigneault reacted was over the
top.
There was no need to sit O’Brien down
for three games (the team refused to label it a
suspension, but it was). When Vigneault addressed
the media about the situation, he claimed that this
wasn’t an isolated incident, and that O’Brien’s
being late for practice was the straw that broke the
camel’s back, so to speak. He declined to go into
further detail, which caused the media rumour mill
to swirl with claims of O’Brien’s fitness and weight
levels, and his supposed taste for the nightlife at
Vancouver’s Roxy club. That was only furthered
when leaked pictures surfaced showing the Ontario
native partying it up with several female patrons of
the club.
Alright, so the guy likes to live up his status
as a professional athlete. The fact is, that’s not
a crime. Yes, being late for practice wasn’t the
brightest move in the world, but he was bag skated
at the end and with the Canucks on a downward
slide at the time of his suspension-that-wasn’t-a-
suspension, benching him wasn’t all that smart
either.
Beyond Salo and Edler, all the Canucks had to
rely on was Andrew Alberts, Aaron Rome and the
struggling Bieksa. Since being acquired at the trade
deadline, Alberts (who, to be fair, played decently
against Phoenix in the first game of O’Brien’s non-
suspension) has shown that skating is a task even
some in the NHL haven’t mastered, and Rome has
provided little to no upside this year.
The larger question also has to be asked, why
is there a standard for O’Brien, and then one for
the rest of the team? Granted, this may not be
O’Brien’s first offence, but Vigneault wouldn’t
confirm that with details, so we’re left with very
little to lambast the guy with. So O’Brien was
late for practice, but Pavol Demitra can basically
come and go whenever he pleases. I mean, despite
missing the first two thirds of the campaign due to
injury, Demitra has taken several leaves of absence
for “personal reasons”. Last year, Rick Rypien was
gone from the team for pretty much the entire year
because of the aforementioned and ever mysterious
“personal reasons.”
Now, I’m sure that the reasons for missing
games from those two are a little more serious than
being too hung over to get to the rink on time, but
still, over the last two years O’Brien has hardly
been alone in that regard. Unfortunately he’s the
only one catching the wrath of Vigneault’s power
trip because of it.
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Billy Bishop wins the war
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor
he legacy of William Avery “Billy” Bishop
continues to live on, long after his World
War I fighting days are over. In the two-
man show Billy Bishop Goes to War, audiences
are reminded of the
infamous Canadian
the stage as Bishop, taking the audience through
each stage of his life meeting new and interesting
people along the way. His stage partner, Zachary
Gray, runs a local studio and is a part of Vancouver
based group The Zolas. Interestingly enough,
Zachary’s father, John Gray, wrote the play and
performed his part in
“Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding the original 1978 debut
flying ace who had the stage as Bishop, taking the audience _at the Vancouver East
a score card of 72 through each stage of his life meeting new and Cultural Center.
victories, making interesting people along the way.” The stage was
him the most prolific very intricately set
fighter pilot of the Canadian Forces and the British with a minimalist feel having lots of open space
Empire. and multiple small props to change the atmosphere
Back in World War I, the Brits still had reign
over us Canucks and took our fighters to battle
against the German Empire. The story of Billy
is quite amusing ,-coming from a tiny town in
southwest Ontario to fight in the largest war the
world had ever seen. A failure in school, Billy
faked several injuries to get out of going to battle,
until he got the idea to join the RFC (Royal Flying
Corps) to get out of trench warfare.
~ Fresh off a Canadian tour, the Granville Island
Arts Club Theatre company is proud to present
- their version of Billy Bishop Goes to War. Bishop
and 18 other characters are portrayed by Vancouver
actor and UBC graduate Ryan Beil (yes, the skinny
A&W intern from the TV. commercials).
Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding
depending on the scene. At one point, an airplane
was even built from pieces of the set to depict
Billy’s Victoria Cross-earning battle in which he
destroyed a German aerodrome single handed.
The actors had excellent chemistry with-each
other, this being the second time they’ve used the
script in the last two years. The UBC-produced
version of Billy Bishop Goes to War featured a
smaller, more intimate stage but most of the same
music and the crowd favourite sing-a-long to “The —
Bold Aviator” were still featured
After returning home a hero from his service,
Billy Bishop started a family and in World War II
contributed his services alongside his daughter and
son with the Canadian Forces. Billy Bishop died
quietly in his sleep in 1956.
¢
Ryan Beil as Billy Bishop
Incoming Game Expo
The User wins!
By Cody Klyne
ame designers, once viewed as being
quirky, flavour-of-the-month hobbyists
were an exclusively eccentric subset of
the late ‘60s. But these wizards of technology —
looking at you, Nolan Bushnell—helped lay down
the groundwork for what has become a booming
entertainment industry.
It’s now 2010, and while decades of closet
game development remain overlooked by the
current generation of gamers, throngs of present
day designers are, justifiably, enjoying the efforts
of their gaming forefathers by stepping into the
spotlight and speaking out on the creative medium
in progressive ways. The upcoming Game Design
Expo, presented by Vancouver Film School (VFS),
represents one such discourse that will allow for
just this sort of industry show and tell.
In its fourth year, the Game Design Expo is
positioned to attract designers of all levels; from
industry veterans to students potentially interested
in trying their hand at design. Structured to
accommodate both of these groups, the Expo takes
place over the course of two days dedicated to two
individual focuses: an industry speaker day on
April 10 and an open house day at VFS’ campus on
April 11. Highlighting past VFS grads working in
the industry, as well as international designers from
all walks of life, speakers and attendees have one
thing in common: a passion for games.
Showcasing a stable of designers, level
directors, and even a few indie-studio presidents,
presenters from companies like United Front
Games (ModNation Racers) and Blue Castle
Games (Dead Rising 2), cover a range of topics in
a variety of panels and discussions offered during
the Expo’s industry day. Held at the Vancouver
International Film Centre, sessions offered range
from delving into the more gritty and mechanical
implementation of user-created content, to the
broader, unknown future of gaming itself. There’s
a catchall approach to the first day of the Expo that
promises something for everybody. Selling out in
its previous years, tickets for the speaker’s day are
priced at 75 bucks a pop.
Focusing on the one-year game design
program offered at VFS, the open house day
gives potential students a chance to wade into the
trenches before laying down the price of tuition.
On top of having the opportunity to sample design
classes and play some of the games created by
students over the years, attendees will have the
opportunity to schmooze with industry vets and
program faculty during a scheduled meet-and-greet.
While registration was still open as of the time of
this writing, with all of the offerings offered for the
price of free, capacity is bound to be reached.
Interested in hearing a bunch of game
designers talk shop and swap horror stories?
Thinking about getting into game design yourself?
Keep the weekend of April 10 open and pop over to
www.gamedesignexpo.com for more details.
