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Three U of R students are or-ganizing Regina’s first Field 2Fork Festival. Organizers be-lieve that agriculture and foodplay a significant role inSaskatchewan specifically, andthey are hoping Field 2 Forkwill help to preserve food culture in the province.

There was a time when mak-ing friends in the real worldwas a thing, but that time islong past. Thankfully,URconnecting.com will pairrandom UofR students to-gether and let them get toknow each other in the onlyway we know how: texting.

Remember the days when theRoughriders actually madeclutch plays in the fourthquarter to win instead of let-ting their lead slip throughtheir butterfingers? Theystarted off September with abang, but the Riders ab-solutely blew during August.

Can the Saskatchewan NewDemocratic Party be proactivein provincial politics anymore?Rather than scolding the SaskParty for huge budget cuts,the NDP should be proactivelyacvocating the expansion ofimportant government runprograms.

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the carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 2012newsDis-Orientating Welcome Week New welcome week event aims to engage students on social issues

The first week of universityacross Canada means one thingfor new students – countlessevents and seminars to attendwhile becoming accustomed tothe university life. The Universityof Regina has done the same andthis year there is the usual di-chotomy of events. First, there arethe orientation seminars, whichtell new and old students all ofthe necessary things for survivingat the U of R. Second, there arethe welcome week activities or-ganized by URSU that encourageyou to relax, have a beer, and pieyour professor in the face.

These two types of activitiestend to contradict one another.The orientation seminars givenew students sage pieces of ad-vice, warning that texting duringclass is rude, procrastinating isbad, and that university is muchharder than high school. The wel-come week parties tell studentsthat the University of Regina is aplace for meeting people, having afew drinks, and partying likeyou’re still in high school.

However, this year there is analternative that bridges the gapbetween these two ideas. The

Regina Public Interest ResearchGroup (RPIRG ) is hosting its ownWelcome Week events under thename Dis-Orientation. RPIRG hasorganized two events that balancethe fun atmosphere of welcomeweek with the more somber intro-duction to university life. Theseevents offer a public forum fordiscussing social issues, but keepthings light.

Halena Seiferling, the eventscoordinator at RPIRG, explainedthe reasons behind Dis-Orientation, saying “Other PIRG’s across Canada already do this event, and it’s a play on words be-cause as opposed to orientation we are just talking about changing up the way you see your school, and the things you can engage in on your university campus, espe-cially in the first week of school.

Students can see other options ofwhat they can get into, and getideas for what they can get in-volved in.”

Changing the way studentssee the university and how it canwork for them is the key to Dis-Orientation. The University ofRegina offers several opportuni-ties to engage in exciting andthought-provoking events, butthese are often overlooked. Dis-Orientation focuses on the alterna-tives available for students.

“I would like for students tosee the social and environmentaljustice opportunities that they canget engaged in here on campus –not that we offer all of those op-portunities – but I think it’s a goodchance for students to get inter-ested and involved in things evenin the first week,” commentedSeiferling.

RPIRG’s Dis-Orientation con-sists of two events: a movie nightand a cycling celebration.

“Both events aren’t too radi-cal or anything, but it’s a goodway to start the conversation andput these things into people’sminds” Seiferling explained.

The alternative movie nighton Thursday September 6 is adouble feature of two documen-taries. The first is about the priva-tization of water, which will befollowed by a presentation byURSU’s bottle-free water cam-paign. The second is a movie doc-umenting John Lennon’s quest forpeace. Seiferling explained the in-centives for students, as well.

“We’re working with residentservices, and they’re providing adocumentary and fair trade prizepack, and there’ll be popcorn anddrinks” she said.

The Cycling Celebration istaking place on Friday September7, outside the Riddell Center, andaims to build and connect the cy-cling community on campus.

“There’ll be mechanics theredoing workshops throughout theday [and] there’ll be a few differ-ent organizations there too,”Seiferling explained. “Also,Regina transit is bringing a bus todemonstrate how to use the bikerack on the front.”

Students will also be able tolicense their bikes with the city ofRegina, and Nature’s Best willhave a bike-powered smoothiemachine at the event.

“I think URSU does a reallyfantastic job providing lots of funthings for students to do and get-ting them excited about the U ofR,” Seiferling said. “But [the Dis-Orientation event] will add onmore of a justice focus.”

This year’s first ever Dis-Orientation will focus on issuesthat affect Regina on a local andglobal scale. The event isn’t justabout getting ready for class, butit hopes to challenge students tolearn and take action while mak-ing friends.

For more information on the Dis-Orientation events students can visitRPIRG’s facebook page.

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A Bike Ride Through The City Riding through the city can be dizzying for many people

On Friday, September 7, theRegina Public Interest ResearchGroup (RPIRG) on campus willbe hosting a Cycling Celebrationas part of their Dis-OrientationWelcome Week activities. Theevent hopes to open up the con-versation on cycling accessibilityin Regina, encouraging it as a vi-able method of transportation –both for protecting the environ-ment and promoting physical ac-tivity.

However, with Regina’s smallroads, limited bike paths and un-stable climate, this can be a strug-gle for some.

These are all factors thatDavid MacNeil, a university stu-dent and member of the WascanaFreewheelers cycling club, hashad to deal with. He cycles nomatter what the weather, bothcompetitively and recreationally.One of the biggest issues forMacNeil is the accessibility for cy-clists throughout the city.

“Some roads are better thanothers, and some are best avoidedaltogether, if possible,” he said.“My biggest complaint would beroads that have no shoulder at all,and unfortunately the city keepson building them. After a whileyou start to find the best routesand little shortcuts.”

Although the city has con-

structed a few bicycle pathsaround the city, the biggest prob-lem seems to be the lack of thesepathways on some streets. Manyof the smaller streets in Reginadon’t have bike lanes, and this be-comes more of a struggle through-out the winter. Even if cyclistshave prepared their bikes for thewinter months, the streets are notalways cleaned, providing little tono space for bikes to fit through.This is something that SharlaCote, a Project Engineer at theCity of Regina, is aware of.

“The climate definitely plays arole in terms of maintenance,”Cote said. “With the on-streetroutes, we are lucky in that thestreets that there are bike lanes onare, for the most part, higher pri-ority locations for snow mainte-nance. They tend to be categoryone and two for snow removaland maintenance, but we’re notquite there in terms of making cy-cling routes a high priority ifthey’re not on arterial roads.”

Cyclists in Regina have feweroptions in the winter, and unfor-tunately the city has not been ableto find a resolution to this prob-lem.

Aside from limited space inthe winter, cyclists like JeremyBeaurivage, a third-year sciencestudent at the University ofRegina, finds the pathways quiteaccessible.

“Regina is a nice sized citywith many bike paths and thus[biking] is almost as fast as driv-

ing for the most part,” he said. However, MacNeil disagrees.

He finds the pathways hard tonavigate.

“For people who ride quicklyit is easier and more safe to stayon the road,” he said. “The path-ways have many turns with ob-structed views and 90 degreeblind corners. People walking,jogging and with dogs can also dounexpected things, so I try to stayoff the path.”

Despite its many benefits, cy-cling can be dangerous. OneRegina resident, Kane Coneghansays he has been hit by a car fourtimes cycling in Regina.

“Twice it was after beingwaved to cross, always at an inter-section” he said.

MacNeil has had problemswith this too, saying “The fewclose calls I've had were the resultof driver inattentiveness ratherthan malice. When riding, youneed to keep a very close eye ondrivers approaching from theright. Drivers almost universallyroll stop signs when making rightturns. This has resulted in me get-ting cut off many times and nearlysideswiped twice. Many driversalso do not stop behind the curb,so it is better to ride closer to theleft side of the curb lane.”

MacNeil also explained thatseveral cyclists in Regina use aninteractive map to point out prob-lem areas and places that are eas-ier to cycle.

Although drivers aren’t al-

ways aware of cyclists, the cityhas not taken on the responsibilityof educating drivers or cyclists.

“Currently the city does nottake on that role. Some cycler or-ganizations take on that educa-tion role,” Cote said. “Basically,

what we offer are traffic bylawsand rules of the road. From timeto time, if we implement a newbike way we’ll take the opportu-nity to say ‘Don’t forget, this ishow you use this’, but we mostlyleave it up to the community or-ganizations.”

While biking is not alwayssafe or easy, many citizens andstudents in Regina choose to cy-cle. RPIRG’s Cycling Celebrationaims to encourage cycling as anoption for students by organizingfree service demos and workingwith cycling groups.

“The campus has a masterplan for the next five years withall these beautiful bike paths allaround campus and I hope that’shappening,” said HalenaSeiferling, events coordinator atRPIRG. “We need more bike lanesgetting here too, but that’s anotherstory.”

Unfortunately, Cote at the Cityof Regina has said that therewon’t be any plans for additionaldevelopment of bike lanes ormulti-use pathways in the nextfew years.

“In the near future we’re hold-ing off,” Cote said. “In 2013, youwon’t see anything for on streetroutes or multi-use pathways, ex-cept for maybe multi-use path-ways in new neighbourhoodsimplemented by the developer.”

However, if the discussion oncycling is opened up among stu-dents in Regina, there might besome changes to the pathwaysand safety education. Cyclists atthe University of Regina can getmore information and share ideasat RPIRG’s Cycling Celebrationoutside the Riddell Center thisFriday.

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“ Some roads arebetter than others,and some are bestavoided altogether,if possible. Mybiggest complaintwould be roadsthat have no shoul-der at all, and un-fortunately the citykeeps on buildingthem…”

David MacNeil

Food makes the world goround, and Regina is about to findout how. Three local activists anduniversity students – AllisonDoan, Kay Niedermayer, andHalena Seiferling – are organiz-ing Regina’s first ever Field 2 ForkFestival: a four day event with afocus on celebrating and educat-ing the community on issues relat-ing to the food system.

The idea for the festivalstarted in the winter semester of2012 when the three organizersparticipated in the Arts Cares pro-gram offered through theCommunity Research Unit (CRU)at the University of Regina.During the February readingbreak, the students worked withSCIC (Saskatchewan Council forInternational Cooperation) to plana conference on issues affectingthe global food system. Excited toturn their plan into an actualevent, Regina’s Field 2 Fork wasborn. A sister event to be organ-ized by SCIC called Harvest andHunger was also establishedthrough the work of these threestudents. Harvest and Hungerwill be hosted in Saskatoon inNovember.

