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Mapping sexual assaultGraduate project intended to guide construction of women's shelters

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A date with Dalí's dreamsArt & Soul invites you to fall down the rabbit hole

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Clean SweepMen's hockey tops Lethbridge

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CorrectionOn page 3 of the Jan. 7 issue of the Manitoban in "UMSU withholding $640,000": Bannantyne students pay $14.20 "per year" in CFS fees, not "per semester."

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Royal Canoe to headline Frost FestUMSU unveils lineup for Thursday’s campus concert

CrAig ADolphe, staff

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union unveiled plans

last week for their Frost Fest set to take place at the Fort Garry campus quad on Thursday, Jan. 15. The concert lineup features local indie-pop band Royal Canoe as headliners.

Other recently announced concert performers include electronic-pop groups Vikings and Magik Trix.

Entry is free during the day. A beer garden will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. with volunteer support from different faculties and student groups. Free pizza will be available to atten-dees, and drinks will be available to purchase in the tent at the Frost Beverage Pavilion. A variety of activ-ities will be happening in and around the tent, on the quad.

The space will be cleared out between around 5 to 6 p.m. People will be readmitted for the concert, which is set to run until 11 p.m.

Tickets to the concert cost $10 and are available at Answers. Ticket sales opened to U of M students on Jan. 7 and require students to provide their student identification upon purchase.

As of Jan. 12, half of the tickets for the event have been sold.

Last year during the UMSU elec-tions, the winning Refresh slate cam-paigned on establishing Frost Week.

In an interview with the Manitoban last March, Christian Pierce, UMSU vice-president exter-nal, said, “We want to introduce Frost Week. We’ll do Celebration Week, but we’ll call it Frost Week. We’ll keep the speakers, but it’ll be a little more Festival du Voyageur-like, and embrace the Winterpeg.”

“Frost Music Festival will be a first of its kind event at the University of Manitoba,” said UMSU vice-presi-dent internal, Jeremiah Kopp, in an interview last week.

“The idea will be for us to have a similar themed event at the University of Manitoba featuring and promoting local artists. So what

we’re going to have is a big heated tent out on [the grass quad by the main transit stops] where it’ll be warm. People will be able to take off their jackets. They’ll be able to get food and drinks and watch great local musicians and performers play.”

The musicThe University

of Manitoba Students’ Union was able to secure the popular Dutch DJ Tiësto for the Frosh Fest concert in September 2014.

Royal Canoe’s latest album, Today We’re Believers, was nominated for a

Juno Award for alternative album of the year.

However, unlike with Frosh Fest, all of Frost Fest’s performers—Royal Canoe, Vikings, and Magik Trix—are based in Winnipeg.

Kopp told the Manitoban that working with local musicians and showing support for local music is a

high priority.“Frosh Fest was a huge success –

making money and drawing 7,000 people to see a world famous art-ist. Now, UMSU wanted to show-case local artists in a unique way

so that everyone can see how tal-ented Winnipeg and our uni-versity are and celebrate made-in-Manitoba music,” Kopp said, adding that their goal was to be inclusive by offering differ-

ent types and scales of concerts to students through the 2014-15 year.

FundingKopp told the Manitoban that the

budget for Frost Fest came out of the money allocated for Celebration Week in the 2014-15 UMSU operat-ing budget, which was approved by UMSU Council on April 21, 2014.

“Every year UMSU budgets for Orientation Week in January. So the money that’s going to be spent or incurred on the Frost Week and Frost Music Festival and Frost events is what’s budgeted in the approved financial [budget] for the union.

“[Frost Festival is] not like Frosh Fest was, such a large event that it had to be its own budget unto itself. It’s something we’re doing, us, in-house, much like every Celebration Week for the past number of years.”

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“UMSU wanted to showcase local artists in a unique way so that everyone can see how talented Winnipeg and our university are and celebrate made-in-Manitoba music” – Jeremiah Kopp, UMSU vice-president internal

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Creator of sexual assault maps identifiedGraduate project draws attention to definitions of sexual assault

JAnelle Curry, volunteer staff

The creator of unidentified sexual assault maps, inviting people

to share their experiences of sexual assault, posted in University Centre at the University of Manitoba last December has been identified as Caroline Inglis, a graduate student in the faculty of architecture.

The maps are a part of her design thesis project focusing on the rela-tionship between the built environ-ment and violence against women.

In early December, the Manitoban published an article about the maps of the U of M Fort Garry campus and downtown area. At the time of publication, the creator of the maps had not been identified.

With questions such as, “Is sexual harassment a problem on campus?” the questions were clear but the poster’s objective remained unknown.

After reading the Manitoban arti-

cle, Inglis added a statement of pur-pose to the maps, as well as a citation for the statistic showing that 71 per cent of incidences of sexual assault are not reported. That information was provided by the government of Nunavut, where Inglis conducted research.

When asked what she thought about one response to the maps sug-gesting that resources for survivors of sexual assault should have been

included on posters, Inglis said, “I didn’t think about it when I first posted it, but I agree that it can bring up so many emotions just to tell a story, so next time I’ll be sure to include it; it’s really important.”

Inglis said that the information written on the maps will be used primarily for her research project, which will ultimately culminate in

a proposal for a new women’s shelter in downtown Winnipeg.

Inglis further explained her choice of the two locations shown in the maps. “The area downtown centres on the site I’m using for my thesis pro-posal. I added the university map as a supplement because the first couple of responses I was getting were actually from on campus.

“One of the things I’m trying to push for in my thesis is an engage-ment with people,” she said. “The fact that people are doing just that by writing on a poster is a success.”

A gendered issue?One comment on the Manitoban

website accused the project of being sexist because it ignored the issue of assault against men.

“I wasn’t actively trying to exclude anyone or bar anyone from adding

their story,” Inglis replied. “My design thesis project is a shelter for women. That’s why I focused on that issue.”

Statistics show numbers as high as two in five cases of domestic violence in which the victims are men. It is estimated that one in 10 adult men have been sexually assaulted and the majority of perpetrators are hetero-sexual men, according to the Sexual Assault Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Canadian Women’s Foundation and Statistics Canada provide a more in-depth analysis of these numbers, bringing attention to the difference between types of violence to which men are subjected.

Males, according to a 2008 report by Statistics Canada, “are more likely to be the victims of physical assault and homicide, while sexual assault victims are overwhelmingly female.” According to their research, police say that men are more likely to be assaulted by a stranger, while women are more likely to be assaulted by someone they know.

Statistics from the Canadian Women’s Foundation show that 49 per cent of homicides of women are committed by a current or ex-lover, while only seven per cent of homi-cides of men are committed by sexual partners.

Defining the issueOne of the questions on Inglis’s

poster read: How do you define sexual assault?

“People don’t really know how to define [sexual assault] or how to deal with it, so they just don’t,” said Inglis.

Regarding the difference between the terms sexual assault and domes-tic violence, Inglis said, “In most instances of sexual assault, the assail-ant is known to the victim, so it’s hard to differentiate the two. For it to be domestic violence do you have to be married? What kind of relationship do you have to have?”

“I think the term ‘sexual assault’ is more helpful to use because it’s more inclusive for all people to relate.”

The problem of defining sexual assault is further exemplified on the City of Winnipeg’s CrimeStat website, which provides local crime information.

The website defines sexual assault as an “offence that combines the com-ponents of assault with circumstances of a sexual nature where the suspect is not known to the victim. This would include a range of offences from unwelcome sexual comments or inappropriate touching, through to forced intercourse (rape).

“The Sexual Assault definition changed as of January 1st, 2008 in response to citizen’s feedback, to map occurrences involving only suspect(s) not known to the victim,” reads the website.

In Winnipeg, from Jan. 26, 2014 to Jan. 7, 2015, there were 173 cases of sexual assault, in addition to 212 cases of “known offender sexual assaults.” These numbers are based on occur-rences recorded by police and are considered as preliminary crime data.

“I wasn’t actively trying to exclude anyone or bar anyone from adding their story” – Caroline Inglis, faculty of architecture graduate student

“My design thesis project is a shelter for women” – Caroline Inglis

sCreenshot taKen by Janelle Curry

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Winnipeg bus shelter ads target Ontario’s public school systemHuman rights campaign ads oppose religious discrimination in education

DAnA hAtherly, staff

Winnipeg bus shelters are presently the platform for

advertisements against policies for providing full funding to Roman Catholic schools while denying funding to other religious schools in Ontario’s public school system.

“End human rights violations in Ontario and Alberta,” reads one of the bus shelter billboards—on the route of the 160, travelling along the Southwest Transitway—facing north on Southbound Main Street at Stradbrook Avenue. Other advertise-ments are located throughout the city along major transit routes to and from the University of Manitoba, includ-ing one at the bus stop at Osborne Street and River Avenue, and another at Portage Avenue and Broadway Avenue.

Featuring slogans against human rights violations and an image of a child with an arm raised and a fin-ger pointing upward, this particular advertisement is posted less than one kilometre from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Launched in Winnipeg, the cam-paign is expected to run for eight weeks, with various other advertise-ments located throughout the city.

Fronted and sponsored by Ottawa-based advocate Richard Thain, the $10,000 advertisement campaign sought to raise public awareness about human right violations—what Thain called “blatant religious discrimina-tion”—in Ontario’s education system.

“This is a human rights issue right here in Ontario,” Thain said in an article published by the Ottawa Citizen.

Ontario’s school systemTo this day, Ontario is the only

province with legislation to exclu-sively fund religious schools of Roman Catholic faith.

The Government of Manitoba Public Schools Act requires schools to be non-sectarian but states that instruction in religion may be con-ducted in any school in Manitoba if authorized by a bylaw passed by school boards. On the other hand, the public education system in Ontario functions with funding for

four school systems: English Roman Catholic, English non-Roman Catholic, French Catholic, and French non-Roman Catholic.

