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In keeping with our reckless, devil-may-care image, our of-fice has absolutely no concrete information on the Carillon’sformative years readily available. What follows is the storythat’s been passed down from editor to editor for over fortyyears.

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the con-struction of several new buildings on the campus grounds.One of these proposed buildings was a bell tower on the aca-demic green. If you look out on the academic green today,the first thing you’ll notice is that it has absolutely nothingresembling a bell tower.

The University never got a bell tower, but what it did getwas the Carillon, a newspaper that serves as a symbolic belltower on campus, a loud and clear voice belonging to eachand every student.

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On Monday a few students tookthe Riddell Centre by surprise asthey broke out their GangnamStyle in a well choreographedflash mob. Our guess is that itwas an unofficial celebrationmarking the end of midterms.Either that, or we’ve all finallygone insane. Fine by me! HappyNovember!

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URSU is requesting that CFS-Sask submit a full audit reportof its revenues and expendi-tures of the past year. , follow-ing the embezzlementscandal. Students are left with-out answers, while trans-parency and accountability areout of the window

While everyone was gettingcrazy and wild on the week-end, the Cougars were busyon the rink, field and courttrying not to get embarrassed.Those unfortunate souls hadto wait roughly three morehours than everyone else toget drunk.

We moustache for you help inraising awareness and fundsfor the Canadian CancerSociety. See how you can helpout and also see our predic-tions on page 9. I promisethere won’t be anymore moustache puns.(No promises).

Students on campus aresteadily losing quiet studyspace, instead being shovedinto pretty chairs in busy hall-ways. Literally, the mostpeaceful place to study mightactually be the roof.Duh-doy:There were a few huge screw-ups in last week’s paper thatThe Carillon would like to apologize for:First, last week, we ran an incorrect photo on page 7. Thephoto was supposed to be of Jorge Sandoval’s MFA grad-uating exhibit, but we ran a photo of Troy Coulterman’sMFA graduating exhibit. We apologize for the mistake andregret the error.Also, Michael Chmielewski’s last name was spelledChemeilewski. We’re sorry, man. Please still love us.

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the carillon | Nov. 1 - 7, 2012newsWhat’s going on?Trying to understand the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women

Angela SterrittArtists Angela Sterrit’s artwork details Aborignal women’s struggles, titled “Your courage will not go unnoticed”

At a young age, girls are taughtabout safety. They are taught thatthere are threats everywhere, es-pecially at night. They are dis-couraged from going out in thedark, sometimes even forbiddenfrom going out alone.

These dangers escalate forAboriginal women, who are five-times more likely to die as a resultof violence than any other womenin Canada. In 2010, the NativeWomen’s Association of Canadafound that almost 600 Aboriginalwomen and girls have gone miss-ing or been murdered over thepast 20 years.

This problem hauntsAboriginal communities acrossthe country. Mothers are worriedabout their daughters; sisters areworried about their sisters; friendsare worried about their friends.Everybody seems to worry.

Brenda Dubois is an exampleof a worried woman. She wasonly a teenager when her grand-mother was murdered in the1970s, a mere two blocks awayfrom her home. A young impres-sionable teenager at the time,Dubois learned a lesson aboutsafety and security from hergrandmother’s death.

“It made me aware that if yougo [out] at night, you may notcome home,” she said.

Now a mother of five, shefinds herself worrying about herown children, and she isn’t alone.Although it isn’t an unusual phe-nomenon for parents to worryabout their children, Aboriginalmothers have an extra lesson toteach their daughters: the daunt-ing statistic that puts Indigenouswomen at a significantly largerrisk of violence and crime.

How does a woman explainto her daughter that she is fivetimes more likely to be in dangerthan her non-Aboriginal friends?

It isn’t easy.Jacqueline Anaquod, lead organ-izer of the Sisters in Spirit Vigil in2012, is one mother burdenedwith such a task.

“It was hard explaining to myteenage daughter,” she said. “Shewould ask me why I get so wor-ried. I had to explain to her someof the issues around her being atarget. She’ll be a target becauseshe is visibly a young FirstNations girl and the way that so-ciety views our women ... it makesthem vulnerable to predators.”

There are all too many cases toillustrate the reality of such dan-ger. The murder of Regina resi-dent Pamela George in the late1990s is a disturbing example; as itemphasized elements of sexismand racism, both subtle and overt.

George, a 28-year-old motherof two was sexually assulted andbeaten to death by university stu-dents Steven Kummerfield andAlex Ternowetsky. In court,George was portrayed as a prosti-tute who consented to the sexualassault. The judge residing overthe case, Ted Malone, claimedGeorge was “indeed a prostitute.”

Kummerfield andTernowestsky wer e both sen-tenced to 6 1/2 years in prision,for manslaughter. George nevergot her justice.

Kim Karpa, executive directorof the University of ReginaWomen’s Centre is researching theissues of missing and murderedindigenous women, particularlythe families’ experiences with thecriminal justice system. She ex-plains what the Pamela Georgecase represents.

“You’ve got racism and sex-ism clearly operating within that

trial. [Judge Malone] tries to jus-tify the actions of the young meninvolved in her murder, the ‘boyswill be boys’ attitude. This ideathat she was disposable and thather life actually didn’t matter, butthe lives of these two universitystudents who had bright futuresahead of them, that’s what mat-tered.”

The judge’s words still hauntthe Aboriginal community to thisday. Sue Deranger, a volunteer in-volved with the Sisters in Spiritvigils, remembers bringing heryoungest daughter, only eight ornine years old at the time, to thetrial.

“That’s when the judge said,‘keep in mind she was only aprostitute,’ and we all stormed outof the courtroom,” she said. “Mydaughter started crying. She saidwhy do they do that? I said, inCanada, an Aboriginal women’slife means nothing and we criedtogether.”

Racism and sexism are not ex-clusive to the George case. Formany people, these two issues arethe root of the problem.

“It’s almost like the whole caseof Pamela George … reeked ofracism, sexism, and classism,”said Deranger. “If you know a sys-tem is really not going to do any-thing to you, than why not targetthose people?”

It appears that the system hasslowly improved in some ways.The Sisters in Spirit vigil hasgrown in number and recognition,as more people become aware ofthe issue effecting Indigenouspopulations in Canada. The rela-tionship between the Aboriginalcommunity and the judicial sys-tem has also improved since thedays of the Pamela George trial.

“The judicial system has made[an] effort,” Anaquod said.“They’ve built special taskforces

and they do more work in thecommunity.”

The historically rocky relation-ship between the Aboriginal com-munity and the police has alsoimproved.

“From what I understand, thepolice services are starting to ad-dress this issue much better, Ithink because [of] some of thecomments from family membersabout the difficulties they’ve expe-rienced,” explained Karpa. “Iknow for a fact that Chief CliveWeighill, with the SaskatoonPolice, from what I’ve heard, thisissue is at the top of his agenda.He has taken measures to reallyaddress this.”

But this doesn’t appear to bethe case for everybody. Derangerhas heard mixed reviews fromfriends and family about the po-lice.

“I think it is on an individualbasis,” she explained. “I’ve heardpeople say yes, they’ve been won-derful and I’ve heard people say,no they aren’t. I think it is luck ofthe draw.”

While the police and the judi-cial system have made some ef-forts to end the epidemic ofmissing and murdered Aboriginalwomen, many people think thatthe government should do more.

“I would say the governmenthas made no effort at all,” saidAnaquod. “They proved thatwhen they pulled the funding tothe Sisters in Spirit organization.”

Sisters in Spirit was an initia-tive of the Native Women’s

Association of Canada. It had pre-viously received funding to oper-ate the missing and murderedAboriginal women’s database.Without the funding, the databasecould not be sustained. BrendaAnderson, a Women and GenderStudies professor at theUniversity of Regina, explains thefate of the database.

“It is going to be part of theRCMP’s database, but the RCMPare not going to look for race as adeterminant, therefore you aren’table to evaluate the intersectionsof racism and sexism. You’re notable to look at the racialized andsexualized violence againstAboriginal women.”

While many people are disap-pointed by the government’s lackof efforts, they count the increasedawareness in the community as asuccess because many believe theonly way to end this epidemic isto educate people and changetheir attitudes towards Aboriginalpeople.

“Society and Canadians needto change their attitudes and theirviews of Aboriginal people,” saidAnaquod. “It will take a transfor-mation of an entire country tomake these changes. If we wereable to do that, that would besomething that, as Canadians andas people, we could [be] proudof.”

Anderson agrees. “This isn’tjust an Aboriginal issue. This is anissue for all Canadians.”

“That’s when the judge said, ‘keep in mindshe was only a prostitute,’ and we allstormed out of the courtroom. ”

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It doesn’t appear that the tensionbetween URSU and the CFS is go-ing to end any time soon. URSUhas formally requested the CFSnational office conduct an auditof CFS Saskatchewan’s bank ac-count for all fiscal periods datingfrom the opening of the account.URSU president NathanSgrazzutti said this is a responseto the way CFS has handledHaanim Nur’s embezzlement oftheir money earlier this year.Sgrazzutti believes that they havenot dealt with the situation well.

“We needed to react immedi-ately to the CFS not deciding tonot take any action themselves,”he said. “With forgery and themisappropriation of funds, it isimportant that they look into theiraccounts and see if anything elsehas been taken.” The CFS na-tional office has remained fairlyquiet about the incident since thematter became public. They havenot issued a statement outside ofthe address made by CFSSaskatchewan, days after news ofNur’s actions were known.

“We are still trying to work tofigure out what happened to stu-dents’ funds,” Sgrazzutti said.“Why has nothing been done?[Why] haven’t they said that

Haanim is paying them back, orthat there has been a settlementout of court? What is going on?Nothing. So we are going to tryand jump-start them into action.”

CFS national has not re-sponded to the audit requestmade over two weeks ago. In fact,URSU has had no contact withthem at all since a conference callwas held between the two partiesshortly after Nur admitted to em-bezzling funds in an interviewwith the Carillon. “It was a con-ference call between us, KentPeterson, Paige Kezima, and theirCFS national executive [AdamAwad],” Sgrazzutti said. Apparently, the conversation didnot go well.

“It was an argument thatended in us saying that ‘our job inthis is done,’” Sgrazzutti added.“CFS originally wanted URSU togo to the authorities and say thatit was our money that was stolen.They wanted us to say that themoney needs to be paid back tous, and then after that, we pay itback to them. That way it lookslike it was URSU’s fault.”

In recent years, the CFS’sstanding in Saskatchewan hasbeen fragile, to say the least. Inaddition to several membershipdisputes across the country, theUniversity of SaskatchewanStudents’ Union spent over$60,000 on lawsuits disputingtheir own membership in the or-

ganization according to an articlepublished in the Sheaf last week.

The University of Regina heldits own referendum on October of2010, that passed by a slim 88-votemargin to remain members of theCFS.

Given the extremely polarizedconsensus amongst students atthe U of R, Sgrazzutti believes thatCFS is desperate to avoid furtherdamage to their reputation.

“CFS has taken so much flack,especially on our campus,” hesaid. “They can’t take any morehits like this. They have had fourseparate students’ unions try andpull out.

After the aforementioned con-ference call, Sgrazzutti claims thatthe CFS attempted to absolvethemselves of any responsibilityfor further action.

“Their reaction was to claimthe account was not given the OKby CFS. They said that CFS hadnot received our payments, andthat they had gone into some ac-count that was beyond their con-trol,” he said. “But URSU actuallyhad standing letters and emailsasking us to open the exact ac-count, telling us who is going tobe in charge of it, and telling usthat ‘this is where your funds tous can be paid.’”

As for the audit itself,Sgrazzutti is less than optimisticthe CFS will respond to the re-quest.

“I don’t expect them to evendo it.”

The CFS Saskatchewan national exec-utive representative declined to com-ment on the audit request or theconfrence call with the URSU execu-tive. The Carillon contacted CFS na-tional, but no representative was ableto return our calls by press time.

SASKATOON – [OPINION] TheSaskatchewan branch of theCanadian Federation of Studentsrecently revamped its cheque-signing procedure, but that isn’tenough to convince me that theUniversity of SaskatchewanStudents’ Union should rethinkits position on membership in thenational student lobbying group.

CFS simply gets into too muchshit to be taken seriously.