Feild 2 Fork will run fromSeptember 19 to September 22.The event, which will take placein Victoria Park, is open to stu-dents, children, and communitymembers alike. Doan says theflexibility of the event to incorpo-rate all ages and lifestyles is anadded bonus to educate all.

“The overall goal of this eventis to bring community membersthat are working with and aroundfood and the food system togetherwith the average citizen…and ed-ucate them,” she said. “As well as[this, getting] kids involved asyoung as possible, teaching themabout the food they eat and howto be responsible is key to the future of our food system, as theywill be the deciding factor to cre-ate the change we need to create afood secure world.”

To engage the participants intalking about the various food is-sues affecting Saskatchewan andthe world today, the festival or-ganizers have put together day-time and sunset workshops,activities and panel discussionsfeaturing different experts, voicesand organizations working onfood issues.

“The Sunset Sessions, whichwill happen on the evenings ofWednesday, Thursday, and Friday,will provide more of that inform-ative side of things,” Seiferlingsaid. “And on Saturday, the work-shops are more hands-on to pro-vide people with tangible skillslike how to compost, how to pre-serve their food, or how to groworganically. Together, we hopethat these two aspects will createcitizens in Regina who want tochange the food system, and moreover, who…have the skills todo that.”

Being the first festival of itskind in Regina, Field 2 Fork ismore than just an event to cele-brate food, or get educated aboutour food system. For the organiz-ers, Field 2 Fork is about under-standing what it means to eat.

“Eating is absolutely the mostpolitical act we do, and we do itthree times (or more) a day.,”Niedermayer said. “Every timewe eat, we send a message to thebig players in the industrial foodsystem, telling them that we ei-ther subscribe or reject their prac-tices.” Seiferling agrees.

“Food can be a really easy in-troductory way to get into talkingabout [issues]… like the globalfood trade, additives of geneti-cally modified ingredients that arein our food, the rights of farmersto their land… We can talk aboutcommunity gardening, or teachpeople how to compost, and theseseem like simple enough littletasks,” she said. “But through thisintroduction, we can start to get atthe deeper issues of the food sys-tem, and in this way it’s a reallygreat channel to begin these con-versations.”

Events and festivals that ex-plore food issues and the global

food system have been held allover the country, and worldwide.But, the organizers believe thathaving this event in Regina hasan added significance.

“Historically, food has alwaysbeen integral to the identity of ourprovince. It continues to be ex-tremely vital for our communityto be engaged in the processes ofour food system.,” Niedermayerexplained. “Agriculture is a cru-cial aspect of the Saskatchewanculture.”

While many places may havelost their connection with the foodthey eat, Niedermayer believesRegina is still strongly holding onto its roots.

“I really believe that the peo-ple in Regina have not forgottentheir connection to the productionand consumption of food entirely:it’s so much a part of our culturethat it’s hard to erase,” she said.“Many of us, I believe, have alonging to reclaim food preserv-ing techniques or to understand

our city by-laws and the deeper is-sues at play.”

But, fixing the broken foodsystem goes beyond merely con-necting with the food we cookand eat. To change the system,Seiferling believes we need to un-derstand the system and its prob-lems, and then find solutions andalternatives to the way things aredone.

“The goals of [our] food sys-tem are not what they should be:providing people with healthy,nutritious food and providing allpeople with this food,” she said.“Instead, the goals of this system are making a profit, which usu-ally involves exploiting people’slabour power and exploiting theenvironment, and in this goal, thesystem is definitely succeeding.”

The organizers believe thatwhat we need is a system thatprovides all people in the world

with control over where and howtheir food is produced. This rightto self-determination, where eachindividual has the right to makethe decision of what to eat, whatto buy, what to plant, and how togrow it, is the framework for thefood system the world needs.

And, the organizers say,everyone has a role to play in cre-ating this food system – from con-sumers to producers.

“People are very unaware ofthe power they have as a con-sumer, if everyone became moreconscious of what they eat, [and]where it comes, that alone isenough to make a shift to the sus-tainable food practices we need,”Doan said.

Niedermayer agrees, addingthat becoming conscious of ourfood choices and changing ourfood system can be fun as well.

“[You should] take time tocook a great meal and share itwith friends and family more of-ten,” she said. “Support localfarmers that are growing healthyfood for our community. Supportthe Farmers' Market. If you feelinclined, grow a garden in thesummer, or some herbs on yourwindow sill. Have conversationswith your neighbours, classmates,coworkers. Host a potluck. Ourrelationship with our food is alsoso much a relationship with ourcommunity and the people thatsurround us.”

As a reminder, Seiferling addsthat understanding the food sys-tem is about understanding our-selves, and to start building thatrelationship

“Go be in nature for a while,and see how that makes you feel.Our food comes from the earth,so maybe we need to rememberthat we, too, come from theearth.”

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Food festival in Regina tries to reconnect our relationship with foodRekindling an Old Flame taouba khelifanews editor

“Historically, food has always been integral to the identity of our province. It continues to be extremely vital for our community to be engaged inthe processes of our food system. Agriculture is a crucial aspect of the Saskatche-wan culture.”

Kay Niedermayer

RPIRG

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Three students of the U of R MediaProduction and Studies department re-ceived the chance to show their work tohundreds of people from around the world.

Iryn Tushabe, Matt Yim and AllanRoeher discovered in July that their fourth-year films were going to screen at theMontreal World Film Festival from August23 to September 3.

Tushabe’s film “Discovery” screened onAugust 26 while Yim and Roeher’s film,“April Doesn’t Hurt Here” screened fourtimes, from August 30 to September 3.

Though she was unable to attend thefestival, Tushabe was thrilled to have herwork screen in Montreal.

“It is quite surreal, actually, becausewhen you make a student project the bestyou can hope for is that the whole class is inattendance on the day of your screeningand then maybe family and friends get tosee it too,” Tushabe said. “So to have myfilm premiere at the Montreal WorldFestival was very exhilarating both for meand everyone that was involved in makingit.”

Yim and Roeher were able to attend thefestival in person. They had the opportu-nity of receiving feedback about their filmfrom complete strangers.

“It’s kind of cool sitting in a theatre inMontreal and having random people com-ing from around the world ... comment onyour film,” Roeher said. “[Friday] night,after the film ... we were walking back tothe hotel, someone who was in the audi-ence stopped us and congratulated us onthe film, it was really good. That was neatbeing stopped on the street.”

“April Doesn’t Hurt Here” was in theFocus on World Cinema category at the fes-tival. The short film is “a story about ayoung couple who are in love and theythink they might be pregnant,” Yim said.

“The film is about the emotions you gothrough when waiting to find out if youcould be pregnant as it’s a life changingmoment,” he added.

Roeher produced the film and Yimwrote, directed and acted.

Yim and Roeher’s film was also selectedas one of 10 Canadian Student films whichscreened at the Toronto International FilmFestival’s ninth annual student showcase. ADVD compilation of the films is set to be re-leased later this year.

Tushabe’s film, “Discovery”, was in theStudent Film Component category at thefestival. The real time short film follows agay couple addressing the issue of trust intheir relationship.

According to Tushabe, “lingering per-fume on one [of the women] sparks a tear-ful confrontation which ultimately leads toan even stronger bond between the cou-ple.”

Tushabe mentioned that she is fromUganda, a country where homosexuality isillegal.

“I'm fortunate to live in a country whereI can even make a film like this,” she said.“I wouldn't even be allowed to screen myfilm in Uganda without facing legal action.”

Both films were originally created forthe students’ final projects. The films de-buted at a public screening on April 27 and28.

Media Production and Studies depart-ment head Mark Wihak said students inthe program are encouraged to submit theirwork in different festivals to reach audi-ences outside of Saskatchewan.

“As a department, we’re really proud ofthe work that they’ve done and we’re reallyhappy that they’re showing the initiative toget their work out,” Wihak said.

“It’s a lot of work to make a film and it’salmost as much work to then get the filmout to audiences. And it’s great to see Mattand Allan and Iryn taking that step of get-ting their work to audiences.”

Tushabe, Roeher and Yim also took anextra step in asking for help from profes-sionals in the local film industry.

Both actors in “Discovery” are profes-sional local actors. Tushabe also receivedadvice from a local filmmaker namedRobin Schlaht who is a graduate of the filmand video production program.

Yim and Roeher recruited the help ofLayton Burton, a local professional directorof photography.

Around the time “April Doesn’t HurtHere” was being shot, the SaskatchewanEmployment Film Tax Credit was cut.

Though the students’ films were cre-ated entirely through volunteer work, theprofessionals that were working for themwere dealing with their own concernsabout the future of the local film industry.

“It was really a bittersweet moment be-cause the students had reached out to theseprofessionals and it was really sad - theseprofessionals were in this crisis,” Wihaksaid.

Although the tax credit cut did not af-fect the students’ projects, it could affecttheir future in the Saskatchewan film in-dustry.

“If nothing changes, students will haveto leave Saskatchewan to pursue a career infilm,” Wihak said. “I’m a graduate of theprogram myself and when I graduated in1980 there wasn’t really a film industry. Thefilm industry kind of grew up in the 1990sand early 2000s and it created employmentopportunities so people could actually stayin the province and build their careers. Andwe may be going back to what we werefacing in the 1980s.”

Tushabe’s own plans for the future havebeen somewhat affected by the credit cut.

“Well, due to the recent credit cuts tothe film industry in Saskatchewan, it is hardfor anyone in the industry to find jobshere,” she said.

“Some really great filmmakers havemoved but I can't move just yet because Ihave two small children. So I'm returning toschool this fall to pursue ... journalism andI'm really looking forward to it. I'm hopingthat I will be able to combine my passionfor journalism and my love of makingmovies together and that something goodwill come of the combination.”

Tushabe is also hoping to make a docu-mentary in the near future.

As for the other students, Roeher plansto further his education in England.

Yim also plans to start a new project inthe future.

“The idea is to make something else butI don’t have anything ready to go yet,” hesaid. “With how well we’ve done with thisfilm, this summer’s been kind of jumpingfrom project to project and not really havingtime to sit down and start something newyet.”