; sels
:
retention cio co
Billy Bishop wins the war
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor
he legacy of William Avery “Billy” Bishop
continues to live on, long after his World
War I fighting days are over. In the two-
man show Billy Bishop Goes to War, audiences
are reminded of the
infamous Canadian
the stage as Bishop, taking the audience through
each stage of his life meeting new and interesting
people along the way. His stage partner, Zachary
Gray, runs a local studio and is a part of Vancouver
based group The Zolas. Interestingly enough,
Zachary’s father, John Gray, wrote the play and
performed his part in
“Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding the original 1978 debut
flying ace who had the stage as Bishop, taking the audience _at the Vancouver East
a score card of 72 through each stage of his life meeting new and Cultural Center.
victories, making interesting people along the way.” The stage was
him the most prolific very intricately set
fighter pilot of the Canadian Forces and the British with a minimalist feel having lots of open space
Empire. and multiple small props to change the atmosphere
Back in World War I, the Brits still had reign
over us Canucks and took our fighters to battle
against the German Empire. The story of Billy
is quite amusing ,-coming from a tiny town in
southwest Ontario to fight in the largest war the
world had ever seen. A failure in school, Billy
faked several injuries to get out of going to battle,
until he got the idea to join the RFC (Royal Flying
Corps) to get out of trench warfare.
~ Fresh off a Canadian tour, the Granville Island
Arts Club Theatre company is proud to present
- their version of Billy Bishop Goes to War. Bishop
and 18 other characters are portrayed by Vancouver
actor and UBC graduate Ryan Beil (yes, the skinny
A&W intern from the TV. commercials).
Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding
depending on the scene. At one point, an airplane
was even built from pieces of the set to depict
Billy’s Victoria Cross-earning battle in which he
destroyed a German aerodrome single handed.
The actors had excellent chemistry with-each
other, this being the second time they’ve used the
script in the last two years. The UBC-produced
version of Billy Bishop Goes to War featured a
smaller, more intimate stage but most of the same
music and the crowd favourite sing-a-long to “The —
Bold Aviator” were still featured
After returning home a hero from his service,
Billy Bishop started a family and in World War II
contributed his services alongside his daughter and
son with the Canadian Forces. Billy Bishop died
quietly in his sleep in 1956.
¢
Ryan Beil as Billy Bishop
Incoming Game Expo
The User wins!
By Cody Klyne
ame designers, once viewed as being
quirky, flavour-of-the-month hobbyists
were an exclusively eccentric subset of
the late ‘60s. But these wizards of technology —
looking at you, Nolan Bushnell—helped lay down
the groundwork for what has become a booming
entertainment industry.
It’s now 2010, and while decades of closet
game development remain overlooked by the
current generation of gamers, throngs of present
day designers are, justifiably, enjoying the efforts
of their gaming forefathers by stepping into the
spotlight and speaking out on the creative medium
in progressive ways. The upcoming Game Design
Expo, presented by Vancouver Film School (VFS),
represents one such discourse that will allow for
just this sort of industry show and tell.
In its fourth year, the Game Design Expo is
positioned to attract designers of all levels; from
industry veterans to students potentially interested
in trying their hand at design. Structured to
accommodate both of these groups, the Expo takes
place over the course of two days dedicated to two
individual focuses: an industry speaker day on
April 10 and an open house day at VFS’ campus on
April 11. Highlighting past VFS grads working in
the industry, as well as international designers from
all walks of life, speakers and attendees have one
thing in common: a passion for games.
Showcasing a stable of designers, level
directors, and even a few indie-studio presidents,
presenters from companies like United Front
Games (ModNation Racers) and Blue Castle
Games (Dead Rising 2), cover a range of topics in
a variety of panels and discussions offered during
the Expo’s industry day. Held at the Vancouver
International Film Centre, sessions offered range
from delving into the more gritty and mechanical
implementation of user-created content, to the
broader, unknown future of gaming itself. There’s
a catchall approach to the first day of the Expo that
promises something for everybody. Selling out in
its previous years, tickets for the speaker’s day are
priced at 75 bucks a pop.
Focusing on the one-year game design
program offered at VFS, the open house day
gives potential students a chance to wade into the
trenches before laying down the price of tuition.
On top of having the opportunity to sample design
classes and play some of the games created by
students over the years, attendees will have the
opportunity to schmooze with industry vets and
program faculty during a scheduled meet-and-greet.
While registration was still open as of the time of
this writing, with all of the offerings offered for the
price of free, capacity is bound to be reached.
Interested in hearing a bunch of game
designers talk shop and swap horror stories?
Thinking about getting into game design yourself?
Keep the weekend of April 10 open and pop over to
www.gamedesignexpo.com for more details.
; sels
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Billy Bishop wins the war
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor
he legacy of William Avery “Billy” Bishop
continues to live on, long after his World
War I fighting days are over. In the two-
man show Billy Bishop Goes to War, audiences
are reminded of the
infamous Canadian
the stage as Bishop, taking the audience through
each stage of his life meeting new and interesting
people along the way. His stage partner, Zachary
Gray, runs a local studio and is a part of Vancouver
based group The Zolas. Interestingly enough,
Zachary’s father, John Gray, wrote the play and
performed his part in
“Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding the original 1978 debut
flying ace who had the stage as Bishop, taking the audience _at the Vancouver East
a score card of 72 through each stage of his life meeting new and Cultural Center.
victories, making interesting people along the way.” The stage was
him the most prolific very intricately set
fighter pilot of the Canadian Forces and the British with a minimalist feel having lots of open space
Empire. and multiple small props to change the atmosphere
Back in World War I, the Brits still had reign
over us Canucks and took our fighters to battle
against the German Empire. The story of Billy
is quite amusing ,-coming from a tiny town in
southwest Ontario to fight in the largest war the
world had ever seen. A failure in school, Billy
faked several injuries to get out of going to battle,
until he got the idea to join the RFC (Royal Flying
Corps) to get out of trench warfare.
~ Fresh off a Canadian tour, the Granville Island
Arts Club Theatre company is proud to present
- their version of Billy Bishop Goes to War. Bishop
and 18 other characters are portrayed by Vancouver
actor and UBC graduate Ryan Beil (yes, the skinny
A&W intern from the TV. commercials).
Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding
depending on the scene. At one point, an airplane
was even built from pieces of the set to depict
Billy’s Victoria Cross-earning battle in which he
destroyed a German aerodrome single handed.
The actors had excellent chemistry with-each
other, this being the second time they’ve used the
script in the last two years. The UBC-produced
version of Billy Bishop Goes to War featured a
smaller, more intimate stage but most of the same
music and the crowd favourite sing-a-long to “The —
Bold Aviator” were still featured
After returning home a hero from his service,
Billy Bishop started a family and in World War II
contributed his services alongside his daughter and
son with the Canadian Forces. Billy Bishop died
quietly in his sleep in 1956.
