“Crossing the Rubicon” Funny StuffUkraine signs cooperation agreement with European Union.

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A whole page of humour.One article and one comic.Golly gee!

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Features Writer Art Bouman takes a look at a new bill which could have consequences for would-be immi-grants - and citizens. SEE PAGE 4

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The Immigration Issue Cape Fest 2014:

While many were enthralled by the soccer World Cup that happened over June and July it was not the only World Cup that took place that pit the best countries in the world against each other in a major interna-tional sport. The FIBA Basket-ball World Cup has recently con-cluded, and to the surprise of no one, the United States has come out on top, beating Serbia 129-92 in the gold medal game. The tournament, which took place in Spain, featured twenty-four of the best basketball teams in the world, but the gap between the United States (who also won the last tournament in 2010) and the rest of the teams was enor-mous and apparent. The bronze medal was taken by France, who beat Lithuania 95-93.

Team USA, despite miss-ing several top American bas-ketball stars, including Lebron James and Kevin Durant, did not lose a game the entire tour-nament, going 5-0 in the group stage and outscored their oppo-nents by over 30 points per game. They were easily able to dispatch Mexico, Slovenia, and Lithuania in the playoff rounds, before defeating Serbia in the finals. The only other team that had a credible chance of beat-ing the United States was Spain, but they were upset by France in the quarter-finals. Brazil had an interesting tournament,

upsetting third ranked Argen-tina before being whalloped by Serbia in the quarter-finals. However, as mentioned, it felt at times that the other teams were merely playing for second place, and that the American players were just warming up for the upcoming NBA season.

The tournament has come under criticism for various rea-sons. Many question the point of having a tournament in which one team is almost certain to win, and calls have been made for Team USA to restrict its roster to make it more f a i r . H o w -e v e r , t h i s de fea t s the pur-pose of h a v i n g an inter-national b a s -k e t b a l l tourna-ment in the first p l a c e . T h e e n t i r e point of interna-t i o n a l compe-tition in sport is to deter-

mine which nation has the great-est talent pool and most effec-tive development program in the world. Restricting the United States would not only undermine the purpose of the tournament, but would destroy the incen-tive of other nations to improve in order to compete. Given the absence of several of the world’s best players from the tourna-ment, it is more accurate to say that the tournament needs more elite talent, not less. After all, unlike soccer, the FIBA World Cup needs to compete with the

Olympic Games for credibility. The squads the United States has sent to the Olympics in recent years have been considered among the greatest sports teams ever assembled, and in order to truly be a stage where the elite athletes of different nations compete to see who is the best, FIBA must do a better job of attracting the best in the world.

Missing from the tourna-ment was Canada, who failed to qualify. Despite being the only team other than the United States with an NBA team, Canada bas-

ketball has struggled to develop elite talent. However, there is hope for the future, as Canada has several budding stars, includ-ing 2014 first overall NBA draft pick Andrew Wiggins. If these players are committed to team Canada, and play in every major tournament and qualifier, Canada may be on its way to an Olympic medal, and will be able to com-pete with some of the best nations in the world, even if competing with the USA is beyond reach.

Team USA wins Gold in FIBA Basketball World CupAARON SAMPSONSPORTS REPORTER

FIBA HEADQUARTERS IN MIED, SWITZERLAND. PHOTO CREDIT: CHRISTOPHE BADOUX (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

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New International Students`Centre unveiled at Cape Breton UniversityGINA MARTELLNEWS REPORTER

The grand opening of the new international students’ centre took place on the 18th in the students’ union building. Created by students for students, the goal of the new centre is to represent all 38 cultures at CBU, as well as create a bridge between local and international students. It’s a safe place for students struggling with language and cultural barriers and any other social and academic problems students might have, problems which the dedicated and enthusiastic staff are familiar with themselves and are more

than happy to help with. With plenty of comfy chairs and natural lighting, the centre is also a great place to catch up on homework, hold meetings, socialize with friends, meet new people and learn about other cultures. It features a small library with cultural books, a TV, DVD player, sound system and microwave, with more to come in the future.

