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Dammit how is it the fall already. It was Canada Day like 20 min-utes ago, and now the sun sets at eight and the leaves are all quiv-ering and threatening to turn gold any second. Nevertheless, we atthe Carillon saw this coming (PROTIP: seasons are cyclical) andsaw fit to prepare for the coming year.

Returning students: welcome back to the U of R! We’ve missed youand we’ll be doing our damnedest to bring you more hard-hittingcampus news, looks at sports and the arts at a local level, and shit-disturbing opinion pieces! We’re coming up on our 50th year of op-eration, and we want to make it suitably memorable.

First-years: hey! This is the Carillon, your student newspaper andwindow into various goings-on at the university. Most of the aboveapplies to you too. Also, you can’t imagine how much money you’llsave on coffee by bringing a thermos from home.

If you’re reading this, you’reprobably at school right now,and if you’re like most youprobably drove and parkedhere. Funny thing about that:parking issues are going to bebig this year. Increasing fines,rising enrollment without addi-tional parking spaces, etc. We,being your student paper,looked into this.

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the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011newsAttack of the fines

Troy Julé

Campus parking is a problem, and URSU doesn’t like the administration’s solution

If you’re a student at the University ofRegina, odds are good you’ve heardsomeone complain about parking.

While some of the complaints aregeared towards Parking andTransportation Services, which is re-sponsible for ticketing illegally-parked cars on campus, much of theire is directed towards the lack ofavailable stalls. With an increase inthe “hotel parking” meant for stu-dents living in residence, studentswith M-class parking passes this yearcan expect to feel an increasedsqueeze in the number of parkingspots they can access.

But the university administra-tion’s relief strategy for parking passholders has drawn fire from the U ofR Students’ Union.

In July, the university’s board ofgovernors passed a proposal to add a$100 fine for possession of fraudulentparking passes to the university’sparking bylaws, as well as to increasethe fine for illegally parking on cam-pus from $15 within 14 days and $50afterward to $65 within 14 days and$100 afterward.

It’s the latter proposal that URSUtakes issue with.

“[The increase] is extortionary,”URSU president Kent Peterson toldthe Carillon. “By jacking up the cost ofparking tickets, Vianne Timmons andParking Services have issued a pre-scription to the parking problem with-out doing a thorough diagnosis first.”

The U of R’s vice president of ad-ministration, Dave Button, believes il-legal parking is the source of theproblem. According to the proposalhe brought before the board of gover-

nors in July, he explained that thenumber of illegal parkers on a givenday as recently as two years ago wasunder 50. However, that numberjumped over the last two years to be-tween 200 and 400 from the months ofSeptember to November.

“We had many, many complaintsfrom students who were not gettingaccess,” he told the Carillon. “It’s veryfrustrating when you’ve paid for aparking pass and you can’t get access,and the reason you can’t get access isbecause there [are] illegal parkersthere.”

Button added that, as far as theadministration can gather, the highernumbers of illegal parkers in questiondon’t have parking passes.

“We had people circling and cy-cling for a long time, saying, ‘I can’tget into my stall. I’ve paid for an Mpass and I can’t get in. I’ve tried thislot and that lot,’” he said. “And theywere absolutely right.”

The change in fines, Buttonadded, is an attempt to get students tomake “behavioural” changes – to findalternatives to parking in M-class lots,or to find alternatives for getting to-wards campus. As examples, hepointed out the increase in bus routesto campus in recent years, as well asthe university’s investment in bikeracks for the front of some of thebuses, the purchase of additional bikeracks on campus and proposed bikepaths.

But URSU sees the issue of illegalparking as symptomatic of largertransportation issues. Raising ticketfines is, so to speak, putting the car be-fore the stalls.

“Using the university’s own num-bers, last year about four per cent ofthe stalls on campus were unavailableto pass-holding students due to illegal

parkers,” Peterson pointed out. “Thisyear, the U of R’s enrolment is up 11per cent, plus a few hundred studentsfrom the new Faculty of Nursing, plusmore and more residence students re-quire parking stalls. This all meansthat even if every single one of the il-legal parkers were deterred by a stiffparking ticket fee, there still would benowhere near enough stalls for stu-dents.”

Moreover, URSU’s position is, forstudents who want to change their be-haviour, those other options simplyaren’t good enough. Peterson claimsother work towards opening up moreparking on campus is insufficient andfar from timely.

“The U of R will often cite theirstrategic plan, which is fine,” he said.“But students need bus service now,not just ten years from now.”

What improvements the univer-sity does have planned – including anew parking lot scheduled for 2013 –won’t be paid for by the increase inparking fines. It’s “not a money grab,”according to Button.

Instead, the U of R’s total takefrom the new fines will remain at$7.03 per ticket, the amount agreedupon when the City of Regina, whichhandles ticket stock and processingfor the U of R, updated its ticketingprocesses in 2008.

Regardless of profit, however,parking fines don’t pay for campusparking improvements. Profits thesale of parking passes, which will in-crease in cost by four per cent eachyear for the next three years, go into aparking trust, and that’s where themoney for improvements comes from.

Both Button and Peterson clari-fied that the $419,000 profit margin ofParking and Transportation Serviceswent elsewhere into the Ancillary

Services portion of the U of R’s budget– namely, into subsidizing the money-losing divisions, Food Services andResidence.

It’s URSU’s suggestion of what todo with Parking and TransportationServices’ profit instead of subsidizingFood Services that ultimately caststhis issue into relief. The students’union’s campaign materials stateParking Services’ profits could buy8,000 bus passes, presumably at theCity of Regina’s standard-studentrate.

In fact, the administration andURSU both told the Carillon they arein communication with the City ofRegina in order to improve publictransit. Button maintains the adminis-tration’s talks with the City of Reginato improve transit services still in-volve the hopeful creation of a univer-sal campus transit pass, such as theproposed 2009 U-Pass, which failedwhen it came to referendum.

“There’s still an interest from thecity and the city administration,”Button said. “But it’s the students’choice on that.”

In the end, URSU and the U ofR’s administration actually agreethere’s a problem on campus; whatthey disagree on is where the respon-sibility lies for fixing it. The students’union’s message to the administrationis clear: deliver what you’ve prom-ised and fix the inadequacies in park-ing and transportation before raisingparking fines.

The administration’s message tothe students’ union, however, isequally clear: the options are thereand you can find ways to fix the prob-lems yourselves.

With files from Martin Weaver.

twitterWe asked our Twitter followers how satisfiedthey are with Parkingand TransportationServices. Here’s whatthey had to say:

@cuethecarcrashsatisfied enough thatI'm going in tomor-row to get a parkingpass :)

@ShelbyLahi don't drive but I ampretty sure thatLuther won't behappy anymore

@PtheFunkmandefinitely not

@sr_robinsonBetter here than atthe U of A that's forsure.

@ceemoreaunot very satisfied.Most student use Mpermits so why aren'tthere for spots for M?What's hotel guestparking for anyways..

@lexewenI know people whohave actually said,"no I can't take thatclass at that time be-cause there will be nowhere to park!"

@nickfayeEasy solution: Pass theUPASS, get studentsbussing more.

Want to weigh in onthis issue via Twitter?Follow @the_carillonand tweet at us with#URParking.

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Tripoli’s recent emancipation has beenthe cause of great celebration in Libyalately, with the disappearance ofColonel Muammar Gaddafi signalinga new start for the nation. WhileLibyans are aware the country willstruggle to rebuild itself, celebrationscontinue in the recently-freed capital.

The Libyan revolution started inFebruary of this year after the arrest ofFathi Terbil, a human-rights lawyerin Benghazi, led to widespreadprotest. Gaddafi’s regime entered its42nd year and his policy to “make ex-amples” of those who stood againsthim continued. Many civilians werekilled in an attempt to stop theprotests. However, rather than scaringthe rest of the North African nation asGaddafi had hoped, the massacresspurred on protests.

This, according to Diya Ramadan,was the biggest surprise to those fromLibya. Raised in Tripoli, Ramadan, asecond-year engineering student atthe University of Regina, was told byhis family to never speak out regard-ing his country’s governance. “Thewalls have ears” was a commonphrase told to him as a child, warninghim not to share his opinions freely. As a country, Libya feared the reper-cussions of speaking out againstGaddafi. This was mostly due to hispolicy regarding outspoken citizens.At any time, a citizen of Libya couldenter a police station and report some-one for talking about Gaddafi and berewarded for “aiding the govern-ment”.

Ramadan painted an image ofMafia-like justice: “If someone toldthem you talked, you would be killed.And it’s not just you, it’s your family,too. They would arrest your brotherand have your father suddenly firedfrom his job.”

For over 40 years, the children of

Libya have been raised with the fearof having their families torn apart,simply for disagreeing with theirleader’s ideals. Gaddafi’s power ledmany to believe he had spies and in-formants everywhere.

The continued protests by the cit-izens of Libya were encouraged bythe success of Tunisia and Egypt’s rev-olutions. However, Gaddafi’s fear ofbeing overthrown simply tightenedhis grip on the country, leading him tomake declarations like, “I will die as amartyr at the end,” and, “We won’tsurrender again; we are not women;we will keep fighting.”

Gaddafi continued to fight againstthe internal revolution, despite theUnited Nations’ attempts to over-throw him by freezing his assets andpreventing him from travelling.

In late August this year, Gaddafilost power of Tripoli, essentially free-ing Libya. Ramadan, who has familyand friends in the capital, describedthe battle for the city: “All the houseswere open. They were used as hospi-tals and helped anyone they could.My cousins and uncles were fightingfor our neighbourhood”.

Rebels had arranged for weaponsto be sent into Tripoli by boat on Aug.20,, and the struggle began. Tripoliwas freed, but many were wounded.It is suspected that 50,000 have beenkilled during the civil war, with 40,000missing.

Despite Libya’s struggles, thecountry is now free and is run by therebel-led National TransitionalCouncil (NTC). The NTC’s motto is“Freedom, Justice, Democracy”, andRamadan believes this is the bestthing for Libyans, both at home and inCanada.

“Ramadan this year was differ-ent,” he said. “Everyone came to-gether.”

There is relief now for Libya, de-spite the sorrow of the thousands ofdeaths. There is constant celebrationin the capital since Gaddafi and his

family fled Libya.Ramadan recalled hearing about

the struggle in his home during read-ing week last year. He remembersstudying for midterms and stoppingto check the news. Aside from worry-ing about his schoolwork, Ramadanwas concerned for the future of hishome and the safety of his family.

“We would all try to study, butthen we would decide to watch thenews first,” he said. “It was hard toconcentrate.”

Ramadan is fortunate that he haslost no family or friends through thecivil war. His friends call him to re-mind him he is missing so much, butRamadan has the opportunity towatch his home grow from afar andlook forward to the time he returns tohis newly-freed country.

“They say even the air smells dif-ferent with Gaddafi gone,” he said.“The old men feel young again.”

However, Libya is not entirelyfree. Two cities, Sirte and Bani Walid,continue to be controlled by Gaddafi

and there is constant battle and revoltfrom rebel forces. Terror continues toreign in these communities, as fami-lies refuse join the rebels for fear of be-ing killed or arrested. The freedom forTripoli is a huge milestone in Libya’sstruggle, but Gaddafi’s elusive voiceremains strong in these cities. Gaddafihas not been seen for months, but hisface appears on television in Sirte,vowing “guerrilla warfare” uponthose who have stood against him.

With most of Libya freed, it ap-pears to be only a matter of time untilthese cities are removed fromGaddafi’s power. His grip continues

to tighten on Sirte and Bani Walid, ashe watches his power fade across thenation, and it will be a struggle to takethese cities from him.

Libya will need continued sup-port from Canada and other nationsas it moves towards a life where hu-man rights are respected and democ-racy is essential. Libya must learnhow to live freely and without fear. These events may stand as a reminderfor those who have lived throughGaddafi’s rule that things must neverreturn to their former state. If so,Ramadan believes that Libya “will bebetter than ever.”

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“ They say even the air smells different withGaddafi gone. The old men feel young again.”

Diya Ramadan

Diya Ramadan reflects on Libya’s strugglesIt has been a difficult year for Ramadan, a student at the U of R, and his family

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SASKATOON (CUP) –– In the wakeof a proposed fee increase, universi-ties across Canada have opted to leavecontracts with once-popular copyrightlicenser Access Copyright.

Many schools, including YorkUniversity, the University of BritishColumbia and almost every school inthe prairie region have abandonedtheir contracts with Access Copyrightin favour of steering the waters ofcopyright legislation on their own.

Established in 1988, the organiza-tion offers post-secondary institutions,businesses, schools and other groupsadvance permission to copy a varietyof works, including books, newspa-pers and journals. Access Copyrightcollects royalties when licences aresold to universities and other organi-zations, and subsequently pays theauthors, creators and publishers of theworks used.

The organization’s executive di-rector, Maureen Cavan, says universi-

ties have misrepresented the shift infees. Access Copyright has applied tothe Copyright Board of Canada for atariff, or required fee, of $45 per stu-dent.

“Universities are suggesting that[the proposed $45-per-student fee] is afixed fee, and that it’s already beenimplemented,” she said. “This is notthe case.”

