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Shopping for a roommate
Marie-Eve Gagné
Contributor
Many of you are probably thinking about
moving out sometime in the near future.
Maybe you are planning on going to school
out of province or maybe you are just going
crazy living with your parents. Well, let this
article serve as a warning to you. Living with a
roommate can drive you crazy too, and make
you wish you were living back home with your
parents. Here are a few signs you have a horrible roommate, and should get out quick:
1. Gives her/his boy/girlfriend of two
weeks a key to your apartment without asking
you. Now the boy/girlfriend sits on your couch
all day and watches TV.
2. Gets rid of your favourite channel on
the digital cable you both pay for, and replaces
it with the stupidest channels without asking
you.
3. Decides to do laundry just as you finally
fall asleep.
4. Takes a 45 minute shower and uses up
all the hot water, forcing you to take a cold
shower.
5. Cooks macaroni and cheese and leaves
the leftovers to rot in the pot on the stove
for days.
6. Washes only the dishes he/she has
used and leave that one cup you used for you
to wash.
7. Invites his/her little brother or sister
to stay overnight when you and
your boy/girlfriend want to get
intimate.
8. Has loud, animal sex at six
o’clock in the morning
9. Takes down your Van Gogh
poster in the living room and replaces it with a. Winnie the Pooh
poster
10. Goes on your computer
and changes your homepage to
BANDERSNATCH
www.worldofwarcraft.com.
When you live with someone other than
a relative, you get to know the real person,
which is why it can be difficult to choose a
good roommate.
People are different when you start to invade their privacy and intrude on their regular
routines. This is one of the reasons why so
many friends who decide to move in with each
other end up as enemies. This is not always the
case. Some friends have an enduring roommate
relationship with one another, but they will
inevitably come up with a complaint or two
about the other person. Tolerance is the key to
a healthy roommate relationship. You may have
to adapt to some of your roommate’s habits,
such as his love for singing in the shower.
However, you also have to know your limits
to avoid being taken advantage of, such as his
love for singing in the shower at five o’clock in
the morning. Either voice your complaints and
come to a compromise or get out. Otherwise,
your living situation will become excruciatingly
uncomfortable.
So, if you are thinking about moving out,
don’t be surprised if your annoying roommate
decides to step all over your joyous freedom.
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The real price of love
Allergic to roses
Samantha Villeneuve
Ariane Smoley
Contributor
Jessica Kalmar
Campus Editor
Justin Banks
When you ask the average John Abbott student their opinion of Valentine’s Day, they tend to
a) make an animal noise, b) relegate it as another
holiday manufactured by Hallmark, c) grin abashedly as they think about their sweetheart. The latter
is thus satisfied with their romantic life. So, let’s
sum up their Valentine’s Day experience with the
following MasterCard moment: chocolates: 10$,
roses: 60$, romance: priceless.
As Carrie once asked on the TV show Sex in
the City: “have we become romance-intolerant?”
Does the idea of a couple give us hives? Are we
allergic to love? I believe this is so. After years of
romance being foisted down our throats by the
likes of Hallmark, and rejections, break-ups, and
crushes too numerous to count, what is left but a
brow-beaten body struck one too many times by
the metaphorical Cupid’s arrow?
As a result, Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be
particularly special for it to still mean something.
Guys: don’t feel you have to fork over a paycheck
for the cost of one night. Girls: of course you’d
rather snuggle your honey over a teddy bear. Should
you even choose to celebrate Valentine’s Day, can
it not simply be a day to appreciate each other’s
mere presence?
So, my Valentine’s Day survival guide reads
thus:
a) If you are romantically attached, find time to
thank your significant other for being there for you.
Make them feel special without feeling the need to
walk into a Hallmark.
b) If you are single, don’t let your romance
allergy get the worst of you. Rent an action movie
and do jumping jacks. You’ll live.
Nicolas Udy
With Valentine’s Day just a week away, have
you found the perfect way to show your love
and affection for a special someone yet? Will
it be with a heartfelt card? A bouquet of flowers? A box of chocolates? Or will you make a
stop at the jewelry store, since “diamonds are
forever”? A symbol of love, diamonds often
come in the form of an engagement ring. They
also come at an expensive price.
For the children of Sierra Leone, diamonds
do not have such a lovely connotation. Instead,
they are often associated with terror, bloodshed, and war. Sierra Leone, a small African
nation, has been devastated by an eleven-year
civil war that has resulted in tens of thousands
of deaths and the displacement of more
than two million people. To fund their war
against the government, the Revolutionary
United Front, a rebel group,
took control of the diamond mines. They then
sold the natural resources
for weapons. These conflict
diamonds, also known as
blood diamonds, played an
important role in the continuation of the war. Although
the war has been over since
2002, the aftermath of the
horrific events has scarred
the country – especially its
children. Kidnapped, orphaned, maimed, drugged,
forced to become sex slaves
and soldiers, the children of
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Sierra Leone have suffered much abuse over
the years. Free The Children, a non governmental organization dedicated to breaking the
cycle of poverty, has been focusing on Sierra
Leone for the past few years. Now the largest
network of children helping children in the
world, Free The Children is helping rebuild
the country with schools and peace building
initiatives.
Wondering how you can make a difference? By simply requesting to see the jeweler’s
certificate proving your diamond is conflictfree, you are making sure it will never happen
again. This is an effective way to bring the
illegal diamond trade to an end. Moreover, you
can put pressure on your government to make
it illegal to import conflict diamonds
On Wednesday February 14th, the Free
the Children club on campus is having a bake
sale in the Agora alcove to raise funds for Free
the Children’s efforts in Sierra Leone; come
taste some sinfully delicious home-baked
goods. We guarantee a single bite for a good cause is
the best gift one can receive
on Valentine’s Day. For
more information about the
organization, drop by the
club room (H-049, facing
the Oval) or visit the site
www.freethechildren.org.
New members are welcome
to join us at our meetings
Wednesdays at 5:30 pm in
H-028, where we discuss the
multiple issues surrounding
Sierra Leone, plan upcoming activities and reflect on
current events.
Opinions Editor
Games Page Editor
Sports Editor
Eric Chan
Production Manager
Emilie Bruneau
Office Manager
William Attar
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Bandersnatch Campus Life
Internment camps in Canada
Leia Wesley
Staff Writer
In 1945, after Canada declared war
against Japan, 23 000 Canadians who
were of Japanese origin were thrown into
Internment Camps. The reason behind
this is because of the bombing of Pearl
Harbor, which leads to the conspiracy in
Canada that the Canadians who were of
Japanese origin were “spies” for Japan
(the enemy).
This initial fear was in citizens who were
non-Japanese, the municipal and the local
newspapers were all in favor for the internment camps. Those who were of Japanese
origin were separated from their loved ones.
Women and child were separated from the
men and put into internment camps. Men
where sent to road camps in B.C interior,
or to the sugar beet on the Prairies or the
POW (prison war camps) in Ontario. Some
were even deported to Japan; Canadian
citizen or not, if they refused to go into
the Internment Camps. Around 4000
victims where deported to Japan. In 1943,
the Canadian “Custodian of Aliens” came
into effect. This allowed the government
to sell off all their possessions to help pay
for the internment camps. The possessions
that where sold off ranged form houses,
farms, clothing, and boats that belong to
fishermen.
In all there were ten internment camps
that were made throughout Canada. They
were three road camps, two POW camps,
and five self-supporting camps by which
held mostly women and children. Many of
these camps did not have the right amount
of space to harvest the large amount bodies that came into those camps, in result
the camps where usually very small and
cramped in space.
In 1988, Canada finally acknowledged
the injustice that was being done to the
Japanese Canadians by putting them into
internment, and paid 12 million for its victims. The Redress Agreement was signed
by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney stating
the “official acknowledgement of the injustices inflicted on Canadians of Japanese
ancestry during and after World War II.”
After what had happened in Canada in
1945 concerning the Canadian Japanese,
the government is still withholding this
very information from history textbooks.
Jason Lambert, 17, C.A.L.L program, now
feels differently towards the government
after being informed about what had taken
place in Canada concerning the internment
camps. He said “The fact that these past
actions are not being covered adequately
in history classes does not only worry me,
but it leads me to question the government. The Government is supposed to
be the servant of the people, and not vice
versa. The only harm that can be done
now, concerning these racist actions of the
Government toward Canadians of Japanese
heritage is done through secrecy.”
