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bandersnatch
Anslatingtray Igpay Atinlay incesay 1971
Volume XXXIV
Issue 3
The Future Of CEGEP
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example of this. With classes containing
over 25 students and classes such as humanities and gym being viewed as useless, general class environment is being
questioned. “Pressure to achieve is low,
and when your teacher can’t even remember your name and you are forced to take
classes that don’t apply to your profession getting the marks to make it into university seems impossible,” says Kaylie
Morrell who feels that students don’t get
the right push in CEGEP to achieve.
Melanie Schuler
Contributor
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Everyone knows about it now. The
undecided battle of whether we should
keep or eliminate CEGEP's across the province of Quebec. The government has issued no solution yet for there are many
sides and stories to be addressed.
Government bureaucrats and college
administrators have been concerned over
this issue for some time now. With only
60% of pre-university students and a
small 52.9% of three year students gradating, certain questions must be asked.
The problem according to most is how
the programs are organized, classroom
sizes and overall criteria of achievement
at CEGEPs. For some CEGEP can be an enriching experience but for others it is an
endless struggle to find what and how they
will achieve their goals.
This is where each person takes his or
her different point of view. Is this a matter
of class environmnet and teacher's or a
matter of students lack of strive and commitment? "I think that CEGEP is necessary. Students who graduate from High
School are not mature or do not have the
right tools and commitments for University. Plus Cegep gives you the option to
obtain one or two different DEC’s for a fraction of the price of University,” says
Jennifer Schuler who is a graduate of John
Abbot College and is currently studying
John Abbott College could be a prime
Hydro
Shocker
at Concordia. Mike Spina agrees with this
comment. He is studying Publication Design and hypermedia technologies (a three
year program). “University isn’t for everyone and not everyone wants to attend.
I would rather just do it my way and go to
CEGEP and work right after.”
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The solutions are numerous. First off
the government could decide to add on
grade 12 and 13 and totally eliminate
Cegeps. This is very unlikely because it
would cause school fees even for public
schools to skyrocket causing inflation in
taxes. Secondly the government could decide to turn Cegep into schools of specialized schools by eliminating courses such
as Gym, Humanities and French. Lastly
the government could decide to do nothing and keep the system as it is. No matter
what the end result is, this whole matter
of pointing fingers and blaming different
reasons has made the government, parents as well as students of Quebec feel let
down by our educational system.
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STE.ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE- Underage
students at John Abbott College have
been frustrated with store owners who
refuse to sell them lighters and matches.
When asked, store owners all had different reasons for their unwillingness to
sell these products to minors. “They are
dangerous articles,” said Dollarstore
worker Melissa Bedard. “I guess only people over the age of 18 are responsible
enough to have the possession of
lighters.”Danger didn’t seem to be an issue with the workers at Esso.“Lighters are
behind the
counter
products,”
said one
employee
w h o
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Campus Life ............................
Opinion ...................................
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Entertainment .........................
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mous. “Anything behind the counter is
considered a tobacco product and it
would be illegal for me to sell it to you.”
start fires in my fireplace, I think it is ridiculous that people are telling me it’s illegal to do these things.”
Legal issues were also the main argument of Cannabiz, a local tobacco product shop. “It’s all covered by the Tobacco
Law,” said Sam, a longtime employee. “
sometimes what happens behind the
counters is different than what is technically supposed to happen.” While most
stores in this village will not sell lighters
to minors, students know how to get
around this obstacle. “A store policy isn’t
going to stop me from buying a lighter,”
says JAC student Melanie Gratton. “Either
I’ll go to a place that’ll sell it to me without
asking for ID, or I’ll get someone who is 18
to buy me one.”
She is not alone in feeling this way.
Many other students say they feel as
though stores are abusing they’re power
to hold certain items from them.
The truth is, it is legal for stores to sell
matches and lighters to those under
theage of 18. Section 13 of the tobacco
law states that “The operator of a business shall not sell or supply tobacco to a
minor.” “It is perfectly legal to sell lighters and matches to minors,” says Denis
Lacours, inspector of the Tobacco Law.
“Nowhere does it mention tobacco accessories.”
Laurie Benke, a tobacco-shop employee at Loblaws in Gatineau, Quebec
confirms the legality of selling lighters to
minors. “To work here we sign a contract,”
she explains. “If we sell tobacco products
or alcohol to minors, we are fired and fined
up to $5000. I don’t want to lose my job,
but I sell lighters to minors all the time.
No one seems to have a problem with it.
Just because I sell someone a lighter without ID, doesn’t mean I won’t ask for
some if they try to buy cigarettes.”Until
the store owners of Ste.Anne-deBellevue realize their mistake, they will
be losing clients from JAC, whose students will be taking their business elsewhere.
Even the fact that lighters and matches
are called tobacco accessories makes
some students angry. Thea Walker, an a
non-smoker, feels discriminated against.
“Just because I’m buying a lighter does
not mean I smoke!” She fumes, “I use
matches to light candles, incense and to
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Well folks I hate to say it but
once again this massive corporate
giant, who is already making too
much money, is demanding a 2.7
percent
increase
by
April
2005.This 2.7 percent represents
an extra 30 dollars on the average
electric bill to cough up each
month for the use of Hydro. This
increase, Hydro-Quebec stated
last week, is to pay off increased
supply costs, to keep up with our
zooming economy and to provide
“reliable” power to Quebecers,
Hydro-Quebec feels they need to
purchase new supplies.To attempt
to see Quebecers through this increase in supply rates, André
Boulanger proposed the following
ways to save even a few cents:
“This is age discrimination!” Walker
exclaimed.This seemingly confusion
about the law, strangely enough, does not
seem to have spread past Ste.Anne. Katie
McDougall, an underage resident of downtown Montreal has never had problems
buying so called tobacco paraphernalia.
“I buy lighters without being carded all
the time,” she says, “and it’s not like I look
particularly old or something.”
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Some people still living at home
may have overheard their parents
complaining about Hydro increasing fees.
Students Outraged At
Lighter Scandal
Ana Alfieri
Contributor
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Redneck Jay
Opinions Editor
· During winter, lower the
thermostat 3 degrees at night (this
will save the average household
roughly 45 dollars a year)
· Do laundry in cold weather
instead of hot weather (this will
save average households 26 dollars annually)· Of course it’s always best to turn off lights, fans,
unnecessary utilities when one is
not in a specific room.