After the widely publicizedembezzlement debacle lastmonth, CFS SK national executiverepresentative Kent Peterson saysfinancial procedures havechanged.

“The new procedures aremuch more vigorous,” Petersonwrote in an email. “To make apayment, proper receipts and in-voices will be sent to the nationaltreasurer, and a cheque will thenbe issued and signed by two na-tional signing authorities and sentto the appropriate vendor.”

Prior to the incident, CFS-SKhad its own bank account sepa-

rate from the national organiza-tion. According to CFS’s nationalchairperson, Adam Awad, theSaskatchewan chapter should nothave had its own bank account inthe first place, because it is not aseparate body from the CFS.

While I’m glad that these newprocedures ensure a stronger sys-tem of checks and balances for theCFS, the national body never fore-saw a problem with an accountrun by two students with no na-tional oversight — which is obvi-ously worrisome.CFS National Chair, AdamAwadsaid the account was started byURSU on behalf of the federa-tion’s Saskatchewan chapter a fewyears ago, though he couldn’t givean exact date.

Now, ironically, URSU hasfiled an audit request with CFS-SK.

The entire situation illustrateswhy the CFS is not worth theUSSU’s time and money.

According to the University ofBritish Columbia student news-paper, the Ubyssey, the CFS re-quested over $100,000 from threeseparate student unions as theyattempted to leave the organiza-tion.

“On one occasion, they toldthe Concordia Student Union thatthey owed over $1 million, andwhen asked to explain, produceda signed agreement with theCSU’s past president that said thestudent union should be responsi-ble,” the Ubyssey wrote.

The USSU, which was afounding member of the CFS in1981 but left in 1993, wentthrough its own legal battle withCFS in 2005 after former USSUpresident Robin Mowat chal-lenged the results of a referendumto rejoin the CFS.

Students had voted to rejointhe CFS, but according to Mowat,the results were skewed becausethe referendum did not follow USSU or CFS bylaws.

For instance, the referendumquestion was not verified twoweeks in advance of the ballot andthe question did not notify stu-dents that their fees would in-crease with membership into theCFS.

Mowat won the case and thejudge ruled the referendum in-valid.

At the time of the ballot theUSSU was nearing the end of aone-year trial membership with

the federation. The CFS insiststhat because no referendum wastechnically held, the USSU is stilla prospective member of the CFS.

The USSU argues, however, that they separated entirely fromthe organization when their trialran out and that they, in fact, werenever actual members.

“I think we’ve spent over$60,000 on lawsuits to not be apart of it,” USSU president JaredBrown said. “They say that theyrepresent [students] yet you seethem spending a lot of that moneyon lawsuits from students’ unionstrying to get out of the CFS.”

CFS-SK is too small and re-quires too much supervision fromthe national body to be more ef-fective for U of S students thanthe USSU.

Aside from representativesfrom each of the provincial chap-ter’s three members, which are theURSU, the First NationsUniversity of Canada StudentsAssociation and the U of SGraduate Students’ Association(there are four members if youcount the USSU), theSaskatchewan arm only consistsof a chairperson and a nationalrepresentative, both of whom are

students working on one-yearterms.

There are no full-time staffmembers working out of theSaskatchewan office to keep thelikely inexperienced workers incheck — and as Nur showed,sometimes when students arehandling thousands of dollars,they need supervision.

The senior managers at theUSSU, unlike the staff at the CFSnational offices, are in the sameoffices as their student executivesevery day. They can keep a closeeye on spending and can keep theexecutive, which changes nearlyevery year, up-to-date on whatwas effective and ineffective inyears past. They provide continu-ity.

CFS Saskatchewan is simplydoes not have the numbers (bothin terms of staff and members) orthe structure to significantly ben-efit U of S undergraduates. I don’tsee any point in the USSU recon-sidering its position that it is notpart of the CFS.The original article was edited tofit the dimensions of our pages.

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Workers will have their sights seton the Saskatchewan fall legisla-ture during the next few monthsas 15 pieces of labour legislationwill become one law.

In May, the Ministry of LabourRelations and Workplace Safetyreleased the Consultation Paperon the Renewal of LabourLegislation asking the public forfeedback about how currentlabour laws needed to be fixed.

Many people became con-cerned about the possible changesto the laws, as the consultation pa-per questioned everything fromincluding farmers in the LabourStandards Act to putting limita-tions on the number of hourssomeone can work.

The public was given untilJuly 31, 2012, to respond to the pa-per.

Labour unions such as theCanadian Union of PublicEmployees (CUPE) submitted 232pages addressing their concernsabout the proposed changes.

“Whether or not you’re in aunion, we’ll all be impacted bychanges to labour laws and so wedeserve much more input,” saidNathan Martwart, CUPE execu-tive assistant. “What we [did was]not only identify the short com-ings of the consultation processthat the government was provid-ing, but we also responded toeach question thoroughly and

made some recommendations[on] increasing standards and in-creasing rights.”

Markwart said the timing ofthe consultation paper meant cer-tain groups did not have adequatetime to prepare responses.

“That put a lot of pressure ongroups of workers that would beaffected and don’t have the abilityto make submissions,” he said.“It’s complex to say ‘we’re goingto go through every piece of legis-lation – there’s 15 of them that willaffect work one way or another -you need to have a written re-sponse to us in 90 days.’ Noteveryone’s going to be able to re-

spond.” According to spokesperson,

Richelle Bourgoin, “the Ministryreceived more than 3,800 submis-sions from organizations and indi-viduals across the province, whichindicates the consultation periodwas appropriate and sufficient.”

A Facebook group and web-site, titled The Saskatchewan Way,was created by the SaskatchewanGovernment and GeneralEmployees’ Union (SGEU) to raiseawareness and concerns aboutwhat changes might happen toworkers’ and union rights.

One ad on the Facebook pageasks, “Are you counting on a 40-

hour work week? Would you ex-pect pay for overtime? Do vaca-tion days matter to you? What ifyou are sick or injured at work?Do you deserve protection? ... Donothing and you may find your-self with less time off work, lesspay and benefits, and fewer work-place protections than yourgrandparents.”

While the consultation paperraises such questions, there is yetto be any indication that anychanges will take place.

In addition to these questions,the paper also questions workinghours, employee time off, andunion dues. A look at the consul-

tation shows questions such as“What limitations should there beon hours of work, if any? Are theovertime provisions appropriate,adequate and clearly set out to en-sure compliance?” and “Are theresituations where employeesshould be able to opt out of theunion for reasons other than reli-gious grounds?” among others.

The paper has brought upmany concerns amongst variousgroups about the future of labourlegislation in the province, but it isstill unclear what changes andsuggestions will be imposed in thenew legislation.

Despite this, some peoplefound the questions asked in theconsultation paper to be trou-bling, especially with regards tounions.

“They question everythingfrom the ways that dues are col-lected to who’s included ... in aunion,” Markwart said. “Toomany big changes in the wayunions operate and the wayunions represent their members.With those changes a big concernfor us would be union rights. Justimplementing changes, quitefrankly, in a quick manner with-out really consulting.”

Bourgoin affirmed that thelegislation will be introduced thisfall, however, “Stakeholders areencouraged to share feedbackwith the Ministry of LabourRelations and Workplace Safetybefore the legislation is passed inthe spring session.”

For residents of North CentralRegina, finding fresh food can bea bit of a struggle. There are sev-eral grocery stores on the outskirtsof Regina, but for one of the poor-est neighbourhoods in the city,getting there can be difficult. Forthis reason, North Central is beingreferred to as a food desert.

According to Alison Hayford,a former Sociology Professor fromthe University of Regina, there areseveral reasons for the absence ofa grocery store in the area.

The first issue Hayford citedwas that the supermarket chainswant to be able to have largestores, and finding land in NorthCentral Regina can be difficult.

“When locations are being de-termined, there are a couple offactors that the big chains takeinto consideration,” she ex-plained, “One is the cost of the lo-cation, but there may have beentax breaks for those on the periph-eral areas of the city. All citieshave encouraged that kind of newdevelopment.”

In addition to this idea,Hayford also said the lack of su-permarkets in North Central wasbecause of the low incomes ofmost residents in the community,meaning less money to spend ongroceries.

“Basically they don’t want to

go into areas where people arepoor because they don’t havemoney to spend, Areas like NorthCentral are perceived as beingdangerous, and they want toavoid robbery,” she said. “Evenwhen supermarkets have a goodproduce section, poor peoplemight not have the money to buythose things. Things like soda popare often cheaper.”

A primary concern of forcingresidents of North Central to turnto junk food is the obvious healthconcerns that arise from a consis-tently unbalanced diet.

“A lot of the health problemsfor inner-city people have been at-tributed to their lack of access togood quality food,” Hayford said.“Poor neighbourhoods have a fairnumber of fast food places and

convenience stores that sell whatwe perceive as junk food. Wherethere are supermarkets sellingfresh fruit, meat and vegetables, inpoor neighbourhoods they tendto be poorer quality.”

Michael Parker, a resident ofthe area and employee of theNorth Central CommunityAssociation, states that availablegroceries in North Central are not

only often bad quality, but are alsovery expensive. He noted a 4-litrejug of milk bought at a NorthCentral convienience store wouldcost $7.50, while the same jugbought at a regular grocery storewould cost $5.00.

Residents of North Central arebeginning to see some progress asthe issue works its way into thepublic eye.

“[There’s] what is called a mo-bile food store, so they put thatup in the Albert Scott CommunityCentre on Mondays,” Parker said.“Now, the hours are really shortand it’s mostly because of fund-ing, and we’re having trouble get-ting the word out. They carry thebasics at a non-profit price, andthey do the same thing at theRainbow Youth Centre onThursdays.”

Residents of North Central arehaving less difficulty getting freshfood, but until a permanent gro-cery store is available, health is-sues will persist. According toHayford, the issue is much deeperthan just providing fresh food, asmany do not know how to cookhealthy meals or have the facilitiesto store and prepare food.

“When people buy fresh fruitand vegetables, they’re still goingto fast food joints. It’s not a quickand easy solution,” Hayford said.“People don’t automatically grav-itate to a healthy diet once it’s ac-cessible.”

Provincial meddling with labour laws has some nervous about worker’s rightsLabour legislation fears

Food desert in the middle of the city North Central’s lack of grocery stores forcing many to turn to unhealthy options

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7/11 is the “grocery” store of the North Central community

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Labour legislations are being discussed inside the provincial legislature

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Halloween is a favourite holidayamong both children and adults.For the young, the holiday is anopportunity to receive enoughfree candy to last until January.For adults, it provides an opportu-nity to publicly play dress-up andrelax during one of the busiesttimes of the year.

However, there are those whotake ‘All Hallows Eve’ as an op-portunity to wear as few clothesas possible, hide their identityduring a night of mischief, andthose who use their costumes tomake others laugh.

People who see Halloween asa comedic opportunity usuallyhave some of the most entertain-ing costumes, but very few con-sider the implications of whatthey dress as.

Unfortunately, many comediccostumes come at the expense ofsome ethnic groups, or religiousbeliefs. Barbara Dedi, director ofSpring Free From Racism Reginaexplained where this comedic re-lief possibly comes from.

“Once upon a time,Halloween costumes were quitesimple. Witches and ghosts andgoblins were the most populargetup,” she explained. “Peoplehave now taken it to where theywant to make statements withtheir costumes, and people have

taken it to where these statementscan be quite racist.”

For most people, seeing some-one dressed as a “Mexican”,“Indian Princess” or “Geisha Girl”is just harmless fun. However,Dedi believes this brings about ahuge contradiction.

“We can’t work all year andsay that we respect cultures, andthen one day of the year onHalloween decide that it’s OK todress up as a Muslim, for exam-ple.”

One of the most notorious cos-tumes in the west is the “NativePrincess” or the Pocahontas im-age. Julianne Beaudin-Herney, astudent activist in Regina, ex-

plains why this is especially of-fensive.

“[the costume is] based off the‘savages’ in Peter Pan, and it fan-tasizes and romanticizes the im-age of [Aboriginal people],” shesaid. “When we look at that andrelate it to the subjugation ofwomen, we can look at it as an in-justice.”

Beaudin-Herney further ex-plained that the issue becomesworse when students choose towear the ‘Sassy Squaw’ costumeto go out and party.

“They’re portraying adrunken Indian, essentially,” shesaid. “I [have] never seen anIndian girl wear this costume, and

that should say something aboutthat. It just shows [how] far wehave to go.”