¢
Ryan Beil as Billy Bishop
Incoming Game Expo
The User wins!
By Cody Klyne
ame designers, once viewed as being
quirky, flavour-of-the-month hobbyists
were an exclusively eccentric subset of
the late ‘60s. But these wizards of technology —
looking at you, Nolan Bushnell—helped lay down
the groundwork for what has become a booming
entertainment industry.
It’s now 2010, and while decades of closet
game development remain overlooked by the
current generation of gamers, throngs of present
day designers are, justifiably, enjoying the efforts
of their gaming forefathers by stepping into the
spotlight and speaking out on the creative medium
in progressive ways. The upcoming Game Design
Expo, presented by Vancouver Film School (VFS),
represents one such discourse that will allow for
just this sort of industry show and tell.
In its fourth year, the Game Design Expo is
positioned to attract designers of all levels; from
industry veterans to students potentially interested
in trying their hand at design. Structured to
accommodate both of these groups, the Expo takes
place over the course of two days dedicated to two
individual focuses: an industry speaker day on
April 10 and an open house day at VFS’ campus on
April 11. Highlighting past VFS grads working in
the industry, as well as international designers from
all walks of life, speakers and attendees have one
thing in common: a passion for games.
Showcasing a stable of designers, level
directors, and even a few indie-studio presidents,
presenters from companies like United Front
Games (ModNation Racers) and Blue Castle
Games (Dead Rising 2), cover a range of topics in
a variety of panels and discussions offered during
the Expo’s industry day. Held at the Vancouver
International Film Centre, sessions offered range
from delving into the more gritty and mechanical
implementation of user-created content, to the
broader, unknown future of gaming itself. There’s
a catchall approach to the first day of the Expo that
promises something for everybody. Selling out in
its previous years, tickets for the speaker’s day are
priced at 75 bucks a pop.
Focusing on the one-year game design
program offered at VFS, the open house day
gives potential students a chance to wade into the
trenches before laying down the price of tuition.
On top of having the opportunity to sample design
classes and play some of the games created by
students over the years, attendees will have the
opportunity to schmooze with industry vets and
program faculty during a scheduled meet-and-greet.
While registration was still open as of the time of
this writing, with all of the offerings offered for the
price of free, capacity is bound to be reached.
Interested in hearing a bunch of game
designers talk shop and swap horror stories?
Thinking about getting into game design yourself?
Keep the weekend of April 10 open and pop over to
www.gamedesignexpo.com for more details.
; sels
:
retention cio co
Billy Bishop wins the war
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor
he legacy of William Avery “Billy” Bishop
continues to live on, long after his World
War I fighting days are over. In the two-
man show Billy Bishop Goes to War, audiences
are reminded of the
infamous Canadian
the stage as Bishop, taking the audience through
each stage of his life meeting new and interesting
people along the way. His stage partner, Zachary
Gray, runs a local studio and is a part of Vancouver
based group The Zolas. Interestingly enough,
Zachary’s father, John Gray, wrote the play and
performed his part in
“Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding the original 1978 debut
flying ace who had the stage as Bishop, taking the audience _at the Vancouver East
a score card of 72 through each stage of his life meeting new and Cultural Center.
victories, making interesting people along the way.” The stage was
him the most prolific very intricately set
fighter pilot of the Canadian Forces and the British with a minimalist feel having lots of open space
Empire. and multiple small props to change the atmosphere
Back in World War I, the Brits still had reign
over us Canucks and took our fighters to battle
against the German Empire. The story of Billy
is quite amusing ,-coming from a tiny town in
southwest Ontario to fight in the largest war the
world had ever seen. A failure in school, Billy
faked several injuries to get out of going to battle,
until he got the idea to join the RFC (Royal Flying
Corps) to get out of trench warfare.
~ Fresh off a Canadian tour, the Granville Island
Arts Club Theatre company is proud to present
- their version of Billy Bishop Goes to War. Bishop
and 18 other characters are portrayed by Vancouver
actor and UBC graduate Ryan Beil (yes, the skinny
A&W intern from the TV. commercials).
Beil shows a wide range of talent in holding
depending on the scene. At one point, an airplane
was even built from pieces of the set to depict
Billy’s Victoria Cross-earning battle in which he
destroyed a German aerodrome single handed.
The actors had excellent chemistry with-each
other, this being the second time they’ve used the
script in the last two years. The UBC-produced
version of Billy Bishop Goes to War featured a
smaller, more intimate stage but most of the same
music and the crowd favourite sing-a-long to “The —
Bold Aviator” were still featured
After returning home a hero from his service,
Billy Bishop started a family and in World War II
contributed his services alongside his daughter and
son with the Canadian Forces. Billy Bishop died
quietly in his sleep in 1956.
¢
Ryan Beil as Billy Bishop
Incoming Game Expo
The User wins!
By Cody Klyne
ame designers, once viewed as being
quirky, flavour-of-the-month hobbyists
were an exclusively eccentric subset of
the late ‘60s. But these wizards of technology —
looking at you, Nolan Bushnell—helped lay down
the groundwork for what has become a booming
entertainment industry.
It’s now 2010, and while decades of closet
game development remain overlooked by the
current generation of gamers, throngs of present
day designers are, justifiably, enjoying the efforts
of their gaming forefathers by stepping into the
spotlight and speaking out on the creative medium
in progressive ways. The upcoming Game Design
Expo, presented by Vancouver Film School (VFS),
represents one such discourse that will allow for
just this sort of industry show and tell.
In its fourth year, the Game Design Expo is
positioned to attract designers of all levels; from
industry veterans to students potentially interested
in trying their hand at design. Structured to
accommodate both of these groups, the Expo takes
place over the course of two days dedicated to two
individual focuses: an industry speaker day on
April 10 and an open house day at VFS’ campus on
April 11. Highlighting past VFS grads working in
the industry, as well as international designers from
all walks of life, speakers and attendees have one
thing in common: a passion for games.
Showcasing a stable of designers, level
directors, and even a few indie-studio presidents,
presenters from companies like United Front
Games (ModNation Racers) and Blue Castle
Games (Dead Rising 2), cover a range of topics in
a variety of panels and discussions offered during
the Expo’s industry day. Held at the Vancouver
International Film Centre, sessions offered range
from delving into the more gritty and mechanical
implementation of user-created content, to the
broader, unknown future of gaming itself. There’s
a catchall approach to the first day of the Expo that
promises something for everybody. Selling out in
its previous years, tickets for the speaker’s day are
priced at 75 bucks a pop.
Focusing on the one-year game design
program offered at VFS, the open house day
gives potential students a chance to wade into the
trenches before laying down the price of tuition.
On top of having the opportunity to sample design
classes and play some of the games created by
students over the years, attendees will have the
opportunity to schmooze with industry vets and
program faculty during a scheduled meet-and-greet.