The major issue under contention, and the driving factor of the adver-tisement idea sponsored by Thain, refers to human rights violations on the basis of religious discrimination in publicly-funded schools in Ontario. In 1999, the United Nations Human Rights Commission agreed that the policies were discriminatory on the basis of religion.

Anne Bayefsky of the Osgoode Hall law school at York University at the time, who brought the case forward to the UN back in 1999, said that Ontario should not end poli-cies and funding to Roman Catholic schools, but should end religious dis-crimination by extending distribu-tion of public funds to other religious schools.

The UN ruling meant that Canada had 90 days to respond. Their motion to comply meant that Ontario must extend funding to other religious denominations or end funding to Roman Catholic schools.

Provinces are constitutionally responsible for upholding the rights granted by national and international law. Section 93 of the Canadian Constitution Act of 1867 provides provinces exclusive jurisdiction over education.

Ontario’s minister of education at the time, Janet Ecker, said that she would not obey the UN’s decision.

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed Bill 30 to create a school board and implement full funding to Roman Catholic and Protestant separate school boards. In 1987, the bill garnered questions

for the Court of Appeal, referred to by the Government of Ontario, about whether it was consistent with the Constitution of Canada, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Court of Appeal voted in the negative.

To this day, Ontario’s Education Act maintains policies about religious freedom and equality, stating that education programs shall provide for the study of different religions and beliefs without giving primacy to, or indoctrination in, any particular religion or beliefs. The Education Act also states that their policies about religion in schools do not apply to Roman Catholic or Protestant school boards.

Religion in educationIn spring of 2014, the Ontario

Superior Court ruled that parents have the right to exempt their youth from religious classes and activities in Catholic high schools.

That group, according to the direc-tor of the London Catholic District School Board, Linda Staudt, as reported by the Globe and Mail in August, does not include Catholic students whose parents designate themselves Catholic school support-ers on property tax statements.

In response to the court deci-sion that gave students the right to be exempted from religious classes, Thomas Walkom, the Toronto Star’s national affairs columnist, asked,

“What’s the point of a religious school system if students can opt out of religion?”

Despite contradictions, some par-ents argued in favour of public fund-ing for Catholic schools, believing that they provide better education, structure, and discipline than non-Catholic public schools.

In the upcoming provincial elections in Ontario, the debate is expected to remain stagnant.

The separate school situation in Alberta differs from that in Ontario. There are vast areas of Alberta where separate school boards have not been established. Furthermore, the process for determining the wishes of those

of minority faith are more clearly defined and widely known in Alberta.

Ads against discriminatory policies

The anti-separate school adver-tisements targeting Ontario’s public education system were slated to run in Winnipeg in time to coincide with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The advertisement campaign was reported to be strategi-cally featured in Winnipeg—rather than in Ontario—to take advantage of the hype surrounding the opening of the museum.

The advertising campaign against discriminatory public funding and policies, sponsored by Thain, was supported by various groups such as Civil Rights in Public Education and OneSchoolSystem.org. The latter is

“a non-governmental human rights organization and education advo-cacy group seeking the amalgama-tion of Ontario, Canada’s public and Catholic school systems into a single, secular school system for each official language.”

Thain reportedly first brought for-ward the advertisement idea to the Canadian-owned advertising com-pany Pattison Outdoor Advertising, which works as one of the exclusive advertising contractors for Winnipeg Transit buses. The other two con-tractors for exclusive advertising on Winnipeg Transit buses, benches, and shelters are Benchmark Advertising and Outfront Media.

Pattison did not run the advertise-ment due to concerns that the adver-

tisements violated the guidelines set out by Advertising Standards Canada. In an email to the Manitoban, the president of Pattison, Randy Otto, said that there is a requirement under the Advertising Standards Canada guidelines that calls for the advocate to be identified in the advertisement.

“Our corporate policy regarding any advocacy advertising that we place on any of our advertising spaces is that the advocate (and some means of contacting that advocate) must be clearly identified on the ad.”

The company asked for the adver-tisement to be modified to meet their advertising standards, Pattison later received a letter forwarded from Thain’s lawyer that said that Pattison’s refusal to run the advertisement was

“an infringement of [Thain’s] human right to freedom of expression.”

“After receiving that letter, we did not receive any further communica-tion or creative from Dr. Thain or his lawyer and the contract was subse-quently cancelled,” Otto said.

The work was offered to Outfront Media, the advertisement company contracted for work on transit bus shelters.

Outfront Media accepted the offer. By Nov. 17, 2014, the advertise-ments were launched on bus shelters throughout Winnipeg, including instructions to “Google” informa-tion about the groups behind the sponsored advertisements.

The eight-week bus shelter adver-tisement campaign is set to end this week.

“This is a human rights issue right here in Ontario” – Richard Thain, Ottawa-based advocate

photos by Dana hatherly, staff

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UMSU executive reports on Frosh Fest budgetFrosh passes break-even point, comes in $3,348 ahead

CrAig ADolphe, staff

On Monday, Jan. 12, the UMSU executive presented a report to

council for the final budget from the second annual Frosh Fest, which took place in September.

Frosh Fest included a week of orientation activities and a major one-night concert on Sept. 14, which featured internationally renowned

electronic dance musician Tiësto as its headliner, and Canadian DJ duo Dzeko & Torres as the opening act for the concert.

Jeremiah Kopp, UMSU vice-president internal, reported a final net gain of $3,348 to council.

The full budget breakdown included $657,217 in expenses, $636,217

in revenues ($185,596 from sponsor-ships and $450,621 from ticket and liquor sales) and an additional $25,000 in funding, which was allocated for Frosh in the budget passed by UMSU Council on May 5, 2014.

The original Frosh budget was presented by Matt Bandville of Prairie Promotions and was quoted

at $373,000.The Sept. 14 Frosh concert, which

took place at Investors Group Field, had roughly 6,300 people in atten-dance with a maximum capacity set at 7,000 based on UMSU’s permit for the event.

Tickets cost $45 for University of Manitoba students and $65 for non-

students; VIP tickets were also avail-able for $95.

Turnbull told the Manitoban that he was extremely happy with how the Frosh event went.

“The event was amazing,” Turnbull said.

“That’s what this is all about. Making people have a welcoming back to school that they’re not likely to forget, and bringing everyone together—or as many students as possible—for one big event. It’s that kind of unity that makes the univer-sity community so special.”

In September 2013, UMSU’s first Frosh event, UMSU went almost $150,000 over budget, which was attributed to lower than expected ticket sales and a booking problem with headliner Childish Gambino, leading to UMSU extending the event from a one-day concert to a two-day event on consecutive days.

Comparing this year’s modest financial gain to the cost of last year’s event, Turnbull said, “We always knew starting something with this magnitude would take a few years to fine-tune. This year the sched-uling went perfectly. But, we hope our first year serves as a reminder to future councils that adversity is a part of the service. There will inevitably be issues in the future. I hope those issues never deter future executives and councils from pursuing the Frosh Music Festival.”

Turnbull said that he thought that the festival was one of the most successful across the country and he hoped that future UMSU executives would continue to host the event.

photos by Craig aDolphe, staff

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Notes from GnaralooSea turtle conservation in remote Western Australia

BAiley rAnkine, volunteer staff

January 5, 2015

We’re officially midway through sea turtle nesting season and

are currently recording up to 15 activi-ties per day here at Gnaraloo Bay Rookery, a sea turtle conservation program in Western Australia. This is a program I have been working with since October 2014. Now is a great opportunity to shed light on sea turtle nesting behaviour and monitoring methods.

Sea turtles nest at night and they do this for two reasons: first, the cover of darkness, which helps con-ceal them from predators; second, because it is cooler. Sea turtles are cold-blooded and nesting can take hours. Prolonged exposure to the sun can be very hazardous.

Programs which have tagging permits will mainly operate at night, but Gnaraloo is still a program in its infancy and does not yet have the required licensing to tag sea turtles. Currently, with the small staff size, it is most effective to survey the rook-ery at sunrise as opposed to having researchers walk the beach from dusk until dawn each night.

Although the program primarily monitors sea turtle nesting activities in the morning, we do conduct night surveys for a select period of time to decrease and measure the possible margin of error made by day survey-ors in the Gnaraloo Bay Rookery.

The number of days that night surveys are conducted is initially unknown, since it is based on the number of observed emerging tur-tles and observed nesting activities. The number of turtles that must be witnessed is statistically determined based on the previous season’s data. This season we were required to wit-ness 51 nesting activities and 10 spe-cies identifications, with the goal of reaching 80 per cent accuracy and 90 per cent accuracy, respectively.

Nesting activities are broken down into four categories: nests, unsuccess-ful nesting attempts, U tracks, and unknown activities. Sometimes it can be very difficult to distinguish between these activities, particu-larly nests and unsuccessful nesting attempts, so we look for specific fea-tures formed throughout each step of the turtles’ nesting rituals.

The turtle emerges from the sea, and makes her makes her way up the beach to a suitable nesting site, ide-ally beyond the intertidal zone. There,

she’ll begin to body pit. This action of “body pitting” creates misting over the emergence track and a primary escarpment.

Once satisfied with her body pit, she digs an egg chamber with her rear flippers that is large enough to store her clutch (100-130 ping pong ball-sized eggs).

While she’s depositing her eggs, she goes into a trance-like state. It is at this point when any tagging, measuring, or sampling of the turtle would occur, but Gnaraloo currently does not handle the turtles in any way, striving to leave them as undisturbed as possible.

When she is finished depositing her eggs, she uses her back flippers to fill in the chamber and cover the clutch, which creates a mound.

Finally, she camouflages her nest by flinging sand over it with her flip-pers, forming a secondary body pit and disguising the nest with fluffy, aerated sand before she returns to the sea.