· Avoid over frequent use of
the dryer (this can save some
households a fortune considering
a dryer is roughly 3 dollars per
kilowatt hour.)
Even though the rates of HydroQuebec seem scary and outrageous, we do have the second lowest energy rates in the country.
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With your Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wald
elected as Assistant Editor-in-Chief,
so he will be helping me out behind
the scenes. You may not see his
work directly, but he will be helping
the smooth running the paper. He
will also be taking on the Herculean
task of helping us eliminate spelling
errors from our pages. Christina
Looker has been elected as office
manager, and will be making sure the
office remains a place where we can
get work done, and also making sure
the paper gets distributed, so that
you can continue to read our words
of wisdom. Last, but certainly not
least, Stephanie Dubois is our new
photographic coordinator. She will
be helping us find those photos
you’ve come to know and love, and
sprucing up the look of our paper.
As you may have noticed, there
is one editor position still open, that
of sports editor. For now, we will
continue to update you on the occurrences in Abbott sports, in the
form of the scoreboard, but we will
not be able to run actual articles
very often. If you love sports, either
on campus or professional, than this
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tion pending after a tremor lasted
about twenty-five minutes on Sunday and after the volcano spewed
ash and steam thousands of feet in
the air on Friday, followed by white
smoke being emitted on Saturday.
The pending eruption's power, according to scientists, should not exceed that of the eruption in 1980,
when about sixty people were killed.
Still in the news, the famous
Peterson trial still continues, causing only more confusion for onlookers as this past week police inconsistencies were made public. According to new testimony, Scott
Peterson showed more interest in
the search for his missing wife then
was first claimed by police. It seems
that all stories reported by the media about Peterson running from the
police or his misuse of the words
“was” and “is” as well as many other
little facts were over exaggerated
and not truthfully told. Which begs
the question: Will jurors have a
change of heart? One can only guess
the outcome of Peterson’s future as
this case continues to progress. After all, he is still innocent until
proven guilty. Right?
In the news this week scientists
in the US have elevated Mount
St.Helens volcano alert level to a
Level Three after coming to the conclusion that there may be an erup○
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News Editor
Ann-Margaret Porcelli
Campus Life Editor
Rob Briza
Opinion Editor
Jason Dubeau
may be the position for you. Alternatively, if you know nothing about
sports but want to get more involved
with the paper, this may be an opportunity for you. Until then we
shall language, sportless.
Entertainment Editor
Jay Newcomen
Sports Editor
Open
Arts Editor
Chris Deslauriers
Well, that’s all for me this issue.
So join me in welcoming the new editors, and enjoy our collective effort
in bringing this paper to you once
more.
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Desgroseilliers
Office Manager
Christina Looker
Greetings to all my faithful readers. I hope that this note still finds
you in a semi-conscious state of
mind now that we are halfway
through the semester, as essays and
tests plague our very existence, until the end, that is. For those of you
who have broken down and submitted to a familiar friend named Caffeine I feel for you. But don't fret, as
our well anticipated long weekend is
fast approaching and in just a couple of days we will be experiencing
the last long weekend before the final crunch of the semester. Thanksgiving has finally arrived, meaning
that we will have an average of about
eighty days to commence our
Christmas shopping. But wait, I’m
getting ahead of myself, for Halloween has not yet crossed our paths.
(Once again, I am acting like a marketer's dream!) Speaking of Halloween, what am I going as this year?
Let’s see. Well, there’s a Gypsy, then
there’s a mummy or a witch. Oh,
right, the news. Where was I? Ah,
yes! This week’s recap of the news.
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Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin Wald
Production Manager
Sarah Jade Aubé
with editor Ann-Margaret Porcelli
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Tel: (514) 457-6610 Ext 5389
Fax: (514) 457-6091
E-Mail:
bandersnatch@johnabbott.qc.ca
Office: H-041
News Editor's Note
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BANDERSNATCH
John Abbott College
P.O. Box 2000
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
H9X 3L9
Say Hello to Our New Editors
First of all, you can all relax, I will
be continuing as the Editor-in-chief
of Bandersnatch. I bet that was worrying a lot of you, :) . Yes, our elections are complete, and we have a
new staff to make this paper run
smoothly. Turning to the entertainment section, you can see the work
of our new entertainment editor,
Jay. He’s involved with the Hip-Hop
scene himself, so he has an understanding of the local music scene. I
think we can all look foreword to his
work in the future. If you turn to our
opinions page, we can see Jason
Dubeau adjusting from his small
town ways to the pressures of a big
city newspaper. If you have an opinion, and who doesn’t, you can have
it read by your fellow students. The
venerable Jeffery Katz, who some of
you may remember from last year,
is back in the position of games page
editor. We don’t have a games page
this issue, but keep your eyes peeled
for it in future issues, where Jeff will
be covering all things related to
computer and console gaming. If
you are an avid gamer, then drop us
a line! Ryan Desgroseilliers has been
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Advertising Manager
Anton Iancu
to the first of many debates that
Democrat John Kerry and Republican President George W. Bush will
have. A recent poll says that Kerry
won the debate which was held
Thursday, leaving Kerry and Bush in
a tie for this year’s presidential elections according to other polls about
voter intentions.
Archive Editor
Kathleen Stanhope
Foreign Languages Editor
Open
Games Page Editor
Jeffrey Katz
Photographic Coordinator
Stephanie Dubois
Here at home the Expos played
their last home game to a full house
at the Big O as they set sail to Washington to plant the seed of a new
home. And this past weekend kicked
off Breast Cancer Awareness month
as the CIBC run for the cure raised
over a million dollars for the number
one killer of Canadian women.
Webmaster
Sarah Jade Aubé
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Last but not least, flu season is
fast approaching and that means that
the usual germs are around, so
please wash your hands neurotically
and remember that if you’re at high
risk of getting the flu, you should talk
to your doctor about getting the flu
vaccine shot.
Well, that’s all, folks. See you in
two weeks with more from the news.
And now I will let you enjoy the
fruits of our labor. Good night Mr.
and Mrs. Abbott.
bandersnatch
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Shop 'Till You
Drop, or 9:00
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Fairview Administration keeps its
doors open until nine p.m. Monday
through Wednesday. The decision to
change the traditional hours of operation
was put into action mid-July plus has since
raised many eyebrows amongst employees and managers of several boutiques.