After a 10 year civil suit battle, Israelicourts ruled on Tuesday August 28 that theIsraeli army was not at fault for the death ofAmerican activist Rachel Corrie.

Corrie, who was 23 years old when shedied, was a human rights activist forPalestinian rights. In 2003, Corrie left herhome in Washington State for Rafah inSouthern Gaza to join in the ground workof the International Solidarity Movement(ISM). Along with other activists in thisgroup, Corrie worked to stop the Israeliarmy from demolishing Palestinian homesand destroying farms and land around thearea.

On March 16, 2003 Corrie stood outsideof a Palestinian family’s home in the GazaStrip, wearing an orange high-visibilityjacket, speaking into a megaphone, andblocking the path of an Israeli military bull-dozer from carrying out a demolition.Corrie was killed when the bulldozer ap-proached the home and drove over herbody.

The court has cleared the military fromany responsibility for the death. JudgeOded Gershon, who gave the final verdicton the case, concluded that he rejected thelawsuit because there was no justification todemand the hold the state accountable forCorrie’s death.

“I reached the conclusion that there wasno negligence on the part of the bulldozerdrive…The deceased put herself into a dan-gerous situation, she stood in front of a gi-ant bulldozer in a place where the operatorcould not see her…Her death is a result ofan accident she brought upon herself,” saidGershon.

Corrie’s parents have been fighting tobring justice for their daughter since shehad been killed. The Corries had only re-quested a symbolic $1 in damages and legalexpense for the civil case, stressing that thepurpose of the lawsuit was larger than com-pensation. Instead, the case was about un-derstanding what happened to theirdaughter, and exposing the injustices of acorrupt system. Tuesday’s verdict left the

family very upset.“We are…deeply saddened and deeply

troubled by what we heard…from[Gershon]…I believe this was a bad day –not only for our family but for humanrights, the rule of law, and also for the coun-try of Israel,” said Corrie’s mother, Cindy.

Despite a verdict being reached,Corrie’s case has highlighted Israel’s gravebreaches of human rights and the impunityenjoyed by the military forces.

Tom Dale, a British activist who stoodonly 30 feet away when Corrie was crushedshared the feeling of disappointment uponhearing the verdict, but was not shockedwith the results.

“There wasn’t a great deal of surprise,unfortunately, about [the] verdict…Thoseof us who follow events in Israel andPalestine are aware that day-in and day-out...things are carried out by the Israeliarmy which ought to lead to the convic-tion of soldiers, but which doesn’t,” he said.

Along with the disappointed voices ofCorrie’s family, friends, and human rightsactivists, Corrie’s family lawyer, HusseinAbu Hussein, has also accused the court ofallowing impunity over accountability inthe military.

“We knew…that it would be an uphillbattle to find truth and justice, but we areconvinced that this verdict not only dis-torts the strong evidence presented in court,but also contradicts fundamental principlesof international law with regard to protec-tion of human rights,” said Abu Hussein.

“In denying justice in Rachel Corrie'skilling, this verdict is part of a systemic fail-ure to hold the Israeli military accountablefor continuing violations of basic humanrights. Rachel…was killed while non-vio-lently protesting home demolitions and in-justice in Gaza and [the] court has given itsstamp of approval to flawed and illegalpractices that failed to protect civilian life.”

Regina’s Talentat Montreal

The Case forHuman RightsA ten year civil suit battle for justiceends with disappointment taouba khelifanews editor

kristen mcewennews writer

Iryn Tushabe

Reuters

Rachel Corrie was killed while blocking a bulldozer from demolishing Palestinian homes

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the carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 2012a&cNew U of R-based social media outlet launchesURconnecting.com brings connectivity, more bad UR puns to university

Arthur Ward

Have you ever thought that youneed to meet more of your fellowschool mates, but you are just tooshy and/or apathetic to actuallygo out of your way and talk topeople? Well, now you can reachout and connect with otherUniversity of Regina studentswhere you’re most comfortable:from behind your phone.

URconnecting.com matchesyou to a random U of R studentand lets you text them. All youneed to do is sign up with a valid@uregina.ca email account, andafter the obligatory a/s/m (age,sex, major), you are on your wayto booty calling and text bombingother U of R students.

“It didn’t seem like it’d be toohard to make, and I thought itcould be kind of fun for students,like first year students and stufflike that to kind of meet people,”said creator Jordan Howlett.

URconnecting gained atten-tion when Howlett, a fourth-yearcomputer science major here atthe U of R, posted a link to Redditon September 2. This isn’t the firstUniversity of Regina-based socialmedia outlet that Howlett has cre-ated, as last fall he launched theshort-lived URhotURnot.org.

To get started, users sign upwith their University of ReginaWebmail account, and a confirma-tion email is sent there shortlythereafter and prompts you foryour phone number, but reassuresyou that “no one else will ever seeit” as all texts are redirected to athird party’s phone and for-warded to you. The only informa-

tion your texting partner sees isyour age, sex, and area of study.

“I don’t give out anyone’snames or anything, so if they wantto take that and be like, ‘Here’smy actual number if you want totext me’,” said Howlett.

Because of the website’s figu-rative and literal youth, it is expe-riencing some growing pangs.

“I’m hoping to get a few usersright away to work out the bugsand stuff because it’s really hardto debug it because I have to beable to have phones texting eachother ... hopefully I can get somepeople to try it out and reportback with anything that goeswrong,” said Howlett.

And, at time of print, the sitewas still seemingly full of bugsthat need to be fixed, mainly withgetting the whole thing started.

After some tinkering aroundthough, I was able to connect witha partner.

My excitement was short-lived though, as after a friendly

“ahoy”, I was sent a return mes-sage saying, “Everyone else is cur-rently talking. You will be alertedwhen someone comes available!”I was paired up with someoneelse, but after I told them I workedat the Carillon, my partner left theconversation, possibly still soreabout The Hate Issue.

I did eventually get paired upwith someone willing to chatbriefly though. The anonymousfourth-year film student felt safeto meet up in the real world withsomeone they met on here “be-cause it requires a U of R [sic]email to sign up” and that “[w]iththe right marketing and promo-tion [URconnecting] could takeoff”.

The anonymous texter signedoff shortly thereafter, and I wasthen paired with Mike Clory, afourth-year marketing student.Clory said he joinedURconnecting “[t]o meet newpeople around the university thatI likely would not have had achance to meet otherwise. Younever know who you’ll get alongwith! Plus it’s a really cool idea”.

Despite past breaches of secu-rity with University of Reginawebsites in previous years,Howlett doesn’t feel concernedwith the security ofURconnecting.com.

“All passwords are going tobe hashed and everything, sothey’re pretty secure. If they gotinto my database right now, their[phone] numbers will be hashedwith the password as well, so ifyou got into the database, youwouldn’t see them in clear text,”Howlett said. “Hopefully, it’ll beokay ... I’m not expecting anyonehere will be hacking into it.”

Howlett is hoping that withthe increase in student traffic tothe university once classes beginwill also include a correspondingincrease in traffic toURconnecting.

“Hopefully, it can withstandthe load or whatever for theamount of people who view it. Ithink it could be cool,” he said.“First-year students could meetpeople that way easily.”

If the social media outlet gainsenough popularity, Howlett islooking to expand it with morefeatures.

“If it got popular enough, Ihave some things -- I’d like to addsome features and stuff that’d beinteresting,” he said. “We’ll see ifit gets there.”

His ideas for expansion in-clude being able to request tospeak with students from specificfaculties, or even specific classes.

“It would be nice to be able tospecify who you want to talk to,like I want to talk to a random en-gineering student,” he said. “Ithink it’d be neat if you were inclass and you could hashtagCS310 and you’d join a group con-versation with everyone in thatclass and text each other.”

Right now, though, this isn’tquite reasonable, as “it doesn’tmake too much sense becausethere’s only a few people on it.”

Maybe once things pick up,Howlett can integrate Facetimeinto URconnecting and things canreally get like ChatRoulette.Everyone knows watching ran-dom classmates masturbate isway better than watching randomstrangers.

“Hopefully, it canwithstand the loador whatever for theamount of peoplewho view it. I think itcould be cool,” hesaid. “First-year stu-dents could meetpeople that way eas-ily.”

Jordan Howlett

paul bogdana&c editor

WelcomeWeek

Thursday, September 6

10:30 AM ExtendedOrientation: Finding aBalance - ED 193

11:30 AM URSU VendorFair - Academic Green

11:30 AM URSU Concerton the Green - AcademicGreen

11:30 AM Pie Your Prof -Academic Green

11:30 AM URSU CharityBBQ - Academic Green

12:00 PM Beer Gardens -Academic Green

1:30 PM ExtendedOrientation: Library Tour- Archer Library

7:00 PM RPIRGAlternative Movie Night -RIC Theatre

Friday, September 7

8:00 AM Presidents’Pancake Breakfast -Riddell Theatre

11:00 AM URInternational’s GlobalShowcase - Gym 3

11:00 AM RPIRG CyclingCelebration - RiddellCentre Front Lawn

11:00 AM KHSS BeachVolleyball Tournament -KHSS Courts

11:30 AM URSU SuperCharity BBQ - AcademicGreen

12:00 PM Beer Gardens -Academic Green

8:30 PM Movies on theGreen - Academic Green

Ah, Welcome Week.Nothing says collegeexperience like goingday-drunk to class, ornot going at all be-cause watching livemusic and getting freefood is way better.Here’s a list of the re-maining activities tofool you into thinkingthat this year is goingto be fun and totallynot a hellish mess comemid-November.

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CBC’s R3-30 podcast put out a list of thetop Canadian indie songs of summer onthe R3-30 Fun Club Facebook page, wherepeople voted on a list of songs, and the topten were played on the podcast. The listwas filled with great tunes, but unsurpris-ingly, new music from Regina was absent.

Given that Regina is now a prominent,high-profile Canadian city (I mean, we aregetting a new football stadium after all),the folks at CBC surely couldn’t have for-gotten or skipped over Regina while com-piling the list of the best new indie music.But, the fact that Regina may have beenoverlooked doesn’t mean that there was noawesome new music coming from thequeen city.