The main features we look for to confirm if a recorded activity is a nest or not is misting over the emer-gence track, an escarpment from the primary and secondary body pit, mounding, a secondary body pit, fluffy aerated sand, and uprooted vegetation.

Not all nests are by the book – sometimes the features we need to identify can be quite obscure, making interpretation difficult. This is why verification through night survey is a great way to establish how adept the research team is at deciphering the nesting activities and provide confi-dence to the data collected.

Since witnessing nesting turtles largely depends on unpredictable spatial and temporal fluctuations, it is impossible to predetermine when the nesting activity determination and species identification quota for night survey will be reached.

Luckily, this season we wrapped up on Dec. 23 (totalling 23 nights).

Spending the holidays in the Southern Hemisphere has been an interesting experience. I wouldn’t go as far as to say a “culture shock,” but I definitely missed some coveted Northern comforts.

We did have a turkey, but oddly enough it had no legs, which made a traditional stuffing impossible. This was of no concern to my Aussie com-panions as the hot days of midsum-mer demand a lighter fare. The ham was served cold and our side dishes were salads – quite the opposite of the comfort foods I’m accustomed to.

I was also surprised to find out that everyone here goes mad for stone fruit at this time of year and that mangoes are a must-have Christmas treat. Oh, and let’s not forget “shrimp on the barbie!” Every Australian you talk

The sea turtle nest numbers continue to climb, and are right on track for our goal of 300 nests

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to will claim that this statement is a falsehood – because they call them prawns.

Over the few days spanning the holidays, the temperature rose to 40 C and the wind which had become a dependable constant eerily ceased. Gnaraloo is described as a place

“where the desert meets the sea,” and although the landscape reflects the desert, the wind masks the heat.

Western Australia is particu-larly windy due to a sea breeze which blows southwesterly from the Indian Ocean and is smartly called the “Fremantle Doctor” by locals.

“Fremantle” is a suburb of Perth in the direction from which it blows, and “Doctor” describes the relief it brings from the heat.

The Fremantle Doctor is gener-

ated by differentials between land and ocean temperatures; cooler air from above the sea replaces the rising, warmer air over the land. The wind peaks in December and January and then weakens in February. So our few days of agonizing heat were a little out of the norm, but easily tolerated when you work on a beach.

The sea turtle nest numbers con-tinue to climb, and are right on track for our goal of 300 nests. We have 152 nests recorded in Gnaraloo Bay Rookery at the halfway mark of the season. So far, we’ve only identified loggerhead (Caretta caretta) activities in the rookery, but we’re still hope-ful to observe green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) activities before the season’s end.

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Genetic information being transferred from DNA to

RNA to protein – this is the central dogma of molecular biology. In the standard flow of information trans-fer, a protein cannot build a protein, and the flow cannot be reversed. However, recently in molecular biology research, an unusual pro-tein called Rqc2p has defied what researchers know to be the creed of protein synthesis by building on mRNA strands.

During the standard process of protein synthesis, a ribosome can sometimes stall on mRNA during translation. Ribosomal stalling results in the formation of truncated proteins that can be harmful to cells. The stalled ribo-some signals for a quality control crew, of which Rq2p, a protein, is a prominent member, for recovery. Researchers have found that Rqc2p is used in an interesting process that rescues stalled ribosomes in eukaryotes, by signalling for the addition of two amino acids, ala-nine and threonine, to the incom-plete protein.

One of the most important parts of the protein synthesis process is quality control. Researchers are interested because quality control processes in neurodegenerative dis-orders like Alzheimer’s are often aberrant. It is hoped that under-standing the functions of Rqc2p will aid in the discovery of treat-ments for these diseases.

I like to use the analogy of a rec-ipe book when describing the con-cept of protein synthesis. Our DNA

is like a giant cookbook containing more than 20,000 recipes, each of which contains the ingredients to make the biopolymers we need.

If you imagine a cookbook with more than 20,000 recipes, you would be imagining a very large book. To make things easier and more compact, our cells can scratch down a copy of a recipe when it is needed. This is the process of transcription, in which our cells make a temporary messenger RNA (mRNA) copy of the DNA recipe.

Once an mRNA transcript is formed, it can be used as a blue-print to make proteins. This process is known as translation. A ribo-some is a complex of protein and ribosomal RNA which reads the message within the mRNA to form a particular protein. Proteins are composed of linear arrays of amino acids, which are small build-ing block molecules. The ribosome chugs along the mRNA transcript, reading the messages that indicates which amino acid is next.

Translation is not perfect. Sometimes the ribosome can get stuck and stall upon the mRNA, and that is when the ribosome signals that it needs to be rescued, which involves the truncated protein being disassembled and recycled.

Before the stalled ribosome is rescued, Rqc2p signals for the addi-tion of two amino acids, alanine and threonine, to the incomplete protein. Alanine and threonine seem to be added to the protein again and again, in a random order. Going back to the recipe analogy, this would be comparable to adding half a cup of milk, then a stick of butter, milk, butter, butter, butter, milk, and so on.

This finding is an interesting exception to a central dogma of molecular biology. The alanine and threonine are added to the protein

without any input or guidance from mRNA. Essentially, it is protein making protein.

Rqc2p appears to helps protect the cell against potentially harmful partial proteins, there is speculation that it may be involved in tagging the incomplete protein for destruc-tion or as a test to see if the ribo-some still works.

The research team visualized the protein in the act using cryo-elec-tron microscopy. They then verified Rqc2p’s function by showing that it binds transfer RNA (tRNA), the amino acid carriers of the cell, as well as finding proteins with ala-nine-threonine extensions at their carboxy-ends, known as CAT tails.

Cellular processes which are capable of rescuing stalled ribo-somes have been observed before.

Some prokaryotes, like bacteria, rescue their stalled ribosomes by recruiting transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA). tmRNA is unique in the sense that it resembles both mRNA and tRNA.

The upper half of tmRNA resembles the loops of tRNA, and is attached to the amino acid alanine. The lower half of the tmRNA resembles the coding region mRNA, which is a section that can be read by the ribosome to add a particular protein tag, which targets the erroneous protein for destruction.

There are similarities between these two ribosome rescue pro-cesses. Both ensure that a cell remains normal and healthy, even when translation occurs with errors.

Making protein without nucleic acidIn science, exceptions are the rule

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Constant vigilanceGround squirrels and prairie dogs

are watching, and want you to know

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California ground squirrels have a difficult job of avoid-

ing becoming snake food. Rather than running away, many prey animals will display a physical sig-nal to indicate that they are aware of their predator or are capable of self-defence. These signals also communicate to other prey in the vicinity that a predator is present, and urge the predator to reconsider its approach.

“There have been a variety of studies that show that when ani-mals show that they have detected a predator, the predator will give up. Predators often rely on being unde-tected in order to successfully hunt,” Jim Hare, University of Manitoba biological sciences professor and associate head, told the Manitoban.

Some prey will display these sig-nals even when a predator isn’t pres-ent. These signals may be indicative of mistaken perception of a threat, or a display of constant vigilance.

California ground squirrels display something known as tail flagging, which is characterized by

“vertical side-to-side movements of the tail,” similar to a windshield wiper’s movements.

Breanna Putman and Rulon Clark from San Diego State University have recently published a study in which they delved deeper into tail flagging behaviour. Their scientific careers have been spent determining the reason why small, unassuming animals like the ground squirrel taunt predators such as rattlesnakes.

Encounters with a snake were observed to cause the most tail flag-ging in ground squirrels. Snakes are a common predator for squirrels. In these interactions, squirrels would even go as far as kicking sand at their potential predators.

To observe squirrel reactions in the absence of an actual snake, the researchers created a simulated snake-attack apparatus. The squir-rel-attacker was comprised of noth-ing more than a spring-loaded cork gun, yet it did the task of simulating a snake strike.

“They have come up with the most clever way of showing how vigilant these animals are,” said Hare.

Squirrels also tail flagged when they were in an area where they had recently encountered a snake. These squirrels were observed to be in a state of vigilance, as they were more

likely to respond to a simulated attack with a fast, evasive leap.

The messages given off by ground squirrel tail f lagging transcends what humans can see. Researchers from the University of California, Davis have previ-ously shown that ground squirrels can use infrared signals when tail flagging.

When California ground squir-rels interact with infrared-sensing rattlesnakes, they supplement their tail flagging with temperature changes caused by increased blood flow, creating a detectable infrared emission. However, ground squir-rels do not exhibit this particular behaviour when interacting with gopher snakes, which are unable to detect infrared radiation.

Vigilance in prairie dogsProfessor Hare, along with bio-

logical sciences professor Kevin Campbell and U of M alumnus Robert Senkiw, observed a dif-ferent vigilance signal in prairie dogs in 2013. The jump-yip signal is characterized by a prairie dog springing up while calling a cry that sounds like “wee-oo.” The jump-yip behaviour is imitated throughout a population of prairie dogs, spread-ing from one neighbour to the next in a wave-like fashion.

“It’s funny, too, because as prai-rie dogs approach winter, they put on a lot of mass. And so they pro-pel themselves in the air, but they can’t get off the ground, and so their belly kind of waves up,” said Hare.

“When I watched black-tailed prairie dogs do this, they were doing it when predators were right there,” said Hare.

This signal assesses the number of vigilant town members a particu-lar prairie dog is a neighbour to. If a prairie dog feels that a significant amount of its neighbours are vigi-lant, it may spend more time forag-ing for food, as the other members can carry the slack.

“Some call it the many eyes hypothesis. The more individuals that are watching, the safer animals are,” said Hare.

“These animals aren’t just responding to stimuli, but they’re actually consciously aware, in some sense, of what’s going on in the world around them,” said Hare. “I think that’s just mind-blowing. It’s just very cool.”