Some sales clerks believe that it is a good
opportunity to make more money for
themselves by getting more hours
whereas others feel that their time could
be better spent elsewhere. Steven
Santella, a Gap employee, said that, “ It is
a good opportunity for students to work
more and because I don’t have a family or
a home, I don’t have a problem giving up
my free time.”
While stores like Clément and Club
Garçon blatantly opposed the change,
other stores protested in a subtler manner. The manager at Yellow, the shoe
store, began a petition and sought out signatures from other managers throughout
Fairview. When asked about its success,
an employee said, “we’re open now,
right?”Everyone seems to point the blame
at American Eagle for initiating the
change. Yes, the new neighbor on the
Fairview block is being blamed as the
cause for the change in hours. “The only
reason we are open late now is because
Fairview has all these new leases with large
corporations and they forced Fairview to
comply,” said a part time worker at Yellow. When asked about the contractual
agreement that the giant American company shares with Fairview, the American
Eagle manager said, “ I cannot comment
on that. Not because I don’t know but
because you are considered media and
that is store policy.”
The assistant manager of Club Garçon,
Lise Trudel, argues, “It has been very difficult to find people who want to work.
Even students won’t work the hours because they have homework.” If students
can’t find the time to work, then the burden automatically falls on the full-time
employees and this can affect home life.
“Initially I was apprehensive about the
change in hours. I wasn’t sure how it
would affect my personal life because I
have two small children and whether or
not it would cut into my family time was
an issue,” said Susan Cookson, who has
been a manager at Gap for 12 years.
Many feel that the new hours are not
attracting more consumers; the consumers are simply changing their shopping
habits. “It’s not that there are more people, it’s just that they are more spread out,”
remarked a Lasenza Girl employee. She
went on to say that, “people tend to buy
more when they have the store to themselves and so we end up making our target for the day anyways.” Deciding to
close the doors at six o’clock instead of
the expected nine was a notion that did
not go un-explored by some boutiques.
Clément continued to close its doors at
six p.m. for a week after the new hours
were put into effect. “Fairview didn’t say
anything,” Ciarallo said, “ but it didn’t last
long because we had to keep up with our
competition who were staying open.”
Other boutiques weren’t as lucky. Club
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changes on stem cell research and the
economy. The debate was moderated
under strict rules by news anchor Jim
Lehrer of PBS.
Ryan Desgroseilliers
Assistant Editor-in-Chief
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The presidential campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John
Kerry received a significant boost in support from the recent debate against Republican incumbent President George W.
Bush, with recent polls showing that
Bush’s slight lead had disappeared and
some suggesting that Kerry was pulling
ahead, although most indicated that the
results were even. The major polling organizations also reported that Kerry was
widely considered by both likely and registered voters to have won the debate.
Despite the lack of major errors on the
part of either candidate, both campaigns
have attempted to spin the results in their
favor, with Republicans accusing Kerry
of failing to clarify his ambiguous positions
on some issues and outsourcing American foreign policy to other countries and
Democrats accusing Bush of clinging to a
failed strategy in Iraq. The campaigns
have also broadened to other issues, with
recent comments being made by Kerry
and actor Michael J. Fox accusing President Bush of sacrificing potential medical
progress from stem cell research based
on “extreme right-wing ideology.” Another issue that may play a part in determining who wins the presidency is that of
President Bush’s tax cuts.
During the debate, which was largely
free of major gaffes, the President appeared tired and defensive on several occasions, which may have contributed to
the perception that Kerry was more effective. The Democratic senator also reacted well to a number of points brought
up by the President, and attempted to dispel the aura of flip-flopping on major issues, which has been one of the Republican campaign advertisements’ main targets. Friday’s debate was centered on national security and foreign policy, with the
Iraq war the dominating topic throughout. A few additional topics were briefly
dealt with, including some short ex-
Soon viewers will be able to see vicepresidential candidate John Edwards face
off against incumbent Vice-President Dick
Cheney on a variety of issues in a format
similar to that of the main presidential
debates. With voter approval ratings for
Cheney substantially lower than those for
Bush, the Vice-President could potentially
have a major impact on the final results if
he is able to pull off a debate victory.
SUJAC Update
In terms of dollar value, most stores
feel that it is not worthwhile to stay open
past six p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Not only is it costly to run a store but
the sales associates must also be paid to
work. Ultimately the revenue must cover
the operation charges for it to be considered worthwhile. Kim Ciarallo, an employee at the children’s store Clément said,
“we are losing money in staying open and
it’s hardly worth our while. Our head office may even close our branch at Fairview
if we do not turn in enough profit.”
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Garçon closed at ‘regular’ time for the first
three days and ended up having to pay a
total of $2000 in fines. “We knew about
the consequences but we did it anyways.
We wanted to prove a point,” said Assistant Manager Lise Trudel, who also hopes
that Fairview will revoke its decision.
Megan Thullner
Contributor
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Well, this past week was a big
one for everyone involved in Clubs
at John Abbott. As most of you
probably know, SUJAC-Club Day
was held last week, and all kinds of
different Clubs set up tables, decorated them and provided information about what their Club has been
doing and how to get involved
(they sometimes provided food as
well). From 10 am to 3pm last
Thursday, the Agora became a
medieval kingdom as Clubs vied
with one another to come up with
the most innovative, medieval
theme’d booth.
tainly showed. It’s going to be a
close race for the SUJAC-Club Day
Best Booth Award this year. There
were tons of great ideas and many
deserving booths. Watch this
space next issue to find out who
snagged the coveted plaque this
semester.
We would like to thank all of the
Clubs who took part. They all did
a superb job. A big thanks also to
CSKY for providing live music for
the event. Whether you chose to
have your fortune read at the Chinese Club booth, checked out the
medieval
version
of
the
Bandersnatch or watched Pagan
Club and Gamers battling it out
with foam swords, there was always something interesting going
on. Many Clubs had obviously put
a great deal of thought and effort
into their preparations and it cer-
If you missed the SUJAC-Club
day but want to find out more
about SUJAC and the numerous
Clubs at Abbott, drop by the
SUJAC Office in P-101. We are always delighted to help and if we
can’t answer your questions then
we can direct you to those who can.