The centre also has an

ongoing art activity in which all students are invited to make their own contribution to a piece of art in the centre, each contribution representative of the many unique cultures and individuals that come together to make up CBU’s diverse community.

The centre plans to put on several events throughout the year and has already hosted an international barbeque, featuring

a u t h e n t i c e t h n i c food from d i f f e r e n t countries. If you missed the barbeque, d o n ’ t w o r r y ,

more delicious international meals will be served in the cafeteria on October 8th and November 19th. Other events scheduled for the coming months include a whale watching trip in Cheticamp, an international night and a foam party in the Pit, as well as several movie nights and PlayStation tournaments in the centre.

For dates and more information regarding the centre and its events, drop by the centre or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Isccbu/. The centre is located in the student union building, just ask for directions at the front desk if you have trouble finding it. A schedule is also posted by the doors of the centre, outlining the times which a coordinator will be available in the centre.

STUDENTS AND STAFF GATHERED AT THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ CENTRE FOR ITS GRAND OPENING, SEPTEMBER 18TH

Parks Canada signs memorandum of understanding with CBUGINA MARTELLNEWS REPORTER

Cape Breton University and Parks Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on September 15th to join forces in working towards the protection of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park by monitoring and researching the lands and waters of the park. CBU students and faculty have already collaborated previously to monitor moose and salmon populations throughout the past year and look forward to strengthening their relationship by teaming up on more projects in the future.

CBU President David

Wheeler showed the university’s enthusiasm for the collaboration, saying “Cape Breton University is deeply committed to developing the heritage and future of Cape Breton Island. It is our honour as Cape Breton Island’s university to play a role in better understanding how we may conserve and enjoy our unique environmental and cultural asset,”

Chip Bird, Cape Breton Field Unit Superintendent of Parks Canada was also optimistic about the memorandum, stating on behalf of Parks Canada that “We are pleased to work collaboratively with Cape Breton University to research, monitor and to further understand the complex ecological environment of Cape Breton Highlands National

Park. We are excited Cape Breton University will continue to contribute to conservation efforts which will help ensure this place is better understood and appreciated into the future,”

As a national park, the animals of the highlands and their habitats are protected by federal laws that allow them to live as undisturbed by mankind as possible, making the highlands a great resource for studying ecology and various other subjects. As we learn more about the treasured flora and fauna of the highlands, we become better equipped to preserve them. Future opportunities for collaboration between Parks Canada and CBU include setting up field station venues for courses in ecological field techniques and the study of species at risk

and hyper-abundant species to aid in restoring unbalanced ecosystems to a more natural state. The memorandum also opens up the possibility for the development of diversified sustainable tourism on the Cabot Trail, a much needed initiative in order to protect the park from the harmful effects of the thousands of tourists it receives yearly.

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more delicious international meals will be served in the cafeteria on October 8th and November 19th. Other events scheduled for the coming months include a whale watching trip in Cheticamp, an international night and a foam party in the Pit, as well as several movie nights and PlayStation tournaments in the centre.

For dates and more information regarding the centre and its events, drop by the centre or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Isccbu/. The centre is located in the student union building, just ask for directions at the front desk if you have trouble finding it. A schedule is also posted by the doors of the centre, outlining the times which a coordinator will be available in the centre.

Parks Canada signs memorandum of understanding with CBU

and hyper-abundant species to aid in restoring unbalanced ecosystems to a more natural state. The memorandum also opens up the possibility for the development of diversified sustainable tourism on the Cabot Trail, a much needed initiative in order to protect the park from the harmful effects of the thousands of tourists it receives yearly.