This finding is an interesting exception to the central dogma

Rqc2p appears to helps protect the cell against potentially harmful partial proteins, there is speculation that it may be involved in tagging the incomplete protein for destruction or as a test to see if the ribosome still works

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10EditorialEditor-In-Chief: Fraser NelundContact: Editor@themanitoban.com / 474.6770

Last week I wrote an article for the Manitoban detailing an ongo-

ing dispute between UMSU and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) over fees being withheld from the federation. Since then I’ve had conversations with a number of peo-ple who were either curious about the dispute or who simply had a strong opinion on the issue and wanted to talk about it. In these conversations one major theme emerged: few, if any, of the students I spoke to seemed to have a firm grasp on what the CFS is, or what membership in the organiza-tion means for them.

This lack of awareness of the CFS might seem troubling in light of the fact that last semester every University of Manitoba undergradu-ate student paid $7.10 in student fees

Who’s representing you?A look at the Canadian Federation of Students

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meant for the CFS – it is troubling, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Most U of M students don’t inter-act with CFS much on a day-to-day basis. That’s not to say that the union isn’t important or doesn’t have a sig-nificant impact on the day-to-day lives of students. Students just don’t interact with it directly or recognize its influence for what it is.

What is the CFS?The CFS is a national students’

union whose membership com-prises over 80 member unions, representing over 500,000 students across the country. It is the largest member-driven student organiza-tion in the country. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations is the second largest student union,

with 22 members across the coun-try, mostly centred in the Maritimes and Alberta. The Red River College Students’ Association is currently the only Canadian Alliance of Student Associations member in Manitoba.

The CFS is present in every prov-ince in Canada and has a particularly strong presence in Manitoba.

Local student unions with mem-bership in the CFS include the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (local 08), Brandon University Students’ Union (local 37), Association Etudiante de l’Université de Saint-Boniface (local 38), and the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (local 103).

The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association is still at odds about their member-ship status with the CFS. Since 2012, when questions arose about the valid-ity of their initial entrance into the CFS, they have claimed to not be members of the CFS – a claim the CFS disputes. They continue to col-lect fees and hold them in trust, wait-ing until the issue is fully resolved to redistribute the funds for other purposes.

Each of the local student unions collects roughly the same amount of money on behalf of CFS.

Members of UMSU pay $7.10 per semester in fees to the CFS. The money is split with 40 per cent—or $2.84—going to CFS-MB and 60 per cent—or $4.26—going to the CFS.

At the U of W, students pay $8.60 to the CFS and another $5.74 to CFS-MB for a total of $14.34 over the full year.

At Brandon University, part-time students, defined as those taking between three and 15 credits for the full academic year, pay $7.17. Full-time students, defined as those tak-ing between 18 and 30 credits for the full year, pay $14.34. Distance and online education students pay $7.17 independent of how many courses they take. Similarly, graduate stu-dents only ever pay $7.17.

The funds they obtain are used for lobbying efforts—on issues such as reducing and eliminating student debt, lowering tuition, and a wide variety of other social issues that they say impact students—researching and producing materials for cam-paigns, and organizing and provid-ing services for students and member unions.

Membership in the CFS includes membership in three distinct corpor-ate entities: the CFS, CFS-Services,

and a regional CFS wing doing ground work in the union’s province (i.e. CFS-MB). CFS-Services is kept as a separate entity from the CFS for legal purposes. It exists to offer servi-ces to individual students and student unions who are members of the CFS.

According to their website, the services for individual students include benefits and deals through Merit Travel; the Student Work Abroad Program, which facilities work-travel experiences in one of 11 partner countries; access to free tax filing through ufile.ca; a student saver discount card; and eligibility for a free international student ID card, which provides access to a variety of other savings and would otherwise cost $20 for non-CFS members.

Services available to member unions include access to the National Student Health Network provided through Green Shield, Canada’s only non-profit insurance provider. The National Student Health Network is an ethical materials network that allows member unions to purchase ethically created materials sourced through unionized and co-operative companies, including water bottles, T-shirts, pens, notebooks, shopping bags, and a variety of other items. The network also creates and prints day planners, which are meant to save money through bulk purchases by the unions.

Lack of clarityThe lack of clarity in the student

body as to what the CFS is and what it does for students is inherent to the dynamic between the local student union and CFS-national. Students are more directly engaged with the local when compared to the national student union. But it’s also been exacerbated by the bad blood between UMSU and the CFS, which goes back further, and much deeper, than the question of unremitted fees. The relationship has been strained by communication problems and deeply personal politics.

So far in the 2014-15 academic year, UMSU has not sent representatives to the CFS-MB executive council meet-ings held every month, suggesting they didn’t think it was a worthwhile investment of time. Meanwhile, both CFS and UMSU have said the other has been ignoring their emails and phone calls since early in the 2013-14 academic year.

This academic year UMSU has also found a new supplier for their agendas, a service which had pre-viously been contracted to the CFS-Services through the ethical purchasing network the CFS over-sees. In doing so they also left out materials normally printed in the agendas explaining what the CFS is and what it offers to students. This came after UMSU was prevented from switching suppliers for the day-timers the year prior, after being locked into a contract by the outgoing 2012-13 executive.

Lastly, UMSU has executed cam-

paigns on campus independent of the campaigns previously developed and available through the CFS, which CFS-MB is responsible for helping to roll out. The University of Manitoba Students’ Union’s #NoMoreBlurredLines campaign, which launched this September and addresses sexual assault, par-allels the No Means No campaign already operating with the support of CFS. There are certainly differ-ences in how the issue is framed, with #NoMoreBlurredLines utilizing a broader, more sex-positive framing of the issue, having been recently developed with input from local students and faculty.

By finding another supplier to print their agendas, UMSU was able to reduce printing costs; omit-ting CFS materials from the agen-das meant there was more space for branding of UMSU and to provide information about their own servi-ces. Developing campaigns from the ground up on campus means local students have more direct control over the framing of issues they choose to advocate.

Overall though, the trend has been towards UMSU taking on the responsibilities once tasked to the CFS, which has the two-pronged effect of reproducing efforts and cut-ting the CFS out of the campus. The result, inadvertent or otherwise, is students’ reduced exposure to and awareness of the CFS.

Al Turnbull, UMSU president, has said that despite the tense rela-tionship between UMSU and CFS, under no circumstances would there be a referendum to defederate—end-ing the relationship between the local and CFS—under his presidency.

Even so, a lack of awareness on the part of U of M students is going to impede their ability to understand what the CFS offers and limit what they get out of their membership. It will also limit the student body’s capacity to have a serious discussion about the merits of membership.

Whether you’re a strong supporter or a steadfast opponent of the CFS and what it represents, having a stu-dent body with a clear understanding of what the CFS is and what services it provides is a good thing and should be a goal for both unions moving forward.

The CFS is present in every province in Canada and has a particularly strong presence in Manitoba

The bad blood between UMSU and the CFS goes back further, and much deeper, than the question of unremitted fees

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11 CommentComment Editor: Tom IngramContact: comment@themanitoban.com / 474.6529

Time to stand up to radical IslamismAll people, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, need to stand in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo

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In the wake of the heinous massacre in Paris at the offices of the French

satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, it is time for Western democratic nations to acknowledge that we are not at war with the vague concept of “terror”

– rather, we are at war with radical Islamism, or what many describe as Islamofascism, and rightly so.

There are terrorists of various kinds, of course, all over the world. The so-called homegrown terror-ists or lone wolves that perpetrated the attacks in Ottawa and Boston (to name just two recent examples) all warrant attention. Countries like Canada and the United States should do everything they can to prevent these atrocities within the confines of the law and the constitution in a free society, which admittedly isn’t much.

But the so-called “war on terror” isn’t about sweeping up intelligence information about alienated mis-fits. Indeed, even though such law enforcement measures are incred-ibly important, the global “war on terror” isn’t even about infiltrating the offices of white supremacists or other fanatics.

Any understanding of the terrorist threat we face must begin with an honest account of its origins, aims, and motives. In the case of the global

“war on terror,” that enemy is a well-organized movement (in the case of the Paris attack, it was reportedly al-Qaeda in Yemen) that seeks to impose theocratic Islamic fascism on the rest of the world through the use of violence. In short, it is a war of ideas, whereby a moderate, peaceful Islamic faith and pluralisitic demo-cratic values must prevail.

The threats posed by homegrown terrorism and violent extremists in most religions have been contained to a degree that transnational radical Islamism has not. These threats have been contained not because the radi-cals at the heart of these movements pose any less of a risk to free societ-ies, but because the condemnation of their violence, and the ideology used to justify it, is now—after years of vigilance—swift and unequivocal.

In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the killing of innocent people in a supermarket the day after, we have witnessed unprecedented

solidarity with the victims and with the newspaper from many corners of both the Muslim and non-Muslim world. The images of Parisians gath-ered in Place de la République, hold-ing their pens defiantly in the air and chanting “Je suis Charlie,” are moving beyond words.

Those who stand in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo understand that the murdered cartoonists were ultimately killed because they dared to exercise their rights as French citizens under the rule of law. Whether or not you agree with the content of the satirical cartoons in Charlie Hebdo (an equal opportunity offender that has also lambasted the Pope and numerous French politicians), so long as you believe in the rule of law and the principles of liberal democracy, you must stand in solidarity with the newspaper.

“It’s been 20 years that I’ve been part of this newspaper, it’s been 20 years that we have quote-unquote ‘been provocative’ on many differ-ent subjects, it just so happens that every time we deal with radical Islam, we have a problem,” said Stéphane Charbonnier, the murdered Charlie Hebdo editor in an interview with Al Jazeera in 2012.

“We are in a country of the rule of law, we respect French law, our only limit is French law, it’s that which we have to obey. We haven’t infringed French law. We have the right to use our freedom as we understand it.”