The Redress Agreement was issued
because of the injustice committed towards
the Canadians who were of Japanese origin.
Malinda, 18, Sciences, said.” I think this
topic is important to us, since it allows us
to learn more about our country.” She also
added “the government was wrong to do
so. Luckily, they realized what they did was
wrong and made a public apology.”
Mark McGuire teaches this very subject
in his humanity course, which informs
students on this very subject, about the
government avoiding educating Canadians
about the situation. Mr. McGuire has made
this very issue a goal to educate others,
through educating his students. He hopes
for this message to spread, so we do not
continue living life ignorant to the past.
Bus
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Starting February 5th, the CIT bus service has
arranged shuttles to John Abbott (right outside the
Arctic Circle), and back to Hudson in the afternoon.
The service is free during the month of February,
and will then cost 45$ per month if you are under
18 years old, and 60$ if you are over 18. The service
will run a trial period of four months.
The bus leaves at 7:30 am on weekdays; it
goes along Côte St-Charles, Main Road, Bellevue,
Cameron, Harwood, and finally arrives on campus.
There are two additional buses at 8:35 am and 9:35
am. The shuttle leaves the school again at 4:30 pm,
5:30 pm, and 6:30 pm.
So, citizens of Hudson, although these may
not be the most convenient hours for you, rest
assured that you are still luckier than the Pincourt
inmates!
Yes,
SIR!
The Student Information Recognition
Program acknowledges students who are actively
involved in the John Abbott community.
In order to participate, students must meet with
the SIR Program Coordinator in H-159, where they
receive a booklet in which they must keep a log of
all of the hours consecrated to the activity. The
deadline for submission of booklets is April 27th.
To qualify, students must go to school full-time,
do well in his or her studies, spend a minimum of
60 hours on his or her activity during the semester,
and the activity must be completely voluntary – no
compensations allowed.
Cher GI,
Je suis étudiante en sciences de la santé. J’ai choisi cette orientation parce que j’aime beaucoup les sciences pures ainsi que travailler avec
es gens. Je suis également organisée et structurée, j’aime le travail logique et la résolution de problèmes. En fait, je cherche toujours
à améliorer les choses. Dis-moi quelle profession choisir!
-Mya-
Chère Mya,
Le GÉNIE INDUSTRIEL semble tout indiqué pour toi. Dans cette vague de compétitivité à laquelle les entreprises doivent maintenant faire
face, la nécessité d’améliorer constamment la qualité, l’efficacité et la productivité de la chaîne logistique devient essentielle. L’essence
même du travail de l’ingénieur INDUSTRIEL réside dans ce défi de taille, de même qu’en la gestion du changement, des équipes et des projets.
-GI-
Bandersnatch Campus Life
Wednesday February 7th, 2007 • The news at a The science is clear
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Jessica Kalmar
glance
that contributes the most to greenhouse gas
Campus Editor
Nicola Fleming
News Editor
Free prescriptions for some
Starting in July of this year, Quebec seniors over the age of 55 and welfare recipients
without health insurance will no longer have
to worry about the cost of prescription drugs.
This comes at the same time as the announcement that the price freeze on prescription
drugs, in effect since 1994, will be lifted. With
higher prices for medications, the government
should be able to cover cost of free prescriptions for the less fortunate. However, some
activists are complaining that this new policy
should be extended to anyone living below the
poverty line. Nevertheless, this should help
over 280 000 people living in Quebec who
could not otherwise afford their medication.
Our presence is beyond a shadow of a
doubt directly affecting the natural balance of
our planet. In other words, global warming is
a reality. After top climate experts convened
in Paris last week for a four-day meeting, the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
released a report on Friday, February 2nd. The
report features 2000 world-renowned scientists
giving evidence on the process of climate
change. The 46 countries that attended the
summit agreed to discuss further plans at a
future date in Morocco.
The worst polluters – the United States,
China, India, and Russia – did not attend the
conference. Environmental leaders are hoping
that President George W. Bush will be present
Bird flu outbreak confirmed
Japan has confirmed the fourth outbreak
of the deadly bird flu this year. Last month, two
dozen chickens were found dead at a farm in
Shintomi. The birds were found to have been
infected with the H5N1 strain that is also deadly
to humans. As soon as this was confirmed, the
farm was quarantined and the slaughter of the
93 000 chickens living there began in the hopes
of stopping the spread of the dangerous virus.
Since late 2003, the bird flu has killed 164 people,
and prompted the slaughter of millions of birds
worldwide. While it is still difficult for people to
catch the bird flu, the World Health Organization
is concerned that the virus may mutate into a more
contagious form and kill millions.
Groundhogs predict spring
According to groundhogs across the country,
winter should be over fairly soon. February 2nd,
known as Groundhog Day, is the day on which
groundhogs are woken up from their hibernation.
If the sleepy creatures notice their shadows, it
means that six more weeks of winter are to be
expected. This year, the groundhogs’ predictions
were unanimous: winter is almost over. Nova
Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam was the first to emerge
this year. Punxatawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s
groundhog whose line has been predicting the
change of season for the longest, since 1886, is
the original weather-predicting groundhog.
Floodwaters devastate Indonesia
At least 29 people are dead, and 190 000
are homeless as a result of massive flooding in
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Excessive rains all
week caused nearby rivers to burst their banks on
Friday night and flood the city, which is home to
9 million people. Transportation in and out of
the city was made difficult by the floodwaters, and
many people wound up trapped in their homes
without clean water or electricity. The water continued to rise on Saturday, making this the worst
flooding the nation has seen since 2002. For now,
the homeless are being sheltered on higher ground
in mosques, government buildings and schools.
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emissions.
“The world cannot solve the climate
change problem without the United States,”
Achim Steiner, head of the United Nations
Environment Program, told the Associated
Press.
And what is Canada’s role in climate
change procedure? Although Prime Minister
Stephen Harper previously rescinded from
Kyoto protocol, he seems to have taken an
affirmative stance in light of the surface of
new information.
“We are working through the Kyoto
(Protocol) process to try and get international
action,” he said.
As Canadians, we are lucky to live in a
resource-heavy land, and must rid ourselves
of the complacency that comes with an easy
lifestyle, say the scientists who contributed
to the report. With global warming will come
hotter, drier summers,
and warmer winters with
rain instead of snow; but
other regions will succumb to climate change
before Canada. Hence,
we will have to deal with
mass migration problems, and a shortage of
fresh water.
In light of the recent publicity surrounding climate change, scientists believe that their
message is becoming clear. Politicians are becoming more concerned with environmental
issues; any person running for office is careful
to work climate change protocol into their
agenda. Senator Hillary Clinton, Democrat
party leader hopeful, is addressing the issue,
while Premier Jean Charest spoke at the Paris
conference through a video link. Campaigns,
such as the one recently held in Paris, show
growing concern toward the environment; on
February 1st, between 6:55 and 7:00 pm, there
was a symbolic blackout throughout the city
that even saw the lights of the Eiffel Tower
being switched off.
So, while there is growing awareness, it remains difficult to relate the small world we live
in to the planet at large. Environment Minister
John Baird said: “We must devote our energy
to find solutions that would protect the fragile
ecosystems of our planet, and we must adopt
concrete measures to fight against climate
change. And when I say ‘we,’ I mean Canada
and all countries. Climate change is a global
issue that requires a planetary solution.”
Therefore, the question that must be posed
is, are you willing to make personal sacrifices
to save our planet?
Thirty million for spinal cord research
Nicola Fleming
News Editor
It was twenty years ago that paraplegic
Rick Hansen finished his Man in Motion
tour. Traveling to thirty-four countries
after being paralyzed from the waist down
when he was only fifteen, Hansen did the
tour in order to raise money and awareness for people with spinal cord injuries.
Over $26 million was raised for his cause
over the course of his thirteen-month
tour. He has been a spinal cord research
advocate ever since, raising money to help
paralysis victims.
Today, over forty thousand Canadians
live with spinal injuries. Some live in
specialized care or rehabilitation centers, while others live at home, often
with help from family or professionals.
Last week, fresh hope was given to them
with the announcement of new funding
towards research. The donor: our own
government.