Dedi believes that this idea ofusing costumes for comedy comesfrom the idea of using racismjokes in stand-up comedy. While itmay get a few laughs, Didi saysthat it leaves many groups feel-ing isolated.

“It is not okay, it is pureracism. I have walked out ofshows because of comedians. It isnot funny. You cannot continue touse racial discrimination as ajoke,” she said.

The problem is not just a na-tional one, but a local one as well.Dedi explained that there are sev-eral groups in Regina that haveexpressed their concern about theissue, including those from SaudiArabia and Latin America.

“Exchange students have toldme that they’ve had their burqasstolen from their dorms forHalloween. They’re not costumes;that’s their culture,” she said.

Both Dedi and Beaudin-Herney believe that the best wayto avoid causing problems withHalloween costumes is to thinkbefore deciding what to wear.

“Really think about whatyou’re doing before dressing upfor Halloween, because so many[costumes] are based on stereo-types. We’re not always aware ofcultures around us,” Dedi said.

Wendy Brown from TheCostume Emporium in Regina

gave a list of the top costumes thisyear, which have mostly includedTV and movie characters. Themost demanded costumes sold atCostume Emporium so far havebeen The Flintstones, SuperMario, The Dark Knight and othersuperheroes.

But, just because Halloweencostumes should be appropriateand culture sensitive, it doesn’tmean that celebrations have to beboring or that costumes cannot befunny. Dedi gave a few sugges-tions for altering costumes andplans to ensure that they are notoffensive and still fun.

“While it’s not okay to dress asa black person, for example, I’veseen someone dressed as BarackObama, and I don’t see a problemwith that,” she suggested.

Other suggestions includedhaving group costumes or havingthemed parties.

“Halloween is a time wherepeople should be able to becomesomething that they’re not, but itshould be more related to fan-tasy,” Beaudin Herney continued.

For students who want tohave a fun Halloween weekendwithout being offensive, Dedigave one piece of advice: “just berespectful when you considerwhat you want to wear.”

VANCOUVER (CUP) — The B.C.government wants to offer onlinetextbooks for free to universitystudents, but there’s still a fair bitof homework to do before theproject becomes a reality.

The B.C. Ministry ofAdvanced Education plans tocommission textbook authors ordevelopers to put together onlinetextbooks for popular undergrad-uate courses. As a condition offunding, they’ll be availablethrough a Creative Commons li-cence that makes them free foranyone to use, reuse and revise. Anonprofit called BCcampus, act-ing as an agent of the government,will store the textbooks online.

The ministry has promised tooffer free online textbooks for 40of the most popular post-second-ary courses in the province, butit’s up to professors to decidewhat textbooks are assignedwithin specific courses.

If all goes according to plan,some of the books will be avail-able by September 2013.

After looking at data from B.C.schools and similar projects inWashington and California, theministry will decide whichcourses will get free books. Theyexpect to commission books forfirst-year courses like English,

psychology and calculus.The BCcampus organization,

a 10-year-old publicly fundedgroup, exists to create onlineshared services and resources foruniversities and colleges in B.C.CUPE locals across B.C. haverailed against any “shared serv-ices” plans promoted by theprovince, arguing that they mayresult in lost jobs.

The government argues thatthe free textbooks will save over200,000 students hundreds of dol-lars per year, but Debbie Harvie,managing director of the UBC

Bookstore, said she’ll wait and seewhether this plan will cut intoBookstore sales.

“We don’t yet know the effectof this announcement, except tosay that there are not a lot of ‘free’materials available at this point,”said Harvie.

“I am waiting to hear morespecifics so that I can understandhow this could affect theBookstore. In the meantime, weare, of course, selling e-textbookswhen we can get them, as well asnew [and] used [textbooks], cus-tom course packs and renting

books too.”Kiran Mahal, vice-president

academic and university affairs ofthe Alma Mater Society – AMS –at UBC, agreed that free access toonline textbooks would helpmake post-secondary educationcheaper.

“Different institutions, andeven different professors withinthe same institution, use differenttextbooks for courses that coverthe same broad subject matter,”said Mahal. “The exact textbookchoice is up to the professor ...This is why collaboration and co-

ordination with post-secondaryinstitutions is essential to the suc-cess of this system.”

Mahal also stressed that thequest to make higher educationmore affordable should not endat textbooks.

“More needs to be donearound funding of higher educa-tion in a more consistent and ho-listic way, from student loanreform to increasing the blockgrant provided to public institu-tions like UBC,” Mahal said.

news the carillon | Nov. 1 - 7, 20126

Crossing the line from comedicto offensive

B.C. government to make sometextbooks available free online

Stephanie Xu

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veronika bondarenkoThe Ubyssey (University ofBritish Columbia)

sophie longnews writer

“Different institu-tions, and even dif-ferent professorswithin the same in-stitution, use differ-ent textbooks forcourses that coverthe same broad sub-ject matter. The exacttextbook choice is upto the professor ...This is why collabo-ration and coordina-tion withpost-secondary insti-tutions is essentialto the success of thissystem.”

Kiran Mahal

A&C Editor: Paul [email protected]

the carillon | Nov. 1 - 7, 2012a&c‘Drunk boxer in West Africa.Three hot girls. Zombie killing.’U of R J-School alumni Danny Kresnyak discusses his new book,Different Drummer Vol. 2

Makualor Ackumany

Fuck with the Carillon and we’ll get our axe-wielding journalist friends after you

If you’ve met Danny Kresnyak,you know he does his own thing.He’s played in metal bands. He’sseen the Mexican drug war. He’sbeen to beard championships.He’s been shot at in Ghana. He’ssparred with WBO African Light-Heavyweight Champion BraimahKamoko. “Believe me; he hits likea tank,” Kresnyak confirmed. Hisnewest book, Different DrummerVol. 2, follows these adventures in1000 to 3000 word feature articlesand photo essays.

“There’s places, but there’s nocentral focus as to what it is otherthan it’s the last year of my life.It’s what I’ve worked on over thelast year ... drunk boxer in WestAfrica. Three hot girls. Zombiekilling. There’s no real rhyme norreason to it,” said Kresnyak.

Despite focusing on a wide va-riety of people and places, a largeportion of Different Drummer Vol.2 deals with Kresnyak’s timeworking in Ghana withJournalists for Human Rights(JHR).

“Our mandate as an NGO is towork ourselves out of business ...you want to be able to go thereand give people the right skills,the right tools, and the right train-ing to help them present humanrights issues,” said Kresnyak.

While he was there, heworked with local journalists to“get people telling their own sto-ries in places that people don’ttalk about ... My stories were al-ways connected with what wewere doing with the local journal-ists, but for the most part, the fo-cus is to get them to tell the story.”

As well, JHR has been work-ing on educating people in “citi-zen journalism”, which Kresnyakdescribed as “how to tell yourfriends these stories in effectiveways”. This is increasingly impor-tant in a world that is becomingincreasingly connected every day.

“With that element and thatnew connectivity, having a mobilephone puts you on the Internet,and you can publish whatever thefuck you want,” Kresnyak said.“They can get that out, so that’sthe new focus of what we’re do-ing, the citizen journalism. Peopleare more apt to trust things if they

know the people who are telling it to them ... We have the right tothe transparency of government,and that’s what strong mediadoes.”

But, it’s not distant parts of theglobe where we need to be work-ing on citizen journalism and get-ting stories heard by the public.

“Pelican Narrows has a higher teen suicide rate than it does a high school graduation rate. Sixhour drive from here. That’sfucked. That’s proper fucked. Toget these stories told is what we’retrying to do.”

Kresnyak has come a longway from his first journalisticgoals: “to write like Hunter S.Thompson and get into concertsfor free” (this is definitely not acommon motivation behind artswriters). His decision to get in-volved with organizations such asJHR and do more than write sto-ries about his conversations withstrippers was influenced by sometime Kresnyak spent in Tijuana.

“I’m sitting in this place, a lit-tle deck thing to eat tacos anddrink cervezas. I’ve got my lap-top, and I’m doing some writing,and I hear this guy get draggedout of a bar with a dude scream-ing in his face, spitting on him,beating the shit out of him. Oneguy walks up to him and smasheshim in the face with the base of abottle, over and over again, cavesthis dude’s face in. I’m 20, 30 feetaway from him. If I was standingon O’Hanlon’s deck, it wouldhave happened at Michi. It’s close,and I can hear every thud; I can

hear the guy trying to breathewith his caved in face, and it’s like, ‘Holy fuck. This shit happensin the world’ ... It affected me. Ihad seen a dead body, but I’dnever seen someone murdered es-sentially. The first time you seesomeone in a real bad state, younever forget that shit. I was sit-ting there on that deck writing afunny story about a stripper I met

on New Years Eve ... I was sittingthere writing this thinking there’sso much more we could do to tellpeople stories.

“I felt like I could do more. Ifelt like I needed to do somethingmore substantial, and I mean,that’s what we all hope for in life,to do something that will be re-membered and be substantial,right? Maybe not. Maybe we allhope for cake in the break roomand Rider Friday. Not really me.”

Kresnyak’s time spent inAfrica he describes as “an adven-ture”, but really, anything that hecovers in Different Drummer Vol.2, let alone his life is an adven-ture.

“Before I went back to school,I spent years in a van touring withbuddies and playing in bands, orI worked as a bouncer and boxed,and did all this other random shit.It was different adventures ... whydoes anybody get out of bed?They’re looking for something ...sometimes you wanna do morethan try new drinks and look atthings,” said Kresnyak.

“But, the more you travel, themore you meet people, the moreyou begin to ... acknowledge theirmotivations, the more you’re like,‘These people are exactly like me’.That’s the thing that keeps usfrom getting involved and tryingto make a difference in the world--we don’t identify.”

A release party for DifferentDrummer Vol. 2 will be held Nov.8 at 8 p.m. at Lancaster Pub, andwill feature a photo exhibit, char-ity auction, and musical entertain-ment by Indigo Joseph and Chris“Tiny” Machett.

“ I felt like I needed to do something more sub-stantial, and I mean, that’s what we all hope for inlife, to do something that will be remembered andbe substantial, right? Maybe not. Maybe we allhope for cake in the break room and Rider Friday.Not really me..”

Danny Kresnyak

paul bogdanarts editor

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This weekend, I had the great for-tune of winding up at Do It WithClass’ production of The RockyHorror Don’t-You-Dare-Say-Picture-at-the-Live-Performance Show. Myhistory with the Rocky HorrorScrew-Everyone-I’m-Going-to-Say-Picture-Because-That’s-How-I-Remember-It Show has beenlong and storied. My love and em-phatic hate relationship with thisproduction aside, and my feelingsabout this particular productionaside, I couldn’t help but wonderjust why it is that we in the west-ern world – and particularlyaround here – have developedsuch a Rocky Horror fetisharound Halloween.

I mean, where else are you go-ing to see burly, hairy dudes infrilly panties, and women wholook like they have applied theirfaces with Homer Simpson’sMake-Up Gun? And the otherpeople in the crowd wearing theirfrilly pink tutus and their parents’favourite BDSM outfits don’t batan eye? But it’s not even reallythat. It’s that we all seem to lovethe hell out of this every year, andthe problem is that I end up beingthe bad guy, the HalloweenScrooge for pointing this out.

Questionable attire aside,what about the actual PictureShow itself? All I have to say iswow. Do It With Class’ theatretroop certainly have outdonethemselves. Themes of violentpornography, polyamory, cock-bulges, and Nazis were the rule ofthe evening. At the intermission,The Narrator read “fan” questions– that clearly were not filled outby the actors at all. One of the

questions was, “why are you allsuch bad actors?” The Narratorthrew up his arms and emphati-cally declared that they weren’tbad actors, they just didn’t give ashit. Message received loud andclear, kemosabe.

