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By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
h, big game hunting, a
Aw past time of red necks
everywhere. After all, what’s
more manly and courageous than blowing
out the brains of an animal that has no
clue you’re there with a high-powered
rifle?
Okay, sarcasm aside, is hunting a
sport? You do need a measure of accuracy
to, you know, shoot the animal in the
head. And I suppose there is something
to be said about having to go out into the
woods, track and locate the animals. And
to be clear, I’m talking about big game
hunting here, not things like rabbits or
birds.
Beyond that though, I just can’t really
see how anyone could classify hunting
as a sport. I mean, the competition level
doesn’t exactly bolster its chances. I
mean, you'd have to be a really crappy
hunter to let the bear beat you when
you’ve got a gun that allows you to shoot
it from hundreds of feet away. It’s not like
you have anyone or anything to compete
against.
I am by no means one of those
fanatical animal rights activists or
anything, but I just don’t understand
the appeal of big game hunting. There’s
nothing wrong with hunting for food,
but hunting for sport is really a big joke.
Let’s be honest here. What sort of sense
of accomplishment could you possibly
get from sniping an animal that is quite
18
literally, totally defenceless? How could
anyone take pride in that? There’s no
real challenge. You just have to track big
game, wait until it goes to graze or drink
and then pop it in the skull. Wow, that
must be the essence of sport right there.
I mean, what exactly does that
prove? That you can kill something that
is unarmed from a long distance away
when it isn’t looking? Usually in real
sports when someone attacks you from
behind they get some sort of penalty. But
in hunting, that represents some sort of
significant achievement? Hmmm...I guess
that most big game hunters aren’t all that
proficient at winning fair fights.
But you do get trophies right? I mean,
after you take out the animal you can cut
off it’s head and plant it on your wall at
home or in the office. And hey, sometimes
you can even remove the head of all the
skin and just keep the bones.
Christ, who am I kidding?
THE VERDICT:
So in big game hunting there is no other
team to beat, no points to score and the,
for lack of a better word, competition,
not only has the intelligence of a baby or
small child but they don’t even know you
exist until their brains are lying on the
ground beside them.
Alright, by this point in the article
you might have a small inclination as to
where I’m leaning on this one but I’ll say
it anyways: hunting is not a sport.
Vancouverites to compete for beer pong supremacy
Team Devil's Lettuce of Vancouver to compete in World Series of Beer Pong
Jerome “Trick Tickler’ Holtkamp and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan
By Liam Britten, Editor in Chief
Finals, but at least one team from
Vancouver is going to be competing
for a championship this year.
Jerome “Trick Tickler” Holtkamp
and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan will
be competing in this year’s World Series
of Beer Pong (WSOBP) in Las Vegas
for a shot at $50,000 and the respect of
alcoholics and frat boys everywhere.
They will be competing against over
100 other two-man teams in the biggest
tournament the sport of beer pong has
to offer.
For those unfamiliar with the
sport, beer pong is a drinking game that
involves two teams throwing ping pong
balls into cups of beer. The playing
surface is set up like a ping pong table,
with each team’s cups set up in a triangle
formation on either side. The goal is to
sink a ball into each of the opponent’s
beers (which the opponent then drinks)
until none are left. Teams take turns
shooting but the team not shooting can
distract their opponents with any sort of
non-physical antics they can dream up.
The last team to have full beers on their
side is the winning team.
Holtkamp and Mulligan’s team,
Devil’s Lettuce, is heading into
unfamiliar territory. They only got the
idea to compete at this level because of
a feature on the Art Mann Presents TV
show documenting the WSOBP. The two
of them had been playing the game for
years since it was introduced to them
by a friend returning from college in the
USS. and figured they might have a shot.
“We figured we played beer pong
all the time, why not try and make
I: may not be the Stanley Cup
some money off it?” Holtkamp said at
a fundraiser tournament for his team’s
entry fees at Port Coquitlam’s Treehouse
Pub. “There’s a good chance we’ll
get ona roll ... but there’s also a good
chance we’ll play our 12 games and
we'll be out. But I figure we’re pretty
good, I’m pretty confident, man.”
While Team Devil’s Lettuce is
pretty confident about their chances in
Vegas, they admit nothing’s a sure thing
in the game of beer pong. A lot depends
on who hits a hot or cold streak at the
right or wrong time and even against
their own friends in Vancouver, a loss
for Devil’s Lettuce is not uncommon.
Still, when they finally hit Vegas,
they’ll be going in with a plan to get into
the heads of the competition and throw
them off stride.
“Our strategy is just be a dick,
just be awkward and stupid and funny,
just get people off their game plan,”
Holtkamp said, stroking his porn star-
esque moustache. “That’s why I got the
moustache. Anything goes as long as it’s
legal.”
And if there’s one thing they
aren’t worried about, it’s the amount
of beer they’ll be drinking, which will
be substantial—the preliminaries of
the WSOBP last for two days, and in
those three days, they could be downing
dozens of beers.
“We’re about a 36 out of 10 when it
comes to drinking beer,” Mulligan said.
“Maybe 36, 37 out of 10?”
The World Series of Beer Pong
takes place from January 1—5 of 2010 at
the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas. For more information including
how to sign up your own team, visit
www.bpong.com.
a Na me
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By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
h, big game hunting, a
Aw past time of red necks
everywhere. After all, what’s
more manly and courageous than blowing
out the brains of an animal that has no
clue you’re there with a high-powered
rifle?
Okay, sarcasm aside, is hunting a
sport? You do need a measure of accuracy
to, you know, shoot the animal in the
head. And I suppose there is something
to be said about having to go out into the
woods, track and locate the animals. And
to be clear, I’m talking about big game
hunting here, not things like rabbits or
birds.
Beyond that though, I just can’t really
see how anyone could classify hunting
as a sport. I mean, the competition level
doesn’t exactly bolster its chances. I
mean, you'd have to be a really crappy
hunter to let the bear beat you when
you’ve got a gun that allows you to shoot
it from hundreds of feet away. It’s not like
you have anyone or anything to compete
against.
I am by no means one of those
fanatical animal rights activists or
anything, but I just don’t understand
the appeal of big game hunting. There’s
nothing wrong with hunting for food,
but hunting for sport is really a big joke.
Let’s be honest here. What sort of sense
of accomplishment could you possibly
get from sniping an animal that is quite
18
literally, totally defenceless? How could
anyone take pride in that? There’s no
real challenge. You just have to track big
game, wait until it goes to graze or drink
and then pop it in the skull. Wow, that
must be the essence of sport right there.
I mean, what exactly does that
prove? That you can kill something that
is unarmed from a long distance away
when it isn’t looking? Usually in real
sports when someone attacks you from
behind they get some sort of penalty. But
in hunting, that represents some sort of
significant achievement? Hmmm...I guess
that most big game hunters aren’t all that
proficient at winning fair fights.
But you do get trophies right? I mean,
after you take out the animal you can cut
off it’s head and plant it on your wall at
home or in the office. And hey, sometimes
you can even remove the head of all the
skin and just keep the bones.
Christ, who am I kidding?
THE VERDICT:
So in big game hunting there is no other
team to beat, no points to score and the,
for lack of a better word, competition,
not only has the intelligence of a baby or
small child but they don’t even know you
exist until their brains are lying on the
ground beside them.
Alright, by this point in the article
you might have a small inclination as to
where I’m leaning on this one but I’ll say
it anyways: hunting is not a sport.
Vancouverites to compete for beer pong supremacy
Team Devil's Lettuce of Vancouver to compete in World Series of Beer Pong
Jerome “Trick Tickler’ Holtkamp and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan
By Liam Britten, Editor in Chief
Finals, but at least one team from
Vancouver is going to be competing
for a championship this year.
Jerome “Trick Tickler” Holtkamp
and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan will
be competing in this year’s World Series
of Beer Pong (WSOBP) in Las Vegas
for a shot at $50,000 and the respect of
alcoholics and frat boys everywhere.
They will be competing against over
100 other two-man teams in the biggest
tournament the sport of beer pong has
to offer.
For those unfamiliar with the
sport, beer pong is a drinking game that
involves two teams throwing ping pong
balls into cups of beer. The playing
surface is set up like a ping pong table,
with each team’s cups set up in a triangle
formation on either side. The goal is to
sink a ball into each of the opponent’s
beers (which the opponent then drinks)
until none are left. Teams take turns
shooting but the team not shooting can
distract their opponents with any sort of
non-physical antics they can dream up.
The last team to have full beers on their
side is the winning team.
Holtkamp and Mulligan’s team,
Devil’s Lettuce, is heading into
unfamiliar territory. They only got the
idea to compete at this level because of
a feature on the Art Mann Presents TV
show documenting the WSOBP. The two
of them had been playing the game for
years since it was introduced to them
by a friend returning from college in the
USS. and figured they might have a shot.
“We figured we played beer pong
all the time, why not try and make
I: may not be the Stanley Cup
some money off it?” Holtkamp said at
a fundraiser tournament for his team’s
entry fees at Port Coquitlam’s Treehouse
Pub. “There’s a good chance we’ll
get ona roll ... but there’s also a good
chance we’ll play our 12 games and
we'll be out. But I figure we’re pretty
good, I’m pretty confident, man.”
While Team Devil’s Lettuce is
pretty confident about their chances in
Vegas, they admit nothing’s a sure thing
in the game of beer pong. A lot depends
on who hits a hot or cold streak at the
right or wrong time and even against
their own friends in Vancouver, a loss
for Devil’s Lettuce is not uncommon.
Still, when they finally hit Vegas,
they’ll be going in with a plan to get into
the heads of the competition and throw
them off stride.
“Our strategy is just be a dick,
just be awkward and stupid and funny,
just get people off their game plan,”
Holtkamp said, stroking his porn star-
esque moustache. “That’s why I got the
moustache. Anything goes as long as it’s
legal.”
And if there’s one thing they
aren’t worried about, it’s the amount
of beer they’ll be drinking, which will
be substantial—the preliminaries of
the WSOBP last for two days, and in
those three days, they could be downing
dozens of beers.
“We’re about a 36 out of 10 when it
comes to drinking beer,” Mulligan said.
“Maybe 36, 37 out of 10?”
The World Series of Beer Pong
takes place from January 1—5 of 2010 at
the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas. For more information including
how to sign up your own team, visit
www.bpong.com.
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By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
h, big game hunting, a
Aw past time of red necks
everywhere. After all, what’s
more manly and courageous than blowing
out the brains of an animal that has no
clue you’re there with a high-powered
rifle?
Okay, sarcasm aside, is hunting a
sport? You do need a measure of accuracy
to, you know, shoot the animal in the
head. And I suppose there is something
to be said about having to go out into the
woods, track and locate the animals. And
to be clear, I’m talking about big game
hunting here, not things like rabbits or
birds.
Beyond that though, I just can’t really
see how anyone could classify hunting
as a sport. I mean, the competition level
doesn’t exactly bolster its chances. I
mean, you'd have to be a really crappy
hunter to let the bear beat you when
you’ve got a gun that allows you to shoot
it from hundreds of feet away. It’s not like
you have anyone or anything to compete
against.
I am by no means one of those
fanatical animal rights activists or
anything, but I just don’t understand
the appeal of big game hunting. There’s
nothing wrong with hunting for food,
but hunting for sport is really a big joke.
Let’s be honest here. What sort of sense
of accomplishment could you possibly
get from sniping an animal that is quite
18
literally, totally defenceless? How could
anyone take pride in that? There’s no
real challenge. You just have to track big
game, wait until it goes to graze or drink
and then pop it in the skull. Wow, that
must be the essence of sport right there.
I mean, what exactly does that
prove? That you can kill something that
is unarmed from a long distance away
when it isn’t looking? Usually in real
sports when someone attacks you from
behind they get some sort of penalty. But
in hunting, that represents some sort of
significant achievement? Hmmm...I guess
that most big game hunters aren’t all that
proficient at winning fair fights.
But you do get trophies right? I mean,
after you take out the animal you can cut
off it’s head and plant it on your wall at
home or in the office. And hey, sometimes
you can even remove the head of all the
skin and just keep the bones.
Christ, who am I kidding?
THE VERDICT:
So in big game hunting there is no other
team to beat, no points to score and the,
for lack of a better word, competition,
not only has the intelligence of a baby or
small child but they don’t even know you
exist until their brains are lying on the
ground beside them.
Alright, by this point in the article
you might have a small inclination as to
where I’m leaning on this one but I’ll say
it anyways: hunting is not a sport.
Vancouverites to compete for beer pong supremacy
Team Devil's Lettuce of Vancouver to compete in World Series of Beer Pong
Jerome “Trick Tickler’ Holtkamp and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan
By Liam Britten, Editor in Chief
Finals, but at least one team from
Vancouver is going to be competing
for a championship this year.
Jerome “Trick Tickler” Holtkamp
and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan will
be competing in this year’s World Series
of Beer Pong (WSOBP) in Las Vegas
for a shot at $50,000 and the respect of
alcoholics and frat boys everywhere.
They will be competing against over
100 other two-man teams in the biggest
tournament the sport of beer pong has
to offer.
For those unfamiliar with the
sport, beer pong is a drinking game that
involves two teams throwing ping pong
balls into cups of beer. The playing
surface is set up like a ping pong table,
with each team’s cups set up in a triangle
formation on either side. The goal is to
sink a ball into each of the opponent’s
beers (which the opponent then drinks)
until none are left. Teams take turns
shooting but the team not shooting can
distract their opponents with any sort of
non-physical antics they can dream up.
The last team to have full beers on their
side is the winning team.
Holtkamp and Mulligan’s team,
Devil’s Lettuce, is heading into
unfamiliar territory. They only got the
idea to compete at this level because of
a feature on the Art Mann Presents TV
show documenting the WSOBP. The two
of them had been playing the game for
years since it was introduced to them
by a friend returning from college in the
USS. and figured they might have a shot.
“We figured we played beer pong
all the time, why not try and make
I: may not be the Stanley Cup
some money off it?” Holtkamp said at
a fundraiser tournament for his team’s
entry fees at Port Coquitlam’s Treehouse
Pub. “There’s a good chance we’ll
get ona roll ... but there’s also a good
chance we’ll play our 12 games and
we'll be out. But I figure we’re pretty
good, I’m pretty confident, man.”
While Team Devil’s Lettuce is
pretty confident about their chances in
Vegas, they admit nothing’s a sure thing
in the game of beer pong. A lot depends
on who hits a hot or cold streak at the
right or wrong time and even against
their own friends in Vancouver, a loss
for Devil’s Lettuce is not uncommon.
Still, when they finally hit Vegas,
they’ll be going in with a plan to get into
the heads of the competition and throw
them off stride.
“Our strategy is just be a dick,
just be awkward and stupid and funny,
just get people off their game plan,”
Holtkamp said, stroking his porn star-
esque moustache. “That’s why I got the
moustache. Anything goes as long as it’s
legal.”
And if there’s one thing they
aren’t worried about, it’s the amount
of beer they’ll be drinking, which will
be substantial—the preliminaries of
the WSOBP last for two days, and in
those three days, they could be downing
dozens of beers.
“We’re about a 36 out of 10 when it
comes to drinking beer,” Mulligan said.
“Maybe 36, 37 out of 10?”
The World Series of Beer Pong
takes place from January 1—5 of 2010 at
the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas. For more information including
how to sign up your own team, visit
www.bpong.com.
a Na me
CC
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
h, big game hunting, a
Aw past time of red necks
everywhere. After all, what’s
more manly and courageous than blowing
out the brains of an animal that has no
clue you’re there with a high-powered
rifle?
Okay, sarcasm aside, is hunting a
sport? You do need a measure of accuracy
to, you know, shoot the animal in the
head. And I suppose there is something
to be said about having to go out into the
woods, track and locate the animals. And
to be clear, I’m talking about big game
hunting here, not things like rabbits or
birds.
Beyond that though, I just can’t really
see how anyone could classify hunting
as a sport. I mean, the competition level
doesn’t exactly bolster its chances. I
mean, you'd have to be a really crappy
hunter to let the bear beat you when
you’ve got a gun that allows you to shoot
it from hundreds of feet away. It’s not like
you have anyone or anything to compete
against.
I am by no means one of those
fanatical animal rights activists or
anything, but I just don’t understand
the appeal of big game hunting. There’s
nothing wrong with hunting for food,
but hunting for sport is really a big joke.
Let’s be honest here. What sort of sense
of accomplishment could you possibly
get from sniping an animal that is quite
18
literally, totally defenceless? How could
anyone take pride in that? There’s no
real challenge. You just have to track big
game, wait until it goes to graze or drink
and then pop it in the skull. Wow, that
must be the essence of sport right there.
I mean, what exactly does that
prove? That you can kill something that
is unarmed from a long distance away
when it isn’t looking? Usually in real
sports when someone attacks you from
behind they get some sort of penalty. But
in hunting, that represents some sort of
significant achievement? Hmmm...I guess
that most big game hunters aren’t all that
proficient at winning fair fights.
But you do get trophies right? I mean,
after you take out the animal you can cut
off it’s head and plant it on your wall at
home or in the office. And hey, sometimes
you can even remove the head of all the
skin and just keep the bones.
Christ, who am I kidding?
THE VERDICT:
So in big game hunting there is no other
team to beat, no points to score and the,
for lack of a better word, competition,
not only has the intelligence of a baby or
small child but they don’t even know you
exist until their brains are lying on the
ground beside them.
Alright, by this point in the article
you might have a small inclination as to
where I’m leaning on this one but I’ll say
it anyways: hunting is not a sport.
Vancouverites to compete for beer pong supremacy
Team Devil's Lettuce of Vancouver to compete in World Series of Beer Pong
Jerome “Trick Tickler’ Holtkamp and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan
By Liam Britten, Editor in Chief
Finals, but at least one team from
Vancouver is going to be competing
for a championship this year.
Jerome “Trick Tickler” Holtkamp
and Shane “Macktastic” Mulligan will
be competing in this year’s World Series
of Beer Pong (WSOBP) in Las Vegas
for a shot at $50,000 and the respect of
alcoholics and frat boys everywhere.
They will be competing against over
100 other two-man teams in the biggest
tournament the sport of beer pong has
to offer.
For those unfamiliar with the
sport, beer pong is a drinking game that
involves two teams throwing ping pong
balls into cups of beer. The playing
surface is set up like a ping pong table,
with each team’s cups set up in a triangle
formation on either side. The goal is to
sink a ball into each of the opponent’s
beers (which the opponent then drinks)
until none are left. Teams take turns
shooting but the team not shooting can
distract their opponents with any sort of
non-physical antics they can dream up.
The last team to have full beers on their
side is the winning team.
Holtkamp and Mulligan’s team,
Devil’s Lettuce, is heading into
unfamiliar territory. They only got the
idea to compete at this level because of
a feature on the Art Mann Presents TV
show documenting the WSOBP. The two
of them had been playing the game for
years since it was introduced to them
by a friend returning from college in the
USS. and figured they might have a shot.
“We figured we played beer pong
all the time, why not try and make
I: may not be the Stanley Cup
some money off it?” Holtkamp said at
a fundraiser tournament for his team’s
entry fees at Port Coquitlam’s Treehouse
Pub. “There’s a good chance we’ll
get ona roll ... but there’s also a good
chance we’ll play our 12 games and
we'll be out. But I figure we’re pretty
good, I’m pretty confident, man.”
While Team Devil’s Lettuce is
pretty confident about their chances in
Vegas, they admit nothing’s a sure thing
in the game of beer pong. A lot depends
on who hits a hot or cold streak at the
right or wrong time and even against
their own friends in Vancouver, a loss
for Devil’s Lettuce is not uncommon.
Still, when they finally hit Vegas,
they’ll be going in with a plan to get into
the heads of the competition and throw
them off stride.
“Our strategy is just be a dick,
just be awkward and stupid and funny,
just get people off their game plan,”
Holtkamp said, stroking his porn star-
esque moustache. “That’s why I got the
moustache. Anything goes as long as it’s
legal.”
And if there’s one thing they
aren’t worried about, it’s the amount
of beer they’ll be drinking, which will
be substantial—the preliminaries of
the WSOBP last for two days, and in
those three days, they could be downing
dozens of beers.
“We’re about a 36 out of 10 when it
comes to drinking beer,” Mulligan said.
“Maybe 36, 37 out of 10?”
The World Series of Beer Pong
takes place from January 1—5 of 2010 at
the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas. For more information including
how to sign up your own team, visit
www.bpong.com.
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“Give a Dollar, Give a Damn” campaign launches
Vancouver initiative to fight against homelessness October 12-16
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
on the streets. And while many people get frustrated
with panhandlers or upset by seeing people sleeping
under store awnings and simply look the other way, a group
of determined citizens has decided to take action.
Founded by Ronald Josephson, this month’s Gratitude
Week to End Homelessness seeks to bring together everyday
Vancouverites who want to make a difference in the fight
against homelessness. In an effort to complement existing
provincial and city government efforts to combat the
growing problem of homelessness, Gratitude Week will
involve citizens in order to increase awareness while raising
funds to help support the initiative.
Josephson’s goal is to raise $1 million dollars for the
renovations of the Pender and Gastown Hotels, which upon
completion would provide an additional 120 rooms for the
homeless. Although having financial support is important,
organizers hope that creating a greater involvement from
every day citizens will be the key to a successful campaign.
The Give a Dollar, Give a Damn campaign has already
been launched online at www.gratitudeweek.org, and
has seen thousands of dollars in donations from all over
the world. The week’s events will include daily gratitude
gatherings at the Vancouver Art Gallery where people
can attend as a way of expressing gratitude for the lives
|: Vancouver, there are’an estimated 2,600 people living
they lead, daily speakers, booths set up as a public forum
for organizations involved in ending homelessness and a
university street collection where university and college
students will be collecting money and handing out stickers
as part of the campaign.
People of all ages are welcome to participate in any of
the events. If you would like to become involved or require
more information visit www.gratitudeweek.org.
Sisters in Spirit raise awareness about violence against Aboriginal women
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
“It is about coming together and demanding justice,
bringing the experience of these women to others and
telling our communities what is happening,” said Priscilla
Bartleman, external relations officer for the Douglas
Student Union at the Sisters in Spirit vigil on Tuesday. “It is
important for us to honour the people that are missing and
send hope and feelings of respect to the families,” she said.
The vigil, which occurred in the student union lounge
at Douglas College, showed a film entitled Finding Dawn
that profiled the story and struggles of Aboriginal women in
eastern Canada, followed by a candlelight vigil. The event
aimed to bring the community together to raise awareness
about the lives of Aboriginal women and the constant
violence they encounter, and to pay respect to the estimated
500 missing or murdered Aboriginal women in Canada
every year.
Since Sisters in Spirit—an initiative that branched
out of the Native Women’s Association of Canada— began
in 2004, the organization has fought to bring the violence
and injustice that many Aboriginal women face daily to the
forefront.
“Change is possible, and it must happen,” said
Bartleman, explaining that many missing women are often
not recognized because of what they have done to survive
or where they have lived. “If we continue to honour the
dead and take care of the living, we can prevent this from
happening to future generations.”
Douglas College Wrap-Up
By Tanya Colledge and Liam Britten
Criminology department raises
awareness through film screening
Join Cinema Politica and Douglas College’s
Criminology department when they present Mani
Arar’s A Warrior Religion, a poetic documentary
to raise awareness about common misconceptions
towards violence and the South Asian community.
The film showcases interviews with community
leaders and media personalities, as well as provides
historical facts and crime-related statistics. A member
of the Sikh community himself, Arar believes that
awareness is most needed within this group, and
hopes to use his own personal experiences and
knowledge to communicate his message.
The documentary will be shown on Monday,
October 19 at 7 p.m. in room 2203 of the New
Westminster campus.
CSI comes to Douglas College
Dr. Dean Hildebrand, program head from BCIT’s
Centre for Forensic and Security Technology Studies,
will be discussing various career and educational
paths available to students studying in forensic
science. Hildebrand will also be speaking about his
experiences as a DNA expert and his research and
casework activities for the Centre’s Forensic DNA
Laboratory.
All are welcome to listen to the lecture. The
event will take place on Tuesday, October 27" from
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 4312 of the New
Westminster campus.
DSU to party like it’s 1999
The DSU will be hosting a ‘90s-themed pub night
and fundraiser on October 15 at the DSU building in
New Westminster.
Attendees are encouraged to bring donations of
_ warm clothing to the party for the DSU’s clothing
drive in association with New Westminster’s Lookout
Society. Blankets, toques, gloves, jackets and other
articles of clothing will all be collected.
The party will go from 8:30 p.m. until 1
a.m. on Thursday night. For more information,
contact Priscilla Bartleman, DSU external relations
coordinator, at external @douglasstudentsunion.ca.
By Angela Szezur, Web Editor
he success of Douglas College
graduate Frank Giustra is proof
that you really can “go anywhere
from here.” Giustra came to Douglas
beam focus” as he put it, and not to let
anything stand in your way.
When asked if Giustra thought
education is important, he replied that while
it is important to have a degree, knowledge
is much more important. He also noted
The secrets of a millionaire revealed
Douglas alum Frank Giustra talks about how he found success in business
his work with CGSGI.
Christmas and donate them to those in need.
Giustra has continued to apply the concept
of philanthropy throughout his life and with
CGSGI focuses on relieving poverty
in the developing world through market-
but I’ve been waiting by the phone for the
last 30 years for that call!”
en tee
Se a ge ee
Dieeeriinniciiaie ali an
College Tuesday to speak in a discussion
panel setting. The event was put on by the
Douglas College Business Association.
Giustra is president and CEO of Fiore
Financial. In the 1990s he was president,
chairman and CEO of
Yorkton Securities,
also founding Lions
Gate Entertainment. Giustra also works
with former President Bill Clinton for
the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth
Initiative, or CGSGI.
Since Giustra has been so successful
in his career, many people wanted to know
what he felt were top qualities to possess.
Giustra emphasized that the most important
quality was to have heart and passion—
without it, one would never be able to sell,
create or succeed. Next in line was having
a sense of humour, followed by kindness
and generosity. Finally, Giustra said that it’s
really important to have focus—or “laser-
4
that there are many successful people,
such as Steve Jobs, who did not complete
their degree; the key in being successful is
finding out what you love and doing just
that. “It’s having the simple belief that you
can achieve anything,” Giustra said.
So how should students improve their
knowledge? “Stop watching TV and read
books!” said Giustra. “Especially history
books.”
Giustra said that while technology
changes, the basic factors behind political
and economic behaviour are patterned
throughout history.
Giustra strongly believes in
philanthropy, which is to increase the well-
being of humankind through charity or
and a friend would purchase 100 turkeys at
“It’s having the simple belief that you can achieve anything” —Frank Giustra _ Peru.
donations. When he was in his early 20s, he
driven developments that creates jobs and
increases income, as well as focusing on
improving education and health. As an
example, Giustra said that over the next
four years, CGSGI will fund 50,000 cataract
surgeries in
Giustra
ended the discussion panel by giving
students advice on how to enrich their
lives: find balance, find passion, and try
new things. He further added that he
recommends students obtain a degree that
is mixed in different fields of study, such as
a mixture of a finance and law degree, or a
finance and philosophy degree.
At the end of the discussion, Giustra
was asked if he would agree to come
back to Douglas College to speak again.
“Yes, of course,” he said. “Let me tell you
something... I got the call asking me to
come and speak here just a few weeks ago,
Frank Giustra
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“Give a Dollar, Give a Damn” campaign launches
Vancouver initiative to fight against homelessness October 12-16
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
on the streets. And while many people get frustrated
with panhandlers or upset by seeing people sleeping
under store awnings and simply look the other way, a group
of determined citizens has decided to take action.
Founded by Ronald Josephson, this month’s Gratitude
Week to End Homelessness seeks to bring together everyday
Vancouverites who want to make a difference in the fight
against homelessness. In an effort to complement existing
provincial and city government efforts to combat the
growing problem of homelessness, Gratitude Week will
involve citizens in order to increase awareness while raising
funds to help support the initiative.
Josephson’s goal is to raise $1 million dollars for the
renovations of the Pender and Gastown Hotels, which upon
completion would provide an additional 120 rooms for the
homeless. Although having financial support is important,
organizers hope that creating a greater involvement from
every day citizens will be the key to a successful campaign.
The Give a Dollar, Give a Damn campaign has already
been launched online at www.gratitudeweek.org, and
has seen thousands of dollars in donations from all over
the world. The week’s events will include daily gratitude
gatherings at the Vancouver Art Gallery where people
can attend as a way of expressing gratitude for the lives
|: Vancouver, there are’an estimated 2,600 people living
they lead, daily speakers, booths set up as a public forum
for organizations involved in ending homelessness and a
university street collection where university and college
students will be collecting money and handing out stickers
as part of the campaign.
People of all ages are welcome to participate in any of
the events. If you would like to become involved or require
more information visit www.gratitudeweek.org.
Sisters in Spirit raise awareness about violence against Aboriginal women
By Tanya Colledge, Staff Reporter
“It is about coming together and demanding justice,
bringing the experience of these women to others and
telling our communities what is happening,” said Priscilla
Bartleman, external relations officer for the Douglas
Student Union at the Sisters in Spirit vigil on Tuesday. “It is
important for us to honour the people that are missing and
send hope and feelings of respect to the families,” she said.
The vigil, which occurred in the student union lounge
at Douglas College, showed a film entitled Finding Dawn
that profiled the story and struggles of Aboriginal women in
eastern Canada, followed by a candlelight vigil. The event
aimed to bring the community together to raise awareness
about the lives of Aboriginal women and the constant
violence they encounter, and to pay respect to the estimated
500 missing or murdered Aboriginal women in Canada
every year.