On Friday, February 2 nd, three government officials arrived at the Ottawa
Hospital Rehabilitation Center for a
special announcement ceremony. These
men were Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Manitoba MP Steven Fletcher, who was
paralyzed from the neck down following a
car accident in 1996, and Health Minister
Tony Clement. The Prime Minister himself made the announcement: over the
next five years, the Canadian government
will be giving $30 million towards spinalcord injury research and rehabilitation.
The money will be donated to the Spinal
Cord Injury Research network, which
was established by the Rick Hansen
Foundation.
Stephen Harper announced to those
gathered at the Ottawa Hospital for the
ceremony that his government is “proud to
support the efforts of Rick Hansen – a true
Canadian hero.”
Rick Hansen himself was present for
the ceremony, which to him was also a
celebration of the 20th anniversary, which
goes from April 2006 to May 2007, of his
40 000 km Man in Motion tour. He was
optimistic and grateful, seeing the money
as a sign of Canada’s belief that a cure for
spinal injuries will be found and that the
injured will be able to walk again.
At the ceremony in Ottawa,
Harper told the happy crowd
“As the ultimate goal is to
see people walking again, the
majority of the funds I’m announcing today will be used
to explore ways to reduce
permanent paralysis.”
This announcement gave hope
to many. T he
large sum of
money is mostly
destined to help get
people walking again.
Much of it will go to-
wards research that explores ways to reduce permanent paralysis. A portion will
be used to look into methods of emergency care and rehabilitation techniques in
order to reduce the permanence of spinal
cord injuries. The rest is meant to help
those living with these injuries, whether
in institutions or at home, to gain more
mobility and independence.
For more information on the Rick
Hansen Foundation, visit http://www.
rickhansen.com.
Bandersnatch News
African Union elects dignitary
Hérouxville controversy
Jessica Kalmar
Campus Editor
Michael Read
Earlier last week, Sudan’s president
was passed over as leader of the African
Union in favour of the West African nation of Ghana. Ghana’s president, John A.
Kufuor, now resides as Chairperson of the
African Union.
The African Union, with its 53 member
states (only Morocco is not a member), is
similar to the European Union in concept.
Established in 2001, it promotes democracy, stability, and human rights. The AU
is also working toward economic sustainability. It hopes to establish one currency
for the entire continent as well as a common market.
The eighth summit of the African
Union took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
from January 22nd to 30th. United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened
the meeting with an appeal to end the stalemate that has arisen in Sudan; al-Bashir has
refused UN peacekeepers into the war-torn
area of Darfur. The refusal of al-Bashir as
AU Chairperson can perhaps be attributed
to his political decisions; this poses the
question of whether he was humiliated.
At last year’s AU summit, Sudan pressed
to take the post of AU Chairperson.
Instead, a deal was made that the Republic
of Congo’s president would hold the
position for a year, and then give it to
al-Bashir. However, Sudan’s internal problems have not improved in past months,
and Secretary-General Ban is concerned
over the escalating violence in western
Sudan. Despite the peace agreement that
was signed in May between the Sudanese
government and the Janjaweed faction
in May, violence has been escalating and
foreign aid operations are on the verge of
collapsing.
At the same time, Ghana is celebrating
its 50th year of freedom since its independence in 1957, and the unanimous nomination of Kufuor as Chairperson is said to
have something to do with commemorating the event.
“The AU felt that everything should be
done to commemorate the historic independence of Ghana in 1957,” South Africa’s president, Thabo Mbeki said in a statement. “The
decision taken by the AU assembly in Addis
Ababa, concerning who should chair the union
during 2007, had absolutely nothing to do with
humiliating or rejecting Sudan and President
Omar al-Bashir.”
Whoever the Chairperson may be, it remains of vital importance that the African
Union focuses on the crisis in Darfur and
put a stop to the violence.
Lately, there have been multiple cases
of cultural and religious disputes occurring
across Canada. In Toronto, a judge ordered
the removal of a Christmas tree from a
court-house, due to it being offensive to
non-Christians. In Montreal, there have
been requests made to swimming complexes
asking for gender-specific swim periods, as
to accommodate gender segregating religious groups. A gym has blocked the view
from its windows in an effort to block the
view of their exercising female patrons from
the Hasidic Jewish synagogue located across
the street. A community center has banned
males from their prenatal class, in favor of
Muslim, Sikh and Hindu women. Another
dispute has been over a document published
by the city police which recommended that
female officers rely on their male counterparts in the event of arresting men from
certain religions.
With all of this controversy floating
about, one town has decided to put its
foot down and stand its ground for what
it believes are the cultural and ethical rules
immigrants in Canada should follow. The
town of Hérouxville has recently posted a
set of cultural and ethnical ‘norms’ on their
website as well as sent them to the provincial
and federal immigration ministers.
The declaration basically states that,
within the town, it is forbidden to stone
or burn women. Minors are not allowed to
carry weapons to their places of education,
this includes such religious daggers as kirpans, even though, after other controversy
cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has
ruled that Sikhs can carry kirpans in schools.
Children may swim in pools together and
there is to be no gender segregation, boys
and girls will have to swim together. As
for women in general, they are allowed to
dance, drive, make their own decisions and,
if they’re an officer of the law, arrest men.
The town council’s actions have sparked
some rather opposing arguments on the
situation. Salam Elmenyawi, leader of
the Muslim Council of Montreal, found
the entire five-page declaration insulting.
Elmenyawi asks “why are they picking on
Islam and Muslims?”, stating the declaration is a lot of stereotypical nonsense. “I
can’t imagine Muslims immigrating there,”
Elmenyawi said.
In retaliation, André Drouin, one of
Hérouxville’s six town councilors, stated
that the town welcomed immigrants and
looks forward to more immigrants joining their community. “We need them and
we want them. And we also want them to
have made the correct choice for them.”
Drouin claims that the town has received
at least 2,000 e-mails, the vast majority
supportive.
“I’m not a racist but, at a certain point
we’re all going to end up that way,” is what
Hérouxville resident Carole Casabon said.
“If we travel abroad, we try to adapt to their
way of life. But when they come here, they
abide by their own rules.”
Clydes
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Wednesday February 7th, 2007 • Hey everyone!
Your Student Union has a lot of exciting
events coming up … so keep an eye in The
Daily Info so you won’t miss anything.
First, SUJAC will have a booth at the upcoming John Abbott Open House to be held
on Thursday, February 8. The event begins at
6:30 p.m. and SUJAC will be located outside
the Student Lounge, across from the Theatre in
the Casgrain building. If you have any siblings
or friends graduating from high school, be sure
to encourage them to come and check out John
Abbott’s cool campus and programs.
Next, SUJAC is inviting all you Sweethearts
out there, along with your friends, to drop in
SUJAC update
to the SUJAC Office over Valentine’s
to sip some coffee and munch
some cookies – and other
treats -while finding out
what your Student Union
does for you and meeting some of your reps.
The SUJAC door is
always open to you
and the SUJAC Open
House--which runs
from Tuesday, Feb. 13,
to Thursday, Feb. 15--gives
us yet another chance to meet
more of you!
Then on Wednesday, February
21, from 10 am to 3 pm, there
will be a lot going on in The
Agora…at the Winter
semester SUJAC-Club
Day. Don’t be surprised if you see SUJAC
reps and Club members
wearing a patch over
one eye and trying to
get you to walk the plank!
There will be a lot of different activities and you’ll be
able to try to get your name into
a Contest draw to win a prize! The
SUJAC-Club Day….where you can find out
more about joining SUJAC and/Congress and
the various student Clubs and organizations….
will be a day you won’t want to miss.
Last but not least, seats are filling up in
Congress and if you’re interested in becoming a student rep, drop by the SUJAC Office
in Penfield (101) and find out more about
how you can get involved. Its not only great
for your resume, being involved in the hub of
the Abbott wheel will give you an opportunity
to meet other students, make decisions on
behalf of the student population – be a voice
for the students! – and have a lot of a fun in
a leadership role.
Pile-up on 401
Will Attar
Webmaster
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died and eleven more were injured.
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most traveled highway in Canada. The pileup itself happened at the height of a freak
blizzard. Two people were killed instantly as
a result of the accident. One man managed
to stop his car without hitting anyone else,
but was struck down by another car when
he stepped out of his vehicle. He remains
in critical condition.
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result of the collision,” said Insp. Michael
Johnston, detachment commander for
the Northumberland detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police.