Quite the opposite is true, actually.Numerous artists from Regina released newmaterial this summer, be it a single, EP, orfull-length. Here’s a list of some of the high-lights from Regina music this summer, andyou can go to our website,carillonregina.com, to check out the songs.“I Could Tell You I’m Sorry” - Rah RahBeginning the “Best of Regina: Summer2012” playlist is new Rah Rah. I don’t reallythink I need to say more.“Last Request” - Royal Red BrigadeProof that 6/8 time was meant for morethan ballads and swing tunes. Royal RedBrigade’s debut LP definitely finishesstrong with this track.“Brawlers” - Belle Plaine and the LazyMKsThat last bit wasn’t to say that slow countrysongs in 6/8 are a bad thing, and aside frombeing a good ol’ country tune, this drunk-enly slow ballad tells the story of a LazyMKs bar fight in small town Saskatchewan.“Close Your Eyes, My Lovely” - SnakeRiverThe shimmering, reverb soaked guitarspaired with Chris Sleightholm’s dry bari-tone vocals are just about enough to makea tumbleweed materialize in front of you.“Don’t Be Cruel” - Devon FloydDevon Floyd’s lyrics may not always bethe cheeriest, but I’ll be damned if you’renot smiling when the chorus melody kicksin.“In Memoriam” - Indigo JosephAdmittedly, I’ve found myself indifferent tomost Indigo Joseph songs, but “InMemoriam” has a simple chord progres-sion that really sticks with you and is defi-nitely the most interesting Indigo Josephsong I’ve come across.“Soiled Hands” - These EstatesThis technically was released this pastFebruary, but the actual release show was-n’t until this summer, so I’m counting it --especially since guitarist John Cameron ba-sically physically assaulted an audiencemember with his guitar during the noisesolo at the release show.“Ex-Staffer” - Architects and BuildersClosing the playlist is now defunctArchitects and Builders who released theirfinal album, The Joy of Cooking, this pastAugust. This song probably could beswapped with anything off of The Joy ofCooking, but what’s not to love about polit-ical songs that are as catchy as they arepissed-off?

Last year, a rather innocuous petitionput out by the Fine Arts StudentsAssociation (FASA) began circulatingaround campus. The question the petitionposed was rather simple: would you, theundersigned, support a fee of twenty-fivecents per student to help cover the costs oftheatre productions at the university tokeep them free for students? FASA hassince secured the necessary number of sig-

natures necessary to hold an official referen-dum this fall, and what was once a harm-less little hypothetical question now hasthe potential to set a dangerous precedent,not only at the University of Regina, but po-tentially in universities across Canada.

The referendum suggests an increase oftwenty-five cents to student fees. This pit-tance is not, however, the heart of the issue.Historically speaking, the theatre depart-ment has been one of the first to face de-partmental cutbacks over the past decadeor so, and many students use these pro-ductions as a part of their final evaluation.It is also not a far leap to assume that, withthe funding cuts to universities promisedby the Harper government, the Fine Arts’already razor-thin budget will be reducedto nothing.

The crux of the referendum is that stu-dents are being asked to foot the bill of anunderfunded department. The universityhas a responsibility to the students whochoose to attend their institution to pro-vide their faculty with the money sufficientfor them to finish their degree programs.The fact that the university has turned tothe student’s union to essentially panhan-dle for supplementary funds where theyhave been intentionally withheld is ludi-crous.

Jesse Miller, a second-year arts educa-tion student said, “I agree that we shouldfund the arts. I have theatre friends, and Ithink it’s just stupid that when budget cutscome, the fine arts are always the first to

face them.”What is most troubling about an al-

ready disconcerting situation is that thereseems to be no other alternative. If no actionhad been taken by the students’ union, thetheatre department would have had nochoice but to charge students to partake inuniversity productions. These new costswould inevitably have deterred the stu-dents who would ordinarily come to theseshows and, in time, it could have meantthe death of the theatre department as weknow it.

If indeed this motion is passed, and thequarter levy is placed on students, thisopens a Pandora’s Box that the administra-tion of this university is unlikely ready toface. This could very well be the first step inallowing every other faculty that feels harddone by to plead to the university for morefunding. Not only could this trend spreadlike wildfire across campus, but it a success-ful ruling in this situation could set thestandard for normative behaviour on cam-puses across the country.

Whether these concerns are valid or notyet remains to be determined; however, ifthe results of the petition are indicative ofimpending judgements, then things areabout to change at the University of Regina.Financial business is going to be handledvery differently indeed, and it is very un-likely that such matters will ever be lookedat the same way again.

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muzak and lyricspaul bodganarts editor

Arthur Ward

i’m not angrykyle leitcharts writer

a&c the carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 10128

What are you looking forward tothe most about Welcome Week?

Hordichuck:Honestly, just getting back intothe groove of school. The four-month summer sounds soenticing once April hits, but I findonce I get into August that I getextremely lazy and donothing. School’s a great way ofkeeping my work ethic at some-what of a medium.

Dodd:I am actually most looking for-ward to the disorientation weekset up by RPIRG; especially theirmovie night on Thursday. If youwant the real university experi-ence, it's probably good to get in-volved in some serious issues andRPIRG is the place to start.

Dima:Mostly watching first-years awk-wardly dance alone on the greenwhen they have the concerts. It'sreally precious.

Bogdan:Aside from the stock WelcomeWeek things (drinking, live mu-sic), regular social interaction.Working as a freelancer all sum-mer was nice, but you can onlytalk to yourself so much beforeyou go insane.

What’s something you wishsomeone told you during your

first Welcome Week?

Hordichuck:Don’t worry about being new, andbeing confused about where yourclasses are. I actuallytell most of the new universitystudents this. Most students whohave already been at theuniversity for a few years don’tknow who’s new and who’s not.Plus, going into my 3rd year, Istill can’t find half of my classes!

Dodd:I honestly wish I was told that theCarillon is super approachableand that I can write for them.Even if you feel a little out-of-your-league, it's a great way tomeet awesome people and do im-portant work at the university.

Dima:To skip orientation. I was such akeener.

Bogdan:You will not detriment yourselfby skipping all your classes andwatching concerts on the greenand drinking beer all afternoon.

Do you buy your textbooks fromthe bookstore, or how do you goabout getting them, if at all?

Hordichuck:I only buy my textbooks if I needthem. If I need them, then you betthat I buy them from thebookstore! I just find that I spendso much money on textbooks,only to never read the vastmajority of them.

Dodd:Last year I tried buying my bookspiecemeal from Amazon and thebookstore (whichever had thecheaper price) and saving some-thing like thirty dollars, but thisyear I was far too lazy and justbought everything at the book-store. And after waiting all semes-ter for one of my textbooks fromAmazon, I figured it was better tojust get them this time from thebookstore.

Dima:Used Regina and Kijiji first, then Icompare prices on Amazon, thenI look at abebooks.ca, and then Ifinally give up and go to the book-store. I am as cheap as hell.

Bogdan:I wish I could say I was smart andsearched for the best price as I’mboth very cheap and very broke,but I’m unfortunately lazier thanI am cheap/broke, so I get themfrom the bookstore.

What is the easiest elective you’drecommend?

Hordichuck:For arts students, I’d recommendanything with a history back-ground. History, anthropology,or classics, in my opinion. All ofthis stuff is essentially memoriza-tion, so there are no conceptsor anything that should over-whelm students other than theodd essay or two.

Dodd:The easiest elective I've taken byfar was Philosophy 100. It was a

great overview of Western philos-ophy, and if you have a creativemind and are willing to suspendthe collective hallucination we call"reality" you can get really goodgrades for writing ridiculousthings.

Dima:I don't want to say because I feellike it'd be discrediting profs, but(cough)art100(cough).

Bogdan:English 251. It’s a persuasive writ-ing class. Take it in the spring be-cause the workload is easy, andyou get to learn how to becomereally good at arguing. Yourfriends might like you less be-cause of it though.

What is one class you’d neverrecommend to anyone?

Hordichuck:You know, all of my classes thatI’ve taken have been pretty inter-esting and I have nothing badto say about them. I struggledwith my language classes and myone economics, so if I had topick a class it would be any one of

those.

Dodd:I would never recommend theFrom the Quarks to the CosmosPhysics class to anyone. While itwas incredibly interesting when Icould follow it, a lot of the timethere were huge formulas on thescreen and I had no clue what wasgoing on. I suppose that is a lotlike the real quantum physics ex-perience - never knowing what isgoing on but still trying to figureit out.

Dima:Any class that RateMyProf does-n't confirm won't kill you. I'veheard horror stories, but I'm pre-pared as fuck every year.

Bogdan:Music 121/122. Both are ear train-ing courses which are super use-ful, but I really suck at sightreading music, let alone sightsinging something. Most universi-ties spread the ear-training re-quirements over four courses, butat the U of R you get to do every-thing in two courses.

ARTS ROUNDTABLEpaul bogdan, edward dodd,colton hordichuk, julia dimathis weeks roundtable

Arthur Ward

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Well, it’s that time of year,again: the campus comes back tolife, bustling with students run-ning late to class, professors mis-handling technology, and thepromise of not eating thatgrotesque facsimile of food thatwas served at the gas station be-side your high school. Yes, what-ever leftover money you havefrom books and student loans isburning a hole in your pocket,and you’ve got a case of themunchies. The “freshman fifteen”is an inevitability, so why not letthe Carillon help you along onyour journey to self-loathing?

With two locations at the uni-versity, it’s not difficult to make itto a Henderson’s Cafe. The“main” location is in the RiddellCenter situated between the mul-tipurpose room and the FifthParallel Gallery. The main drawof Henderson’s—besides somedamn tasty soup—is their sand-wiches. Henderson’s gives you achoice of bread, meat, and a list ofveggies and condiments that mayrival the near-by Subway, andasks you to turn your imaginationloose. For about ten dollars, youcan combine your Frankensteinsandwich with soup and a drink,making Henderson’s one of themost inexpensive and potentiallyhealthy food choices on campus.