Since Sisters in Spirit—an initiative that branched
out of the Native Women’s Association of Canada— began
in 2004, the organization has fought to bring the violence
and injustice that many Aboriginal women face daily to the
forefront.
“Change is possible, and it must happen,” said
Bartleman, explaining that many missing women are often
not recognized because of what they have done to survive
or where they have lived. “If we continue to honour the
dead and take care of the living, we can prevent this from
happening to future generations.”
Douglas College Wrap-Up
By Tanya Colledge and Liam Britten
Criminology department raises
awareness through film screening
Join Cinema Politica and Douglas College’s
Criminology department when they present Mani
Arar’s A Warrior Religion, a poetic documentary
to raise awareness about common misconceptions
towards violence and the South Asian community.
The film showcases interviews with community
leaders and media personalities, as well as provides
historical facts and crime-related statistics. A member
of the Sikh community himself, Arar believes that
awareness is most needed within this group, and
hopes to use his own personal experiences and
knowledge to communicate his message.
The documentary will be shown on Monday,
October 19 at 7 p.m. in room 2203 of the New
Westminster campus.
CSI comes to Douglas College
Dr. Dean Hildebrand, program head from BCIT’s
Centre for Forensic and Security Technology Studies,
will be discussing various career and educational
paths available to students studying in forensic
science. Hildebrand will also be speaking about his
experiences as a DNA expert and his research and
casework activities for the Centre’s Forensic DNA
Laboratory.
All are welcome to listen to the lecture. The
event will take place on Tuesday, October 27" from
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 4312 of the New
Westminster campus.
DSU to party like it’s 1999
The DSU will be hosting a ‘90s-themed pub night
and fundraiser on October 15 at the DSU building in
New Westminster.
Attendees are encouraged to bring donations of
_ warm clothing to the party for the DSU’s clothing
drive in association with New Westminster’s Lookout
Society. Blankets, toques, gloves, jackets and other
articles of clothing will all be collected.
The party will go from 8:30 p.m. until 1
a.m. on Thursday night. For more information,
contact Priscilla Bartleman, DSU external relations
coordinator, at external @douglasstudentsunion.ca.
By Angela Szezur, Web Editor
he success of Douglas College
graduate Frank Giustra is proof
that you really can “go anywhere
from here.” Giustra came to Douglas
beam focus” as he put it, and not to let
anything stand in your way.
When asked if Giustra thought
education is important, he replied that while
it is important to have a degree, knowledge
is much more important. He also noted
The secrets of a millionaire revealed
Douglas alum Frank Giustra talks about how he found success in business
his work with CGSGI.
Christmas and donate them to those in need.
Giustra has continued to apply the concept
of philanthropy throughout his life and with
CGSGI focuses on relieving poverty
in the developing world through market-
but I’ve been waiting by the phone for the
last 30 years for that call!”
en tee
Se a ge ee
Dieeeriinniciiaie ali an
College Tuesday to speak in a discussion
panel setting. The event was put on by the
Douglas College Business Association.
Giustra is president and CEO of Fiore
Financial. In the 1990s he was president,
chairman and CEO of
Yorkton Securities,
also founding Lions
Gate Entertainment. Giustra also works
with former President Bill Clinton for
the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth
Initiative, or CGSGI.
Since Giustra has been so successful
in his career, many people wanted to know
what he felt were top qualities to possess.
Giustra emphasized that the most important
quality was to have heart and passion—
without it, one would never be able to sell,
create or succeed. Next in line was having
a sense of humour, followed by kindness
and generosity. Finally, Giustra said that it’s
really important to have focus—or “laser-
4
that there are many successful people,
such as Steve Jobs, who did not complete
their degree; the key in being successful is
finding out what you love and doing just
that. “It’s having the simple belief that you
can achieve anything,” Giustra said.
So how should students improve their
knowledge? “Stop watching TV and read
books!” said Giustra. “Especially history
books.”
Giustra said that while technology
changes, the basic factors behind political
and economic behaviour are patterned
throughout history.
Giustra strongly believes in
philanthropy, which is to increase the well-
being of humankind through charity or
and a friend would purchase 100 turkeys at
“It’s having the simple belief that you can achieve anything” —Frank Giustra _ Peru.
donations. When he was in his early 20s, he
driven developments that creates jobs and
increases income, as well as focusing on
improving education and health. As an
example, Giustra said that over the next
four years, CGSGI will fund 50,000 cataract
surgeries in
Giustra
ended the discussion panel by giving
students advice on how to enrich their
lives: find balance, find passion, and try
new things. He further added that he
recommends students obtain a degree that
is mixed in different fields of study, such as
a mixture of a finance and law degree, or a
finance and philosophy degree.
At the end of the discussion, Giustra
was asked if he would agree to come
back to Douglas College to speak again.
“Yes, of course,” he said. “Let me tell you
something... I got the call asking me to
come and speak here just a few weeks ago,
Frank Giustra
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The CFL, a flawed league
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
‘ lright, before we get things started
A= I just want to offer up a
warning. Fans of the Canadian
Football League aren’t going to be happy
with this article.
While I like watching the BC Lions
play from time to time, on the whole
I’m not a huge fan of the CFL. It has
some major problems that make it very
difficult to be a consistent fan. Now I
know that the CFL has it’s following,
especially here in Vancouver, but let’s be
honest here; odds are that isn’t because it
produces a superior product or offers up
anything special, that’s because of a lack
of options. I mean, and this may be stating
the obvious, if the NFL had franchises in
Canada, would anyone even care about the
CFL?
I don’t think so. How the CFL has the
following that it does, even if it is the only
football option in this country, is a mystery
to me.
First and foremost, I just can’t get
over the playoff format. I honestly don’t
understand how anyone can take a league
seriously where 75 percent of the teams
make the playoffs. That just doesn’t make
sense. I get that there are only eight clubs
in existence, but six of them making the
post-season, and then having to win just
three games to capture the Grey Cup, is
just a joke. You can literally be horrible for
almost the entire season and all you have
to do is beat one team in your conference.
The way that the playoffs
are structured creates almost zero
competitiveness. I mean, for proof of that
all you have to do is look at the Lions
this year. At well over the half way point
of this season B.C. is just 5-7, but if they
can string a few wins together, which in
the parity-driven CFL isn’t exactly hard,
they'll be right in the playoff picture,
despite being pure crap for the bulk of the
campaign.
That situation isn’t unique to this
year’s Lions either. When the Leos won
the Grey Cup back in 2000, they did so
with an 8-10 record. The next season the
Calgary Stampeders won it all with the
same record. Back to back champions with
sub-.500 records? That’s impressive.
Now to be fair, there are positives
to the CFL. After a few years in Canada
players like Jeff Garcia and Doug Flutie
have gone on to extremely successful NFL
careers down south, but in reality, those
are the exceptions. In fact, no CFL MVP
has gone on to even play regularly in the
NFL since Flutie won the award back in
1997.
Still though, there is a certain
hominess about the CFL. It has produced
outstanding people throughout its 51-year
history, such as the late Bob Ackles. Plus,
as previously mentioned, it is the only
high level of football we get to see live
here in Canada. Unfortunately though,
that just isn’t enough. A joke of a playoff
design, frequent franchise relocations, too
many bungled front office decisions to
count, no consistent discipline procedures
and too few teams make the CFL a hard
league to love.
Lucic once again proves Canucks missed a gem
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
he overall abysmal drafting record
the Vancouver Canucks have
compiled during their 39-year
history has been well documented. Time
and time again the Canucks have passed on
players that have gone on to become stars
with remarkable consistency. Milan Lucic
of the Boston Bruins has just underlined
that with his new three year, $12.25 million
contract extension.
Plain and simple, Lucic should have
been a Canuck. The now 21-year-old
Vancouver native played two seasons with
the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, winning the
WHL league championship the first year
and the Memorial Cup national title the
second, where he was named tournament
MVP and tied for the lead in scoring.
The Bruins took the 6-foot-4, 220-
pound power forward in the second round,
50" overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft
and he’s racked up goals, points and
only for Boston instead of Vancouver.
All throughout his career, Lucic’s
improvement has been rapid. With the
Giants he scored nine goals in his inaugural
year and the scouts had him pegged as a
grinder/enforcer. The next season he went
out and notched 30 goals and 68 points.
After making the NHL unexpectedly in
2007-08, Lucic potted eight goals as a
rookie. He more than doubled that last
season with 17 as he improved dramatically
in every offensive category. and boosted his
assist total from 19 to 25, his points from
27 to 45, his shots went from 88 to 97, his
shooting percentage from 9.1 percent to
17.5 and his PIMs from 89 to 136. He also
proved that he was no slouch defensively
either as he went from a -2 in his rookie
campaign to a +17 last year.
Along the way he became a folk hero
in Boston and a YouTube sensation with a
number of colossal hits highlighted by his
bone-shattering hit on Toronto’s Mike Van
Ryn in October last year where he drove
“A Vancouver-born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own backyard? It’s
tough to miss that.”
penalty minutes with ease. The Canucks
meanwhile, in yet another shining example
of former GM Dave Nonis’ ineptitude,
dealt away their second round pick, the
38", at the trade deadline for Keith Carney.
While Lucic has gone on to win gold
for Canada at the World Juniors and has
established himself as one of the best
young stars in the game, an aging Carney
lasted just 18 games, struggled to get into
the line-up and scored and intimidating
zero goals with two assists. Ouch.
You could even make the argument
that Lucic should have been Vancouver’s
first round pick, which we used to take
mercurial forward Michael Grabner
14" overall. Now, the jury is still out on
Grabner, and I know that hindsight is 20/20
and that plenty of teams passed on Lucic,
but Vancouver had the winning hand right
in front of them with Lucic. A Vancouver-
born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own
backyard? It’s tough to miss that. Now,
Lucic is indeed looking like the next Neely,
the Maple Leaf defenseman right through
the boards at Boston’s TD Banknorth
Garden.
This summer Lucic was invited to
Team Canada’s Olympic orientation camp
and while he is a long shot to make the
squad, the fact that he was even invited at
just 20 years old says something.
Now Lucic is a Bruin for the
foreseeable future and more than fits the
mould there. He’s a big winger who can
score, hit, pass, fight and set up plays.
Meanwhile, the Canucks aren’t exactly
loaded with young impact players,
especially with the regression of Cody
Hodgson, Grabner and goaltender Cory
Schneider in training camp this year and
2009 first rounder Jordan Schroeder still at
least a year away.
Every time you see Lucic decimate
an opposing player or score a clutch goal
for the Bruins this year, you won’t be alone
among Canuck fans who are left stuck
thinking about what could have, and what
should have been.
Milan Lucic
Fe at ere
Fe ee ae rn te ee Be
Seng oe RS EEN SE
Se an rr NP Pe
peusqunapeiqeesraieuaiayeunn:
Ss oats,
The CFL, a flawed league
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
‘ lright, before we get things started
A= I just want to offer up a
warning. Fans of the Canadian
Football League aren’t going to be happy
with this article.
While I like watching the BC Lions
play from time to time, on the whole
I’m not a huge fan of the CFL. It has
some major problems that make it very
difficult to be a consistent fan. Now I
know that the CFL has it’s following,
especially here in Vancouver, but let’s be
honest here; odds are that isn’t because it
produces a superior product or offers up
anything special, that’s because of a lack
of options. I mean, and this may be stating
the obvious, if the NFL had franchises in
Canada, would anyone even care about the
CFL?
I don’t think so. How the CFL has the
following that it does, even if it is the only
football option in this country, is a mystery
to me.
First and foremost, I just can’t get
over the playoff format. I honestly don’t
understand how anyone can take a league
seriously where 75 percent of the teams
make the playoffs. That just doesn’t make
sense. I get that there are only eight clubs
in existence, but six of them making the
post-season, and then having to win just
three games to capture the Grey Cup, is
just a joke. You can literally be horrible for
almost the entire season and all you have
to do is beat one team in your conference.
The way that the playoffs
are structured creates almost zero
competitiveness. I mean, for proof of that
all you have to do is look at the Lions
this year. At well over the half way point
of this season B.C. is just 5-7, but if they
can string a few wins together, which in
the parity-driven CFL isn’t exactly hard,
they'll be right in the playoff picture,
despite being pure crap for the bulk of the
campaign.
That situation isn’t unique to this
year’s Lions either. When the Leos won
the Grey Cup back in 2000, they did so
with an 8-10 record. The next season the
Calgary Stampeders won it all with the
same record. Back to back champions with
sub-.500 records? That’s impressive.
Now to be fair, there are positives
to the CFL. After a few years in Canada
players like Jeff Garcia and Doug Flutie
have gone on to extremely successful NFL
careers down south, but in reality, those
are the exceptions. In fact, no CFL MVP
has gone on to even play regularly in the
NFL since Flutie won the award back in
1997.
Still though, there is a certain
hominess about the CFL. It has produced
outstanding people throughout its 51-year
history, such as the late Bob Ackles. Plus,
as previously mentioned, it is the only
high level of football we get to see live
here in Canada. Unfortunately though,
that just isn’t enough. A joke of a playoff
design, frequent franchise relocations, too
many bungled front office decisions to
count, no consistent discipline procedures
and too few teams make the CFL a hard
league to love.
Lucic once again proves Canucks missed a gem
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
he overall abysmal drafting record
the Vancouver Canucks have
compiled during their 39-year
history has been well documented. Time
and time again the Canucks have passed on
players that have gone on to become stars
with remarkable consistency. Milan Lucic
of the Boston Bruins has just underlined
that with his new three year, $12.25 million
contract extension.
Plain and simple, Lucic should have
been a Canuck. The now 21-year-old
Vancouver native played two seasons with
the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, winning the
WHL league championship the first year
and the Memorial Cup national title the
second, where he was named tournament
MVP and tied for the lead in scoring.
The Bruins took the 6-foot-4, 220-
pound power forward in the second round,
50" overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft
and he’s racked up goals, points and
only for Boston instead of Vancouver.
All throughout his career, Lucic’s
improvement has been rapid. With the
Giants he scored nine goals in his inaugural
year and the scouts had him pegged as a
grinder/enforcer. The next season he went
out and notched 30 goals and 68 points.
After making the NHL unexpectedly in
2007-08, Lucic potted eight goals as a
rookie. He more than doubled that last
season with 17 as he improved dramatically
in every offensive category. and boosted his
assist total from 19 to 25, his points from
27 to 45, his shots went from 88 to 97, his
shooting percentage from 9.1 percent to
17.5 and his PIMs from 89 to 136. He also
proved that he was no slouch defensively
either as he went from a -2 in his rookie
campaign to a +17 last year.
Along the way he became a folk hero
in Boston and a YouTube sensation with a
number of colossal hits highlighted by his
bone-shattering hit on Toronto’s Mike Van
Ryn in October last year where he drove
“A Vancouver-born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own backyard? It’s
tough to miss that.”
penalty minutes with ease. The Canucks
meanwhile, in yet another shining example
of former GM Dave Nonis’ ineptitude,
dealt away their second round pick, the
38", at the trade deadline for Keith Carney.
While Lucic has gone on to win gold
for Canada at the World Juniors and has
established himself as one of the best
young stars in the game, an aging Carney
lasted just 18 games, struggled to get into
the line-up and scored and intimidating
zero goals with two assists. Ouch.
You could even make the argument
that Lucic should have been Vancouver’s
first round pick, which we used to take
mercurial forward Michael Grabner
14" overall. Now, the jury is still out on
Grabner, and I know that hindsight is 20/20
and that plenty of teams passed on Lucic,
but Vancouver had the winning hand right
in front of them with Lucic. A Vancouver-
born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own
backyard? It’s tough to miss that. Now,
Lucic is indeed looking like the next Neely,
the Maple Leaf defenseman right through
the boards at Boston’s TD Banknorth
Garden.
This summer Lucic was invited to
Team Canada’s Olympic orientation camp
and while he is a long shot to make the
squad, the fact that he was even invited at
just 20 years old says something.
Now Lucic is a Bruin for the
foreseeable future and more than fits the
mould there. He’s a big winger who can
score, hit, pass, fight and set up plays.
Meanwhile, the Canucks aren’t exactly
loaded with young impact players,
especially with the regression of Cody
Hodgson, Grabner and goaltender Cory
Schneider in training camp this year and
2009 first rounder Jordan Schroeder still at
least a year away.
Every time you see Lucic decimate
an opposing player or score a clutch goal
for the Bruins this year, you won’t be alone
among Canuck fans who are left stuck
thinking about what could have, and what
should have been.
Milan Lucic
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E:
Fe at ere
Fe ee ae rn te ee Be
Seng oe RS EEN SE
Se an rr NP Pe
peusqunapeiqeesraieuaiayeunn:
Ss oats,
The CFL, a flawed league
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
‘ lright, before we get things started
A= I just want to offer up a
warning. Fans of the Canadian
Football League aren’t going to be happy
with this article.
While I like watching the BC Lions
play from time to time, on the whole
I’m not a huge fan of the CFL. It has
some major problems that make it very
difficult to be a consistent fan. Now I
know that the CFL has it’s following,
especially here in Vancouver, but let’s be
honest here; odds are that isn’t because it
produces a superior product or offers up
anything special, that’s because of a lack
of options. I mean, and this may be stating
the obvious, if the NFL had franchises in
Canada, would anyone even care about the
CFL?
I don’t think so. How the CFL has the
following that it does, even if it is the only
football option in this country, is a mystery
to me.
First and foremost, I just can’t get
over the playoff format. I honestly don’t
understand how anyone can take a league
seriously where 75 percent of the teams
make the playoffs. That just doesn’t make
sense. I get that there are only eight clubs
in existence, but six of them making the
post-season, and then having to win just
three games to capture the Grey Cup, is
just a joke. You can literally be horrible for
almost the entire season and all you have
to do is beat one team in your conference.
The way that the playoffs
are structured creates almost zero
competitiveness. I mean, for proof of that
all you have to do is look at the Lions
this year. At well over the half way point
of this season B.C. is just 5-7, but if they
can string a few wins together, which in
the parity-driven CFL isn’t exactly hard,
they'll be right in the playoff picture,
despite being pure crap for the bulk of the
campaign.
That situation isn’t unique to this
year’s Lions either. When the Leos won
the Grey Cup back in 2000, they did so
with an 8-10 record. The next season the
Calgary Stampeders won it all with the
same record. Back to back champions with
sub-.500 records? That’s impressive.
Now to be fair, there are positives
to the CFL. After a few years in Canada
players like Jeff Garcia and Doug Flutie
have gone on to extremely successful NFL
careers down south, but in reality, those
are the exceptions. In fact, no CFL MVP
has gone on to even play regularly in the
NFL since Flutie won the award back in
1997.
Still though, there is a certain
hominess about the CFL. It has produced
outstanding people throughout its 51-year
history, such as the late Bob Ackles. Plus,
as previously mentioned, it is the only
high level of football we get to see live
here in Canada. Unfortunately though,
that just isn’t enough. A joke of a playoff
design, frequent franchise relocations, too
many bungled front office decisions to
count, no consistent discipline procedures
and too few teams make the CFL a hard
league to love.
Lucic once again proves Canucks missed a gem
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
he overall abysmal drafting record
the Vancouver Canucks have
compiled during their 39-year
history has been well documented. Time
and time again the Canucks have passed on
players that have gone on to become stars
with remarkable consistency. Milan Lucic
of the Boston Bruins has just underlined
that with his new three year, $12.25 million
contract extension.
Plain and simple, Lucic should have
been a Canuck. The now 21-year-old
Vancouver native played two seasons with
the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, winning the
WHL league championship the first year
and the Memorial Cup national title the
second, where he was named tournament
MVP and tied for the lead in scoring.
The Bruins took the 6-foot-4, 220-
pound power forward in the second round,
50" overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft
and he’s racked up goals, points and
only for Boston instead of Vancouver.
All throughout his career, Lucic’s
improvement has been rapid. With the
Giants he scored nine goals in his inaugural
year and the scouts had him pegged as a
grinder/enforcer. The next season he went
out and notched 30 goals and 68 points.
After making the NHL unexpectedly in
2007-08, Lucic potted eight goals as a
rookie. He more than doubled that last
season with 17 as he improved dramatically
in every offensive category. and boosted his
assist total from 19 to 25, his points from
27 to 45, his shots went from 88 to 97, his
shooting percentage from 9.1 percent to
17.5 and his PIMs from 89 to 136. He also
proved that he was no slouch defensively
either as he went from a -2 in his rookie
campaign to a +17 last year.
Along the way he became a folk hero
in Boston and a YouTube sensation with a
number of colossal hits highlighted by his
bone-shattering hit on Toronto’s Mike Van
Ryn in October last year where he drove
“A Vancouver-born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own backyard? It’s
tough to miss that.”
penalty minutes with ease. The Canucks
meanwhile, in yet another shining example
of former GM Dave Nonis’ ineptitude,
dealt away their second round pick, the
38", at the trade deadline for Keith Carney.
While Lucic has gone on to win gold
for Canada at the World Juniors and has
established himself as one of the best
young stars in the game, an aging Carney
lasted just 18 games, struggled to get into
the line-up and scored and intimidating
zero goals with two assists. Ouch.
You could even make the argument
that Lucic should have been Vancouver’s
first round pick, which we used to take
mercurial forward Michael Grabner
14" overall. Now, the jury is still out on
Grabner, and I know that hindsight is 20/20
and that plenty of teams passed on Lucic,
but Vancouver had the winning hand right
in front of them with Lucic. A Vancouver-
born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own
backyard? It’s tough to miss that. Now,
Lucic is indeed looking like the next Neely,
the Maple Leaf defenseman right through
the boards at Boston’s TD Banknorth
Garden.
This summer Lucic was invited to
Team Canada’s Olympic orientation camp
and while he is a long shot to make the
squad, the fact that he was even invited at
just 20 years old says something.
Now Lucic is a Bruin for the
foreseeable future and more than fits the
mould there. He’s a big winger who can
score, hit, pass, fight and set up plays.
Meanwhile, the Canucks aren’t exactly
loaded with young impact players,
especially with the regression of Cody
Hodgson, Grabner and goaltender Cory
Schneider in training camp this year and
2009 first rounder Jordan Schroeder still at
least a year away.
Every time you see Lucic decimate
an opposing player or score a clutch goal
for the Bruins this year, you won’t be alone
among Canuck fans who are left stuck
thinking about what could have, and what
should have been.
Milan Lucic
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By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
‘ lright, before we get things started
A= I just want to offer up a
warning. Fans of the Canadian
Football League aren’t going to be happy
with this article.
While I like watching the BC Lions
play from time to time, on the whole
I’m not a huge fan of the CFL. It has
some major problems that make it very
difficult to be a consistent fan. Now I
know that the CFL has it’s following,
especially here in Vancouver, but let’s be
honest here; odds are that isn’t because it
produces a superior product or offers up
anything special, that’s because of a lack
of options. I mean, and this may be stating
the obvious, if the NFL had franchises in
Canada, would anyone even care about the
CFL?
I don’t think so. How the CFL has the
following that it does, even if it is the only
football option in this country, is a mystery
to me.
First and foremost, I just can’t get
over the playoff format. I honestly don’t
understand how anyone can take a league
seriously where 75 percent of the teams
make the playoffs. That just doesn’t make
sense. I get that there are only eight clubs
in existence, but six of them making the
post-season, and then having to win just
three games to capture the Grey Cup, is
just a joke. You can literally be horrible for
almost the entire season and all you have
to do is beat one team in your conference.
The way that the playoffs
are structured creates almost zero
competitiveness. I mean, for proof of that
all you have to do is look at the Lions
this year. At well over the half way point
of this season B.C. is just 5-7, but if they
can string a few wins together, which in
the parity-driven CFL isn’t exactly hard,
they'll be right in the playoff picture,
despite being pure crap for the bulk of the
campaign.
That situation isn’t unique to this
year’s Lions either. When the Leos won
the Grey Cup back in 2000, they did so
with an 8-10 record. The next season the
Calgary Stampeders won it all with the
same record. Back to back champions with
sub-.500 records? That’s impressive.
Now to be fair, there are positives
to the CFL. After a few years in Canada
players like Jeff Garcia and Doug Flutie
have gone on to extremely successful NFL
careers down south, but in reality, those
are the exceptions. In fact, no CFL MVP
has gone on to even play regularly in the
NFL since Flutie won the award back in
1997.
Still though, there is a certain
hominess about the CFL. It has produced
outstanding people throughout its 51-year
history, such as the late Bob Ackles. Plus,
as previously mentioned, it is the only
high level of football we get to see live
here in Canada. Unfortunately though,
that just isn’t enough. A joke of a playoff
design, frequent franchise relocations, too
many bungled front office decisions to
count, no consistent discipline procedures
and too few teams make the CFL a hard
league to love.
Lucic once again proves Canucks missed a gem
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
he overall abysmal drafting record
the Vancouver Canucks have
compiled during their 39-year
history has been well documented. Time
and time again the Canucks have passed on
players that have gone on to become stars
with remarkable consistency. Milan Lucic
of the Boston Bruins has just underlined
that with his new three year, $12.25 million
contract extension.
Plain and simple, Lucic should have
been a Canuck. The now 21-year-old
Vancouver native played two seasons with
the WHL’s Vancouver Giants, winning the
WHL league championship the first year
and the Memorial Cup national title the
second, where he was named tournament
MVP and tied for the lead in scoring.
The Bruins took the 6-foot-4, 220-
pound power forward in the second round,
50" overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft
and he’s racked up goals, points and
only for Boston instead of Vancouver.
All throughout his career, Lucic’s
improvement has been rapid. With the
Giants he scored nine goals in his inaugural
year and the scouts had him pegged as a
grinder/enforcer. The next season he went
out and notched 30 goals and 68 points.
After making the NHL unexpectedly in
2007-08, Lucic potted eight goals as a
rookie. He more than doubled that last
season with 17 as he improved dramatically
in every offensive category. and boosted his
assist total from 19 to 25, his points from
27 to 45, his shots went from 88 to 97, his
shooting percentage from 9.1 percent to
17.5 and his PIMs from 89 to 136. He also
proved that he was no slouch defensively
either as he went from a -2 in his rookie
campaign to a +17 last year.
Along the way he became a folk hero
in Boston and a YouTube sensation with a
number of colossal hits highlighted by his
bone-shattering hit on Toronto’s Mike Van
Ryn in October last year where he drove
“A Vancouver-born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own backyard? It’s
tough to miss that.”
penalty minutes with ease. The Canucks
meanwhile, in yet another shining example
of former GM Dave Nonis’ ineptitude,
dealt away their second round pick, the
38", at the trade deadline for Keith Carney.
While Lucic has gone on to win gold
for Canada at the World Juniors and has
established himself as one of the best
young stars in the game, an aging Carney
lasted just 18 games, struggled to get into
the line-up and scored and intimidating
zero goals with two assists. Ouch.
You could even make the argument
that Lucic should have been Vancouver’s
first round pick, which we used to take
mercurial forward Michael Grabner
14" overall. Now, the jury is still out on
Grabner, and I know that hindsight is 20/20
and that plenty of teams passed on Lucic,
but Vancouver had the winning hand right
in front of them with Lucic. A Vancouver-
born kid with a Cam Neely-like game who
played for the Giants in the Canucks’ own
backyard? It’s tough to miss that. Now,
Lucic is indeed looking like the next Neely,
the Maple Leaf defenseman right through
the boards at Boston’s TD Banknorth
Garden.
This summer Lucic was invited to
Team Canada’s Olympic orientation camp
and while he is a long shot to make the
squad, the fact that he was even invited at
just 20 years old says something.
Now Lucic is a Bruin for the
foreseeable future and more than fits the
mould there. He’s a big winger who can
score, hit, pass, fight and set up plays.
Meanwhile, the Canucks aren’t exactly
loaded with young impact players,
especially with the regression of Cody
Hodgson, Grabner and goaltender Cory
Schneider in training camp this year and
2009 first rounder Jordan Schroeder still at
least a year away.
Every time you see Lucic decimate
an opposing player or score a clutch goal
for the Bruins this year, you won’t be alone
among Canuck fans who are left stuck
thinking about what could have, and what
should have been.