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crash caused a chain reaction with a nearby
tanker truck.
“It appears that the initial accident
occurred in front of (the tanker) involving a couple of tractor-trailers and some
small vehicles. The tanker truck, in an
attempt to evade the accident, itself got
into an accident and exploded,” states
Gordon Glibbery, site commander for
Northumberland Emergency Medical
Services. Later in the afternoon, the fire was
brought under control.
Meteorologist Geoff Coulson claims
that drivers were dealing with near whiteout
conditions the afternoon of the accident.
High winds whipped the falling snow
around, reducing visibility to a dangerous
low.
As a result of the accident, traffic was
stalled in every direction for several kilometers. At the scene of the crash, flames and
thick black smoke were seen billowing into
the sky from the twisted broken wreckage.
Eastbound lanes were badly damaged from
the fire and should be closed until Friday.
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Michael Read
Malgré la petite scène, Stockholm, la
nuit, de Fannie Bellefeuille, était magnifique. Avec une mise en scène par Frédéric
Thibaud à la Salle Fred-Barry, l’histoire de
quatre personnes qui se rencontrent une
nuit à un dépanneur prend vol sur la scène
et captive les spectateurs.
Commençant au dépanneur, Stockholm,
la nuit introduit Ben (joué par David Buyle)
et Julie (Christine Pinard), deux connaissances avec des liens amoureux qui se disputent quand Julie est en train de travailler.
C’est au milieu de ce conflit qu’un voleur
(Charles-Alexandre Quesnel) se présente,
prêt à prendre l’argent de la caisse et à
s’enfuir avec un otage. À ce moment, on
croit que la malchance a prit Nathalie (jouée
par l’auteure, Fannie Bellefeuille) par la
main, lorsque le voleur la pousse dans sa
voiture et s’envole de la scène du crime.
C’est au-delà de ces événements que Ben
et Julie se rendent compte de leur amour et
que Nathalie devient victime du syndrome
Stockholm.
Thibaud à bien utilisé le petit théâtre à
son avantage, créant une ambiance plus intime avec les comédiens. Les accessoires, les
lumières dispersées le long du plancher, et
deux bancs d’automobile pour représenter
les autos du voleur et de Julie, étaient
simples et, en même temps, parfaits. La
mobilité des bancs d’auto laissait la liberté
aux comédiens de changer l’emplacement
de leur banc et en même temps permettait
aux deux histoires de se développer.
La musique a aussi joué un rôle important dans la pièce. En jouant l’accordéon
entre les transitions de scène, Lucie Galibois
augmentait l’ambiance intime. Les mélodies de Galibois captivaient les spectateurs
chaque fois. Ce qui a surpris la majorité
du théâtre est la fin de la pièce lorsque
Galibois chante une chanson d’intonation
triste qui représente tout ce que l’histoire
de Stockholm, la nuit offre.
Certains aspects de la pièce, par contre,
n’étaient pas aussi agréables que d’autres.
L’histoire d’amour entre Nathalie et le
voleur était simple mais superbe alors que
celle entre Ben et Julie était trop compliquée
avec des détails complexes. C’était grâce aux
talents des acteurs que la pièce, en ensemble,
était si bien reçue, malgré quelques scènes
ahurissantes. Le moment de la pièce où les
quatre acteurs se trouvent sous une chute
de sable avec une pelle était particulièrement
déconcertant. La scène est bien symbolique,
démontrant la mort qui est un thème ret-
Behind the scenes
Will Attar
Web Master
The two day concert started at 11am
Saturday, January 27 th. This is only true
for the fans, the bands showed up two
hours earlier, waited outside in the cold,
and had some work to do. We all go to
these concerts excited and ready for
a good show, but what we don’t really
know is what goes on the day of the show
from a bands point of view.
As I said, the bands got there at 9am
the day of the show and waited outside in
the cold to be let in. Even though it was
painfully cold, the bands had a chance to
talk to each other and form friendships
that would maybe last beyond this one
gig. It all really depended on how their
newfound friends did on stage.
So the bands went in, gave in what
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ever money they collected after the last
meeting, and sat/stood around with
other people, warming up and mentally
preparing for the day ahead. The head
of the show then went on stage and
explained how it would work: when
bands would go backstage, the play order, amount of time, and the one song
remaining warning.
After this, some bands went to
breakfast at Belle Province while others
watched their stuff, and then they would
switch after. After breakfast, the bands
sat around and talked, some tuned up,
some went over the songs, and some
taught their drummers their songs.
E ve n t u a l l y, t h e f i r s t b a n d , T h e
Superstitions, went on. Other more experienced bands could tell they were new and
could use a good show, so the members
of Drown the Senses were seen dancing
to their music while the members of
Soundscape found a rhythm to clap to. At
the same time, the other bands judged
each other, seeing if they were better
or not and where they stood among the
others (were they the better more experienced band or the noobs).
One by one, the bands went on stage
and played their set. We all know what
it is like to watch a band, but what is it
like on stage? First answer, hot! There
are lights from every which way pointing on you and it gets hot. Secondly, the
members have to deal with poor monitors (speakers allowing the musicians to
rouvé tout le long de la pièce. Bellefeuille a
aussi implémenté le mythe d’une personne
qui croit que quelqu’un mourra chaque fois
qu’elle sent le soufre. Cet aspect produit un
plus grand impact à la fin de la pièce.
Alors, malgré ses défauts, Stockholm,
la nuit a été une pièce incroyable. La mise
en scène a été une des meilleures que je
n’ai jamais vues. Le style de représenter les
personnages de Bellefeuille était bien adapté
à la petite salle avec l’aide de accessoires et
d’outils biens utilisés. Selon moi, ça valait la
peine d’aller voir Stockholm, la nuit.
New releases
In theaters
Blood and Chocolate
Catch and Release
Epic Movie
The Messengers
Smokin’ Aces
CDs
Infinity on High
- Fall Out Boy
Not Too Late
- Norah Jones
DVDs
Open Season
Flags For Our Fathers
The Grudge 2
Running With Scissors
Upcoming
releases
In theaters
hear each other), very limited time to find
the right sound, and have to make sure
not to foul up in front of a large amount
of people. Once all that is aside, it’s all
fun and games.
After the show, other bands comment
on their performance and fans greet them
with compliments and praise. The fans
only show up if you are a known band
or have friends at the show. Generally,
after a set, the bands usually stay a little
longer then leave.
I called Concerts First, the people responsible to Exposure, and asked about
the winners. All they could say was that
the band Ocean won first place, and that
The Dangers came second.
Hannibal Rising
February 9
Norbit
February 9
Music and Lyrics
February 14
Ghost Rider
February 16
CDs
Let Love In CD + DVD
- The Goo Goo Dolls February 20
DVDs
Marie Antoinette
February 13
The Departed
February 13
Babel
February 20
Flushed Away
February 20
Upcoming
events
Eva Avila
February 14 at 8, Metropolis
The Barenaked Ladies
February 19 at 7:30, Bell Center
Scissor Sisters
March 6 at 8, Metropolis
Snow Patrol
March 30 at 8, Metropolis
Local band
events
Kronek
February 20 at 8:30, Café Campus
The Boxen
March 3 at 8, Clyde’s
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Awarding the deserving
Matthew Hachey
Staff Writer
W h e n s o m e o n e s ay s t h e wo r d s
Golden Globe or Emmy, most people’s
first thoughts are the annual TV award
shows. As with any other award show,
it is there that we honour the best of
the TV industry; at least that is how it
is supposed to go. In 2005, the critically acclaimed show called Lost won the
Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic series,
yet despite that win it was not even in the
nominations in 2006. The show had not
suffered a massive drop in either quality
or audience, nor had the other nominees
gained quality or audience members. The
reason for this little list is to point out
that the award shows do not seem to base
their nominations or their wins entirely
on the quality of the show, rather its
popularity/influence among the general
public. An exception for this would be
The West Wing which over the last few
years has lost audience members at the
end of every season, though the quality
did pick up in the last two seasons.
To better illustrate this we will be
making a short detour into the land of
science-fiction. Since its beginning in
2003, the remake of the late 70’s TV
show Battlestar Galactica has continuously
challenged the “accepted” view on scifi television by barely using scientific
explanations for situations. The premise
of the show being that humanity had
created a race of robots (called Cylons)
to help them. Eventually, these robots
rebelled and a great war was fought.