While they have applied for a $45-per-student fee, Cavan said this wasthe upper end of what they could ex-pect, and that Access Copyright is notactually anticipating the CopyrightBoard to compel universities to paythis much.

But according to University ofSaskatchewan copyright coordinatorJennifer Mainland, the fee hike wasnot the only factor in the school’s de-cision to part with Access Copyright.

She said the fee proposal was “themain reason,” but that “there werealso a number of other requirementsthat Access Copyright had in theircontract that said we have to givethem access to our internal documentsso that they can scrutinize how we’reusing copyright materials.

“It’s just, quite frankly, none of

their business,” she said.With the explosion of digital me-

dia and Internet use changing the waypeople access material, wholesalecopyright licences simply make lesssense than they used to, saidUniversity of Ottawa law professorand Toronto Star columnist MichaelGeist.

“If you take in open access mate-rials, increasingly it’s apparent thatAccess Copyright doesn’t offer thatmuch,” Geist explained. “Much oftheir use is covered through othermechanisms, as well as fair dealing.”

Mainland echoed this sentiment.Part of the reason the U of S washappy to leave Access Copyright wasthat the school already had to lookoutside its agreement for permissionfor some materials, she said.

“Campuses are now spendingtens of millions of dollars every yearon alternative licensing to cover hun-dreds or thousands of journals andmillions of articles,” Geist said.“When Access Copyright goes to theCopyright Board and says costsshould go up rather than down, theresponsible thing for universities todo is to question that and Access

Copyright’s role in copyright licens-ing.”

Cavan argued that AccessCopyright takes away a significantamount of work and stress that willnow be placed on professors, admin-istrators and even students.

“Individually, piece by piece, per-missions need to be sought,” she said.“It’s not easy for, for instance, a pro-fessor of physics to become an experton copyright law. So yes, it’s going tobe a lot more work.”

The reason Access Copyright ap-plied to the Copyright Board for a tar-iff was that, according to Cavan,universities “refused to come to thetable and negotiate” a new agreementover digital use of copyrighted mate-rials.

Normally, agreements are negoti-ated voluntarily with universities.

Now that the U of S is no longerpart of Access Copyright’s blanket li-censing agreement, Mainland con-ceded that there will be more forstudents and staff to think about.

“It’s a matter of educating thestaff and faculty and the members ofcampus as to the correct use of copy-right materials,” she said. “That’s an

ongoing process.”As for what changes students can

expect to see this year, Mainland said“students will likely find that their in-structors are providing them with alot less paper. [Under fair dealing,]you’re permitted to make copies foryour own private study, but you’renot allowed to make copies for teach-ing purposes.”

Fair dealing is an exception to theexclusive rights granted by copyrightlaw. Another method universitieshave to access materials without thehelp of Access Copyright is open ac-cess licensing, which allows “all usersa free, irrevocable, worldwide, per-petual right of access to, and a licenceto copy” materials. According toGeist, more and more academic worksare being published under the openaccess licence.

As for the Access Copyright tariff,Cavan said the Copyright Board likelywon’t make a decision until 2013 or2014, leaving schools a few years atleast to wade through copyright lawon their own and discover new waysto access materials in the digitalworld.

Universities flee Access CopyrightSchools are seeking different approaches to copyright licensing

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Karen families flee from conflict in their village

A nation of fifty million, which man-ages to make itself obscure, Burma re-cently resurfaced in the small worlddefined by CBC radio for two reasonsthat were difficult to follow even inplain English: one, Burma’s civil warentered a new stage with open hostil-ities against the Kachin, a word thatresulted in many newsreaders reach-ing for the dictionary, and two, lastyear’s triple homicide within Regina’sBurmese refugee community resultedin the region’s first police announce-ment in the Karen language ,with eachCBC announcer taking trouble to pro-nounce Karen in a slightly differentway.

The name of Burma itself hasbeen officially pronounced Myanmarsince 1989 – an amendment whichhas failed to catch on with broadcast-ers for political reasons. Europeansfirst started calling the country Burmawhen the Portuguese established atrading station there in 1514. Today,there’s an implicit disapproval of theBurmese government expressed sim-ply by calling the country Burmarather than Myanmar and, from theother side, a 500-year legacy ofEuropean imperialism is associatedwith using the wrong term.

It has never been more difficultfor a civil war to find space in thenews section than in 2011. WhileEurope has to look across theMediterranean at Libya, the possibil-ity of a military intervention in Burmais precisely zero.

Since Kosovo set the precedent,public morality has been thought of interms of military intervention – po-tential or actual – and that precedentwas so important because of the ab-sence of any cold-war counterweightto NATO bombings. Every civil warhas thus become the business of richnations to debate.

At a minimum, civil war is theperfect pretext for regime change. Ata medium setting, there is at least anexpectation that a policy decisionshould guide selling arms to one sideor the other. At a maximum, it’s an op-portunity to divide one state into twoor more, although outside powers arenot always eager to do so, as withSomalia vs. Somaliland.

The bombing of Serbia, and the

eventual creation of Kosovo as a sep-arate nation-state, was made into amoral cause on the simple grounds itwould have been immoral to do noth-ing.

At the time, the phrase “we can-not sit idly by while…” was followedby lists of atrocities, some hypotheti-cal and others actual.

The same standard has never ap-plied to Burma, where comparableatrocities, some lesser and someworse, have come to be regarded asnormal, along with “sitting idly by”since at least 1988. Some would say1948.

The American invasion ofAfghanistan has been accompaniedby cautionary comparisons toVietnam, but the mainland ofSoutheast Asia itself is simply tooclose to Vietnam to be conceivable asthe theatre of another American war.

In this case, the comparison isn’tmerely cautionary – it’s prohibitive.Snipers in Syria raise the question ofan intervention, but the bodies canpile up in Burma without any suchquestion even being asked.

Since the close of World War II,the Burmese have provided a panoplyof insurgencies that China, Americaor anyone else could have chosen tosupport.

Some of the uprisings wrappedthemselves in the flag of human rightsand democracy, others in the flag ofBuddhism and a few in Maoist orChristian missionary trappings. Nonehave found durable patronage fromoutside powers, although a trickle ofsupport gains public attention fromtime to time. The final Rambo movieput a spotlight on American mission-aries who vacation as “hobby insur-gents” on the Thai-Burmese border.

Mainland China’s principle is itnever provides military support toseparatist movements, nor to ethnicinsurgencies. Remarkably, it has fol-lowed that principle in refusing tosupport Maoists within Burma. TheNATO approach is simply to avoiddescribing its interventions as sup-porting a separatist ethnic insurgency,although this is often enough the caseand the promotion of Kosovo as amoral cause helped to “mainstream”the practice. If Kosovo has a legiti-mate claim not only to independence,but to achieving it through foreignsubvention, why not Somaliland?Why not various provinces of Burma,

such as the Kachin and Shan states?The WikiLeaks diplomatic cables

now verify what has been commonknowledge on the ground: neitherChina nor Thailand want in onBurma’s civil war. Both countriescould stand to gain by lopping offBurma’s provinces, but the dream thatBurma would stabilize itself was ap-parently more appealing than the an-nexation of war-torn pieces of thewhole.

In the absence of the type of for-eign support which so many of theethnic minority combatants have beenasking for, the civil war has been inter-nationalized through other means.Burmese refugee communities ofevery ethnic group can be found as fara-field, as well as in Regina.

This is a diaspora which can nowprovide its own war materiel: aprocess they have practiced fordecades over the borders withThailand and Yunnan, not to mentionIndia and Bangladesh. One crucialvector that has changed is the devel-opment of highways and infrastruc-ture around them during the sameperiod of time.

In Burma, the new phase of thewar will inevitably be a civil war forfour years. At a minimum, Thailand,Laos and China will participate in oneand the same conflict. Indeed, theywould need to take military actionjust to minimize their adjacent popu-lations’ involvement in the war. Eachof the rebel groups – too numerous tolist in full here – exists on two sides ofat least one border. The Kachin arealso based in China, where they’reknown as the Jingpo and the Shan arebased in both Thailand and China,where they’re known as the Tai Yaiand the Dai, respectively.

The central government of Burmacan’t win the war without crossingthose borders and this is a short expla-nation as to why, in more than 50years, they’ve never won such a lop-sided war. Would the Chinese be will-ing to stamp out the support for theKachin coming from within China?To do so would produce a small-scalecivil war of China’s own.

In Yunnan, I met a rather cluelessEuropean journalist who managed tocross China’s border into Burma onfoot, interview rebel leaders and re-turn unharmed, without speaking anyof the local languages. His lack ofsavvy was what made him remark-

able –if he could do it, any touristcould pull it off.

Foot and packhorse crossings arenothing new, but the intrepid re-porters at the Irrawaddy have latelymade borderless crossings with fourwheels on paved roads, in and out ofKachin state. Sadly, for all sides, if thewar doesn’t actively destroy that typeof infrastructure, it can never end. Theexpansion of trade has changed thegame for arms, opium, jade and themovement of human beings them-selves, both as soldiers and slaves.

The loss of those roads wouldplunge the area back into the isola-tion, dire poverty and disease that de-fined it throughout the 19th and 20thcenturies. This is what the Chinese aretrying to avoid – for their own peopleand the region – in allowing rebelgovernments-in-exile to operate outof Yunnan. They are paying a signifi-cant price.

The Burmese presence on theother side of the Chinese border willbe much more important than theChinese within Burma, and the sameis true – in miniature – of the Burmeseminorities in Thailand. One of the rea-sons why the escalation of the war isnow inevitable is that Burma’s at-tempted glasnot and brand new con-stitution would never really allowthese “comprador” communities toreturn. Ceasefires are possible, but nota peace that would actually reinte-grate these minority diasporas intoBurma.

In terms of ethnic cleansing,forced assimilation and the realprospect of genocide, the Burmesecivil war has always offered more of ajustification to care – if not intervene –than Kosovo or the Sudan. Evenworse, or “better”, the Burmese haveoil. However, the Kosovo standardwas never extended as far as theSudan. It is not clear now if it will ap-ply to Syria, or all the way around theMediterranean. Burma? No chance.

In this context, it becomes difficultfor either reportage or propaganda toaddress the simple reality of “some-body else’s civil war”. Hypothetically,some could argue a laissez-faire atti-tude toward other peoples’ civil warsdoes less harm than “intervention”,also known as “imperialism”, de-pending on who pays the bills at thenewspaper you’re reading.

Supporting “intervention” is nolonger thought of as “pro-war” and,

conversely, allowing a civil war to re-solve itself – without intervention – isno longer thought of as “anti-war”.In contrast to the 1980s there is, in-deed, no “anti-war” movement inCanada and it is not clear how such amovement would deal with post-Kosovo-consensus civil wars.

Perhaps because it is more imme-diate, and perhaps because there ispublic amazement that Regina has aBurmese expatriate community at all,CBC reported on the local murder of afamily of three refugees in greater de-tail than the war that sent them here inthe first place.

There’s a third thing that “we”have in common with the Burmeserefugees: flooding. Although it hasn’tmade the local news, refugees inNorthwest Thailand are strugglingwith the simple problem of being un-derwater at the moment. As inSaskatchewan, the disappearance ofworking roads soon results in thescarcity of food, but the possibleknock-on effects for disease and star-vation are incomparably worse inMae-Hong-Son than in La Ronge. Itwould be immoral to do nothing, andthat’s exactly what we’re going to do.

With a defensible claim to beingthe longest-running civil war in theworld, the Karen rebellion – at armssince 1948 – has little cause for hopewithin its own country, and they’llfind little cause for hope in this one.

eisel mazardcontributor

“ It has never beenmore difficult for acivil war to findspace in the newssection than in2011. While Europehas to look acrossthe Mediterraneanat Libya, the possi-bility of a militaryintervention inBurma is preciselyzero.”

Left in the darkBurma, engaged in a civil war since 1948, has been abandoned by the world

sports A&C Editor: Jonathan Petrychynaandc@carillonregina.com

the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011

ROUNDTABLEAs some teams rose to the occasion this summer, others plummeted

Which university team do youthink will have the most successthis year?

Autumn McDowell: I am really gun-ning for the Rams this year. I thinkthis is the year if they are to win aVanier Cup while I’m still attendingthe U of R. Fans were pissing them-selves when Marc Mueller went downearly in Game 1, but predicting hisheroic return, the Rams will be back inbusiness and on the road to the cup.#receiverU

Jonathan Hamelin: It’s got to be ourmen’s softball team. With their lethalcombination of pitching, offence anddefence, there isn’t a team in the con-ference, let alone the country, that canbeat them. Oh wait, we don’t have amen’s softball team. It’ll have to bethe women’s basketball team, then.With Brittany Read expected to re-turn, other university basketball pro-grams in Canada are surely havingnightmares.

Jonathan Petrychyn: I feel like theuniversity debate team has a reallygood chance of gaining some groundthis year. Does that count?

Brandon Sieber: Rams. Took a hugeblow on offence with Mueller’s injury

and their veteran group will have toface some crazy adversity. Defencewill have to grind hard and maybewe’ll see a miracle on turf.

Do you think Ken Miller will beable to turn the Roughridersseason around, or will they con-tinue to fail miserably?