Milan Lucic
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By Liam Britten not being honest about what happened at
7-Eleven, and we want to know why. I
hile most people accept mean, for example, the government says
\ N | that 7-Eleven is a chain of that 7-Eleven sells a product called ‘cheese’
convenience stores with locations _ that is dispensed out of a hand pump at their
across North Americans, many citizens in stores. Cheese does not come out of a hand
Canada and the U:S. believe that 7-Eleven pump, so the government is flat-out lying to
was the result of a sinister plot hatched by us.”
the Bush Administration to justify going to The group believes that the government
war in Iraq. made up lies about 7-Eleven so that they
They call themselves “7-Eleven could launch a war with Iraq. Iraq, they point
Truthers,” and they believe that 7-Eleven out, is home to the world’s second largest
wasn’t just the result of a few rogue clerks, supply of Doritos, and they believe that
but was instead the end result of a vast supplying these 7-Elevens with Doritos for
government conspiracy. re-sale is the real reason behind the Iraq War,
Douglas College recently hosted a not weapons of mass destruction as claimed.
seminar hosted by the Truthers, where a slide The movement is not without its
show was presented with photos and videos critics. American Senator Frank Lautenberg
from the traumatic events of 7-Eleven shown (D-NJ), who served on the official ““7-Eleven
for examination. Investigation Commission” says the group’s
“As you can see here, we have a photo claims are preposterous.
of what is allegedly a hot dog,” said local “To say the U.S. Government was
Truther Greg Holtman, as he presented a involved with 7-Eleven is insulting to all
photo of a hot dog under the warming lights Americans,” he told The Other Press. “Why
of 7-Eleven. “As we all know, hot dogs would the government subject its own
P must be heated to an internal temperature people to the horrors of 7-Eleven? We all
of 72° Celsius before eating, but as you can saw what results of 7-Eleven; obesity, high
see here, the warming lights allegedly used cholesterol, diarrhoea, and that’s just the
to allegedly heat this alleged food are only start. No American deserves to suffer as a
capable of reaching 45° Celsius. Obviously, result of 7-Eleven, but sadly, many still do to
then, this food is not a hot dog, despite what this day.”
the government has told us.” Douglas College will see the Truthers
Holtman later spoke to The Other Press __ return in two weeks for a screening of the
to explain his group’s views. controversial film Loose Change, which
“We, the people, don’t deserve to be tells the story about how American citizens Raekwon the Chef wins Nobel Prize of Hip-Hop for grand unified
lied to about 7-Eleven,” he said. “There is often receive incorrect change after buying theory of nasty-ass hos
z instance after instance of the government products at 7-Eleven.
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Missed shot by Sami Salo results in entire city jumping off Canucks bandwagon
By Liam Britten not being honest about what happened at
7-Eleven, and we want to know why. I
hile most people accept mean, for example, the government says
\ N | that 7-Eleven is a chain of that 7-Eleven sells a product called ‘cheese’
convenience stores with locations _ that is dispensed out of a hand pump at their
across North Americans, many citizens in stores. Cheese does not come out of a hand
Canada and the U:S. believe that 7-Eleven pump, so the government is flat-out lying to
was the result of a sinister plot hatched by us.”
the Bush Administration to justify going to The group believes that the government
war in Iraq. made up lies about 7-Eleven so that they
They call themselves “7-Eleven could launch a war with Iraq. Iraq, they point
Truthers,” and they believe that 7-Eleven out, is home to the world’s second largest
wasn’t just the result of a few rogue clerks, supply of Doritos, and they believe that
but was instead the end result of a vast supplying these 7-Elevens with Doritos for
government conspiracy. re-sale is the real reason behind the Iraq War,
Douglas College recently hosted a not weapons of mass destruction as claimed.
seminar hosted by the Truthers, where a slide The movement is not without its
show was presented with photos and videos critics. American Senator Frank Lautenberg
from the traumatic events of 7-Eleven shown (D-NJ), who served on the official ““7-Eleven
for examination. Investigation Commission” says the group’s
“As you can see here, we have a photo claims are preposterous.
of what is allegedly a hot dog,” said local “To say the U.S. Government was
Truther Greg Holtman, as he presented a involved with 7-Eleven is insulting to all
photo of a hot dog under the warming lights Americans,” he told The Other Press. “Why
of 7-Eleven. “As we all know, hot dogs would the government subject its own
P must be heated to an internal temperature people to the horrors of 7-Eleven? We all
of 72° Celsius before eating, but as you can saw what results of 7-Eleven; obesity, high
see here, the warming lights allegedly used cholesterol, diarrhoea, and that’s just the
to allegedly heat this alleged food are only start. No American deserves to suffer as a
capable of reaching 45° Celsius. Obviously, result of 7-Eleven, but sadly, many still do to
then, this food is not a hot dog, despite what this day.”
the government has told us.” Douglas College will see the Truthers
Holtman later spoke to The Other Press __ return in two weeks for a screening of the
to explain his group’s views. controversial film Loose Change, which
“We, the people, don’t deserve to be tells the story about how American citizens Raekwon the Chef wins Nobel Prize of Hip-Hop for grand unified
lied to about 7-Eleven,” he said. “There is often receive incorrect change after buying theory of nasty-ass hos
z instance after instance of the government products at 7-Eleven.
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The weekly deadline for
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A Douglas graduate tells business students how he
became a millionaire.
- Angela Szczur, Pg. 4
Do random breathalyser laws go too far?
- Angela Espinoza, Pg. 7
FEATURE
Nashville Pussy tells The Other Press about the three-
ring circus that is their tour with Motorhead.
- Kristina Mameli, Pg. 12, 13
NUR eee ia
Stephen Harper broke up The Beatles... or
something like that.
- Jay Schreiber, Pg. 15
SPORTS
How did the Canucks miss out on Milan Lucic?
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 20
Happy Birthday Thomas Dolby (50)
WHO WE ARE
The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976.
Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the
student union. Today we are registered society under the Society Act of
British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed
by and from our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster
campus.
The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters,
and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student
Z
levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and from
local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the
Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that
includes papers from all across Canada.
The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we
will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes
illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if
necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.
THE OTHER PRESS
Student Newspaper of
Douglas College
PUBLISHED SINCE 1976
Room 1020 — 700
Douglas College
Royal Avenue,
New Westminster, BC
V3L 5B2
TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Liam Britten
editor@theotherpress.ca
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chloé Bach
assistant@theotherpress.ca
BUSINESS MANAGER &
ADVERTISING
Mark Fisher
accounting@theotherpress.ca |
NEWS EDITOR
Kristina Mameli
news@theotherpress.ca
STAFF REPORTER
Tanya Colledge
associate@theotherpress.ca
SPORTS EDITOR
Garth McLennan
sports@theotherpress.ca
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Jay Schreiber
arts@theotherpress.ca
OPINIONS EDITOR
Trevor Dore (acting)
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
Rosa Hong
photographer@theotherpress.ca
WEBSITE EDITOR/I.T.
Angela Szczur
web@theotherpress.ca
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
Garth McLennan
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your story to the appropriate section
editor from the list on the right.
Please send your file as an MS Word
doc file, and include your full name,
email address, and word count.
The weekly deadline for
submissions is Wednesday night for
publication the following Monday.
Letters to the Editor and “time-
sensitive’ articles (weekend news,
sports, and cultural reviews) will be
Submissions will be edited for clarity
NEWS SUBMISSIONS
and style. news @theotherpress.ca
TheOtherPresswlipaysS0 = SPORTS SUBMISSIONS
any student who writes an article of sports @ theotherpress.ca
at least 1,000 words for the “features”
2. : A&E SUBMISSIONS
section. Submit story ideas to the arts@theotherpress.ca
Editor in Chief. Offer good once per
semester per student. ea ARTICLES
The Frcs fis weekly ta tor@theotherpress.ca
meetings at 6 PM on Mondays in OPINION SUBMISSIONS
room 10200fthe NewWestminster Opinions @theotherpress.ca
campus. Alll interested students are
welcome,
“Kill Burger” by Ellen Lee
accepted until Saturday at noon and
can be submitted to the editor at
editor@theotherpress.ca
WRITE FOR US!
Are you an artist or photographer? Send your work to editor@theotherpress.ca
A Douglas graduate tells business students how he
became a millionaire.
- Angela Szczur, Pg. 4
Do random breathalyser laws go too far?
- Angela Espinoza, Pg. 7
FEATURE
Nashville Pussy tells The Other Press about the three-
ring circus that is their tour with Motorhead.
- Kristina Mameli, Pg. 12, 13
NUR eee ia
Stephen Harper broke up The Beatles... or
something like that.
- Jay Schreiber, Pg. 15
SPORTS
How did the Canucks miss out on Milan Lucic?
- Garth McLennan, Pg. 20
Happy Birthday Thomas Dolby (50)
WHO WE ARE
The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976.
Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the
student union. Today we are registered society under the Society Act of
British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed
by and from our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster
campus.
The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters,
and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student
Z
levy collected through tutition fees every semester at registration, and from
local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the
Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that
includes papers from all across Canada.
The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we
will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes
illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if
necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.
THE OTHER PRESS
Student Newspaper of
Douglas College
PUBLISHED SINCE 1976
Room 1020 — 700
Douglas College
Royal Avenue,
New Westminster, BC
V3L 5B2
TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Liam Britten
editor@theotherpress.ca
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Chloé Bach
assistant@theotherpress.ca
BUSINESS MANAGER &
ADVERTISING
Mark Fisher
accounting@theotherpress.ca |
NEWS EDITOR
Kristina Mameli
news@theotherpress.ca
STAFF REPORTER
Tanya Colledge
associate@theotherpress.ca
SPORTS EDITOR
Garth McLennan
sports@theotherpress.ca
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Jay Schreiber
arts@theotherpress.ca
OPINIONS EDITOR
Trevor Dore (acting)
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
Rosa Hong
photographer@theotherpress.ca
WEBSITE EDITOR/I.T.
Angela Szczur
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By Kristina Mameli
“the Reverend Motor Pussy Tour” has come a long
way since its inception in 1996. On tour with one of
the world’s most well-known bands, Motorhead, The Other
Press caught up with Ruyter Suys and Blaine Cartwright, the
charmingly vulgar husband and wife duo that is Nashville Pussy,
just before their recent show at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre.
“My parent’s first house was on Burrard and Davie,” mused
the Dee Snider-maned guitarist Suys. “This is the first time I’ve
ever seen Granville Street without trees; it’s very fucking weird.”
Indeed, a lot has changed since Suys would find the power
box controlling the Christmas lights that once adorned the
trees on Granville and flip the switch in July. She was 12 or
13. “I went to Lord Roberts Elementary...this is definitely my
stomping grounds.”
Right at home in Vancouver, the Atlanta quartet, whose
name was stolen from a Ted Nugent song, is rounded out by
bassist Karen Cuda and drummer Jeremy Thompson. Vocalist
and guitarist Cartwright explained their name: “In the intro to
“Wang Dang Sweet Poontang,’ Ted dedicates the song to all the
Nashville Pussy and I just always thought that was a kind of
crazy combination of words; and we were living in Nashville at
the time...”
The band’s moniker, however, unsurprisingly has garnered
some negative attention. They were recently uninvited to play
Disney’s famed House of Blues. “If it says “Nashville Pussy’
there, someone will complain,” reasoned Cartwright. “You know,
they’re on their way to see Mickey Mouse and they see the word
“pussy” instead...
the kids freak out.
I think that’s it; it’s
gotta be.”
“My personal
theory is that mice
® are afraid of cats,”
= laughed Suys.
3 “We've played it before; that’s the irony. And now they don’t
want us? Both times we played, we did great. So I guess they
don’t want to make money or something.”
Suys went on to explain that the whole stigma surrounding
their name is immature. “I figure we’re evolved enough at this
point that we should be over the word ‘pussy.’ It’s not about
that...it’s just a word. It’s about rock and roll. And rock and sex
are one and the same, so just get over it, you know?”
Nashville Pussy’s MySpace page describes their whiskey-
soaked, sex-infused brand of rock and roll as sounding like
“Lynyrd Skynyrd meets AC/DC high on speed in a sex motel.”
“Fried Chicken and Coffee” from their debut album, 1998’s
Let Them Eat Pussy was nominated for a Grammy for Best
Metal Performance. “It was some kind of fluke,” Cartwright
reminisced. “It was really weird. It’s like, what the fuck? We’re
nominated for a Grammy? Weird. So we went. Nashville Pussy
and Celine Dion...” Nashville was narrowly beaten out by
Metallica. “If we’d lost to Rage Against the Machine, I would’ ve
been mad.”
From Hell to Texas, the follow-up to 2005’s Get Some, was
recorded in Willie Nelson’s home studio. “There was a great vibe
there,” remembered Cartwright. “I wrote a bunch of great lyrics,
staring at all these framed Willie Nelson album covers on this
wall. I smoked out of Willie’s bong that he’s got in his office and
had a bottle of wine and I just sat there and wrote and felt like
TT opening act on what has affectionately been dubbed
p Willie was staring at me. That was great! That was my office for
about a week. Smoking a bong, listening to tunes—I’m at work
man, leave me alone!”
“He sets a high bar...and we had to reach up to get the
“That was my office for about a week. Smoking a bong, listening
to tunes—I’m at work man, leave me alone!” —Blaine Cartwright
drinks,” joked Suys. “It was just far enough out of Austin that it
was really tranquil. It had these beautiful rolling hills and it was
just a gorgeous place to be.”
The lag between albums is due to the bands gruelling tour
schedule; not to mention the member’s other commitments.
“Blaine’s in a band called Nine Pound Hammer,” said Suys.
“And our bass player, [Karen’s] band just broke up; Hemi Cuda.
So we’re basically playing music all the time and it’s really hard
to get all that stuff scheduled.”
You can’t rush a masterpiece, as Cartwright explained. “I
want to make sure each one’s really good before I put it out,
‘cause if it’s not, it’d bug me. If I heard a song, and I didn’t like
it, then I’d go, ‘oh man, I wish we hadn’t put this shit out...I
wish we’d put out something better.’ So I usually wait until I get
inspired.”
Luckily, Nashville’s fifth studio album is anything
but rushed; the Southern fried punkabilly is catchy as hell,
showcasing Suys mastery of her SG guitar and the tight knit
unit’s comfort with their sound and each other. Toronto’s own
Danko Jones even appears on the track “I’m So High.”
In August 2008, Nashville Pussy destroyed the True Metal
Stage at the world’s largest metal festival, Wacken Open Air
in Wacken, Germany. Suys remarkably climbed the side of the
stage, and like a woman possessed she hung there, high above
the crowd, guitar dangling from behind her unplugged. “I beat
the kid from Airbourne to it too,” giggled Suys. “He did it later.
He didn’t climb up as high. I went all the way to the fucking top!
What was funny is that I made it about three quarters of the way
up and then my guitar cord came unplugged and I was like, fuck
it; I’m up here already, show’s over, I may as well go to the top.”
“Tt’s a total natural
progression,” Suys says
of Nashville’s intense
live performance.
“It’s not like ‘Ruyter,
make sure you climb
the thing.’ ‘What the
fuck is she doing up
there?’ There’s nothing conscious about what we do at all. It’s
a very organic thing. I think it comes from doing this over and
over again. You have to come up with new ways to entertain
yourself.”
“Sometimes we don’t even have room to move,” reveals
Cartwright. “We have to set up in front of Motorhead and the
Rev [Reverend Horton Heat]; so climbing’s the only option.”
If Cartwright has his way, Nashville Pussy will be back
across Canada by the spring. He reflected on his tour mates. “A
tour this good is hard to find. I like playing big tours like this; it’s
more like a rock and roll circus. A three ring circus... we’re the
littlest of rings I guess, but it’s still fucking great.”
“We’re the first freakshow,” Suys added of the unbelievable
rock and roll caravan.
When asked if Nashville Pussy had any plans to record
with either Motorhead or the Reverend Horton Heat, there was a
resounding “hell yeah!” from the hard rocking pair.
“Lemmy and I have talked about writing a song together,”
revealed Cartwright. “I told him to write me a song; it just hasn’t
happened yet. Lemmy was supposed to sing on the new record,
but we couldn’t hook the studio thing up. I think he’d been
drinking and there was no land line at the studio, so he had to
call on a cell phone. We recorded it and we did every trick in the
book to make it work and it just sounded like some guy on a cell
phone. He was in England at the time too. We tried, but it just
didn’t happen. It was funny though.”
Any hopes of a b-side? “I don’t think he was even good
enough,” laughed Cartwright. “I don’t even think it exists
anymore.”
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By Kristina Mameli
“the Reverend Motor Pussy Tour” has come a long
way since its inception in 1996. On tour with one of
the world’s most well-known bands, Motorhead, The Other
Press caught up with Ruyter Suys and Blaine Cartwright, the
charmingly vulgar husband and wife duo that is Nashville Pussy,
just before their recent show at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre.
“My parent’s first house was on Burrard and Davie,” mused
the Dee Snider-maned guitarist Suys. “This is the first time I’ve
ever seen Granville Street without trees; it’s very fucking weird.”
Indeed, a lot has changed since Suys would find the power
box controlling the Christmas lights that once adorned the
trees on Granville and flip the switch in July. She was 12 or
13. “I went to Lord Roberts Elementary...this is definitely my
stomping grounds.”
Right at home in Vancouver, the Atlanta quartet, whose
name was stolen from a Ted Nugent song, is rounded out by
bassist Karen Cuda and drummer Jeremy Thompson. Vocalist
and guitarist Cartwright explained their name: “In the intro to
“Wang Dang Sweet Poontang,’ Ted dedicates the song to all the
Nashville Pussy and I just always thought that was a kind of
crazy combination of words; and we were living in Nashville at
the time...”
The band’s moniker, however, unsurprisingly has garnered
some negative attention. They were recently uninvited to play
Disney’s famed House of Blues. “If it says “Nashville Pussy’
there, someone will complain,” reasoned Cartwright. “You know,
they’re on their way to see Mickey Mouse and they see the word
“pussy” instead...
the kids freak out.
I think that’s it; it’s
gotta be.”
“My personal
theory is that mice
® are afraid of cats,”
= laughed Suys.
3 “We've played it before; that’s the irony. And now they don’t
want us? Both times we played, we did great. So I guess they
don’t want to make money or something.”
Suys went on to explain that the whole stigma surrounding
their name is immature. “I figure we’re evolved enough at this
point that we should be over the word ‘pussy.’ It’s not about
that...it’s just a word. It’s about rock and roll. And rock and sex
are one and the same, so just get over it, you know?”
Nashville Pussy’s MySpace page describes their whiskey-
soaked, sex-infused brand of rock and roll as sounding like
“Lynyrd Skynyrd meets AC/DC high on speed in a sex motel.”
“Fried Chicken and Coffee” from their debut album, 1998’s
Let Them Eat Pussy was nominated for a Grammy for Best
Metal Performance. “It was some kind of fluke,” Cartwright
reminisced. “It was really weird. It’s like, what the fuck? We’re
nominated for a Grammy? Weird. So we went. Nashville Pussy
and Celine Dion...” Nashville was narrowly beaten out by
Metallica. “If we’d lost to Rage Against the Machine, I would’ ve
been mad.”
From Hell to Texas, the follow-up to 2005’s Get Some, was
recorded in Willie Nelson’s home studio. “There was a great vibe
there,” remembered Cartwright. “I wrote a bunch of great lyrics,
staring at all these framed Willie Nelson album covers on this
wall. I smoked out of Willie’s bong that he’s got in his office and
had a bottle of wine and I just sat there and wrote and felt like
TT opening act on what has affectionately been dubbed
p Willie was staring at me. That was great! That was my office for
about a week. Smoking a bong, listening to tunes—I’m at work
man, leave me alone!”
“He sets a high bar...and we had to reach up to get the
“That was my office for about a week. Smoking a bong, listening
to tunes—I’m at work man, leave me alone!” —Blaine Cartwright
drinks,” joked Suys. “It was just far enough out of Austin that it
was really tranquil. It had these beautiful rolling hills and it was
just a gorgeous place to be.”
The lag between albums is due to the bands gruelling tour
schedule; not to mention the member’s other commitments.
“Blaine’s in a band called Nine Pound Hammer,” said Suys.
“And our bass player, [Karen’s] band just broke up; Hemi Cuda.
So we’re basically playing music all the time and it’s really hard
to get all that stuff scheduled.”
You can’t rush a masterpiece, as Cartwright explained. “I
want to make sure each one’s really good before I put it out,
‘cause if it’s not, it’d bug me. If I heard a song, and I didn’t like
it, then I’d go, ‘oh man, I wish we hadn’t put this shit out...I
wish we’d put out something better.’ So I usually wait until I get
inspired.”
Luckily, Nashville’s fifth studio album is anything
but rushed; the Southern fried punkabilly is catchy as hell,
showcasing Suys mastery of her SG guitar and the tight knit
unit’s comfort with their sound and each other. Toronto’s own
Danko Jones even appears on the track “I’m So High.”
In August 2008, Nashville Pussy destroyed the True Metal
Stage at the world’s largest metal festival, Wacken Open Air
in Wacken, Germany. Suys remarkably climbed the side of the
stage, and like a woman possessed she hung there, high above
the crowd, guitar dangling from behind her unplugged. “I beat
the kid from Airbourne to it too,” giggled Suys. “He did it later.
He didn’t climb up as high. I went all the way to the fucking top!
What was funny is that I made it about three quarters of the way
up and then my guitar cord came unplugged and I was like, fuck
it; I’m up here already, show’s over, I may as well go to the top.”
“Tt’s a total natural
progression,” Suys says
of Nashville’s intense
live performance.
“It’s not like ‘Ruyter,
make sure you climb
the thing.’ ‘What the
fuck is she doing up
there?’ There’s nothing conscious about what we do at all. It’s
a very organic thing. I think it comes from doing this over and
over again. You have to come up with new ways to entertain
yourself.”
“Sometimes we don’t even have room to move,” reveals
Cartwright. “We have to set up in front of Motorhead and the
Rev [Reverend Horton Heat]; so climbing’s the only option.”
If Cartwright has his way, Nashville Pussy will be back
across Canada by the spring. He reflected on his tour mates. “A
tour this good is hard to find. I like playing big tours like this; it’s
more like a rock and roll circus. A three ring circus... we’re the
littlest of rings I guess, but it’s still fucking great.”
“We’re the first freakshow,” Suys added of the unbelievable
rock and roll caravan.
When asked if Nashville Pussy had any plans to record
with either Motorhead or the Reverend Horton Heat, there was a
resounding “hell yeah!” from the hard rocking pair.
“Lemmy and I have talked about writing a song together,”
revealed Cartwright. “I told him to write me a song; it just hasn’t
happened yet. Lemmy was supposed to sing on the new record,
but we couldn’t hook the studio thing up. I think he’d been
drinking and there was no land line at the studio, so he had to
call on a cell phone. We recorded it and we did every trick in the
book to make it work and it just sounded like some guy on a cell
phone. He was in England at the time too. We tried, but it just
didn’t happen. It was funny though.”
Any hopes of a b-side? “I don’t think he was even good
enough,” laughed Cartwright. “I don’t even think it exists
anymore.”
13
FEatuRB
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There’s only a few months to go until the
Olympics but Vancouverites are still not fully
on board for the big show. Should Vancou-
ver have even taken on the Olympics in the
first place? Would the money have been bet-
ter used for social programs? Or will the new
infrastructure and international attention im-
prove Vancouver beyond dollars and cents?
2010 Olympics will build a future of athletic success
By Karin Keefe
hat major city has not hosted an Olympic
Games? Who wouldn’t want to join the likes of
Paris, Tokyo, or Berlin? Well, apparently 36 per
cent of the people who cast a vote way back in 2003. I was
one of those who voted “no,” but I admit I have been won
over by the beautiful speed skating oval in Richmond, the
speedy transit route to the airport (the first one in Canada,
I might add) and even though it is not politically correct to
like highway improvements, the new Sea to Sky Highway.
Robson Square is also getting a much-needed facelift.
These games are going to bring us lots of attention
which will pay off in a myriad of ways. In addition to
the infrastructure improvements, there will be a boost to
tourism, our young athletes will be inspired to greatness,
the competing athletes will benefit from the hometown
support, and we will have a two-week party in our town!
There is going to be tremendous energy around the events,
and the City of Vancouver is creating two gathering places,
one in the downtown area and the other in Yaletown, to
give people a place to publicly celebrate.
People often complain about the cost and the hassles.
A lot of people talk about how they are going to rent their
house out and leave town for two weeks. But they forget
how inspiring these games can be. People in Calgary in
1988 got to witness the efforts of ski jumper Eddie “The
Eagle” Edwards and the unlikely bobsled team from
Jamaica. Both stories have been the inspiration for feature
films: Cool Runnings which is based on the experience of
the Jamaican team and the biopic of Eddie “The Eagle”
which is coming out sometime this year.
The Games are about fostering the spirit of
competition and inspiring us all. Watching Cindy Klassen
win a record five medals in Torino makes us realize what is
possible, and hopefully pushes us to do better. For a young
aspiring athlete to witness these achievements in their own
backyard must make a big impact. In the 1988 Calgary
Games, Canada won a total of five medals, but 16 years
later in Torino, the total was 24.
The young people who watched the spunky figure
skater Elizabeth Manley fight for her silver medal, and
Gaetan Boucher win a then-record three medals in the
speed skating oval, were not only inspired to match these
achievements, but they then also had access to a place to
train. The success of the Canadian speed skating team can
be directly attributed to the Calgary Games. Cindy Klassen
and Clara Hughes are two great examples of what can
happen. However, the venues will not only be used to train
athletes, they will also be available to the general public.
We will all get to reap the benefits.
Who can put a price tag on the benefits of civic pride?
Twenty years from now, we will put on our 2010 gear and
gather with the same nostalgia as they did in Calgary last
year and remember these amazing two weeks.
So stop grumbling about the cost overruns, the
increased security near the venues, and the traffic jams.
Put on your red mitts and toque and soak it all in. The
Jamaican bobsled team is planning to return in 2010. Who
knows, Vancouver might be the setting for the sequel, Cool
Runnings: 22 Years Later.
i
More costs to the Olympics than mere dollars
By Janina Stajic
awarded the honour of hosting the 2010 Olympics. I
felt a sense of pride and excitement that our city had
been given this golden opportunity. Then, I returned to my
normal life and promptly forgot about it. After all, 2010
was years away; I had more pressing things to ponder.
Then slowly the vaunted event crept closer, and
reports emerged that made me rethink my staunch support
for these games.
They first told the story of protesters trying to change
the proposed new route of the Sea to Sky highway. They
were adamant the route through Eagleridge Bluffs would
destroy pristine forest and the wetland home of the rare,
red-legged frog. The transportation minister was unmoved,
and although I was concerned, I easily dismissed the
stories... the wetland wasn’t in my backyard.
Then reports surfaced that businesses on Cambie
Street were going out of business due to the disastrous
management of the Canada Line construction. The reply
from the powers that be was businesses should cope as best
they can—it was for the greater glory of the Olympics. It
was then that my dislike of these games took on Olympic
proportions, for I suddenly realized that they are no longer
about the athletes. Instead, the focus is on which city can
give us the biggest bang for the taxpayers buck and there’s
no better example of this then the ever more extravagant
opening and closing ceremonies.
Think about it: How many of us can name gold
medalists from even eight years back? Four years? I do
remember Elvis Stojko but that’s because he was so darned
cute in his funky skating outfit. But I had to Google him to
find out if he had won a medal (he did—silvers in 1994 and
1998.). And then there are all those steroid scandals—is
it possible to believe any participants are simply that
talented? Let’s not forget about the expensive Olympic
infrastructure, which after the games are over, is often
neglected; think Montreal’s decrepit 1976 Olympic stadium
and Athens’ baseball diamond.
|= thrilled back in July 2003, when Vancouver was
You could argue the Olympics promote camaraderie
between countries and athleticism (which heaven knows
we need with our skyrocketing obesity rates). But it seems
today’s Olympics are all about money games and frankly
there’s something wrong with this financial picture.
Our provincial government has just put the finishing
touches on cuts to healthcare. My son’s school (yes,
now it is in my backyard) just lost funding for support
teachers and a librarian. Ever since the Olympics were
awarded, non-profits across B.C. have mysteriously found
their government grants cut. Yet, provincial and federal
governments have unearthed a spare $650 million (and
counting) to fund a two-week sports bonanza.
To make it worse, that figure doesn’t include the
upgrade of the Sea to Sky Highway or the Canada Line.
That money came out of a non-Olympic budget (and costs
are well over $600 million).
What about the “collateral” financial damages? I’ve
mentioned the out-of-business businesses on Cambie
Street. How many people know that a one and a half
month-long restriction has been imposed on small
airlines? In short they won’t be allowed to fly in and out
of Vancouver unless they can get their passengers through
Olympic-approved security, impossible for many of them.
I’m not one to go on about something without
providing a solution, not at all. I have the perfect solution.
Let’s pick two cities, one for the summer games, one for
the winter, to be permanent hosts. So long to wasteful
bidding processes, expensive neglected sports facilities,
and the possibility that governments will be forced to
choose between funding social services or the Olympics.
With all of that money saved, perhaps the Olympics
could turn into a money-making exercise and provide
grants and incentives so athletes from all participating
countries have a shot at a medal (if you really think
Americans are just naturally better athletes then let’s talk).
Now that sounds like a win-win situation.
In the meantime, I’! be exercising my right to fly
away from Vancouver come Olympic time.
Edited Text
There’s only a few months to go until the
Olympics but Vancouverites are still not fully
on board for the big show. Should Vancou-
ver have even taken on the Olympics in the
first place? Would the money have been bet-
ter used for social programs? Or will the new
infrastructure and international attention im-
prove Vancouver beyond dollars and cents?
2010 Olympics will build a future of athletic success
By Karin Keefe
hat major city has not hosted an Olympic
Games? Who wouldn’t want to join the likes of
Paris, Tokyo, or Berlin? Well, apparently 36 per
cent of the people who cast a vote way back in 2003. I was
one of those who voted “no,” but I admit I have been won
over by the beautiful speed skating oval in Richmond, the
speedy transit route to the airport (the first one in Canada,
I might add) and even though it is not politically correct to
like highway improvements, the new Sea to Sky Highway.
Robson Square is also getting a much-needed facelift.
These games are going to bring us lots of attention
which will pay off in a myriad of ways. In addition to
the infrastructure improvements, there will be a boost to
tourism, our young athletes will be inspired to greatness,
the competing athletes will benefit from the hometown
support, and we will have a two-week party in our town!