Soup and sandwich is greatfor lunch and beyond, but the uni-versity also has some relativelydecent breakfast options that

aren’t from Tim Horton’s. FastBreak is fit snugly in between theEducation Building and theKinesiology Building. Their bigdraw is in their name: they tend tobe quicker than most made-to-or-der restaurants. They feature awide range of items for your din-ing needs, but their pièce de résis-tance is their breakfast menu.They serve breakfast sandwichesthat best McDonald’s hockeypuck breakfasts in every regard.Fast Break also makes a delicious

little breakfast platter composedof bacon, eggs, and toast. Theseofferings make sure that you don’tfeel like you’re too far away fromhome, even early in the mornings!Again, you can build a greatbreakfast meal here for around tendollars.

These food offerings are allfine and well, but no food on cam-pus can compare to that which isserved in our very own friendlyneighbourhood pub, The Owl. Forthe pittance of ten dollars (exclud-

ing tax), you can procure yourselfthe Holy Grail of sandwiches. TheOwl’s clubhouse sandwich is themost amazing food item that issold on campus, hands down. Themarble rye bread is barely able tocontain the mile-high pile ofturkey, capicola and pancetta that,to quote from the menu, “givesyour mouth a real workout.” Icould write an entire article dedi-cated solely to The Owl’s club-house sandwich, but that wouldprobably never make it to print.

And there you have it, folks:the certified and official campuseats choices of yours truly. Asyou’ve just read, you can fashionyourself some pretty solid mealsfor around the ten dollar mark. Ihaven’t, however, touched onevery restaurant on campus. Therest are for you to discover onyour own. Happy eating.

The Carillon looks at the best places to eat on campusCase of the munchies

Arthur WardFYI, this is just our editor-in-chief’s lunch. He eats like a horse.

kyle leitcharts writer

Known as a trifecta of talent for playing guitar,singing, and songwriting, Regina, Saskatchewanblues protege, Colin James, reminds us all that thegenre which started a lot of the music we hear todayis far from gone with his fifteenth studio album, ad-equately titled Fifteen.

Now, whether James is playing original materialor covering songs from the likes of John Lennon,

Robert Palmer, and more, Fifteen is full of opportu-nities to hear some of James’s signature vocals andguitar playing on his new cuts such as the rootsy,Rolling Stones-esq, “Stone Faith”, or “I’m Diggin,”which will have your foot tapping until the threeand-a-half minute jam is over.

But James isn’t all about the loud, fast rock n’ roll,as proven on “Love For Life” - a song that will reallymake you pay attention to the sentimental lyric workthat will possibly remind you of that special someonein your life. Cue the awes.

Front to back, Colin James’s Fifteen does not dis-appoint. In fact, he leaves you wanting more, be-cause with every song comes a resurrected memorythat is relatable, and that’s what all music is about.

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the carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 2012sportsROUNDTABLESomeone should tell L.A. that they won the Stanley Cup this year

What was your favourite sportsmoment from summer 2012?

Braden Dupuis: The Olympics in-clude like 2,000 great momentsover the course of two weeks,many of which are totally inspir-ing and uplifting. Those aren’t myfavourite moments. The bestsports moments from the summerinvolved the internet making a hi-larious massacre of the 2012games through fails, photoshopsand outright twitter mockery.Never change, internet.

Jhett Folk: My favourite sportsmoment of the summer wouldhave to be the Canucks signing ofCory Schneider. Of course, I’m alittle biased here because I am aVancouver fan, but I thought itwas a rather momentous signingthis off-season. The league couldvery well be seeing another face(Schneider) competing for aVezina in the coming season.

Colton Hordichuk: Hands down,the Los Angeles Kings winningthe Stanley Cup – if I can countthis as a summer moment. Thefirst eighth place seed to ever winthe cup, Jonathon Quick with anoutstanding post-season perform-ance in net and Dustin Brown ris-ing up as a captain after all of thetrade rumors circulating aroundhim, and many other story lines.This team really earned theirname engraved on that trophy.

Kris Klein: Favorite sports mo-ment of the summer has to be the

Syracuse Bulldogs beating MattStrueby and his team for the D di-vision ASHL championship. Iwould like to thank all of the fivefans that came out this season...

Do you think Rams quarterbackMarc Mueller will be able tobounce back this year after miss-ing last season due to a shoulderinjury?

Dupuis: I predict M & M willbounce back like it’s nobody’sbusiness. In his final year of CIScompetition, he’ll channelgrandpa Lancaster and breakevery record known to man. Orget injured in the first game, what-ever.

Folk: He’s got an opportunity tonot only be a ‘come out ofnowhere’ star in the CIS, but alsoto make his team a ‘come out ofnowhere’ squad. His play willstrongly dictate the outcome ofthe Rams season this year, so if hecan come out strong, the Ramscould be one hell of a team to bereckoned with. As far as my opin-ion goes on whether he can pull itoff or not, well I’d have to say I’mmore than sure he can bring his Agame this year.

Hordichuk: Remaining optimistichere. Any athlete can bounce backfrom an injury. In relation, al-though I’m no Marc Mueller, I dis-located my shoulder playinghockey two years ago, and thisyear I’ve made a full comeback,and I’m nowhere near as tough ashe is. So hell, why can’t he, right?

Klein: From my understanding,this is the year the Rams need tomake some noise in the CIS withmost of their starters leaving after

this season. To be honest, he can’tplay much worse than Durant isat this point, so he should be fine.

The Regina Red Sox have wonback-to-back WMLB champi-onships, did you follow the teamat all this season?

Dupuis: Being away from Reginafor the past nine months meansno, I sure didn’t. And even if I hadbeen around, I doubt I wouldhave. Baseball isn’t my thing.Aren’t 90 per cent of their startersfrom the States or something?Never mind, I don’t care.

Folk: Unfortunately, I did not fol-low them. I’m originally fromWeyburn, Saskatchewan, and af-ter the end of second semester lastyear, I went back for the summer.It is not that the Red Sox storydoes not intrigue me, but if I wereto follow a team in the WMLB, itwould be my Weyburn Beavers.

Hordichuk: Not as much as Ishould have, but more than otheryears. I’m really going to focus onfollowing as much local sports asI possibly can this year, especiallythe Red Sox. Plus, I heard the hotdogs at the games are so amaz-ing, they even announce it on theintercom. Mmmmm, beer and hotdogs. Why can’t the Red Sox beplaying now? I’d go to the gamesjust for supper.

Klein: Well I would like to thankmy job at Coca Cola for not lettingme go to any games this year.“Open Happiness,” my ass. I’mgoing to open up a can of whoopass and burn that place to theground.

Who should be held accountablefor the Riders dismal August?

Dupuis: The other teams. Howdare they come into games againstthe Riders and have the nerve toplay football for 60 full minutes?Don’t they know that when oneteam is winning with ten minutesleft, football courtesy dictates thatthe other team forfeit? Goddamnsavages.

Folk: I’m not the type of guy topoint fingers at one specific guy.However, I am the type of guy topoint fingers if multiple peopleare at fault. Darian Durant hasbeen an absolute non-factor on thefield. Receivers such as Getzlafhave made a habit of droppingpasses. Don’t even get me startedon the defense. There’s a lot ofholes in that team and I think it’sthat point in the season where theRiders either need to put up orshut up.

Hordichuk: I think people forgetthat we’re a young team with awhole new staff. It’s a learningprocess. It’s that simple. In sports,there’s ups and downs. Here’s ourdown; now it’s time to learn howto rise up to the occasion.

Klein: Offence for sure. Whenyou only have two guys on of-fence that can make plays (Sheetsand Dressler), it’s pretty hard toscore points. Some might say,“What about Getzalf? He’s a goodreceiver!” And I say to that: theguy couldn’t catch a beach ball.Seriously, versus Calgary, I saw a10 year old take off his Getzalf jer-sey and throw it into the stands af-ter Butterfingers dropped anotherball.

With the threat of an NHL lock-out looming, how will you spendyour winter?

Dupuis: Honestly, waiting tohear if there will be another lock-out is like waiting for your STI re-sults. You really want to know theanswer, but you’re not optimisticabout what that answer’s goingto be. In all seriousness, I’ll passthe time by destroying the compe-tition in EA’s NHL 13, and carry-ing my Habs to cup 25 (cause theysure as hell aren’t going to do it inreal life).

Folk: Four simple words: TheNational Football League. Lastseason for me was a wash as aColts fan, due to an injuredManning. Since then, we’vegained one of the most covetedprospects in all of football. I willbe keeping a close eye on myColts as well as our new QBAndrew Luck, all winter long.

Hordichuk: As mentioned earlierin the roundtable, I’ll be playinghockey myself. Also, if there’s noNHL, I’ll definitely be followingthe NFL a whole lot closer thisyear than previous years. I justcan’t go without watching sports!

Klein: Well considering GaryBettman’s bargaining is softerthan McDowell’s promise to fol-low up on bets, I’d say the seasonis fucked. That’s right, McDowell,you still owe me shots for whenthe Flyers booted out the Pens! So,this winter I have decided to takeup hunting and go find Bettman ifthere is a lock out. Who’s withme?

Braden Dupuis, Jhett Folk,Colton Hordichuk, Kris Klein

this weeks roundtable

thepuckstopshere30.blogspot.commost of these dudes look excited, one or two look terrifyingly maniacal. Hockey, man...

sportsthe carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 2012 11

Every team’s goal is to win aNational championship, butwhen the tournament is in yourown backyard, the drive for amedal is even greater.

After missing out on theNational championships for thefirst time in the past four yearslast season, the University ofRegina women’s softball club isanxious to get back into a topcontender position.

Last season, the team gradu-ated its two main pitchers andwas admittedly immersed into abit of a rebuilding year. Althoughthe team did not finish asstrongly as they did in 2010–where they finished second tothe University of Saskatchewan– head coach Mike Smith was stillpleased with the young team’sprogress.

“Actually it was a good yearand lots of those first year playersare back this year but we onlyhave seven players coming backso we’re even younger than wewere last year,” Smith said. “Werecruited a couple of first-yearsthat are really good and reallystrong. Last year we had a greatyear, but we just didn’t do verywell at the playoffs. We lost twogames against teams that wehave never lost to [during theregular season].

“Last year was last year, butthe season was still great. It was adevelopment year for pitchers,and it will be again this year. [Theplayers] are almost all first and

second year university students.There are only five out of 20 thatare not.”

While the team may have todeal with the trials and triumphsof having numerous rookies onthe roster once again, Smith isconfident that the team will con-tinue to get better, especially onthe mound.