McDowell: I would be lying if I saidI had full faith in the Riders. Can youreally blame me when they had wonone game out of their first eight? Bethat as it may, I am still hoping theRiders will keep on the up and up thisyear. God forbid their Labour DayClassic win was the pinnacle of theirseason.

Hamelin: Since Ken Miller can’tthrow, catch, run, block, kick, or playdefence, I don’t see why theSaskatchewan Roughriders should doany better with him in charge. Ifthings do change for the better, it willeither be because more players comeback or the current players will stopwhining and start trying.

Petrychyn: Ken Miller is cool. He didlead the Riders to some pretty goodthings, if I remember correctly.Though, I only kind of half-watchedfootball last year and just assumed thecoach knew what he was doing.

Sieber: They’re definitely not goingto win nine straight, but Miller surebrought some Sask swag back. Itshouldn’t be too hard passing B.C.and TO into the playoffs.

Will the Regina Pats actuallymake the playoffs this year un-der new head coach PatConacher?

McDowell: I hate to point out the ob-vious here. but no, no they won’t. Iwould love nothing more than for thePats to prove me wrong this seasonand make the playoffs. I would evensettle for a record over .500. A kid candream.

Hamelin: I’m sure the Pats will strug-gle heavily for the first part of the sea-son then, after all the players throwConacher under the bus, Pats presi-dent Brent Parker will make the deci-sion to fire Conacher and step into hisplace. Hey, if one Regina franchise didit, why can’t another?

Petrychyn: So the Pats coach is a Pat?Why hasn’t anyone made some kindof joke or witty pun about this?

Sieber: I thought the Pats moved theirfranchise to Fort Mac after Eberle left?

Which NFL team do you thinkmade the best moves in the off-season?

McDowell: The Vikings seem to havefaired pretty well in the off-season.Brett Favre officially retired for the10th time and the team has replacedthe living legend with stud DonovanMcNabb. Not to mention they stillhave Adrian Peterson to top it all off.

Hamelin: From the SaskatchewanRoughriders perspective, the bestmove was the Chicago Bears signingslotback Andy Fantuz. Why, you mayask? Because, with the Riders’ strug-gles, it has given the players andcoaches an excuse to go to over andover again, instead of shouldering anyblame themselves.

Petrychyn: I hear Sidney Crosby hassome pretty good moves on and offthe dance floor.

Sieber: New England. Picked upHaynesworth, who was the biggestimpact player acquired, and ifOchocinco brings that business men-tality, he’ll be that pro-bowl receiverhe once was.

What was your favourite sportsevent or sports memory thathappened this summer?

McDowell: I think that my favouritesports memory from the summer

would have to be hearing theWinnipeg Jets are back. Although theteam has three hideous new logos, Iam just happy the NHL is back inWinnipeg. Go Jets.

Hamelin: My favourite sports experi-ence of the summer, excuse theshameless plug, was getting a chanceto edit the Saskatchewan Roughridershome game program, chatting toamazing individuals such as GeneMakowsky, Roger Aldag, KerryJoseph, etc. With the Riders strugglingon the field, and me not having tons oftime to watch other sports, that’s whatstands out.

Petrychyn: I enjoyed watching all ofthe Rider fans flood the CathedralVillage on Sunday night after theirwin. I had never seen so much Green.

Sieber: Rory Mcilroy’s flawless per-formance to become the youngestplayer to win a major since 1930.

autumn mcdowell,jonathan hamelin,jonathan petrychyn,brandon sieber this week’s roundtable

“ Fans were pissing themselves when MarcMueller went down early in Game 1, but pre-dicting his heroic return, the Rams will be backin business and on the road to the cup.#receiverU.”

Autumn McDowell

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The Saskatchewan Roughriders earned their second win of the season against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Labour Day

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sports 7the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011

Road to the Vanier CupThe Rams season is officially underway

After being ranked first in the CanadaWest pre-season coaches’ poll, theUniversity of Regina Rams look at thisseason as an opportunity to achievegreatness.

The Rams will have to put in a lotof work if they are going to make it tothe Vanier Cup this year, a feat theyhaven’t achieved since 2000. Althoughthe task may seem daunting, withnearly 20 returning players and nu-merous first-year players with theability to make an immediate impres-sion, the fate of the Rams season restsin their hands.

With the return of fifth-year quar-terback Marc Mueller, outstandingrunning back Adrian Charles, and de-fensive back Jamir “Mr. Interception”Walker, not to mention countless oth-ers, veteran presence will be some-thing that everyone notices about thisyears squad.

“I think it’s important [to haveveteran presence] for a couple of rea-sons,” Rams head coach FrankMcCrystal offered. “Pysically, it’s im-portant because you have an opportu-nity to be on the field, so it gives yougame experience. Mentally, it’s impor-tant because you are maturing andthere is a maturation process that theplayers go through, relative to notonly the game itself, but also univer-sity life and just living.”

Although many returning play-

ers will already have a grasp on whatis expected from them in both schooland football, the first-year players willhave to go through an adjustmentphase. However, even though the newplayers are entering their first year asa Ram, that does not necessarily makethem rookies as McCrytal sees it.

“We have some new guys, but therookie thing is a little different to un-derstand because some of the newguys we have are coming in from jun-ior football. We have five guys comingin from junior – three from the[Saskatoon] Hilltops and two from the[Regina] Thunder,” McCrystal said,“Those guys are new guys, but theybring a physical presence and matu-rity too.”

Although the group of five play-ers that McCrystal has outlined, in-cluding 2010 Prairie FootballConference all-star running backMark Coons, may not be new to thetrials and triumphs of university life,the Rams do have a few players thatare joining the team right out of highschool.

“We have some young guys thathave come from across the country,whether it’s from rural Saskatchewan,small town Saskatchewan or a big cityin Ontario, and those guys are adapt-ing to the whole new life for them andthe university scene,” said McCrystal,who is entering his 13th season withthe team. “But they are really athletic.We have three in particular who arereally athletic guys, so they are goingto be able to contribute just through

their raw talent.”Whether the player is entering

their first year or their fifth, McCrystalbelieves “staying organized and beingable to organize yourself to the pointwhere you are eliminating distrac-tions” is the key to success.

“Those distractions being, ‘I’vegot to get a paper in, I have a midtermcoming up, etcetera,’” McCrystaladded. “University, especially in yourearly years, can be challenging.”

After finishing third in CanadaWest in 2010 while sporting a 5-3record on route to a 40-33 semi-finalloss at the hands of the Calgary Dinos,the Rams still have room for improve-ment.

“I think it is important to im-prove,” McCrystal said. “The thingthat happens is, we seem to be gettinga lot of attention – being Number 1 inthe conference and Number 6 inCanada – but the thing that we haveto be aware of is it is all a process andit doesn’t matter how good you wereat the end of the year. You have tostart at the beginning again. You get tothat point faster, but you still have togo through all of those steps.”

Going into the Rams regular-sea-son opener against the UBCThunderbirds on Sept. 2 at MosaicStadium, McCrystal wanted to makesure his team did not let the pre-sea-son ranking go to their heads.

“I think it is like anything in life.If you take yourself too seriously, youare going to add pressure,” he said.“Our thing is, we are trying not to

take ourselves too seriously, in thatwe know who we are, we need toidentify what we are good at andwhat we need to improve on andwork towards that improvement.”

Although the Rams season maybe gruelling at some points,McCrystal believes that fans will beguaranteed one thing this year: ex-citement.

“I think we are an exciting foot-ball team. I think something that[fans] are going to see is that we arepretty aggressive, we throw the balldown the field and we try to put theball in the air a lot, and I think that isfun to watch,” McCrystal said. “Ithink it is defensively a lot of fun towatch, because we have some bigguys up front, we have big playerswho can make big plays and we havea fast, physical and experienced team.I think [fans] will see exciting footballfrom us, but also from our opponents,because it is a very competitive leagueand there is a great deal of parody.”

There is no telling what this sea-son may hold for the Rams, butMcCrystal believes that it starts withthe little things.

“We have to make sure we are do-ing the things which get us to a placewhere we have an opportunity to dowell and continue through the play-offs if we work hard to get there,” hesaid.

As for the Vanier Cup, as long asthe effort and determination is there,this could be a very special season forthe Rams and their fans.

Gamenotes

Fifth-year quarterback andRams anchor Marc Muellerwent down early in the firstquarter with a shoulder injury.Mueller would return to thesidelines in the second halfwith his arm in a sling, butwould not play another minuteof football.

Regina receiver Jared Janottafinished off a 10-play, 70-yarddrive with his first touchdownreception of the year. Janottafinished the game with eightcatches for a total of 99 yards.

Rams running back AdrianCharles began running towardthe record books once again, ashe finished with 192 rushingyards on 26 rushes in his firstouting with the Rams in 2011.The 26 rushes tied him for fifth-most on the Rams all-time listfor rushing attempts in a game.

The Rams are scheduled totravel to Saskatoon (1-0) onFriday to face their highway ri-vals in a showdown at GriffithsStadium.

The Rams lose 21-10 to theThunderbirds inthe season opener

autumn mcdowellsports editor

“ [T]he thing that we have to be aware of is itis all a process and it doesn’t matter how goodyou were at the end of the year”

Frank McCrystalRams head coach

photos by Jarrett Crowe

The University of Regina Rams take to the field for their first regular-season game against the UBC Thunderbirds, which Regina lost 21-10

sports8 the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011

After yet another lengthy off-season,the Regina Pats are at it again. With anew coaching staff and a new headscout, the Pats have a new look, butthe result could ultimately be thesame that it has been for the past threeseasons.

The Pats finished 10th out of 12teams in the WHL’s EasternConference last season, thus leavingthem without a playoff spot onceagain for the third consecutive year.With stats like that, something drasticneeded to be done in the dressingroom for the Pats to avoid being a bot-tom-basement team for years to come.

As a result of terrible finishes, thePats decided to part ways with headcoach Curtis Hunt, as well as longtime head scout Todd Ripplinger.Both men had been a part of the or-ganization for many years and in alot of ways it was tough to see themgo. Fans will have fond memories ofHunt leading the team to a playoffbirth in the 2007-08 season, whileRipplinger is responsible for pickingup franchise players such as ColtonTeubert, Jordan Weal and late-roundpick Jordan Eberle.

However, with seasons ending soearly for Regina’s home team, changewas inevitable. In place of Hunt, thePats announced on July 26 that for-mer-NHLer Pat Conacher would betaking over as head coach. Conacherhas quite an impressive resume, as a

player he was a part of the EdmontonOilers dynasty, winning a StanleyCup with the team in the 1984-85 sea-son. Conacher can also call WayneGretzky a former teammate.

Joining Conacher behind the Patsbench are assistant coaches JoshDixon and Malcolm Cameron.Although the new coaching staff mayseem impressive on paper, one has towonder if the fate of the Pats will bemissing the playoffs once again thisyear.

In all actuality, the Pats have thetalent to make it to the playoffs.However, this has been the situationfor the past few years. With returningplayers such as skilled-forwardJordan Weal, defenceman BrandonDavidson, goalie Damian Ketlo andcaptain Garrett Mitchell, the Pats havea solid foundation to build a team offof.

After a highly competitive train-ing camp, the Pats opened the pre-season schedule to see just how muchwork it might take this year in orderto turn things around. Surprisingly,the Pats opened the pre-season up lastFriday with a 5-2 win at the BrandtCentre against highway rivals theMoose Jaw Warriors. However, thePats lost 6-3 on the road to the sameteam the very next day. Although pre-season can be a tempting way tojudge a team, the Pats squad will looka lot different in a few weeks as sixmembers are to head off to NHLcamps, hoping to make an impres-sion.

Mitchell will make his way to the

Washington Capitals camp afterspending some time with the HersheyBears, their AHL farm team. Weal willhead to Los Angeles to spend sometime with the Kings. Davidson willbe in Edmonton with the Oilers, whileyoung guns Ricard Blidstrand andCampbell Elynuik will be traveling toPhiladelphia together to attend Flyerscamp, leaving Artem Bidlevskii totravel to New York to visit theIslanders. However, it is likely that allsix of the players will be back for yetanother season with the Blue andWhite.

Fans can only hope that off-sea-son changes will be enough to turnthe Pats into winners this year. Whoknows, they may even finish over .500this year. Maybe.

autumn mcdowellsports editorAs the Ultimate Fighting

Championship finds a new home inthe world of television broadcasting,the future looks bright. However, thefuture of the reality show, The UltimateFighter (TUF), seems to be hanging inthe balance between two incapablefighters.

It appears as though the UFC hasswitched homes. The popular mixedmartial arts organization has recentlycut ties from their longtime broadcast-ing partner Spike TV after the twocompanies had a falling out.

In light of its recent abandonmentfrom Spike, the UFC has found a newhome: FOX. For many people, theswitch of networks will not cause anydisturbances, but for those who donot have FOX – people like myself –the switch comes as an extreme in-convenience. Not to mention the UFCwill be showing unreal fights for theirfirst appearance on FOX, featuring thelikes of Cain Velasques and Junior DosSantos. While numerous fans arewatching these two heavyweightsslug it out, I will have the comfort ofknowing that I won’t miss a second ofpossibly the worst season of TUF toever hit TV.