While registration was still open as of the time of
this writing, with all of the offerings offered for the
price of free, capacity is bound to be reached.
Interested in hearing a bunch of game
designers talk shop and swap horror stories?
Thinking about getting into game design yourself?
Keep the weekend of April 10 open and pop over to
www.gamedesignexpo.com for more details.
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VANOC’s trash is another person’s treasure
Approximately 220,000 items up for grabs at Olympic-sized garage sale
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
ow that the Vancouver 2010 Winter
Newnes and Paralympics have come to a
close, its time for VANOC to get rid of the
thousands of pieces of equipment and merchandise
at what can be compared to a giant flea market.
The market, which opened last Saturday at
a warehouse in Delta, will sell everything from
furniture and appliances from the Athlete’s Village,
to fire extinguishers and tools used at various
venues at extremely low prices. Props used during
the opening and closing ceremonies will also be
for sale, including items such as snowboards and
canoes.
VANOC has said that they will systematically
bring out about 40 new items everyday, so that the
most coveted items, such as plasma screen TVs
and computers, are not sold out in the first couple
of days. It is estimated that approximately 220,000
items will be put out for sale between now and
June, when the market closes. A wide selection
of Olympic-logo clothing will also be available,
including full torch relay tracksuits and backpacks.
But getting a chance at those great deals might
be difficult, VANOC officials warn. They expect
the long lines to continue. Buyers are also being
told that items must be taken at time of purchase,
and unlike all other items sold by VANOC during
the Games, the market will accept all major credit
cards.
The sale, being run by the province’s Asset
Inventory Recovery department, will help raise
money to offset some of the costs of the Olympics.
Some larger items for sale such as generators
and official Olympic signs will go on sale by way
of auction, in order to ensure an equal chance to all
potential buyers. Some unique items, such as a 40-
foot tall Olympic venue marker at BC Place have
been bid on for over $500.
DON'T MISS |
EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS AT
BCIT’S PROGRAM EXPO IN COQUITLAM
Wednesday, April 28
5—8 pm
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School
2525 Como Lake Avenue, Coquitlam, BC
Visit bcit.ca to find out more
It’s your career.
Get it right.
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et
VANOC’s trash is another person’s treasure
Approximately 220,000 items up for grabs at Olympic-sized garage sale
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
ow that the Vancouver 2010 Winter
Newnes and Paralympics have come to a
close, its time for VANOC to get rid of the
thousands of pieces of equipment and merchandise
at what can be compared to a giant flea market.
The market, which opened last Saturday at
a warehouse in Delta, will sell everything from
furniture and appliances from the Athlete’s Village,
to fire extinguishers and tools used at various
venues at extremely low prices. Props used during
the opening and closing ceremonies will also be
for sale, including items such as snowboards and
canoes.
VANOC has said that they will systematically
bring out about 40 new items everyday, so that the
most coveted items, such as plasma screen TVs
and computers, are not sold out in the first couple
of days. It is estimated that approximately 220,000
items will be put out for sale between now and
June, when the market closes. A wide selection
of Olympic-logo clothing will also be available,
including full torch relay tracksuits and backpacks.
But getting a chance at those great deals might
be difficult, VANOC officials warn. They expect
the long lines to continue. Buyers are also being
told that items must be taken at time of purchase,
and unlike all other items sold by VANOC during
the Games, the market will accept all major credit
cards.
The sale, being run by the province’s Asset
Inventory Recovery department, will help raise
money to offset some of the costs of the Olympics.
Some larger items for sale such as generators
and official Olympic signs will go on sale by way
of auction, in order to ensure an equal chance to all
potential buyers. Some unique items, such as a 40-
foot tall Olympic venue marker at BC Place have
been bid on for over $500.
DON'T MISS |
EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS AT
BCIT’S PROGRAM EXPO IN COQUITLAM
Wednesday, April 28
5—8 pm
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School
2525 Como Lake Avenue, Coquitlam, BC
Visit bcit.ca to find out more
It’s your career.
Get it right.
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© matter your religious
affiliations (or lack thereof);
i Easter marks a time of rebirth
and renewal for both the world of nature
and the artificial world we humans have
created for ourselves. The vernal equinox,
harbinger of spring weather, brings with
it the promise of chocolate bunnies, time
with family, and hopefully, the urge to
procreate furiously.
And what better time than this
to dive into a new season of political
turmoil in our beloved province of British
Columbia? After all, spring is the season
for intense screwing. We’re not even a
year removed from the election of last
May, yet we could be facing another
political showdown over the Harmonized
Sales Tax.
Despite being announced mere
days after the Liberals won their third-
straight election, the HST hasn’t been
implemented in this province, nor has it
even been approved by the Legislative
Assembly. A vote making it official will
take place sometime in the next few
months, and the NDP and other assorted
HST opponents are hoping they can
' extend debate on the matter long enough
to find some way to defeat the legislation
that would make the tax official.
Since the Liberals already have a
simple majority in the Legislature, it’s
going to take some creativity to defeat the
HST bill. The two ideas that have been
most bandied about are convincing seven
Liberal MLAs to vote against the party
line, or, as former premier Bill Vander
Zalm is proposing, collect signatures.
from 10 per cent of the eligible voters in
every single riding in B.C.
Believe it or not, I think Vander
Zalm’s idea is a little more realistic.
Gordo’s always been a top-down type
of leader and his authority is seemingly
unchallengeable by anyone inside the
Liberal Party, and there are certainly no
sitting Liberal MLAs willing to defy
party discipline; at least, that’s how it
looks from outside the party.
No, it looks like the only chance
British Columbians have to avoid pay
an extra 12 per cent on the costs of
everything from food to haircuts to rent
(because Lord-knows rent isn’t high
enough as it is) is to support the efforts of
a guy who left office in disgrace 19 years
ago because he sold his garden business
crookedly (if he was really smart, he
would’ ve gotten a deck out of the deal,
like Glen Clark did).
Vander Zalm’s plan is almost
unthinkable simply because of the great
mobilization of people required, and
more importantly, the apathy surrounding
all those people. Here’s hoping that
our notoriously indifferent electorate
will finally find some motivation in this
obscene tax hike. I know the sale of our
public utilities couldn’t do it, I know
corruption allegations couldn’t do it, and,
hell, not even a universally hated gas
tax couldn’t do it, but if this won’t do it,
nothing will. If this tax gets approved, it
will be because we either have the laziest
voters in the country, or a whole crapload
of people who like paying taxes.
Oh, well, at least the spring weather’s
getting nicer!