“We have one returningpitcher, she was young last year,Stephanie Horsley, and she wenthome and worked all summer toget better. From what I have seenso far, she has done very well,”said Smith, who is returning forhis eighth year with the squad.“We actually have six pitchers, sowe have lots of them, but wedon’t have a number one. Wedon’t have that big veteranpitcher. They are all first- and sec-ond-years.”

When asking a Universitycoach what their goals are for theseason, the response you will al-most always hear is “we want toget to the playoffs, and then gofrom there. We believe we canwin a National championship.”Of course, this statement will bemade no matter how good or ter-rible the team is.

But, with the added pressureof playing hosts to Nationals –which are slated for Oct. 5-8 –Smith believes that the team hasthe opportunity to have a veryspecial season.

“Obviously you can say thatyou do not have an achievementgoal, but we are hosting theNational championships. Wewant to be competitive for amedal at Nationals, and that

means you have to be top three,”Smith offered. “It will take us allyear to get there. In previousyears we were the favourites towin a medal going into the sea-son, but this year it will take allyear to get ready for that. Becausewe do have such young pitching,we won’t be the favourites by anymeans, but my hope is to win amedal.”

Before any members of thewomen’s softball club start draw-ing up designs for their champi-onship rings, Smith has anothergoal for his team: improvement.

“As far as goals for the team,a big goal would be to make surethat we are better next year thanwe are now, because we are soyoung that if we don’t get betterit’s kind of ‘which way are wegoing,’ so that is a big goal,” hesaid. “I hope that we are betterthis year than we were last year. Iam pretty confident that we willbe. We should be back in the topcouple of teams in our leaguewhere we belong, and then weare going to try and take a run at

Nationals.”While the job of hosting

Nationals can be incredibly excit-ing, Smith knows that there willhave to be a lot of work put intomaking sure the tournament is asuccess.

“It will be a lot of work butthis is only the fifth Nationals,and our team has attended threeof them. This will be our fourth,”Smith said. “Last year was theonly year that we didn’t attendbecause we went to a tournamentin Texas. I am excited. It will be alot of work for all of us, most ofthe work is still to come but weare looking forward to it.”

Many of the campus teamsand clubs often have a difficulttime getting large crowds – or re-alistically, any size crowd – out tosee them play, but Smith believesthat the softball club will have tolook outside of the Universitycommunity if they are to pack thestands come Nationals.

“We rely more on the softballcommunity (for fans) than we doon the University,” Smith said. “I

think that is the same problemthat many other teams have istrying to get students out.[Nationals] are on a long week-end, Thanksgiving, so a lot of stu-dents aren’t here but we want totry and come up with somethingfor students to come out.

“Our main focus is to makesure that our softball communityin Saskatchewan come, that iswho we will target as much asstudents but there is a lot of staffhere [on campus] that do supportus. From the president who hasbeen to our games, to various fac-ulty staff members. We only getthe one home weekend in earlySeptember and then we are notback [in Regina] until Nationals.You cross your fingers for goodweather, and go from there.”

The softball club will con-tinue on their journey to the cupthis Saturday when Lethbridge,SAIT, and Calgary are in town totake on the Cougars at KaplanField.

The women’s softball club plays host to the National championshipsPlay ball

Mike Smith

autumn mcdowellsports editor

“We are host ing the Nat ional championships, we want to becompet i t ive for a medal at Nat ionals, and that means you have tobe top three. I t wi l l take us a l l year to get there, in prev iousyears we were the favour i tes to win a medal going into the sea-son but th is year i t wi l l take a l l year to get ready for that .”

Mike Smith

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sports the carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 201212

The future of the University ofRegina women’s volleyball teamjust got brighter.

Molly Wade-Cummings, astandout student-athlete fromSheldon-Williams Collegiate, wasfaced with many decisions whenshe stepped off of the court as amember of the Spartans for thelast time.

While it was obvious to every-one who had witnessed her abili-ties that she would undoubtedlyplay volleyball at the next level,the question on everyone’s mindwas: where?

“I chose to come to theUniversity of Regina because notonly is it close to home, but I havebecome familiar with it over theyears,” said rookie middle, Wade-Cummings. “My two older broth-ers both came to U of R. Theywere involved with lots of the ac-tivities around the school andboth had very positive experi-ences so that definitely had a bigimpact on my decision.”

The biggest concern for mostfirst year student-athletes is theadded pressure of balancingschool and athletics, a task thatWade-Cummings feels she ismore than ready to tackle.

“I’ve been balancing schooland volleyball all my life,” saidWade-Cummings, who has beeninvolved with the CougarsVolleyball Club for a few years.“The key is being time-oriented.

It’s not easy, but you have to beable to manage your time effec-tively and know how much ofyour schedule should be dedi-cated to school assignments andstudying, and how much of it willbe filled with practices and train-ing.

“Being involved in sports andextracurricular activities in highschool has been a big help in de-veloping my organizational skills,which I’m going to be countingon this year. University will beslightly different because the ex-pectations of both my coaches andteachers will increase, and I’llhave to learn how to cope withthat.”

With the school year alreadyunderway and the volleyball reg-ular season fast approaching,Wade-Cummings has many goals

for her first year of University.“My goal for school this year

is to just have fun,” said a positiveWade-Cummings. “Of course Iwant to work hard and maintain agood average, but I also want tobecome familiar with the univer-sity environment, make newfriends and meet new people. Iwant to avoid becoming the“stressed out college student” asmuch as I can, and I want to findthe time for not only school andvolleyball, but for a bit of a sociallife as well.

“On the volleyball court, Iwant to focus on really improv-ing and solidifying my skills.Playing at this caliber can be a lit-tle overwhelming because you’retaking so much feedback fromseveral coaches and teammates onhow to do even the most basic

things, like passing and setting.It’s great because you realize howmuch you can improve on a skilljust by fixing one small technical-ity, and each and every day is anew learning experience. I want tostart the season with an openmind, build relationships with myteammates and really take advan-tage of this great opportunity thatI’ve had the privilege of being in-volved in.”

In order to live up to fans andteammates expectations of beingable to add depth at middle andalso add strength to the team’s de-fensive game, a large part ofWade-Cummings summer wasspent preparing for this season,both physically and mentally.

“When I first agreed to playfor the Cougars one of my mainconcerns was being able to phys-

ically keep up with the speed ofthe game as I knew it would besignificantly faster,” she said.“Thankfully we were given aphysical training program to helpus improve our cardio, jumpheight and strength, forcing us tobecome gym-rats and workoutevery day. The more I trained themore I saw results, and when wedid our physical testing at the endof the summer it was very reliev-ing to see that my overall fitnesslevel had greatly increased and Icould now keep up with many ofthe returning players.

“[Our head coach MelanieSanford] also recommended thatwe read the book Mindset byCarol Dweck over the summer tohelp us mentally prepare for theupcoming season. Volleyball is asport that requires a ton of mentaltoughness in practices, matchesand tournaments. When thingsget tough you have to be able topersevere, and it isn’t easy to getover that hump especially whenyou are entering a new environ-ment. I definitely think that play-ing for the Cougars will be one ofthe most challenging things I’vecommitted myself to and beingmentally ready will be impor-tant.”

Fans will get a chance to seeWade-Cumming suit up for thefirst time as a member of theCougars volleyball team duringthe 2012 University of ReginaInvitational which will run Sept.21-23.

To paraphrase Morgan Freemanin that shitty VISA commercialfrom a couple years back, “Sportslove hurts.”

Investing valuable time,money and passion into a sportsfranchise only to see your teamfall short of winning the big oneyear after year is borderlinemasochistic. Do we, the fans, en-dure the crushing sting of defeat?Or is it all about the pursuit of theprize?

Living in Saskatchewan, I’vegrown used to the punishment.

The real abuse started shortlyafter we renewed our vows withthe team back in 2007 after wecame away with a Grey Cupchampionship. The wedding be-tween the team and it’s fans wasnothing short of perfect – gooddrinks, good friends, and a mas-sive, three-tiered green and whitecake – as far as I remember any-ways, I was pretty drunk.

Anyways, since that greatwedding, everything has startedto fall apart. Two last-minute GreyCup losses and a bottom-of-the-barrel finish later, and this rela-tionship is damn near on therocks.

That brings us to this season.What started out as the mostpromising sign of life in years – a

young, passionate head coach,Cory Chamblin, leading theRiders to a 3-0 start – has quicklycollapsed into another round ofdrunk, angry callers who throwthe blame around on 620 CKRM’sRoughrider roundtable followingevery game.

The easiest target to point thefinger at is, of course, Roughriderquarterback Darian Durant.

After a flawless three-gamestart to the season, Durrant hassince thrown the ball away eight

times and can’t seem to find a re-ceiver to save his life.

Game after game he getssacked mercilessly – thanks, O-line – and bears the brunt of theSaskatchewan commentariat aswell.

But I still believe in ole’Double D.

To me, Durant been as solid aquarterback as you could ask forin his three-and-a-half years start-ing in Saskatchewan.

Year after year, he’s given us a

shot to win – well except formaybe last year, when his pass-ing yards and TD’s dipped below4,000 and 20 for the first time, re-spectively.

But here’s the thing – footballis, first and foremost, a teamgame. If those receivers aren’topen, or are prematurely eyeingthe endzone (looking at you,Weston Dressler), or injured , theRiders won’t win. The same goesfor a solid O-line and a rock soliddefence.

To win, you need them all.And if not Durant, then who?

Is backup quarterback Drew Willygoing to lead us back to the prom-ised land? Probably not.

With that argument, thedrunken ramblings of the angryRoughrider “faithful” take newaim – the head coach.

No, I don’t think Chamblinshould be fired. From what I cansee the guy is a young, passionateand knowledgeable coach. Thelosing cannot be pinned on him.He’s doing the best he can withwhat he’s got, and aside from oneor two questionable calls I feel hehas been a great coach.

Stringing together a couplewins will almost certainly re-ig-nite the fire under this fledglingteam, and that should make it eas-ier for Chamblin to rally thetroops once again.

Last year’s mid-season sack-ing of former head coach GregMarshall looked like a godsendafter a short-lived string of victo-ries, until it all came crashing backto earth with a league-worstrecord of 5-13.