The big problem is there areother very viable options that canreplace the Rocky Horror PictureShow as a staple Halloween pro-duction. 2008’s Repo! The Genetic

Opera is, as its name halfway im-plies, a rock opera with dark sub-ject matter that suits itselfperfectly to Halloween. Live pro-ductions of the film occurred reg-ularly around the Halloweenseason as a part of the annualRepo Roadshow. These perform-ances relied heavily on audienceparticipation, and they were en-couraged to dress up as theirfavourite characters. Things were

going great until MiguelSapochnik’s 2010 film Repo Menexercised “creative licence,” andreleased the exact same moviewith all of the charm, music, andAnthony Stewart Head removed,thus destroying most of Repo!’spopularity. 2003’s The Room wasanother perfect example of an au-dience-dependent production thatwould make a fine substitution.Yet, like a whole flock of whore-looking sheep, we are herded intoauditoriums to watch some dudein a sparkly banana-hammocksing Sweet Transvestite off-key.

And you know, I do believeI’ve figured it all out. The reasonpeople have such an unnaturalfixation on this particular show isthe same reason there’s aConservative majority, and is thesame reason Michael Fougere isthe new mayor. We are afraid ofchange. We elect for the sameness,and we go to the theatre to viewsameness to try to distract our-selves from elected sameness.Difference scares us, and if youdare try to be different aroundhere, you’re going to get wipedout. Wow, a review and a politicalstatement encompassed in one I’mNot Angry? That’s efficiency, myfriends. But I’m not angry. Honest.

It’s that time of year again. Stressover projects and tests are crash-ing down on the fair students oncampus. Luckily, there is a shininglight to save us from the drearyOctober weather, The Little BlackBook Project. For a third year, cre-ator Angel McDowell, is startingthe collaborative art project onceagain. For those new to campus,or who simply haven’t heard of itbefore, the project consists of go-ing to visit McDowell in theRiddell Centre lower level visualarts room 022 and purchasing alittle black book. With said book,you have a theme hidden inside,and with that theme, you createyour own book.

“Anything goes. It does nothave to look like a book when fin-ished,” said McDowell.

Participants have until the endof February to finish their book.This year, people who return theircompleted books have a chance towin a tablet. McDowell hopes thatthis initiative will convince morestudents to submit their books tothe Arts Store in February.

Since last year, interest in theproject has grown on campus.Anyone who is interested can par-ticipate, which makes an excellentoutlet for those who are starting tofeel the mid-semester blues and

“for people who want to be in-volved in something creative andcollaborative on campus,”McDowell said.

Because of the fantastic sup-port of the Fine Arts staff and par-ticipants in past years, there arenow 50 new themes being added,which McDowell is excited to seeinterpreted. With the expectation

of more participants this year,there are going to be somechanges. This year there is a limitof 150 books for sale until the endof November.

Also, besides the prize of atablet, there will also be work-shops offered to keep participantsmotivated during the months theproject is running. Participants

can learn techniques for how thecreatively design their books. Theworkshops will be held in the ArtStore with dates and times to beannounced on their blog, www.lit-tleblackbookproject.blogspot.org

This year, in a similar light toThe Little Black Book Project , theDunlop Gallery is doing their owncollaborative art project, but in-

stead of offering a black book, asketchbook is used and they arefree. Instead of a feud boiling,McDowell is “encourage[ing] peo-ple to check out both ... The greatthing about creativity is that thereis always room for more. Havingmultiple opportunities for peopleto become involved at the com-munity level is fantastic.”

Let’s do the time warp againand again and again and again

Back in blackThe Little Black Book Project gets going for its third year

Tenielle Bogdan

For your information, Angel McDowell will always look at least 95 per cent more hip than you on any given day.

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“The great thingabout creativityis that there isalways room formore. Havingmultiple oppor-tunities for peo-ple to becomeinvolved at thecommunity levelis fantastic..”

Angel McDowell

i’m not angrykyle leitcharts writer

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May the best Moustache winWelcome once again to the most manliest and moustacheful of the months:Movember! Your friendly campus newspaper has decided to engage in afull display of unchecked manliness by engaging in a moustache-growingcontest for charity – please, hold your applause.

So, we’ve thrown our nose neighbours into the ring. These four bravemen and one brave woman have forgone social constructs and have em-barked on a spiritual journey during which they will sport the cheesiest ofmoustaches for a couple of weeks until they grow back in (in the absenceof moustache-growing capabilities, leg hair is substituted).

To atone for past sins and causing general unrest, we’ve pledged thatall of the donations these brave participants raise over the course of theirhair-growing saga will be donated directly to the Canadian Cancer Society.Ladies and gentlemen, start your fuzz!

end of the monthmoustachepredictions

paulPaul’s facial hair was so em-barrassed when it was shavenin October that it isn’t surehow to make an appropriatecomeback, so it’ll just comeback like the text message youget after you send a reallydumb message to someone.

neilHe predicted his facial hairwill look like John WilkesBooth--not like John WilkesBooth’s facial hair, but JohnWilkes Booth. I’ve seen thatman grow face hair. It’s notout of the question.

dietrichHOLY SHIT WHEN DIDTHAT HAPPEN?

juliaLord of the Rings watcher inthe water, clinging to her leg

With European descent,Julia will soon become sohairy that her leg hair will be-gin trying to eat hobbits whendisturbed. Jeans for the monthof November, it is.

edwardThis guy is so classy, his mous-tache will grow into a mono-cle. Take that, any gentlemanwho ever gentlemanned.

THE CONTESTANTS

Dietrich Neu Paul Bogdan Neil Adams

Julia Dima (‘s leg) Edward Dodd

Who’s your pick to win the moustache-growing contest?Neil Adams: Me.Paul Bogdan: Uh, me.Julia Dima: Neil is my pick. I know he can grow a good beard.Edward Dodd: That’s tough...I’ve heard if you shave constantly, your hair grows back thicker and darker. I think Neil isgonna blow us all away.Dietrich Neu: I’m going with the dark horse; I’ll pick Ed.

How much do you anticipate raising for charity?NA: A lot.PB: I don’t have a significant other to blackmail. Hopefully more than fifty cents. I’d like ten bucks.JD: I’m gonna charge my boyfriend five dollars any time he won’t have sex with me because my legs are too gross, soenough.ED: I fully expect to raise almost nothing. People don’t wanna bet on this horse.DN: One million dollars.

What do you think your moustache will look like in one month?NA: Like John Wilkes Booth (We asked. Not like Booth’s moustache, but literally like John Wilkes Booth)PB: Like Julia’s leg hairJD: My leg hair will look like Paul’s moustacheED: I wanna say as glorious as Wilhelm II’s, but it’ll probably end up looking more like Freddie MercuryDN: In one month? Like the end of one of those plastic brooms.

Readers can vote on a winner over the course of November. Each vote costs $1, which the Carillon will donate on theirbehaf to the Canadian Cancer Society. If you would like to make a donation, please contact the editor-in-chief at [email protected]

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Well, thank Christ someone work-ing in a theatre somewhere caresabout something that isn’t theRocky Horror Picture Showaround Halloween – I was start-ing to get nervous. Turner ClassicMovies (TCM), in their quest tohelp people brush up on sometruly great cinema, brought amonstrous double bill to CineplexOdeons across Canada thisHalloween week. If you were for-tunate enough to attend the dou-ble bill of the 1931 featuresFrankenstein starring BorisKarloff and Dracula starring BelaLugosi, then congratulations,we’re now best friends. If you did-n’t, well, in the words of BelaLugosi himself; “I tear the tortureout of myself by torturing you.”

As mentioned before, the dou-ble feature is sponsored by TCM.The films were even hosted by

TCM mainstay Robert Osborne.Before each show, Mr. Osbornewould offer a bit of preamble, andthen show snippets of interviewstaken with the likes of SaraKarloff, the daughter ofFrankenstein’s monster, BelaLugosi Jr., and multiple award-winning make-up artist, RickBaker. These folks, who certainlyhave the horror pedigree, im-parted some serious wisdom onhow these two particular moviesdefined horror, and about howhorror movies today stack upwith the classics. The Cole’s Notesversion of their answers to each ofthe questions was “by beingscarier than everything else,” and“not very well.”

If you haven’t had the fortuneof viewing these quintessentialhorror classics, then shame onyou. No doubt, you’ve sat

through countless viewings ofParanormal Activity and MichaelBay’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre,yet never wondered how it waspossible for these modern film-makers to cock up the genre sobadly. These were the films thathelped initiate the genre as a legit-imate form of filmmaking. Not be-ing aware of these films, like I fearmany people aren’t, would be likenot knowing that rap music ulti-mately finds its roots in the slavemusic of the early 19th century. Itbecomes very hard to appreciateworks of the present if you don’tat least have an elementary un-derstanding of the roots of thework itself.

You’ll find that up to thispoint, this article has very little tosay about the movies in question.That is not an accident. Whatmore can be said about the two

seminal monster movies of 1930scinema? Set down this paper – af-ter reading it cover to cover, ofcourse – and find your way towatching those films. If youmissed out on the double bill,then all you’ve done is deprivedyourself of an entirely unique the-atre experience. Keep your eyespeeled next year, and watch for asimilar event to take place.Missing this two years in a rowmight be the scariest thing thathappens to you next Halloween.

movie reviewsFrankenstein and Dracula( 1931)

kyle leitcharts writer

Arts Radar

Nov. 1BrandiDisterheftCreative CityCentre$15 ad-vance/$18 doorDoors at 7:30

Nov. 2Fiddle andBanjoCreative CityCentre$10 doorDoors at 7:30

Dan Manganw/The RuralAlbertaAdvantageKnox-MetropolitanChurch$25 advance/$30 doorDoors at 7:30

The Lost FingersThe Exchange$23 advanceDoors at 7

Nov. 6The Wildernessof ManitobaCreative CityCentre$10 doorDoors at 7:30

JamesKeelaghanThe Exchange$15 advance/$20 doorDoors at 7:30

Nov. 7Delhi 2 DublinThe Exchange$15 advance/$20 doorDoors at 7:30

Nov. 8Plants andAnimals w/RahRahThe ArtfulDodger$15 advance/$18 doorDoors at 7Take Me to thePilot, FightingFor Ithaca,Seventh Rain,and CrashChorusThe Exchange$10 advance/$12 doorDoors at 7

Frankenstein

Directed by: James Whale,

Todd Browning

Starring: Colin Clive, Boris

Karloff, Mae Clark

Dracula

Directed by: Karl Freund

Starring: Bela Lugosi,

Helen Chandler

July Talk’s self-titled album be-gins in a really frustrating way,with the song The Garden, whichis an upbeat blues rock song. It’scatchy, upbeat, and a seeminglyenjoyable tune, but frankly, bluesrock just needs to die. I under-stand its historical necessity tomodern music, but seriously, weneed to stop writing songsaround the 12 bar blues progres-

sion. I’d argue that playing bluesrock in 2012 is far more banal thananything on Z99. The only differ-ence is stylistic preferences. Bothare incredibly formulaic – evenan improvised guitar solo in ablues rock song can be more orless predicted as to where it’s go-ing to go. It’s a cop out. Anyonecan write an infinite amount ofsongs around this structure. Anyblues lick on this album has beenplayed countless times before bycountless different artists, and thesame is true for blues rock in gen-eral.

This album’s actually prettyalright when it stays away fromheavily leaning on the band’sblues influences. Its fine to be in-fluenced by the blues, but when“influence” becomes doing thesame thing that’s been done sincethe early part of the twentiethcentury, your music becomes ex-pectedly boring.

Another qualm with the al-bum is Peter Dreimanis’ voice attimes. We get it. You drink

whiskey. You probably smoke.You’re a big, burly dude. But, I’mcalling bullshit that you sing inthe shower like that. Sometimes itsounds like he’s about to go into areally awesome scream, and I’msure his voice would actuallywork well with something likethat, but he never quite goes allthe way. For example, if he reallypushed his voice – it’s not likesinging as he does is doing hisvocal chords any favours any-ways – and went up the octave atthe end of Guns + Ammunition,the song would benefit greaterthan merely repeating the vocalmelody – especially since themelody is simply quarter notesthat don’t change pitch.

The album’s highpoint comeswith the fifth song, Someone; it’smuch more driving and engagingthan any of the tracks previous toit, and July Talk does improve af-ter this song, but none quitematch the energy of Someone.With that said though, the al-bum’s closing track, I’ve Rationed

Well, is probably the best song onthis album. This is how you uti-lize a scratchy male voice and in-dulge a blues influence withoutbeing boring. Dreimanis clearlyhas a vocal style that is best suitedto low registers, so play to thosestrengths; the notes that he singsin that song are frighteningly low,and it’s pretty haunting.