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
The Other Press
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2008 PageFiller Lid and Associstes ww, payefilier.com
Spring thaw
editor in chiet
© matter your religious
affiliations (or lack thereof);
i Easter marks a time of rebirth
and renewal for both the world of nature
and the artificial world we humans have
created for ourselves. The vernal equinox,
harbinger of spring weather, brings with
it the promise of chocolate bunnies, time
with family, and hopefully, the urge to
procreate furiously.
And what better time than this
to dive into a new season of political
turmoil in our beloved province of British
Columbia? After all, spring is the season
for intense screwing. We’re not even a
year removed from the election of last
May, yet we could be facing another
political showdown over the Harmonized
Sales Tax.
Despite being announced mere
days after the Liberals won their third-
straight election, the HST hasn’t been
implemented in this province, nor has it
even been approved by the Legislative
Assembly. A vote making it official will
take place sometime in the next few
months, and the NDP and other assorted
HST opponents are hoping they can
' extend debate on the matter long enough
to find some way to defeat the legislation
that would make the tax official.
Since the Liberals already have a
simple majority in the Legislature, it’s
going to take some creativity to defeat the
HST bill. The two ideas that have been
most bandied about are convincing seven
Liberal MLAs to vote against the party
line, or, as former premier Bill Vander
Zalm is proposing, collect signatures.
from 10 per cent of the eligible voters in
every single riding in B.C.
Believe it or not, I think Vander
Zalm’s idea is a little more realistic.
Gordo’s always been a top-down type
of leader and his authority is seemingly
unchallengeable by anyone inside the
Liberal Party, and there are certainly no
sitting Liberal MLAs willing to defy
party discipline; at least, that’s how it
looks from outside the party.
No, it looks like the only chance
British Columbians have to avoid pay
an extra 12 per cent on the costs of
everything from food to haircuts to rent
(because Lord-knows rent isn’t high
enough as it is) is to support the efforts of
a guy who left office in disgrace 19 years
ago because he sold his garden business
crookedly (if he was really smart, he
would’ ve gotten a deck out of the deal,
like Glen Clark did).
Vander Zalm’s plan is almost
unthinkable simply because of the great
mobilization of people required, and
more importantly, the apathy surrounding
all those people. Here’s hoping that
our notoriously indifferent electorate
will finally find some motivation in this
obscene tax hike. I know the sale of our
public utilities couldn’t do it, I know
corruption allegations couldn’t do it, and,
hell, not even a universally hated gas
tax couldn’t do it, but if this won’t do it,
nothing will. If this tax gets approved, it
will be because we either have the laziest
voters in the country, or a whole crapload
of people who like paying taxes.
Oh, well, at least the spring weather’s
getting nicer!
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
The Other Press
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Svar
Amidst the towers of Steel, concrete and glass, there remains
griculture, to the typical
Vancouverite, is out of sight
and out of mind. Farmers
man their hefty crops a hundred miles
down the old dusty road. Urbanites
plunk themselves into their leather
office chairs downtown and man
some hefty paperwork. When they’re
off, they pick up a few groceries—the
ones those old-time farmers lugged
into the city on horseback and wagon.
The city and the farmland are entirely
separate entities, obviously. “Urban
agriculture” is a paradox, obviously.
This article is ridiculous and a
complete joke. Obviously.
Think again. From rooftop
gardens to community plots to
Vancouver’s own city hall replacing
grass with a vegetable patch, urban
agriculture is born. Reborn, actually.
Anyone enlightened by a history
lesson on agriculture will know that,
less than two centuries ago—and
still today, in some countries—it
was perfectly normal to grow food
in cities and in one’s own backyard.
The trend passed, but now it’s back,
and not because its fashionable, but
because it’s necessary. And this time,
it needs to stay.
Today’s urban agriculture,
14
fairly associated with the “eat local”
movement, places emphasis on
urban cities to make the most out of
every square inch of land. Former
city councillor Peter Ladner said in
a recent interview with BCBusiness
that “the first issue people have to be
aware of is the fragility of our food
supply.” Ladner, who is working
on a project called Planning Cities
as if Food Mattered, is aware that it
can be difficult to convince people
there is a threat to our food supply.
When we go to a grocery market, the
shelves are always well stocked. “It’s
like convincing people that climate
change is a problem. You just have to
say, ‘here’s where all the trends are
pointing.’ And there’s no question
there’s going to be a big change.”
Janine de la Selle, the director
of food systems planning at the
Vancouver office of HB Lanarc, who
was interviewed by BCBusiness
alongside Ladner, agrees with him.
She finds it astonishing that there is
even a question as to the importance
of urban agriculture. “Urban
agriculture is a huge opportunity
to not only grow food but to create
places where people come together,”
she says, adding to Ladner’s reason
sa
hope fore
‘eo
a
«
for implementing an effective
agriculture system in Vancouver.
“And it’s an important part of
educating people.”
While it may not be realistic to
expect to produce any significant
amount of food within city limits—
due to factors such as short growing
seasons— optimistic estimates suggest
up to half of our food could be grown
within city limits. This number could
vary tremendously, based on factors
like soil, solar exposure, and the skills
of the farmer, but regardless, Ladner
believes “we could be way more
productive than we are now.”
But what of the unsightliness?
Few people find messy vegetable
gardens aesthetically appealing,
especially when the space could
alternatively be used for lush grass
and vibrant trees. Unfortunately,
there is no absolute remedy; there
is a cultural barrier with community
gardens, and it’s going to require
a cultural shift toward acceptance.
People will need to accept that
growing food is a messy job, but is
also a beneficial necessity.
Once people accept the idea of
urban agricultural, they can apply
the concept to their own backyards.
“
nvironmental sustainability. But can we
eS the solution stick?
From full-scale vegetable gardens
in larger yards, to tomato vines on
condominium patios, residents of
any locale are encouraged to try
their hand at supporting agriculture.
In fact, it may even be profitable—
returning to the simple farming days,
one could sell their home-grown
fruits to their neighbours. Now that’s
eating local. It doesn’t take much, de
la Selle says: “It’s about valuing good
food; it’s about valuing local food.”
Ladner admits, “there is always
going to be a place for imported
food.” That’s undeniable, but the goal
is not to eliminate our dependence on
imported food; rather, it is simply to
limit it. And this shining example of
local sustainability can be done in our
very backyards. Sustainability is no
more a fad or a trend than the tangible
existence of a liveable earth—it
doesn’t matter if the climate is
changing or not, if the earth is heating
up or cooling down. Our way of
living is self-destructive, and the eco
shift is working to reverse the damage
we’ve dealt.
With any luck, a few years down
the road, agriculture will mean a lot
more to the typical Vancouverite.
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Svar
Amidst the towers of Steel, concrete and glass, there remains
griculture, to the typical
Vancouverite, is out of sight
and out of mind. Farmers
man their hefty crops a hundred miles
down the old dusty road. Urbanites
plunk themselves into their leather
office chairs downtown and man
some hefty paperwork. When they’re
off, they pick up a few groceries—the
ones those old-time farmers lugged
into the city on horseback and wagon.