Ukraine “Crosses the Rubicon” with signing of cooperation agreement with European UnionGINA MARTELLNEWS REPORTER

Last Wednesday the Ukraine signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union, cross-ing the Rubicon and arriving on the western bank, leaving Rus-sia on the other side. It aims to bring the Ukraine out of chaos and closer to the Western world while severing its ties to Russia. The agreement involves lowering trade tariffs between the Ukraine and Europe; requires Ukrainian goods to meet European regula-tory standards; and forces the country to undertake major politi-cal and economic reforms. “You know that I felt … that was the last farewell from Ukraine to the Soviet Union,” Ukrainian Presi-dent Petro Poroshenko said of the agreement, also calling it a “first but very decisive step” towards bringing the Ukraine fully into the European Union. The ratifica-tion of the agreement was greeted with enthusiasm, lawmakers applauding and singing the Ukrai-nian national anthem jubilantly while activists celebrated out-

side of the Ukrainian Parliament. The Ukrainian parliament

also approved two bills that were part of the peace agreement that called for a ceasefire on Septem-ber 5th. The bills aim to conciliate both sides involved in the revolts and hopefully lead to an amicable end of the fighting in the war-torn eastern regions. Porosh-enko was quoted by Inter-fax-Ukraine as saying that he felt “we are obliged to take a step to ensure that the other side takes cor-responding steps” toward peace. One bill grants amnesty to those involved in the protests, although protesters would still be punished for more hei-nous crimes committed during the rebellion such as mur-der, attempted murder, sabotage, rape, kidnapping, and terrorism. Russian backed separatists that waged war against the Ukrainian government would not be eligible for amnesty. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko showed his respect for those who died in the

protests, saying “gave up their lives so that we could take a dig-nified place among the European family… Since World War II, not a single nation has paid such a high price for their right to be European,” The other bill calls for three years of autonomy in some of Ukraine’s pro-Russian

separatist eastern regions, with local elections scheduled to com-mence in November. It also grants concessions that were not offered in the presidential peace plan put forward last June, such as local oversight on court and prosecutor appointments and local control of police forces. Although it does

not grant the rebels complete independence from the Ukraine, the cause that lead to the deaths of over 3,000 Ukrainians, rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko was uncharacteristically coop-erative, telling Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency that the separatist leadership would study

the measures. While this bill may appease rebels, some fear that Russia will use this decentral-ization to increase their influence in the east and further undermine the Ukrainian government.

A day after the ratifi-cation of Ukraine’s coop-eration agreement with the EU, President Poro-shenko visited Canada

to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and address the Canadian Parliament. The event was an emotional one, the Ukrai-nian President visibly moved as he took the podium by the thun-derous applause from the sena-tors and MPs gathered to hear his speech. Placing his hand over

his heart, he mouthed the words “thank you”, saying “I never feel anything like that” as the applause died down. Poroshenko praised Canada for its unwavering sup-port for the Ukraine throughout its years of struggle and Harper pledged the future support of all Canadians in Ukraine’s fight for freedom from Russian aggression.

Harper also announced that Canada would continue sending aid to the Ukraine, deploying non-combat troops from the Canadian army, navy and air force, provid-ing military equipment and mil-lions of dollars toward funding various projects, and sanctions against more than 180 Russian and Ukrainian individuals and enti-ties. 300 election observers and a dozen MPs will also be sent to the Ukraine next month to ensure Ukraine’s parliamentary elections go smoothly and are not subject to electoral fraud once again. A $200 million loan to the Ukraine is being considered as well.

Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design Fall courses set to begin this monthGINA MARTELLNEWS REPORTERThe Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design will be offering courses this fall, beginning September 29th. The courses provide a chance for persons of every age and skill level to explore their creative side and hone their abilities in a variety of ways with courses offered for many different artistic mediums. In a news release Lori Burke, the executive director of the centre, commented on their courses, saying “We provide an exceptional learning

environment for students as our focus is on developing artistry, craftsmanship and fun. We are lucky to have four state-of-the-art studios at the centre that are equipped to host many courses for our community to enjoy.”Course subjects include drawing, pottery, rug hooking, jewelry making, oil and watercolour painting, ink, stained glass, knitting and weaving. Some courses are offered at different times of day with the option of learning at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level. More information regarding the

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4 FeatureFederal and Provincial reforms to immigration laws will not solve Canada’s woesART BOUMANFEATURES WRITER

In recent months the Harper government has overhauled the immigration process, the tem-porary foreign worker program.