Congratulations also to our
new Pre-U and Professional program student representatives on
the John Abbott College Board of
Governors. For Professional programs we would like to congratulate Rebecca Barnes who won by
acclamation. Those of you in PreU who got a chance to vote last
Monday—and the campaigning for
both candidates was fierce—we
would like to thank candidate
Nicholas Ammerlaan for running
and to congratulate Justin Chan,
voted your new Pre-university
representative.
We would also like to give a special ‘Thank You!’ to all the Congress
members who took time out of
their busy schedules to come down
and help out with the SUJAC table,
and to Barb Hill for her great job
decorating it.
In the second round of Congress nominations, congratulations to our five new Pre-University student reps: Jamie Barry,
Shelly Dolev, Julia Garland, Robyn
Penney, and Peter Sadeghi.
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Campus Life
with Robert J. Briza, editor of the new campus...
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Mac Students Abusing JAC
If you open up a Macdonald college min break and our cafeteria only sells
Facilities agenda,
it is written under loitering: gross healthy food.”
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Macdonald High school shares a campus
with John Abbott and Macdonald students are not to loiter on their properties
or facilities. Seventh graders are not supposed to leave Mac premises, but they
Karine Idrissi
Contributor
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Macdonald High school students have
been using John Abbott College facilities,
even though it is clearly against the rules
and many Jac students are upset.
If you go to John Abbott, you might’ve
noticed an increase in the lines and the
lack of available seats. Jac Students are
becoming increasingly upset by this problem, Veronica Tcheki, a first year John
Abbott student, says the problem affects
her and her friends a lot since their breaks
are always at the same time as Mac students lunch break: “It gets really annoying because there are so many of them
that the lines are extremely long and they
all seem to be bothered by our presence
when they’re the ones that aren’t even
supposed to be there.” Agathe Ditomasso,
a Macdonald college teacher who has
been there for over 25 years, claims that
this has always been a problem but nothing has changed and doubts it ever will.
have also been spotted at the “ Munch
Box”, Jac’s mini cafeteria. No matter what
the rules may say, these high school students won’t stop going to the “Munch
Box” confirm three 10th graders while buying frozen yogurts. Wanting to stay anonymous, they said: “ Why walk all the way
into Ste-Anne’s when we can get better
food across the street; we only have a 50
that Bandersnatch is too censored
by the school for them to write
anything. Now that’s just stupid.
We only would censor racist, sexist, or slanderous articles, which
have that kind of offensive material. Now, what do you think you
will write that will be censored by
Bandersnatch? Another fact that
you may not have realized is that
students run Bandersnatch. We are
the ones who edit the paper. John
Abbott College’s Administration
only sees it after it is printed, and
distributed, so the school does not
censor it. You must also realize
that we can be sued for printing offensive material, so why would we
risk that? Our guidelines for the socalled “censorship” of articles are
very lenient.
I have some things I need to get
off of my chest, because if I don’t,
I may explode.
First, I received a lot of comments about last issue’s “My Two
Cents”. For the most part, people
seemed to think it was funny, how
so many small things could bring
me to writing an article about how
much they irritate me. And that’s
ok, that was the point. The idea
was to write an article, in the style
of the Andy Rooney essays on 60
minutes. Then there were the people who read the article and came
up with the following responses;
“That was the stupidest thing I
ever read”, “this doesn’t belong in
the campus section”, or the more
extreme was: “Rob Briza should be
shot”. When I heard this from
those people (they actually came
to find me), I challenged them to
write a better, or more suitable
article. The usual response was
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Second, there was much confusion about the content of the campus life section. Some say that this
very column, as well as the articles
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Michelle Potter, Macdonald College
vice-principal and former John Abbott
teacher, understands that her students
are on Jac campus even if it is forbidden
and was surprised to find out how serious
the problem had gotten. She assumed it
was only a small group of students, when
in reality there are over 40 young looking faces roaming around the small
“Munch Box”. She has tried to solve the
problem by communicating with the students but says the problem is out of her
hands and should be handled by John
Abbott College. She finished added: “
These teenagers have been given the privilege to leave campus during lunch but apparently John Abbott serves very good
poutines so that’s where they all choose
to go” and adds she wouldn’t mind trying
one of Jac’s amazing poutines also.
RobSays:
The
Purple
Guy is
Grimace!
While Mac students continue to use
Jac’s facilities, the problems remains unsolved, John Abbott College Students
continue to feel frustrated and the controversy persists.
Events:
ter, should not be in this section.
So what I’m being told is that I can’t
write about the infamous “coffee
people”, the ones who cut in lines
at the bus stop, or self defense tips.
Campus Life is about things that
have to do with the concerns of the
students, campus events, and the
majority of the columns that are
published in Bandersnatch, because they usualy reflect the concerns of the students. And if you
don’t believe that self defense is a
concern of the students, then read
the first sentence of the article titled “Black Hawk Self Defense”, and
honestly tell me that it’s not important. Then there are the people, who run their mouth about
how the layout of the paper should
be changed. We are always open to
suggestions, but maybe instead of
criticizing, you should first find
out why things are the way that
they are.
October 5: University visit,
Concordia University. 10:00-2:00
October 6: Chinese Festival Day.
October 8: Film: Manchurian
Candidate.
October 11: Thanks Giving, College closed.
October 13: University Visit: Atlantic University.
October 15: Film: Anchor Man:
The Legend of Rob Burgandy.
October 18: University Visits:
UBC, Carelton, Simon Fraser, U of T,
Waterloo, U of Western Ontario,
York U. 9:30 - 11:30
October 19: University Visits:
Ontario Universities. 1:00-4:00
So for all those who think
Bandersnatch is too censored,
think about what you’re saying.
What is so terrible, that you think
we will censor it? As for the people who tell me that the content of
this section should be changed,
you have told me what shouldn’t
go in this section, why don’t you
tell me what should. And that’s my
two cents.
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Plagarism
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campus life
Blackhawk
rism is suspected. 5. For cheating or
plagiarism, the teacher will assign the
student zero on a formative evaluation task. The teacher will explain to
the student the proof of his/her action; 6. The teacher will advise the
Registrar, in a written report, of the
details of the incident, and a copy will
be given to the student (by the teacher
if possible). The name of the student
and the record of the incident will be
held in a confidential file by the Registrar The student having been found
to have cheated or plagiarized will be
informed by the Registrar. Upon receipt of a second report of cheating or
plagiarism, the student may be suspended from the College for up to a
period of two years.