July Talk does a few interest-ing things, but there are far moreboring songs than really interest-ing ones. It finishes in a nice way,but a solid closing song and a fewin the middle can’t prop up JulyTalk from the rest of the medioc-rity that brings this album down.

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Angry’s Wild Ox Shangri-La seems to have a fewcool ideas, like on songs such as Right Loose, Shootthe Messenger, and Rock Sword, but the executionwas mediocre. Colony of Murder starts off with ariff and drumbeat that makes avoiding noddingyour head in heavy metal glory near impossible,but it slows down halfway through and goes intothis weird progressive part. Keeping things inter-esting and doing things that the listener won’t ex-pect is certainly valuable in music, but itshouldn’t just be done haphazardly, which is sortof how the structures of these songs feel. Wild OxShangri-La is filled with songs that have some re-

ally interesting parts, but as a whole are not spec-tacular songs. It’s like Angry is the sweetest,heavy high school band.

Where the album excels is in what it doesrhythmically. Wild Ox Shangri-La may not be aneasy album to get into melodically, due to itsatonality and dissonance, but the rhythms usedon songs like Umbrella Fight are a refreshing wayto keep things interesting.

What’s strange about Wild Ox Shangri-La isits inability to hold my attention, and that’s say-ing something considering I’m literally beingscreamed at. Interesting ideas do surface on thealbum, but as a whole, Wild Ox Shangri-La seemslike it needs restructuring in a way that the songsdon’t sound like they were haphazardly throwntogether.

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AngryWild Ox Shangri-LaDefiled Under Music


Modern Superstitions’ self-titledalbum, the band’s second full-length release, begins with infec-tious hooks which permeate theentire album. You’d have to chal-lenge yourself not to tap your footto Last Night’s Dress; in fact, this istrue for most of the songs.

The album goes alongsmoothly until it gets to the fourthtrack, Bandits, which feels a bitpredictable. It’s not an inherentlybad song, but it feels unoriginaland a bit boring, especially whenjuxtaposed with some of the othermaterial on Modern Superstitions.

The real high point of the al-

bum is String to the Sun, when thechorus kicks in, and NyssaRosaleen really shows some atti-tude in her vocals. It’s this atti-tude that seems to have affect thequality of songs; when Rosaleenjust lets it rip, the songs seem toimprove drastically, but songs likeBandits seem lacking because theyseem to be sung with less pur-pose or passion.

Modern Superstitions is agreat pop-rock album. With that,you can expect to grasp onto thesongs easily, but it can also be abit predictable at times.Nonetheless, there are some killerchoruses on what is definitely asolid record from these Torontorockers.

Modern SuperstitionsModern SuperstitionsLast Gang Records


This Winnipeg duo proves thatpeople who think good Canadianmusic doesn’t come from theprairie provinces are terribly mis-taken or idiots. Mise En Scene’ssecond release, Desire’s Despair, islike an indie rock soundtrack todriving through prairie land-scapes; it almost feels like you’redoing the album an injustice bynot going for a drive in the coun-try while listening to it.

The album is more or less ano-frills, fun, prairie-rock album,

but a few little Easter eggs comeup through the album, like thepedal steel guitar or meterchanges on Givin’ Up Too Easy andSweet William.

All the songs on the record areshort, to the point, and easily di-gestible, but Desire’s Despair re-ally hits its stride three songs in,and doesn’t relent until the al-bum’s finished. Picking out ahighlight of Desire’s Despair is dif-ficult given that all of these songsare great. It’s one of those albumsthat you find yourself saying,“Oh, this song rules” to everysong that comes on.

Admittedly, sometimesStefanie Blondal Johnson soundslike she’s holding back a bit withher vocals, but that’s really nit-picking and searching for some-thing bad to say about what’sreally a great 30 minutes of indierock.

Mise En SceneDesire’s DespairPipe & Hat


Maiden & Voyage

forgotten, maybe

lost mouth trailing aimlessly

'cross whatever junctures, whatever planes

I could cross for you

out there & all out of breath

looking not finding

smell of dustgrass in your hair

tapered little ankle bones

little, you laugh

lost ain't forgotten

somewhere in the drophills, around the

kneebend

it's there, I know it

in land-lines & bruise-lakes

catastrophic & dramatic, more than

marring

talk me out of it

the view from the head, the hairline

it speaks, sound of locusts & lush

stopped by the break, the flesh-folds

I was being quiet

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The Cougars women’s soccerteam has advanced to the play-offs for the first time since 2006.Who has been the team’s MVPso far this season?

Dupuis: With eight goals and fiveassists, Meagan Cormier is thisteam’s runaway MVP on offense,but everybody knows that de-fense – and great goaltending –wins championships. StephaniePossberg and Kacey McFee’s com-bined seven shutouts are the realstory behind this team’s new-found success.

Klein: I don’t think you can givethe MVP to just one person onthat team. They play a completeteam game and they battle forevery inch with the ball. Take, forexample, playing against theHuskies on Sunday when they al-most got screwed over becausethe ref went too long on injurytime. It was like the Canada Vs.USA soccer game all over again.

Gray: The MVP so far has to bethe coaching staff. They have beenable to keep the team on task andhave kept them focused all sea-son, which has led to them beingable to put together enough victo-ries to get into the playoffs thisyear. Congratulations coaches!

Kreutzwieser: MVP would haveto go to the goalkeepers. BothStephanie Possberg and KaceyMcFee deserve credit for their nu-merous shutouts throughout theseason. However, if I had tochoose one I’d go with Possbergbecause of her amazing showingat the Canada West quarterfinals.

Ending it with a diving save al-ways looks clutch.

Have you been following TSN’sEngraved on a Nation series? Ifso, what were your thoughts onThe 13th Man?

Dupuis: I really enjoyed The 13thMan, but it was hard to watch. Icould have gone without re-liv-ing that moment again, TSN. Youdicks. Aside from that, I watchedsome of The Kid From La Puentelast night and it was laughable.Terrible title, terrible story and aterrible subject – with a terriblemoustache. Fuck you, Calvillo.

Klein: I watched The 13th Manand excuse me if I freak out a lit-tle bit here. Dear TSN, thanks fortwisting the knife even more! Ithought the documentary was go-ing to be on the fans of the Ridersnot the god damn game where wesuddenly forgot to count. Thanksfor making me crawl into a cornerand cry like I did after that gameyou fucking pricks.

Gray: I thought it was really welldone and showed Rider pride toits fullest extent. While some peo-ple may have hated it because itbrings up the incident that hap-pened during the Grey Cup itshowed that no matter what hap-pens, we are always there for ourRiders.

Kreutzwieser: It’s on my PVR,and I’ve been meaning to watch it,but haven’t gotten around to it.Honestly, I haven’t heard muchabout it though. So, not sure if thatis a good thing or not?

Tim Tebow was recently votedthe most overrated player in theNational Football League by hisfellow players. Do you agree ordisagree with this?

Dupuis: I’m going to go aheadand agree with this, but it’s notreally his fault. I think it’s onlyfair that we put at least half of theblame on Tebow’s good friendJesus, for helping him out with allthose fourth-quarter comebacks.

Klein: I agree 100 per cent. I don’tcare if you have God on your side,you still can’t throw a ball. I knowI can’t really talk shit because I’mnever going to make it profession-ally anywhere but you got luckyonce in the playoffs and suddenlyeveryone thinks your the shit. Noyou’re still terrible and you willalways be terrible.

Gray: I’d have to disagree. AllTebow does is win, and that tickssome people off because he’s not agood quarterback. He just gets theteam around him pumped up andeveryone performs their best as aresult. These people who madethe list said Ray Lewis was over-rated as well so they can’t be thesmartest bunch.

Kreutzwieser: Tim Tebow was anovervalued player with an over-rated ability to play. If his skillswere as “godly” as the fans putthem out to be, then I think heprobably would be starting for theJets – but he’s not. He was a fad,just like Tebowing.

What do you think about theNew York Islanders relocating toBrooklyn?

Dupuis: Irrelevant franchisemoves 40km west. In all honesty,I could not care less. It’s under-standable that Islanders fans willbe mad, but I’m not one of them,so I’m just going to let this newsfloat peacefully out of my brainand replace it with somethingmore relevant to my interests, likehating Anthony Calvillo.

Klein: Well, it doesn’t matter.With an NHL lock out or not, thebuilding will never be filled, so itdoesn’t matter where they moveto; no one will go see RickDipietro get hurt for the one thou-sandth time in three years.

Gray: Gives them a chance for afresh start. The Islanders have notbeen good and have made somereally bad decisions. Maybe thechange of scenery will help getsome success. Plus, I’m sick ofNew York having two teams.

Kreutzwieser: I’m probably go-ing to get shunned from theroundtable – and probablyCanada as well – after saying this,but I don’t really care where thisteam came from or goes to. Atleast I’m being honest right? Don'thate me hockey fans! I'm tryingto learn.

Which current athlete has thebest mustache?

Dupuis: Definitely not AnthonyCalvillo. I would say Biz-Nasty,

but the ironic handlebar thing iskinda douché. Come to think of it,ironic moustaches in general arepretty douché. I’m going to gowith a retro vote for a real man’sman moustache: LannyMcDonald.

Klein: That is a tough one, but de-spite McDowell’s guidelines, I’mgoing to go with a moustache ofthe past: Lanny MacDonald by far.George Parros comes in a closesecond but when you cannot seethe man’s mouth because hiscookie duster is so long, your ar-gument is invalid. I swear in aninterview I saw food trapped inthere. And it wasn’t even crumbsit was a legit piece of food.

Gray: Well the man who alwayshas the best facial hair in hockeyhas to take the cake. GeorgeParros always has the best mous-tache in hockey and he continuesto set the bar high when it comesto facial hair in sports.

Kreutzwieser: Does Tom Selleckin Mr. Baseball count? Best NiceEffort For a Mustache: DerekHolland. Best Mustache I WouldNever Want To Have a Ride On:Lanny McDonald. Best Don’t EverGrow a Mustache Again: MichaelPhelps. And finally, best Doesn’tKnow His Mustache BelongsAbove His Lip and Not AboveHis Eyes: Anthony Davis.

braden dupuis, britton gray,kris klein, paige kreutzwieserthis week’s rountable

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Following a major upset win overCanada’s top-ranked CIS footballteam, the Calgary Dinos, theRegina Rams are gearing up tohost their first home playoff gamesince 2007.

Adding to the good news,quarterback Marc Mueller is backin action after missing two gameswith a shoulder injury.

“It’s feeling as good as it couldbe, all things considered, and it’snot going to hinder my play atall,” Mueller said, before the Ramsfaced off against the University ofAlberta Golden Bears in their lastregular season game of the year. “Ican take hits, I can land on it andthings like that, so as long as I cando that and it doesn’t hinder anyof my throws, that’s the big deal.”

While the game against theGolden Bears was essentiallymeaningless, Mueller said it wasimportant for him to get back onthe field and take some snaps.

“It’s been kind of left up tome, and I thought I needed to getback into a groove before play-offs,” he said. “I can’t just expectto show up on a Friday night or aSaturday afternoon against a play-off contending team and expect toplay the way I was before the in-jury. I need to get back out there, Ineed to get my feet wet again andhopefully there’s not a drop-off atall.”

Taking over starting QB du-ties in Mueller’s absence wasthird-year Zach Oleynik.

The former slotback took hisfirst snaps as a CIS signal callerlast season, when injuries deci-mated the Rams at QB.

“There’s a lot of pressure to goin there and make the offensemove, but I was just happy to takethe role and try and make some-thing happen,” Oleynik said.

“Last year, it was a little bitdifferent because I just kind offlew in there from receiver andMarc was out for the year, but thisyear we’ve got a lot of good thingsgoing for us, so there’s lots of

pressure to step in and keep theteam winning.”

During Oleynik’s two starts asQB this season the Rams went 1-1,including the Oct. 19 upset overNo.1 Calgary.

However, the experiencedteam around him has madeOleynik’s transition a smooth one.

“As a veteran group, I thinkwe have a few more leaders thatare kind of taking the grasps thisyear and leading this team tosome victories,” he said.

But it wasn’t the veterans whoproved to be the big differencemakers against Calgary.

First-year defensive back, JoeyDwyer, in just his second gamefilling in for injured veteran, KirbyKezama, scored what would turnout to be the Rams only touch-down after picking off a pass fromCalgary QB, Eric Dzwilewski.