B-C24, ironically named the Strengthening Canadian citi-zenship act, has made sweep-ing changes to citizenship and immigration which has not been drastically changed since Pierre Trudeau’s reforms some thirty years ago. The Bill, which became law last month, makes it harder for migrants who wish to become citizens while making citizenship itself less meaningful.

Under Bill C-24 applicants will have to be permanent resi-dents twice as long before they can apply for citizenship. If a new citizen becomes a dual citi-zen they can have their Canadian citizenship revoked, and if some-one born is in Canada as a dual citizen they can, under these new guidelines, also have their Cana-dian citizenship revoked as well.

According to Chris Alexan-der the “Changes to the Citizen-ship Act reinforce the value of citizenship and will help ensure new Canadians are fully prepared to participate in Canadian life and have a stronger attachment to our country.” However critics of the bill feel that these changes may create a second class of citi-zens, who do not feel the feel the need to commit to a coun-try that cannot commit to them.

While changes to immigra-tion affects the group of largely Canadian educated migrants, the temporary foreign worker pro-gram has also undergone many changes, which affects groups who have less rights and who may be in more desperate circumstances. In the spring several complaints surfaced, wherein workers cited employers mistreating temporary foreign workers. Out of this con-troversy The Harper Government

responded by temporarily halting the program and then reintroduc-ing in a truncated form weeks later.

Instead of penalizing indi-vidual employers who violate the terms of the programs, the gov-ernment has simply made it harder for migrants to access the pro-gram. For example migrants can only apply for a temporary work-er’s permit in an area where the unemployment is higher than 14 percent. This excludes most urban areas and many rural areas in Canada given that national unem-

ployment is still under 10 percent (Editor’s note: Cape Breton sure will be an easy sell, though!).

The hope being that by “Allowing the Government to suspend, revoke or refuse to process Temporary Foreign Worker applications” the Cana-dian labour market will “better protected.” This militant lan-guage may appeal to Conserva-tive constituents, but economi-cally it may problematic effects, especially to local business.

For example in Nova Sco-tia employers in seasonal busi-nesses, like farming, are decrying the changes because, according to them migrant workers are the only reliable source of labour in their areas. They argue that the appeal of employment in Canada’s western provinces makes it hard for them to find local reliable employees. Therefore an unintentional effect of these changes may be a further lop-siding of Canada’s uneven national economy, with local and rural industries suffering.

While the federal government tries to restrict access for potential immigrants, Nova Scotia’s Lib-eral government has attempted to make it slightly easier for per-manent residents to settle in Nova Scotia. However the logic behind these changes is also flawed.

At the beginning of last month Stephen MacNeil’s Liber-als enacted changes to the prov-ince’s Nominee program which helps speed up the process of citizenship for those permanent

residents seeking employment in Nova Scotia. According to Immigration Nova Scotia this change “allows the Government of Nova Scotia to recruit and select immigrants who intend to settle in the province, and have the skills, education, and work experience needed to make an immediate contribution to labour market and economic needs.”

In short the province sees immigrants, at least on a provin-cial level, as a means to solving the crisis of depopulation which

has had detrimental effects on Nova Scotia’s economy. How-ever using immigrants as a solu-tion to this problem is extremely short sighted, because it does not solve the economic problem head-on but rather attempts to deal with it indirectly by simply replacing those who have left.

On the surface both the fed-eral and provincial changes to immigration policy seem posi-tive. Federally the Harper Con-servatives are attempting to

save Canadian Jobs by restrict-ing access to migrant workers. By tightening the federal rules on citizenship applications, the government appears to be crack-ing down on false claims, and ‘protecting’ Canadian identity.

However, when looking at the implications of these feder-ally policies they do the opposite of their intended purpose. The changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program reinforce the tar-sands centred economy, and do not help to build a sustainable national economy. By making Canadian citizenship revocable it devalues the worth of citizen-ship, and divides Canadian iden-tity rather than strengthening it.