But the unprecedented solidar-ity we’ve seen so far isn’t enough to resist the kind of intimidation that the masked gunmen want so desper-

ately to impose on free citizens. Maajid Nawaz, a reformed Islamic

radical and co-founder of the liberal Quilliam Foundation, has argued that moderate Muslims like him (though he prefers the terms “liberal” or “secular” Muslims) need to join protests against violence and extrem-ism en masse in order to disable the destructive narrative of Muslims ver-sus “the West.” In recent days we have seen many French Muslims answer that call, pouring into the streets with millions of others in a march for unity.However, just as moderate Muslims need to participate in the ongoing wave of denunciation of radicalism and violence, Western media need to develop the necessary backbone to resist terrorist intimidation.

Indeed, many quarters of the press have capitulated to the implicit demands of terrorists to censor our images and tone down our repudia-tion of radical Islamism.

In addition to the CBC and several other Canadian outlets, CNN, the Associated Press, and the Telegraph (among others) have refused to publish the more con-troversial Charlie Hebdo cartoons and have in some cases pixelated or otherwise censored the material. Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief at CBC News, cited the organization’s reluctance to offend the Muslim community, adding a series of mealy-mouthed equivocations about graphic images, like video of the French police officers killed defending the Charlie Hebdo staff, which they will not publish or show.

Equivocating between images of dead bodies and satirical cartoons is, of course, absurd. The refusal to publish the Charlie Hebdo material betrays the true motivation behind such mass self-censorship, which is the stark fear of violent retaliation. One hesitates to admonish these outlets with a platitude like “you’re letting the terrorists win,” but if the shoe fits, wear it.

“You’d think the best collective answer to today’s murders would be a mass reprinting of the material that offended the gunmen. Offend them again,” said CBC reporter Neil Macdonald in an incisive segment on

the news program the National the night of the attack.

“But CBC and other big news outlets have decided against showing those images, even in reports about those images. The potential offence of showing them trumps their news value. We may indeed wish we were all Charlie. I wish thugs and killers couldn’t bully my profession, but I know better.”

We have witnessed this cowardly reaction before.

In 2006, in the face of riots and violence in the Muslim world over cartoons portraying the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the mainstream media widely reported on the issue without ever publishing the actual cartoons. One of the few newspapers to re-publish the Danish caricatures was Charlie Hebdo.

Indeed, we are not all Charlie. Few people have the desire to be provocative in general, let alone in the face of death threats. But Charlie Hebdo continued to publish cartoons and commentary meant to give Parisians a chuckle at the expense of the powerful and the brutish even while its editor was on an al-Qaeda hit list. They understood that pub-lishing provocative images may be a choice in normal circumstances, but it becomes a moral imperative when the offended party seeks to prevent their publication through threat of violence.

Days after their offices were fire-bombed in 2011 over satirical depic-tions of the Prophet Muhammad, Charlie Hebdo published what has become an iconic cartoon of a generic male staffer from the magazine slop-pily kissing a Muslim man with the headline: “Love is stronger than hate.” In response to questions about why the magazine continued to needle and mock radical Islamists despite death threats, editor Stéphane Charbonnier told an interviewer that it may sound

“pompous,” but “I’d rather die stand-ing than live on my knees.”

Terrorism only works to intimi-date free citizens so long as we allow it to do so. If we all stand up, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, they will be hard-pressed to force us to our knees again.

The threats posed by homegrown terrorism and violent extremists in most religions have been contained to a degree that transnational radical Islamism has not

One hesitates to admonish these outlets with a platitude like “you’re letting the terrorists win,” but if the shoe fits, wear it

The editorial board of the Manitoban voted in favour of republishing a cover from Charlie Hebdo.

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12Arts & CultureArts & Culture Editor: Lauren SiddallContact: arts@themanitoban.com / 474.6529

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Cavalier attitudeiAn t.D. thoMSon, staff

Five-piece Winnipeg band the Greek Riots bring a unique atti-

tude to the genre of indie rock. After releasing their debut EP Cavalier in November of 2014, the band is look-ing to continue their musical outreach of heavy, energetic indie rock into the New Year.

The band consists of Jacques Richer (lead vocals, guitar), Duncan Murta (vocals, lead guitar), Breandan Flynn (vocals, keyboard, and organ), Seamus Hamilton-Pattison (bass), and Mack Hatcher (drums, percussion) – although the band originally began as a duo consisting of Richer and Murta.

“[I] had been thinking about starting a solo project a little over a year ago. I had been talking about it with Duncan Murta (lead guitar, vocals), with whom I had been jam-ming for five years in a prior band,

and he got really excited about the idea,” explained Jacques Richer to the Manitoban.

“We got together a few times and started writing a ton of original material, and we started doing scratch demos of the songs we had written, under the moniker Greek Riots.”

However, with the opportunity to play the 2014 Uniter Fiver—an annual showcase of five upcoming local acts—the dynamic of Greek Riots soon shifted as Flynn, Hamilton-Pattison, and Hatcher were brought into the fold.

“We were all pretty freaked out, but the band clicked so well, both musically and personally that we decided to make them permanent members,” said Richer.

The five-piece labels its music as “indie rock,” although Greek Riots’

influences branch out from the entire “rock” taxonomy.

“Mack came up playing metal; Breandan is a classically trained pianist; Duncan loves grunge, punk, and classic rock; Seamus is really into classic rock, metal, and punk; and I’m really into indie rock, and punk/hardcore,” explained Richer.

“We just try and mesh elements from all the genres we love and try to apply them into our music.”

This mesh of musical elements has led to the development of the four-song EP, Cavalier. Tracks such as “Rolling Off (The Windshield)” feature instrumentation that sounds exciting even when written down: an airy synth line accompanies a rhythm section of distorted guitars and ener-getic drums, reminiscent of New Jersey punk band Titus Andronicus.

The Greek Riots plan to continue playing shows and release a followup to the concise four-song EP over the summer.

To listen to music by Greek Riots, visit greekriots.bandcamp.com/

New Music and Big Fun2 winter festivals elevate fresh sounds of the local and the contemporary

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As we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of an ice age, enter-

tainment is key to maintaining both warmth and morale. Here are two unique upcoming music festivals hap-pening in Winnipeg that are sure to take away your 40 below shivers.

Big Fun FestivalFrom Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, Big Fun

Festival returns for its fourth year across nine Winnipeg venues.

Big Fun Festival has always been focused on Winnipeg’s local talent, and the 2015 festival lineup is no exception.

“Many of the bands that play the festival are either new or not often recognized by the mainstream media and as a festival born out of the Winnipeg music scene, it is our job to give a stage to bands that are

currently inspired by the environment this city creates,” explained Big Fun artistic director Stefan Braun.

In keeping with this mandate, the 2015 Big Fun lineup includes strong representations from all fronts of Winnipeg’s music scene. Electronic acts the Operators and Hana Lulu play the West End Cultural Centre on Jan. 29. Leaning more toward heavy metal, veteran act KEN Mode play the Sherbrook Inn on Jan. 30, along with equally high gravity acts Animal Lover and Tunic.

The festival has kept the same layout as in past years, with the events being spread across venues in Winnipeg’s downtown area. This year’s schedule includes shows in both established venues like the West End Cultural Centre and newer venues such as the Good Will and the

Handsome Daughter. “When it all comes together, we

create a very specific experience unique to Winnipeg. Be it your favourite band playing in a space you’ve never seen, or a familiar space with a band you’ve never seen, Big Fun is constantly trying to explore Winnipeg through new eyes and ears in order to bring you a new experience in a city that can often feel bleak,” explained Braun.

“We are trying to celebrate this city and its music in one of the most brutal climates in the universe.”

Big Fun Festival runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. Tickets are available at ticketworkshop.com, Into the Music, or Music Trader. For information on Big Fun Festival’s ticket pricing and show schedules, visit bigfunfestival.com.

New Music FestivalFrom Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, explore

events demonstrating what music can be through the annual Winnipeg New Music Festival.

The Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF) is a series of shows put on by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO). Going into its 24th year, the WNMF is the long-est-running festival of contemporary music in North America.

“While past [WNMF] festivals have often focused in on one com-poser and a central theme, the 2015 fest iva l rea l ly explores the full breadth of what music can be in the 21st cen-tury,” explained Alexander Mickelthwate, WNMF music d i rec tor and co-director.

The WNMF has always aimed for promoting composers that force the bounds of music. For the 2015 festival, local, national, and inter-national composers will be featured

– including acclaimed Austrian com-poser Georg Friedrich Haas.

The festival will also feature the Arditti Quartet for two nights per-forming with the WSO on Jan. 31 and then solo on Feb. 1, both at the Centennial Concert Hall.

“For the last 40 years [the Arditti Quartet] have defined the standard of playing new music and are almost

like the ‘Apple’ of the music world due to their attention to detail in the pursuit of perfection,” described Mickelthwate to the Manitoban.

While the focus of the WNMF is music as an art, shows—such as A Frenzy of Sound on Feb. 5, with Canadian composer Nicole Lizée mixing electric and acoustic sounds with a live video performance—aim to create a unique multimedia experience.

For Mickelthwate, the WNMF gives local music enthusiasts a greater knowledge of the contemporary

music scene.“One of the

things that sets the WNMF apart not just from other Winnipeg festi-vals, but also from other Canadian music festivals, is its scope rang-ing from local through national to international,” said Mickelthwate.

“This scope not only gives Winnipeggers a real sense of what is happening on

the international scene but also helps keep Winnipeg in that scene.”

The Winnipeg New Music Festival runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. Tickets and passes are on sale now and are available at wnmf.ca/tickets. For information on WNMF venues and scheduling, visit wnmf.ca.