So, die-hards, take a deepbreath and put down the phone.There is still time to right this reel-ing ship.

And yeah, sports love hurts,but the punishment endured onlymakes the eventual triumph thatmuch sweeter.

Rookie Molly Wade-Cummings plans to make the most of her first yearon the court

Move over vets

Riders suck, kindaAugust was not a favourable month for Roughriders fans

riderville.comeven though we suck, our fans are still unreal

marc messett

braden dupuissports writer

autumn mcdowellsports editor

sportsthe carillon | Sept. 6 - 12, 2012 13

While most people were luckyenough to enjoy a stress-free sum-mer holiday, often spending theirdays frolicking in the water orwalking along the beach holdinghands with someone they met atthe bar the night before, I was notso lucky.

With the threat of a NationalHockey League lockout looming,I was sitting in front of my com-puter anxiously awaiting the an-nouncement that would seal thefate of my beloved NHL for the2012-13 season.

Hockey fans may remember –or rather, wish to forget – thatback in 2004 the NHL, led by com-missioner and general idiot GaryBettman, was forced to cancel anentire season of play due to unre-solved issues between the leagueand the it’s players association.

A bargaining agreement wasfinally reached in July 2005 afterwhat was the longest winter ofmy life and also the longest workstoppage in sports history. Theworld rejoiced as fans once againhad high quality hockey and inad-equate refereeing taking place intheir living rooms.

Fast forward eight years laterand hockey fans are yet againstuck in the fetal position as the2005 agreement between the two

parties has expired. New issuesbetween the NHL and theNHLPA have surfaced and historylooks as if it will repeat itself.

The central issue that is cur-rently dividing the two groups isof course, money. Essentially, theNHL thinks that they are payingout too much and the playersthink that they deserve the same ifnot more money than they arecurrently being paid because theyhave to deal with the grueling jobof playing hockey by day and get-ting as much tail as they want bynight.

As of press time, the NHL andNHLPA have suspended any fur-ther discussions and have noplans for any future meetings.With a lockout deadline set forSept. 15, it seems as thoughhockey fans will be forced to onceagain endure an entire seasonwithout the best league in theworld.

Unfortunately, with the al-most-certain lockout quickly ap-proaching, I am now forced tocontemplate what the hell I amgoing to do with myself throughthe most depressing and coldest

months of the year. Thank GodVancouver Canucks fans taughtme that if you don’t get the out-come that you want, the only op-tion that you have is to riot in thestreets.

So, my basic plan is that afterI get past the rioting stage of grief,most likely I will move into theacceptance stage where this lock-out will force me to obsessivelyturn my attention to the NHL’sfarm leagues such as theAmerican Hockey League. I mayeven have to jump onto the over-seas bandwagon and start reli-

giously watching the KontinentalHockey League.

Fans and current NHL play-ers are not the only ones beingdramatically affected by the lock-out; junior players – athletes thatwould normally make that jumpto the show this season – are tak-ing the news quite hard.

Instead of turning professionalthis year – due mostly to thetrickle-down effect – highlyskilled junior players will beforced to stay in the CanadianHockey League system for at leastone more year.

The only upside to this is thatRegina Pats fans could have thepleasure of seeing standouts likeJordan Weal and Colton Jobkeplay another year with the Blueand White. While I would like tosee the duo fulfill their dreams ofplaying pro hockey, the selfishside of me secretly hopes there isa lockout so that they are forced tostay in Regina. I’m sorry, but hav-ing these two players on the rosterinstantly makes the Pats con-tenders, and I want a champi-onship, God dammit.

Once the NHL lockout be-comes official, I will probablymove on and find a new hockeyleague to criticize, but there willbe a ten minute period therewhere I will be inconsolable.

BURNABY (CUP) — TheNational Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) has condi-tionally approved Simon FraserUniversity (SFU) for member-ship. This will make SFU the firstCanadian school to be accepted inthe century-old organization.

While SFU has been a memberfor the past three years, the deci-sion was made recently to grantan exception to SFU’s lack of U.S.accreditation in order to competein the post-season. This gives SFUthe chance to win an NCAA na-tional – now international – cham-pionship.

“It’s the culmination of a totalcampus commitment fromPresident Petter to Tim Rahilly toeveryone you can think of, to be-come the first international schoolto join the NCAA,” SFU’s athleticdirector, Milt Richards, told ThePeak. “It’s a tribute to SimonFraser; if we weren’t such a greatuniversity academically, thiswouldn’t happen.

“To make a long story short,the president’s council [the policymakers for Division Two] had ameeting,” Richards explained.“They discussed it and basicallysaid, ‘Here’s what we’re going todo for Simon Fraser: as long asyou’re a candidate for accredita-

tion,’ which we are, ‘as long asyou’re accredited by your coun-try’s accreditation, we’ll waive thebylaw that says you have to be ac-credited by a U.S. accreditation.’”

While Canada has no accredi-tation agencies similar to those inthe U.S., SFU’s membership in theAssociation of Colleges and

Universities of Canada (AUCC)has served as an acceptable re-placement. The AUCC is a lobbygroup that represents over 90 uni-versities nationally.

Meanwhile, SFU is currentlystill in the process of gaining U.S.accreditation with the NorthwestCommission on Colleges and

Universities (NWCCU). It is pro-jected that SFU will not earn fullaccreditation until 2017.

Richards made it clear that de-spite being in the NCAA, SFUteams will still compete againsttheir Canadian rivals.

“We would not have enoughgames and contests and matches

if we only played U.S. schools,and we are a Canadian institution,and we’re proud of being inCanada,” said Richards.

Richards explained that theprocess for joining NCAA’sDivision Two – the only divisionthat has voted to allow interna-tional institutions to join – takesthree years. In the first two years,the candidate institution is ineligi-ble for championships.

He stated that last year’smen’s soccer, women’s basketball,track and field athletes, swim-ming, and wrestling all wouldhave had good chances to be inthe NCAA nationals, but were in-eligible. “Softball would havemade it the way they finished theseason,” said Richards.

“When you have a really com-petitive program and you tell astudent athlete that they can’tcompete in championships? Youhate to talk about negative recruit-ing, but you know other peopletalked about that; well, that’s nowbeen removed. That’s a big deal.”

“I’m ecstatic for the whole de-partment, we definitely havesome very strong teams,” saidvolleyball head coach LisaSulatycki. “You look at the men’ssoccer team last year, who didn’tget their chance, and now they’regoing to have their chance to dothat.”

Hockey fans worst fears are close to realityPlease God no

NCAA moves northSimon Fraser University joins NCAA as the first non-American school

Mark Burnham/The Peak

Apparently SFU can excel in academics, athletics, and partying

www.vancouversun.com

With this idiot in charge of the NHL’s fate, it never had a chance.

david dyckThe Peak (Simon Fraser University)

what the puck?autumn mcdowellsports editor

First of all I would like to welcome all new students to the University of Regina, and Iwould like to say welcome back to all returning students. I hope everybody had a won-derful and safe summer, and I wish everybody a successful academic year ahead.I am writing today about the University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU). Specifically,I am writing about the importance for students to become engaged with their students’union, support its endeavors, and respect those who were elected to represent us.The students’ union has a long history of producing former presidents who don’t knowhow to let go. If fact, one needn’t look very hard to spot ex-presidents lurking the hallwaysof this university, occasionally inserting themselves into the operations of URSU in a neg-ative way. As a former URSU president I have consciously worked to avoid that phenom-enon, and decided instead to do what I always have: be positive about our students’ unionand work hard to make our university even better.Of course, constructive criticism is important – indeed it is necessary – to have a healthystudents’ union and an engaged student body. But trust, support, and active citizenshipare also important. Even though I may ideologically disagree with some of our elected stu-dent representatives, I respect URSU as an institution too much to ever be needlessly neg-ative towards it. I encourage all students to do the same. I ask that you volunteer during

URSU events, submit ideas for campaigns, utilize URSU’s services, and every once in awhile call, email, or visit the URSU executive, board, and staff and thank them for the hardwork they do.The exciting thing about being involved with your students’ union is that you don’t haveto wait. There is a by-election happening later this month that will fill a number of vacantpositions – including the position of URSU President. This is your chance to put forwardideas, challenge the status quo, and make a difference at your university. As a student youare entitled to vote and run. I hope you’ll do both.

kent petersoncontributor

Letter to the Editor

Who’s progressive?What constitutes a progressive political party?

This question is a difficult one to answer in today’s politi-cal climate. In Saskatchewan, the New Democratic Partylikes to portray itself as progressive and the SaskatchewanParty as conservative. The Sask. Party, on the other hand,portrays itself as progressive and the NDP as lunatic rad-icals with no brains. But with the current debates going on around universityfunding, royalties, and any number of other major issuesfacing people in Saskatchewan, it’s not really a true por-trayal of what the parties are actually doing. If you look atwho is driving the political debate, it’s not the supposedly progressive forces on the left of the spectrum. It’s the sup-posedly conservative forces on the right of the spectrumthat are making the change and driving the “progress”while the NDP is left playing catch-up.

Don’t get me wrong though; calling the Sask. Party aprogressive a force in Saskatchewan is not accurate in theleast. It is actually a regressive party that labels its back-wards policies as progressive. They talk about building thefuture of Saskatchewan by eliminating most of the socialprograms and regulations that were gained over the lastseveral decades. They have a vision for what our provincecan be, and as noxious as that vision is, they sell it reallywell.

The NDP’s response has not been terribly proactive. Inmany cases, the platform that the NDP runs on is a protec-tion of the status quo in reaction to threats posed by theSask. Party. The NDP, with its determination to protectthe many things that the progressive movement has gainedover the last century, becomes a small-c conservative forcein the political discourse – always advocating keepingthings how they are and only proceeding after careful re-view of all the facts. The status quo is certainly comfortable for many people inSaskatchewan, but sometimes when people are lookingfor change, they will take the only change offered to themregardless of if it is good or bad. In the last provincial elec-tion, aside from Dwain Lingenfelter being a black-hole forcharisma, the NDP had huge difficulty presenting a posi-tive vision of the province, being forced to argue on a fewlacklustre policy points about a tuition freeze while theydid more research into university funding and a stop-gaprent control plan that would only modestly help the hous-ing crisis Saskatchewan is currently experiencing.