Provincially the Liberals attempt to slow depopulation in Nova Soctia through a more inclu-sive nominee program, does not deal with this issue, and shows that the Liberals do not have any long term ideas to tackle this problem.

Perhaps more importantly the current discourse on immigration shows how backwards Canadian immigration policy has become. Previous reforms, at least on the surface, had a benevolent ethos, and attempted to portray Canada as an inclusive place where immi-grants could be accepted. All of these policies look at migrants as economic solutions to Canadian problems. This perspective is not only reductive and short-sighted for, but it also dehumanises immi-grants as expendable commodities.

That being said, Canada like other western nations is faced with economic problems, stagnate democratic institutions, and ter-rorist fears, and like other west-ern governments Canada is quick to use foreigners and immigrants as an easy political prop. This has, of course, generally been at the expense of (potential) immi-grants - and it seems the situation in Canada will be no different.

PHOTO BY JARED GROVE (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

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save Canadian Jobs by restrict-ing access to migrant workers. By tightening the federal rules on citizenship applications, the government appears to be crack-ing down on false claims, and ‘protecting’ Canadian identity.

However, when looking at the implications of these feder-ally policies they do the opposite of their intended purpose. The changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers program reinforce the tar-sands centred economy, and do not help to build a sustainable national economy. By making Canadian citizenship revocable it devalues the worth of citizen-ship, and divides Canadian iden-tity rather than strengthening it.

Provincially the Liberals attempt to slow depopulation in Nova Soctia through a more inclu-sive nominee program, does not deal with this issue, and shows that the Liberals do not have any long term ideas to tackle this problem.

Perhaps more importantly the current discourse on immigration shows how backwards Canadian immigration policy has become. Previous reforms, at least on the surface, had a benevolent ethos, and attempted to portray Canada as an inclusive place where immi-grants could be accepted. All of these policies look at migrants as economic solutions to Canadian problems. This perspective is not only reductive and short-sighted for, but it also dehumanises immi-grants as expendable commodities.

That being said, Canada like other western nations is faced with economic problems, stagnate democratic institutions, and ter-rorist fears, and like other west-ern governments Canada is quick to use foreigners and immigrants as an easy political prop. This has, of course, generally been at the expense of (potential) immi-grants - and it seems the situation in Canada will be no different.

New bill seeks to protect unpaid internsRAINER KOCSISTHE SHEAF (UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN)

SASKATOON (CUP) — On June 16, New Democrat Member of Parliament Lau-rin Liu tabled Bill C-620, The Intern Protection Act, in the House of Commons. The bill is scheduled for debate this fall.

The enactment would amend the definition of “employee” in the Canada Labour Code to include unpaid interns, thus extending the same workplace protections that cover paid employees to interns who do not receive a wage.

“Currently in Canadian law, there is no reference to interns whatsoever, so right now there’s sort of a ‘wild west’ situation for interns in which no federal law protects them against abuse,” Liu said. “The bill would essen-tially offer all interns, both paid and unpaid, the same protections that paid employees receive.”

Liu and the NDP are hoping to end the exploitation of unpaid interns by placing a cap on the number of hours an intern can work. The bill would also grant interns the right to refuse danger-ous work and offer them protec-tion from sexual harassment.

“The standard hours of work are eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week and that would mean interns would be entitled to one full day of rest per week and to nine annual statutory holidays,” Liu said. “Moreover, rights to health and safety are included in the bill, so the right to know of any hazards that are present in the workplace, the right to receive proper train-ing and the right to participate in identifying work-related health and safety concerns.”

The bill was inspired by the death of 22-year-old Andy Fer-guson in Novermber 2011. A practicum student at the North-ern Alberta Institute of Technol-ogy in Edmonton, Ferguson died after working a 16-hour day at a

radio station where he was doing an unpaid internship. While driving home, Ferguson’s vehi-cle crossed the centre line and struck a gravel truck head-on.