There is going to be tremendous energy around the events,
and the City of Vancouver is creating two gathering places,
one in the downtown area and the other in Yaletown, to
give people a place to publicly celebrate.
People often complain about the cost and the hassles.
A lot of people talk about how they are going to rent their
house out and leave town for two weeks. But they forget
how inspiring these games can be. People in Calgary in
1988 got to witness the efforts of ski jumper Eddie “The
Eagle” Edwards and the unlikely bobsled team from
Jamaica. Both stories have been the inspiration for feature
films: Cool Runnings which is based on the experience of
the Jamaican team and the biopic of Eddie “The Eagle”
which is coming out sometime this year.
The Games are about fostering the spirit of
competition and inspiring us all. Watching Cindy Klassen
win a record five medals in Torino makes us realize what is
possible, and hopefully pushes us to do better. For a young
aspiring athlete to witness these achievements in their own
backyard must make a big impact. In the 1988 Calgary
Games, Canada won a total of five medals, but 16 years
later in Torino, the total was 24.
The young people who watched the spunky figure
skater Elizabeth Manley fight for her silver medal, and
Gaetan Boucher win a then-record three medals in the
speed skating oval, were not only inspired to match these
achievements, but they then also had access to a place to
train. The success of the Canadian speed skating team can
be directly attributed to the Calgary Games. Cindy Klassen
and Clara Hughes are two great examples of what can
happen. However, the venues will not only be used to train
athletes, they will also be available to the general public.
We will all get to reap the benefits.
Who can put a price tag on the benefits of civic pride?
Twenty years from now, we will put on our 2010 gear and
gather with the same nostalgia as they did in Calgary last
year and remember these amazing two weeks.
So stop grumbling about the cost overruns, the
increased security near the venues, and the traffic jams.
Put on your red mitts and toque and soak it all in. The
Jamaican bobsled team is planning to return in 2010. Who
knows, Vancouver might be the setting for the sequel, Cool
Runnings: 22 Years Later.
i
More costs to the Olympics than mere dollars
By Janina Stajic
awarded the honour of hosting the 2010 Olympics. I
felt a sense of pride and excitement that our city had
been given this golden opportunity. Then, I returned to my
normal life and promptly forgot about it. After all, 2010
was years away; I had more pressing things to ponder.
Then slowly the vaunted event crept closer, and
reports emerged that made me rethink my staunch support
for these games.
They first told the story of protesters trying to change
the proposed new route of the Sea to Sky highway. They
were adamant the route through Eagleridge Bluffs would
destroy pristine forest and the wetland home of the rare,
red-legged frog. The transportation minister was unmoved,
and although I was concerned, I easily dismissed the
stories... the wetland wasn’t in my backyard.
Then reports surfaced that businesses on Cambie
Street were going out of business due to the disastrous
management of the Canada Line construction. The reply
from the powers that be was businesses should cope as best
they can—it was for the greater glory of the Olympics. It
was then that my dislike of these games took on Olympic
proportions, for I suddenly realized that they are no longer
about the athletes. Instead, the focus is on which city can
give us the biggest bang for the taxpayers buck and there’s
no better example of this then the ever more extravagant
opening and closing ceremonies.
Think about it: How many of us can name gold
medalists from even eight years back? Four years? I do
remember Elvis Stojko but that’s because he was so darned
cute in his funky skating outfit. But I had to Google him to
find out if he had won a medal (he did—silvers in 1994 and
1998.). And then there are all those steroid scandals—is
it possible to believe any participants are simply that
talented? Let’s not forget about the expensive Olympic
infrastructure, which after the games are over, is often
neglected; think Montreal’s decrepit 1976 Olympic stadium
and Athens’ baseball diamond.
|= thrilled back in July 2003, when Vancouver was
You could argue the Olympics promote camaraderie
between countries and athleticism (which heaven knows
we need with our skyrocketing obesity rates). But it seems
today’s Olympics are all about money games and frankly
there’s something wrong with this financial picture.
Our provincial government has just put the finishing
touches on cuts to healthcare. My son’s school (yes,
now it is in my backyard) just lost funding for support
teachers and a librarian. Ever since the Olympics were
awarded, non-profits across B.C. have mysteriously found
their government grants cut. Yet, provincial and federal
governments have unearthed a spare $650 million (and
counting) to fund a two-week sports bonanza.
To make it worse, that figure doesn’t include the
upgrade of the Sea to Sky Highway or the Canada Line.
That money came out of a non-Olympic budget (and costs
are well over $600 million).
What about the “collateral” financial damages? I’ve
mentioned the out-of-business businesses on Cambie
Street. How many people know that a one and a half
month-long restriction has been imposed on small
airlines? In short they won’t be allowed to fly in and out
of Vancouver unless they can get their passengers through
Olympic-approved security, impossible for many of them.
I’m not one to go on about something without
providing a solution, not at all. I have the perfect solution.
Let’s pick two cities, one for the summer games, one for
the winter, to be permanent hosts. So long to wasteful
bidding processes, expensive neglected sports facilities,
and the possibility that governments will be forced to
choose between funding social services or the Olympics.
With all of that money saved, perhaps the Olympics
could turn into a money-making exercise and provide
grants and incentives so athletes from all participating
countries have a shot at a medal (if you really think
Americans are just naturally better athletes then let’s talk).
Now that sounds like a win-win situation.
In the meantime, I’! be exercising my right to fly
away from Vancouver come Olympic time.
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SS Keantlen 1 at 3 Capilano 3:00 pm North Vancouver = UNBC 1 at 3 Langara Burnaby (Riverway)
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TRU 0 at 0 VIL 2:00 pm Nanaimo (Mariner Field) Quest 2 at 2 Douglas 2:00 pm Coquitlam (Towncentre) feeneh
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Douglas 5 at 1 UBC-O Kelowna TRU 1 at 1 UNBC Prince George
Kwantlen 1 at 3 TRU Kamloops Monday, October 12, 2009
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3 UNBC Timberwolves 12 4 6 2 14 13 25 -10 3 Capilano University Blues 9 1 5 3 6 8 18 -10
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= 00: 8 at 2 “ve 3:00 pm Nanaimo (Mariner Field) x Quest 0 at 2 Kwantlen 12:00 pm Surrey (Newton)
8 BC 0 at 1 Douglas 3:00 pm. Coquitlam (Towncentre) 3 TRU 3 at 1 UBC-O Kelowna
SS Keantlen 1 at 3 Capilano 3:00 pm North Vancouver = UNBC 1 at 3 Langara Burnaby (Riverway)
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Douglas 5 at 1 UBC-O Kelowna TRU 1 at 1 UNBC Prince George
Kwantlen 1 at 3 TRU Kamloops Monday, October 12, 2009
Kwanilen 0 at 9 Dovglas Coquitlam (Towncentre)
2009 - 2010 National Championships
Women’s Soccer
BCCAA Week 6
HintGs
ECs
Bnwe
WDINGS )
GpA Hy § Group Pid Ww L x PIS | GE GA +#/- GrpB Womens G Pid w L z PTS | GF a
Seed Seed
1 Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack 10 6 2 2 20 23 12 +1 1 Langara College Falcons 9 8 0 1 25 22 4 +18
2 UBC Okanagan Heat 10 4 3 3 15 15 i] +4 2 Vancouver Island University Mariners 9 $ 1 3 18 Es, 12 7S.
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care for their pets during a disaster.
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Animal Heath Technology students Paloma MacDonald and Kelly Cowden promote Animal Health Week and the “Care to Prepare” program, which encourages pet owners to learn how to
care for their pets during a disaster.
Japanese language students just clowning around. The DSU is collecting donations for a food drive at David Lam.
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care for their pets during a disaster.
Japanese language students just clowning around. The DSU is collecting donations for a food drive at David Lam.
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Stephen Harper fails as the fifth Beatle. The Lost Symbol lives up to the hype
Prime minister displays hypocrisy by chumming with artists his govemment has hurt
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor How about when you meet with all
your political buddies, Steve? The majority
f there were a catastrophic event that of those are not televised and usually it ends
[== the United States and called for up costing a lot more than any artistic event
the government’s help, then they would does.
be there. Remember 9/11? Or Hurricane Second, where are these rich
Katrina? How about that Florida election musicians? Are you talking about
thing? Nickelback and Avril Lavigne? Famous
Our government simply doesn’t care musicians will be famous and have money
about the arts, and that’s a flat out truth. If coming in just so long as they have a name
Kanye West were a Canadian, he would to go on. What Harper is cutting from
be on television right now spewing out the arts affects those who are young and
his views on how “Stephen Harper hates learning the piano, or taking dance classes,
artists.” or being trained in classical theatre. I can
Unlike Bush’s neglecting to pay guarantee that they are not rich.
attention to the situation in New Orleans, Harper sat down at the piano with
Stephen Harper purposely went out of popular children’s toy Yo-Yo Ma, and
his way to eliminate just about all artistic performed The Beatles’ “With a Little Help
expenses that cut into Canadian tax payer’s From My Friends” at a “rich gala.” What
pockets. The damage? About $44 millionin a hypocrite. What’s worse? His overall
“The man who took a hatchet to the arts has now proven himself
wrong by registering with ordinary people at the same kind of gala
that he believed no longer needed to exist.”
programs and financial support, and not to approval rating went up!
mention robbing this country of an artistic The man who took a hatchet to the
identity. arts has now proven himself wrong by
Harper’s reasoning for cutting somuch _ registering with ordinary people at the same
financial support is just about the biggest kind of gala that he believed no longer
load of bullshit to come out of Ottawa needed to exist. Way to go, Stephen.
since their attempt at a CFL franchise. What Harper has successfully done is
Harper stated, “When an average person told everyone not to eat from the chocolate
sees a bunch of rich musicians at a gala cake, and then let people like him finish the
celebrating themselves, I just don’t think last slice with Yo-Yo Ma. That tool!
that’s something that registers with ordinary Harper is only the next in a long line of
people.” world leaders that have done something out
My first objection to this is calling of character to boost approval ratings, like
events “gala celebrations.” Where are Mulroney chumming it up in rhyme with his
these galas? What is a gala? As far as I’m Irish brother Ronald Reagan, or Trudeau’s
concerned, the only “gala” type events prancing antics with a rose on his lapel. I By Garth McLennan melds a number of genres. While it is
we have are award shows and televised can imagine that a publicity stunt gone right : primarily a classic mystery, it also is filled
performances. These are put on TV for the is one of the most satisfying feelings that a lollowing a successful book is no with action, adventure and in Dan Brown
general population to see, so saying thatno —shhuman being can have. R= task, and it is rare that the fashion, plenty of factual history.
one benefits from it is a bunch of garbage. sequel is as good as its predecessor. The Lost Symbol is canonical to The
Following one of the best-selling books of | Da Vinci Code, and this time it follows
all time is something else entirely. Robert Langdon as he races through
But that is exactly what rock star Washington, D.C. in search of his mentor
author Dan Brown has done with the Peter Solomon and uncovers the hidden
recent release of The Lost Symbol, secrets and mysteries of the Freemasons
the next instalment of a franchise that and the birth of America itself.
spawned The Da Vinci Code, which has Like all Brown novels, The Lost
sold approximately 80 million copies to Symbol is structured in short, two to three
date since its original publishing in 2003. page chapters that almost always end on a
The Da Vinci Code rocked the world __ cliff-hanger, and will have you burning to
with its explosive allegations against the read more. At 528 pages it is a longer than
Catholic Church and has subsequently The Da Vinci Code and the actual writing
become one of the most well-known is much improved. Once you get into this
books of our time, and a multi-million book you will not be able to put it down
dollar movie franchise starring Tom as it doubles as a thrilling story as well as
Hanks and its own institution. a very interesting read about secret U.S.
It is understandable then that history.
The Lost Symbol was released with a All of the characters are well
considerable amount of hype. After all, rounded and easy to like or hate. Langdon
it earned a pre-release cover story in once again makes for a compelling and
Maclean's magazine and is already one of __ realistic hero that is easy for the reader to
Amazon’s best-selling books of the year connect with. After the initial introductory
and became the fastest-selling adult book _ period the book moves quickly with the
in history with an astounding one million pace of an action-thriller.
copies sold on its opening day. The Lost There’s little doubt that The Lost
Symbol isn’t just hype though; itis a great | Symbol will an all time best seller some
read worthy of the instalment that came day soon and be made into its own
before it. blockbuster film. This is one book you
Just like The Da Vinci Code, The don’t want to miss.
Lost Symbol is a gripping novel that
15
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Stephen Harper fails as the fifth Beatle. The Lost Symbol lives up to the hype
Prime minister displays hypocrisy by chumming with artists his govemment has hurt
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor How about when you meet with all
your political buddies, Steve? The majority
f there were a catastrophic event that of those are not televised and usually it ends
[== the United States and called for up costing a lot more than any artistic event
the government’s help, then they would does.
be there. Remember 9/11? Or Hurricane Second, where are these rich
Katrina? How about that Florida election musicians? Are you talking about
thing? Nickelback and Avril Lavigne? Famous
Our government simply doesn’t care musicians will be famous and have money
about the arts, and that’s a flat out truth. If coming in just so long as they have a name
Kanye West were a Canadian, he would to go on. What Harper is cutting from
be on television right now spewing out the arts affects those who are young and
his views on how “Stephen Harper hates learning the piano, or taking dance classes,
artists.” or being trained in classical theatre. I can
Unlike Bush’s neglecting to pay guarantee that they are not rich.
attention to the situation in New Orleans, Harper sat down at the piano with
Stephen Harper purposely went out of popular children’s toy Yo-Yo Ma, and
his way to eliminate just about all artistic performed The Beatles’ “With a Little Help
expenses that cut into Canadian tax payer’s From My Friends” at a “rich gala.” What
pockets. The damage? About $44 millionin a hypocrite. What’s worse? His overall
“The man who took a hatchet to the arts has now proven himself
wrong by registering with ordinary people at the same kind of gala
that he believed no longer needed to exist.”
programs and financial support, and not to approval rating went up!
mention robbing this country of an artistic The man who took a hatchet to the
identity. arts has now proven himself wrong by
Harper’s reasoning for cutting somuch _ registering with ordinary people at the same
financial support is just about the biggest kind of gala that he believed no longer
load of bullshit to come out of Ottawa needed to exist. Way to go, Stephen.
since their attempt at a CFL franchise. What Harper has successfully done is
Harper stated, “When an average person told everyone not to eat from the chocolate
sees a bunch of rich musicians at a gala cake, and then let people like him finish the
celebrating themselves, I just don’t think last slice with Yo-Yo Ma. That tool!
that’s something that registers with ordinary Harper is only the next in a long line of
people.” world leaders that have done something out
My first objection to this is calling of character to boost approval ratings, like
events “gala celebrations.” Where are Mulroney chumming it up in rhyme with his
these galas? What is a gala? As far as I’m Irish brother Ronald Reagan, or Trudeau’s
concerned, the only “gala” type events prancing antics with a rose on his lapel. I By Garth McLennan melds a number of genres. While it is
we have are award shows and televised can imagine that a publicity stunt gone right : primarily a classic mystery, it also is filled
performances. These are put on TV for the is one of the most satisfying feelings that a lollowing a successful book is no with action, adventure and in Dan Brown
general population to see, so saying thatno —shhuman being can have. R= task, and it is rare that the fashion, plenty of factual history.
one benefits from it is a bunch of garbage. sequel is as good as its predecessor. The Lost Symbol is canonical to The
Following one of the best-selling books of | Da Vinci Code, and this time it follows
all time is something else entirely. Robert Langdon as he races through
But that is exactly what rock star Washington, D.C. in search of his mentor
author Dan Brown has done with the Peter Solomon and uncovers the hidden
recent release of The Lost Symbol, secrets and mysteries of the Freemasons
the next instalment of a franchise that and the birth of America itself.
spawned The Da Vinci Code, which has Like all Brown novels, The Lost
sold approximately 80 million copies to Symbol is structured in short, two to three
date since its original publishing in 2003. page chapters that almost always end on a
The Da Vinci Code rocked the world __ cliff-hanger, and will have you burning to
with its explosive allegations against the read more. At 528 pages it is a longer than
Catholic Church and has subsequently The Da Vinci Code and the actual writing
become one of the most well-known is much improved. Once you get into this
books of our time, and a multi-million book you will not be able to put it down
dollar movie franchise starring Tom as it doubles as a thrilling story as well as
Hanks and its own institution. a very interesting read about secret U.S.
It is understandable then that history.
The Lost Symbol was released with a All of the characters are well
considerable amount of hype. After all, rounded and easy to like or hate. Langdon
it earned a pre-release cover story in once again makes for a compelling and
Maclean's magazine and is already one of __ realistic hero that is easy for the reader to
Amazon’s best-selling books of the year connect with. After the initial introductory
and became the fastest-selling adult book _ period the book moves quickly with the
in history with an astounding one million pace of an action-thriller.
copies sold on its opening day. The Lost There’s little doubt that The Lost
Symbol isn’t just hype though; itis a great | Symbol will an all time best seller some
read worthy of the instalment that came day soon and be made into its own
before it. blockbuster film. This is one book you
Just like The Da Vinci Code, The don’t want to miss.
Lost Symbol is a gripping novel that
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a
Edited Text
Tua
Stephen Harper fails as the fifth Beatle. The Lost Symbol lives up to the hype
Prime minister displays hypocrisy by chumming with artists his govemment has hurt
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor How about when you meet with all
your political buddies, Steve? The majority
f there were a catastrophic event that of those are not televised and usually it ends
[== the United States and called for up costing a lot more than any artistic event
the government’s help, then they would does.
be there. Remember 9/11? Or Hurricane Second, where are these rich
Katrina? How about that Florida election musicians? Are you talking about
thing? Nickelback and Avril Lavigne? Famous
Our government simply doesn’t care musicians will be famous and have money
about the arts, and that’s a flat out truth. If coming in just so long as they have a name
Kanye West were a Canadian, he would to go on. What Harper is cutting from
be on television right now spewing out the arts affects those who are young and
his views on how “Stephen Harper hates learning the piano, or taking dance classes,
artists.” or being trained in classical theatre. I can
Unlike Bush’s neglecting to pay guarantee that they are not rich.
attention to the situation in New Orleans, Harper sat down at the piano with
Stephen Harper purposely went out of popular children’s toy Yo-Yo Ma, and
his way to eliminate just about all artistic performed The Beatles’ “With a Little Help
expenses that cut into Canadian tax payer’s From My Friends” at a “rich gala.” What
pockets. The damage? About $44 millionin a hypocrite. What’s worse? His overall
“The man who took a hatchet to the arts has now proven himself
wrong by registering with ordinary people at the same kind of gala
that he believed no longer needed to exist.”
programs and financial support, and not to approval rating went up!
mention robbing this country of an artistic The man who took a hatchet to the
identity. arts has now proven himself wrong by
Harper’s reasoning for cutting somuch _ registering with ordinary people at the same
financial support is just about the biggest kind of gala that he believed no longer
load of bullshit to come out of Ottawa needed to exist. Way to go, Stephen.
since their attempt at a CFL franchise. What Harper has successfully done is
Harper stated, “When an average person told everyone not to eat from the chocolate
sees a bunch of rich musicians at a gala cake, and then let people like him finish the
celebrating themselves, I just don’t think last slice with Yo-Yo Ma. That tool!
that’s something that registers with ordinary Harper is only the next in a long line of
people.” world leaders that have done something out
My first objection to this is calling of character to boost approval ratings, like
events “gala celebrations.” Where are Mulroney chumming it up in rhyme with his
these galas? What is a gala? As far as I’m Irish brother Ronald Reagan, or Trudeau’s
concerned, the only “gala” type events prancing antics with a rose on his lapel. I By Garth McLennan melds a number of genres. While it is
we have are award shows and televised can imagine that a publicity stunt gone right : primarily a classic mystery, it also is filled
performances. These are put on TV for the is one of the most satisfying feelings that a lollowing a successful book is no with action, adventure and in Dan Brown
general population to see, so saying thatno —shhuman being can have. R= task, and it is rare that the fashion, plenty of factual history.
one benefits from it is a bunch of garbage. sequel is as good as its predecessor. The Lost Symbol is canonical to The
Following one of the best-selling books of | Da Vinci Code, and this time it follows
all time is something else entirely. Robert Langdon as he races through
But that is exactly what rock star Washington, D.C. in search of his mentor
author Dan Brown has done with the Peter Solomon and uncovers the hidden
recent release of The Lost Symbol, secrets and mysteries of the Freemasons
the next instalment of a franchise that and the birth of America itself.
spawned The Da Vinci Code, which has Like all Brown novels, The Lost
sold approximately 80 million copies to Symbol is structured in short, two to three
date since its original publishing in 2003. page chapters that almost always end on a
The Da Vinci Code rocked the world __ cliff-hanger, and will have you burning to
with its explosive allegations against the read more. At 528 pages it is a longer than
Catholic Church and has subsequently The Da Vinci Code and the actual writing
become one of the most well-known is much improved. Once you get into this
books of our time, and a multi-million book you will not be able to put it down
dollar movie franchise starring Tom as it doubles as a thrilling story as well as
Hanks and its own institution. a very interesting read about secret U.S.
It is understandable then that history.
The Lost Symbol was released with a All of the characters are well
considerable amount of hype. After all, rounded and easy to like or hate. Langdon
it earned a pre-release cover story in once again makes for a compelling and
Maclean's magazine and is already one of __ realistic hero that is easy for the reader to
Amazon’s best-selling books of the year connect with. After the initial introductory
and became the fastest-selling adult book _ period the book moves quickly with the
in history with an astounding one million pace of an action-thriller.
copies sold on its opening day. The Lost There’s little doubt that The Lost
Symbol isn’t just hype though; itis a great | Symbol will an all time best seller some
read worthy of the instalment that came day soon and be made into its own
before it. blockbuster film. This is one book you
Just like The Da Vinci Code, The don’t want to miss.
Lost Symbol is a gripping novel that
15
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Stephen Harper fails as the fifth Beatle. The Lost Symbol lives up to the hype
Prime minister displays hypocrisy by chumming with artists his govemment has hurt
By Jay Schreiber, Arts Editor How about when you meet with all
your political buddies, Steve? The majority
f there were a catastrophic event that of those are not televised and usually it ends
[== the United States and called for up costing a lot more than any artistic event
the government’s help, then they would does.
be there. Remember 9/11? Or Hurricane Second, where are these rich
Katrina? How about that Florida election musicians? Are you talking about
thing? Nickelback and Avril Lavigne? Famous
Our government simply doesn’t care musicians will be famous and have money
about the arts, and that’s a flat out truth. If coming in just so long as they have a name
Kanye West were a Canadian, he would to go on. What Harper is cutting from
be on television right now spewing out the arts affects those who are young and
his views on how “Stephen Harper hates learning the piano, or taking dance classes,
artists.” or being trained in classical theatre. I can
Unlike Bush’s neglecting to pay guarantee that they are not rich.
attention to the situation in New Orleans, Harper sat down at the piano with
Stephen Harper purposely went out of popular children’s toy Yo-Yo Ma, and
his way to eliminate just about all artistic performed The Beatles’ “With a Little Help
expenses that cut into Canadian tax payer’s From My Friends” at a “rich gala.” What
pockets. The damage? About $44 millionin a hypocrite. What’s worse? His overall
“The man who took a hatchet to the arts has now proven himself
wrong by registering with ordinary people at the same kind of gala
that he believed no longer needed to exist.”
programs and financial support, and not to approval rating went up!
mention robbing this country of an artistic The man who took a hatchet to the
identity. arts has now proven himself wrong by
Harper’s reasoning for cutting somuch _ registering with ordinary people at the same
financial support is just about the biggest kind of gala that he believed no longer
load of bullshit to come out of Ottawa needed to exist. Way to go, Stephen.
since their attempt at a CFL franchise. What Harper has successfully done is
Harper stated, “When an average person told everyone not to eat from the chocolate
sees a bunch of rich musicians at a gala cake, and then let people like him finish the
celebrating themselves, I just don’t think last slice with Yo-Yo Ma. That tool!
that’s something that registers with ordinary Harper is only the next in a long line of
people.” world leaders that have done something out
My first objection to this is calling of character to boost approval ratings, like
events “gala celebrations.” Where are Mulroney chumming it up in rhyme with his
these galas? What is a gala? As far as I’m Irish brother Ronald Reagan, or Trudeau’s
concerned, the only “gala” type events prancing antics with a rose on his lapel. I By Garth McLennan melds a number of genres. While it is
we have are award shows and televised can imagine that a publicity stunt gone right : primarily a classic mystery, it also is filled
performances. These are put on TV for the is one of the most satisfying feelings that a lollowing a successful book is no with action, adventure and in Dan Brown
general population to see, so saying thatno —shhuman being can have. R= task, and it is rare that the fashion, plenty of factual history.
one benefits from it is a bunch of garbage. sequel is as good as its predecessor. The Lost Symbol is canonical to The
Following one of the best-selling books of | Da Vinci Code, and this time it follows
all time is something else entirely. Robert Langdon as he races through
But that is exactly what rock star Washington, D.C. in search of his mentor
author Dan Brown has done with the Peter Solomon and uncovers the hidden
recent release of The Lost Symbol, secrets and mysteries of the Freemasons
the next instalment of a franchise that and the birth of America itself.
spawned The Da Vinci Code, which has Like all Brown novels, The Lost
sold approximately 80 million copies to Symbol is structured in short, two to three
date since its original publishing in 2003. page chapters that almost always end on a
The Da Vinci Code rocked the world __ cliff-hanger, and will have you burning to
with its explosive allegations against the read more. At 528 pages it is a longer than
Catholic Church and has subsequently The Da Vinci Code and the actual writing
become one of the most well-known is much improved. Once you get into this
books of our time, and a multi-million book you will not be able to put it down
dollar movie franchise starring Tom as it doubles as a thrilling story as well as
Hanks and its own institution. a very interesting read about secret U.S.
It is understandable then that history.
The Lost Symbol was released with a All of the characters are well
considerable amount of hype. After all, rounded and easy to like or hate. Langdon
it earned a pre-release cover story in once again makes for a compelling and
Maclean's magazine and is already one of __ realistic hero that is easy for the reader to
Amazon’s best-selling books of the year connect with. After the initial introductory
and became the fastest-selling adult book _ period the book moves quickly with the
in history with an astounding one million pace of an action-thriller.
copies sold on its opening day. The Lost There’s little doubt that The Lost
Symbol isn’t just hype though; itis a great | Symbol will an all time best seller some
read worthy of the instalment that came day soon and be made into its own
before it. blockbuster film. This is one book you
Just like The Da Vinci Code, The don’t want to miss.
Lost Symbol is a gripping novel that
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Turtle power
Dredging of Burnaby Lake threatens endangered turtles
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
project to dredge Burnaby Lake has been put
A: hold because of the threat to a group of
ndangered turtles. The dredging involves the
removal of mud and vegetation that has built up in the
lake, a process that could potentially harm the turtles.
It has not been dredged since 1971, the result being a
decrease in the lake’s usable surface area. In the past,
Burnaby Lake has been host to major rowing competitions
and some worry that if the lake is left undredged it will
continue to fill to the detriment of its recreational-and
environmental assets.
Like any environmental issue, there always
seems be a controversy. The lake happens to be home
to approximately 100 western painted turtles, what
is believed to be the largest population in the Lower
Mainland. The turtles, however, are not just any old
turtles; they are at the highest level of endangerment, next
to extinction, in Canada. They are protected under the
Species at Risk Act and it is a criminal offence to “kill,
harm or harass” an endangered or threatened species.
The Ministry of Environment wanted the City to do
telemetry work before the dredging process began. The
study involves tagging the turtles and tracking them with
a radio receiver to see where they are in the lake, making
it easier to move them out of the way. The city has been
Lofmton
planning to dredge the lake for the last five years and the
dredging was supposed to start on Wednesday, September
23. Everything was thought to be in order when the
project was delayed until the city can acquire a wildlife-
salvaging permit from the Ministry of Environment.
Apparently the city did not apply for the permits in time to
get the research done. a
The problem now is it is too late; the turtles have
gone into hibernation. When the turtles hibernate, they
sink into the mud making their salvage very difficult.
If dredging goes ahead without proper accountability,
there is a high probability that some of the turtle will be
“chopped up” along with the mud and vegetation. While
the city and biologists try to figure out the best steps to
take, the dredging equipment waits, costing taxpayers an
estimated $20,000 a day. .
Any controversial environmental issue involves
stakeholders on both side of the argument who feel
very strongly about their position. The protection of
an endangered species is something that should never
be undermined. The western painted turtle play an
important role in the diversity of this ecosystem and
efforts should be made to maintain their populations. On
the flipside, outdoor recreation sites play an important
role in community health and environmental awareness.
Hopefully both sides can work together and find a
mutually beneficial solution.
Breathing not so easy
Canada is taking drunk-d
+
By Angela Espinoza
Canada with safer streets, would you do it?
No questions asked? You wouldn’t have to
do a thing; all the work would be done for you.
It’s a win-win situation. All you have to do is just
drive along without a care in the world... until
you reach the next checkpoint... and the one after
that...
The Canadian government has considered
passing a federal law that allows police to
administer random breathalyzer tests to drivers.
This would allow police to pull over anyone
on the suspicion of DUI. But how would the
police go about deciding whom to stop? Well,
there’s always the tried and “proven” method of
profiling.
These types of searches can lead to a total
invasion of privacy. After all, if this law were
|: you were given the opportunity to provide
iving laws to the next level
ago. Yes, the law is somewhat an invasion of
privacy. But the idea itself isn’t exactly something
terrible—so long as it’s executed properly and not
abused by our supposed “betters.”