The newest season of TUF, whichpremieres on Sept. 21, pins two of themost annoying human beings againsteach other and, although one may bethe slightest less bit annoying than theother, I already want to hit fast for-ward through this season.

TUF, which is on its 14 season,features coaches Michael “The Count”

Bisping vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller.Miller is at least hilarious in a hyper-active kid kind of way, while Bispingis just plain dull to watch. This is an-other season where the coach wasonce a contestant himself, as Bispingwas on Season 3 of the show. First itwas Matt Serra (the champion fromSeason 5) then Forrest Griffin (thechampion of the original) and nowBisping (Season 3 veteran and possi-bly the luckiest guy in the business).

Fans may remember whenBisping was awarded the split-deci-sion victory over Matt Hamill. Eventhough the judges clearly made thewrong call, Bisping strutted aroundthe octagon like he owned the placeand I have hated him ever since.

I am still not quite sure if I will beable to bring myself to watch this sea-son, as the thought of Bisping makesme want to puke and I can only han-dle so much “Mayhem” at once. Thereis a reason why his show on MTV,Bully Beatdown, was only half an hourlong.

Not only do the coaches suck, butthis season also features ban-tamweights and featherweights – alsoknown as the little guys. These littleguys can either be quick and explo-sive, or it can be like watching twominiature Chihuahuas run around acage from 15 minutes, getting a smallbreak for water every five minutes.

I have also never understood whythe show picks fighters to be on theshow who are in different weightclasses than the coaches are. I realizethis has been done this for roughly 13out of 14 seasons, but wouldn’t itmake more sense for the fighters andcoaches to be in the same weightclass? Just saying.

Wholesale changes Regina Pats brought new coaches in during theoff-season in hopes of making the playoffs

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The Pats went 1-1-0-0 last weekend in their opening pre-season games against the Moose Jaw Warriors.

“ Fans can onlyhope that off-sea-son changes will beenough to turn thePats into winnersthis year. Whoknows, they mayeven finish over.500 this year.Maybe.”

UFC strikes adealFOX takes on the UFC while TUFgets new coaches

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Would you want this to be your coach?

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After coming up short twice in 2010,the University of Regina Cougarswomen’s softball club has only onegoal for this year: win.

In order for the club to achievesuccess this season, it will take thehard work and dedication not onlyfrom the veteran players, but also therookies.

“We graduated a lot of playerslast year,” said Cougars head coachMike Smith. “We graduated our twomain pitchers, so that will be the bigreplacement, but we do have threekey-third-year starters coming back.All three of them are Regina girls: ourcatcher, Amanda Foraie; our thirdbaseman, Kelsey Gullickson; and ourcentre fielder, Kyla Coxford.”

Veteran presence is important forany team and, with a number of play-ers returning for another season, theadded pressure of managing schooland ball becomes slightly easier.

“We have about seven girls com-ing back from last year’s team, whichreally makes a difference,” Smith of-fered. “It especially helps when youget out of town to know what theweekends are like. It’s nice to havesome people back who have gonethrough it already.”

Although the club has a solidfoundation to build a championshipteam off of, the job on the mound isstill up in the air.

“The big thing from last year iswe did have two fourth-year pitchersand maybe one of the best pitchers inthe conference,” replied Smith, who isin his seventh year with the team.“That is going to be the big thing thisyear – trying to replace those twopitchers. We have four, maybe fivegirls who can pitch, so we have lots ofoptions.”

With new players arriving totown nearly everyday, Smith can al-ready get a sense of what this year’steam will look like.

“I think we will be quicker thisyear,” Smith said. “We are younger,but we will be quicker both in the de-fence and on the bases, so we willhave to use that to our advantage.”

The club kicked off their regularseason in Calgary last weekend,where they went 4-1-1 and is to hostsix teams at home Saturday andSunday.

“In our opening weekend, we willhave three college teams here andthree Canadian teams here – probablythe three best Canadian teams,” Smithsaid.

Regina is to play six games eachweek during September and will hostthe conference playoffs beginning thefirst week of October.

“There are two key things hap-pening this year: one is our confer-ence playoffs, which we host this yearfor the first time ever, and then twoweeks later we are in Houston, Tex,where we will finish the year.”

Although teams from the United

States are notoriously tough competi-tion, the women’s softball club is up tothe challenge.

“I think our goal for the tourna-ment is really to just be competitive,”Smith said. “In Texas, we are going tobe playing some very strong U.S.teams.”

After finishing second last year atboth the conference finals and nation-als to the University of SaskatchewanHuskies, the team has revenge on itsminds.

I don’t really know about thewins and losses, but our goal for ourleague is always the same: we want towin it,” Smith said.

Smith believes even though thesoftball team is technically not part ofathletics, it represents one of theschool’s four highly competitiveclubs, also mentioning curling, row-ing and cheerleading, respectively.

“We are really like any otherCougar team on campus. We play ahighly competitive game with ahighly competitive schedule and wehave girls on the team who have beenplaying their whole life just like inbasketball or hockey,” noted Smith.“However, there are some big differ-ences. We don’t get scholarshipmoney, so our team self-funds and wedo what we do and attract playerswithout having that scholarship fund.

“We have been around longenough now where we are starting toattract better players, so that is mak-ing our team stronger.”

Similar to other sports teams atthe University of Regina, many of theplayers on the women’s softball teamare not from Regina.

“We get rural Saskatchewan kids– local kids who are coming back fromplaying in the States and kids whodon’t have the opportunity to playsoftball in their area,” Smith said. “Tohave a club softball team at the U of Rwhich is attracting girls from out ofprovince is pretty amazing.”

“ I don’t really know about the wins andlosses, but our goal for our league is always thesame: we want to win it.”

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Seeking revengeCougars women’s softball club looks to improve on2010 second-place finish

sports10 the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011

TORONTO (CUP) –– RyersonUniversity might seem like an un-likely rival to Maple Leaf Sports andEntertainment (MLSE), but the schoolis giving the sports giant some seriousanxiety.

MLSE filed an injunction againstboth Ryerson and Loblaw Companiesin late June, demanding the universitystop referring to its new $60-millionathletic facility as Maple Leaf Gardens(MLG).

According to court documents ob-tained by the Eyeopener, MLSE be-lieves that “Loblaw and Ryerson

threaten and intend the deliberate useof the trademark to deceive the publicand infringe the rights of MLSE.”

The filings also suggest thatMLSE believes Ryerson’s 2,600-seatarena may compete with the AirCanada Centre (ACC), the company’scurrent venue for sports and enter-tainment.

“It really boggles my mind,” saidRyerson president Sheldon Levy.“How in the world can we competewith [the ACC]? What we want inthere they would never want andwhat we would dream about havingin there we could never have. [MLG]can’t handle U2.”

The documents also suggestMLSE feels threatened because the

venue will be managed by GlobalSpectrum, a Philadelphia-based com-pany which manages stadiums suchas Citizens Bank Park and theUniversity of Phoenix Stadium, bothof which house professional sportsteams and high-profile concerts.

While Levy believes that it is im-possible to compete with a stadiumlike the ACC, MLSE – which formerlyowned MLG – claims “the use of theproperty as a sports and entertain-ment facility creates a real risk of con-fusion in the minds of the public thatMLSE is still involved in its opera-tion.”

“Do you think people are going toconfuse the Ryerson Rams with theToronto Maple Leafs?” Levy said.

“The only reason they would is we’llwin championships.”

MLSE stated it would never havesold the property to Loblaw if it knewa stadium would be built on it.

The two parties are currently ne-gotiating and, even though noprogress has been made yet, Levy saidhe hopes the matter can be settled outof court.

“[We told MLSE that] we read thecovenant, understand it and we willnot break the covenant, but that hasnot been a satisfactory answer tothem,” Levy said.

When Ryerson partnered up withLoblaw in December 2009, it sawMLG as being a crucial acquisition,which would not only provide its

overcrowded athletics departmentwith more space, but help build anidentity for the school’s teams.

Under the current agreement, theGardens’ main floor will be home to aLoblaws grocery store, while the facil-ity’s upper levels would house a full-athletic centre, including basketballcourts and a hockey arena, whichwould be home to the university’svarsity teams.

While the Loblaws grocery storeis set to open this fall, Levy said theathletic facility is set to open this win-ter.

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Students are known for having to liveon a tight budget. If there’s one thingthat September is good for, it’s re-minding us all about how horren-dously expensive tuition andtextbooks are for a semester of school.Frugality is an essential part of uni-versity life, especially in terms of one’sdisposable income. Going to theGalaxy may be fun, but checking yourbank account the next day is not. Witha little digging, you can find that thereare plenty of things to do in Reginawithout acquiring a guilt trip aboutyour spending habits. Here are somethings to check out this fall that will beeasiest on your wallet.

Combat ImprovThe damage: $5

The fifth season of Combat Improv isto kick off on Wednesday, Sept. 14,and promises to start another year ofsidesplitting laughs. The seasonopener features many returning castmembers and a handful of brand-newimprovisers. With every show havingthe ability to leave you in tears, this isprobably the best way you couldspend $5 on any given Wednesdayevening.

RSO’s Classically Hip ProgramThe damage: $13

Going to see the symphony doesn’thave to be an expensive night out.With the Regina SymphonyOrchestra’s Classically Hip Program,those aged 15 to 30 can pick up ticketsfor only $13. It’s a pretty outrageousdeal, considering adult tickets for aMasterworks Concert Series show cancost more than twice that.

Pass the HatThe damage: Whatever youwant it to be

Pass the Hat is a monthly stand-upcomedy show featuring local comics.The best part about Pass the Hat: youpay what you want. Yes, you read thatcorrectly. There’s no cover charge atthe door, but at the end of the showgive what you feel is appropriatewhen they pass the hat around at theend of the show. Didn’t enjoy theshow? Well, at least you didn’t spend$15 on a 3D movie. Really enjoyed theshow? That’s $5 or $10 well spent. Thenext show is to be held on Friday,Sept. 9, 9 p.m., at The Club.

RPL Film TheatreThe damage: $5 single feature;$7.50 double feature

The Regina Public Library FilmTheatre offers movies that cost far lessto see than the larger chain theaters inthe city. Still too cheap to pay one-third of what you’d pay to see a 3Dmovie? Why not check out theWednesday Plus shows that happenevery Wednesday for free, or checkout the National Film Board Club andsee some NFB movies for free on Sept.12? Don’t forget your student ID toget the student prices!

URSU Welcome WeekThe damage: free

The University of Regina WelcomeWeek is already underway and, if youhaven’t attended any of the awesomefree events yet, don’t fret, becausethere are still two more days of activ-ities. Thursday’s events are to includea live concert on the green featuringMother Mother and Hey Ocean!, beergardens, a vendor fair and an afterparty at The Owl. Friday’s events areto include a beach volleyball tourna-ment, UR International global show-

case and movies on the green (X-Men:First Class and Bridesmaids), cappedoff with more drunken shenanigans atThe Owl.

Fifth Parallel GalleryThe damage: free

The Fifth Parallel Gallery showcaseswork from students here at theUniversity of Regina. It’s open from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Fridayand conveniently located right inRiddell Centre, so you can stop by af-ter class or on your lunch break. Youreally can’t argue with free admissioneither.

U of R theatre department pro-ductionsThe damage: free with studentID

Every year, the theatre department atthe U of R puts on a season of produc-tions that are free for students to at-tend. What’s better than seeing ashow and supporting the university’stheatre department? Doing so at nocost.

The Comedy GrindThe damage: $5

The Comedy Grind happens everySaturday at Gabbo’s and features acompany of local comics performingstand-up acts. Go see why Regina’scomedy scene is growing so rapidly.

Culture DaysThe damage: free

The second annual Culture Daysweekend is to start on Friday, Sept. 30and conclude on Sunday, Oct. 2nd.Discover your local culture (as wellas cultures of the locals) with live mu-sic, an improv workshop, drum mak-ing, bead working and many otheractivities at multiple venues such as

the Globe Theatre, CBC BroadcastCentre, Dunlop Art Gallery andRegina Public Library. Seeculturedays.ca for a complete list ofevents and venues.

Saskatchewan Science CentreThe damage: $8

October is Spooky Science Month atthe Saskatchewan Science Centre,which means exploding pumpkins, amad science lab, scavenger hunts andthemed stage shows amongst others.Before Spooky Science Month kicksoff, the Science Centre is to have itsfirst ever garage sale on Sept. 17,where there will be old exhibits andother forgotten wonders for sale.

Kramer IMAX TheatreThe damage: $9 single show;$15 double feature

The IMAX Theatre is to be closed un-til Sept 17 for its annual cleaning, butonce all the soda has been meticu-lously scrubbed from the floor, be sureto check out two awesome shows,Hubble 3D and Born to Be Wild 3D, inanalog 3D for the price of one moviein digital 3D.

Globe Theatre’s ShumiatcherSandbox SeriesThe damage: $20

Sept 29 is to mark the opening night ofthe Globe Theatre’s smaller, more in-timate Shumiatcher Sandbox stagewith Dot and Mae: Delusions ofGrandeur. Created and performed byLucy Hill and Judy Wensel, this im-provisation-reliant, dark comedyabout two psychiatric nurses is likelyworth going to see.