Pamela Fillion
Staff Writer
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When part of an educational system and attending a n educational
institutin it is important as a student
to be aware of its policies. One of the
most important policies students
should be aware of is the policy concerning plagiarism. One of the main
issues affecting education, plagiarism,
is the act of stealing or passing off the
ideas or words of another as one’s own.
According to the Institutional
Policy on the Evaluation of Student
Achievement (IPESA) section 20.03
these are John Abbott’s procedures
regarding cheating or plagiarism:
Once a teacher is convinced that a student has plagiarized deliberately; 1.
He/she will inform the individual; 2.
If cheating occurs during any
evaluation(test,exam,or any other
evaluation activity), the teacher will
collect the student’s papers immediately and/or annotate the work to be
evaluated. Then the teacher will allow
the student to complete the activity
but not necessarily with the same materials; 3. The teacher will gather all
available evidence relating to the
charge(written material, notes, etc.)
and inform the departmental chair; 4.
The teacher may require the student
to take an oral quiz to confirm his/her
knowledge of subject matter if plagia-
Plagiarism, as you can see, is something very serious and not tolerated
within the walls of John Abbott. If a
student is accused of plagiarism he/
she may appeal to the Academic Appeals Committee, a parity committee
made up of three teachers apointed
by JACFA and three people appointed
by the Academic Dean. The student in
question may attend the hearing and
the student union, SUJAC may appoint an observer.
For more information on John
Abbott’s plagiarism policy and other
policies get a copy of the Institutional
Policy on the Evaluation of Student
Achievement (IPESA).
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threatening situation that you find
yourself in, the number one move
that you can perform is the eye
gouge. What this does is that it
completely immobilizes your attacker to the point were he would
stop his attack. Many of you assume that a swift kick in the old
family jewels can accomplish this
job as well; however this is a common misconception. Many enraged attackers have such an
adrenaline rush or they are so
stoned they can barely feel pain
and a kick in the chimes would only
make them angrier. Another reason is that many attackers assume
that the only way to lose a fight to
a girl is to get kicked in the nuts so
they wear jock straps. In many
cases if you get attacked you may
only have one chance and you
should always go for the move that
gives you the highest percentage
for survival. Throughout the
weeks, the articles that I write
about will be on the questions that
you the reader asks me. So if you
have any comments on this article
or have any questions for the next
one you can e-mail me at
blackhawkselfdefense@hotmail.com.
Remember fear can be your worst
enemy or your best friend. For any
information on taking Black Hawk
Self Defense classes call 514-5772866.
Josef Azam
Staff Writer
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From the moment that we are born
we are all dieing! All of us have a
limited amount of time on this
planet and none of it should be
wasted living in fear. That is why
four years ago I started Black Hawk
Self Defense. It is a 10-week course
that teaches women the essential
combat moves that helps increase
the chance of surviving an attack.
In the previous Bandersnatch issue an article was written about
my classes. Well, now I will be personally writing the articles and in
each issue of Bandersnatch I will
be giving new self defense moves
and tips for women and men alike.
This particular article is based on
striking moves. In almost any
Celebrating Sukkot at Abbott
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So, Aaron Leibovitch,
19, president of Hillel,
the campus organization
for Jewish students, and
a few members got up
early and set about construction of what was, for
a few of them, their first
Sukkah.
Jeffrey Katz
Games Page Editor
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For many of the students walking through the Arctic Circle early
Monday morning, through bleary
eyes they saw a few students outside hammering and nailing large
pieces of wood together. This was
an oddity at John Abbott, but one
with good reason. Last week was
Sukkot, a Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest, and a part of the
Jewish New Year, a time of spir-
“At first I thought,
what are those guys doing?” Says Anton Iancu, a
passerby who was looking out the Arctic Circle
windows. “I think it is
great that people get together to do stuff like this.
JAC is known for its diverse community, and I’m
glad that there are opportunities for people to show
it.”
The Sukkah is a hut
meant to represent many
things, one being the huts
people used to live in
thousands of years ago,
and it is considered a good
deed to eat at least one meal inside
of it.
itual wakening, full of meditation,
and rich in tradition that brings
Jewish students from all over together with similarity.
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coming to John Abbott once a
week, starting next Tuesday, for
any students interested in asking
questions, just talking or learning
anything.} "This was the first time
there had ever been a real kosher
Sukkot on the John Abbott Campus. It made me feel very very
proud of John Abbott and proud
of Hillel.
Building the sukkot was a huge
cultural experience for JAC. Not
only was it Hillel's first time building one on campus, but it was the
first time that many non-jews saw
a Sukkot, therefore informing people about the Jewish religion, tradition and culture."
gave up time to see the operation,
and offered stories and information on the Jewish holiday to anyone who was interested. Free pizza
was given out, and over-all the
whole thing was declared a success, even
when the wind ended up
knocking the whole
structure down.
“Well, it was meant
to
be
temporary
anyways.” Said Rabbi
Snir, afterwords. “We
sat in it and ate, and
that’s a mitzvah (good
deed).”
Rabbi Snir will be
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CSKY Schedual (Fall 2004)
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Editor's Note
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agree that I did, but allow me to
elaborate.
Jay Dubeau
Opinions Editor
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I am extremely opinionated
in a sense that I do indeed have an
opinion about everything, however at the same time I am not biased in a sense that I do not attempt to shove my opinions down
other people's throats. I enjoy listening to other people's opinions
and hear what they have to say.
Welcome readers, my name is
Jay (or better known to the Bander
staff as "Redneck Jay"). I am
Bander's new Opinions editor and
I am really excited about being in
charge of such an interesting page,
where people can submit their
opinions about different things
that go on in the school and in
the outside world.
On a more on-topic note, I
am already making plans for some
great new changes and sub-sections within Opinions, my personal
favorite will be a new section called
“The Polis,” which will more than
likely appear in the next issue.
Now that that's clarified, I have
to say I am extremely excited
about editing this section because
I love opinions and I love hearing
what people have to say. I look forward to hearing from my fellow
Banderites, readers, contributors
and whoever wants to express
themselves.
Now, to honk my own horn a
little bit I will talk a bit about myself so that readers can have a
change to anticipate what kind of
editor I am and plan to be.
Please note, to demonstrate
that I am not biased, in future issues, when space allows it I will
publish one opinion piece I agree
with and one I disagree with.