“We are trying to celebrate this city and its music in one of the most brutal climates in the universe” – Stefan Braun, Big Fun artistic director

Winnipeg indie rock band Greek Riots

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Arts & CultureVOL. 101 NO. 47January 14, 2015 13

Little things such as a beautiful handwritten note, finding the

perfect pen, or giving the ideal gift help enhance the mundane, trans-forming the boring or uninteresting into a tiny feast.

“Tiny Feast”—as coined in con-versation by shop owners Danika Bock and Drex Serduletz—is a phrase to represent enriching the everyday.

“It’s a metaphor that we use to describe a variety of things that feel celebratory, lavish, almost extrava-gant – yet are intrinsically simple and useful, and therefore justifiably attainable on a personal, everyday level,” said Bock.

The result of this lingual creativ-ity is a cozy shop tucked away in the heart of the Exchange, filled with beautiful stationary and workspace supplies, as well as rich textiles, ceramics, art prints, and giftware.

“With backgrounds in graphic design and printmaking, we have always been drawn to well-made products that integrate useful-ness, thoughtful design, and communication.”

All of their products are pillared upon the goal of “encouraging com-munication, creativity, and mind-ful living.” The husband and wife duo also focus on bringing unique brands to the streets of Winnipeg, some of which would not otherwise be available.

“Our products are sourced both locally and internationally. We work with almost 100 different

studios, artists, and companies – a list that is continually growing,” said Bock.

“A few of these companies are located here in Winnipeg while most are located quite a bit far-ther: across North America, and in countries like Germany, Denmark, South Africa, Korea, and Japan.”

The internationality of the store goes beyond the merchandise sold. Bock and Serduletz honed the idea of Tiny Feast while living in Berlin and travelling around Europe. During their time abroad, they spent the majority of their spare time tucking into local shops, which sparked thoughtful moves toward opening their own.

“Leaving the city proved to be a great opportunity for us to establish our priorities as individuals and as a couple. It allowed us the space and time to consider the life we wanted when we returned home, and the ways in which we could achieve this,” Bock told the Manitoban.

“As we prepared to move back home to Winnipeg, our vision and determination to open a shop became strong enough that we decided to take the risk and go for it. We began to work towards open-ing the shop and devoted the major-ity of our spare time and energy towards making it happen.”

For Bock and Serduletz, the role of shopkeeper has taken on a more creative connotation. Each product in the store is selected to serve a purpose, convey their brand, and shape the presence of their business.

“I have kind of always loved the idea of being a shopkeeper. I liken it to the job of an art director or the writer of a design blog, but with a physical presence, more real-life interactive elements, and the ability to meet new people every day.”

“We have always loved the entire process of thinking up an idea, finding a way to bring the idea to life, problem-solving to find real-istic solutions along the way, and then using, sharing, and enjoying the final product.”

Tiny Feast is located at 217 McDermot Avenue.

Enriching the everydayTiny Feast aims to feed the appetites of Winnipeg patrons

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For majestic landscapes, insert tab A into slot BPlatform Gallery’s current exhibit bends the rules on landscape photography

AlAnA trAChenko, staff

It’s no simple feat to take some-thing like the mountainous hori-

zons of Banff and make them seem untouched – yet curator Natasha Peterson has managed to do so in her exhibit When I told you to shoot the sky, I had something else in mind… now on display at Platform Gallery. Peterson’s exhibit calls to attention the very material on which pho-tographs are executed, and gives new life to images that have become so common that we are no longer impressed by them.

Peterson har-nesses the talents of Canadian artists Sarah Ciurysek, Owen Kydd, Nicolás Lamas, Tyler Los-Jones, and Dominique Rey to produce a pleasingly cohe-sive exhibit which provokes thought about the nature of digital art: is it enough to snap a photo of some-thing we find beautiful, or do we need to go further?

The small but impactful exhibit is divided into several sections, the first being a series of photos taken of the Banff landscape and then folded over and manipulated.

Another dimension is intro-duced and, consequently, the veil is lifted between the work of artists and the presentation of art. It is easy and convenient to view art without thinking about how it came to be but it is not always beneficial to do so, as Peterson reminds us.

The larger than life photo cross section of a segment of soil is par-ticularly striking. Rather than adhering the photographs to the wall in the traditional way, the image is left hanging in sections,

reminding the viewer that some-one has taken the photos, processed them, and hung them up.

The impeccable quality of the images juxtaposes the rawness of the presentation, an element which keeps the exhibit compelling.

The gallery displays a video installation inviting several min-utes of observation by viewers. Two twinned screens of vivid blue show the subtle motions of raindrops and water, and, despite being projected from a digital screen, invoke a

desire to be wher-ever these videos were shot.

The images of backdrops displayed on one wall of the gal-lery, arranged by colour, are also noteworthy. All the backdrops are twisted and folded, becom-

ing the object of focus rather than the customary background. Once again, the viewer is reminded that the process of photography is more intricate than the resulting images.

The sculpture in the middle is the most salient aspect of the multidimensional exhibit. One half is vividly coloured, while its mirrored counterpart is stark white. The sculpture is the one part of the exhibit that can truly be called abstract; no amount of looking determines exactly what is being represented, but it doesn’t stop the confusion from being pleasant.

When I told you to shoot the sky, I had something else in mind… is on display until Jan. 17, and free admission makes this exhibit worth a visit.

“With backgrounds in graphic design and printmaking, we have always been drawn to well-made products that integrate usefulness, thoughtful design, and communication” – Danika Bock, Tiny Feast co-owner

Is it enough to snap a photo of something we find beautiful, or do we need to go further?

photo by lauren siDDall, staff

Arts & Culture Arts & Culture Editor: Lauren SiddallContact: arts@themanitoban.com / 474.652914

Picture the night: it’s a frigid January evening, but as soon as

you walk in the door, you leave win-tery Winnipeg behind and enter a new world – one of art; music; and, thankfully, cocktails. You’re sur-rounded by people dressed in every-thing from ball gowns to peculiar

masks, or both, and the decor is equally head-turning.

Art & Soul and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) are gearing up for their event, the Lucid Dream, taking place Jan. 31, 2015. With only weeks to go, Tim Horn, marketing co-chair of the event, says that it’s “crunch time.”

The party will feature two exhib-its of Salvador Dalí’s work, which inspires the entire atmosphere of the event. True to its name, the Lucid Dream is more than an art exhibit or a party, but rather an intoxicat-ing combination of both. Guests can expect to hear a variety of local bands

An evening beyond realityArt & Soul prepares for its Dalí-inspired event

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and DJs, with a different performer on each floor, including DJ Hunnicutt, DJ Co-op, and Attica Riots.

Horn said they had no issues find-ing performers for the event.

“We had them all lined up very quick,” said Horn, adding that most of the performers have played the WAG before and know how to adapt to the energy of the room.

“Each f loor is different,” said Horn. “It will be a different expe-rience on each level. It’s going to be immersive [ . . . ] it’s not just going to be look-ing, there will be some interaction.”

In keeping with the surreal theme of the eve-ning, guests are encouraged to dress up.

“The nice thing about this theme is that it’s up to your imagina-tion,” said Horn.

“You can go all out as full body paint, or you could [do] something simple like wear a dress or a suit and just have one glaring feature like a mask or a big accessory.”

The combination of costumes, art, and added decoration on display at the WAG will all contribute to the bizarre and fascinating atmosphere of the party.

Past Art & Soul events have sold out, and WAG events such as Nuit Blanche and Manitoba Electronic

Music Exhibition are notoriously dif-ficult to get into. When asked what makes the WAG such a hotspot for Winnipeggers, Horn replied that it’s a great way to experience art for a wide range of the city’s population.

“The WAG really is the centre of culture for the city. It’s an advocate of art and free thinking, and freedom of speech, and it’s always curated gal-leries that support that,” said Horn.

“Whether you go with your fam-ily and the kids, or you go with your friends, or you go for a late night party, there’s always something happening.”

Horn added that the WAG has stayed decid-edly contempo-rary in its exhibits and selection of galleries.

“It encompasses art in all forms,” including f ilm, photography, and festivals such as the Cannes Lions advertising festival.

Whether you’re a fan of Dalí, love a good night of local music, or

want to fall down the rabbit hole for an evening, the Lucid Dream is not to be missed.

Tickets for the Lucid Dream are available in person and online through the WAG at $55 per ticket.

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“The WAG really is the centre of culture for the city. It’s an advocate of art and free thinking and freedom of speech, and it’s always curated galleries that support that” -Tim Horn, event marketing co-chair

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Stopping in Between ColoursToronto-based band the Wilderness of Manitoba to play the Park Theatre in support of newest album

rAylene pACi, volunteer staff

After receiving rave reviews from their performances at the

2014 Folk Fest and JUNOfest, the Wilderness of Manitoba is return-ing to the city on Feb. 8 to perform a show at the Park Theatre to promote their latest album, Between Colours, released this past September.

Hailing from Toronto (ironic-ally enough), the Wilderness of Manitoba is comprised of Will Whitwham, Amanda Balsys, and Wes McClintock. Talented multi-instrumentalists, they are the latest players in a revolving cast of band-mates, with Whitwham being the only founding member left. The tran-sitions are a result of extensive tour-ing in several countries including the U.S., Germany, and the Netherlands.

The three-piece band prefers to describe themselves as “an evolv-ing entity.” Though their roots are in dreamy chamber folk, their cur-rent style is perhaps best described as indie rock.

“When a band isn’t changing, it’s not growing,” said Whitwham.

Between Colours marks a signifi-cant departure for the group as they explore new sounds and rhythmic energy unlike anything else they’ve ever recorded. “It’s between the one previous and the next one along, and

each album is its own colour.”Produced by Joe Dunphy and

recorded in Toronto at Revolution Recording, the band describes the album as “embracing all the studio had to offer.”