The city and the farmland are entirely
separate entities, obviously. “Urban
agriculture” is a paradox, obviously.
This article is ridiculous and a
complete joke. Obviously.
Think again. From rooftop
gardens to community plots to
Vancouver’s own city hall replacing
grass with a vegetable patch, urban
agriculture is born. Reborn, actually.
Anyone enlightened by a history
lesson on agriculture will know that,
less than two centuries ago—and
still today, in some countries—it
was perfectly normal to grow food
in cities and in one’s own backyard.
The trend passed, but now it’s back,
and not because its fashionable, but
because it’s necessary. And this time,
it needs to stay.
Today’s urban agriculture,
14
fairly associated with the “eat local”
movement, places emphasis on
urban cities to make the most out of
every square inch of land. Former
city councillor Peter Ladner said in
a recent interview with BCBusiness
that “the first issue people have to be
aware of is the fragility of our food
supply.” Ladner, who is working
on a project called Planning Cities
as if Food Mattered, is aware that it
can be difficult to convince people
there is a threat to our food supply.
When we go to a grocery market, the
shelves are always well stocked. “It’s
like convincing people that climate
change is a problem. You just have to
say, ‘here’s where all the trends are
pointing.’ And there’s no question
there’s going to be a big change.”
Janine de la Selle, the director
of food systems planning at the
Vancouver office of HB Lanarc, who
was interviewed by BCBusiness
alongside Ladner, agrees with him.
She finds it astonishing that there is
even a question as to the importance
of urban agriculture. “Urban
agriculture is a huge opportunity
to not only grow food but to create
places where people come together,”
she says, adding to Ladner’s reason
sa
hope fore
‘eo
a
«
for implementing an effective
agriculture system in Vancouver.
“And it’s an important part of
educating people.”
While it may not be realistic to
expect to produce any significant
amount of food within city limits—
due to factors such as short growing
seasons— optimistic estimates suggest
up to half of our food could be grown
within city limits. This number could
vary tremendously, based on factors
like soil, solar exposure, and the skills
of the farmer, but regardless, Ladner
believes “we could be way more
productive than we are now.”
But what of the unsightliness?
Few people find messy vegetable
gardens aesthetically appealing,
especially when the space could
alternatively be used for lush grass
and vibrant trees. Unfortunately,
there is no absolute remedy; there
is a cultural barrier with community
gardens, and it’s going to require
a cultural shift toward acceptance.
People will need to accept that
growing food is a messy job, but is
also a beneficial necessity.
Once people accept the idea of
urban agricultural, they can apply
the concept to their own backyards.
“
nvironmental sustainability. But can we
eS the solution stick?
From full-scale vegetable gardens
in larger yards, to tomato vines on
condominium patios, residents of
any locale are encouraged to try
their hand at supporting agriculture.
In fact, it may even be profitable—
returning to the simple farming days,
one could sell their home-grown
fruits to their neighbours. Now that’s
eating local. It doesn’t take much, de
la Selle says: “It’s about valuing good
food; it’s about valuing local food.”
Ladner admits, “there is always
going to be a place for imported
food.” That’s undeniable, but the goal
is not to eliminate our dependence on
imported food; rather, it is simply to
limit it. And this shining example of
local sustainability can be done in our
very backyards. Sustainability is no
more a fad or a trend than the tangible
existence of a liveable earth—it
doesn’t matter if the climate is
changing or not, if the earth is heating
up or cooling down. Our way of
living is self-destructive, and the eco
shift is working to reverse the damage
we’ve dealt.
With any luck, a few years down
the road, agriculture will mean a lot
more to the typical Vancouverite.
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SBEAUTY INSIDE AND ©uF
Get Glowing
By Stephanie Trembath, Life and Style Editor
ong legs, flat chests, high cheekbones; clothes may hang better
and designers might prefer the look of skinnier models, but
according to men, when it comes to the female body, the more
curves the better.
Even though boyish blazers and skinny jeans have been the latest
desired look, that doesn’t mean we have to give up low cut tanks and
lacy undergarments. With summer around the corner and everyone
anxious to fill out their teeny yellow polka dot bikini in all the right
places, it’s important to eat healthy rather than diet to get into shape.
Skip the cigarettes and the Starbucks; leave that to the ladies on the
runway —unless, that is, you want to look like one of the Olsen twins
this summer.
Fitness trainers advise women to do more weight training exercises
to tone up the body and boost metabolism; dieting and cutting down
on calories will lead to weight loss but it also results in a decrease in
chest size. It’s easy to get skinny, but sallow skin and saggy clothing is
defiantly not something you want to show off. Choosing the right foods
can help boost your metabolism, improve the tone of your skin, and
keep your appetite down.
Because oestrogen is the hormone responsible for breast
development, there are a number of foods which can encourage
oestrogen activity in the body as well as counteract production
of testosterone. Whole grains stimulate levels of oestrogen, and
strawberries and blueberries protect skin cells and promote breast tissue
growth. While lattes and chocolate are necessary during cramming
periods, avoiding beverages and foods that are high in caffeine is best
as caffeine contains a diuretic quality that inhibits your body’s water
supply and slows down breast tissue growth.
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life and styie
SBEAUTY INSIDE AND ©uF
Get Glowing
By Stephanie Trembath, Life and Style Editor
ong legs, flat chests, high cheekbones; clothes may hang better
and designers might prefer the look of skinnier models, but
according to men, when it comes to the female body, the more
curves the better.
Even though boyish blazers and skinny jeans have been the latest
desired look, that doesn’t mean we have to give up low cut tanks and
lacy undergarments. With summer around the corner and everyone
anxious to fill out their teeny yellow polka dot bikini in all the right
places, it’s important to eat healthy rather than diet to get into shape.
Skip the cigarettes and the Starbucks; leave that to the ladies on the
runway —unless, that is, you want to look like one of the Olsen twins
this summer.
Fitness trainers advise women to do more weight training exercises
to tone up the body and boost metabolism; dieting and cutting down
on calories will lead to weight loss but it also results in a decrease in
chest size. It’s easy to get skinny, but sallow skin and saggy clothing is
defiantly not something you want to show off. Choosing the right foods
can help boost your metabolism, improve the tone of your skin, and
keep your appetite down.
Because oestrogen is the hormone responsible for breast
development, there are a number of foods which can encourage
oestrogen activity in the body as well as counteract production
of testosterone. Whole grains stimulate levels of oestrogen, and
strawberries and blueberries protect skin cells and promote breast tissue
growth. While lattes and chocolate are necessary during cramming
periods, avoiding beverages and foods that are high in caffeine is best
as caffeine contains a diuretic quality that inhibits your body’s water
supply and slows down breast tissue growth.