It was brought up during election night as I was making my
speech for this position that I had
said I was "very opinionated" but
later on I said I am "not biased" it
was pointed out to me that I had
contradicted myself, and I do
Well, that's all I have to say for
this issue, tune in next issue to see
some new changes to the section
including: "The Polis."
On an off-topic note: good luck
on midterms!
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opinion
Middle-East
Conflict: My
View; Part 2
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“We will march towards Jerusalem;
we will sacrifice millions of martyrs.” Moreover, Palestinian Prime
Minister Ahmad Qurei openly acknowledged that the Al Aqsa Brigades were no mere ‘offshoot’. In an
interview with the London-based
Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Qurei
said, “We have clearly declared that
the Aksa Martyrs Brigades are part
of Fatah... We are committed to them
and Fatah bears full responsibility
for the group.” And what was the
point
of
suicide
bombing?
Clausewitz’s famous quote was that
“war is merely the continuation of
(diplomatic) policy by other
means.” If we can paraphrase that in
today’s world, it could be cynically
said that “suicide bombing is merely
the continuation of (diplomatic)
policy by other means.” However,
what could possibly be the purpose
of such a policy? For the life of me, I
can’t figure out what the perpetrators of the September 11 bombing
wanted to gain from the bombing of
targets in the United States.
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...Continued From Last Issue
How do we know that Arafat
wasn’t serious about Camp David?
Whether Barak was or wasn’t the
most effective of negotiators,
whether Sharon’s walk along the
Temple of the Mount was provocative, (which I believe it was), none
of that excuses Arafat’s emptying the
jails of terrorists and starting a fullscale suicide bomber attack with
arms, in part provided by Israel to
Palestinian police, against the sovereign state of Israel. Although
Arafat tried to argue that he was a
peace-maker, in an unguarded moment, on May 15, 2004, while Israeli
security was tackling 43 separate
warnings of impending terror attacks, Yassir Arafat delivered this
Koran-inspired statement to Palestinians on national TV, “Find what
strength you have to terrorize your
enemy and the enemy of God.” Following the Be’er Sheva massacres,
Arafat told a crowd of supporters,
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Step through the door,
Cast aside your fear
Feel not its cold hands
Embrace the warmth
Return to this world
Return to life.
The shadows can not touch you
If you don’t want it to.
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Have no fear
I am with you
I will never leave you
Cast aside your doubt
The door is open,
But only you can step through,
So…
What are you waiting for?
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Feel the warmth of life
Return to me
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The choice is yours
I offer my hand
Take it
And be free
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My name is Jay Newcomen and
I’m your new entertainment editor.
Music is what I love. Whether it
be a song, a lyric, or that breakdown
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work on time to wash my Lexus,
knawmean?!
again, they created a separate
category for comic books, as
if they couldn’t compete with
“real” literature. This is, in
short, not in the same league
as your average super-hero
bash, anymore than The
Brothers Karamazov is in the
same
category
as
Goosebumps.
dream world to which all-living things
travel. His siblings of the endless are
Destruction, Destiny, the twins Desire
and Despair, Delirium, and last of all
his sister Death, who’s incarnation as
a spunky Goth girl is one of the best
images in the series. The series starts
when a mortal magus in the 1900’s,
leader of the order of ancient mysteries, manages to summon and capture
Morpheus. He remains trapped for
seventy years, and the story begins
when he regains his freedom and begins to seek his items of power and
regain his kingdom.
The main character of the series is
the sandman of the title. He is also
called Dream, Lord Shaper, and the
Oneromancer, but most commonly
Morpheus. He is the king of dreams,
one of the seven Endless, who are not
mortals or gods, but more than either.
He has existed since before the first
living being was born, and he rules the
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at two-minutes-and-thirty-seconds,
that forces you to lean to your friend
and say “Yo, this is where it breaks
down”, I love it. In the two-step,
right click and “save target as…”
world we live in, the constant advances in file sharing and
downloading music have given people an opportunity to listen to anything they damn-well-please, and I
think it’s damn-well-beautiful. As a
struggling hip-hop artist, I know I
shouldn’t be supporting the action
to steal music...but I also shouldn’t
be sampling Simon and Garfunkle to
make something a little more Simon
and Garfunky but you gotta do what
you gotta do. Besides, if I ever get to
the point where my album sales are
slumping because I have become so
popular that people are fighting to
get me on their playlists, I’d also be
making fifty-thousand dollars a
show. In that case, I couldn’t care
less if John Schmitt from Michigan
City, Indiana is downloading my
music...just as long as he makes it to
These comics have been
made available in a series of
ten compilations. These are
worth it for the artwork alone,
never mind the incredible stories within. They are a bit
pricey, at around 32$ each, so
getting all ten is a major investment, but one that is well
worth it. While each book is
entirely self-contained, they
all link back to each other in
ingenious ways to come together into a unified whole. I
promise you, if you pick up the first
volume, Preludes and Nocturnes,
there will be no going back.
I have a confession to make. The
piece of literature I will be recommending is not actually a book. It is a
series of graphic novels; in otherwise
they are (shudder) comic books. Not
just any comic books, of course. This
is the Sandman series of comics, by
the magnificent Neil Gaimen. It was
also the first comic ever to win a world
fantasy award. This so shocked the
prim and proper literary community
that, in order to prevent it happening
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An incredible song is like an exgirlfriend’s perfume. You’ll love it at
first, eventually forget about it and
out of nowhere, be reminded of how
beautiful you remember it being the
next time you walk past a skank in
the mall who has it on.
10
entertainment
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would like to be mentioned in this
section, send a picture, a list of recent accomplishments and some
contact info to:
Here are some songs I suggest
you download to replace Sean
(Joooodi and Rah-bekah!) Paul and
Jet (Won’t you be my…one-hitwonder-Australian-novelty) on
your IPods.
bandersnatch@johnabbott.qc.ca.
Peace,
Jay Newcomen.
Sweet Misery- Amel Larrieux
Lighters up…Nero, City, Ox,
Hodges, Rocker Gurl, Aeroswift, El
Dorado and President Bye.
Coolsville- Ricki Lee Jones
Respiration- Blackstar and Common
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Walk On By- Isaac Hayes
Using the name Aspen, Jay has
been involved in the Montreal hiphop scene with the crew Velvet
Trench Vibes for the last five years.
Velvet Trench Vibes just finished
filming a commercial for MuchVibe
that is set to air in mid-October.