“I was just the low man in thezone, and I turned around and theball went over the receiver’shands and right into my chest,and I squeezed it and took off,”Dwyer said. “I wasn’t taking anychances on getting caught on myfirst interception.”

The first-quarter interceptiongave the Rams an early lead thatthey would hold for the rest of thegame.

“Calgary hasn’t trailed allyear, and we know that they don’tplay as well when they’re behindso it was really big to take thatfirst-quarter lead,” Dwyer said.“It’s just a great feeling to beat atop team like that. We know wecontend with the best in the coun-try, and now we’re looking to goon a big playoff run.”

Dwyer’s efforts againstCalgary, which included two passbreakups, five solo tackles andtwo assisted tackles, earned himthe honours of Canada WestDefensive Player of the Week.

“I was a little surprised whenI first heard about it,” Dwyer said.“I never really thought about it.Some guys around the lockerroom were telling me that theythink I should win it, but I wasn’ttaking it too much into considera-tion ... It was great to win it

though, and get my name outthere.”

After the Rams ended the 2012regular season with a 19-0 shutoutof the Golden Bears on Oct. 26, alleyes are now focused on Nov. 2,when the University ofSaskatchewan Huskies come totown for the first Rams homeplayoff game in five years.

“It takes away all the distrac-tions of playing on the road andthe bus ride or the flights,”Mueller said. “It’s a big deal tohave that, and it’s big for the pro-gram. It’s way better playing athome than it is on the road.”

Before the regular seasonwrapped up, it wasn’t known forsure if the Rams would be facingoff against the Huskies or the

Manitoba Bisons, but the uncer-tainty wasn’t getting to Mueller.

“We’ve played them bothonce. Both really good games,both really tough teams with re-ally good players on them, so it’snot going to matter,” he said.“Whatever team comes to town,we’ve got to strap the horns onand get going for the playoffs.”

The 2012 CIS postseason kicksoff Friday, Nov. 2 when the U of SHuskies come to town and re-sume their provincial rivalry withthe hometown Rams.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. atMosaic Stadium.

Someone tell the Huskies to start the bus

Next stop, playoffs

Marc Messett

Nice bum, where ya from?

braden dupuissports writer

ReginaRamsHeadlinesVeteran quarterbackMarc Mueller went 7for 12 and threw for 77yards in his first gameback at signal callersince Sept. 28.

Offensively, third-yearslotback, Landon Buch,and fifth-year slotback,Connor Haas, hadtouchdowns forRegina, while second-year wide receiver,Addison Richards, ledall players with 72yards. Jared Janottaalso pitched in on of-fense, grabbing agame-high four recep-tions.

Defensively, fifth-yearback, Steve Famulak,and fifth-year lineman,Benton Gieni, regis-tered sacks for theRams. Logan Brookshad a game high 4.5tackles including twofor a loss while RyanWellman registered afumble recovery.

With their 19-0 victoryover Alberta on Oct.26, the Rams (6-2) ties aschool record for themost Canada West vic-tories in a single sea-son.

The victory over theGolden Bears alsomarked the first shutout victory for theRams since 1999, whenthey joined the CIS.

The winners of theCanada West semi-finalmatch ups will go on tocompete in the HardyCup on Nov. 10.

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All I want for Christmas is hockey.It’s hard to believe that next

month it’s Christmas – wow, thatsounded like a tweet from @shit-girlssay – but all I’m saying is thatthere better be NHL by then.

And if there isn’t, then I bettersee the NHL commissioner, GaryBettman, brought from his happyhouse with all the other rich peo-ple to underneath my tree with aribbon on his head and shacklesbetween his ankles, and I want tolook him straight in the eye andtell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, inbred, dog-kissing,dickless, spineless, sack of mon-key shit he really is.

On Thursday, Oct. 18 it wasannounced the NHL cancelled allgames until Nov. 30 and it will nothave a full 82 game season thisyear, if a season at all.

It has become increasingly ob-vious that Bettman is the Grinch,determined to ruin the hockeyseason by stealing the NHL fromall of the goons down inHockeyville.

And if canceling the gamesthroughout November wasn’t al-ready a huge punch in the face,the Grinch has taken it one stepfurther by threatening to cancelthe Winter Classic as well.

This year the Winter Classicwas set to feature an original sixmatch up between the Detroit RedWings and the Toronto MapleLeafs.

The real devastating part ofthis is that, if there is no WinterClassic, then there will be no HBO24/7 special.

For those of you who haven’tseen 24/7, we are officially nolonger friends. But for those ofyou who have, you will be able tounderstand the pain that I am go-

ing through. 24/7 is responsible for giving

hockey fans such memorable mo-ments as Sidney Crosby’s pre-game rituals, or Ben Lovejoy’shilariously swollen face after hecollided with a slapshot; and whocould forget that it was 24/7 whorevealed what a nutcase IlyaBryzgalov truly is.

I’m sure there are at least oneor two devil’s advocate jerks read-ing this right now and arguingthat it was the Winter Classic’s

fault that Crosby was seriously in-jured and missed many hockeygames. To those people I say: it’snot the Winter Classic’s fault thatDavid Steckel is a blindside-hit-ting idiot.

If you are not a devil’s advo-cate, then by now you are surelywondering why the hell I am soconcerned with a game that isn’tscheduled for another twomonths.

First of all, I really don’t trustthat the Grinch will get the NHL

up and running by then. Second,without the current NHL thesetypes of problems are all I have toconsume my thoughts with – seri-ously, this column gets harder andharder to write every week – howdo you have a hockey columnwithout any real hockey?

I hope to God that by someChristmas miracle, the NHL isback and the Winter Classic and24/7 are playing on my TV. And ifanyone is looking for any lastminute gift ideas for me, I wouldlike Bettman to be fired.

While most people were out get-ting drunk dressed as the sexyversion of a regular thing lastweekend, the Cougars teams werehard at work getting W’s.

Men’s hockey

The debate for which school hasthe better Cougars team inCanada West is yet to be solved.

After registering a 2-1 victoryover the visiting Mount RoyalCougars on night No. 1, theRegina Cougars men’s hockeyteam fell to the visitors 6-3 onnight No. 2, leaving the weekendwith another split.

Goaltender Lucas Gore got thestart on Friday night and stopped28 of 29 shots that came his way.And goals by Tyler Henry andTyler Murray helped Regina rollto an easy victory. Unfortunately,the next night wasn’t so kind.

According to the U of RCougars, everything that could gowrong did go wrong on Saturdaynight.

Mount Royal built up a 4-0lead in the first period, and al-though the Cougars scrabbled to-gether three goals, they could notcrawl out of the hole from the firstperiod.

Before taking on the

University of Saskatchewan in ahome-and-home series on Nov. 9-10, Regina will enjoy a bye week.You know what that means: byeweek, booze week.

Women’s soccer

With their shootout victory overthe visiting SaskatchewanHuskies on Sunday, the women’ssoccer team has advanced to theCanada West Final Four for the

first time in the program’s history. The marathon game in the

freezing cold October weathershowcased the Cougars talent onboth sides of the ball, and some-how managed to get roughly 600fans huddled together to attemptand enjoy the icy game.

Fourth-year forward, MeaganCormier – who scored in regula-tion, naturally – as well as KaylaMcDonald, Adriana McCulloughand Molly Glass who scored in

the shootout, and goaltender,Stephanie Possberg, were the he-roes for the Cougars on Sunday.

Sure, the other team membersdid their part, but everyoneknows the players that actuallyget points on the board and standin front of the ball – not the onescheering them on from the bench– are the real winners here.

The Cougars will take onTrinity Western this Friday in hos-tile territory.

Cross Country

In their final competition beforethe CIS championships, theCougars men’s and women’scross country teams boasted im-pressive results at the StewartCup on Oct. 27 – even after bat-tling the snow and sub-zero tem-peratures.

The men’s team finished at thetop of the pack, literally, as theyearned the top three spots in therace and dominated the podium.Kelly Wiebe finished first, obvi-ously, while Iain Fyfe and MattJohnson finished in second andthird, respectively.

The men’s team finished a full19-points ahead of second placeCalgary, and with the impressiveperformance now rank seventh inthe CIS.

The women’s side also had astrong weekend. Although, due toinjuries, the Cougars were notable to finish a full team of fiverunners, standouts KarissaLePage and Avery Westberg tookhome third and fifth place at themeet.

Wiebe, Fyfe, Johnson, MichaelMiddlemiss, Adam Strueby, SeanHooper, Marc Beaton, LePage andWestberg will travel to London,Ont. on Nov. 10 to representRegina in the CIS championships.

Gary Bettman is trying to steal the NHLHockey vacation

Cougars highlightsHalloween weekend

Emily Wright

Mark Schneider (left), will be setting it off during bye week

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So true.

autumn mcdowellsports writer

“ I want to look[Gary Bettman]straight in theeye and tell himwhat a cheap, ly-ing, no-good,rotten, inbred,dog-kissing,dickless, spine-less, sack ofmonkey shit hereally is.”

what the puck?autumn mcdowellsports editor

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Going back to the first debate Jhett and Ihad, I predicted that the Houston Texanswould make it to the Super Bowl, and theystarting to prove that I may have made theright choice.

The teams that once dominated theNFL over the past decade are slowly be-coming less of a threat to win champi-onships and the Texans are proving they area team that can get the job done.

The New England Patriots are no longerrunning away with games like they used to.The Indianapolis Colts lost their franchisequarterback, not to mention the BaltimoreRavens and Pittsburg Steelers have aging,injury-prone defences.

The Houston Texans are built to winnow and could be the top team in the AFCfor several years to come.

The Texans’ top-scoring offence and ex-plosive players are proving difficult for op-posing teams to deal with.

One of the Texans’ strengths is theirability to balance out their attack. They cancarve up defences with the run or the pass,a rarity in today’s pass-happy NFL.

Arian Foster, is leading the league inrushing yet again and continues to provethat he is the best running back in the game.

If teams do manage to stop Foster, theTexans just unload their passing game,which includes quarterback, Matt Schaub,and wide receiver, Andre Johnson.

On the other side of the ball, the de-fence has slowly been built from scratchinto one of the best defences in the league.

Even after losing Mario Williams, – whowas considered one of the best pass rushersin the league – Houston has proven they donot need him on their roster in order to suc-ceed.

Despite losing perennial pro-bowlerMario Williams to the Buffalo Bills in theoff-season, the Texans’ defence hasn’t

skipped a beat.Wade Philips is the best defensive coor-

dinator in the league and has turned thesefootball players into defensive warriors.

The Texans have allowed the second-fewest points in the AFC and lead theleague with a +88 point differential.

Defensive end, JJ Watt, is arguably bet-ter than Williams and may even be the bestdefensive end in the NFL. He has an as-tounding 9.5 sacks through seven gamesand gives any QB a reason to fear theTexans defence.

Despite their short history, the Texanshave remained a stable team.

As the youngest team in the NFL, theyhaven’t gone through the growing painsmost teams experience in their early years.

One of the hardest jobs in sports is be-ing a head coach in the NFL and the Texans’Gary Kubiak has seen some tough times.

Kubiak inherited a team with a 2-14record. Six years later he is still with theteam and now leads one of the most tal-ented squads in the NFL.

The Texans are a prime example of whyyou shouldn’t give up on a coach after justa few years.

They are one of the most well roundedteams in the league and may be the only le-gitimate threat left in the AFC.

The Patriots are no longer the sameteam they used to be and are getting old.

Houston is a great team with a stablecoaching staff and that’s often a recipe forsuccess. This is why they were – and stillare – my pick to represent the AFC in theSuper Bowl this year.

The Houston Texans are unquestionablyone of the best teams in the NationalFootball League right now.

They hold a 6-1 record and show nosigns of slowing down. Their defence is im-peccable and there offense is keeping upwith – if not outdoing – the best offenses theNFL has to offer.

Star running back, Arian Foster, is intop form and remains a very key cog in theTexans engine. Wide receiver, AndreJohnson, poses an incredibly deep threatthat is rivaled only by the likes of theArizona Cardinals , Larry Fitzgerald, orDetroit Lions Calvin Johnson.

Not just that, but the team is collectivelyplaying well together.

However, I’m still not convinced thatthe Houston Texans are the best team inthe American Football Conference.