“He fell asleep at the wheel… his employer refused to sign his practicum if he didn’t complete the shift,” Liu said. “These are the kinds of abuses that we see elsewhere as well, and unfortu-nately Andy didn’t benefit from the protections contained in the bill… we’re hoping that interns and future interns in Canada will benefit from certain mini-mum pro-t e c t i o n s . ”

The sec-ond part of the bill deals with the fact that interns are consid-ered to be free labour by many e m p l o y -ers. Liu hopes that the intro-duction of Bill C-620 will prevent companies from turning paid jobs into unpaid internships.

“What’s happening to them across Canada is that, unfor-tunately, employers are taking advantage of interns by replac-ing paid positions with unpaid internships,” Liu said. “First of all, that’s abusive. But it also obviously leads to races to the bottom in which unpaid interns are working in jobs previously occupied by paid employees.

The bill would force intern-ships to be educational and to provide training equal to that offered in a post-secondary institution. Additionally, the bill would ensure that intern-

ships primarily benefit the intern and offer tangible train-ing opportunities to the intern.

Youth unemployment is cur-rently double the national average and many university graduates are having a hard time finding work after earning their degree. As a result, young workers must often resort to taking unpaid internships to start their careers.

“They’re faced with a very difficult labor market. For many people it’s not a choice, it’s one of the only options that they have,” Liu said. “It’s a difficult economic period. If we look at

youth unemployment, it’s been at a record high over the past few years, and it actually peaked at 14 per cent and right now it’s just a bit lower than 14 per cent.”

Currently, the bill is operat-ing on a complaint-based sys-tem where interns would be responsible to report abuses.

“What this bill would do is it would provide the courts a new tool to examine whether or not the internship is legal,” Liu said.

According to Liu, the response from the other MPs has been positive overall.

“It’s part of an ongoing dis-cussion in my caucus and my colleagues are really supportive

of the bill… I’ve been working with Andrew Cash on this issue, who is an MP from the Toronto area, along with an urban worker strategy he’s been working on,” Liu said. “Unfortunately, the Conservatives have been pretty silent on the issue and we haven’t heard much from their side. As you know, we have a majority Conservative government so it’s essential to get support from the Conservatives in order for this bill to move forward in the House.”

So far, the Bill has been endorsed by the Canadian Alli-ance of Student Associations, the

Cana-d i a n Feder-a t i o n of Stu-dents, t h e

Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec, the Regroupement Étu-diant Franco-Ontarien as well as the Canadian Intern Association.

“Over the summer we’ve been talking to student associa-tions and other stakeholders and encouraging them to write to their members of parliament,” Liu said. “I would encourage the students and the Univer-sity of Saskatchewan to write to Mr. Brad Trost on this issue.”

Liu and the NDP have been trying to raise the pres-sure on Conservative MPs to support bill C-620.

“This affects people all across the country and these are very

basic protections,” Liu said. “It’s a question of fairness and safety.”

The bill is limited to federally-regulated workplaces and would not affect interns working in businesses or government institu-tions regulated by the provinces.

But it’s better than having no protections at all, which is what currently exists, Liu said.

“I think MPs are hearing more and more from their con-stituents about this issue, espe-cially high-profile cases like Andrew’s,” Liu said. “There has been an increasing number of high-profile cases concern-ing companies abusing their interns so there’s definitely a lot of mobilization across the coun-try. College students and young workers are writing to their MPs but there’s definitely a momen-tum in favour of offering these basic protections to interns.”

Liu is optimistic that her bill will become legislation.

“This bill was written with the goal of getting support from Conservative members because we do see an urgency to get this passed as soon as possible,” Liu said. “It’s really important that this be a non-partisan issue. When we look at the number of interns working across Canada today, which is up to 300,000 interns, it’s a national problem that we need to deal with, and hopefully we can work together to get this bill through the house.

“It’s really important to write to your MP to support this bill. These are very basic protec-tions that offer basic health and safety protections, basic protec-tions against workplace sexual harassment, and I think every-one should benefit from those kinds of protections whether they’re interns or employees. I think those are protections that we owe to every worker.”