Other notable accomplishments include VTV being named in the topten best hip-hop acts two years in a
row in Montreal Mirror Magazine’s
reader’s poll and being featured on
“The Facts Of War” album. An antiwar compilation set to release in
November under ICM records.
Love Song- K-OS
Officially Missing You (Remix)Tamia feat. Talib Kweli
D’evil’s- Jay-Z
One thing that I hope to feature
in this section in the coming issues
is more attention to local musicians.
Next issue, I will be doing a two-page
spread on some of the hottest acts
to make moves this year. If you
after Lucifer resigns and sets up a
nightclub. The main story arc combines the gritty realism of the waking
world, the awe and wonder of the
dream world, and the tragedy and
mysticism of Greek mythology.
Throughout it all, the sandman and his
bizarre world have a great deal to say
to any reader today, and as Peter
Straub says in the introduction to volume seven, if this isn’t literature, nothing is.
It might seem hard to emphasize
with such an alien being of such power.
This is Neil Gaimen’s masterstroke.
Morpheus is both alien enough to be
convincing and human enough to truly
feel for. The characters in this series
are one of its many strong points.
There are no throwaway characters in
this series. All the numerous side
characters and bit players are as fully
fleshed out and realistic as any you
will find in literature. You feel for
every one of the characters, and there
are no black and white villains. Many
of the stories are entirely character
driven, with the sandman himself
making only the briefest of appearances. The stories range from
Morpheus’s once a century meetings
with an immortal man, to the results
of Morpheus receiving the key to hell
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Trouble Returns to Raccoon City!
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Three weeks ago, Gene Snitsky
made his debut on Raw, with a match
against Kane. Lita was at ring side.
Kane was about to finish Snitsky off
with a steel chair, when pregnant wife
Lita entered the ring and tried to stop
her husband from ending Snitsky’s
career in his first match. Kane
dropped the chair and tried to move
Lita out of the ring, when Snitsky came
from behind with that chair and hit
Kane, causing him to fall on Lita, injuring her. Lita, facing complications
in her pregnancy was rushed to hospital accompanied by Kane, concerned for the well being of his unborn
son. One week later, doctors were able
to stabilize Lita’s condition, but they
were unable to save the baby. Kane
swore to have revenge on Snitsky who
had this to say; “I was called up to do
a job, and I came in the ring and did
what I had to do. Besides, it wasn’t
my fault. She shouldn’t even have
been in the ring in the first place. The
way I see it, it’s pretty much her own
fault that all of this happened.”
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redhead, Christy Hemme is the winner of a quarter-million dollars and a
one year contract with the WWE. The
next week on Raw, Christy was tricked
into a three-on-one handicap bra and
panties match, against Trish Stratus,
Molly Holly and Jazz, in an attempt to
humiliate the new diva. But much to
the delight of the fans, Christy was ok
with losing the first WWE match of her
career.
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Unfortunately, the Nemesis (a
hulking bio-weapon monster produced by Umbrella) is hunting them
down. This causes slight delays for our
heroes.
Honestly, I thought the beginning
of the film was a bit stale, too bland.
But then Jill Valentine enters, and
that’s when the action begins.
The action scenes seemed so unrealistic at some points, for instance,
when Alice is being chased by the
Nemesis, and manages to escape the
bullets from the heavy-duty gatling
gun, without getting a single scratch.
My favourite character had to be
L.J (Mike Epps). He is a pimp who gets
mixed into this mess, and is the comic
relief to this dark film. My favourite
part had to be when L.J encounters
the remaining S.T.A.R.S, and when
they hand him a machine gun, he retorts, “Please, I’ve got mine customized.” And opens his jacket to reveal
two solid gold magnums.
appointed, but it’s worth your buck if
you wanna see mind-numbing gore
and action.
Starring: Milla Jovovich (Alice),
Sienna Guillory (Jill Valentine), Oded
Fehr (Carlos Olivera), Thomas
Kretschmann (Major Cain), Sophie
Vavasseur (Angie Ashford), Raz Adoti
(Sgt. Peyton Wells), Jared Harris (Dr.
Ashford) and Mike Epps (L. J.)
I thought the girl playing Jill was
good, but Milla Jovovich really dives
into playing her character, Alice.
However, I cannot help but feel that if
the females are wearing nothing but
mini-skirts and mesh-tops, how do
they avoid serious wounds and the
zombie bites without bullet-proof
vests and the like? Bah, then again, it’s
Hollywood.
Directed by: Alexander Witt.
Written by: Paul W. S. Anderson,
based on the video game Resident
Evil’. Directors of photography:
Christian Sebaldt and Derek Rogers.
I was disappointed in the music,
since Marilyn Manson didn’t compose
the soundtrack this time. I felt it was
abit too classical for this genre, and
rather it should have been more
techno/industrial gothic like in the
last film. However, there are some
good and unreleased songs from
Rammstein and DevilDriver, and I especially enjoyed the song ‘Swamped’
by Lacuna Coil.
Edited by: Eddie Hamilton. Music
by Jeff Danna.
Production designer: Paul Denham
Austerberry.
Produced by: Jeremy Bolt, Mr.
Anderson and Don Carmody.
Released by: Screen Gems.
Running time: 93 minutes.
So to conclude, ‘Resident Evil:
Apocalypse’ is definitely cool, and
some fans of the series might be dis-
This film is rated R.
Critic’s Total Rating: 3.5/5
Along with the announcement of
Christy’s new career with the WWE,
Vince McMahon announced the creation of “Taboo Tuesday”, the first ever
interactive Pay-Per-View event, on
October 19, 2004, in Milwaukee. Fans
will have the opportunity to influence
what happens at “Taboo Tuesday”, by
voting online for content, such as who
faces who in matches, the type of
match and the stipulations of the
match. On September 27, 2004, Raw
superstars Triple H, Batista, Ric Flair,
Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Trish
Stratus and Stacy Keibler, as well as
Vince McMahon, attended a press
conference to discuss this new PayPer-View event.
On a lighter note, the quarter-million dollar Raw diva search came to
an end on the season premier of Raw,
with the announcement that the fiery
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The main plan for everyone is to
escape Raccoon City before Umbrella
decides to exterminate it completely.