My problem with considering theTexans as numero uno in the AFC beginswith the consideration of other stellar teamsin the conference.

The Baltimore Ravens – though embar-rassed by the Texans already – still pose apossible big threat in the future. ThePittsburgh Steelers, whose defence is still inthe upper echelon of the NFL, might be oneof very few teams that can go blow for blowwith this intense Texans D.

Another big question mark in the AFCcomes out of Denver, as you can never trulycount out quarterback, Peyton Manning.

The final very big threat is – as I’m sureyou could have guessed – the New EnglandPatriots.

For starters, in Baltimore, the Texanswould have to fear quarterback in JoeFlacco who, while on his game, can throwwith the best of them. They’d also have totake into account the ever-dangerousRavens running back, Ray Rice, who is oneof the most versatile players in the NFL.

Once the Ravens can establish theirstyle of football, they have proven to be al-most unstoppable.

The next big name threat is thePittsburgh Steelers. These guys are peren-nial Super Bowl contenders, and they are ateam with great leadership as well as coach-ing. Quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger,is a character that can steal a game all on hisown with extremely unorthodox plays.Linebacker, James Harrison, and the rest ofthe Steelers defence can beat a team sense-less, which often leads to victory.

Threat number three comes from thePeyton Manning-led Denver Broncos,which, in my opinion, should be the Texansbiggest fear coming out of the AFC.

Peyton, for those of you wondering, hasquite the history of making the Texans looklike his water boys and Denver’s defence,when at the top of their game, is the best inthe league.

Add to that characters such as Broncoswide receivers, Demaryius Thomas andEric Decker, and the Broncos can steal agame with some huge yards after the catch.

But, the final threat in the AFC for theTexans need no introduction.

The New England Patriots have beenone of the strongest and most feared teamsin the NFL since the introduction of quar-terback, Tom Brady, to the league. He is ba-sically the exact reason for that fear.

Brady is a cerebral assassin that veryrarely is denied his victory. If the Texansthink they need a challenge, they’ll receivemore than enough from Brady and his of-fense.

The main issues that worry me aboutthe legitimacy of the Texans number oneranking are the injuries issue, the quarter-back position, and their inexperience.

The final reason that really sticks out tome is that the Texans have never really beenthe top dog before. Can they handle thepressure of number one?

Contributors Jhett Folk and Britton Gray talk Texas

Houston, we have a problem

blog.houstontexans.com

jhett folkcontributor

britton graycontributor

“The final reason that really sticks out to me is that the Texans have never really beenthe top dog before. Can they handle the pressure of number one?”

Jhett Folk

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Wear whatever you want

Every year, I get upset at the revealingHalloween costumes that emerge everyOctober. Sexy cat, sexy hippie, sexy cookiemonster. I used to get mad at the girls whowould wear these costumes. How darethey take this consumerist holiday and useit as an excuse to express their socially re-pressed sexuality to get laid and get freedrinks and whatever. Then I realized howstupid that sounds.

Halloween is a consumerist holiday,taken from some other culture’s traditions

and adapted to be marketed as a product toNorth Americans. Halloween as we knowit was designed by a bunch of fat, white,rich guys smoking cigars and screwing un-derage prostitutes in a decadent high-rise.Probably. Don’t fact-check me on that.

The point is, the guys marketing reveal-ing costumes to girls as young as seven oreight are the same men holding all-malepanels about women’s reproductive rights;Rush Limbaughs calling you a slut for us-ing contraceptives. This feeds into the slut-virgin dichotomy propagated by

patriarchal societies. You can’t talk aboutbeing sexy, you can’t show your breasts inpublic – I’m looking at you, assholes whowalk around without a shirt, becauseyou’re so high on your male privilege –you can’t go home with a cute guy at thebar without thinking about what peoplewill say the next day. But, heaven fuckingforbid you say you’re not interested. Whywould you wear that skirt and heels ifyou’re not going to put out, you prudebitch? This applies when we’re talkingabout the Halloween costumes.

The issue isn’t that women are wearingthese costumes that are so tasteless, the is-sue is why a woman who wears jeans andUggs on Oct. 30 is wearing 5-inch heelsand a thong at the bar on the Oct. 31. If youwant to show your body, you go for it.Whenever you want, wherever you want.But when you’re only doing it on one spe-cific day of the year, set aside specificallyfor you by patriarchal corporations, you’refeeding into a repressive state of society.You’re basically behaving like a well-trained dog that waits to shit until hisowner lets him into the yard. It’s a behav-ior that says, ‘yes, I’ll dress exactly the waya male dominated culture expects me todress, and only express my sexuality whenI get the green light from someone else.

So ladies, if you feel comfortable wear-ing next to nothing, do it. I mean, be awarethat the patriarchy is going to insult youand shame you anyway, but hell, that’s thepoint. Don’t let that stop you from dressinghow you feel most comfortable, but don’tdo it just on the day that some asshole tellsyou that you can. And if you’re terriblyuncomfortable and cold in those stockingsand corset, but you’re wearing that becauseyou really believe this is your only chanceto express your sexual self in a public spacewithout being ridiculed or judged, don’tworry. When you kick the patriarchy in theballs, you’ll get plenty of chances to be sex-ually comfortable with yourself. Like,every day of your life. Happy Halloween.

julia dimaproduction manager

Silence, pleaseAnyone who has been going to this univer-sity for more than two years has likely seenthe rapid decline of quiet places to study.Anyone who has just started at this univer-sity is likely wondering why they can’t findany quiet places to study.

The fact is, university administrationhas taken away nearly every quiet studyspace on the university campus to makenew common areas, offices, and, generally,things that really do not benefit a studentwho is serious about their education andneeds to study in silent solitude.

But, we must acknowledge that whilethe university administration revoked themajority of quiet study rooms from the stu-dents, they were kind enough to replacethem with other alternatives. Most of these,of course, were placed in loud, high-trafficareas, which have proven to be of no ben-efit at all to students.

The newest one is the study lounge inthe RIC building being shut down and ba-sically moved into the main hallway of theEducation building. The lounge is going tobecome the new Aboriginal Student Centre.While I have no problem with theAboriginal Student Centre moving intothat particular space, the university failedto provide another quiet study area in lieuof this. Instead, students are left to endurethe traffic, yelling, and genuine mayhemthat ensues between every class in that par-ticular hallway – a sure way to help a stu-dent stay focused on their studies.

They have equipped the main floor ofthe Archer Library with a multitude of“soundproof” study rooms. Has anyoneactually used one of these rooms? There isbetter soundproofing between bathroomstalls than in those rooms. Not to mention,

they are time-sensitive, and you can onlybook them for three hours per day. Who,when hunkering down to study for anexam or write a research paper, can manageto do it in three hours? Having to move inthe middle of studying or writing a paperis extremely disruptive to the thoughtprocess, and students are then left with thenearly impossible task of finding anotherquiet place to go. And, ideally, these roomsare supposed to be used for group study,and some librarians will not even let youhave the room if there are not at least twoof you.

And, while there are “red zones” withno time limits in other parts of the library,students are not allowed to have foodthere. I don’t know about you, but when Ihave a paper to write, I’m there for the longhaul. Therefore, I need sustenance, butdon’t have the time to take a full foodbreak. I need to eat while I work, and the li-brary doesn’t allow for this. Not to men-tion, even though these particular areas aremeant for silent study, the constant soundof the elevator doors opening, studentswalking through to find books, and em-ployees re-shelving books can be very dis-ruptive to students.

The University of Regina seems to haveforgotten its most valuable resourceamongst all these changes – the students.We provide this university with the mostmoney through our outrageously high tu-ition costs, yet we aren’t even given theright to decent, quiet study space on cam-pus. Instead, we are shooed into main hall-ways and common areas to do ourhomework without even a thought that itmight be detrimental to our education.What was the university administration

thinking when they decided that thesespaces were no longer required? Have theyforgotten that this is supposed to be an in-stitute of higher learning? Instead, theyseem to be doing everything in their powerto take our university away and turn it intoa corporation.

The sad part is students aren’t evenquestioning this. Sure, we all complainabout it, but who has actually consideredreally doing something about it? If the stu-dents banded together and told the uni-versity that they cannot have our studyspace, they would be forced to listen be-cause without us, they don’t have a univer-sity. Apparently, it’s been so long sinceVianne Timmons was in university thatshe’s forgotten what tools students require

in order to do well in their education. Quietstudy space is one of the most importantthings a university can offer, yet it doesn’tseem to be high enough on the priority listat the University of Regina. Instead, theadministration is busy turning our much-needed quiet study space into meeting cen-tres, offices, and general hangouts whilewe are all paying to be pushed out into thehallways to do our homework. Does noone else have a problem with this?

michelle jonescopy editor

opinion

Arthur Ward

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op-ed the carillon | Nov. 1 - 7, 201218

The latest incident started off with an as-sumed lapse of judgment when a few indi-viduals were using the “r-word” (“retard”)on Twitter as an insult to someone’s politi-cal choices. I kindly responded with,“Please don't use the r-word...It’s very of-fensive to people with disabilities, like my-self. Thanks.”

Seems straightforward enough, right?That any reasonable person would reeval-uate their use of an offensive word and notrepeat it? Apparently not, as these weresome of the responses I received.

“I had no idea being hyper-sensitivewas a disability now-a-days. That’s re-tarded.”

“Please don’t follow me on Twitter. Itoffends people with a goddamned sense ofhumor… I don’t care about you making apersonal mountain out of a sarcastic mole-hill.”

The attitudes that surround those whoidentify with mental disability are stillrooted in ignorance and cruelty. The aboveresponses show that we have a long way togo before people with mental illnesses feelsafe, accepted and empowered.

The thing is, though, that we don’t havetime for a gradual evolution of politicalcorrectness. Suicide is the second highestleading cause of death in Canadian youth,and even though 1 in 4 youth need mentalhealth services, only about 25 per cent ofthose who need them receive them.That’s why a new campaign by a nationalorganization called Partners for MentalHealth is a vital tool to the conversationswe need to be having. The “Let’s CallBullshit” campaign aims to have youthchallenge the ways that society talks aboutmental health and to take on the responsi-bility to change it. It has to be our genera-tion that truly starts the discussion, becauseit is our generation that is suffering most.

I call bullshit that the reason that Isometimes can’t get out of bed is becauseI’m lazy or just not trying hard enough.I call bullshit that I use my disability as anexcuse or crutch.

I call bullshit on the fact that mentalhealth is consistently ignored in our healthcare system. That a person has to wait forhours in the emergency room in the midstof a panic attack, screaming, crying andthinking that they’re dying, before they be-come important enough to pay attentionto. That the only way a person can receivepsychiatric services in a timely matter is ifyou try to kill yourself or kill someone else.

So I invite you to join with many youthacross Canada in taking on the stigma ofmental health head on. There are manyways to get involved. Most of the cam-paign can be accessed online at callbs.cawhere you can sign a declaration, shareyour own story of BS, and read what othershave to say on the BS wall. Then, socialmedia the heck out of it – yes I just used“social media” as a verb!

On campus, check out the posters forthe campaign and catch us tabling in theRiddell Centre to get more info. Stay tunedfor a possible coffee house for people withlived experience/psychiatric survivors oncampus that will hopefully turn into a reg-ularly meeting support group. If you’rereading this and want to help out, pleasedo! Shoot me an email at [email protected].

Proud ignorance

paige kezimacontributor

It makes me sad that people so often feelthe need to revel in their own ignorance.

Take, for example, Ann Coulter; aprominent conservative commentator inthe United States, recently used the “r-word” to describe president Obama afterhis performance in the last debate, tweet-ing, “I highly approve of Romney’s deci-sion to be kind and gentle to the retard.”

This sort of language is in no way ac-ceptable in an inclusive society. However,there is no way to force people to stop us-ing this sort of language. The only methodavailable to us if we want to effect realchange is education. Unfortunately, edu-cation only works if people are receptive tolearning. Most people are obviously not re-ceptive to learning and Coulter’s response,in which she summarily refused to apolo-gize for her remarks, demonstrates that sheis not only ignorant, but proud of that igno-rance.

“Look, no one would refer to a DownSyndrome child, someone with an actualmental handicap, by saying ‘retard’” shetold Fox News, totally missing the pointthat using the “r-word” to describe some-one you dislike inherently belittles peoplewith mental disabilities. It’s this refusal tolisten to the concerns of others that makesthe initial ignorance inexcusable.