The Cylons and Humans signed an armistice then for forty years neither side
had contact with the other. Peace was
never really an option since the Cylons
come back and bomb the Twelve Colonies
of Man with nuclear weapons, wiping
out billions of people in a matter of
seconds. The show itself centers on
the last remaining warship (called a battlestar) and a few civilian ships, whose
total population is about 49,000 people.
Despite this concept, sounding heavily
routed in sci-fi, all one would need to do
is remove the setting in space, the scale
of the destruction and the robots, then
replace it with our current world and
it would make a perfect match to post
9/11 events.
The show pushes the edge of what
is considered acceptable in not only science-fiction, but general culture as well.
From the beginning of its run, the show
has received a great deal of resounding
critical acclaim, though the fans were
more reluctant to accept it. The writing
on the show borders on genius for the
most part (the show had a rough patch
in the late second season), and the acting
is top quality. Many fans have an expression when talking about lower quality
episodes: “It’s still better
than most of the crap
on TV today.”
How many people would have put
this article down
right after seeing the
words science-fiction?
If you could find that out,
then you would understand
why when we get back into
the “normal” culture, one can
notice that the show is almost
universally shunned by the general public. This is even more
noticeable in the award shows and
their nominations. Science-fiction
shows rarely (if ever) achieve an
award in anything more than technical categories. Please don’t say
“that’s because it is a
sci-fi show and doesn’t
belong in the other categories”. Well to that I
ask, how is that any
different from putting
House in the drama
categ or y? A show like
Battlestar Galactica may be set in space
but its material is that of a dramatic
show. House is set in a hospital and deals
with medical mysteries, but its material
is also of a dramatic nature. Does that
mean that we should create a category
for medical shows? The obvious answer
would be no since it would be a waste of
space. The same logic should apply to
science-fiction shows. A term like sci-fi
should not be an all encompassing idea since many shows
inside of it have very different
overall material focuses. At the
very least a show like Battlestar
Galactica deserves a nomination,
not necessarily in Outstanding
Dramatic Series. As I mentioned
earlier on the acting is also expertly
done and some of the cast members
(Edward James Olmos for example)
deserve at least a nomination.
The next time you watch an award
show, take a minute to look at the
nominations. Regardless of what
you believe their quality to be,
examine the popularity of the
show. With all of that it truly
makes me question the
validity of the award
shows; do they actually
give the award to those
who deserve it or only
the popular ones who
do?
A labyrinth for the imagination to get lost in
Megan Kimberly Chan
Staff writer
G u i l l e r m o d e l To r o ’s P a n ’s
Labyrinth is said to be a fairy tale for
adults and it is true to its word. With
a story line of harsh reality mixed with
a twist of a simple fairy tale of a lost
princess, this movie packs a punch of
emotions. From the softest, heartfelt
feelings of love between a girl and her
mother and friendship to the beauty
of magical creatures though without
forgetting the gruesome reminder
of war’s cruelty, this movie is not a
disappointment.
The beginning of the movie, the
narrator tells the tale of an underground realm where a young princess
dreamt of blue skies and the sun. One
day, the princess escaped from her
kingdom to the outside world where
she discovered pain and death. The
king wanted his daughter back and
so he said he would wait for her to
return. He waited for her to come
back even if it meant that she would
be in another time, in another body.
Taking place in the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain, a young
girl by the name of Ofelia goes to
a military outpost in the mountains
with her mother. There she meets
her stepfather who is the captain of
an outpost in the mountains trying to
keep everything in control and who
doesn’t take a liking to Ofelia in the
least bit. Ofelia is a young girl of 11
years who adores reading fairy tales
and holds her books close to her.
This is a drastic change in life, and
her stepfather could care less for her
comfort or well-being.
Met by fairies and a faun, Ofelia is
told of this story of the princess and
her awaiting kingdom. If she is the
princess, she must prove so before
the next full moon or she can never
go to the other world. Ofelia’s mother
is pregnant with the captain’s son and
has been taken ill by the journey. There
are resistance fighters in the forest
which causes the captain to become
even more irritated and resulting in
the danger of her friends in the house.
With the book given to her by the
faun, Ofelia has three tasks to complete before she can get away from
this life. While trying to figure what
she must do, she has to deal with the
difficulty of this new and hostile home
where her mother can’t help her and
where she’ll have to confront monsters the other world and this one.
Actor Sergi López whom which
Guillermo del Toro created the part
of Captain Vidal specifically for and
for good reasons, plays a man who
is more of a monster than any in the
forest. Sergi López does his job spotlessly of leaving the viewers with no
sense of remorse for his character.
Doug Jones is the man behind all the
makeup who plays the remarkably
realistic faun as well the the terrifying
pale man. He has played in Guillermo
del Toro’s Hellboy and Hellboy 2 as
Abe Sapien and he will be in the new
Fantastic Four as the Silver Surfer.
Although, it is Ivana Baquero playing
Ofelia, who has only started acting
but a few years ago, who steals the
show. With her innocent but mature
character who is lost in fantasy but
dealing with the truth of life, she is a
character who sticks to your heart and
reminds you of the hope and imagination of a child.
Wednesday February 7th, 2007 • Who’s gonna clean up that mess?
Jessica Kalmar
Campus Editor
One, two, punch! One: the cadaverous
man who keeps sneaking up from behind,
two: the crows that seemingly escaped the
set of The Birds; the punch is the stopmotion ghosts brought in by Hong Kong
filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang.
Denise (Penelope Ann Miller) and Roy
University of Ottawa
(Dylan McDermott) uproot their kids to an
abandoned house in North Dakota so that
Roy can try his hand at sunflower farming.
Jessica (Kristen Stewart) is the sulky teenager with a dark past, while toddler Ben
arouses suspicion in his lack of speech.
Meanwhile, Roy hires farmhand John
(played by John Corbett), who is playfully
disguised as a backwoods lumberjack with
a habit of showing up in the right place at
the right time.
The first third of The Messengers attempts to establish too many horror movie
dynamics, and doesn’t focus on just one,
which poses the question of who – or what
– the real threat is. The real horror lies in
what we can’t see, as Ben continuously
wanders after phantoms invisible to both
the family and – at first – the audience.
Although he is plainly tickled at the sight,
Jessica’s experience with the ghosts is of a
more violent nature. As she seeks to find
out what happened to the farm’s previous
owners, she ends up in the hospital as a
result of a ghostly encounter. Her injuries
are believed to be self-inflicted, making it
even more difficult for Jessica’s parents to
believe her claims.
A bizarre plot twist during the movie’s
last minutes turns it into a slasher film,
thereby solidifying my belief that The
Messengers is trying to borrow a piece from
every horror movie ever made. The ghost
story becomes completely irrelevant as
Jessica is forced to confront an entirely
different presence.
Doors are a key motif in the film, with
constant opening and closing, descending
into the creepy cellar, and peering through
keyholes. As Jessica searches for a place to
hide at the end, one audience member, to
our amusement, helpfully summed up the
underlying scheme: “The people you looking for is not in that room!” Indeed, if this
advice had been heeded, it would have taken
the horror out of horror movie.
The film delivers in terms of jump-inyour-seat scenes, and creative camera angles.
In a memorable scene, Ben putzes down the
hall after some ghoulish creature he catches
sight of in the reflection of his spoon. The
camera follows him from the rafters, giving
us the ghost’s perspective. Other scenes are
angled downwards, giving the audience a
sense of Ben’s point of view.
Although it doesn’t exhibit the signs of
a particularly inspiring or original plotline,
The Messengers is good popcorn fun. As
someone who could not wait to see the
movie after watching the promo, I can now
say that it is not worth looking for many
scary moments outside those in the trailer.
However, if you enjoyed the stop motion
phantoms of The Grudge and The Ring,
you may find yourself equally attracted to
this film.