Am I suggesting that we should not look at all thefacts when we advocate change? Not at all; the best poli-cies are going to be informed by a lot of research. But any-one looking to make positive change to our province needsto act confidently, unencumbered by mountains of facts,figures, and huge amounts of caution. They need to speakand act decisively and proactively so that the political bat-tle is held on a field of their own choosing, not on the bat-tlefield chosen by their political opponents.

And sometimes, parties need to advocate for things notbecause they are totally logical, but because they are theright thing to do. There’s no government profit to be madein providing universal healthcare, but we as a society do itbecause it’s wrong to let someone die if they don’t

have enough money to pay for medical services. SaskTelwas created by the government to provide telephone serv-ice to the scattered small towns of our sparsely-populatedprovince because no service provider would invest thehuge amounts of capital required to build a functioningphone infrastructure, but we did it anyway because pro-viding a quick means of communication between peoplewas the right thing to do.

Rather than advocating that the Sask. Party doesn’tmake huge and damaging cuts to all the programs we en-joy in this province, it might be a better course of action toproactively advocate for an expansion of those programs,even outside the election cycle. Before the government hasthe opportunity to cut funding to university programs,the NDP should be advocating that that university fundingbe increased even more. Instead of advocating that thegovernment freeze tuition, the NDP should be demandingthat tuition be eliminated entirely. Maybe those things

won’t be deemed feasible, but they are the right things to do and they will put the people that advocate the opposite on the defensive.

This is by no means a phenomenon isolated inSaskatchewan. At the federal level, the most radical forceout there is not the NDP, but the Conservatives. We canonly hope that with the NDP electing a new leader soonprovincially and the federal NDP having the largest seatcount in their history, they will break the chains of pru-dence and actually become the progressive force they claimto be. But I am not going to hold my breath.

edward doddop-ed editor

Op-Ed Editor: Edward Doddop-ed@carillonregina.com

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julia dima

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The University of Regina is a hotbed ofstudent apathy when it comes time to headto the polls. However, there is a referendumquestion this fall that should pique interestand discussion around the campus. TheFine Arts Students’ Association (FASA) hasmanaged to place a question on the ballotasking if you support “a $0.25 fee per stu-dent to cover the cost of theatre produc-tions for all University of Regina students.”This should raise two questions in yourmind. Primarily, how is it possible that anon-Fine Arts student should have to beasked to directly pay for Fine Arts students’education? Subsequently, what kind ofprecedent will this set for years to come?Let us begin with the numbers. Given cur-rent enrolment numbers, we can determinethat FASA is asking for around $3000. With440 students in Fine Arts, if those studentswere to cover their own demand it wouldbe a marginal $6.81 increase per student.Why must we all share the burden of in-creased performance costs or decreasedAdministration funding, whichever thecase may be?I have a better idea. I was recently madeaware that there is no admission charged toattend any production at the university. Asper the theatre department’s website, at fullcapacity their two theatres hold a combinedtotal of 590 people. In the last theatre sea-son, four plays were produced. Let’s imag-ine each play was seen by 590 people. If all

those people paid a minimal $2 admission,FASA would raise $4720 and tuition wouldnot need to increase one penny. However, we wouldn’t want to burden ourguests, would we? Let’s not forget the nu-merous shows that the Music departmentputs on or the galleries offered by theVisual Arts students. Clearly, there areways to raise the needed funds without in-creasing the tuition of every student that is-n’t being graded on their performancewithin the production, recital or display.Regardless of my math literacy, we shouldexamine the potential fallout if such a dis-astrous referendum question passes. Thefirst question is why was official fundingcut from the program? Could it be the factthat while Business Administration had1481 students, Arts had 2114 students andEducation had 1424 students while theFaculty of Fine Arts had only 440 studentsenrolled last semester? Potentially. That fact leads nicely into the next discus-sion point: should we subsidize under-pop-ulated faculties to ensure they don’t see anincreased cost for such specialized pro-grams? Continuing down the slipperyslope that is subsidization without growth,if the Administration decides to further re-duce its investment in the Fine Arts due tocontinued disinterest in the discipline,should we forget a referendum and simplyincrease our one quarter by two quarters,ten quarters or, even, one hundred quartersevery year to meet the “need” of the pro-gram? After all, it is only a few quarters,right? No. University, as much as it is around tohelp young minds grow and affect posi-tive change in the world, is a stepping stonefor people to gain desirable employment.By forcing the cost of a program that lostfunding due to underutilization onto theentire student body is short-sighted and ir-responsible. It won’t be long before we aresubsidizing other faculties that have alsolost the will to creatively stretch a tightbudget. On Sept. 25 and 26, make a stand.Demand that the University of Regina andeach faculty it governs to be fiscally respon-sible. Demand that your institution livewithin its means and that the Fine Arts fac-ulty do the same. Do not let the dollar valuefool you; do not let the financial burdenfall on our shoulders. This will only be thebeginning. Vote no and demand better.

Fund yourself

todd blythcontributor

Breasts. In western culture, they seem to bethe most sexually captivating object of het-erosexual desire. Male-targeted magazinesare filled with images of women in bikinitops and lacy bras, their breasts pushed upto create a perfectly round set of twins toenjoy.

Heterosexual men seem to have a fasci-nation with breasts more than most parts ofthe female form. Some schools of psychol-ogy say this has connections to biologicallyinnate concepts of motherhood and fertil-

ity. However, there seems to be a lot morecomfort with breasts in settings where theyare not physically acting out the mother-hood role they have: breastfeeding.

Biologically, breastfeeding is com-pletely natural and for most mammals,necessary for healthy growth. Culturally, ithas become taboo for a number of reasons,perhaps similar to the reasons menstrua-tion is meant to be kept discreet and taboo.Women are free to have natural bodily re-actions, so long as they do it where men

don’t have to see it. Why are these natural phenomena that

represent the biological powers of awoman’s body such uncomfortable issuesin western society? Maybe for the samereasons why women who weight-lift orrun are now facing the possibility of re-quiring hormone therapy to level out hightestosterone if they want to compete inter-nationally as women. When a woman’sbody is softened and represented in themedia as an object of heterosexual maledesire, it is safe. When a woman controlsher own body to be powerful, strong, andlife-giving, it isn’t sexy. It’s threatening.

In the mouth of an infant, breasts be-come powerful life-giving representationsof strength and femininity. For women tohave strength and control over their phys-ical forms creates a threat to the ideals ofpatriarchy, wherein women are physicallyexpressing that they maintain a power thatmen cannot take away from them.

Patriarchy feels it can take away awoman’s ability to make an equal wage,her choice to abort a pregnancy, her percep-tion of what makes her look pretty, to suitits cause. In the same vein, patriarchal ad-vertisers have actively tried to remove theneed for breastfeeding by developing arti-ficial powders and bottles to replace thewoman, while encouraging the sale ofpush-up bras.

So, the next time you are breastfeedingin public, as your little one is twirling theirlittle fingers through your hair, flip thattiny little middle finger up, and don’t beashamed.

Whose boobs are they, anyway?

julia dimaproduction manager

Do your dutyOn September 25 and 26, a referendum

will be held to instate a $0.25 levy ontoyour student fees, all of which will go di-rectly to the theatre department in order tokeep university productions free of admis-sion to students, but also to ensure that thedepartment is providing an education thatis up to standard.

A strong theatre education program inRegina is a prerequisite for the growth ofactual culture here in Regina and acrossthe province. Without a strong theatre ed-ucation program, the survival of the theatrecommunity in Regina (be it the Globe,Combat Improv, Golden Apple Theatre, orwhat have you) becomes increasingly dif-ficult to sustain, let alone grow, and subse-quently underfunding of the Theatredepartment at our university is detrimen-tal to the cultural community of Regina.

Notwithstanding, the University ofRegina’s theatre education program – andcorrespondingly, Regina’s theatre commu-nity – cannot be reliant on the students atthe university to fund it.

The ballot may suggest otherwise, butthe referendum is asking more than a “yes”or “no” question; it’s asking whether stu-dents are the ones who’ll grab the chequewhen the university can’t afford or refusesto pay it.. This is not a question of whetheryou care about the theatre department orits students. This referendum is a questionof whether you’ll stand complacent withthe continual financial degradation of thisuniversity.

Voting “no” does not mean you don’tcare about the theatre department or itsstudents. Voting “no” means you will notstand accountable to provide a bailout. Theidea that students should be asked to footthe bill of an underfunded department ispreposterous. If a department’s budgetcannot provide an adequate education forits students it is the university, not the in-dividual department, that is failing its stu-dents. The money needs to come fromelsewhere.

So, if the University of Regina cannotafford to provide its students with a qual-ity education, increasing the provincialgovernment’s post-secondary educationspending is imperative. The only way thetheatre department can continue provid-ing for its students – nay, exist at all – is ifpost-secondary education spending is in-creased.

Yes, the theatre department couldcharge admission to its productions andbe more self-sustaining, but the depart-ment has seen its budget reduced by$23,173 between 2005 and 2012. When adepartment’s budget is reduced by over athird, claiming the ability to maintain thesame quality of education becomes diffi-cult.

Moreover, I’m sure this is not the only

department that’s seen its budget reducedover the past few years. Thus, if the out-come of the referendum is “yes”, what’s tosay any of the other departments who’vefaced budget cuts (pardon me, VicePresident Administration Dave Button,“small discretionary budget impacts”)from instating similar levies via referen-dums? A “yes” outcome of the referendumsuggests students are completely fine withbearing the burden when the governmentfails to meet the needs of students and cul-ture in this province.

The students here shouldn’t be pres-suring their peers to help out an under-funded department – no matter how smallthe sum in question. The students and ad-ministration here need to be pressuringpoliticians to increase funding to the uni-versity not only to maintain a high stan-dard of education, but to maintain andgrow actual culture in our province.Students shouldn’t be paying the bills ofthe university.

paul bogdanarts editor

Arthur Ward

“When a woman’s body is softened and represented in themedia as an object of heterosexual male desire, it is safe.When a woman controls her own body to be powerful,strong, and life-giving, it isn’t sexy. It’s threatening.”

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