Monday night jazz/Wednesdaynight folk at Bushwakker’sThe damage: free

There’s no cover charge for bothMonday Night Jazz or WednesdayNight Folk at Bushwakker’s Brewpub.Check out both local and touringartists performing their craft onMondays at 8 p.m. and Wednesdaysat 9 p.m.

Regina Jazz SocietyThe damage: $10

Student memberships to the ReginaJazz Society are only $10 and will getyou a $5 discount on admission toRegina Jazz Society concerts, whichhappen regularly on Fridays at LeBistro in Laval School on HillsdaleStreet. Upcoming shows are sched-uled for Sept 16 and Sept. 30, withboth shows starting at 8 p.m. at LeBistro.

True Knit Art ShowThe damage: free

The True Knit Art Show is a regulararts and crafts show with craftersfrom around the city. At the time ofpress, the date for the next show isstill to be determined, so be sure tokeep an eye on its Facebook page. Bewarned, though, this isn’t yourgrandma’s arts and crafts show.

Live music at The ExchangeThe damage: $10-ish

From the time this issue hits standsuntil mid-November, there are liter-ally dozens of shows scheduled at TheExchange and The Club, from thelikes of Orbital Express, LibraryVoices and Cuff the Duke, to name afew. Tickets are usually around $10,depending on both which and howmany bands are playing that evening.Check out culturalexchange.ca to seea complete list of shows.

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Fall arts preview, on a budgetWho said going out had to be expensive?

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Comedy Grind, Globe Theatre, the RPL Film Theatre, and the U of R’s very own Fifth Parallel Gallery are just some of the places you can take in the arts on a budget.

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Welcome to the University of Regina,bright-eyed first-year student! Didyou learn a lot at orientation? Youmay think you’re well prepared andall set for the upcoming year, but inthe coming weeks you may find whatyou learned in your orientation to beslightly underwhelming. The follow-ing is the Carillon’s ultra-effectiveguide to surviving at the University ofRegina.

We may as well start with every-one’s favourite topic here at the U ofR: parking. You’d do well to learn thatparking services oversell parkingpasses for the M lots, so don’t showup at 9:45 a.m. and expect to get a de-cent parking spot. If you don’t want totake a lengthy walk from your car,you’re going to have to be herearound or a bit before 9 a.m.. Youmight not mind a bit of a walk rightnow, but come late November, a walkto the end of the parking lot – or toone of the adjacent streets/crescents,if you decided to be extra frugal andavoid a parking pass by parking offcampus – is really, really cold.

Once you’ve scoped out yourprimo parking spot and entered thebuilding, you’ll notice a table withcoffee in the Campion commons area.Take it – it’s free. Every Friday is FairTrade Coffee Friday in CampionCollege. This can be a godsend if youstart to frequent Thirsty Thursday.

Now that you’ve got your tastycaffeinated beverage and wanderedawkwardly into what you hope toGod is the right classroom, there are

two basic options for note taking:handwritten or typed. Bringing yourcomputer to class can be both a bless-ing and a curse. If you have a classwhich doesn’t involve writing equa-tions or drawing diagrams, typingnotes on a word processor can be bothfaster and more organized than writ-ing notes on paper. Keeping a semes-ter’s worth of notes in one documentalso makes studying for tests easierthan opening multiple documentswith a days worth of notes, or flip-ping through pages and pages ofloose papers.

However, computers can turninto major distractions. Sure, the firstthree weeks you’ll take diligent notes,but by October those with less self-control, such as myself, can end upspending most of the class playingAngry Birds or creeping Facebook. Youalso might want to change yourhomepage on your Internet browserfrom a website that you frequent of-ten.

If you do end up bringing yourcomputer to class, make sure the vol-ume is off. It’s both annoying to yourclassmates and embarrassing for youwhen the professor is in the middle ofa lecture and is interrupted by a start-up noise or any number of miscella-neous computer sounds. Oh, andmake sure to close the porn beforeopening your computer in class.

You may find you have labs corre-sponding with your classes. That cutelab partner of yours? Yeah, he or she isinto you. Although, just because youcan, doesn’t mean you should.Hooking up with your lab partner canlead to a very long and very awkwardsemester. At least wait until the se-

mester is ending to maximize dam-age control if things end up goingsour.

Leaving your late-morning lab,you feel a disturbance in your midsec-tion and decide its time for somelunch. There may be two Henderson’sCafes here at the U of R, butHenderson’s Cafe in Campion is bet-ter than the one in the Riddell Centre.There’s a little more selection for top-pings and fewer people in theCampion commons area than in theRiddell Centre. You should still makean effort to get out of class quickly inorder to beat the lineup.

After you’ve polished off thatchicken Caesar wrap, you figure it’sprobably a good idea to do somestudying. The sixth floor of the ArcherLibrary is perfect for studying ifyou’re one of those I-need-complete-silence-to-be-productive types. Aswell as tables, there are wonderfullycomfy leather chairs. It’s also a goodplace if you’re finding yourself inneed of a nap from staying up untilthe early morning finishing that termpaper – just don’t snore.

Following your study session ornap in the library, it’s time to call it aday – for the schoolwork at least. Thenight is young. Your friend texts youand suggests the on-campus bar, TheOwl. You should be aware that ifyou’re going to The Owl on a Fridaynight, expect to be waiting for a whilein line if you get there after 10 p.m..Dollar Draft on Wednesday nights canget pretty busy too. Don’t stay out toolate though. If you thought stayingawake in class was hard, wait untilyou’re hungover.

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So you think you cando this?The Carillon tells you how to actually survive yourfirst year of university

Dan Shier

Looking for a party this Friday after-noon? UR International’s GlobalShowcase is a festival – taking placeright in the middle of the AcademicGreen – which is to celebrate our cam-pus’ diverse culture,.

“It’s just going to be one bigparty,” said Melissa Berwald, man-ager of international student servicesand study abroad at UR International.“This is the first global showcase wehave had. We’ve had [smaller] eventslike this before on campus, with dif-ferent names. This is way bigger thananything we’ve ever done before.”

The Green is to be packed with averitable and literal smorgasbord ofcultural experiences. With over 30 dis-play tables, 15 performances on theinteractive stage and a free interna-tional buffet, the event sure does seemto be bigger and better than anythingUR International has had before.

A highlight for any student on abudget this year is the free interna-tional buffet. You do need a ticket –which is freely available to students atthe UR International office – to getyour plate of Indian, Chinese, AfricanCanadian and First Nations cuisine,but the little bit of effort it takes towalk down to College West 109 willbe worth it. But you better hurry, forby the time you read this, the ticketscould be gone.

“We have 1,200 tickets [to the in-ternational buffet] and we’ve givenaway and sold most of them already,”Berwald said. “The international buf-fet is going to be huge and it’s goingto be tasty.”

But, if you’re one of the unluckyfew who cannot get a ticket to theluncheon, you can still take in the freeperformances on the UR Internationalstage, which promise to be more thanjust another Mosaic.

“It’s going to be a really engagingevent. We are really going all out to re-ally share all of the diversity we haveon campus,” said Martha Mathurin, astudy-abroad specialist at URInternational, who has been co-ordi-nating the displays and the perform-ances.

There is to be a mix of contempo-rary and traditional cultural perform-ances and you can expect to seecontemporary Pakistani hip-hopdance, traditional Korean drumming,salsa dancing, along with other per-formances from China, India andNigeria, just to name a few.

But UR International isn’t inter-ested in just providing free entertain-ment to students. Berwald hopes theGlobal Showcase will bring awarenessto the diverse cultures situated oncampus.

“We have a very diverse campusand a culturally-sensitive community,so we want to foster that internationalcommunity spirit,” Berwald said. “It’swelcoming to all of the new interna-tional students… [and] it gets facultyand staff out to join the studentevents, so it’s all encompassing.”

Not an international student?Don’t fear that the events will be to-tally impenetrable to you. The eventpromises to be inclusive of everyone,regardless of where you were born orwhere you call home.

“We don’t want this to be an en-tirely international event,” Mathurinreassured. “We want domestic stu-dents to come and, you know, partic-ipate and learn a little bit about theworld.“We’re bringing the world to Regina.We really want the students to be en-gaged in the opportunity. This will bea one-time opportunity to see theworld without the jetlag.”

The UR International GlobalShowcase is to take place on theAcademic Green from 11 a.m. to 3p.m.

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See the world inan afternoonUR International’s Global Showcaseoffers cultural diversity and one helluvaa party

Edward Dodd

“We’re bringing the world to Regina. We reallywant the students to be engaged in the oppor-tunity. This will be a one-time opportunity tosee the world without the jetlag.”

Martha Mathurin

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FivePixar momentsfor back toschool

Nemo’s first dayof schoolFinding Nemo5

I doubt most of our parentsare like Marlin anymore, hold-ing our hands on the first dayof school. But, maybe if you’relucky, you’ll get a professor ascool as the stingray.

4Just because you’re going offto college, it doesn’t meanyou’re a grown-ass man.Andy played with his toys atthe end of Toy Story 3 like achild. And the university-aged audience cried like achild as he did.

3Linguini, instead of actuallylearning how to cook, lets arat do it for him. And then hegot caught. And then he gavethe rat the credit he deserved.Take note, first years.

2Look, if you don’t go to thegym, you’re going to look likethese guys. Besides, you’repaying for it anyway, so youmight as well use it.

1You may have been hot shit onthe racetrack, LightningMcQueen, but in RadiatorSprings you start at the bot-tom of the ladder. So drop theattitude, freshies.

You could go to the Universityof Saskatchewan and learn allabout how Pixar does what itdoes, or you could just pullout your old DVDs and re-livesome of the most educationalmoments in Pixar history.

Andy goes tocollegeToy Story 3

Remy lets a ratcook for himRatatouille

All aboard theaxiomWALL-E

LightningMcQueenarrives inRadiator SpringsCars

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One year ago, Brij Verma clipped anarticle out of a newspaper that he stillkeeps in his office at the University ofSaskatchewan.

The article was about an anima-tion workshop taught in Vancouverby two Pixar employees.

“Here’s a world-class organiza-tion. Here are these world-class ani-mators. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it bereally nice to get these guys here?’”Verma said.

Luckily, as director of research inscience for the College of Arts andScience, Verma was just the person tomake this a reality. Over the last fourmonths, he has spent most of his timeorganizing a two-day seminar atConvocation Hall and a free publiclecture at the Broadway Theatre.

Verma said despite the difficultiesof fundraising and organizing, whichcome with an event like this, he would“put on five of these a year if I could.”The seminar costs $450, but only $250for students. Verma said that althoughthe focus will be on animation, any-one in any field of storytelling wouldbenefit from the workshop.

“Computer scientists can takepart, computer-science students cantake part, artists can take part, novel-ists – you get this whole new area ofpeople who would find [the seminar]interesting,” Verma said.

The speakers are AndrewGordon, an animator, and MatthewLuhn, who works in storyboarding.The two have over 30 years of experi-ence at Pixar between them and haveworked on such blockbusters as ToyStory, Finding Nemo, and Up.

Saskatoon will mark the first timethat Gordon and Luhn have given afree public lecture in addition to theregular sessions, which will helpbring their experience off campus andinto the wider community.

“There’s no business like showbusiness,” said Eric Neufeld, head ofthe computer science department.“People are fascinated by what goeson behind the scenes.”

In the case of Pixar, this may beespecially true as the company hasproduced some of the most memo-rable films of the last two decades.

Pixar started as an animationgroup within George Lucas’s empire.After Apple co-founder Steve Jobsbought the company for 10-milliondollars and changed its focus, itstarted producing feature films, in-cluding 1995’s Toy Story, which wasthe first ever film entirely made withcomputer-generated imagery.

Since then, the company haschurned out hit after hit, until it wasfinally purchased by Disney in a dealworth 7.4-billion dollars – not a badreturn on the initial investment.

Although Pixar makes the anima-tion look effortless, there are count-less hours of production that go intoeach frame.

Neufeld, who also teaches com-puter graphics, says some studentswill be familiar with the painstakingprocess of creating digital images.One of the first exercises he used togive students was to build a virtualchest of drawers that opens and closeswith a click. Later, he would askwhich was harder, building a realchest or a virtual one. Almost every-one said the virtual chest of drawerswas more difficult.

“It sure feels like magic whenyou’re sitting in the theatre, butthere’s a lot of work, a lot of thought,a lot of ideas people are too busy pro-ducing the animation to tell you howto do it,” said Neufeld, adding the an-imation seminar would be a rare op-portunity to discuss those points withworld-class artists.”

Verma perhaps summed it upbest: “Once you hear these guys, whowork at arguably one of [the] finestanimation companies on Earth, wheredo you go after that? Where else areyou going to meet people who are attheir level?”

The animation seminar is to take placeSept. 16 and 17 at Convocation Hall.Register at www.cs.usask.ca/masterclass.The free public lecture is to take placeSept. 17, 7 p.m., at the Broadway Theatre.Tickets are available from the U of S de-partment of computer science.