Similar laws have been passed throughout
Europe and Australia. Unfortunately, Europe has
a reputation for abusing such laws. On a recent
trip to Europe, I found that it wasn’t uncommon
for police to stop a person who did not look
“European.” But results in Australia have been
positive: not so much that drunk drivers are
being constantly ripped off the streets, but that
the number of DUIs has decreased rapidly due to
personal decisions not to drive.
What some of you may not know is that
current drunk-driving laws require that an
officer actually have reason to suspect a motorist
of being drunk. So for those of you that have
mastered the art of masking your intoxication,
congratulations —just please don’t do it on my
Enterto win $2500!
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The issues of sustainability, climate change and energy conservation
affect us all. And at BC Hydro, we believe the agents of change for
tomorrow are the youth of today. So, if you’re between 13 and 24
to pass, who knows what could result. Will the
profiling start when your attire is scruffier than
the driver in front of you? Who’s to say they
won't start coming door-to-door for random
house inspections? What if we can no longer
speak openly in fear that Big Brother is watching?
Will profiling turn segments of the community
into social outcast?
Well, first of all, for those actually jumping
to these conclusions, calm down. This is exactly
how people reacted-when our first federal
drinking-driving law was passed exactly 40 years
street.
With the threat to civil liberties by the
proposed law, it’s easy to understand why people
would fear such a thing. But with death counts in
the high hundreds as a result of drunk driving, the
government has a strong argument.
Like many good ideas and helpful laws, their
abuse tends to come quickly, and the negative
results can be quite severe. If the law passes, we
can only hope the results won’t be damning to our
society.
and have ideas about energy sustainability, we want to hear them
in an essay or video. You could win one of four $2,500 prizes!
Tell your friends about it and they can vote for you online!
VISIT INVENTTHEFUTURE.CA
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Dredging of Burnaby Lake threatens endangered turtles
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
project to dredge Burnaby Lake has been put
A: hold because of the threat to a group of
ndangered turtles. The dredging involves the
removal of mud and vegetation that has built up in the
lake, a process that could potentially harm the turtles.
It has not been dredged since 1971, the result being a
decrease in the lake’s usable surface area. In the past,
Burnaby Lake has been host to major rowing competitions
and some worry that if the lake is left undredged it will
continue to fill to the detriment of its recreational-and
environmental assets.
Like any environmental issue, there always
seems be a controversy. The lake happens to be home
to approximately 100 western painted turtles, what
is believed to be the largest population in the Lower
Mainland. The turtles, however, are not just any old
turtles; they are at the highest level of endangerment, next
to extinction, in Canada. They are protected under the
Species at Risk Act and it is a criminal offence to “kill,
harm or harass” an endangered or threatened species.
The Ministry of Environment wanted the City to do
telemetry work before the dredging process began. The
study involves tagging the turtles and tracking them with
a radio receiver to see where they are in the lake, making
it easier to move them out of the way. The city has been
Lofmton
planning to dredge the lake for the last five years and the
dredging was supposed to start on Wednesday, September
23. Everything was thought to be in order when the
project was delayed until the city can acquire a wildlife-
salvaging permit from the Ministry of Environment.
Apparently the city did not apply for the permits in time to
get the research done. a
The problem now is it is too late; the turtles have
gone into hibernation. When the turtles hibernate, they
sink into the mud making their salvage very difficult.
If dredging goes ahead without proper accountability,
there is a high probability that some of the turtle will be
“chopped up” along with the mud and vegetation. While
the city and biologists try to figure out the best steps to
take, the dredging equipment waits, costing taxpayers an
estimated $20,000 a day. .
Any controversial environmental issue involves
stakeholders on both side of the argument who feel
very strongly about their position. The protection of
an endangered species is something that should never
be undermined. The western painted turtle play an
important role in the diversity of this ecosystem and
efforts should be made to maintain their populations. On
the flipside, outdoor recreation sites play an important
role in community health and environmental awareness.
Hopefully both sides can work together and find a
mutually beneficial solution.
Breathing not so easy
Canada is taking drunk-d
+
By Angela Espinoza
Canada with safer streets, would you do it?
No questions asked? You wouldn’t have to
do a thing; all the work would be done for you.
It’s a win-win situation. All you have to do is just
drive along without a care in the world... until
you reach the next checkpoint... and the one after
that...
The Canadian government has considered
passing a federal law that allows police to
administer random breathalyzer tests to drivers.
This would allow police to pull over anyone
on the suspicion of DUI. But how would the
police go about deciding whom to stop? Well,
there’s always the tried and “proven” method of
profiling.
These types of searches can lead to a total
invasion of privacy. After all, if this law were
|: you were given the opportunity to provide
iving laws to the next level
ago. Yes, the law is somewhat an invasion of
privacy. But the idea itself isn’t exactly something
terrible—so long as it’s executed properly and not
abused by our supposed “betters.”
Similar laws have been passed throughout
Europe and Australia. Unfortunately, Europe has
a reputation for abusing such laws. On a recent
trip to Europe, I found that it wasn’t uncommon
for police to stop a person who did not look
“European.” But results in Australia have been
positive: not so much that drunk drivers are
being constantly ripped off the streets, but that
the number of DUIs has decreased rapidly due to
personal decisions not to drive.
What some of you may not know is that
current drunk-driving laws require that an
officer actually have reason to suspect a motorist
of being drunk. So for those of you that have
mastered the art of masking your intoxication,
congratulations —just please don’t do it on my
Enterto win $2500!
WE’RE LOOKING
FOR GREAT IDEAS
TO PROMOTE
SUSTAINABILITY.
AN EXHAUST PLUG ISN’T ONE.
The issues of sustainability, climate change and energy conservation
affect us all. And at BC Hydro, we believe the agents of change for
tomorrow are the youth of today. So, if you’re between 13 and 24
to pass, who knows what could result. Will the
profiling start when your attire is scruffier than
the driver in front of you? Who’s to say they
won't start coming door-to-door for random
house inspections? What if we can no longer
speak openly in fear that Big Brother is watching?
Will profiling turn segments of the community
into social outcast?
Well, first of all, for those actually jumping
to these conclusions, calm down. This is exactly
how people reacted-when our first federal
drinking-driving law was passed exactly 40 years
street.
With the threat to civil liberties by the
proposed law, it’s easy to understand why people
would fear such a thing. But with death counts in
the high hundreds as a result of drunk driving, the
government has a strong argument.
Like many good ideas and helpful laws, their
abuse tends to come quickly, and the negative
results can be quite severe. If the law passes, we
can only hope the results won’t be damning to our
society.
and have ideas about energy sustainability, we want to hear them
in an essay or video. You could win one of four $2,500 prizes!
Tell your friends about it and they can vote for you online!
VISIT INVENTTHEFUTURE.CA
BChydro &
powersmart
= Galt Isiende
Fite + Seierbata Some
FREYOND
Edited Text
Turtle power
Dredging of Burnaby Lake threatens endangered turtles
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
project to dredge Burnaby Lake has been put
A: hold because of the threat to a group of
ndangered turtles. The dredging involves the
removal of mud and vegetation that has built up in the
lake, a process that could potentially harm the turtles.
It has not been dredged since 1971, the result being a
decrease in the lake’s usable surface area. In the past,
Burnaby Lake has been host to major rowing competitions
and some worry that if the lake is left undredged it will
continue to fill to the detriment of its recreational-and
environmental assets.
Like any environmental issue, there always
seems be a controversy. The lake happens to be home
to approximately 100 western painted turtles, what
is believed to be the largest population in the Lower
Mainland. The turtles, however, are not just any old
turtles; they are at the highest level of endangerment, next
to extinction, in Canada. They are protected under the
Species at Risk Act and it is a criminal offence to “kill,
harm or harass” an endangered or threatened species.
The Ministry of Environment wanted the City to do
telemetry work before the dredging process began. The
study involves tagging the turtles and tracking them with
a radio receiver to see where they are in the lake, making
it easier to move them out of the way. The city has been
Lofmton
planning to dredge the lake for the last five years and the
dredging was supposed to start on Wednesday, September
23. Everything was thought to be in order when the
project was delayed until the city can acquire a wildlife-
salvaging permit from the Ministry of Environment.
Apparently the city did not apply for the permits in time to
get the research done. a
The problem now is it is too late; the turtles have
gone into hibernation. When the turtles hibernate, they
sink into the mud making their salvage very difficult.
If dredging goes ahead without proper accountability,
there is a high probability that some of the turtle will be
“chopped up” along with the mud and vegetation. While
the city and biologists try to figure out the best steps to
take, the dredging equipment waits, costing taxpayers an
estimated $20,000 a day. .
Any controversial environmental issue involves
stakeholders on both side of the argument who feel
very strongly about their position. The protection of
an endangered species is something that should never
be undermined. The western painted turtle play an
important role in the diversity of this ecosystem and
efforts should be made to maintain their populations. On
the flipside, outdoor recreation sites play an important
role in community health and environmental awareness.
Hopefully both sides can work together and find a
mutually beneficial solution.
Breathing not so easy
Canada is taking drunk-d
+
By Angela Espinoza
Canada with safer streets, would you do it?
No questions asked? You wouldn’t have to
do a thing; all the work would be done for you.
It’s a win-win situation. All you have to do is just
drive along without a care in the world... until
you reach the next checkpoint... and the one after
that...
The Canadian government has considered
passing a federal law that allows police to
administer random breathalyzer tests to drivers.
This would allow police to pull over anyone
on the suspicion of DUI. But how would the
police go about deciding whom to stop? Well,
there’s always the tried and “proven” method of
profiling.
These types of searches can lead to a total
invasion of privacy. After all, if this law were
|: you were given the opportunity to provide
iving laws to the next level
ago. Yes, the law is somewhat an invasion of
privacy. But the idea itself isn’t exactly something
terrible—so long as it’s executed properly and not
abused by our supposed “betters.”
Similar laws have been passed throughout
Europe and Australia. Unfortunately, Europe has
a reputation for abusing such laws. On a recent
trip to Europe, I found that it wasn’t uncommon
for police to stop a person who did not look
“European.” But results in Australia have been
positive: not so much that drunk drivers are
being constantly ripped off the streets, but that
the number of DUIs has decreased rapidly due to
personal decisions not to drive.
What some of you may not know is that
current drunk-driving laws require that an
officer actually have reason to suspect a motorist
of being drunk. So for those of you that have
mastered the art of masking your intoxication,
congratulations —just please don’t do it on my
Enterto win $2500!
WE’RE LOOKING
FOR GREAT IDEAS
TO PROMOTE
SUSTAINABILITY.
AN EXHAUST PLUG ISN’T ONE.
The issues of sustainability, climate change and energy conservation
affect us all. And at BC Hydro, we believe the agents of change for
tomorrow are the youth of today. So, if you’re between 13 and 24
to pass, who knows what could result. Will the
profiling start when your attire is scruffier than
the driver in front of you? Who’s to say they
won't start coming door-to-door for random
house inspections? What if we can no longer
speak openly in fear that Big Brother is watching?
Will profiling turn segments of the community
into social outcast?
Well, first of all, for those actually jumping
to these conclusions, calm down. This is exactly
how people reacted-when our first federal
drinking-driving law was passed exactly 40 years
street.
With the threat to civil liberties by the
proposed law, it’s easy to understand why people
would fear such a thing. But with death counts in
the high hundreds as a result of drunk driving, the
government has a strong argument.
Like many good ideas and helpful laws, their
abuse tends to come quickly, and the negative
results can be quite severe. If the law passes, we
can only hope the results won’t be damning to our
society.
and have ideas about energy sustainability, we want to hear them
in an essay or video. You could win one of four $2,500 prizes!
Tell your friends about it and they can vote for you online!
VISIT INVENTTHEFUTURE.CA
BChydro &
powersmart
= Galt Isiende
Fite + Seierbata Some
FREYOND
Dredging of Burnaby Lake threatens endangered turtles
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
project to dredge Burnaby Lake has been put
A: hold because of the threat to a group of
ndangered turtles. The dredging involves the
removal of mud and vegetation that has built up in the
lake, a process that could potentially harm the turtles.
It has not been dredged since 1971, the result being a
decrease in the lake’s usable surface area. In the past,
Burnaby Lake has been host to major rowing competitions
and some worry that if the lake is left undredged it will
continue to fill to the detriment of its recreational-and
environmental assets.
Like any environmental issue, there always
seems be a controversy. The lake happens to be home
to approximately 100 western painted turtles, what
is believed to be the largest population in the Lower
Mainland. The turtles, however, are not just any old
turtles; they are at the highest level of endangerment, next
to extinction, in Canada. They are protected under the
Species at Risk Act and it is a criminal offence to “kill,
harm or harass” an endangered or threatened species.
The Ministry of Environment wanted the City to do
telemetry work before the dredging process began. The
study involves tagging the turtles and tracking them with
a radio receiver to see where they are in the lake, making
it easier to move them out of the way. The city has been
Lofmton
planning to dredge the lake for the last five years and the
dredging was supposed to start on Wednesday, September
23. Everything was thought to be in order when the
project was delayed until the city can acquire a wildlife-
salvaging permit from the Ministry of Environment.
Apparently the city did not apply for the permits in time to
get the research done. a
The problem now is it is too late; the turtles have
gone into hibernation. When the turtles hibernate, they
sink into the mud making their salvage very difficult.
If dredging goes ahead without proper accountability,
there is a high probability that some of the turtle will be
“chopped up” along with the mud and vegetation. While
the city and biologists try to figure out the best steps to
take, the dredging equipment waits, costing taxpayers an
estimated $20,000 a day. .
Any controversial environmental issue involves
stakeholders on both side of the argument who feel
very strongly about their position. The protection of
an endangered species is something that should never
be undermined. The western painted turtle play an
important role in the diversity of this ecosystem and
efforts should be made to maintain their populations. On
the flipside, outdoor recreation sites play an important
role in community health and environmental awareness.
Hopefully both sides can work together and find a
mutually beneficial solution.
Breathing not so easy
Canada is taking drunk-d
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By Angela Espinoza
Canada with safer streets, would you do it?
No questions asked? You wouldn’t have to
do a thing; all the work would be done for you.
It’s a win-win situation. All you have to do is just
drive along without a care in the world... until
you reach the next checkpoint... and the one after
that...
The Canadian government has considered
passing a federal law that allows police to
administer random breathalyzer tests to drivers.
This would allow police to pull over anyone
on the suspicion of DUI. But how would the
police go about deciding whom to stop? Well,
there’s always the tried and “proven” method of
profiling.
These types of searches can lead to a total
invasion of privacy. After all, if this law were
|: you were given the opportunity to provide
iving laws to the next level
ago. Yes, the law is somewhat an invasion of
privacy. But the idea itself isn’t exactly something
terrible—so long as it’s executed properly and not
abused by our supposed “betters.”
Similar laws have been passed throughout
Europe and Australia. Unfortunately, Europe has
a reputation for abusing such laws. On a recent
trip to Europe, I found that it wasn’t uncommon
for police to stop a person who did not look
“European.” But results in Australia have been
positive: not so much that drunk drivers are
being constantly ripped off the streets, but that
the number of DUIs has decreased rapidly due to
personal decisions not to drive.
What some of you may not know is that
current drunk-driving laws require that an
officer actually have reason to suspect a motorist
of being drunk. So for those of you that have
mastered the art of masking your intoxication,
congratulations —just please don’t do it on my
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Return of the dynasty
Yankees are back in force
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
fter years of discord, dysfunction
A« early playoff exits, the New
York Yankees are back.
After posting the best record in
baseball this season and for the most part
absolutely dominating the competition,
the Yankees are poised to blow past the
Minnesota Twins in the first round and it
appears that they’ll do so on the back of
perhaps the greatest Yankee of all time:
Derek Jeter.
Jeter has long since established himself
as one of the best clutch players in baseball
history and he put that fact on full display
during Game 1 of the ALDS against the
Twins, which New York routed 7-2. Jeter
was perfect at the plate, going two for two
with a pair of walks. He hit a two-run bomb
for his 18" career post-season home-run and
the first ever at the new Yankee stadium in
his second at bat after leading off the first
with a single. He scored three runs and
picked up two RBI’s in the process. Not a
bad night.
While the Yankees are loaded from
top to bottom, Jeter truly is the lifeblood of
that team. At 35 he’s a career Yankee and
was the leading man in the previous Yankee
dynasty, which saw New York win four
world championships.
This season the Yankees returned to
their barnstorming ways. Despite critics
worrying about his age, Jeter had a fine
season as he led New York to a 103-59
record. He homered 18 times and his .334
average was the fourth best of his 14-year
career. His on base percentage of .406 was
also the fourth best of his career and the
best on the Yankees this year. In one of the
best moments in all of sports, Jeter also
passed legendary Yankees’ first baseman
Lou Gehrig for the all time Yankees career
hits record.
But this story is about much more than
just personal statistics. Jeter’s contributions
are really measured in the playoffs, where
he is one of the best any team could ask for.
There are so many classic Jeter moments
that represent the very best of baseball.
There was his incredible .353 batting
average in the 1998 World Series, him
becoming the first player to win the all-star
game and World Series MVP awards in
2000, his legendary flip play against the
Oakland Athletics on October 14", 2001 in
the ALCS to get Jeremy Giambi out at home
plate, which is regarded as one of the most
amazing baseball plays ever.
Most of all though, Derek Jeter’s
remarkable career can be summed up with
two words and one historic nickname: “Mr.
November.”
In perhaps the most emotional World
Series of all time coming right on the
heels of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks, Jeter hit a 10" inning solo shot into
the stands at Yankee Stadium in the early
hours of November 1, just after Halloween
night to tie the World Series at two games
apiece. While New York went on to lose
to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven
games that year, it was the first time in
MLB history that a player had hit one out
in November and Jeter was soon christened
Mr. November.
So far this year’s Yankee’s appear to be
following down the path of previous Yankee
dynasty teams. C.C. Sabathia pitched a
lights-out Game 1 and New York’s starting
rotation is the deepest in the league with
Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettite and
Joba Chamberlain. The bullpen is superb
with reliever Phil Hughes leading the way
and the best closer of all time in Mariano
Rivera waiting in to close things out.
Superstar Alex Rodriguez appears to
have finally bumped his prolonged post-
season slump after a terrific Game 1 against
the Twins in which he went two for four and
drove in two runs. The rest of the order, with
stars like Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira,
Derek Jeter
Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada, Robinson
Cano, Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera and
even speedster Brett Gardner that they
outstrip every other team in the majors by
miles. As would be expected, the Yankees
led every other team in MLB in home runs
by far.
Nothing is set in stone yet, but from
the looks of things we could be seeing a
team for the ages in the 2009 New York
Yankees and they'll be driven by a player
for the ages in their captain, Derek Jeter.
Douglas soccer player wins athlete of the week
Who says the Vancouver Canucks have the best goalie in B.C.?
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
hile Roberto Luongo has been
shaky at best in the NHL, goalie
Aja Aguirre has been carrying
the Royals on her back in the BCCAA for
Douglas College.
Aguirre has been crowned as the
female winner of this week’s BCCAA
Athlete of the Week. Aguirre is the
goaltender for Douglas’ women’s soccer
team and put on a superb effort this week
for her squad that is trying hard to right a
season that has not gotten off on the right
foot.
With her team sporting a disheartening
1-5 record to open the season, Aguirre
sparkled over the weekend, posting a pair
of back-to-back shutouts in two must win
games against the previously undefeated
Vancouver Island University Mariners and
the expansion Quest University Kermodes.
It’s safe to say that the Royals
wouldn’t have been anywhere close to
winning without her in both games. She
was the settling force on a team that gave
up shots and free kicks with ease. Facing
Quest was a particularly important game
for the Royals. While the Kermodes don’t
play in the same division as the Royals,
they’ve yet to win a game in this, their
inaugural season and losing to them
would have all but written off the year for
Douglas.
Instead, the Royals now find
themselves with a much better looking 3-5
mark. While they are still ranked last the
five team Pool A division with nine points,
they’re only one back of fourth place
Kwantlen and two behind the University of
Northern B.C.
The team will have to really play
strong down the stretch if they want to
squeeze into the top three clubs that make
the playoffs. Having Aguirre in goal though
is an excellent place to start. After her
stirring performance last weekend, she is
now tied for the league lead in shutouts
with three in just four and a half games
played. Where the Royals go from here is
anyone’s guess. They are currently without
any of the BCCAA’s top goal scorers so
their ability to win will largely fall on their
keeper. No matter what happens however,
it’s safe to say that they'll only go as far as
their star goaltender will take them
Aja Aguirre
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Return of the dynasty
Yankees are back in force
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
fter years of discord, dysfunction
A« early playoff exits, the New
York Yankees are back.
After posting the best record in
baseball this season and for the most part
absolutely dominating the competition,
the Yankees are poised to blow past the
Minnesota Twins in the first round and it
appears that they’ll do so on the back of
perhaps the greatest Yankee of all time:
Derek Jeter.
Jeter has long since established himself
as one of the best clutch players in baseball
history and he put that fact on full display
during Game 1 of the ALDS against the
Twins, which New York routed 7-2. Jeter
was perfect at the plate, going two for two
with a pair of walks. He hit a two-run bomb
for his 18" career post-season home-run and
the first ever at the new Yankee stadium in
his second at bat after leading off the first
with a single. He scored three runs and
picked up two RBI’s in the process. Not a
bad night.
While the Yankees are loaded from
top to bottom, Jeter truly is the lifeblood of
that team. At 35 he’s a career Yankee and
was the leading man in the previous Yankee
dynasty, which saw New York win four
world championships.
This season the Yankees returned to
their barnstorming ways. Despite critics
worrying about his age, Jeter had a fine
season as he led New York to a 103-59
record. He homered 18 times and his .334
average was the fourth best of his 14-year
career. His on base percentage of .406 was
also the fourth best of his career and the
best on the Yankees this year. In one of the
best moments in all of sports, Jeter also
passed legendary Yankees’ first baseman
Lou Gehrig for the all time Yankees career
hits record.
But this story is about much more than
just personal statistics. Jeter’s contributions
are really measured in the playoffs, where
he is one of the best any team could ask for.
There are so many classic Jeter moments
that represent the very best of baseball.
There was his incredible .353 batting
average in the 1998 World Series, him
becoming the first player to win the all-star
game and World Series MVP awards in
2000, his legendary flip play against the
Oakland Athletics on October 14", 2001 in
the ALCS to get Jeremy Giambi out at home
plate, which is regarded as one of the most
amazing baseball plays ever.
Most of all though, Derek Jeter’s
remarkable career can be summed up with
two words and one historic nickname: “Mr.
November.”
In perhaps the most emotional World
Series of all time coming right on the
heels of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks, Jeter hit a 10" inning solo shot into
the stands at Yankee Stadium in the early
hours of November 1, just after Halloween
night to tie the World Series at two games
apiece. While New York went on to lose
to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven
games that year, it was the first time in
MLB history that a player had hit one out
in November and Jeter was soon christened
Mr. November.
So far this year’s Yankee’s appear to be
following down the path of previous Yankee
dynasty teams. C.C. Sabathia pitched a
lights-out Game 1 and New York’s starting
rotation is the deepest in the league with
Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettite and
Joba Chamberlain. The bullpen is superb
with reliever Phil Hughes leading the way
and the best closer of all time in Mariano
Rivera waiting in to close things out.
Superstar Alex Rodriguez appears to
have finally bumped his prolonged post-
season slump after a terrific Game 1 against
the Twins in which he went two for four and
drove in two runs. The rest of the order, with
stars like Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira,
Derek Jeter
Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada, Robinson
Cano, Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera and
even speedster Brett Gardner that they
outstrip every other team in the majors by
miles. As would be expected, the Yankees
led every other team in MLB in home runs
by far.
Nothing is set in stone yet, but from
the looks of things we could be seeing a
team for the ages in the 2009 New York
Yankees and they'll be driven by a player
for the ages in their captain, Derek Jeter.
Douglas soccer player wins athlete of the week
Who says the Vancouver Canucks have the best goalie in B.C.?
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
hile Roberto Luongo has been
shaky at best in the NHL, goalie
Aja Aguirre has been carrying
the Royals on her back in the BCCAA for
Douglas College.
Aguirre has been crowned as the
female winner of this week’s BCCAA
Athlete of the Week. Aguirre is the
goaltender for Douglas’ women’s soccer
team and put on a superb effort this week
for her squad that is trying hard to right a
season that has not gotten off on the right
foot.
With her team sporting a disheartening
1-5 record to open the season, Aguirre
sparkled over the weekend, posting a pair
of back-to-back shutouts in two must win
games against the previously undefeated
Vancouver Island University Mariners and
the expansion Quest University Kermodes.
It’s safe to say that the Royals
wouldn’t have been anywhere close to
winning without her in both games. She
was the settling force on a team that gave
up shots and free kicks with ease. Facing
Quest was a particularly important game
for the Royals. While the Kermodes don’t
play in the same division as the Royals,
they’ve yet to win a game in this, their
inaugural season and losing to them
would have all but written off the year for
Douglas.
Instead, the Royals now find
themselves with a much better looking 3-5
mark. While they are still ranked last the
five team Pool A division with nine points,
they’re only one back of fourth place
Kwantlen and two behind the University of
Northern B.C.
The team will have to really play
strong down the stretch if they want to
squeeze into the top three clubs that make
the playoffs. Having Aguirre in goal though
is an excellent place to start. After her
stirring performance last weekend, she is
now tied for the league lead in shutouts
with three in just four and a half games
played. Where the Royals go from here is
anyone’s guess. They are currently without
any of the BCCAA’s top goal scorers so
their ability to win will largely fall on their
keeper. No matter what happens however,
it’s safe to say that they'll only go as far as
their star goaltender will take them
Aja Aguirre
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Are you considering take H1N1 vaccine when it’s available? Why?
Paruanch Zollaghari (right) Andrew Hayes
EASL Arts
“Yes, it’s useful.” “Definitely. Who wouldn’t?”
Ryan Hirsch
Business
“Yes, if it’s free.”
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R E ; By Rosa Hong, Photographer
Are you considering take H1N1 vaccine when it’s available? Why?
Paruanch Zollaghari (right) Andrew Hayes
EASL Arts
“Yes, it’s useful.” “Definitely. Who wouldn’t?”
Ryan Hirsch
Business
“Yes, if it’s free.”
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Angela Espinoza
Rise of Dawn
any musicians today find fame via
Mes like MySpace, YouTube,
and PureVolume. It’s a smart
route to take, as long as you have a label to
protect your music.
So how do you gain a label without
others stealing your music online? Rise
of Dawn (ROD) is working on that same
quandary.
Lead guitarist Patrick Mihan and lead
singer/rhythm guitarist Matt Di Pomponio
are the original founding members of Rise
of Dawn. Mihan had already learned bass
and guitar through extensive training, while
Di Pomponio’s guitar playing was self
taught. They then searched for a drummer,
and in came Nick Rusby. Rusby had only
been playing for a few months, but proved
to be a quick learner.
It didn’t take long for this passionate
trio of seventeen-year-olds to write their first
song: “Dawn”, written as an introduction for
the band for their audience and themselves.
Mihan stated, “Every time I get together
with the guys, my spine chills. We connect
really well when we write.” The group
has managed to complete almost 40 songs
after being together just over a year, with
many “personal experiences and political
reasons” influencing their lyrics. The boys
are picking out the best for an upcoming
2010 EP.
ROD is generally influenced by
Metallica, Lamb of God, Godsmack and
Foo Fighters. Di Pomponio’s personal
influence comes from James Hetfield,
Rusby cites Dave Ghrol as an inspiration,
and Mihan was originally influenced by
KISS. Their guitar style is blended between
Spanish classical and thrash metal.
Mihan and Di Pomponio first
performed together at the Port Moody Inlet
Theatre on February 8. Since then, the group
has managed to play at several other shows
and locations, including Lougheed Town
Center and the annual Burnaby’s Got Talent
showcase. Reflecting on these experiences,
Mihan states, “We learn something new
from every show.”
ROD’s first official concert is to take
place on October 17 at the Queen of All
Saints Hall. Details of the show can be
found through their Facebook page, “The
Rising of Dawn.” Tickets are $10 and can
be purchased by contacting the band online.
ROD is off to a strong start and will
hopefully be around for a long while.
However, the group is currently looking
for a bass player. Details and contact
information can once again be found on the
group’s Facebook page.
14
What are you hosers laughing at?
The Canadian Comedy Awards marks its 10" anniversary.
By Angela Espinoza
( ‘oom is a very unique country.
Compared to many countries,
we're relatively young, yet we’ve
managed to leave our mark on the world
as exporters. From natural resources to
generosity, we’ve participated in every
peacekeeping operation since World
War II. We provided the world with
progressive rock band Rush... and we’re
still waiting for our probably forgotten
“thank you.” We’re not afraid to admit our
mistakes: The Canadian Government has
apologized for Bryan Adams on several
occasions. Finally, I cannot forget one of
our most important exports: comedians.
The 10" anniversary of the Canadian
Comedy Awards (CCA) took place
from October 1-4. This ceremony has
provided many talented Canadians with
the recognition they deserve. The awards
focused on what’s considered to be the
créme de la créme in Canadian live
performances, television shows, films,
radio, and (recently) internet videos.