While adventurously adding a synthesizer, some classic layered gui-tar, and energizing drumbeats, they have created catchy hits like “Leave Someone” and “Shift.” Impressively, the style is out of their comfort zone, yet still delivered with a vibrant confidence.

Whitwham and Balsys alternate between singing stellar harmon-ies and taking the lead individually. Their voices blend together perfectly when necessary, but are remarkably unique when listened to solo. Balsys’ voice is mesmerizingly soulful, shin-ing on the ballad-like track “When You Go.” Meanwhile, Whitwham manages to emulate a quality that is both airy and strong.

Their strength in crafting beauti-ful lyrics remains a constant on the new album. Even through so many transitions of style, there are consist-ent hints at nature-based imagery. Lyrics such as “Have the moonlight storm the valley / As the bluest stars rain down” remind listeners of the band’s original outdoorsy roots.

Though now in a stage where

they are much more reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac than Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, it is no question that their evolution has suited them just fine, as the band looks to constantly move forward.

“I am always only briefly satisfied with the music and then dissatisfied with it,” he said. “I usually already have it behind me and that’s what makes it exciting because you never get tired of it that way.”

The Wilderness of Manitoba play the Park Theatre (698 Osborne Street) on Feb. 8. Tickets are $20 and are available through Ticketmaster.

16DiversionsGraphics Editor: Bram KeastContact: graphics@themanitoban.com / 474.6775

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17 SportsSports Editor: Mike StillContact: sports@themanitoban.com / 474.6529

Bison BriefsWomen’s hockey and volleyball

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Women’s hockeyFour was the magic number for

the University of Manitoba women’s hockey team, as they put away four goals in both games this weekend.

The Bisons beat the Lethbridge Pronghorns 4-1 on Friday night and 4-0 Saturday night, as Rachel Dyck continued to stand out, with 52 saves over the weekend. Dyck leads Canada West with a stellar .955 save percentage and a league-low 14 goals against.

Jessica Rosenbaum led the Bisons Friday night with two goals. Also scoring were Kayleigh Wiens, with her first goal of the season, and Alana Serhan, with her fifth goal of the season.

Serhan and Alanna Sharman led the Bisons Saturday night. Serhan notched a power play goal and picked

up an assist in the win. Sharman opened scoring in the first and assisted on Serhan’s power play goal.

Sharman’s goal was her 11th of the season, which puts her one spot above Canadian legend Hayley Wickenheiser for second in points in the Canada West conference.

The Bisons continue their push for playoffs next weekend at home against the Regina Cougars.

VolleyballThe women’s volleyball team

started the New Year off strong, picking up valuable points with back-to-back wins over last place Mount Royal. The Bisons won a close match Friday night in five sets, winning 3-2 (21-25, 25-15, 21-25, 26-24, 15-8) and finished the Cougars off on Saturday winning 3-1 (29-27, 25-17, 16-25, 25-16).

The usual suspects led the way for the Bisons on Friday night, with Rachel Cockrell unloading 24 kills with 10 digs, and Brittany Habing setting up 41 assists with 13 digs. Libero Caleigh Dobie picked up 20 digs in the win, first-year Kalena Schulz had six kills and 11 digs, and Sarah Klassen added seven kills and five digs.

Saturday night saw Cockrell throw down 19 more kills and pick up 13 digs, Jordana Milne put up 14 kills and six digs, Habing set up 42 assists and add 11 digs, and Schulz tally eight kills and 10 digs.

Cockrell now has 318 kills , offi-cially compiling more kills on the court this season than Arnold Schwarzenegger has had on screen in his career prior to being governor of California.

The Bisons are also high on the Canada West leader boards in digs, as Dobie is third for digs per set with 3.83 and fourth for total digs on the season, with 226.

Schulz is second in Canada West in service aces per set with .47, and Habing is fifth in Canada West for total assists with 577.

The Bisons continue their hunt for a playoff berth at home next weekend versus a tough Alberta squad that is ranked second in the conference.

Men’s volleyballThe ‘Zoons took down the Mount

Royal Cougars in back-to-back games this weekend, winning Friday night 3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 21-25, 25-14) and battling Saturday night for a 3-2 win (28-26, 13-25, 27-25, 19-25, 15-12).

Leading the way for the Bisons

Friday were Devren Dear with 21 kills and 10 digs, Adam DeJonckheere with 15 kill and five digs, and Luke Herr with 49 assists and six digs.

Saturday night saw Herr pick up an impressive 54 assists, Dear notch 20 kills, and DeJonckheere add 14 kills and 10 digs. Ken Rooney had a consistent weekend, putting up 19 kills over two games.

Dear ranks fifth in Canada West in total kills with 223, and Herr ranks third for assists per set with 10.56, and second for total assists with 655 on the season.

The Bisons will look to crack the top five in the conference against the top-ranked University of Alberta at home this coming weekend.

From there and back againDetailing Shaquille Merasty’s impressive hockey journey

Mike Still, staff

Shaquille Merasty is no stranger to success in the game of hockey.

At age 23, he’s already compiled quite the resume, which includes an appearance for Team Manitoba at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, and two Turnbull Cups, along with an ANAVET Cup, with the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

For Merasty, who started playing hockey at the age of four, the commit-ment has always been there. His fam-ily originally hails from Berens River First Nation, but Merasty was born in Thompson, and has played all over the map, from Minnedosa to Michigan

– where he received a scholarship to play Division III hockey.

Merasty’s journey down south began with his time playing for Portage. He racked up 143 points in three seasons, and attracted the atten-tion of Adrian College in Michigan, one of the top Division III teams in the nation.

“The coaches from Adrian there came out to Portage and watched a showcase game, and came out to a couple of home games,” Merasty said.

“They ended up talking to me after the games and convinced me pretty good.”

Merasty joined Adrian College for the 2012-13 season, and had a tremen-

dous campaign. His 22 goals were second in the nation, and earned him second team All-American honours, along with being named rookie of the year.

Despite his success, the six-foot-three forward didn’t feel completely comfortable at Adrian, and chose to come back home at the end of his first season.

“I enjoyed my time there, I don’t regret going there, but for whatever reason I didn’t feel like heading back down,” Merasty said.”

After playing a year of senior hockey, Merasty returned to school in 2014 – this time in his home prov-

ince, playing for the University of Manitoba.

“I decided for personal reasons to take a year off, and it ended up work-ing out this year. It feels good to be back and contributing,” said Merasty.

He has certainly contributed, and then some. Merasty has put up 17 points in 22 games for the Bisons thus far, and sees significant time on the ice each week. While he noted that there’s a bit of a difference between the style of play in the NCAA com-pared to the CIS, he’s still quite com-fortable where he is, and how things have worked out.

“I enjoy playing in the CIS, and I

enjoy playing for the Bisons,” Merasty said. “I’m just looking forward to get-ting into the playoffs, and having a deep playoff run with the herd.”

Merasty has grown as a person from his time with Adrian College, and still applies the lessons he learned there to his game and over-all character.

“Being farther away from family, you’re a bit on your own [ . . . ] but it was a good experience, and it helped shape the person I am today.”

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Sports Sports Editor: Mike StillContact: sports@themanitoban.com / 474.652918

Complete Domi-nation: Team Canada, take a Bowey Team Canada ends 5-year World Junior gold medal drought

AnDy Che, volunteer staff

Introduction When the puck dropped during

the 2015 World Junior gold medal game, Canada was at a standstill. The talented group of teenagers at the 2015 edition of the tournament had already accomplished something that the pre-vious three Canadian teams could not: reach the championship final. The last time Canada met Russia in a World Junior final, the Canadians stormed out to a 3-0 lead, only to col-lapse in the third period, losing 5-3.

The final fantasyThe collapse during the 2011

World Junior final may well haunt Canada forever, yet 23 seconds into this year’s gold medal matchup, the wounds were beginning to heal. Anthony Duclair’s early first period goal began Canada’s rampaging per-formance. By midway through the second period, Canada had built a commanding 5-1 lead.

If history has taught the Canadians anything, it’s not to take the Russians lightly. The rest of the second period featured a three-goal onslaught, which pulled Russia back to within one by the second intermission.

Utilizing one of the most enter-taining teams in recently memory,

Canada grinded out a scoreless third frame to clinch their first World Junior gold medal in five years.

The return of Connor McDavid

Possibly the most documented Canadian story at the start of the World Juniors was Connor McDavid’s injury layoff. The pro-jected first overall pick of the 2015 NHL Draft had injured his hand during a fight in an OHL game which compromised his World Junior status on Team Canada. Through all adversity, McDavid did play the tour-nament opener against the Slovaks, an 8-0 win.

Despite making his return follow-ing a lengthy time on injured reserve, there was still concern about how McDavid would perform for Canada. Time off the ice had greatly impacted

his play, as his early tournament per-formance featured slower puck mobil-ity and difficulty getting shots on goal.

Improvement was gradual in McDavid’s case. His scoring form returned in the next game against Germany, where his first goal of the tournament was celebrated with a punch on the glass for good measure.

Perhaps his great contribution was a second period goal against the Russians in the gold medal game. By that time, McDavid’s form was in full stride. He was unstoppable with the puck, especially along the corners of the attacking zone, where quick hands and impeccable vision allowed him to pick out linemate Curtis Lazar on more than one occasion, eventu-ally co-leading the tournament with 11 points.

Hockey smartsThough Canada’s performance

was dominated by the likes of McDavid, Sam Reinhart, and Max Domi, the hockey IQ of skaters who played a combination of defensive back-check and smart offensive posi-tion contributed just as greatly.

Perhaps the best example of this was North Bay winger Nick Paul. Good size, speed, offensive awareness, and defensive were traits exempli-

fied by Paul during the entire tourna-ment, as he finished with three goals. A similar skill set was displayed by forward Robby Fabbri, who was relentless on the forecheck.