Another example happened to me onmy way back to Saskatchewan a few weeksago. Some men in their late 20s were com-menting on how getting stuck at the back ofthe plane all the time was – and I quote –“gay balls. Gay, gay balls.” This sort of sub-tle homophobia is mostly overlooked, andI know that a lot of young people like to de-scribe anything they don’t like as “gay”.Someone in my position realizes this is justa silly, ignorant phrase used by people withlimited vocabularies to discuss things theydon’t like. However, a younger version ofme always felt bad about being gay when

people described a shitty situation as“gay”. Gay was bad. It was wrong. It wasshameful.

Fortunately I could fit in fairly well andpass as straight, so I was never bullied tothe extent that some other people are, butby ignoring these problems and telling chil-dren who are bullied that “it gets better” isnot good enough. There needs to be a shiftin society towards a more understandingand compassionate attitude; one in whichpeople are willing to step back and learnhow powerful the words they speak canbe.

“Sticks and stones might break mybones but words can never harm me” is anice but misguided trope that society likesto repeat to people who are upset by lan-guage that belittles them. It would be won-derful if words could never harm people,but the fact is they leave deep and lastingscars on the psyche of the person you directthem towards. Just look at Amanda Todd,the girl who took her own life because ofthe cruel words her peers directed at her.Look at Jamie Hubley, a young man whokilled himself because he was bullied forhis sexuality. Words obviously hurt.

Yes, you have a right to free speech thatyou can exercise. But the people you of-fend have a legitimate right to speak back.They have a legitimate right to ask you tostop being insensitive. Requesting that youstop being a jerk does not make you a vic-tim of some sort of “reverse-oppression”.And, if you are a decent, understanding,self-reflective, and empathetic human be-ing, you might be able to act like a matureadult and make an effort to improve your-self.

Ending stigma

edward doddop-ed editor

Keep fit, have fun

With flu season upon us, proper healthpractices are a necessity. It’s nice to see theuniversity cleaning staff doing their part insanitizing and cleaning things like handles,rails, and faucets but sometimes that just is-n’t good enough. It comes down to the ef-forts of the thousands of students to dotheir part to keep our school as germ andbacteria free as we can.

The first thing that you should all do iswash your hands after you use the wash

rooms. This may seem like common sense,but I have encountered a handful of peoplewhile in the washroom who have not donethis.

I don’t care if you don’t think you needto wash your hands because all you thinkyou touched was the toilet paper. Thinkabout all the other things you have hadcontact with throughout the day; your cellphone, your pens, door handles, used text-books, the list goes on.

I know I am not the only one who does notwant to be touching the door handle afteryou just wiped your soiled extremities allover it. Be courteous, because that is thefoundation of defending other people fromthe flu. So wash your hands.

Secondly, cover your mouth when youcough. Once again, another fundamentalbut valuable tactic in preventing the spreadof germs. I don’t need you sitting behindme in class, hacking up a storm, and spit-ting all over the back of my head. Andcover your mouth with your elbow.

Remember rule number one about howdirty your hands are? If you are using yourhands to cover your cough please don’t bethe first one to run out of class smearingyour throat bugs all over the door for therest of your classmates to put their handson.

Another good idea is to carry aroundhand sanitizer. One little container of it isabout one dollar at a drug store, and thatcould last you until the end of the semester.It’s a great investment even on a studentbudget. Because, once you become sick,having to buy 6 boxes of Nyquil can reallyput a dent in your wallet.

One last piece of advice, stay healthy.Basic stuff here, like eating right, gettinglots of sleep, drinking lots of fluids.

With winter season approaching, Iknow we all wish we could sit around thefire, eating smores and drinking hot choco-late every day, but remember to includetime to stay active. Having an activelifestyle will help you keep those flu bugsaway.

Not to mention, with this being the sea-son of Thanksgiving and Christmas din-ners, working out can help you keep thatunfortunate winter weight off, which is al-ways a bonus.

Preventing the flu can be easy if you fol-low simple steps to keep yourself healthyand germ free. So, in the words of HalJohnson and Joanne McLeod: Keep Fit andHave Fun. Oh yeah, Body Break!

paige kreutzwiesercontributor

Tenielle Bogdan

Wash your hands, buddy

op-edthe carillon | Nov. 1 - 7, 2012 19

Regina’s recent mayoral election, and thecurrent American presidential race, has res-urrected the age-old democratic debateabout voting, and the perennial issues thatsurround it.

Firstly, let it be said, that voting is obvi-ously an important part of being a demo-cratic citizen. Suffrage means that anindividual’s voice can be heard amongstmany, and this makes a democracy what itfundamentally is, a “rule by the people”.

Even so, many Canadians do not turnout to vote. Take, for example, the lastCanadian federal election in which onlyaround 61 per cent of the electorate turnedout to cast their ballot. Why is voter turnoutso low? Why aren’t people making theirvoices heard?

Statistics like this tend to lead to the ar-gument that “since the other 39 per cent ofCanadians didn’t vote, then they can’t com-plain about what happens.” This erroneousstatement is made often, yet of coursesomeone who didn’t vote in the last federalelection or Regina’s recent election couldcomplain. They could have chosen not tovote for many reasons: these non-voterscan be apathetic to the system or none ofthe parties might appeal to them. They alsomight not feel like voting in a first-past-the-post system where, unless their candi-date wins, their vote means nothing.

Finally, if someone were totally againstthe government, then why would they everhave to support it with their vote to chal-lenge and or complain about it? They maysee the government and the system as theproblem, and voting is an exercise of elect-ing the lesser of two evils. If this is the case,then perhaps political parties should ex-pand themselves to actually attract thesenon-voters.

This “don’t complain” statement is thesame as saying someone who doesn’t drive

a car can’t complain about global warmingbecause they don’t contribute to it.

Generally, when it comes to votingthere are three types of people: firstly, thosewho vote, then those who don’t vote be-cause they are willingly uninformed anddon’t care, and the aforementioned people,who might not like any of the parties.

Just because they didn’t cast a votedoesn’t mean they are inept and can’t com-plain about the government. Anybody whois affected by the government has the rightto complain and the challenge the govern-ment.

In fact, those brave democratic citizenswho only vote every four years for the rightto complain don’t realize that voting is notthe be-all end-all of democratic participa-tion. They can do many other things: theycan protest, they can tweet, blog, write, signpetitions, email MPs or local politicians,join parties, and further educate themselvesin the inner workings of politics.

Malcolm X, in his speech entitled “TheBallot or the Bullet”, says, “a ballot is like abullet. You don’t throw your ballots untilyou see a target, and if that target is notwithin your reach, keep your ballot in yourpocket.” His point was that a vote in ademocracy is not something to just usewithout consideration but something thatshould be used wisely. If people choose notto participate in the political realm, forwhatever reason, then that is their demo-cratic right. But they also share any rightsas any voters and this is the essence ofdemocracy. If these non-voters were forcedto vote, is that democratic?

Voting power

michael chmielewskicontributor

NEW WESTMINISTER (CUP) – If there’sanything that we can all agree on, it’s thatlife is hard. Jobs don’t pay enough, rent’stoo high, and groceries are getting moreexpensive every year.

The experience of Canadians definitelyseems to be reflecting this trend. In a recentIpsos-Reid poll, it was discovered that onein five Canadian workers experience de-pression. In a similar vein, a September10th Macleans article titled “Campus crisis:the broken generation” profiles depressionand suicide at US and Canadian campuses.Both the Macleans article and the CBC’scoverage of the depression poll focus onways that campuses and workplaces cansupport people living with mental illnesseslike depression and anxiety. Sure, employ-ers can offer comprehensive mental healthbenefits such as access to counselling andgood extended benefits, but does that reallysolve the root issue of our culture’s malaiseepidemic?

What’s so bad about being depressedanyway? I can see a lot of other things thatthere is to be upset about.

Take, for example, the pressure to behappy itself.

A quick perusal of the Craigslist jobssection tells me that employers are lookingfor a “positive attitude and enthusiasticoutlook,” a “fun-loving” employee whocan “work well under pressure while keep-ing a smile.” This is all fine and good inservice and hospitality (if you hate people,it’s probably in your best interest to steerclear of these industries anyway), butyou’re expecting me to have a “get-up-and-go attitude” in my job scraping barnaclesoff the underside of Rosie O’Donnell?

“Happiness,” that nebulous, hard-to-grasp concept, seems to be the number onerequirement to find employment thesedays. But I think all our problems could besolved if we focused on attaining happiness

through avenues that aren’t tied to ourlivelihood.

Think about what you’d do if you did-n’t have to work 40 hours a week. I like tothink if I had an extra day off I would readmore, or spend more time with friends andfamily, maybe devote more time to my per-sonal writing. If I worked a six-hour day in-stead of an eight-hour day, I might use thatextra two hours to prepare a wholesomelunch for the next day or divide my timebetween domestic duties and social en-gagements. I know I’d sleep more, feel lessrushed, and apply a clearer head to thework that I do.

When your identity is wrapped up inyour employment, and that employmentis underpaid and loaded with awful I’ll-take-all-your-bullshit-and-thank-you-for-itexpectations, it’s no wonder Canadians,workers, and students alike are depressed.Perhaps instead of pushing people to work50 hour weeks, instead of overtime beingthe norm, instead of subtly penalizingwomen in the workplace for taking mater-nity leave, society should evolve to workless.

Why else have we created all thiswealth in the Western world if not to reapthe benefits of prosperity?

What would be a better benefit than thefreedom to develop an identity separatefrom your work, to have the time to fostera strong community?

Maybe I’m an idealist, but I hope thatthe next generation of Canadian society canopen their minds to the idea that the 40-hour workweek is damaging our health,both mental and physical.

Work sucks

sophie isbisterthe other press (douglas college)

Unfair elections

Our electoral system has some problems,obviously. One could write a whole bookon the problems and then go on to con-tinue appending it with additional volumesfor the all of time and never run out ofthings to say – but in reality, in practice,people want solutions. Now, we cannotoutright solve the fact that we are continu-ally electing politicians however problem-atic they may tend to be. They areinvariably a necessity, it seems, within thesystem.

Nonetheless, we should resist dismay;

things have indoubtably been far worse inhistory than at present, but there are cer-tainly some issues that should be ad-dressed. We have ourselves a new mayor,and some sharp looking new members ofcouncil. Together, perhaps, they will bekeen to tackle some pressing communityproblems besides the stadium proposal.One must remember not to hold theirbreath in these situations, of course; they,too, are human. A fresh regime change isprime time for promising new ideas on allfronts, I hear.

Besides regularly electing politiciansand not other types of people, there is atleast one other large problem with our cur-rent electoral system, which runs on whatthe sophisticates call a “first-past-the-post”basis. The problem is that exact premise.What results, more often than not, is aregime in power that explicitly has not re-ceived a majority of the vote. We see this,repeatedly, on the national scene particu-larly now with Harper's precious ‘majority’Parliament. We see this, likewise, on thelocal scene. The majority of voters did notwant Fougere to be elected. However, he is,nonetheless, the new mayor-elect and wehave already had a chance to admire his

smiling face on the front page of majornews publications.

So how does this work? What is the so-lution? One question at a time now, folks.Election results show that Fougere received42.2 per cent of the vote (out of 33 per centeligible votes actually cast). As one whohas even just a basic understanding ofarithmetic can see, this obviously falls shortof half the total ballots cast (about 14 percent of total eligible voters’ support). Thismeans that 57.8 per cent of the votes werecast explicitly against Fougere; meaning al-most 60 per cent of voters did not preferFougere. This means, according to our elec-toral process, that he gets the big chair.

Solutions might reside within a rede-fined electoral process, one which does notoperate on the first-past-the-post premise.There are fairer alternative processes avail-able, the chief of which is called propor-tional representation – for the national case– and another potential option (for civiccases) is multiple balloting. Today, morethan 80 countries use these fair votingmethods. Canada is not yet one of them.See FairVote Canada. We are limiting our-selves and the general efficacy of our elec-toral processes by relying upon systemsthat do not translate results into democ-racy. We are living in a state, and also acity, governed by regimes which, as shownin the electoral results, weren’t (and likelystill aren’t) actually supported by a major-ity of Canadians.

dustin christiansoncontributor

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