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children of pulp and paper
they are sent out by the heard
five hundred suffocating
inside an airtight plastic bag
eight and a half by eleven
bleached and uniformed
they strive to be unique
but are identical to the naked eye
static rising through the air,
my phone, it lights up,
flashes of blue catch my eye,
ring.
ringing, ringing,
metaphorical in a sense,
the ringing is a song,
not the sounds of Bell’s past.
fed into machines
they never asked for this
loud foreboding sounds
electricity at its best
they are dragged to face their fate
frightened and confused
what does it all mean?
they do not know
crack of the cell phone’s flip,
sudden movements, like a pose,
ear at one end, mouth at the other,
‘hello’.
your VOICE, symphonic melody,
laughter, like a child,
sitting, I talk, listen, repeat,
if only life were like this call.
they come out sparkling and new
black and white for some
colorful for others
still others come out blank
some are simply lost
caught up in gears, destroyed
but no two are alike
was it worth it in the end?
not like they had a choice
not wanting it to end,
time flows as the timer ticks,
little beeps flutter about,
snapping us back to reality.
‘we should go’,
must we really?
return to the lives waiting,
waiting outside the confines of my phone.
Richard on Drums
Barbara Radziwon -- Entertainment Editor
orbiting rock, star
Educational Displeasures
Christina Bucci – Arts Editor
Emilie Bruneau – Office Manager
large and round
you live far above my head
lay far below their feet
what is up and what is down
all is relative
My agenda is filling up fast,
Textbooks tower over me
Intimidating.
Due dates around the corner,
I haven’t started anything
Lack of motivation.
Broken promises of progress,
Tons of time for my social life
Procrastination.
Uncertainty surrounds my future,
Yet decisions must be made
The pressure mounts.
Too many sleepless nights,
My mind drifts during class
Fatigue.
This semester is drowning me,
Something has got to give.
reflecting the light of another
each and every day
or should I say night
don’t you wish
that you could shine
your own light once in a while
maybe you’re just shy
sometimes you hide behind us
sometimes you block the light
are you mad at us
I’m afraid to ask
you never seem to answer
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The Railing Queens
Trevor Smith -- Contributor
Bandersnatch Arts
Playpen War
Tamara Nowicki ��
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Contributor
The giant teddy bears stare at me
Their large beady black eyes plotting against me
I can feel it as I inch myself closer into the corner
The large trucks have me surrounded
Lined up in their individual rows
Some are on their sides, their wheels still spinning
I applaud my heroic strength
My heroic side soon fades as I hear them again
The twinkling color planes
They spin above and around my head
Around and around
I know their tactics
They are trying to put to me sleep... it will not work this time
I fight my heavy eyelids as I grip my blankie
This is a war I can win
My breathing increases as I know there is no way out
The white fence has me encaged within its walls
One of the bears plops onto their stomach and starts to slither
to me
I was a goner, or so it seemed; I had my secret weapon
Arching my back I open my mouth
Taking in a deep breath I let out a loud yell
I hear the heavy footstep of reinforcements
I grin at my opponents
I see the teddy bears being brought to their feet
Their legs dangling as the trucks are thrown to the side
The planes have ceased their aerial assault
I giggle and applaud
Feeling my second in command lift me up
I grip onto her uniform; I am awarded my medal
I suck on it happily as she strokes my hair
Once again I am victorious
Cathedral
In a land so far away...
Once there was a little boy,
He saw the world so full of joy,
As time flew by he met some more, some
more,
Boys from far off lands.
These boys each had their own strengths,
So they’d torment him until great lengths,
It was this point the boy did fear, did fear,
They would kill the joy from his land.
Clutching what was left to heart,
His joy from which he’d never part,
Yet sadness were those boys combined,
combined,
They’d torment him.
A Gift from Mother Nature
Tamara Nowicki -- Contributor
Bandersnatch Arts
Slowly the boy joined their ranks,
Just as bad as robbing banks,
He lost sight of his values true, so true,
What was he to do?
Christina Bucci -- Arts Editor
Michael Read -- Assistant-Editor-in-Chief
The boys, they’d play their pranks all day,
Keeping those with joy at bay,
The boy felt sadness in their pain, their
pain,
Lead him to what lay in his heart.
Seeing that the world turned round,
Tomorrow always came through frown,
As part of them he was still judged, still
judged,
He was not but their tool.
One day will come, he’ll break the chain,
And free some boys from their disdain,
And those who came would see the joy,
the joy,
That once filled this boy...
The filthy fleece: on smells
A Laguna Beach story
Bo Peep
Contributor
Samantha Villeneuve
Opinions Editor
er. You may leave the room smelling like
a fourteen year old going clubbing but
the rest of us end up half-baked and
get lost on our way to our next class.
Be considerate.
Still, I can deal with over-applying a
whole lot easier than I can with the under applied, or worse, the “not-bothering-to-apply-anything-not-even-soap”.
T his is CEGEP, not seventh g rade
where SpeedStick is a foreign object
and where water burns. Stinky, please go
home tonight, turn on the shower, stand
under it for thirty minutes, lather, rinse,
repeat. Apply deodorant. Later, set fire
to all your clothes in a bio-hazard enclosed area then celebrate with friends
and family as you have managed to rid
yourself of B.O. Give yourself a pat on
the back, Jim.
Just don’t over do it. I’ll find you.
I realize that you over-apply the
“smell-g ood” in order to avoid the
“smell-bad” but there is a limit, my
friend. Heck, don’t we all hate it when
we’re forced to sit, stand, or (heaven
forbid) lay next to someone whose horrid body odor sends our olfactory nerves
into permanent shock? On the contrary,
someone who attempts to mask any
stink that may be there by loading on the
Tag, Axe or Baby Phat perfume has got
the idea all wrong. I don’t need to have
my breathing regimented by whomever
I have the misfortune of passing in the
halls. “No, not now. Wait for it. Wait
for it. BREATHE. Hold. Hold.” No
thanks. I enjoy letting my brain just do
what it does.
The locker room after g ym is no
different. Some girls wash, some spritz
themselves with a light body spray while
others douse themselves in some gagworthy musk that they got as a sample
from the Agora at lunch. If you’re that
terrified that someone might smell that
one drop of sweat, bring a complete
change of clothes, or better yet – show-
Woman. She can be clever, creative, commanding and, let’s not forget, irrefutably insane. Before
thousands of double x-chromosomes stampede
my way to brandish me a traitor, it’s important to say
I’m addressing the so-called “ideological female”.
Now, relax. Come on, ladies, this introspection was
long overdue.
Walking down the John Abbott halls, at the
mall, in a coffee shop, the ideological female will use
the words “like” and “Oh my God!” interspersed
in her sentences. She wears Parasuco jeans and Mac
eye shadow. She has a pink Razr phone and reads
Cosmopolitan, She watches shows like The O.C.
and America’s Next Top Model.
Her and her counterparts, incidentally, all act like
Taylor Cole and Kristin Cavallari. If you recognize
those names then I may be talking to you. I think
it’s time, ladies, that we recognize our abnormal
emotional flux and bizarre habits. Sure, we can smile
and bat our eyelashes but at the drop of a hat we
turn rabid. I don’t think PMS is much of an excuse
anymore and no, we’re not all clinically insane.
I think we’re falling into character. These
actresses are no longer imitations, they’re setting
the guidelines for us. We’re the dough, they’re the
cookie cutter. It’s not that it really matters if our
mascara is running; it’s that it wouldn’t happen to
Paris Hilton.
Alex Kelly, Brooke Davis, Carrie Bradshaw. All
these icons are the same, manipulative, rich, prissy,
drama queen.
Why emulate these plainly despicable characters? Sure, have your nails done but don’t shit a brick
if they break. Why pop your boyfriend’s eardrums
because he’d like to hang with the boys for the
Superbowl weekend? So someone bumped into
you in a crowded hall – no reason to lodge your
high heel up their ass. Your best friend slept with
your ex? Is that supposed to explain why she’s in
the hospital?
Why not just judge these mock-ups for what
they really are? Yes, gorgeous but also shallow and
stupid.
Ladies, we were presented with a frivolous
image of what we should be and we bought into
it. Well, this definition of femininity is a lie. We’re
individuals, not the same movie star. Despite what
they tell you at the beginning of Laguna Beach – the
drama is not real. It’s simulated. So why believe it
when you screech, “What do you mean you have
to run errands for your mother? Are you cheating
on me?”
Life isn’t about the static close-ups as a thundering score plays in the background. It’s not about
intense lighting and poignant lines like, “Darryl, I’m
pregnant.” If it were we’d all get annual abortions
and have plastic tits. I’d like to think we’re a little
more profound than that.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS
1) SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE COMPETITION: Do you think you have what it takes to compete
head to head in our Dance Competition. We choose the music. You must dance for up to two minutes. The
audience decides if you move on to the next round. Come on, show us what you’ve got. $75.00 Cash prize to the
winner!