In the Live category, the Male Stand-
Up Award went to Jeremy Hotz, while
Female Stand-Up award went to Debra
DiGiovanni. Stand-Up Newcomer went to
Nathan MacIntosh, a fresh face with many
followers on websites like Facebook and
MySpace. The award for One Person
Show went to One Woman Show, written
by past winners The Shehori Brothers;
starring Marco Timpano as Eileen, your
stereotypical, overweight woman. Sketch
Troupe went to Second City, a constantly
changing group of thriving comedians
(such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and
Stephen Colbert) who produce “political
and social satire.” Meanwhile, Improv
awards went to Impromptu Splendor
(Troupe), Kerry Griffin (Male) and Jan
Caruana (Female). Finally, the CCA for
Comedic Play or Revue went to Barack to
the Future, a comedic play created by the
Second City troupe.
The Television category was
significantly less packed, but those
nominated earned their rightful place.
The awards for Taped Live Performance
and Writing went to Ron Sparks for his
stint on Comedy Now. Direction went to
Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany for the
“Jon Gets Haunted” episode of The Jon
Dore Television Show, which also won
for Performance by a Male (Jon Dore).
Performance by a Female went to Wendel
Meldrum for her role as Anne Blecher
on Less Than Kind; which also took the
award for Performance by an Ensemble.
Three of the four awards for the Film
category went to Young People Fucking,
a self-explanatory film in five parts. Peter
Oldring won Performance by a Male for
his role as Dave, Martin Gero won for
Director and, with Aaron Abrams, for
Writing. Performance by a Female went
to Samantha Bee for her role as Nancy
Cooper in Coopers’ Camera.
The Radio, Internet and General
Media awards were decided upon through
the people’s choice system via public
voting. The CCA for Radio went to Zen
Hokey Pokey, created by Joe Bird for
The Irrelevant Show on CBC Radio.
Meanwhile, the Internet award went to
a web clip titled Violator. What should
come as little surprise was the winner of
the General Media (a.k.a. Comedy Person
of the Year) award: Seth Rogen.
All in all, the turnout for this year’s
ceremony outranked past events in
number of attendance members. With the
four-day event running an array of twelve
performances by several nominees, the
build-up for this year’s crowed was no
doubt exhilarating. This was one of the
few award shows that offered up a clean
and fair fight, and I congratulate all those
nominated, and—more so—all those that
won.
Jeremy Hotz and Debra DiGiovanni
Edited Text
Angela Espinoza
Rise of Dawn
any musicians today find fame via
Mes like MySpace, YouTube,
and PureVolume. It’s a smart
route to take, as long as you have a label to
protect your music.
So how do you gain a label without
others stealing your music online? Rise
of Dawn (ROD) is working on that same
quandary.
Lead guitarist Patrick Mihan and lead
singer/rhythm guitarist Matt Di Pomponio
are the original founding members of Rise
of Dawn. Mihan had already learned bass
and guitar through extensive training, while
Di Pomponio’s guitar playing was self
taught. They then searched for a drummer,
and in came Nick Rusby. Rusby had only
been playing for a few months, but proved
to be a quick learner.
It didn’t take long for this passionate
trio of seventeen-year-olds to write their first
song: “Dawn”, written as an introduction for
the band for their audience and themselves.
Mihan stated, “Every time I get together
with the guys, my spine chills. We connect
really well when we write.” The group
has managed to complete almost 40 songs
after being together just over a year, with
many “personal experiences and political
reasons” influencing their lyrics. The boys
are picking out the best for an upcoming
2010 EP.
ROD is generally influenced by
Metallica, Lamb of God, Godsmack and
Foo Fighters. Di Pomponio’s personal
influence comes from James Hetfield,
Rusby cites Dave Ghrol as an inspiration,
and Mihan was originally influenced by
KISS. Their guitar style is blended between
Spanish classical and thrash metal.
Mihan and Di Pomponio first
performed together at the Port Moody Inlet
Theatre on February 8. Since then, the group
has managed to play at several other shows
and locations, including Lougheed Town
Center and the annual Burnaby’s Got Talent
showcase. Reflecting on these experiences,
Mihan states, “We learn something new
from every show.”
ROD’s first official concert is to take
place on October 17 at the Queen of All
Saints Hall. Details of the show can be
found through their Facebook page, “The
Rising of Dawn.” Tickets are $10 and can
be purchased by contacting the band online.
ROD is off to a strong start and will
hopefully be around for a long while.
However, the group is currently looking
for a bass player. Details and contact
information can once again be found on the
group’s Facebook page.
14
What are you hosers laughing at?
The Canadian Comedy Awards marks its 10" anniversary.
By Angela Espinoza
( ‘oom is a very unique country.
Compared to many countries,
we're relatively young, yet we’ve
managed to leave our mark on the world
as exporters. From natural resources to
generosity, we’ve participated in every
peacekeeping operation since World
War II. We provided the world with
progressive rock band Rush... and we’re
still waiting for our probably forgotten
“thank you.” We’re not afraid to admit our
mistakes: The Canadian Government has
apologized for Bryan Adams on several
occasions. Finally, I cannot forget one of
our most important exports: comedians.
The 10" anniversary of the Canadian
Comedy Awards (CCA) took place
from October 1-4. This ceremony has
provided many talented Canadians with
the recognition they deserve. The awards
focused on what’s considered to be the
créme de la créme in Canadian live
performances, television shows, films,
radio, and (recently) internet videos.
In the Live category, the Male Stand-
Up Award went to Jeremy Hotz, while
Female Stand-Up award went to Debra
DiGiovanni. Stand-Up Newcomer went to
Nathan MacIntosh, a fresh face with many
followers on websites like Facebook and
MySpace. The award for One Person
Show went to One Woman Show, written
by past winners The Shehori Brothers;
starring Marco Timpano as Eileen, your
stereotypical, overweight woman. Sketch
Troupe went to Second City, a constantly
changing group of thriving comedians
(such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and
Stephen Colbert) who produce “political
and social satire.” Meanwhile, Improv
awards went to Impromptu Splendor
(Troupe), Kerry Griffin (Male) and Jan
Caruana (Female). Finally, the CCA for
Comedic Play or Revue went to Barack to
the Future, a comedic play created by the
Second City troupe.
The Television category was
significantly less packed, but those
nominated earned their rightful place.
The awards for Taped Live Performance
and Writing went to Ron Sparks for his
stint on Comedy Now. Direction went to
Adam Brodie and Dave Derewlany for the
“Jon Gets Haunted” episode of The Jon
Dore Television Show, which also won
for Performance by a Male (Jon Dore).
Performance by a Female went to Wendel
Meldrum for her role as Anne Blecher
on Less Than Kind; which also took the
award for Performance by an Ensemble.
Three of the four awards for the Film
category went to Young People Fucking,
a self-explanatory film in five parts. Peter
Oldring won Performance by a Male for
his role as Dave, Martin Gero won for
Director and, with Aaron Abrams, for
Writing. Performance by a Female went
to Samantha Bee for her role as Nancy
Cooper in Coopers’ Camera.
The Radio, Internet and General
Media awards were decided upon through
the people’s choice system via public
voting. The CCA for Radio went to Zen
Hokey Pokey, created by Joe Bird for
The Irrelevant Show on CBC Radio.
Meanwhile, the Internet award went to
a web clip titled Violator. What should
come as little surprise was the winner of
the General Media (a.k.a. Comedy Person
of the Year) award: Seth Rogen.
All in all, the turnout for this year’s
ceremony outranked past events in
number of attendance members. With the
four-day event running an array of twelve
performances by several nominees, the
build-up for this year’s crowed was no
doubt exhilarating. This was one of the
few award shows that offered up a clean
and fair fight, and I congratulate all those
nominated, and—more so—all those that
won.
Jeremy Hotz and Debra DiGiovanni
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the Douglas College student newspaper since 1976
theotherpress.ca Issue 06, Vol 36, October 14/09
Douglas College Roya
named BCCAA Athlete
page 17 urtles threatened
of Burnaby Lake
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for their 10-year anniversary
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Douglas College Roya
named BCCAA Athlete
page 17 urtles threatened
of Burnaby Lake
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for their 10-year anniversary
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the Douglas College student newspaper since 1976
theotherpress.ca Issue 06, Vol 36, October 14/09
Douglas College Roya
named BCCAA Athlete
page 17 urtles threatened
of Burnaby Lake
. ine
= . se adian Comedy Awards yuk it
for their 10-year anniversary
theotherpress.ca Issue 06, Vol 36, October 14/09
Douglas College Roya
named BCCAA Athlete
page 17 urtles threatened
of Burnaby Lake
. ine
= . se adian Comedy Awards yuk it
for their 10-year anniversary
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Google Street View comes to Vancouver
Questions of pedestrian privacy raised
r
~ Address is approximate
Kristina Mameli
news editor
is name is Peg Man, and he is now your
Hes tour guide of 13 Canadian cities,
including Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler.
The small orange icon guides you through
Google’s latest project: Google Street View. The
company released its long anticipated Street View
feature Wednesday after months of anticipation.
The feature offers high resolution 360° views
of each aspect of the city, and is available through
Google Maps and Google Earth. The street-level
images were captured earlier this year using cars
outfitted with special cameras that drove the streets
taking panoramic shots.
As the cameras emerged, so did controversy
regarding issues of pedestrian privacy. Google
Canada’s managing director Jonathan Lister assured
parliament that all facial features of passerby’s would
be blurred by Google software. But unfortunately,
that technology has proven to be flawed. Faces,
license plates and windows were all supposed to be
blurred in the archived photos, but the software has
missed a few. To remedy the problem, Google has
included an icon in the lower corner of the screen
which reads “report a problem.” The company has
promised to act quickly once a problem is reported.
The digital tourism offers limitless advertising
potential as well as a prime opportunity for potential
travellers to get digitally acquainted with destinations
without ever leaving the comfort of their own homes.
Grab and drop Peg Man wherever you like, then
zoom in on the street or building you desire. Type
in travel directions, then click on the camera icon to
view street view imagery every step of your journey.
Google Street View is now available across
Canada in cities such as Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa,
Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Montreal and Quebec.
It has been available in the U.S. since 2007, and is
now available in 14 other countries including the
U.K., Japan and Australia.
we
News Shorts
By Tanya Colledge and Kristina Mameli
Bell and Telus to begin selling iPhone
Over a year after the device was launched in Canada, Bell Canada
and Telus Corp. have announced that they will begin selling
Apple’s iPhone.
After completing a multi-million dollar total overhaul of its
wireless network to accommodate High-Speed Packet Access
technology (HSPA)—the only network standard on which the
iPhone operates— Bell Canada will initiate the move next month
to eliminate the monopoly that Rogers Communications Inc. has
held over the device.
The companies have not released any details on pricing for
the iPhone, nor has Telus said when the HSPA technology will be
up and running in its network.
Good Samaritan returns wallet with $32,000 cheque
When a doctor working at Surrey Memorial Hospital lost his
wallet while commuting to work by SkyTrain last Friday, he was
sure he would never see it again.
Later that afternoon, however, a man turned in a wallet to
SkyTrain officials containing $250 dollars cash, ID, credit cards
and a cheque for $32,000. The transit police attendant on duty
was able to return the wallet to the doctor at the hospital within an
hour—all its contents intact. No one was able to get the name of
the good Samaritan, but he is proof that random acts of kindness
and honesty still exist in our communities.
B.C. doctors treat swine flu by phone
As HINI continues to threaten the health of British Columbians,
the province and the BC Medical Association have agreed that
doctors will be paid to diagnose the disease over the phone.
They will be compensated $14.74 payment for a telephone
consultation, and $31.15 for office visits.
Doctors have been able to claim for swine flu phone advice
since October 1, but payment for office visits won’t start until
provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall has determined if the
number of swine flu cases outweighs the cases of seasonal flu.
Hotmail passwords leaked
Thousands of Hotmail passwords were posted for one day at
pastebin.com, a site commonly used by web developers to share
code.
The addresses were quickly removed; most were European
addresses beginning with the letters A and B. The addresses are
believed to have been obtained by a phishing scam in which fake
websites convince people to submit personal details.
Hotmail recommends that all users change their passwords —
Just in case.
Vancouver extends restaurants hours of liquor service
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
‘ T ancouver residents now have one hour longer
to enjoy an alcoholic beverage after a long
day’s work.
City Council has approved a bylaw that will
allow restaurant owners to apply to be able to
serve alcohol to their patrons one hour later. The
unanimous vote came late Thursday, a move that
was long overdue according to Vancouver’s Mayor
Gregor Robertson.
The new bylaw, which will be permanent
following a review by council in a year’s time, will
extend licensed establishment’s hours of service from
midnight to 1 a.m. weekdays and from | a.m. to 2
a.m. weekends. According to Councillor Heather
Deal, the new bylaw is not at all Olympic related,
despite speculation.
Nightclub owners expressed concern at the
meeting that the extended hours of restaurants
may cut into their market; yet another reason for
the bylaw’s impending review. Deal said that the
establishments will have to show that 50 per cent of
their sales within an eight-hour period were indeed
food.
Robertson said that the extension was due to
overwhelming demand from neighbourhoods to
keep the taps running, preventing patrons from being
forced to move downtown and that this is the next
logical step for a major city such as Vancouver.
Hours restaurants and bars are allowed to serve
alcohol varies greatly across the Lower Mainland.
The current liquor laws have been in place since
2003, requiring restaurants to stop serving by
midnight weekdays. In Burnaby and Richmond
however, restaurants were allowed to serve until 2
a.m. on weekends.
By-election called for New
Westminster-Coquitlam
Voter fatigue and the HST seem to be the main issues
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
riding will once again return to the ballot box in November.
November 9 will be the riding’s fourth federal election in
just over five years. The by-election is one of four recently called by
Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The main candidates in the race are three-term Coquitlam city
councillor Fin Donnelly for the NDP, former Port Moody city councillor
Diana Dilworth for the Conservatives, environmental engineer Ken Beck
Lee for the Liberals and Rebecca Helps for the Greens.
The big issues this time around seem to revolve around the
controversial Harmonized Sales Tax, which is set to come into effect July
2010, as well as boosting voter turnout, especially the youth vote.
The New Westminster-Coquitlam riding was formerly held by NDP
MP Dawn Black who resigned in April in order to run in May’s provincial
election. Black is now the provincial MLA for New Westminster.
Other by-elections will be held in Cumberland-Colchester-
Musquodoboit Valley in Nova Scotia and Hochelaga and Montmagny-
L’Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup in Quebec.
Look for profiles of local candidates in The Other Press in the
coming weeks.
U eerie fatigued voters in the New Westminster-Coquitlam
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Google Street View comes to Vancouver
Questions of pedestrian privacy raised
r
~ Address is approximate
Kristina Mameli
news editor
is name is Peg Man, and he is now your
Hes tour guide of 13 Canadian cities,
including Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler.
The small orange icon guides you through
Google’s latest project: Google Street View. The
company released its long anticipated Street View
feature Wednesday after months of anticipation.
The feature offers high resolution 360° views
of each aspect of the city, and is available through
Google Maps and Google Earth. The street-level
images were captured earlier this year using cars
outfitted with special cameras that drove the streets
taking panoramic shots.
As the cameras emerged, so did controversy
regarding issues of pedestrian privacy. Google
Canada’s managing director Jonathan Lister assured
parliament that all facial features of passerby’s would
be blurred by Google software. But unfortunately,
that technology has proven to be flawed. Faces,
license plates and windows were all supposed to be
blurred in the archived photos, but the software has
missed a few. To remedy the problem, Google has
included an icon in the lower corner of the screen
which reads “report a problem.” The company has
promised to act quickly once a problem is reported.
The digital tourism offers limitless advertising
potential as well as a prime opportunity for potential
travellers to get digitally acquainted with destinations
without ever leaving the comfort of their own homes.
Grab and drop Peg Man wherever you like, then
zoom in on the street or building you desire. Type
in travel directions, then click on the camera icon to
view street view imagery every step of your journey.
Google Street View is now available across
Canada in cities such as Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa,
Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Montreal and Quebec.
It has been available in the U.S. since 2007, and is
now available in 14 other countries including the
U.K., Japan and Australia.
we
News Shorts
By Tanya Colledge and Kristina Mameli
Bell and Telus to begin selling iPhone
Over a year after the device was launched in Canada, Bell Canada
and Telus Corp. have announced that they will begin selling
Apple’s iPhone.
After completing a multi-million dollar total overhaul of its
wireless network to accommodate High-Speed Packet Access
technology (HSPA)—the only network standard on which the
iPhone operates— Bell Canada will initiate the move next month
to eliminate the monopoly that Rogers Communications Inc. has
held over the device.
The companies have not released any details on pricing for
the iPhone, nor has Telus said when the HSPA technology will be
up and running in its network.
Good Samaritan returns wallet with $32,000 cheque
When a doctor working at Surrey Memorial Hospital lost his
wallet while commuting to work by SkyTrain last Friday, he was
sure he would never see it again.
Later that afternoon, however, a man turned in a wallet to
SkyTrain officials containing $250 dollars cash, ID, credit cards
and a cheque for $32,000. The transit police attendant on duty
was able to return the wallet to the doctor at the hospital within an
hour—all its contents intact. No one was able to get the name of
the good Samaritan, but he is proof that random acts of kindness
and honesty still exist in our communities.
B.C. doctors treat swine flu by phone
As HINI continues to threaten the health of British Columbians,
the province and the BC Medical Association have agreed that
doctors will be paid to diagnose the disease over the phone.
They will be compensated $14.74 payment for a telephone
consultation, and $31.15 for office visits.
Doctors have been able to claim for swine flu phone advice
since October 1, but payment for office visits won’t start until
provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall has determined if the
number of swine flu cases outweighs the cases of seasonal flu.
Hotmail passwords leaked
Thousands of Hotmail passwords were posted for one day at
pastebin.com, a site commonly used by web developers to share
code.
The addresses were quickly removed; most were European
addresses beginning with the letters A and B. The addresses are
believed to have been obtained by a phishing scam in which fake
websites convince people to submit personal details.
Hotmail recommends that all users change their passwords —
Just in case.
Vancouver extends restaurants hours of liquor service
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
‘ T ancouver residents now have one hour longer
to enjoy an alcoholic beverage after a long
day’s work.
City Council has approved a bylaw that will
allow restaurant owners to apply to be able to
serve alcohol to their patrons one hour later. The
unanimous vote came late Thursday, a move that
was long overdue according to Vancouver’s Mayor
Gregor Robertson.
The new bylaw, which will be permanent
following a review by council in a year’s time, will
extend licensed establishment’s hours of service from
midnight to 1 a.m. weekdays and from | a.m. to 2
a.m. weekends. According to Councillor Heather
Deal, the new bylaw is not at all Olympic related,
despite speculation.
Nightclub owners expressed concern at the
meeting that the extended hours of restaurants
may cut into their market; yet another reason for
the bylaw’s impending review. Deal said that the
establishments will have to show that 50 per cent of
their sales within an eight-hour period were indeed
food.
Robertson said that the extension was due to
overwhelming demand from neighbourhoods to
keep the taps running, preventing patrons from being
forced to move downtown and that this is the next
logical step for a major city such as Vancouver.
Hours restaurants and bars are allowed to serve
alcohol varies greatly across the Lower Mainland.
The current liquor laws have been in place since
2003, requiring restaurants to stop serving by
midnight weekdays. In Burnaby and Richmond
however, restaurants were allowed to serve until 2
a.m. on weekends.
By-election called for New
Westminster-Coquitlam
Voter fatigue and the HST seem to be the main issues
By Kristina Mameli, News Editor
riding will once again return to the ballot box in November.
November 9 will be the riding’s fourth federal election in
just over five years. The by-election is one of four recently called by
Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The main candidates in the race are three-term Coquitlam city
councillor Fin Donnelly for the NDP, former Port Moody city councillor
Diana Dilworth for the Conservatives, environmental engineer Ken Beck
Lee for the Liberals and Rebecca Helps for the Greens.
The big issues this time around seem to revolve around the
controversial Harmonized Sales Tax, which is set to come into effect July
2010, as well as boosting voter turnout, especially the youth vote.
The New Westminster-Coquitlam riding was formerly held by NDP
MP Dawn Black who resigned in April in order to run in May’s provincial
election. Black is now the provincial MLA for New Westminster.
Other by-elections will be held in Cumberland-Colchester-
Musquodoboit Valley in Nova Scotia and Hochelaga and Montmagny-
L’Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup in Quebec.
Look for profiles of local candidates in The Other Press in the
coming weeks.
U eerie fatigued voters in the New Westminster-Coquitlam
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Dealing with rejection for dummies, from a male dummy
By Siavash Emamzadeh
with women using a metaphor, I'd say
it’s been like a voyage. I have been a
voyager wandering the desert, looking for
some solace in a nice stream of refreshing
water or from a filling date palm tree (pun
definitely intended).
Tam still on this voyage that
commenced well before the millennium.
What’s more, I have long discovered that
I am immortal, for you see, not only were
those perceived streams of water and
date palm trees mirages, they were also
devastating quick sands. What appeared
like women indicating their attraction to me
was evidently anything but, sometimes even
animosity.
Interpreting potential signs of
attraction is a taxing undertaking for both
sexes, but I think I have picked up some
helpful methods for dealing with rejection,
from a male perspective. Unrelenting failure
does have its advantages after all!
For starters, have you heard the famous
saying, “there are plenty of fish in the sea?”
If you have, you must absolutely ignore
it! The comparison suggests that potential
lovers are like fish that can be reeled in from
the sea—society in figurative language.
I’m not sure one should approach the quest
for a partner with the duplicitous mindset
of attracting them using “bait,” in other
words, dishonesty. I also think it promotes a
selfish philosophy, as it neglects one of the
most important relationship principles—
mutuality. A relationship is not simply
about having your pick of a group of people
that most enamors you; rather, the subject
of your interest must also be attracted to
you. Of course, I’m aware that the adage is
only figurative, but a proper outlook is the
prerequisite to rebounding from and limiting
the number of rejections.
|: I were to depict my relationship
In case you were wondering, the
correct phrase you want to console yourself
with is not “serenity now!” either; in fact
there really isn’t one. A phrase can be
reassuring and encouraging, but it’s more
of a temporary fix or a sweep-under-the-
rug solution. A more practical strategy is
to simply review the sequence of events
leading up to the rejection. Don’t be too
hard on yourself if you made a mistake; just
start brainstorming on how you can improve
in future interactions. If you didn’t make a
mistake, pat yourself on the back. Whatever
the case, avoid useless rumination, which
is a common side effect of rejection and
absolutely don’t forgo hope of finding
somebody.
Furthermore, from my experiences, I
have found that the number one rejection-
evoker is not so much a lack of confidence,
money or good looks as it is over-eagerness.
The tendency to immediately fall in love
with somebody happens to be a major
turnoff. I had to learn this the hard way after
several miserably unsuccessful trials. After
the sixth time, I thought to myself, “perhaps
I’m doing something wrong.” Sure enough,
I discovered that in all of my futile attempts,
I had come off as overeager. Making the
advance, from suggesting a movie to see to
making cardiovascular references, requires
quite a bit of befriending, if not dating. This
way, people avoid making any emotional
investments until they are more certain
that their potential partners are compatible.
What’s more, it makes for a more enjoyable
and meaningful relationship due to the
intimacy established.
With this advice in mind, you can
re-embark on your quest for love, aware
of frowned-upon flirting etiquette and also
that every rejection you sustain serves as
a wonderful learning opportunity. Take it
from me; I’m a rejection veteran.
British Columbia: a salmon nation
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
itizens gathered outside the
q Vancouver Art Gallery in a rally
for wild salmon. The purpose of
the rally was to demand the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) immediately
remove salmon farms from the B.C. coast,
in an effort to restore the wild salmon
stocks.
For years, conservation groups and
scientists have fought to remove open net
salmon farms and preserve wild salmon.
The issue of declining salmon stocks and
fish farms off the coast of B.C. is complex
and involves many different parties and
multiple views.
Pacific salmon have been B.C.’s
lifeblood for hundreds if not thousands
of years, supporting both ecosystems and
economies. A main source of nourishment
and a trading commodity, many First
Nations people still rely heavily on salmon
to maintain their livelihood. Salmon are
also a keystone species, which means they
have a widespread effect on the entire
ecosystem; bears, birds, whales, forests and
humans all depend on wild salmon. Salmon
are like the hub of a wheel to which all
of the spokes are attached. If you remove
the hub, the whole wheel falls apart. It
has also been proven that ecosystem
surrounding salmon bearing waters are
more ecologically diverse. And diversity is
a good thing!
The six species of Wild Pacific
Salmon hatch in fresh water and eventually
make their way to the Ocean where
they spend a good portion of their life
bulking up in the ocean and contributing
to the cycle. Once a salmon has reached
maturation, it heads back to the creek,
stream and river from which it came to
start the process all over again. When
salmon
juvenile salmon however, the story is
much different. As the wild salmon make
their way from the streams to the ocean
as juveniles, they pass by these farms and
the result is catastrophic. The fish farms
billow out clouds of sea lice making it next
to impossible for these fish to navigate
the gauntlet without being attacked by
this parasite. A sea louse will attach itself
to a fish and proceed to feed off it until
the fish dead. Once the fish dies, it can
obviously no longer contribute to the cycle.
Before fish farms, seal lice had never been
reported in juvenile salmon. Now, due to
the concentration and location of the fish
farms, they pose a potential serious threat
to the wild Pacific Salmon stocks.
A number of peer-reviewed research
shows that sea lice are detrimental to
juvenile wild salmon. Studies of fish
farms in Norway, Scotland and Chile have
shown that fish farms are detrimental to
wild fish stock and worst case scenario
can extinct a species. The Fraser River is
the largest salmon-producing river in the
world. This year the Fraser River sockeye
run, predicted to consist of 8.7 million fish
fell extremely short at 600,000, a mere
seven per cent of what was expected.
Coincidentally, as Fraser River salmon
travel north from the mouth of the river
on their way to the ocean, they pass by a
plethora of fish farms.
What are the proposed solutions?
Move the fish farms onto land or at
least enclose them. One hope for the
protection of these fish lies within educated
consumers. Asking whether or not the fish
you purchase is wild or farmed can make
the difference. Numerous environmental
groups exist for the sole purpose of
protecting the native wild salmon
stocks. Hopefully this drastic reduction
in returning salmon is not a sign of the
lay eggs, “This year the Fraser River sockeye run, predicted to consist
they lay
them
by the
thousand, this is because the odds of
survival are against them. Two out of every
4,000 eggs will complete the entire life
cycle. Predators and other natural factors
affect Salmon population, however so
do humans. Commercial fishing, water
pollution, siltation and fish farms all have
affects on salmon populations.
While many human impacts on
salmon populations have been focuses
of conservation efforts in the past, fish
farms were the focus of this week’s rally.
Fish farms raise massive amounts of fish
in open pen enclosures in many coastal
areas off BC’s West Coast.-Over 100 farms
containing more than half a million fish
each exist mainly for food production. The
fish are kept in vastly higher concentrations
then they would be in the wild. The high
concentrations create massive pollution
and environmental problems for both farm
and wild fish. Gold mines for bacteria,
“farmers” use antibiotics, which have
harmful effects on environmental and
human health.
Arguably, the number one problem
presented by fish farms is sea lice. A
common parasite among adult salmon,
they don’t normally poses a risk. In
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of 8.7 million fish fell extremely short at 600,000, a mere
seven per cent of what was expected.”
beginning of the end of the Pacific Wild
Salmon stocks and a Salmon Nation.
rotester outside the Vancouver Art
Gallery
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CeATou
Dealing with rejection for dummies, from a male dummy
By Siavash Emamzadeh
with women using a metaphor, I'd say
it’s been like a voyage. I have been a
voyager wandering the desert, looking for
some solace in a nice stream of refreshing
water or from a filling date palm tree (pun
definitely intended).
Tam still on this voyage that
commenced well before the millennium.
What’s more, I have long discovered that
I am immortal, for you see, not only were
those perceived streams of water and
date palm trees mirages, they were also
devastating quick sands. What appeared
like women indicating their attraction to me
was evidently anything but, sometimes even
animosity.
Interpreting potential signs of
attraction is a taxing undertaking for both
sexes, but I think I have picked up some
helpful methods for dealing with rejection,
from a male perspective. Unrelenting failure
does have its advantages after all!
For starters, have you heard the famous
saying, “there are plenty of fish in the sea?”
If you have, you must absolutely ignore
it! The comparison suggests that potential
lovers are like fish that can be reeled in from
the sea—society in figurative language.
I’m not sure one should approach the quest
for a partner with the duplicitous mindset
of attracting them using “bait,” in other
words, dishonesty. I also think it promotes a
selfish philosophy, as it neglects one of the
most important relationship principles—
mutuality. A relationship is not simply
about having your pick of a group of people
that most enamors you; rather, the subject
of your interest must also be attracted to
you. Of course, I’m aware that the adage is
only figurative, but a proper outlook is the
prerequisite to rebounding from and limiting
the number of rejections.
|: I were to depict my relationship
In case you were wondering, the
correct phrase you want to console yourself
with is not “serenity now!” either; in fact
there really isn’t one. A phrase can be
reassuring and encouraging, but it’s more
of a temporary fix or a sweep-under-the-
rug solution. A more practical strategy is
to simply review the sequence of events
leading up to the rejection. Don’t be too
hard on yourself if you made a mistake; just
start brainstorming on how you can improve
in future interactions. If you didn’t make a
mistake, pat yourself on the back. Whatever
the case, avoid useless rumination, which
is a common side effect of rejection and
absolutely don’t forgo hope of finding
somebody.