The University of Saskatchewanis getting animatedPixar is to deliver a two-day seminar at the U of S

ishmael n. darosheaf (university ofsaskatchewan)

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commentary

Yeah, I know, Planet of the Apes (1968) was re-leased over 40 years ago and therefore isn’t “rel-evant” anymore to today’s youth. Well, fuck you,today’s youth, because if you’re gonna go seeRise of the Planet of the Apes (and you know youwill), you better know where the whole thing be-gan.

Now, if you haven’t seen Planet of the Apes,you can pop over to your local Blockbuster(while they’re still around) or hop onto Netflix(you know you spend more time on there thanyou like to admit) and watch it for less than $10.Even if you don’t plan on seeing Rise of the Planetof the Apes this year, go watch the original any-way.

Planet of the Apes holds up remarkably wellover 40 years later. Sure, the makeup on the apeslooks kitschy now, but back in the day, this wasgroundbreaking stuff. Everyone knows the basic

premise of the film by now: George Taylor(played by Charlton Heston) and a group of as-tronauts get lost in space and 3,000 years laterthey ostensibly land on a new planet where apesare the intelligent beings and humans are noth-ing more than animals. Of course, it turns outthat Taylor and his crew have just landed backon Earth after 3,000 years and the apes have justout-evolved humans.

The film has some great iconic moments,from Taylor’s “take your stinking paws off me,you damned dirty ape”, to the iconic shot of ascreaming Taylor at the feet of the destroyedStatue of Liberty. But, what’s really important is-n’t Heston’s iconic performance, but the film’soverarching critique of creationism. The film laysout an ape mythology, which explains how apescame to rule the planet, not unlike contemporarycreationist theology. Taylor and the ape scientists(whom the theocratic ape overlord dismisses as“blasphemers”) scoff at the ape mythology ascrude and unfounded. The final shot of Taylorscreaming at the feet of Lady Liberty confirmsthe unfounded nature of the mythology. Theapes created it to make sense of the world, butthey know, in their heart of hearts, it simply is-n’t true.

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Planet of the Apes

Starring: CharltonHeston, RoddyMcDowall, KimHunter

Dir. Franklin J.Schaffner

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Ok, ok, I can forgive the needlessly wordy andnonsensical title. Rise of the Planet of the Apes ismuch smarter than any prequel should be, andthat’s giving it a lot of credit. Sure, it won’t be asmemorable as 1968’s Planet of the Apes starringCharlton Heston, but it’s a lot better, and smarter,than anything else you’ll probably see in the-atres.

The premise of the film is that a scientist(played by James Franco, in a performancewhere he essentially just does what he’s told) inan attempt to find a cure for his father’s (JohnLithgow) Alzheimer’s disease, inadvertently cre-ates an ape with mental capacities akin to that ofhumans. The ape, called Caesar, naturally, be-comes disenchanted with human society afterhe is treated harshly by some undesirable folk atanimal control and uses the “cure” to create arace of apes just like him.

The film is more layered and nuanced thanone would expect, but to get the full experience,you have to have a decent understanding of itspredecessor (which is why you can read that re-view on this page too). Watch for when TomFelton, playing one of those undesirable folks atanimal control, quotes Charlton Heston’s “takeyour stinking paws off me, you damned dirtyape” at a climactic point in the film. The linecomes off as slightly cheesy and is a little too self-aware for its own good, but its placement in afilm where the apes slowly overtake the humansis pure genius.

It’s a solid piece of filmmaking. The filmends at an odd point, not quite fulfilling the ex-pectations of a prequel, asking the audience to fillin more of the gap than it should have to be-tween Rise and Planet of the Apes. After you leavethe theatre, you’ll find yourself rememberingthe names of the apes and not those of the hu-mans. The film truly was a success in that itblurred the supposed boundary between animaland human, savage and civilized, placing theaudience in the middle.

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Rise of the Planetof the Apes

Starring: JamesFranco, FreidaPinto, JohnLithgow

Dir. Rupert Wyatt

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music reviewsI’m With You is the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ followup to 2006’s Stadium Arcadium, and the first re-lease since Josh Klinghoffer replaced JohnFrusciante, who left the band in 2009. Even witha change to the lineup of the band, I’m With Youdoesn’t vary much from the iconic alternativefunk-rock sounds heard on albums like StadiumArcadium and 2002’s By the Way. A strong basspresence has always been prominent on Red HotChili Peppers’ albums, but it seems to even out-weigh the guitar on a fair amount of I’m WithYou.

None of the songs on I’m With You are as-toundingly bad, but only a handful of songs standout as particularly good. Songs feel mediocre anduninteresting at times. While the album isn’t nec-essarily bad, it will likely fall short of being a sta-ple in the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ catalogue. Thisisn’t true for all the tracks, however, and songslike “Look Around”, “Meet Me at the Corner”and “Factory of Faith” show that even thoughthey have been around for nearly three decades,the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still going strong.

Red Hot Chili PeppersI’m With YouWarner Bros.

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Five post-Welcome Week activities

Find a party5There are parties in residence and off cam-pus all the time. You’ll do well to learnwhich floors in your building are the partyfloors. And who said partying was only re-served for weekends? If you look hardenough, you can find your own drunkenbooze-fest any day of the week.

Flex all that useless triviaknowledge4

You learn a lot at university. How much ofthat is actually useful is up for discussion,but Thursday night Pub Trivia at the Owl issure to justify any class you find yourself in.Get together a team of eight friends andbattle it out for a chance to win beer. Lots ofbeer. And speaking of beer…

Burn off thoseempty calories3

You probably consumed enough beer for asmall army this week, so why not work offall those empty calories in the pool?Besides, you don’t want to look like you juststepped off the Axiom, do you?

Become cultured2The Fifth Parallel has art. Lots of art. Freeart. It’s not the most mentally taxing thingyou could do, though, especially not ifyou put all those skills you learned in ArtHistory 100 to use. There are a handful ofexhibitions there per semester and eachexhibition has its own opening reception,complete with free food and booze. That’sright. Free food and free booze.

Go to class1We all know you skipped class duringWelcome Week. Now’s the time to getyour ass back there so you don’t fail out ofuniversity.

Welcome Week may seem like the most fun you’ll have all year, but there are plenty ofthings you can do after Welcome Week is over to alleviate those post-Welcome Week hang-over blues.

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the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 2011featuresInnovative research

at the U of R

The world of science is driven by thepursuit of knowledge and the expan-sion of mankind’s understanding ofthe universe. The Tokai to Kamoika(T2K) experiment, a particle-accelera-tion test based out of Japan, is one ofthe most promising research endeav-ours in the world of physics today.

The world-renowned experimentinvolves firing beams of sub-atomicparticles underground across Japan256 kilometres into two light-detec-tion devices, which record the vari-ous behaviours of the particles whilein transit.

The experiment is a massive un-dertaking and has become a world-wide collaboration. Countries such asCanada, Italy, Germany, the UnitedStates, Russia and Spain are all pool-ing their scientific resources together.T2K is a project that not only providesscientists with a better understandingof the universe, but also has thespillover bonus of accelerating thegrowth of several technological de-velopments and providing a launch-ing pad for the careers of severalyoung scientists.

“The Canadian group in this col-laboration is quite big,” Dr. EdwardMathie told the Carillon in a recentinterview. “It might be the third-biggest contingent in the experiment.”

Mathie has been with the U of R’sphysics department since 1984 and,as he put it, the T2K experiment isabout understanding how the uni-verse is built on a fundamental level.

“Atoms, we understand, are com-prised of the nuclei and the electronsaround the nuclei,” he said. “The nu-clei themselves are comprised of pro-tons and neutrons. But, when youdelve deeper into what makes thingstick within the nucleus of all atoms,then you open the door to the worldof sub-atomic physics.

“So, at the fundamental level, welook for the smallest building blocksin nature and, from there, we can un-derstand more about the larger piecesabove.”

The T2K experiment revolvesaround the study of neutrinos, minis-cule particles created as the result ofradioactive decay or nuclear reactions.These elementary particles, meaningthey are not made of smaller frag-ments, come on three types or“flavours”. Neutrinos also have a neu-tral electric charge, meaning they canpass through normal matter unaf-fected – nearly 65 billion neutrinospass through the earth every second.

As neutrinos make their wayfrom the sun to the earth, they gothrough what is called neutrino oscil-lation, where they change from one

type of neutrino to another. Combinethis with the neutrino’s frustratingability to seemingly pass through mat-ter and studying the particle is a toil-some task.

“In order for us to understandneutrinos very well, it’s hard to waiton the number of particles that youcan detect in nature, because they areso weakly interacting,” Mathie ex-plained. “So, the T2K experiment uti-lizes an accelerator to produce [avariety of particles that eventually de-cay into] two neutrinos. So, if we havean accelerator with enough power, wecan produce a larger number of neu-trinos than we see in the natural envi-

ronment.”The accelerator breaks down into

three pieces: the accelerator, the neardetector and the Super-Kamiokandedetector. The neutrinos travel throughnearly the entire width of Japan beforereaching the final detection device.

Canada’s involvement in the proj-ect, including the team at the U of R,is working on components of the neardetector, the intermittent detector be-tween the accelerator and the Super-Kamiokande detector. The neardetector is roughly the size of a two-story town house.

Several parts of Canada, includ-ing B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and

Ontario are all coming together to cre-ate little bits and pieces of the neardetector. The pieces are then assem-bled in Vancouver before beingshipped to Japan.

“Our job here is Regina is to workon the optical systems for the Fine-Grained Detectors,” Mathie ex-plained.

Mathie and his team, includingDr. Mauricio Barbi and Dr. RomanTacik, create plastic optical rods,which capture the light produced inthe rare instance when a neutrino hasa charged reaction with another parti-cle. Optical fibres placed inside therods then convert the light to an elec-

tric signal.“The fibres then absorb the light

created by the plastic rods,” Mathiesaid. “And then the fibre reemits it asa different wavelength of light andthat light passes through the fibre inthe same way we use fibres to lightand transmit signals in communica-tions.”

After the light is captured, it istransmitted down to a detection de-vice and voila, the T2K team can nowdetect one of the smallest particlesknown to exist – small enough to passthrough most matter uncontested.

In addition to the obvious benefitof learning about the fundamentalprinciples of the universe’s construc-tion, the T2K experiment has theadded benefit of jump-starting the de-velopment of new technologies.

“There is a subtle relationship be-tween fundamental research and ap-plied research,” Mathie explained. “Infundamental research, because we areasking questions at the forefront or‘research horizon’ as we call it, we aredoing things people have never done.We are doing things for the very firsttime, feeling our way over that re-search horizon. And in doing that, wecreate demands on industry to help usachieve these goals. We are often tak-ing industry down paths it wouldhave never gone down for the funda-mental curiosity alone.”

Although it is impossible to tellwhere the T2K experiment will leadindustry in the future, T2K has de-manded incredibly high amounts ofcomputing, communications powerand light detection devices. Accordingto Mathie, new technologies need tobe created to fulfil these demands,leaving the door open for industry touse the technology to develop devicesfor commercial sale. In the wake ofT2K’s pursuit of curiosity, new tech-nologies could emerge that wouldhave otherwise gone unexplored.

“Industry also needs a talent poolto draw from,” Mathie said.“Experiments like this capture stu-dents imagination, lead them to un-dertake the very difficult graduateschool in physics for example and itbrings them onto a playing field weresome of them might choose to go toindustry and others might choose tostay in curiosity-driven research. But,without the curiosity-driven research,the talent pool would not be there.”

While providing an impetus fortechnological advancement and in-spiring young minds, when you getdown to the nitty-gritty, the T2K ex-periment is about one thing: expand-ing human knowledge. The project isusing some of the best minds inphysics from around the world – andit’s a piece of history that Canada, andthe U of R, is proud to be a part of.

“We are askingquestions at theforefront or ‘research horizon’as we call it, weare doing thingsthat people havenever done”

Dr. Edward Mathie

Dr. Mathie stands next to a test chamber for the optical fibres, which are built and tested in his lab on campus.

Dietrich Neu

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Understanding the universe at a fundamental levelU of R researchers lend a hand in massive global experiment

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At a time when global apprehensionabout climate change is still a pressingissue, a research team at theUniversity of Regina is currentlyworking on a way to produce clean,efficient hydrogen power in an un-precedented way. The HydrogenProduction Pilot Plant Project (FFPF)is a 2.7-million dollar, government-funded, research project to help de-velop a revolutionary way of creatingenergy.

The issue of clean and efficientpower sources has been a topic of de-bate for decades. Burning fossil fuelsbombards the air with toxic CO2.Nuclear power is efficient and clean,but the potential doom it can rain onharbouring communities makes it astruggle to implement.

Hydrogen production is anothersolution to this problem. This emerg-ing source of energy production hasthe potential to be one of the cleanestenergy sources possible, however, it isnot without its own shortcomings.Traditionally hydrogen production ofthe past has had to fight to maintainbalance between being a clean source

of energy, or an efficient one. Somemethods require specific geographi-cal conditions, others work well butproduce CO2 emissions that negatethe clean energy benefits and othersare expensive.

U of R doctors Raphael Idem,Hussameldin Ibrahim and AtaullahKhan are working on a way for propo-nents of hydrogen production to havetheir cake and eat it too.