Monday
February 12
Tuesday
February 13
Wednesday
February 14
Thursday
February 15
Friday
February
16
So You
Think You
Can Dance
Competitio
n
11:30
Amazing
Race
All day
ƆƆƆƆ
“Belly
Flop”
Competitio
n
(Pool)
11:30
Film
“Casino
Royale”
10:30 &
1:00
Open Mic
Comedy
and
Comedian
1:00
Karaoke
11 :30 –
12 :30
John
Abbott
“College
Idol”
12 :30 –
2 :30
MiniVolleyball
Tournamen
t
4:15-6:00
(Gyms 1 &
2)
Valentine’s
Day
balloons,
candles &
roses sale
All Day
ƆƆƆƆ
Couples
Contest
11:30
Dating
Game
1:00
Ms. John
Abbott
Beauty
Pageant
(for men)
1:00
Ski Night
Mont StSauveur
Bus leaves at
4:15
(Cost
$25.00)
2) OPEN MIC AMATEUR COMEDY CONTEST: Compete in our “open mic” amateur comedy contest for
your chance to win $50.00. You need to prepare up to 3 minutes of material. If you ever wondered what it would
be like to be on the big stage, then this will be your opportunity.
3) JAC AMAZING RACE: Be part of our “Amazing Race” JAC style. Can you and your partner solve the
riddles and complete the tasks needed to win the “Amazing Race”. Pick up an info sheet and register.
4) JOHN ABBOTT “COLLEGE IDOL”: We want the best to compete in “College Idol”! On stage with
microphone in hand. We want you to sing up a storm for your fellow students and the chance to compete in the
Inter-collegiate College Idol against the winners of the other English colleges in March. Our judges and the
audience will decide who will be this year’s IDOL. It could be you. Please sign up in Student Activities. Grand
prize is $100.00.
5) MINI VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT: Teams of 4 or 5 (mixed or female) are wanted to compete in this
year’s edition of the annual Carnival mini volleyball tournament. This event is limited to 16 teams (max).
Deadline to sign up is February 12. Grand prize is $80.00 and bragging rights. (P.S. only 1 varsity player per team
is allowed) Pick up a registration form with all the rules from Sports and Rec (C-128) or Student Activities (H159) now.
6) SHOW YOUR LOVE OR BEST FRIEND how you feel about them. It’s Valentine’s Day! Get them a
heart-shaped balloon or candles ($2.00 for 1, $5.00 for 3) or get them roses (price $5.00). All Day
7) COUPLES CONTEST: You and your partner can win big. Enter our Valentine’s Day Couples Contest and
compete in a variety of events that will test you physically and see how well you know your partner. Win a
romantic night out.
8) DATING GAME: Calling all singles. Back by popular demand is the Dating Game. Try your luck at
finding love on the live stage. You can be the one to ask the questions or answer them.
9) BELLY FLOP COMPETITION: It’s back! The traditional Carnival Belly Flop competition taking place in
the Pool. $75.00 goes to the winner after two dives. Pick up an info sheet from Student Activities and register your
name. You can be crowned the next champion.
10) MS JOHN ABBOTT BEAUTY PAGEANT (A BEAUTY CONTEST FOR MEN): It is the most popular
event of the year and we want you in the show. A beauty pageant for the most daring willing to dress in drag to
strut their stuff on stage. Want to participate? A $150.00 grand prize awaits you with prizes for those placing 2nd
and 3rd. Pick up an info sheet and register in Student Activities.
11) CARNIVAL SKI NIGHT TO MONT ST SAUVEUR: Calling all skiers. Join us for a fun night of ski at
Mont St-Sauveur. For only $25.00 you get transportation and a lift ticket. Space is limited on the bus. Rentals are
extra ($13.00 for skis and boards). Sign up asap in Student Activities to confirm your spot.
12) FILM “CASINO ROYALE”: It’s the latest of the James Bond flicks starring the new Bond guy Daniel Craig
14 • Wednesday
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Bandersnatch Opinions
The lowdown on Crackdown, a hands-on demo
Matthew Hachey
Staff Writer
What would you do if you were a cop?
How about if you were an agent in a crime
fighting agency? Now, imagine you’re an
agent with super-human powers and the
whole city is your playground. In that case,
welcome to Crackdown on the Xbox 360.
This preview is entirely based around the
demo that was released over Xbox-Live a
little while ago, so a few gameplay features
will be different in the final version due out
February 20th.
Set in a futuristic city named Pacific
City, you are part of an organization simply
known as “The Agency”. Its prime directive
is to eliminate the three main gangs within
the city: the Los Muertos, the Volks, and
the Asian Shai Gens. The demo starts you
off in the Agency garage where you choose
one of three cars to start your version of
law enforcement. Personally I found a great
attraction to the Agency supercar, the reason for which I’ll explain when I get to the
abilities your character can improve. Once
you have chosen a vehicle you are set free
into one of the districts of the city. To access it from the Agency headquarters (given
the name “The Keep”), you have to drive
through a long underwater tunnel which allows you to gain quite a bit of speed before
exiting. At that point, there is a small force
of Peacekeepers (the city’s police force)
engaged in a firefight with Los Muertos
gang members. You could defeat them any
way you choose: shoot them, round-house
kick them, or simply drive over them. Once
they’re eliminated you’re informed that an
Agency supply point has been captured by
a gang and you have to retake it. If you do
not feel like doing this at the moment, you
can head off through the city to do whatever
you feel like, during which you will probably
kill a gang member, or twenty, and will notice
that depending on how you do this, glowing
orbs will fly into you.
Those orbs represent experience points
for different ability categories and each one
is color coded. The specific abilities that you
can upgrade are: agility (cyan orbs), driving
(purple orbs), explosive (blue orbs), strength
(brown orbs) and weapons (light-blue orbs).
Remember before I said that I had a preferred car because of the ability upgrades?
When you kill gang members while in a car,
perform stunts (through glowing purple
circles), or win races, you will gain points
in your driving ability. As you gain levels,
your handling of cars will improve greatly
and -when using Agency cars– the vehicle
you are using will undergo an upgrade. For
example, I was level three in driving when
I entered the supercar and it was upgraded
so that it had a bigger frame as well as four
nitrous oxide boosters. As you progress in
other abilities you gain upgrades like being
able to jump higher (around 15 feet at first
level), or being able to pick up an object that
ways two tonnes (third level).
From a graphical point of view, the game
looks quite beautiful. Though that does not
mean that it has photorealistic graphics, nor anything
extremely detailed. What
makes the game look beautiful is the way they chose to
do the graphics. Everything
has a hint of cell shading to it
and this lends to the idea that
you are essentially becoming
a superhero.
In terms of multiplayer,
Playing with your Wii... in many different ways
Justin Banks
Games Page Editor
Ever since the name change from the
Revolution to the now extremely popular Wii,
Nintendo’s latest ‘new-gen’ system has created an
omnipresent roar amongst gamers and especially
Nintendo’s new target: non-gamers. Nintendo has
attempted to recreate the way that we play games
and has certainly worked, with units nowhere to
be found anyplace other than Ebay. Rare enough
simply to touch or behold one of these revolutionary beasts, owning one is a feat that many will
have to wait until as early as March to accomplish.
Much like the Xbox 360’s launch last year, Wiis
have been scarce for quite some time, not unlike
the Playstation 3 which can be found almost
anywhere at this time, with some stores in possession of piles of units. Having finally procured
one through sheer luck, I have finally witnessed
Nintendo’s idea in person and am now able to
give advice to those who have still not decided on
getting one. Nintendo’s idea for gameplay to be
Bandersnatch Games Page
more important than graphics is one that many
are shunning, but it’s in hopes that they’ll attract
those who were previously not into gaming. The
wii-mote is the main cause of this, being an entirely
new form of controller it has motion detection
and acts as an on-screen pointing device. It all
sounds great in theory, but will it make you want
to buy it…hell yeah.