Furthermore, from my experiences, I
have found that the number one rejection-
evoker is not so much a lack of confidence,
money or good looks as it is over-eagerness.
The tendency to immediately fall in love
with somebody happens to be a major
turnoff. I had to learn this the hard way after
several miserably unsuccessful trials. After
the sixth time, I thought to myself, “perhaps
I’m doing something wrong.” Sure enough,
I discovered that in all of my futile attempts,
I had come off as overeager. Making the
advance, from suggesting a movie to see to
making cardiovascular references, requires
quite a bit of befriending, if not dating. This
way, people avoid making any emotional
investments until they are more certain
that their potential partners are compatible.
What’s more, it makes for a more enjoyable
and meaningful relationship due to the
intimacy established.
With this advice in mind, you can
re-embark on your quest for love, aware
of frowned-upon flirting etiquette and also
that every rejection you sustain serves as
a wonderful learning opportunity. Take it
from me; I’m a rejection veteran.
British Columbia: a salmon nation
By Trevor Dore, Acting Opinions Editor
itizens gathered outside the
q Vancouver Art Gallery in a rally
for wild salmon. The purpose of
the rally was to demand the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) immediately
remove salmon farms from the B.C. coast,
in an effort to restore the wild salmon
stocks.
For years, conservation groups and
scientists have fought to remove open net
salmon farms and preserve wild salmon.
The issue of declining salmon stocks and
fish farms off the coast of B.C. is complex
and involves many different parties and
multiple views.
Pacific salmon have been B.C.’s
lifeblood for hundreds if not thousands
of years, supporting both ecosystems and
economies. A main source of nourishment
and a trading commodity, many First
Nations people still rely heavily on salmon
to maintain their livelihood. Salmon are
also a keystone species, which means they
have a widespread effect on the entire
ecosystem; bears, birds, whales, forests and
humans all depend on wild salmon. Salmon
are like the hub of a wheel to which all
of the spokes are attached. If you remove
the hub, the whole wheel falls apart. It
has also been proven that ecosystem
surrounding salmon bearing waters are
more ecologically diverse. And diversity is
a good thing!
The six species of Wild Pacific
Salmon hatch in fresh water and eventually
make their way to the Ocean where
they spend a good portion of their life
bulking up in the ocean and contributing
to the cycle. Once a salmon has reached
maturation, it heads back to the creek,
stream and river from which it came to
start the process all over again. When
salmon
juvenile salmon however, the story is
much different. As the wild salmon make
their way from the streams to the ocean
as juveniles, they pass by these farms and
the result is catastrophic. The fish farms
billow out clouds of sea lice making it next
to impossible for these fish to navigate
the gauntlet without being attacked by
this parasite. A sea louse will attach itself
to a fish and proceed to feed off it until
the fish dead. Once the fish dies, it can
obviously no longer contribute to the cycle.
Before fish farms, seal lice had never been
reported in juvenile salmon. Now, due to
the concentration and location of the fish
farms, they pose a potential serious threat
to the wild Pacific Salmon stocks.
A number of peer-reviewed research
shows that sea lice are detrimental to
juvenile wild salmon. Studies of fish
farms in Norway, Scotland and Chile have
shown that fish farms are detrimental to
wild fish stock and worst case scenario
can extinct a species. The Fraser River is
the largest salmon-producing river in the
world. This year the Fraser River sockeye
run, predicted to consist of 8.7 million fish
fell extremely short at 600,000, a mere
seven per cent of what was expected.
Coincidentally, as Fraser River salmon
travel north from the mouth of the river
on their way to the ocean, they pass by a
plethora of fish farms.
What are the proposed solutions?
Move the fish farms onto land or at
least enclose them. One hope for the
protection of these fish lies within educated
consumers. Asking whether or not the fish
you purchase is wild or farmed can make
the difference. Numerous environmental
groups exist for the sole purpose of
protecting the native wild salmon
stocks. Hopefully this drastic reduction
in returning salmon is not a sign of the
lay eggs, “This year the Fraser River sockeye run, predicted to consist
they lay
them
by the
thousand, this is because the odds of
survival are against them. Two out of every
4,000 eggs will complete the entire life
cycle. Predators and other natural factors
affect Salmon population, however so
do humans. Commercial fishing, water
pollution, siltation and fish farms all have
affects on salmon populations.
While many human impacts on
salmon populations have been focuses
of conservation efforts in the past, fish
farms were the focus of this week’s rally.
Fish farms raise massive amounts of fish
in open pen enclosures in many coastal
areas off BC’s West Coast.-Over 100 farms
containing more than half a million fish
each exist mainly for food production. The
fish are kept in vastly higher concentrations
then they would be in the wild. The high
concentrations create massive pollution
and environmental problems for both farm
and wild fish. Gold mines for bacteria,
“farmers” use antibiotics, which have
harmful effects on environmental and
human health.
Arguably, the number one problem
presented by fish farms is sea lice. A
common parasite among adult salmon,
they don’t normally poses a risk. In
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of 8.7 million fish fell extremely short at 600,000, a mere
seven per cent of what was expected.”
beginning of the end of the Pacific Wild
Salmon stocks and a Salmon Nation.
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Gallery
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By Angela Szcezar, Web Editor
ave you ever wanted to watch
H: movie but didn’t want to be
bothered by going all the way to
the video store to pick one out? I felt that
way last month, so I searched the Internet to
find out if there was a Canadian version of
Netflix, which is the popular DVD-by-mail
service offered to U.S. residents.
From what I could find, it turns out
that Canada has three alternatives: Zip.ca,
Canflix.com and Cinemail.ca. All of these
companies offer a free 14-week trial period
and offer similar services: you sign up to a
subscription service (packages and pricing
varies by company), you create a list of
DVDs that you'd like to see, the DVDs are
mailed to you along with a postage-paid
return envelope, and you pop the DVDs into
the mailbox when you’re done watching
them. No due dates, no late fees!
Each of the three above companies
vary in terms of selection, but Zip.ca has the
highest selection to choose from, offering
over 72,000 DVD titles. You can do your
own individual research to find out which
company you'd like to try out, but since
I chose Zip.ca the rest of this article will
review that particular company.
I’ve been a Zip subscriber for a month
now and I’ve had a really good experience.
Every time Zip has mailed out a DVD to
me, I have always received it the very next
day. Zip also gives you the ability to alert
them when you return your DVD. They
then mail you out a new disc within the next
24-hour period, which reduces the time you
have to wait for your next disc. And if you
enjoy rating movies and writing reviews,
Zip has a loyalty program where you
can accumulate points by doing just that
(amongst other things).
Out of the seven DVDs that I’ve rented
thus far, one of them came to me scratched
and unable to play. I was initially annoyed,
Byars
but Zip has a feature on the website to
report problems such as this. I reported the
problem and Zip mailed out a replacement
copy of the disc as well as an additional
complimentary rental.
Another part of Zip (and any other
DVD-by-mail service) is that there are no
late fees. While Blockbuster did lower their
rates to $3.99 for a two-day new release,
they also brought back their late fees. My
boyfriend and I used to take advantage of
their “three new releases for $10” offerings,
but with only two days to watch three
movies, we found it difficult to return them
by 12:00 p.m. Yeah, they’re now due by
noon—not 11 p.m., and the late charges
are $2 a day per movie! My subscription at
Zip costs $10.95 a month, so even if I only
rented three movies a month and returned
them all on time, I still come out ahead by
having a subscription with Zip. And since I
have all the seasons of Heroes and Dexter to
catch up on, I won’t have any trouble at all
renting at least three DVD’s a month.
To top it all off, I bought my boyfriend
a PlayStation 3 for his birthday, and Blu-
Ray discs are available at Zip.ca at no extra
charge!
Students aud money
7— Transportation on a budget
By Trevor Dore, Opinions Editor
raveling from one destination to
"Tinste is part of almost everyone’s
everyday life. Whether going to
school, work, grocery shopping or out on
a date, it is important to find an efficient
and effective means of transportation.
Transportation can be costly and consume a
large chunk of a starving students’ income.
Fortunately, there are multiple forms of
transportation and it just a matter of finding
the one that’s right for you.
¢ Pedestrian power: the next time
you have to go somewhere that
is relatively close by, implement
the oldest, most basic form of
transportation and walk. Walking
is friendly for the environment
and great your health—it won’t
hurt your wallet either. In a nation
that has a population with rising
weight problems, it might do us
all a little good to get out and
walk. Keep in mind walking does
take a little extra time. This time
can be used to enjoy the fresh air
of the surrounding environment
and interact a little with your
community.
* Bicycle bonus: nothing beats
flying by gridlocked traffic on two
wheels. While cycling is a little bit
more expensive then walking, as
you have to buy a bike and some
equipment, the overall costs of
maintaining a bike are quite low.
No insurance, no gas. Cities are
increasingly incorporating bike
lanes into their infrastructure
plans and developments, which
makes it easier to get on and go
from one location to the next. The
new SkyTrain cars provide more
spaces for passengers with bikes,
making it easier to travel further
on two wheels. If you are planning
to ride your bike, remember to
load up on the safety gear and
brush up on the rules of the road.
* Terrific transit: public transit
can be coupled with bicycling and
walking to provide the ultimate
low cost transportation. With a
FastTrax sticker on your student
card you can travel anywhere on
a one zone adult fare. The stickers
are available in the library at the
New West Campus and in room
3100 at David Lam. Purchase the
monthly fare for $73, it pays for
itself in 10 uses and then you are
good to go for the entire month.
While taking transit does add to
your commute time, it provides a
good opportunity to catch up on
homework, read a book or sleep.
Now, if you’re still thinking $73 is
a lot, let’s take a quick look at the
imminent alternative...
¢ The callous car: offering
freedom, convenience, comfort,
and prestige, the car is often
a very popular first choice;
however, all is not good. If you
are on a budget, a car is definitely
not going to be your best option.
Continually increasing gas prices
are going to hit you on a regular
basis. Insurance will cost you
in the $200 a month range. You
must also consider the initial cost;
finding a reliable vehicle under
$1000 is like finding a needle ina
hay stack and you can be assured
that inherent repairs will ensue.
Cars also pose a serious risk to
human health: accidents, road
rage and a sedentary lifestyle are
all factors, and don’t even get me
started on environmental impacts.
* Pool party: If you can’t avoid the
single occupancy commute, try to
carpool with someone who lives
close to you. Sharing vehicle and
fuel costs can drastically reduce
the impact on your wallet and
the environment. If can not find
someone that lives close to you,
take advantage of the many car
pool services offered by groups
like zipcar.com and ride-share.
com.
In the end, there are many ways to get
around and keep some money in the bank.
An ever-increasing population is going to
result in increased single occupancy vehicle
commute times. So, instead of investing in
a car and supporting ICBC, buy a transit
pass and invest in an efficient and effective
transit system for the future.
Edited Text
By Angela Szcezar, Web Editor
ave you ever wanted to watch
H: movie but didn’t want to be
bothered by going all the way to
the video store to pick one out? I felt that
way last month, so I searched the Internet to
find out if there was a Canadian version of
Netflix, which is the popular DVD-by-mail
service offered to U.S. residents.
From what I could find, it turns out
that Canada has three alternatives: Zip.ca,
Canflix.com and Cinemail.ca. All of these
companies offer a free 14-week trial period
and offer similar services: you sign up to a
subscription service (packages and pricing
varies by company), you create a list of
DVDs that you'd like to see, the DVDs are
mailed to you along with a postage-paid
return envelope, and you pop the DVDs into
the mailbox when you’re done watching
them. No due dates, no late fees!
Each of the three above companies
vary in terms of selection, but Zip.ca has the
highest selection to choose from, offering
over 72,000 DVD titles. You can do your
own individual research to find out which
company you'd like to try out, but since
I chose Zip.ca the rest of this article will
review that particular company.
I’ve been a Zip subscriber for a month
now and I’ve had a really good experience.
Every time Zip has mailed out a DVD to
me, I have always received it the very next
day. Zip also gives you the ability to alert
them when you return your DVD. They
then mail you out a new disc within the next
24-hour period, which reduces the time you
have to wait for your next disc. And if you
enjoy rating movies and writing reviews,
Zip has a loyalty program where you
can accumulate points by doing just that
(amongst other things).
Out of the seven DVDs that I’ve rented
thus far, one of them came to me scratched
and unable to play. I was initially annoyed,
Byars
but Zip has a feature on the website to
report problems such as this. I reported the
problem and Zip mailed out a replacement
copy of the disc as well as an additional
complimentary rental.
Another part of Zip (and any other
DVD-by-mail service) is that there are no
late fees. While Blockbuster did lower their
rates to $3.99 for a two-day new release,
they also brought back their late fees. My
boyfriend and I used to take advantage of
their “three new releases for $10” offerings,
but with only two days to watch three
movies, we found it difficult to return them
by 12:00 p.m. Yeah, they’re now due by
noon—not 11 p.m., and the late charges
are $2 a day per movie! My subscription at
Zip costs $10.95 a month, so even if I only
rented three movies a month and returned
them all on time, I still come out ahead by
having a subscription with Zip. And since I
have all the seasons of Heroes and Dexter to
catch up on, I won’t have any trouble at all
renting at least three DVD’s a month.
To top it all off, I bought my boyfriend
a PlayStation 3 for his birthday, and Blu-
Ray discs are available at Zip.ca at no extra
charge!
Students aud money
7— Transportation on a budget
By Trevor Dore, Opinions Editor
raveling from one destination to
"Tinste is part of almost everyone’s
everyday life. Whether going to
school, work, grocery shopping or out on
a date, it is important to find an efficient
and effective means of transportation.
Transportation can be costly and consume a
large chunk of a starving students’ income.
Fortunately, there are multiple forms of
transportation and it just a matter of finding
the one that’s right for you.
¢ Pedestrian power: the next time
you have to go somewhere that
is relatively close by, implement
the oldest, most basic form of
transportation and walk. Walking
is friendly for the environment
and great your health—it won’t
hurt your wallet either. In a nation
that has a population with rising
weight problems, it might do us
all a little good to get out and
walk. Keep in mind walking does
take a little extra time. This time
can be used to enjoy the fresh air
of the surrounding environment
and interact a little with your
community.
* Bicycle bonus: nothing beats
flying by gridlocked traffic on two
wheels. While cycling is a little bit
more expensive then walking, as
you have to buy a bike and some
equipment, the overall costs of
maintaining a bike are quite low.
No insurance, no gas. Cities are
increasingly incorporating bike
lanes into their infrastructure
plans and developments, which
makes it easier to get on and go
from one location to the next. The
new SkyTrain cars provide more
spaces for passengers with bikes,
making it easier to travel further
on two wheels. If you are planning
to ride your bike, remember to
load up on the safety gear and
brush up on the rules of the road.
* Terrific transit: public transit
can be coupled with bicycling and
walking to provide the ultimate
low cost transportation. With a
FastTrax sticker on your student
card you can travel anywhere on
a one zone adult fare. The stickers
are available in the library at the
New West Campus and in room
3100 at David Lam. Purchase the
monthly fare for $73, it pays for
itself in 10 uses and then you are
good to go for the entire month.
While taking transit does add to
your commute time, it provides a
good opportunity to catch up on
homework, read a book or sleep.
Now, if you’re still thinking $73 is
a lot, let’s take a quick look at the
imminent alternative...
¢ The callous car: offering
freedom, convenience, comfort,
and prestige, the car is often
a very popular first choice;
however, all is not good. If you
are on a budget, a car is definitely
not going to be your best option.
Continually increasing gas prices
are going to hit you on a regular
basis. Insurance will cost you
in the $200 a month range. You
must also consider the initial cost;
finding a reliable vehicle under
$1000 is like finding a needle ina
hay stack and you can be assured
that inherent repairs will ensue.
Cars also pose a serious risk to
human health: accidents, road
rage and a sedentary lifestyle are
all factors, and don’t even get me
started on environmental impacts.
* Pool party: If you can’t avoid the
single occupancy commute, try to
carpool with someone who lives
close to you. Sharing vehicle and
fuel costs can drastically reduce
the impact on your wallet and
the environment. If can not find
someone that lives close to you,
take advantage of the many car
pool services offered by groups
like zipcar.com and ride-share.
com.
In the end, there are many ways to get
around and keep some money in the bank.
An ever-increasing population is going to
result in increased single occupancy vehicle
commute times. So, instead of investing in
a car and supporting ICBC, buy a transit
pass and invest in an efficient and effective
transit system for the future.
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Not particularly down with the sickness
Liam Britten
editor in chief
he fall season is upon us, and unless
| you’ve been living under a rock (or
worse, not reading this newspaper),
you are well aware that flu season is here too.
And all throughout the land, homes are filled
with the pleasures of this wonderful time; the
scent of hand sanitizers, the taste of medicines,
the sight of Kleenex tissues crumpled into
massive piles that sort of look like gooey white
Christmas trees. Aye, ‘tis the season, gentle
reader.
Despite my best efforts, flu season is upon
me too. I thought I was doing a pretty good
job of avoiding getting ill, but this week I’ve
been floored by a half-decent case of what I’m
assuming is either the flu or the bubonic plague.
And since the leeches and bloodletting aren’t
helping, I assume it can only be the fiu.
For me, one of the worst parts of flu season
is that it brings out the amateur physician in
everyone. Everyone and their sick dog has a
cure-all for getting rid of a cold and no one, not .
even their sick dog, is afraid to give their two
cents about that cure.
Some pieces of advice make sense. Bed
rest? Sounds good to me. Plenty of fluids? Good
advice in just about any circumstance. But
I’ve heard some wellness tips in my day that
were real beauties and I’m sure some of them
are more likely to kill you than the evil spirits
causing your illness:
Witch hazel: I don’t know what witch hazel is,
and I sure as hell don’t want to know. I refuse
to be turned into a newt or whatever just to cure
my sniffles, and, hell, think of it from a legal
standpoint; in some places in the Deep South,
witchcraft is still illegal and it’s not like you
need to do a lot of convincing to get them eager
for an execution (I’m sure they’re even willing
to bring back burning at the stake for the “retro”
value).
Vicks Vaporub: this guy I met in a park told
me that if I let him rub me with this Vaporub
crap, my cold would go away. I haven’t been
the same since.
Vanilla ice cream: someone told me to eat
vanilla ice cream to soothe the pain of a sore
throat, and this one, surprisingly, works... too
well. Folks, ice cream is not meant to be eaten
to cure a sore throat; ice cream is only to be
used to cure the depression brought on by the
whole world being against you and no one on
the whole planet around to love you or feel your
pain, and let’s face it, you were totally there for
them when things got rough, like when David
and Lara broke up, and you were there for
both of them even though you were conflicted
because you had a thing for Lara and David’s
supposed to be your best friend, but where
are they now?! Where the hell are you now,
David?!
Which brings me to my point: using medicine
for a purpose it wasn’t intended for is drug
abuse, which is bad.
Smoking pot: believe it or not, I know some
people who swear by this cure. After all,
nothing like thick pot smoke and coughing a
whole bunch to get rid of a cold, right?
Gargle with cola: I was once told me that the
best way to cure a sore throat is to gargle and
spit cola, and I’ve gotta say, this one doesn’t
sound so farfetched. After all, besides type two
diabetes, obesity, fatty liver syndrome, leptin
resistance, heart burn and ulcers, what can't
high-fructose corn syrup cure?
Any sort of goddamn herbal crap: doesn’t
work. Please stop telling me that it will, you
damn hippies, because it is all useless. Only
harsh, tested-on-animals drugs really work
in any sense, yes, even though they were
manufactured by “the man.” I assure you, “the
man” and his “scientists” know more than your
holistic therapist about getting better.
These are my favourite quack cures for
a disease that causes me at least a week every
year of mild irritation. I’m sure you’ve heard
some good ones too, and if you know some
really good ones, write them down on a piece
of paper... and don’t send them in to The Other
Press. We’ve got enough bad advice as it is.
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
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Not particularly down with the sickness
Liam Britten
editor in chief
he fall season is upon us, and unless
| you’ve been living under a rock (or
worse, not reading this newspaper),
you are well aware that flu season is here too.
And all throughout the land, homes are filled
with the pleasures of this wonderful time; the
scent of hand sanitizers, the taste of medicines,
the sight of Kleenex tissues crumpled into
massive piles that sort of look like gooey white
Christmas trees. Aye, ‘tis the season, gentle
reader.
Despite my best efforts, flu season is upon
me too. I thought I was doing a pretty good
job of avoiding getting ill, but this week I’ve
been floored by a half-decent case of what I’m
assuming is either the flu or the bubonic plague.
And since the leeches and bloodletting aren’t
helping, I assume it can only be the fiu.
For me, one of the worst parts of flu season
is that it brings out the amateur physician in
everyone. Everyone and their sick dog has a
cure-all for getting rid of a cold and no one, not .
even their sick dog, is afraid to give their two
cents about that cure.
Some pieces of advice make sense. Bed
rest? Sounds good to me. Plenty of fluids? Good
advice in just about any circumstance. But
I’ve heard some wellness tips in my day that
were real beauties and I’m sure some of them
are more likely to kill you than the evil spirits
causing your illness:
Witch hazel: I don’t know what witch hazel is,
and I sure as hell don’t want to know. I refuse
to be turned into a newt or whatever just to cure
my sniffles, and, hell, think of it from a legal
standpoint; in some places in the Deep South,
witchcraft is still illegal and it’s not like you
need to do a lot of convincing to get them eager
for an execution (I’m sure they’re even willing
to bring back burning at the stake for the “retro”
value).
Vicks Vaporub: this guy I met in a park told
me that if I let him rub me with this Vaporub
crap, my cold would go away. I haven’t been
the same since.
Vanilla ice cream: someone told me to eat
vanilla ice cream to soothe the pain of a sore
throat, and this one, surprisingly, works... too
well. Folks, ice cream is not meant to be eaten
to cure a sore throat; ice cream is only to be
used to cure the depression brought on by the
whole world being against you and no one on
the whole planet around to love you or feel your
pain, and let’s face it, you were totally there for
them when things got rough, like when David
and Lara broke up, and you were there for
both of them even though you were conflicted
because you had a thing for Lara and David’s
supposed to be your best friend, but where
are they now?! Where the hell are you now,
David?!
Which brings me to my point: using medicine
for a purpose it wasn’t intended for is drug
abuse, which is bad.
Smoking pot: believe it or not, I know some
people who swear by this cure. After all,
nothing like thick pot smoke and coughing a
whole bunch to get rid of a cold, right?
Gargle with cola: I was once told me that the
best way to cure a sore throat is to gargle and
spit cola, and I’ve gotta say, this one doesn’t
sound so farfetched. After all, besides type two
diabetes, obesity, fatty liver syndrome, leptin
resistance, heart burn and ulcers, what can't
high-fructose corn syrup cure?
Any sort of goddamn herbal crap: doesn’t
work. Please stop telling me that it will, you
damn hippies, because it is all useless. Only
harsh, tested-on-animals drugs really work
in any sense, yes, even though they were
manufactured by “the man.” I assure you, “the
man” and his “scientists” know more than your
holistic therapist about getting better.
These are my favourite quack cures for
a disease that causes me at least a week every
year of mild irritation. I’m sure you’ve heard
some good ones too, and if you know some
really good ones, write them down on a piece
of paper... and don’t send them in to The Other
Press. We’ve got enough bad advice as it is.
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
The Other Press
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Not particularly down with the sickness
Liam Britten
editor in chief
he fall season is upon us, and unless
| you’ve been living under a rock (or
worse, not reading this newspaper),
you are well aware that flu season is here too.
And all throughout the land, homes are filled
with the pleasures of this wonderful time; the
scent of hand sanitizers, the taste of medicines,
the sight of Kleenex tissues crumpled into
massive piles that sort of look like gooey white
Christmas trees. Aye, ‘tis the season, gentle
reader.
Despite my best efforts, flu season is upon
me too. I thought I was doing a pretty good
job of avoiding getting ill, but this week I’ve
been floored by a half-decent case of what I’m
assuming is either the flu or the bubonic plague.
And since the leeches and bloodletting aren’t
helping, I assume it can only be the fiu.
For me, one of the worst parts of flu season
is that it brings out the amateur physician in
everyone. Everyone and their sick dog has a
cure-all for getting rid of a cold and no one, not .
even their sick dog, is afraid to give their two
cents about that cure.
Some pieces of advice make sense. Bed
rest? Sounds good to me. Plenty of fluids? Good
advice in just about any circumstance. But
I’ve heard some wellness tips in my day that
were real beauties and I’m sure some of them
are more likely to kill you than the evil spirits
causing your illness:
Witch hazel: I don’t know what witch hazel is,
and I sure as hell don’t want to know. I refuse
to be turned into a newt or whatever just to cure
my sniffles, and, hell, think of it from a legal
standpoint; in some places in the Deep South,
witchcraft is still illegal and it’s not like you
need to do a lot of convincing to get them eager
for an execution (I’m sure they’re even willing
to bring back burning at the stake for the “retro”
value).
Vicks Vaporub: this guy I met in a park told
me that if I let him rub me with this Vaporub
crap, my cold would go away. I haven’t been
the same since.
Vanilla ice cream: someone told me to eat
vanilla ice cream to soothe the pain of a sore
throat, and this one, surprisingly, works... too
well. Folks, ice cream is not meant to be eaten
to cure a sore throat; ice cream is only to be
used to cure the depression brought on by the
whole world being against you and no one on
the whole planet around to love you or feel your
pain, and let’s face it, you were totally there for
them when things got rough, like when David
and Lara broke up, and you were there for
both of them even though you were conflicted
because you had a thing for Lara and David’s
supposed to be your best friend, but where
are they now?! Where the hell are you now,
David?!
Which brings me to my point: using medicine
for a purpose it wasn’t intended for is drug
abuse, which is bad.
Smoking pot: believe it or not, I know some
people who swear by this cure. After all,
nothing like thick pot smoke and coughing a
whole bunch to get rid of a cold, right?
Gargle with cola: I was once told me that the
best way to cure a sore throat is to gargle and
spit cola, and I’ve gotta say, this one doesn’t
sound so farfetched. After all, besides type two
diabetes, obesity, fatty liver syndrome, leptin
resistance, heart burn and ulcers, what can't
high-fructose corn syrup cure?
Any sort of goddamn herbal crap: doesn’t
work. Please stop telling me that it will, you
damn hippies, because it is all useless. Only
harsh, tested-on-animals drugs really work
in any sense, yes, even though they were
manufactured by “the man.” I assure you, “the
man” and his “scientists” know more than your
holistic therapist about getting better.
These are my favourite quack cures for
a disease that causes me at least a week every
year of mild irritation. I’m sure you’ve heard
some good ones too, and if you know some
really good ones, write them down on a piece
of paper... and don’t send them in to The Other
Press. We’ve got enough bad advice as it is.
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
The Other Press
The Other Press is now on Twitter!
us to stay up-to-date with what’s happening at the paper, Douglas College and around town!
twitter.com/TheOtherPress
Not particularly down with the sickness
Liam Britten
editor in chief
he fall season is upon us, and unless
| you’ve been living under a rock (or
worse, not reading this newspaper),
you are well aware that flu season is here too.
And all throughout the land, homes are filled
with the pleasures of this wonderful time; the
scent of hand sanitizers, the taste of medicines,
the sight of Kleenex tissues crumpled into
massive piles that sort of look like gooey white
Christmas trees. Aye, ‘tis the season, gentle
reader.
Despite my best efforts, flu season is upon
me too. I thought I was doing a pretty good
job of avoiding getting ill, but this week I’ve
been floored by a half-decent case of what I’m
assuming is either the flu or the bubonic plague.
And since the leeches and bloodletting aren’t
helping, I assume it can only be the fiu.
For me, one of the worst parts of flu season
is that it brings out the amateur physician in
everyone. Everyone and their sick dog has a
cure-all for getting rid of a cold and no one, not .
even their sick dog, is afraid to give their two
cents about that cure.
Some pieces of advice make sense. Bed
rest? Sounds good to me. Plenty of fluids? Good
advice in just about any circumstance. But
I’ve heard some wellness tips in my day that
were real beauties and I’m sure some of them
are more likely to kill you than the evil spirits
causing your illness:
Witch hazel: I don’t know what witch hazel is,
and I sure as hell don’t want to know. I refuse
to be turned into a newt or whatever just to cure
my sniffles, and, hell, think of it from a legal
standpoint; in some places in the Deep South,
witchcraft is still illegal and it’s not like you
need to do a lot of convincing to get them eager
for an execution (I’m sure they’re even willing
to bring back burning at the stake for the “retro”
value).
Vicks Vaporub: this guy I met in a park told
me that if I let him rub me with this Vaporub
crap, my cold would go away. I haven’t been
the same since.
Vanilla ice cream: someone told me to eat
vanilla ice cream to soothe the pain of a sore
throat, and this one, surprisingly, works... too
well. Folks, ice cream is not meant to be eaten
to cure a sore throat; ice cream is only to be
used to cure the depression brought on by the
whole world being against you and no one on
the whole planet around to love you or feel your
pain, and let’s face it, you were totally there for
them when things got rough, like when David
and Lara broke up, and you were there for
both of them even though you were conflicted
because you had a thing for Lara and David’s
supposed to be your best friend, but where
are they now?! Where the hell are you now,
David?!
Which brings me to my point: using medicine
for a purpose it wasn’t intended for is drug
abuse, which is bad.
Smoking pot: believe it or not, I know some
people who swear by this cure. After all,
nothing like thick pot smoke and coughing a
whole bunch to get rid of a cold, right?