“Our technology provides a lowcost/low energy hydrogen produc-tion process for a wide range of appli-cations and, at the same time,contributes toward CO2 and CH4 re-duction in the atmosphere.,”Husssameldin Ibrahim told theCarillon in a recent interview. “Also,our technology works by convertingwaste into hydrogen, which is a valu-able product that’s used in many in-dustrial applications.”

Ibrahim has been working in theU of R’s engineering department sinceAug. 1 of last year. His colleagues andhim have been commissioned to cre-ate a clean, efficient way to producehydrogen as an energy source and the

technology is encouraging. “This breakthrough technology

dramatically reduces the energy costof hydrogen production, making theplants both economic and scalable,”he said. “Small-scale, feed- andprocess-flexible hydrogen productionrepresents a tremendous step forwardin making hydrogen, considered to bethe ideal clean-burning fuel availableas a primary energy source.”

In order for hydrogen to be usedas an energy source, it needs to beseparated from substances, such asfossil fuels, which are known as “hy-drogen carriers”. Currently, hydrogenproduction facilities are not only largein scale, but are specific in the type offeed that they are capable of convert-ing.

“Our hydrogen plant design usesa unique catalyst that works with vir-tually any hydrogen carrier as a feedsource,” Ibrahim explained. “Using acatalyst also reduces the amount ofheat required to convert the hydro-carbon into hydrogen since, like anycatalyst, it does part of the work thatnormally requires heat or electricity.

This makes the process more efficient,which both reduces the cost of hydro-gen production and enables the plantsto be built on a smaller scale.”

The design uses a nickel-basedcatalyst to convert any potential feed-stock into four compounds: Carbonmonoxide, hydrogen, natural gas andcarbon dioxide. The compounds arethen moved to another chambercalled the “catalytic membrane reac-tor”, water is added and the reactorspits out CO2 and hydrogen. The hy-drogen is then used as a clean energysource and the CO2 is recycled backinto the reactor to be converted intomore hydrogen.

“Our unique process design actu-ally utilizes CO2 in the reformationprocess,” Ibrahim said while explain-ing how the production plant worked.“The membrane reactor effectivelyseparates the hydrogen and the CO2.After that, a portion of the CO2 is re-cycled back into the first stage, whilethe remainder is collected and sent forutilization in a number of end uses.”

The result is a low-energy cost,highly efficient, clean energy source –

zero carbon emissions. In addition,the plant design allows it to be builton small or large scales.

“This will enable plants to be builtlarge enough to supply hydrogen forheating, transportation and electric-ity in small or large communities, orbuilt small enough for single facilitiesor complexes like airports or indus-trial plants,” Ibrahim said. “The uti-lization of local feedstocks willsupport local agricultural sectors andreduce municipal waste, while creat-ing many new local industries. It willalso enable a transition to more dis-tributed, smaller-scale power produc-tion.”

Although Ibrahim admits thetechnology could be up to a decadeaway from commercial implementa-tion, its potential to revolutionize theway we create energy is captivating.An efficient, clean, economic energysource may only be a decade away.

“ This technologycontributes to-ward CO2 andCH4 reduction inthe atmosphere”

Dr. HussameldinIbrahim

In addition to promising research ven-tures in physics and engineering, theUniversity of Regina’s chemistry de-partment is also conducting funda-mental research in pesticidetransportation which could lay thegroundwork for important studies inthe future, as well as provide impor-tant knowledge about pesticide con-trol.

Since Aug. 10 , Dr. Renata Rainaand her team of graduate studentshave been monitoring the way hun-dreds of pesticides travel through theatmosphere. They have received justover $160,000 in funding from theNational Science and EngineeringResearch Council (NSERC) to conducttheir research over five years.

“Pesticide research is actually veryexpensive to do,” said Raina, who hasbeen part of the U of R’s chemistry de-partment since 2002. “Things likechemical analysis are very expensiveto do and, without the research grant,it’s just not possible to do it.”

The research team travels aroundthe country to gather samples of pes-ticides that have, in some cases, trav-elled thousands of miles from wherethey were originally intended for use.According to Raina, understandingtheir potential to spread around thecountry is key to understanding whichpesticides are safe to use and whatneeds to be set aside.

“Pesticides have both health ef-fects and environmental effects,”Raina said. “We need to know howchemicals move in the atmosphere andhow they are transformed. Sometimespesticides degrade in the atmosphereand become more toxic chemicals.Some of these chemicals can travellarge distances. They could move froman area where they were meant to beapplied for something like crop protec-tion, to a region that is much more sen-sitive, such as an area where a lot ofpeople live.”

The research team is focused pri-marily on the study of long-rangetransportation of pesticides in the air.

“We try not to focus as much onthe local influences,” Raina explained.“We don’t particularly want a sitethat’s heavily influenced by the usageof pesticides, because that will onlyhelp us identify the local issue and weare more concerned with things on aglobal scale.”

There are regulations on what pes-ticides farmers can use in their envi-ronments, but as Raina points out,there is very little consideration forhow these chemicals could move inthe atmosphere and influence otherterritory.

“It’s not that we want to ban allpesticides,” she explained. “We wantto make their management better, be-cause they are regulated, but there is

no data on how they behave in the en-vironment. Environments are highlyvariable and chemicals react differ-ently depending on the type of atmos-phere.”

The idea of the study is to observehow these chemicals behave andhopefully lay the bricks for more intel-ligent, safer regulation of the morethan 500 pesticides approved for usein Canada.

Raina hopes her work could pro-vide a foundation for further studieson the actual pesticides themselvesand give future researchers a startingpoint while conducting studies on is-sues, such as the carcinogenic effects ofpesticides, environmental impacts andvarious others.

“Hopefully, this research will sup-port other people’s endeavours,”Raina said. “Studies on things like thecancerous effects of a chemical take along time to do. So, first we have toprove those chemicals are in the envi-ronment and the levels in that environ-ment are something to be concernedabout.”

But, for the moment, Raina andher team will have to continue to sim-ply keep laying the groundwork.Working one day at a time, one stepcloser to safer pesticide regulation anda better understanding of the chemi-cals we use on food everyday.

“ Sometimes pesticides degrade in the atmosphere and become more toxic chemi-cals. Some of these chemicals can travellarge distances.”

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University of Regina parking gets apassing grade from me this year.

Last year, the main blemish on thereport card was the south access roadleading into Lot 15. Driving into Lot15 last year from that entrance wassimilar to riding a mechanical bull –being tossed around constantly andfeeling rather woozy by the end. Withall the potholes, I could only imaginethe toll it was taking on my car.

I had some hope that my ridewould have a lot less bumps in itwhen Gwen Evans, U of R parkingservices manager, told the Carillon lastyear that the road would be paved bythis school year once construction toInnovation Place was completed. Ofcourse, I wasn’t entirely hopeful at thetime, as people in those positions usu-ally lied as often as a new potholepopped up in the Lot 15 entrance.

This summer, after production ofthe second Carillon summer issue hadfinished, I took the same entrance outof Lot 15. I didn’t immediately noticeanything as I was driving, which wasreason enough to take notice. Wherewere the bumps, jolts and sickness?Further inspection showed me that Iwas in fact, as promised, drivingalong a smoothly paved road. NowI’m able to drive into Lot 15 with a lit-tle dignity.

The U of R parking services teamdefinitely deserves credit for deliver-ing what it promised. Seeing as there

will surely be several articles in theCarillon this year putting down every-thing possible about the parking atour university, I thought it would beappropriate to point out somethingmore positive.

And really, when it comes to themuch-criticized Lot 15, I don’t see ahuge problem.

Before it was paved, the entranceto Lot 15 probably had twice as manypot holes as the huge lot itself. For themost part, the surface is smooth andnot rough on vehicles.

As for the issue of space, or theapparent lack of space which alwaysirritates students, I think there’splenty of breathing room. It might behard to find a close spot for the firstcouple of weeks, but then a largechunk of students usually drop out.Besides, Monday is usually the onlyday where there is ever a huge prob-lem with finding a parking stall. I’venever been in a situation where Icouldn’t find a spot in Lot 15.

It’s funny that students complainabout the lack of space in Lot 15, be-cause it is illegal parkers – those whodon’t purchase a permit and thereforeare not accounted for – who cause alot of the problem. Another problem ispeople taking up more than one stall.If common sense isn’t enough to fixthis problem, then the fact that ticketsare being raised to $65 from $15should.

Some have suggested expandingLot 15 further south, but this would bea contradiction to another complaintoften levelled against Lot 15: the dis-tance. While in reality, you can getfrom any spot in Lot 15 to the RiddellCentre in less than 10 minutes, thissmall amount of time seems to be tooprecious for most.

If you examine the parking situa-tion at any other university, you’ll re-alize just how short our walk actuallyis. At some universities, a walk of 30minutes to an hour is common.Expanding the size of the lot wouldonly make the walk further.

The other main complaint is theprice. I’ll admit that around $150 is alot to pay for an M permit for one se-mester. However, the parking lot costsa lot of money to maintain and thisproblem, like the state of the lot, spaceand distance issues, can be solved bytaking public transport, carpooling or,God forbid, walking.

Even the harshest critics of theparking system at the University ofRegina have to admit that, when itcame to paving the south access road,the department certainly didn’t stalland made a spot-on decision.

jonathan hamelincopy editor

Lot 15 entrance is apaved paradise

editorial

Edward Dodd

Welcome – or welcome back – to theUniversity of Regina! I hope you allhad a great summer.

The University of ReginaStudents’ Union has many excitingevents planned for this fall. One ma-jor event is a student-issues campaign,which we will be running during theprovincial election (voting day is Nov.7). More information will be releasedover the next few weeks, but if youwould like to volunteer or be involvedin any way, send a quick email to:president@ursu.ca.

An issue we are focusing on rightnow is the university’s decision to jackup the cost of parking tickets by 333per cent. 2011 University of Reginapresident Vianne Timmons and the Uof R parking services have deemed itnecessary to raise the price of a park-ing ticket from $50 to $100. The in-crease is even more drastic whenconsidering the cost of early payment.It used to be $15, but will now cost anoutrageous $65 – an increase of over333 per cent.

The issue is larger than simply pe-nalizing illegal parkers. In theory, thedeterrence of a stiff parking ticketwould mean additional stalls for pass-holding students. However, using theuniversity’s own numbers, there wereabout 200 illegal parkers in Novemberof last year – or 4 per cent of totalparking stalls. Even if all 200 illegalparkers stopped parking illegally, thedemand for parking this year will ac-tually increase due to a nearly 10 percent jump in enrollment, a new faculty

of nursing which will have some 350students, and a climbing number ofresidence students who need to parktheir vehicles.

Simply put: the University ofRegina has created a parking problemand now students are being forced tobear the burden of the cost.

The university has done nothingsubstantial to work with the City ofRegina to improve public transit –which would decrease parking de-mand – and parking services contin-ues to oversell parking stalls to rake inmore and more profit. In fact, over thelast fiscal year, parking services made$419,000 in profit – enough to buy aparking pass for nearly 8,000 students.To add insult to injury, the outrageousincrease in parking ticket fees all goesto the City of Regina – meaning stu-dents will see no increase in service orparking lot maintenance.

However, there is something wecan do to reverse the university’s de-cision. On July 19, Vianne Timmonssaid to me, “I have never received anemail from a student complainingabout parking.” Friends, I think weshould change that. Please send anemail to Vianne.Timmons@uregina.caand let her know that the universityhas created a parking problem, andthat charging students 333 per centmore for a ticket isn’t going to fix it.

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op-ed the carillon | Sept. 8 – 14, 201120

So you walk into your first class, sitdown, open up your clipboard andimmediately hundreds of students,both young and old, pour into the lec-ture hall and surround you.University can be quite an intimidat-ing place – far more intimidating thanhigh school.

Although intimidating, universityis truly an amazing place to be. Ittakes some people longer to adjust touniversity than others. So, for bothSpeedy Sams and Slow Sallies, hereare seven rules even an experienceduniversity student should followwhen adapting to the universitylifestyle.

Rule #1: Don’t let a bad gradediscourage you

You had a 95 per cent average in highschool and you get your first essayback in university and it reads 50 per

cent. Do not let this bring you downand decide the fate of your education.We’ve all been there and have hadthat happen. One of the most impor-tant lessons to learn in university isyou must learn how to fail before youcan learn how to pass.

Rule #2: Don’t be afraid to go toyour professor for help

Professors are there for you. They en-joy what they do and they enjoy see-ing students engage in theirprofession. They have an email ad-dress for a reason, so don’t be afraid touse it and contact them. Also, profes-sors have office hours. Swing by ifyou need a helping hand on an essayor assignment. Just because the uni-versity has your money doesn’t meanthey don’t care about you.

Rule #3: Show up to class andshow up on time.

If I had a nickel for every time I hearda student go off on a tangent abouthow stressed he or she is for amidterm or essay and how he or shehas no idea what’s going on in class,I’d be able to buy a Tuesday King Dealat Burger King. Yes, I hear it that often.Showing up to class, showing up ontime and taking notes is half the battlewhen it comes to studying. Even ifyou miss a class, email your professorand let them know. I guarantee theywill fill you in on the material you’vemissed.