At first it definitely takes some getting used to,
as the controller doesn’t do exactly as you’d want
it to, there are only certain motions that it will
recognize according to what game you’re playing
and in most cases, a simply flick of the wrist will
give you a 93MPH pitch or heavy-hitting swing
in Wii Sports baseball. The built-in vibration and
speaker in the wii-mote make for a very interactive
experience, giving off the crack and feel of the
bat as it makes contact with the ball. Boxing also
tends to be more complicated than given credit for
as most punches won’t work as they’re intended
to, but rather end up being almost entirely head
punches. Golf, bowling, and tennis control almost
entirely as they would if you were actually playing
them with the exception of having to hold and
release the B button for your
bowling and golf swings.
In Wii Sports you’ll be using
your very own Mii —a personalized cutesy avatar— as your
character; watching yourself
run around on a tennis court is
nothing short of entertaining.
Other games played
were Legend of Zelda: Twilight
Princess, Madden NFL ’07, Tony
Hawk’s Downhill Jam, Red Steel,
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
2, and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Out of all of those, Red Steel is
the only one that players may want to avoid; being
a first-person shooter it has more dependability on
the ability of the on-screen pointing and is much
to sensitive for its own good; one little movement
will make your disembodied arm fly towards the
edge of the screen as if to slap you for not being
able to control it. With practice it can be fun, and
like the incredibly deep fighting controls in DBZ:
BT2, it can be hard to find others to play with
you if they’re not willing to dedicate at least an
hour to becoming accommodated to the new
control styles.
Zelda is anything but boring, incorporating
the new interactive Wii control-scheme into
the already original, allowing you to swing the
Wii-mote for a standard slash or shake the tiny
nunchuck attachment to perform a spin-slash.
The use of the pinpoint precision from the IR
transmitter in the Wii-mote gives the ability to
shoot arrows and everything else projectile with
extreme accuracy; you’ll never want to aim with a
control stick ever again.
Madden is essentially also a remake of the
version from the other consoles, also with a deep
control system; for example, when on offense the
nunchuck and Wii-mote are used to control the
feet and arms respectively, dodging with the feet
and shoving away pursuers with your arms.
Downhill Jam is a different sort of Tony Hawk
game; it’s the first in the series to focus around
racing. Entirely downhill,(obviously) the game is
controlled by holding the Wii-mote horizontally
and flicking it to do tricks—doing so gets you
boost--while airborne, although grinding on rails
is definitely the fastest way through a track.
Finally, Rayman is a collection of crazed minigames, all designed around the Wii-mote they range
from pulling worms from a bunny’s teeth to pushing a mining cart as fast as you can so that when it
the final version of the game will allow players to use Xbox-Live to play cooperatively.
The demo does allow for this, but players
cannot join a game already in progress.
Even with all of this fun, I was somewhat disappointed to learn that after achieving level two in an ability the demo then
imposes a 30 minute time limit. Within
that time I was able to get a fairly good
understanding of how the game works and
must admit that I am curious to see the final
product. Anyone who wants to try out the
demo prior to the retail release just needs
an Xbox 360 with Xbox-Live gold; the
demo itself does not cost anything extra.
Hope to see everyone in Pacific City come
February 20th.
suddenly stops will let loose a superman-dressed
bunny. Needless to say, Rayman takes a backseat to
the cute and devious bunnies of the game.
Backwards compatibility was a problem
for the Xbox 360 but the Wii has no problems
there at all. All previous Gamecube games are
perfectly compatible with the system so long as a
Gamecube controller is connected to one of the
4 controller ports on the side of the console, also
provided are two Gamecube memory card slots
so no data is lost in the transition to the Wii.
If there’s a wireless internet connection anywhere nearby the Wii then access to the Virtual
Console download center is available where you
can download previous Nintendo games, and
even some from the Sega Genesis for a price. All
except for the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64
games can be played by holding the Wii-mote
horizontally—a Gamecube or classic controller is
required--and not only do they run without a hitch,
you can exit and then come back later at your saved
status, previously unavailable in those games.
Popular for more than being the latest thing,
the Wii is loads of fun and more so with a bunch
of friends flapping their arms around like maniacs,
it can even get grannies into the game. Just be careful, if you’re beaten by your elders you’re surely
not to hear the end of it.
JAC Sports Press Release
LADY ISLANDERS WIN
The John Abbott women’s basketball
team jumped right back into the AAA
playoff hunt on Friday night with a
huge 76-63 over Ste-Foy. Going into the
game the Dynamiques were 10-2 and
they were ranked 4th in Canada. It was
the third straight game the Lady Isles
had played a team ranked in the top
five in Canada. The 6-8 Lady Isles are
battling the Dawson Blues for the final
playoff spot. The Blues who lost twice
this past weekend are now 5-9.
Stephanie Lawrence poured in 31
points to lead all scorers. She was 5
for 7 from beyond the 3 point arc and
had a season high 14 rebounds. Bianka
Lapointe had 11 points in the fourth
quarter including 3 straight threes for a
total of 14 in the game. Teresa Semalulu
had 11 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists
and 3 steals. The Lady Isles made a
season high 9 of 17 3-point attempts
(52.9%).
On Wednesday in Laval they lost
71-56 to fifth ranked Montmorency.
The Nomades led 34-23 at half time.
Lawrence led the Lady Isles with 11
points and Leah Lavoie and Semalulu
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had 9 points each. Marie-Roberte Jean
was the leading rebounder with 7.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 4-0
At Edouard-Montpetit in Longueuil
on Sunday the Lady Islanders volleyball team won all four matches against
Marianopolis (25-14, 23-25, 15-11),
Valleyfield (21-25, 25-22, 15-10), St.
Laurent (25-15, 25-13) and EdouardMontpetit (21-25, 25-21, 16-14). They
were led by captain Tiffany Wood (13
kills, 8 aces, 49% kill, 2.23 reception)
Victoria Waizmann ( 14 kills, 8 aces, 5
stuff blocks) Meghan Wood (11 aces
93% serving) Jennifer Weiler (11 kills,
5 aces, 100% ser ving) and Natasha
Oke ( 12 kills, 4 stuff blocks and 90%
serving).
ISLANDER AAA STUMBLES
The first place AAA Islanders had
a tough week losing 2 games and saw
their league record drop to 8-3. In Laval
on Wednesday the Isles ran into a buzz
saw losing 97-69 to Montmorency. The
Nomades led 43-31 at half time.
Anthony Moore led the Isles with
15 points including 13 in the second
quarter. Alex Grant-Corbett had 9 and
Gerry Moore, Sasha Lois and Marvin
Louis all had 8 each.
At home on Friday night the Islander
struggles continued in an 85-76 loss to
Ste-Foy. The Dynamiques led 42-30
at half time. Twice in the second half
the Islanders came back to with in 6
points.
Gerry Moore led the Isles with 21
points and had 4 rebounds, 5 assists and
2 steals. Anthony Moore, Sasha Louis
and Bazile all had 12 points each. Kyle
Ber nard was the leading rebounder
with 7.
The Islanders made only 1 of
17 3-point shots (7.1%) while the
Dynamiques were good on 13 of 34
(38.2%).
ISLANDERS SURVIVE SCARE
The John Abbott Islander AAA
basketball team hung on to a 63-61 win
over Edouard-Montpetit in Longueuil
on Friday night. The 8-1 Islanders struggled throughout the game and were held
to their season low 63 points
Anthony Moore led the Isles with 14
points and had 4 rebounds; Sasha Louis
and Kyle Bernard each had nine points
and Marvin Bazile scored 8 points and
had a game high 14 rebounds.
Colts Win Big
Nick Udy
Sports Editor
Roughly142 million people gathered
around their TVs this past Sunday to watch
the 41st Super Bowl, where the Indianapolis
Colts went head to head with the Chicago
Bears in torrential rains to decide this year’s
NFL Champions.
With the help of their strong defense,
Manning and their newly added kicker from
the Patriots, Vinateiri, the Colts found their
rhythm and marched down the field to defeat
the Bears for their first Super Bowl title. The
game ended 29-17, the score not quite depicting how exciting the game really was.
It was not the most entertaining Super
Bowl ever (especially considering halftime
entertainment was provided by Prince) but
it was the type of game that kept you interested until the end. The opening kick was
returned by the Bears for a touchdown, and
there were two occasions where there were
two turnovers in two plays There were also
disagreements among the officials and as
many impressive plays as impressively poor
ones. Manning threw 25-38, while Grossman
wasn’t very aggressive with 20-28.
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