Gargle with cola: I was once told me that the
best way to cure a sore throat is to gargle and
spit cola, and I’ve gotta say, this one doesn’t
sound so farfetched. After all, besides type two
diabetes, obesity, fatty liver syndrome, leptin
resistance, heart burn and ulcers, what can't
high-fructose corn syrup cure?
Any sort of goddamn herbal crap: doesn’t
work. Please stop telling me that it will, you
damn hippies, because it is all useless. Only
harsh, tested-on-animals drugs really work
in any sense, yes, even though they were
manufactured by “the man.” I assure you, “the
man” and his “scientists” know more than your
holistic therapist about getting better.
These are my favourite quack cures for
a disease that causes me at least a week every
year of mild irritation. I’m sure you’ve heard
some good ones too, and if you know some
really good ones, write them down on a piece
of paper... and don’t send them in to The Other
Press. We’ve got enough bad advice as it is.
Your friend in high fidelity,
Liam Britten
Editor in chief
The Other Press
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By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
lor better or worse, comebacks have
R= a huge part of sports for as long
as anyone can remember. Sometimes
they work out, often they don’t, but athletes
in seemingly every sport regularly try to
come out of retirement for one last shot at
glory.
Perhaps more than in any other
sport, this is true of boxing. Virtually all
the game’s greatest names have made or
attempted comebacks in some fashion,
from Muhammad Ali to George Foreman to
Sugar Ray Leonard and a thousand names in
between. Sometimes these are awe-inspiring
and many times they are less than stellar.
So it was with trepidation that I
approached Floyd Mayweather’s recent fight
against Juan Manuel Marquez. It had been
almost two years since Mayweather’s last
bout against Ricky Hatton and his announced
retirement. In that span Manny Pacquiao
blew away the boxing world and took away
Mayweather’s claim to the best pound-for-
pound fighter in the world title.
It was with little surprise that most
greeted Mayweather’s return to the ring with
enthusiasm. What was shocking however
was his plans to battle Marquez, generally
ranked as the second best pound-for-
pound boxer in the world after Pacquiao.
Almost universally, when a big name
comes out of retirement, they do so first
against a handpicked, low-ranked nobody.
Mayweather bucked that trend by entering
into a fight where there was no guarantee
that he would win.
Say what you will about Mayweather’s
attitude, his often over-the-top showmanship
and his frequent tendency to flaunt his
sensational wealth, after this one there can be
little debate that Floyd Mayweather has guts
and has now cemented the belief that he is
one of the all-time greats.
After all, Mayweather entered into
this fight cold. Marquez went into the non-
title bout as the reigning WBO and Ring
Magazine Lightweight champion and as
the WBA Lightweight super champion. He
came in riding a big win over Juan Diaz
and only one loss since 2006. Despite this
and his universal respect among the boxing
community, the undefeated Mayweather
dominated.
Regardless of not being in the ring for
21 months, Mayweather picked Marquez
apart in a unanimous 12-round decision
wits he lost three rounds at worst. He
floored Marquez in the second round with
a left hook and went on to dictate the fight
statistically. While Marquez had to move up
two weight classes for the fight, Mayweather
landed 59 per cent of his punches while
Marquez managed to connect just 12 per cent
of the time.
The question now becomes, what is
next for Mayweather, who improved to 40-
0-0 (Marquez dropped to 50-5-1). He’s still
just 32 years old and has said that he plans to
continue fighting.
By the looks of things, there is only one
major super-fight left for Mayweather. All
roads seem to be leading to a titanic clash
with Manny Pacquiao, the current king of the
boxing world who is coming off destroying
Ricky Hatton in two rounds and is slated to
fight Miguel Cotto in November. Assuming
that Pacquiao defeats Cotto, a fight for the
ages against Mayweather seems set in stone
for sometime in 2010.
It’s possible that Mayweather could
fight Shane Mosley, the current WBA
Welterweight Champion who hasn’t fought
since January but stormed into the ring after
Mayweather’s victory over Marquez to
challenge him. Whether Mayweather fights
Mosley before or after Pacquiao doesn’t
really matter though. Pacquiao is the biggest
name in boxing at any weight class in the last
decade and is the real money fight.
What is really great about all of
this though is that after so many years of
ineptitude across the board and boring
fighters, boxing finally appears to have a real
cast of superstars again. Dare I say it, but it
really looks like boxing is getting interesting
again.
The ‘Other News
oronto Maple Leafs GM Brian
[a is well known around the
hockey world for his combative
comments and bombastic nature. So
it comes as no surprise that when his
words at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
recently came to light, controversy
erupted here in Vancouver.
was filmed saying that the Canucks
had made an offer to the Tampa Bay
Lightning. He stated that Canucks’ GM
Mike Gillis had anted up the team’s
first round selection, Kevin Bieksa
and Alex Burrows in exchange for the
second overall pick in the draft, hulking
Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman.
Obviously the rumoured deal did
not go together and not surprisingly,
Gillis firmly denied everything that
Burke said.
“There is absolutely no truth to it
whatsoever,” Gillis told The Province’s
Jason Botchford in an interview. “It’s an
absolutely preposterous idea.”
Whether the rumour was true or
not wouldn’t really matter to Gillis at
this point. He has to deny it so Bieksa
and Burrows won’t be discouraged.
Something similar happened in
Edmonton this summer when it was
leaked out that Oilers’ GM Steve
Tambellini had offered several players
to Ottawa in exchange for disgruntled
sniper Dany Heatley.
Regardless of whether or not
the proposed deal was actually real,
although it’s always more fun to believe
that it was, it has to make you stop and
think. Would it have been good for the
Vancouver Canucks?
It does seem like a hefty price to
pay. After all, Bieksa led all Canuck
defensemen in scoring last season
with 43 points and he was considered
Na
Garth McLennan
sports editor
During the draft in Montreal, Burke
Burke’s comments make you wonder
Brian Burke
to be having an off-season. Burrows
meanwhile had a breakout campaign, his
28 goals were good enough for second
on the team and he experienced strong
chemistry with the Sedin twins. That’s
not even to mention Jordan Schroeder,
Vancouver’s first pick (22 overall)
who has been doing big things at the
University of Minnesota.
But on the other hand, there is
Hedman’s allure. He was considered
to be in the running with John Tavaras
for the first overall pick and has been
playing extremely well in the Swedish
Elite League, widely thought of as the
second or third best circuit in the world,
against men since he was 16. Last
season he had 21 points in 43 games,
and that’s as a defenseman. At 6-foot-7,
230 Ibs, he’s an absolute monster on the
blueline, and anyone who watched the
World Junior Championships last year
knows the he loves to hit.
Almost universally, scouts have
projected Hedman to be a franchise
player in the mould of a Chris Pronger.
He’s huge, he hits, he can skate, he has
a great offensive game— basically, he’s
your prototypical star defender.
So would you make that trade?
Was Gillis right in turning it down?
We’ll know for sure in a few short
years, but right now, it looks to be
up in the air. Individually, Hedman is
obviously superior to any one of those
three, perhaps even any two of the three.
Then again, there is no shortage of high
profile first round draft busts throughout
the years.
So in the end, Kevin Bieksa, Alex
Burrows and Jordan Schroeder for
Victor Hedman? Should Gillis have
pulled the proverbial trigger, if indeed it
was there? Absolutely.
ode
lor better or worse, comebacks have
R= a huge part of sports for as long
as anyone can remember. Sometimes
they work out, often they don’t, but athletes
in seemingly every sport regularly try to
come out of retirement for one last shot at
glory.
Perhaps more than in any other
sport, this is true of boxing. Virtually all
the game’s greatest names have made or
attempted comebacks in some fashion,
from Muhammad Ali to George Foreman to
Sugar Ray Leonard and a thousand names in
between. Sometimes these are awe-inspiring
and many times they are less than stellar.
So it was with trepidation that I
approached Floyd Mayweather’s recent fight
against Juan Manuel Marquez. It had been
almost two years since Mayweather’s last
bout against Ricky Hatton and his announced
retirement. In that span Manny Pacquiao
blew away the boxing world and took away
Mayweather’s claim to the best pound-for-
pound fighter in the world title.
It was with little surprise that most
greeted Mayweather’s return to the ring with
enthusiasm. What was shocking however
was his plans to battle Marquez, generally
ranked as the second best pound-for-
pound boxer in the world after Pacquiao.
Almost universally, when a big name
comes out of retirement, they do so first
against a handpicked, low-ranked nobody.
Mayweather bucked that trend by entering
into a fight where there was no guarantee
that he would win.
Say what you will about Mayweather’s
attitude, his often over-the-top showmanship
and his frequent tendency to flaunt his
sensational wealth, after this one there can be
little debate that Floyd Mayweather has guts
and has now cemented the belief that he is
one of the all-time greats.
After all, Mayweather entered into
this fight cold. Marquez went into the non-
title bout as the reigning WBO and Ring
Magazine Lightweight champion and as
the WBA Lightweight super champion. He
came in riding a big win over Juan Diaz
and only one loss since 2006. Despite this
and his universal respect among the boxing
community, the undefeated Mayweather
dominated.
Regardless of not being in the ring for
21 months, Mayweather picked Marquez
apart in a unanimous 12-round decision
wits he lost three rounds at worst. He
floored Marquez in the second round with
a left hook and went on to dictate the fight
statistically. While Marquez had to move up
two weight classes for the fight, Mayweather
landed 59 per cent of his punches while
Marquez managed to connect just 12 per cent
of the time.
The question now becomes, what is
next for Mayweather, who improved to 40-
0-0 (Marquez dropped to 50-5-1). He’s still
just 32 years old and has said that he plans to
continue fighting.
By the looks of things, there is only one
major super-fight left for Mayweather. All
roads seem to be leading to a titanic clash
with Manny Pacquiao, the current king of the
boxing world who is coming off destroying
Ricky Hatton in two rounds and is slated to
fight Miguel Cotto in November. Assuming
that Pacquiao defeats Cotto, a fight for the
ages against Mayweather seems set in stone
for sometime in 2010.
It’s possible that Mayweather could
fight Shane Mosley, the current WBA
Welterweight Champion who hasn’t fought
since January but stormed into the ring after
Mayweather’s victory over Marquez to
challenge him. Whether Mayweather fights
Mosley before or after Pacquiao doesn’t
really matter though. Pacquiao is the biggest
name in boxing at any weight class in the last
decade and is the real money fight.
What is really great about all of
this though is that after so many years of
ineptitude across the board and boring
fighters, boxing finally appears to have a real
cast of superstars again. Dare I say it, but it
really looks like boxing is getting interesting
again.
The ‘Other News
oronto Maple Leafs GM Brian
[a is well known around the
hockey world for his combative
comments and bombastic nature. So
it comes as no surprise that when his
words at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
recently came to light, controversy
erupted here in Vancouver.
was filmed saying that the Canucks
had made an offer to the Tampa Bay
Lightning. He stated that Canucks’ GM
Mike Gillis had anted up the team’s
first round selection, Kevin Bieksa
and Alex Burrows in exchange for the
second overall pick in the draft, hulking
Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman.
Obviously the rumoured deal did
not go together and not surprisingly,
Gillis firmly denied everything that
Burke said.
“There is absolutely no truth to it
whatsoever,” Gillis told The Province’s
Jason Botchford in an interview. “It’s an
absolutely preposterous idea.”
Whether the rumour was true or
not wouldn’t really matter to Gillis at
this point. He has to deny it so Bieksa
and Burrows won’t be discouraged.
Something similar happened in
Edmonton this summer when it was
leaked out that Oilers’ GM Steve
Tambellini had offered several players
to Ottawa in exchange for disgruntled
sniper Dany Heatley.
Regardless of whether or not
the proposed deal was actually real,
although it’s always more fun to believe
that it was, it has to make you stop and
think. Would it have been good for the
Vancouver Canucks?
It does seem like a hefty price to
pay. After all, Bieksa led all Canuck
defensemen in scoring last season
with 43 points and he was considered
Na
Garth McLennan
sports editor
During the draft in Montreal, Burke
Burke’s comments make you wonder
Brian Burke
to be having an off-season. Burrows
meanwhile had a breakout campaign, his
28 goals were good enough for second
on the team and he experienced strong
chemistry with the Sedin twins. That’s
not even to mention Jordan Schroeder,
Vancouver’s first pick (22 overall)
who has been doing big things at the
University of Minnesota.
But on the other hand, there is
Hedman’s allure. He was considered
to be in the running with John Tavaras
for the first overall pick and has been
playing extremely well in the Swedish
Elite League, widely thought of as the
second or third best circuit in the world,
against men since he was 16. Last
season he had 21 points in 43 games,
and that’s as a defenseman. At 6-foot-7,
230 Ibs, he’s an absolute monster on the
blueline, and anyone who watched the
World Junior Championships last year
knows the he loves to hit.
Almost universally, scouts have
projected Hedman to be a franchise
player in the mould of a Chris Pronger.
He’s huge, he hits, he can skate, he has
a great offensive game— basically, he’s
your prototypical star defender.
So would you make that trade?
Was Gillis right in turning it down?
We’ll know for sure in a few short
years, but right now, it looks to be
up in the air. Individually, Hedman is
obviously superior to any one of those
three, perhaps even any two of the three.
Then again, there is no shortage of high
profile first round draft busts throughout
the years.
So in the end, Kevin Bieksa, Alex
Burrows and Jordan Schroeder for
Victor Hedman? Should Gillis have
pulled the proverbial trigger, if indeed it
was there? Absolutely.
ode
Edited Text
By Garth McLennan, Sports Editor
lor better or worse, comebacks have
R= a huge part of sports for as long
as anyone can remember. Sometimes
they work out, often they don’t, but athletes
in seemingly every sport regularly try to
come out of retirement for one last shot at
glory.
Perhaps more than in any other
sport, this is true of boxing. Virtually all
the game’s greatest names have made or
attempted comebacks in some fashion,
from Muhammad Ali to George Foreman to
Sugar Ray Leonard and a thousand names in
between. Sometimes these are awe-inspiring
and many times they are less than stellar.
So it was with trepidation that I
approached Floyd Mayweather’s recent fight
against Juan Manuel Marquez. It had been
almost two years since Mayweather’s last
bout against Ricky Hatton and his announced
retirement. In that span Manny Pacquiao
blew away the boxing world and took away
Mayweather’s claim to the best pound-for-
pound fighter in the world title.
It was with little surprise that most
greeted Mayweather’s return to the ring with
enthusiasm. What was shocking however
was his plans to battle Marquez, generally
ranked as the second best pound-for-
pound boxer in the world after Pacquiao.
Almost universally, when a big name
comes out of retirement, they do so first
against a handpicked, low-ranked nobody.
Mayweather bucked that trend by entering
into a fight where there was no guarantee
that he would win.
Say what you will about Mayweather’s
attitude, his often over-the-top showmanship
and his frequent tendency to flaunt his
sensational wealth, after this one there can be
little debate that Floyd Mayweather has guts
and has now cemented the belief that he is
one of the all-time greats.
After all, Mayweather entered into
this fight cold. Marquez went into the non-
title bout as the reigning WBO and Ring
Magazine Lightweight champion and as
the WBA Lightweight super champion. He
came in riding a big win over Juan Diaz
and only one loss since 2006. Despite this
and his universal respect among the boxing
community, the undefeated Mayweather
dominated.
Regardless of not being in the ring for
21 months, Mayweather picked Marquez
apart in a unanimous 12-round decision
wits he lost three rounds at worst. He
floored Marquez in the second round with
a left hook and went on to dictate the fight
statistically. While Marquez had to move up
two weight classes for the fight, Mayweather
landed 59 per cent of his punches while
Marquez managed to connect just 12 per cent
of the time.
The question now becomes, what is
next for Mayweather, who improved to 40-
0-0 (Marquez dropped to 50-5-1). He’s still
just 32 years old and has said that he plans to
continue fighting.
By the looks of things, there is only one
major super-fight left for Mayweather. All
roads seem to be leading to a titanic clash
with Manny Pacquiao, the current king of the
boxing world who is coming off destroying
Ricky Hatton in two rounds and is slated to
fight Miguel Cotto in November. Assuming
that Pacquiao defeats Cotto, a fight for the
ages against Mayweather seems set in stone
for sometime in 2010.
It’s possible that Mayweather could
fight Shane Mosley, the current WBA
Welterweight Champion who hasn’t fought
since January but stormed into the ring after
Mayweather’s victory over Marquez to
challenge him. Whether Mayweather fights
Mosley before or after Pacquiao doesn’t
really matter though. Pacquiao is the biggest
name in boxing at any weight class in the last
decade and is the real money fight.
What is really great about all of
this though is that after so many years of
ineptitude across the board and boring
fighters, boxing finally appears to have a real
cast of superstars again. Dare I say it, but it
really looks like boxing is getting interesting
again.
The ‘Other News
oronto Maple Leafs GM Brian
[a is well known around the
hockey world for his combative
comments and bombastic nature. So
it comes as no surprise that when his
words at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
recently came to light, controversy
erupted here in Vancouver.
was filmed saying that the Canucks
had made an offer to the Tampa Bay
Lightning. He stated that Canucks’ GM
Mike Gillis had anted up the team’s
first round selection, Kevin Bieksa
and Alex Burrows in exchange for the
second overall pick in the draft, hulking
Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman.
Obviously the rumoured deal did
not go together and not surprisingly,
Gillis firmly denied everything that
Burke said.
“There is absolutely no truth to it
whatsoever,” Gillis told The Province’s
Jason Botchford in an interview. “It’s an
absolutely preposterous idea.”
Whether the rumour was true or
not wouldn’t really matter to Gillis at
this point. He has to deny it so Bieksa
and Burrows won’t be discouraged.
Something similar happened in
Edmonton this summer when it was
leaked out that Oilers’ GM Steve
Tambellini had offered several players
to Ottawa in exchange for disgruntled
sniper Dany Heatley.
Regardless of whether or not
the proposed deal was actually real,
although it’s always more fun to believe
that it was, it has to make you stop and
think. Would it have been good for the
Vancouver Canucks?
It does seem like a hefty price to
pay. After all, Bieksa led all Canuck
defensemen in scoring last season
with 43 points and he was considered
Na
Garth McLennan
sports editor
During the draft in Montreal, Burke
Burke’s comments make you wonder
Brian Burke
to be having an off-season. Burrows
meanwhile had a breakout campaign, his
28 goals were good enough for second
on the team and he experienced strong
chemistry with the Sedin twins. That’s
not even to mention Jordan Schroeder,
Vancouver’s first pick (22 overall)
who has been doing big things at the
University of Minnesota.
But on the other hand, there is
Hedman’s allure. He was considered
to be in the running with John Tavaras
for the first overall pick and has been
playing extremely well in the Swedish
Elite League, widely thought of as the
second or third best circuit in the world,
against men since he was 16. Last
season he had 21 points in 43 games,
and that’s as a defenseman. At 6-foot-7,
230 Ibs, he’s an absolute monster on the
blueline, and anyone who watched the
World Junior Championships last year
knows the he loves to hit.
Almost universally, scouts have
projected Hedman to be a franchise
player in the mould of a Chris Pronger.
He’s huge, he hits, he can skate, he has
a great offensive game— basically, he’s
your prototypical star defender.
So would you make that trade?
Was Gillis right in turning it down?
We’ll know for sure in a few short
years, but right now, it looks to be
up in the air. Individually, Hedman is
obviously superior to any one of those
three, perhaps even any two of the three.
Then again, there is no shortage of high
profile first round draft busts throughout
the years.
So in the end, Kevin Bieksa, Alex
Burrows and Jordan Schroeder for
Victor Hedman? Should Gillis have
pulled the proverbial trigger, if indeed it
was there? Absolutely.
ode
lor better or worse, comebacks have
R= a huge part of sports for as long
as anyone can remember. Sometimes
they work out, often they don’t, but athletes
in seemingly every sport regularly try to
come out of retirement for one last shot at
glory.
Perhaps more than in any other
sport, this is true of boxing. Virtually all
the game’s greatest names have made or
attempted comebacks in some fashion,
from Muhammad Ali to George Foreman to
Sugar Ray Leonard and a thousand names in
between. Sometimes these are awe-inspiring
and many times they are less than stellar.
So it was with trepidation that I
approached Floyd Mayweather’s recent fight
against Juan Manuel Marquez. It had been
almost two years since Mayweather’s last
bout against Ricky Hatton and his announced
retirement. In that span Manny Pacquiao
blew away the boxing world and took away
Mayweather’s claim to the best pound-for-
pound fighter in the world title.
It was with little surprise that most
greeted Mayweather’s return to the ring with
enthusiasm. What was shocking however
was his plans to battle Marquez, generally
ranked as the second best pound-for-
pound boxer in the world after Pacquiao.
Almost universally, when a big name
comes out of retirement, they do so first
against a handpicked, low-ranked nobody.
Mayweather bucked that trend by entering
into a fight where there was no guarantee
that he would win.
Say what you will about Mayweather’s
attitude, his often over-the-top showmanship
and his frequent tendency to flaunt his
sensational wealth, after this one there can be
little debate that Floyd Mayweather has guts
and has now cemented the belief that he is
one of the all-time greats.
After all, Mayweather entered into
this fight cold. Marquez went into the non-
title bout as the reigning WBO and Ring
Magazine Lightweight champion and as
the WBA Lightweight super champion. He
came in riding a big win over Juan Diaz
and only one loss since 2006. Despite this
and his universal respect among the boxing
community, the undefeated Mayweather
dominated.
Regardless of not being in the ring for
21 months, Mayweather picked Marquez
apart in a unanimous 12-round decision
wits he lost three rounds at worst. He
floored Marquez in the second round with
a left hook and went on to dictate the fight
statistically. While Marquez had to move up
two weight classes for the fight, Mayweather
landed 59 per cent of his punches while
Marquez managed to connect just 12 per cent
of the time.
The question now becomes, what is
next for Mayweather, who improved to 40-
0-0 (Marquez dropped to 50-5-1). He’s still
just 32 years old and has said that he plans to
continue fighting.
By the looks of things, there is only one
major super-fight left for Mayweather. All
roads seem to be leading to a titanic clash
with Manny Pacquiao, the current king of the
boxing world who is coming off destroying
Ricky Hatton in two rounds and is slated to
fight Miguel Cotto in November. Assuming
that Pacquiao defeats Cotto, a fight for the
ages against Mayweather seems set in stone
for sometime in 2010.
It’s possible that Mayweather could
fight Shane Mosley, the current WBA
Welterweight Champion who hasn’t fought
since January but stormed into the ring after
Mayweather’s victory over Marquez to
challenge him. Whether Mayweather fights
Mosley before or after Pacquiao doesn’t
really matter though. Pacquiao is the biggest
name in boxing at any weight class in the last
decade and is the real money fight.
What is really great about all of
this though is that after so many years of
ineptitude across the board and boring
fighters, boxing finally appears to have a real
cast of superstars again. Dare I say it, but it
really looks like boxing is getting interesting
again.
The ‘Other News
oronto Maple Leafs GM Brian
[a is well known around the
hockey world for his combative
comments and bombastic nature. So
it comes as no surprise that when his
words at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft
recently came to light, controversy
erupted here in Vancouver.
was filmed saying that the Canucks
had made an offer to the Tampa Bay
Lightning. He stated that Canucks’ GM
Mike Gillis had anted up the team’s
first round selection, Kevin Bieksa
and Alex Burrows in exchange for the
second overall pick in the draft, hulking
Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman.
Obviously the rumoured deal did
not go together and not surprisingly,
Gillis firmly denied everything that
Burke said.
“There is absolutely no truth to it
whatsoever,” Gillis told The Province’s
Jason Botchford in an interview. “It’s an
absolutely preposterous idea.”
Whether the rumour was true or
not wouldn’t really matter to Gillis at
this point. He has to deny it so Bieksa
and Burrows won’t be discouraged.
Something similar happened in
Edmonton this summer when it was
leaked out that Oilers’ GM Steve
Tambellini had offered several players
to Ottawa in exchange for disgruntled
sniper Dany Heatley.
Regardless of whether or not
the proposed deal was actually real,
although it’s always more fun to believe
that it was, it has to make you stop and
think. Would it have been good for the
Vancouver Canucks?
It does seem like a hefty price to
pay. After all, Bieksa led all Canuck
defensemen in scoring last season
with 43 points and he was considered
Na
Garth McLennan
sports editor
During the draft in Montreal, Burke
Burke’s comments make you wonder
Brian Burke
to be having an off-season. Burrows
meanwhile had a breakout campaign, his
28 goals were good enough for second
on the team and he experienced strong
chemistry with the Sedin twins. That’s
not even to mention Jordan Schroeder,
Vancouver’s first pick (22 overall)
who has been doing big things at the
University of Minnesota.
But on the other hand, there is
Hedman’s allure. He was considered
to be in the running with John Tavaras
for the first overall pick and has been
playing extremely well in the Swedish
Elite League, widely thought of as the
second or third best circuit in the world,
against men since he was 16. Last
season he had 21 points in 43 games,
and that’s as a defenseman. At 6-foot-7,
230 Ibs, he’s an absolute monster on the
blueline, and anyone who watched the
World Junior Championships last year
knows the he loves to hit.
Almost universally, scouts have
projected Hedman to be a franchise
player in the mould of a Chris Pronger.
He’s huge, he hits, he can skate, he has
a great offensive game— basically, he’s
your prototypical star defender.
So would you make that trade?
Was Gillis right in turning it down?
We’ll know for sure in a few short
years, but right now, it looks to be
up in the air. Individually, Hedman is
obviously superior to any one of those
three, perhaps even any two of the three.
Then again, there is no shortage of high
profile first round draft busts throughout
the years.
So in the end, Kevin Bieksa, Alex
Burrows and Jordan Schroeder for
Victor Hedman? Should Gillis have
pulled the proverbial trigger, if indeed it
was there? Absolutely.
ode
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arts edi
Thursday, October 15
It’s a night of nu-metal at the Pacific Coliseum with now legendary acts Slipknot
and Deftones rocking mid-*90s hits and new material. Deftones is a can’t-miss
event with recently un-comatose member Chi Cheung re-joining the group.
My suggestion is to leave before Slipknot takes the stage, unless you enjoy the
novelty of shock rock.
Friday, October 16
54-40 play a two-night stay at the Commodore Ballroom Friday and Saturday
night if you’re in the mood for the local rock crowd. If that’s not your thing,
check out alt country and blues night Ratteshake 2009 at the Railway Club for
root tootin’ and a whole lotta hollerin’.
Saturday, October 17
The Venue is hosting the CD release party for local group Without Mercy, with
all proceeds going towards the Langley food bank. A big bill of six bands means
the doors are at 5:30, and bringing a non-perishable food item will get you $2 off
the $15 door price.
Sunday, October 18
Reggae giant and Hasidic Jew Matisyahu rocks the Commodore Ballroom on
the holiest of days. Definitely a good show to check out if you’ re into religious
and political views being expressed in pop culture’s ultimate counter culture
switch. Definitely a must if dub styles rock ya world, soldja!
Matisyahu
Otter Lake
By Ariel Pastorek
morning sun sparkles on the
calm aqua ripples of otter lake,
so bright that I have to shield my eyes
against its brilliance. It looks like a
_ good day fora swim. The temperature
has soared to the 30s and the sun’s rays”
encircle me like a cozy warm blanket.
Sitting on the deck eating my bowl of
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, I hear the
distant call of a loon 1, which to me
sounds like a whistling. I cup my hands
to my mouth and oer /o sae whistle back...
:
elo soa aes
about cramming for a final exam,
or doing the dishes
just floating by
e you a budding poet? Submit your work to arts@
theotherpress.ca to see your work in print!
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Jay S Schreiber
arts edi
Thursday, October 15
It’s a night of nu-metal at the Pacific Coliseum with now legendary acts Slipknot
and Deftones rocking mid-*90s hits and new material. Deftones is a can’t-miss
event with recently un-comatose member Chi Cheung re-joining the group.
My suggestion is to leave before Slipknot takes the stage, unless you enjoy the
novelty of shock rock.
Friday, October 16
54-40 play a two-night stay at the Commodore Ballroom Friday and Saturday
night if you’re in the mood for the local rock crowd. If that’s not your thing,
check out alt country and blues night Ratteshake 2009 at the Railway Club for
root tootin’ and a whole lotta hollerin’.
Saturday, October 17
The Venue is hosting the CD release party for local group Without Mercy, with
all proceeds going towards the Langley food bank. A big bill of six bands means
the doors are at 5:30, and bringing a non-perishable food item will get you $2 off
the $15 door price.
Sunday, October 18
Reggae giant and Hasidic Jew Matisyahu rocks the Commodore Ballroom on
the holiest of days. Definitely a good show to check out if you’ re into religious
and political views being expressed in pop culture’s ultimate counter culture
switch. Definitely a must if dub styles rock ya world, soldja!
Matisyahu
Otter Lake
By Ariel Pastorek
morning sun sparkles on the
calm aqua ripples of otter lake,
so bright that I have to shield my eyes
against its brilliance. It looks like a
_ good day fora swim. The temperature
has soared to the 30s and the sun’s rays”
encircle me like a cozy warm blanket.
Sitting on the deck eating my bowl of
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, I hear the
distant call of a loon 1, which to me
sounds like a whistling. I cup my hands
to my mouth and oer /o sae whistle back...
:
elo soa aes
about cramming for a final exam,
or doing the dishes
just floating by
e you a budding poet? Submit your work to arts@
theotherpress.ca to see your work in print!