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NEWS
Unofficial results come in from DSU elections.
- Kristina Mameli, Pg. 04
NMR we
Level up; VFS is hosting a video game design expo.
- Cody Klyne, Pg. 07
LIFE AND STYLE
Hopping down the rabbit trail of spring fashion.
- Stephanie Trembath, Pg. 10
FEATURE
Get your folding chairs ready, we’ve got
Wrestlemania coverage.
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 12-13
OPINIONS
Is urban agriculture a real solution to food problems
or just a fad?
- Knowlton Thomas, Pg. 14
SPORTS
Is Alain Vigneault too harsh on Shane O’Brien?
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 20
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registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The
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PUBLISHED SINCE 1976
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BUSINESS MANAGER &
ADVERTISING
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NEWS EDITOR
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STAFF REPORTER
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SPORTS EDITOR
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Maria Asselin-Roy
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Happy Birthday Paul Rudd! (41)
NEWS
Unofficial results come in from DSU elections.
- Kristina Mameli, Pg. 04
NMR we
Level up; VFS is hosting a video game design expo.
- Cody Klyne, Pg. 07
LIFE AND STYLE
Hopping down the rabbit trail of spring fashion.
- Stephanie Trembath, Pg. 10
FEATURE
Get your folding chairs ready, we’ve got
Wrestlemania coverage.
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 12-13
OPINIONS
Is urban agriculture a real solution to food problems
or just a fad?
- Knowlton Thomas, Pg. 14
SPORTS
Is Alain Vigneault too harsh on Shane O’Brien?
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 20
WHO WE ARE
The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper
registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The
since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a
independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the —_ syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across
Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of | Canada.
directors appointed by and from our staff. Our head office is located in | The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and
the New Westminster campus. we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or
The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and
semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective
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Douglas College
PUBLISHED SINCE 1976
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Douglas College
Royal Avenue,
New Westminster, BC
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Liam Britten
editor@theotherpress.ca
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chloé Bach
assistant@theotherpress.ca
BUSINESS MANAGER &
ADVERTISING
Angela Szczur
accounting@theotherpress.ca
NEWS EDITOR
Kristina Mameli
news@theotherpress.ca
STAFF REPORTER
Tanya Colledge
staff@theotherpress.ca
LIFE AND STYLE EDITOR
Stephanie Trembath
fashion@theotherpress.ca
SPORTS EDITOR
Garth McLennan
sports@theotherpress.ca
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Jay Schreiber
arts@theotherpress.ca
OPINIONS EDITOR
Trevor Doré
opinions@theotherpress.ca
HUMOUR EDITOR
Liam Britten
humour@theotherpress.ca
GRAPHICS
Timothy Arndt
graphics@theotherpress.ca
LAYOUT
Brian Yoo
layout@theotherpress.ca
ILLUSTRATOR
Ellen Lee
illustrator@theotherpress.ca
PHOTOGRAPHER
Maria Asselin-Roy
photographer@theotherpress.ca
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Knowlton Thomas
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News Shorts
_ By Kristina Mameli
Big Sisters information session
On Thursday, April 8, from 7-8 p.m. at the Big
Sisters House (34 East 12" Avenue, Vancouver),
women age 19 and over who are interested in
becoming Big Sisters mentors are invited to
attend an information session.
Big Sisters mentor their Little Sisters by
listening, having fun, being supportive and being
. afriend.
“For any women who are considering
making this contribution in your life, you’re
already part way there. Embrace it, and I can
assure you the experience will be fun, rewarding
and possibly even life-changing. The results are
momentous and important and are helping young
girls (and women) become happier and more
fulfilled every single day,” Big Sister Stephanie
Hayes said in a press release. Hayes will host the
session.
Registration is required for this event.
Please call 604.873.4525 ext. 300 or email info@
bigsisters.bc.ca to register.
Wind and rain plague Vancouver and
the island
Strong gusts of wind between 60 and 80
kilometres an hour and sideways rain Friday
certainly put a damper on the start of the Easter
long weekend. This was some of the strongest
wind to hit Vancouver and the surrounding area
since similar storms in 2006, which notably
wreaked havoc on trees in Stanley Park.
Lower Mainland residents were forced to
deal with road closures, ferry cancellations and
power outages. In fact, more than 100,000 people
were left without power and Stanley Park and the
Lions Gate Bridge remained closed for hours as
crews scrambled to clear the fallen trees.
BC Ferries was forced to cancel many of
the 26 sailings added to meet the long weekend
demand in response to the dangerous conditions.
Bus drivers suspended for using cell
phones on the job
It would seem that no one is immune to stringent
laws forbidding the use of cell phones behind
the wheel—especially bus drivers. According
to TransLink authorities, at least 20 drivers are
facing suspension pending an investigation into
allegations of cell phone use while on the job.
It’s interesting to note that these complaints come
from passengers.
~The driver’s union has confirmed that five
Metro Vancouver drivers have already been
_ suspended and that as many as 15 more could
soon face the same.
A memo has been issued to drivers
reminding them of the cell phone laws
implemented January 1 2010 and of TransLink’s
policies. Day to day drivers could face fines of
up to $167 for cell phone usage under these laws,
TransLink drivers however, may be subject to
LV
_ toan iPods while driving.
we
Student Research project reveals Douglas College
student’s academic dishonesty tendencies
Tanya Colledge
ver 60 exhibitors came out last Tuesday to
Douglas College’s New Westminster campus
for the Second Annual Student Research
Day. Students from a variety
of faculties gathered in the
gymnasium to present their
exhibition posters and explain
their research to fellow students,
the college community and the
community at large.
“We researched student
behaviour and the perceptions
of academic dishonesty,
specifically at Douglas College,”
said Robert Loxtercamp,
a Youth Justice diploma
graduate and current general
studies student. Along with
his research partner, David
Guedes, a third-year psychology
student, Loxtercamp “created
a survey with nine yes or no
questions asking students about
their behaviour in regards to
academic dishonesty and about their perceptions of
what kind of issues exist at the college surrounding the
subject,” he said.
The two students set up a booth in the concourse
and offered free candy to anyone willing to participate
and fill out their survey. “Our particular goal was to see
if reading the Douglas College academic dishonesty
information that could perhaps reveal tendencies in age,
year or area of study in regards to academic dishonesty.
“We wanted to ensure honest data, so we didn’t
collect information about age, student number, race,
year or area of study,” explained Guedes. “In some
collectivist certain cultures, there isn’t a specific word
for plagiarism. They are more favourable to use other
people’s ideas because it shows you’re paying respect
to other people.”
Robert Loxtercamp and David Guedes
Aside from keeping their data as honest and
anonymous as possible, Loxtercamp and Guedes
expressed that one of their biggest challenges with the
project was fitting it in with all their other schoolwork.