It’s understandable for a little nervousness to settle in while hold-ing onto a one-goal lead against the Russians in the third period of a gold medal final. Though, for returnee Frederik Gauthier and 17-year-old draft-eligible player Lawson Crouse, there was no room for nervousness in their repertoire.

Both players used their size, reach, and disciplined hockey smarts to bully Russia off possession, allowing Canada to clear their zone on more than one occasion. The defensive play of both Crouse and Gauthier in the final period spoke as much volume as Canada’s relentless offence.

Well-rounded At this year’s edition of the tour-

nament, points were relatively easy to come by and scoring was contrib-uted throughout all of the Canadian players. Canada’s first line of Domi, Reinhart, and Duclair combined for 29 points in seven games, while McDavid, Nic Petan, and Reinhart co-led the tournament with 11 points.

As demonstrated since open-ing day, Canada’s relentless attack depended on versatility. Of the seven defencemen, only Madison Bowey was a right-hand shot and occupied the right unit of the defensive pairing. Josh Morrissey and Darnell Nurse primarily occupied the left side of the blue line, while Shea Theodore, Joe Hicketts, Dillon Heatherington, and Sam Morin split time on both sides.

Theodore and Hicketts especially stood out on the blue line despite their unfamiliar territory, living up to their reputation as effective puck-moving defencemen.

Morrissey and Nurse were also depended on heavily to spearhead the attack from the back end. In addition to his well-rounded offensive style, Morrissey outperformed his six-foot frame, adding a physical edge to his defensive game.

Though strong on the back-check and surprisingly difficult to dispos-sess, Nurse’s mean edge landed him with a few unnecessary penalties. Bowey, whose quick release made

him an ideal anchor on the power play, co-led all Canadian defencemen in points alongside Morrissey.

Differential scoring and versatil-ity made a dangerous combination amongst Canada’s forwards. Of the 13 forwards, Petan, Brayden Point, Crouse, and Fabbri were forced to a wing role on multiple occasions despite being natural centres.

For the majority of the tourna-ment, the adaption to a new posi-tion was flawless, and in the cases of Petan and Fabbri, it enhanced their play as well. Petan’s best performance was saved for the semifinal against the Slovaks, where he was upgraded from a third line centre to wing on the McDavid-Lazar line and notched a hat trick.

Fabbri scored twice and assisted on two other goals in the tournament opener, and finished with six points in the first four games.

Tender lovingZach Fucale returned to Team

Canada as a more poised and con-fident goaltender with noticeably improvemed rebound control and positioning. The Montreal prospect proved that his nervy glove hand in a 2-1 loss to Russia in the exhibition opener was just early jitters, and became a commanding presence in goal for the Canadians in the lead-up to the gold medal game.

Despite giving up four goals in the first two periods, Fucale proved his worth in the third period of the final, keeping the Russians at bay as they outshot Canada 11-4.

Backup goaltender Eric Comrie could have very well continued as Canada’s starter after his timely performances against Germany and majority of the USA game; however, his fearless final moments against the Americans eventually sealed his fate as Benoit Groulx’s preferred second choice.

Looking ahead to 2016With both Fucale and Comrie

being born in 1995, the Canadians will surely have two new goaltenders for the 2016 tournament in Finland. The only eligible returnees on the blue line are Detroit’s Joe Hicketts and Haydn Fleury, a preliminary selec-tion who did not make the final cut to the 2015 team.

Up front, Lawson Crouse, Robby Fabbri, Jake Virtanen, and Connor McDavid are eligible to return for 2016, assuming they do not enter the NHL and are not qualified for a World Junior loan. Eligible forwards who did not make the 2015 final cut include Michael Dal Colle and Rourke Chartier.

Canada’s first line of Domi, Reinhart, and Duclair combined for 29 points in seven games

With both Fucale and Comrie being born in 1995, the Canadians will surely have two new goaltenders for the 2016 tournament in Finland

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Bisons strike backManitoba defeats Lethbridge, avenges early season sweep

DAviD grAD, staff

Coming off a disappointing 8-6 loss to UBC, the University of

Manitoba Bison men’s hockey team re-established their identity with back-to-back wins, beating the Lethbridge Pronghorns 5-3 Friday night and 6-0 Saturday night.

“Last weekend against UBC, that was about as far from our team iden-tity as you can get,” said head coach Mike Sirant. “So this week in prepa-ration for Lethbridge, we focused on our defensive play. The players set a goal before the game as to how many shots against we would allow, they made a commitment, they were accountable for it, and we exceeded our goal that we set.”

The goal the Bisons set for Friday night was no more than 25 shots against. Manitoba shattered that goal, holding Lethbridge to 11 shots against in an impressive display of team defence.

Despite stifling the Pronghorns’ offensive attack, the Bisons were behind most of the game. The game was reminiscent of a game earlier this season, when Pronghorns goal-tender Damien Ketlo made 75 saves in back-to-back games to steal two wins from Manitoba.

“He made a lot of big saves at key times,” Sirant noted of Ketlo, who made 36 saves in the loss on Friday night. “Glad we were able to find a way to put a few by him.”

Jordan DePape opened the scoring just 25 seconds into the first period, but Lethbridge roared back with three unanswered goals in the opening frame.

Lee Christensen brought the Bisons within a goal during the second period, but Ketlo contin-ued to frustrate the Bisons, keep-ing Lethbridge ahead going into the third.

The Bisons’ patience was rewarded in the third period with a flurry of goals. Ten minutes in, Taylor Dickin showed some nice hands as he buried a highlight reel goal, cutting across the crease and going top shelf on Ketlo.

The goals kept coming after that, as Jesse Paradis put away his own impressive goal after waiting out Ketlo with a backhand move before tucking the game-winning goal

in. Chad Robinson put the final dagger in the Pronghorns after he unloaded a rocket off of a nice feed from Aaron Lewadniuk.

Sirant praised his team’s ability to show patience and stick to their system.

“That was the message after the first period: Just stay together, stick to the game plan, do the things we talked about prior to the game, keep composed, and we’ll find a way to come back and win the game.”

Darren Bestland led the Bisons in the third period with three assists. DePape finished the night with one goal and two assists.

The Bisons carried their scor-ing over from the third period on Friday into Saturday night’s game. Six different players found the back of the net for Manitoba, who dem-onstrated a balanced attack in the win. Brock Sutherland, Lewadniuk, Josh Elmes, DePape, Luke Paulsen, and Bestland all found the back of the net, with Dickin assisting on three goals.

Manitoba’s special teams enjoyed one of their best games of the season, going a perfect five for five on the penalty kill and convert-ing on three of five power plays.

The herd will look to move above .500 on the road against the University of Regina next weekend. Game times are 7 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. respectively.

Stuffed in the paintMen’s basketball out-rebounded, outscored by Victoria

Mike Still, staff

Undefeated at home head-ing into this past weekend,

the University of Manitoba men’s basketball team met their match against a much bigger Victoria Vikes squad. Despite their best efforts, the Bisons fell in both con-tests at Investors Group Athletic Centre.

Friday’s action saw the Bisons take a 43-39 lead into the half, before being out-rebounded 25-12 in the second half, eventually fall-ing 88-75 by game’s end.

“We were minus 13 rebound-ing in the second half, so that was probably a really big part of the game,” head coach Kirby Schepp said post-game. “They dominated the rebounds, they got more shots than we do, and that ends up being the difference.”

In the battle of big men down low, Victoria’s Chris McLaughlin put on a strong display, recording a double-double, with a team-leading 15 rebounds to go with 19 points. Manitoba’s best man against the glass, Wyatt Anders, was held at bay after running into early foul trouble, recording just one rebound, which helped aid in the Vikes’ win.

Things started getting chippy in the fourth quarter, after a few questionable foul calls against the Bisons. Both Anders and Justus Alleyn, who finished with 14 points,

engaged in skirmishes with the visitors, while Schepp received a technical foul, after an especially debatable call down the stretch.

A positive in Friday’s loss was the play of Stephan Walton, who had been hampered by injury in the first half of the season. He played 36 minutes, and recorded a team-high 20 points, to go with nine assists in the loss.

Saturday’s rematch saw Victoria march out to a 28-6 lead after the first quarter, which the Bisons were never able to come back from, los-ing 85-55.

Anders had a much stronger per-formance down low on Saturday, grabbing a team-leading eight rebounds, and holding McLaughlin to nine. The power forward from Victoria still made his presence felt, though, with a game-high 23 points.

Four different Victoria players including McLaughlin finished in double figures for points, while just Andre Arruda (11 points) and Anders (10) were able to get there for the Bisons.

Manitoba was out-rebounded heavily for a second straight night, as the Vikes recorded a total of 53, compared to 38 for the Bisons.

Next up for Manitoba is a tilt on the road with the Alberta Golden Bears. Game times are Friday at 9 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.

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“That was the message after the first period: Just stay together, stick to the game plan” – Mike Sirant, head coach, men’s hockey

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On Friday night, Jan. 9, Shawn Coates passed away in his home. He was 52 years old. An active member of both the local and Canadian sports scenes, Coates worked for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2000-04, before becoming the CFL’s director of football operations, a position he held until 2007.

Originally hailing from British Columbia, Coates came to Manitoba in the 1980s for sports journalism, and left a permanent mark. His contributions to the province are many, including being named executive director of Football Manitoba in February of 2014, as well as being the official photographer for Bison Sports.

The Manitoban has published numerous photos of Shawn’s over the years, and we are truly saddened by the news of his passing. He was a great man: humble, knowledgeable, and always willing to lend a hand, or provide sage advice.

On behalf of the entire Manitoban staff, we would like to extend our deepest condolences during this tough time. Shawn, you will be missed.

Shawn CoatesA memorial to a great man