Rule #4: Don’t leave your essaystill the last minute

This is a story about a fictional univer-sity student named Larry. It’s Fridayand Larry has an essay due the fol-lowing Tuesday, but instead of work-ing on it, he is going to go to the bar.It’s now Saturday and his friend ishaving people over for beer pong. It’sSunday and he’s too exhausted fromFriday and Saturday to work on hisessay. Holy last minute, Batman! It’sMonday and his essay worth 25 percent of his grade is due tomorrow!

Don’t be a “Last Minute Larry”.Essays take planning and effort andyou get out of them what you put in.If an essay is due a month from whenit’s assigned, take the time to plan outwhat you’re going to do on whatdays. For example, do an outline on aWednesday, do your introductoryparagraph on a Friday, etc. Planningmakes the overall project less stressfuland easier.

Rule #5: Study, study, study

I remember watching TV all night,gradually studying during commer-cial breaks and thinking, “Well, I stud-ied enough for this history midterm.”One month later, I found out I got 35per cent on it. If you don’t know howto study, you’ve got to find a system.For example, I like re-writing every-thing from my notes and I study in lit-tle 15 minute time frames. I also avoidstudying when my favourite TVshows are on. Maybe study with afriend and get them to mock test youprior to an exam. You’ll eventually hityour stride. Flash cards are good forwhen you have to leave the house fora job or family gathering. I find thatone of the best study tools for finalsare your midterms. Don’t stress your-self, but manage your time whenstudying accordingly.

Rule #6: With all honesty,people don’t realize/care thatyou’re a first-year.

I often compare university to walk-ing through a mall and the stores areall the classrooms. In a realistic way,nobody really acknowledges you andyou see some friends here and there.Everybody is there for one reason: toobtain an education. University does-n’t have the same “popularity” mojohigh school had. Honestly and truth-fully, it’s not the main focus anymore.School is numero uno ... or justNumber 1.

Rule #7: Maintain a positive attitude.

Simply put, if you want to achieve aneducation, then you will. If a badmark comes your way, think, “I’mgonna do my best to learn from mymistakes.” Work to improve on yourschool work and you will improve asa person. I find a positive attitude willtake you farther than any book-smartknowledge ever could. Who knows,maybe this positive attitude will allowyou to one day help future first-yearstudents adjust to university. It’s a lifeskill which will stick with you forever.

This is it. This is the big leagues now.You’re up to bat and life is going tothrow as many fastballs at you as itcan. Remember these seven rules andeverything should go relativelysmoothly for your first year. You willmake mistakes, but it’s all about un-derstanding what went wrong and re-alizing what you’re going to do tochange it for the next time.

I’m not perfect, nor is the nextperson. Life and university is trickylike that and it all comes down to howyou to adjust to the curve balls. Mybest wishes go out to every first-yearstudent. Soak up the atmosphere, uti-lize all your resources and, if youthought your high-school years weregreat and you met some amazing peo-ple, just wait for what this year has instore for you.

colton hordichukcontributor

Seven rules for starting school

Edward Dodd

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Where were you on September 11,2001?

It’s a question that everyone cananswer: “I was driving my kids toschool when I heard the news on theradio,” “I was having my morningcoffee and watching TV when the firstplane hit the north tower,” “I was inhistory class when the principal camein and turned on the radio and we lis-tened to reports in silence.”

The Sept. 11 Attacks, forever afterreferred to as 9/11, were a collectiveexperience on par with the VE Day orthe moon landing, but with a far moretragic and traumatic effect on every-one who heard the news.

This Sunday marks the 10th an-niversary of the attacks, and yet it al-most feels like yesterday that ourco-workers or classmates gatheredaround the television and watchedtransfixed and horrified as first onetower, then the other collapsed in anexplosion of dust and debris. We allremember the confusion, the shockand the fear that gripped us. And ashyperbolic as it sounds, 9/11 trulywas a day that changed the world for-ever.

The 9/11 attacks launched thecontroversial War on Terror, a war thatculminated in the invasion of bothAfghanistan and Iraq with poor con-sequences. A war on freedoms was

also waged alongside the actual war,all in the name of extending securityto a frightened populace. A rathermeaningless colour chart indicatingthreat levels to the United States wasintroduced – a chart which rarelydropped below the yellow or “signif-icant” risk of terrorist attack.

And, as a response to the initialact of extremism, the political dis-course of America followed suit. Thegovernment encouraged citizens to be“vigilant” by reporting anything sus-picious. A widespread paranoia andxenophobia began to permeateAmerican culture. Stations like FoxNews, relying on controversy andsensationalism, became extremelypopular. A wave of jingoism sweptthe world, best summed up byAmerican president George W. Bush’sfamous pronouncement. “You’re ei-ther with us, or against us.”

On the other side of the issue, avariety of opposing forces assembled,most characterized by Jon Stewart orStephen Colbert, who became popularfor their biting comedy and scathingsatirical look at a post-9/11 world, inwhich feelings of fear more than factsor evidence determined the course ofaction.

Even though the cultural phe-nomena described occurred in theUnited States, its effects were felt

throughout the world. Travel, espe-cially by plane, became much morefrustrating and time-consuming in allparts of the world. Arguably, the at-mosphere created by 9/11 was a cata-lyst for movements such as the TeaParty, whose strict adherence to itsideology drove the United States tothe brink of default and the worldeconomy into further chaos, and thereaction to the attacks branded a widevariety of minority groups as danger-ous and fearful, even though terror-ism is something which knows noracial or religious bounds.

There is no denying the 9/11 hastouched us all and changed the worldforever. The effects of that day, even 10years later, are still being felt in innu-merable ways all around the world.Although we have increasingly inva-sive measures levelled on us to en-sure our security, most people feel lesssecure than ever.

Benjamin Franklin once said,“Any society that would give up a lit-tle liberty to gain a little security willdeserve neither and lose both.” Whoknew his words would ring more truethan ever over 200 years later.

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This ain’t yourgrandma’sdigital revolution

On Aug. 31st, all major markets inCanada, with the exception of a largenumber of the CBC analog transmit-ters, went digital. This means the onlymeans of television that I and many ofmy friends had in our much youngeryears is no longer available.

What does this mean to most uni-versity-aged folk? Absolutely noth-ing. Our viewing habits haven’tinvolved antennas in over a decade.We stream our programs online orotherwise use the internet to acquireour shows to watch at our own con-venience. And in the city, most of ushave Access or Sasktel in addition toour magical computer boxes.

About 93 per cent of the Canadianpopulation already has access to dig-ital television, but the people out therewho do not are confused about thetransition. I was recently visiting myboyfriend’s mom and she informedus that as of Aug. 31 she will longerhave television. She only has twochannels which are received by an an-tenna, and only one of them isn’tfuzzy as hell.

Some guy at a televison store toldher she’d have to get a whole new an-tenna set up for the lovely sum of $800to continue to receive those channels. After I sifted through the informationon the government information andCBC website, I finally understood theguy at this TV store was a dickheadtrying to take advantage of a non-technology-savvy lady. The only thingshe needs to do is spend about $70 ona digital-to-analog converter andmaybe tweak her antenna a little towatch her old-school tv.

Paying 70 dollars for somethingwhich used to be free sucks, but I dounderstand times are a-changing.

Better picture and sound will be avail-able for free to anyone with an an-tenna and a converter – or an HDTVfor the time being – which is a benefitof joining the technological age.

What I cannot come to terms withis the awful misinformation peoplelike my boyfriend’s mom have beenreceiving and the miniscule amount ofinformation on how to deal with theanalog-to-digital conversion.

The best information is found onthe internet. Well you know what? Iimagine most people who still haveantennas are rural and elderly. Theseare a group of people who aren’t go-ing to “surf the net” for this informa-tion. They’re going to “knit for a fewhours, then take a nap.”

The United States had a compre-hensive strategy when they switchedover two years ago. They actually –get this – put money into informingthe public and making the transitionas smooth as possible. They even pro-vided $40 coupons for people to buydigital-to-analog converter boxes forgrandma’s sake! We had a few 30-sec-ond commercials and a website. Wayto go Canada.

By the way, according the Globeand Mail, the government will likelybe making between four to six billionon selling the digital airwaves TV andinternet companies covet. Maybe theycould have stowed away some moneyto help the older and rural folks, whoI doubt will be streaming their CBConline anytime soon.

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TORONTO (CUP) –– I am not cutfrom the same cloth as so many of mybleeding-heart, political-junkie jour-nalist friends. I didn’t care about pol-itics growing up. I didn’t get into thisindustry, at first, to get some insanescoop on Parliament Hill thanks toyears of policy-wonk-style news gath-ering. I got into journalism to writesarcastic album reviews, stayed forthe spending money and only eventu-ally fell in love with politics.

Federal politics always seemed sodistant from me, carried on in marblechambers in far-away Ottawa.Arguments about vague policy stipu-lations and budgets totaling higherthan I could conceive meant nothingto me.

But these days, I surround myselfwith bleeding-heart political junkies. Itake every chance I get to talk politicalscoops, scandals and scallywags. Ilove the political chase. I care aboutthe stupid, minute details.

This is thanks, at least in part, toJack Layton.

I never connected with politics be-

cause, to me, politics just felt like oldguys who were disconnected from thepublic arguing about intangiblethings. Jack Layton changed that per-ception because he didn’t seem likethose other old guys.

I wasn’t around for Trudeau, thelast federal leader who’s said to havehad this charisma. But when I got in-volved with student press and startednoticing what happened onParliament Hill, Layton was the firstpolitician who spoke in terms thatmade sense to me.

For this bored New Brunswickkid, Jack Layton reframed the politicalnarrative. He inspired many peoplefrom my generation – considered byso many to be to be vastly apathetic –to give a damn.

Layton’s politics were about peo-ple first. The outpouring of supportand love following his passing onAug. 22 is the greatest indication ofthat. He was a man who genuinelymade people believe their govern-ment could care about them, not justtheir money. To some degree, all other

party leaders tried to do this, but theydid not put it at the forefront of theirpolitics like Layton did.

That’s why I started to care.Because I could relate to this every-man in an entirely non-partisan way ?even if he was actually a socialist po-litical science professor in big-cityToronto and I was a politically igno-rant kid from a blue-collar town inNew Brunswick.

To a kid born in the '80s, politicsdidn’t feel like it was about people,even if they were included in thegreater conversation. That is, untilLayton came along. His words, withthe help of his charisma, framed polit-ical life in terms of people first, dollarssecond, which is what I needed to ac-tually care.

Big- and small-C conservativesmight see this as a chance to rip into anovice journalist as having fallen forLayton’s arguably socialist, certainlypartisan trap. But in the so-often-bor-ing world of politics, a kid needs tostart somewhere.

Today, I care where the dollars go.

I see how they affect people's lives. Isee the motivation behind all federalparties’ and leaders’ rhetoric. I knowthe role of prudence, of every dollar,in government spending.

I can’t say I favour the NDP anymore than an other party, but I admitthat they had a leader that engagedme enough to finally understand whyall parties, all leaders and all politi-cians fight so hard to get elected.Layton was the first politician thatmade everything make sense.

Layton was an incredibly charis-matic man, but his charisma was, to alarge degree, a clever guise for dis-tributing his own talking points. As ajournalist, I grew to look past thecharisma that first hooked me in. Butas someone who now considers jour-nalism a public service, as someonewho wants to engage the greatestnumber of readers about decisionsthat affect their lives, I can say that Iadmire the way Layton charmed somany of Canada’s otherwise apatheticcitizens.

Another New Brunswicker once

wrote a poem about being in thenewsroom on a night in 1968: a childis lost in a river, police investigate apossible murder and Trudeau getscloser to securing the Liberal leader-ship. Then, in this Alden Nowlenpoem, bulletins start to come acrossthe night editor’s desk: Martin LutherKing is shot. He is injured. He is dead.The editor rearranges the newspaper,quickly but smoothly, never stopping,to make room for the news.

Hours after the editor’s shift, thepoem ends: “I pick up the paper /again and understand / that / MartinLuther King / is dead, and that Icare.”

I cried on the streetcar to work onMonday morning. I am okay withthat.

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Steer clear of racism and homophobia and other than thatyou’re probably good to go!

I walk around the uni w/ myglasses off so I don’t makeeye contact with people Ikinda know ... and to preventmyself from creeping on gor-geous ladies.

I have a feeling the universitycreated this parking problem,and now it’s gouging stu-dents because of it.

The ESA presents: a DrunkenSpelling Bee at the Owl onMonday, September 12th at7:00. Find a team and bethere!

Were any students consultedbefore Vianne Timmonsraised the cost of parkingtickets by 333%?

1. Find UR Pride’s office (ortheir booth at WelcomeWeek).2. Ask about the referendumsheet.3. ????4. Profit.

Finally I’ll be 19 duringWelcome Week. Can’t wait toshow up to class day-drunk.

To the pretty females inPHIL100 in Winter semester:yeah, me moving back to thefront row (alone) was a signthat you were free to sit in thesecond row again. And I’lljust leave you alone forevernow.

As much as I favour publictransit, the U of R is a com-muter campus with shittybus service. Sometimes youjust have to drive, and ourparking system is unfair.