“Research is really time-consuming,” said
Loxtercamp, “it makes you respect the teachers that do
research in their field on top of their teaching duties.
policy affected student It’s a huge amount of
eae Fas acpi “In the end, reading the [academic dishonesty] geri sii
they plagiarized,” said policy made a difference of 2.8 per cent, which is have-requited a lot
Gesdes, “And what we quite minimal.” —David Guedes, whose research .. ,,, the aeuiente
found is that it did, but team has found Douglas College’s academic value the data collected
very minimally.” dishonesty policy generally ineffective throughout their research
Their research as important information
demonstrated that out of for Douglas College
117 participants, 51.3 per cent have read the college’s
policy on academic dishonesty, and of those, 58.6 per
cent still reported that they had plagiarized. Of those
people who hadn’t read the policy, they found that 61.8
per cent of people had still plagiarized.
“In the end, reading the policy made a difference
of 2.8 per cent, which is quite minimal,” Guedes said,
explaining that the talk teachers give at the beginning
of every semester on academic dishonesty doesn’t make
much of a difference.
However, being such a sensitive subject, it
was difficult for these students to collect specific
teachers and students.
“This is data and information that exists that
people need to know. It’s information that affects
students, teachers, and everyone who goes to Douglas
College. Academic honesty relates to every part of
the school and its process,” said Guedes. “It’s very
real, very tangible, and relatable to everyone here.
It’s important for people to know not only what the
numbers are but for future research, why they’re there,
and what, as students and as a school, we can do to
reduce that.”
Edited Text
News Shorts
_ By Kristina Mameli
Big Sisters information session
On Thursday, April 8, from 7-8 p.m. at the Big
Sisters House (34 East 12" Avenue, Vancouver),
women age 19 and over who are interested in
becoming Big Sisters mentors are invited to
attend an information session.
Big Sisters mentor their Little Sisters by
listening, having fun, being supportive and being
. afriend.
“For any women who are considering
making this contribution in your life, you’re
already part way there. Embrace it, and I can
assure you the experience will be fun, rewarding
and possibly even life-changing. The results are
momentous and important and are helping young
girls (and women) become happier and more
fulfilled every single day,” Big Sister Stephanie
Hayes said in a press release. Hayes will host the
session.
Registration is required for this event.
Please call 604.873.4525 ext. 300 or email info@
bigsisters.bc.ca to register.
Wind and rain plague Vancouver and
the island
Strong gusts of wind between 60 and 80
kilometres an hour and sideways rain Friday
certainly put a damper on the start of the Easter
long weekend. This was some of the strongest
wind to hit Vancouver and the surrounding area
since similar storms in 2006, which notably
wreaked havoc on trees in Stanley Park.
Lower Mainland residents were forced to
deal with road closures, ferry cancellations and
power outages. In fact, more than 100,000 people
were left without power and Stanley Park and the
Lions Gate Bridge remained closed for hours as
crews scrambled to clear the fallen trees.
BC Ferries was forced to cancel many of
the 26 sailings added to meet the long weekend
demand in response to the dangerous conditions.
Bus drivers suspended for using cell
phones on the job
It would seem that no one is immune to stringent
laws forbidding the use of cell phones behind
the wheel—especially bus drivers. According
to TransLink authorities, at least 20 drivers are
facing suspension pending an investigation into
allegations of cell phone use while on the job.
It’s interesting to note that these complaints come
from passengers.
~The driver’s union has confirmed that five
Metro Vancouver drivers have already been
_ suspended and that as many as 15 more could
soon face the same.
A memo has been issued to drivers
reminding them of the cell phone laws
implemented January 1 2010 and of TransLink’s
policies. Day to day drivers could face fines of
up to $167 for cell phone usage under these laws,
TransLink drivers however, may be subject to
LV
_ toan iPods while driving.
we
Student Research project reveals Douglas College
student’s academic dishonesty tendencies
Tanya Colledge
ver 60 exhibitors came out last Tuesday to
Douglas College’s New Westminster campus
for the Second Annual Student Research
Day. Students from a variety
of faculties gathered in the
gymnasium to present their
exhibition posters and explain
their research to fellow students,
the college community and the
community at large.
“We researched student
behaviour and the perceptions
of academic dishonesty,
specifically at Douglas College,”
said Robert Loxtercamp,
a Youth Justice diploma
graduate and current general
studies student. Along with
his research partner, David
Guedes, a third-year psychology
student, Loxtercamp “created
a survey with nine yes or no
questions asking students about
their behaviour in regards to
academic dishonesty and about their perceptions of
what kind of issues exist at the college surrounding the
subject,” he said.
The two students set up a booth in the concourse
and offered free candy to anyone willing to participate
and fill out their survey. “Our particular goal was to see
if reading the Douglas College academic dishonesty
information that could perhaps reveal tendencies in age,
year or area of study in regards to academic dishonesty.
“We wanted to ensure honest data, so we didn’t
collect information about age, student number, race,
year or area of study,” explained Guedes. “In some
collectivist certain cultures, there isn’t a specific word
for plagiarism. They are more favourable to use other
people’s ideas because it shows you’re paying respect
to other people.”
Robert Loxtercamp and David Guedes
Aside from keeping their data as honest and
anonymous as possible, Loxtercamp and Guedes
expressed that one of their biggest challenges with the
project was fitting it in with all their other schoolwork.
“Research is really time-consuming,” said
Loxtercamp, “it makes you respect the teachers that do
research in their field on top of their teaching duties.
policy affected student It’s a huge amount of
eae Fas acpi “In the end, reading the [academic dishonesty] geri sii
they plagiarized,” said policy made a difference of 2.8 per cent, which is have-requited a lot
Gesdes, “And what we quite minimal.” —David Guedes, whose research .. ,,, the aeuiente
found is that it did, but team has found Douglas College’s academic value the data collected
very minimally.” dishonesty policy generally ineffective throughout their research
Their research as important information
demonstrated that out of for Douglas College
117 participants, 51.3 per cent have read the college’s
policy on academic dishonesty, and of those, 58.6 per
cent still reported that they had plagiarized. Of those
people who hadn’t read the policy, they found that 61.8
per cent of people had still plagiarized.
“In the end, reading the policy made a difference
of 2.8 per cent, which is quite minimal,” Guedes said,
explaining that the talk teachers give at the beginning
of every semester on academic dishonesty doesn’t make
much of a difference.
However, being such a sensitive subject, it
was difficult for these students to collect specific
teachers and students.
“This is data and information that exists that
people need to know. It’s information that affects
students, teachers, and everyone who goes to Douglas
College. Academic honesty relates to every part of
the school and its process,” said Guedes. “It’s very
real, very tangible, and relatable to everyone here.
It’s important for people to know not only what the
numbers are but for future research, why they’re there,
and what, as students and as a school, we can do to
reduce that.”