However, how do you escape a city
with a fifty foot steel gate surrounding it, and the evil corporation’s own
armed guards ready to shoot anyone
that escapes? Simple. Find the lost
daughter of a high-ranking employeee
in exchange for escape from the city
of the living dead.
This time, thirteen hours have
passed from the so-called ‘accident’
that happened in the Hive, and a team
of bio-investigators infiltrate the Hive
to find out what went wrong. Unfortunately, this frees the zombies from
their captivity, and causes them to
run rampant around Raccoon City,
infecting all the inhabitants.
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Enter Jill Valentine (Sienna
Guillory), a well-known character to
the fans of the video game series, who
is no stranger to the zombie and Umbrella connection. She meets up with
fellow virus-free humans, and joins
with the now superhuman Alice with
more fellow S.T.A.R.S from the video
game series.
To summarize the whole plot for
you newbies, Umbrella is a big-time
pharmaceutical and technical company which has been producing dark
and secretive weapons for the government for quite awhile. In the last
film, an ‘accident’ happened in the
Hive (an underground Umbrella laboratory) beneath Raccoon City, and
our main character, Alice (Milla
Jovovich), was on the team that went
to find out what went wrong.
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After the accident in the Hive, Umbrella Corporation went around Raccoon City, evacuating their top employees away from the hazard zone.
One of the employees, Dr. Ashford
(Jared Harris), has a daughter named
Angie (Sophie Vavasseur) who had a
car accident while escaping, and becomes lost in the mad process.
Hey, who likes leggy actresses
shooting mutated zombies with large
(and loud) weapons and unlimited
ammo, all in just 93 minutes? If you
said "Me!", then ‘Resident Evil: Apocalypse’ is definitely for you!
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scoreboard
GOLF TEAM OPENS LEAD
The Islander golf team increased their
lead over Dawson College with a
strong performance on Sunday at
Club de Riviere-Rouge. The Islander
team of 4 players had a total of 316
and after 3 tournaments now lead
second place Dawson 946 to 973.
Mitchell Vaughan tied with Tarn
MacArthur for low individual score
with a 73. Kyle Schiisler shot 79,
Brent Steer and Melissa Core each
shot 82, Adam Chatelois 83, Kristin
Berretta 84, Sam Hayes 87, and Derek
Roszkowski 92.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
The Lady Islanders saw their record
drop to 1-1-1 following a 4-1 loss to
F.X. Garneau and a 1-1 tie with
Dawson.
Claire Robbins scored in Lac Beauport
for the Lady Islanders and Tara
Zeagman tied the game in the second
half against Dawson.
MEN’S RUGBY
The Islander rugby team came out on
the short end of a 15-14 game with the
McGill U. under 21 team on Sunday.
Bryce Thomassin and Omar Hussein
scored the Islander tries and flanker
Michael Chabotar was the Player of
the Game.
FOOTBALL
The Islanders saw their record drop
to 0-4 with yet another close loss 2513 in Trois-Rivieres (4-0) on Saturday
night. The Islanders led for the most
WOMEN’S RUGBY STILL UNBEATEN
The John Abbott Lady Islanders
rugby team won their second straight
game of the season 34-0 over Vanier
Sunday. Vanier’s defence was tough in
the first half, and they spent much of
the half in Abbott’s half of the field,
but the Lady Islanders were up to the
task and led 5-0 at halftime
The Lady Islanders came out hard in
the second half. With some hard
running and big hits on defence and
Abbott scored 29 unanswered points.
The Lady Islanders attack was led by a
four try performance by Melany
“Red” Waring. Kate Gauley and
Kinsely McWhinnie also added one try
a piece, while Bianca Bolouri was good
on two conversion attempts. Also
playing strong games were Jessi
Jones, Emma Kennedy, and Ali
Roberts.
MEN’S SOCCER – STRONG
WEEKEND
The Islander soccer team remained
unbeaten with a 1-0-2 record following a 3-0 win over F.X. Garneau on
Saturday and a 1-1 tie with Dawson at
home on Sunday.
In Lac Beauport on Saturday Racim
Chitti, Justin Sabini and Shawn
Amaraskera all scored goals for the
Isles and Joey Macro pick up the
shutout. On Sunday David Sabini
scored the lone goal the Islanders
early in the second half.
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JOHN ABBOTT IN ACTION
THIS WEEK
DATE - TIME - OPPONENT
Wed., Sept. 29
20:00
Flag football at Maisonneuve
21:00
Men’s soccer at Rosemont
Fri., Oct. 1
13:30
Women’s hockey at
Dalhousie U. (Halifax)
19:00
Algonquin College at
women’s basketball
Sat., Oct. 2
10:00
St-Jean at flag football
13:00
Andre-Grasset at football
18:00
Women’s hockey at
St. F.X. (Antigonish)
18:00
Women’s basketball at
Carleton U. (Ottawa)
Sun., Oct. 3
11:00
St-Laurent at flag football –
lower field
11:00
St-Lambert at women’s soccer
13:00
St-Lambert at men’s soccer
11:00
Golf at Bromont
11:00
Women’s rugby at St-Lambert
12:30
Men’s rugby at St-Lambert
12:45
Women’s hockey at
St. Thomas U. (Fredericton)
of the game, 7-0 after the first quarter, 10-7 at half time, and 13-7 after 3
quarters. The Diablos scored 18
unanswered points in the 4th quarter.
Dan Baronas carried the ball 15 times
for 39 yards and a 2-yard run for a
touchdown. Placekicker Chris Milo
added 2 field goals of 36 and 43 yards
and a convert. QB Ryan Kastner
completed 10 of 24 passes for 146
yards and 1 interception. Alex
Therrien was his favourite target with
4 catches for 69 yards while Simon
Bastien-Archambault had 3 catches
for 55 yards.
The Islanders had 58 yards on the
ground with 4 first downs and 146
yards in the air with 4 first downs.
Louis-Pierre Clement led the Islander
defence with 7 tackles including a QB
sack; Nicholas Intscher had 6 tackles
and a QB sack.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY FIT TO BE
TIED
On Friday night at home the Lady
Islanders skated to a 2-2 tie with
College Lafleche from Trois-Rivieres.
The Lady Isles are in 6th place with a
0-2-1 record. The Titan led 1-0 after
the first period and the third period
was scoreless.
Melanie Veilleux and Lindsay Deliva
each scored a goal.
OTHER SCOREES
Abbott Lacrosse 5
Bishop’s U.
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