6 AthleticsScreaming Eagles end preseason with win over Mooseheads, TitansKATE MACINTYRENEWS & SPORTS EDITOR

The Cape Breton Scream-ing Eagles ended their pre-season on a high note with a 5-3 win over the Halifax Mooseheads in North Sydney.

The first goal of the game was by Julien Pelletier at the 50 second mark with an assist from Clark Bishop, soon fol-lowed by an unassisted Mooseh-ead goal from Vincent Watt at 1:31 during a power play.

Charles-Eric Légaré put the Eagles back in the lead at 3:29 with assists from Kyle Farrell and Pierre-Luc Dubois, with the Mooseheads tying again with a goal from defensive player Joshua Fitzgerald at 7:27. The Moosehead assists went to Ryan Falkenham and Timo Meier.

The Eagles were again quick to take back the lead with a goal from Evgeny Svechnikov and assists

from Bishop and Pellertier, mak-ing the score 3-2 at the 8:38 mark.

In second period play the Eagles took a 2 goal lead over the Mooseheads with a goal from Pierre-Luc Dubois, assisted by Farrell and Loïk Léveillé at 13:57. Moosehead player Maxine Fortier closed the gap with an unassisted goal at 6:54 of the third period.

Svechnikov scored his sec-ond goal of the game at 9:02 with assists from Bishop and Pelletier to secure the win for the Eagles.

Eagles goaltender Miguel Sullivan saved 16 of the 19 shots on net while Moosehead goalie Kevin Resop saved 34 of 39.

The Eagles also started off the regular season with a win, this time over the Monc-ton Wildcats at the Moncton Coliseum with a score of 6-3.

Eagles player Timothé Simard scored at 19:51 of the first period, assisted by Svech-

nikov. Dubois scored the second goal of the game at 13:54 of the second period with Phélix Mar-tineau on the assist. This goal was shorthanded. Svechnikov scored another goal for the Eagles at 14:47 making it a 3-0 lead over the Wildcats, soon to be a 4-0 lead when Kyle Farrell scored at 17:59, also shorthanded. Dubois and Bradley Lalonde had the assists.

In third period play the Monc-ton Wildcats finally got a goal when Will Smith scored at 1:35 with the help of Éric Légar and Jacob Sweeny, but Cape Breton wasn’t going to let them catch up. The Eagles scored yet again at 3:54 with a goal from Maxim Lazarev, assisted by Svechnikov.

In a desperate attempt to catch up Moncton scored two more goals, one by Léger at 8:20, assisted by Christophe Lalonde and another by Adam Hol-well at 17:50, assisted by Liam

Murphy and Alexandre Jacob.The final goal of the game

went to Eagles player Kyle Far-rell at 18:04 with assists from Lazarev and Légeré, securing the win for Cape Breton. Sullivan saved 30 of 33 shots on net while Alex Dubeau saved 27 of 33.

The next game was a close win for the Eagles over the Acadie-Bathurst Titans, with a score of 5-4.

Svechnikov got Cape Breton on the board early on with a goal at 2:10 of the first period. Simard had the assist, but the Titans tied it up just over a minute later when Jeffrey Truchon-Viel scored at 3:31, assisted by Nicolas Dumu-long and Nicholas Blanchard.

On a Cape Breton power play Farrell put the Eagles in the lead again at 12:39. The assists went to Dubois and Jason Bell. At 1:58 of the second period Farrell scored again, this time assisted by Bell and Légaré.

Acadie-Bathurst player Christophe Boivin scored at 4:39 with an assist from Nathan Medeiros. At 9:58 the Titans again tied the game when former Eagle Bronson Beaton scored on a power play. Boivin and Guil-laume Brisebois had the assists.

Mark Simpson scored at 12:37 with assists from Alexandre Gos-selin and Gabriel Gosselin, put-ting Acadie-Bathurst in the lead.

At 18:33 Farrell tied the game and gained a hat-trick for himself, scoring his third goal of the game. Svechnikov and Lazarev assisted.

Lazarev cinched the win for Cape Breton by scoring at 18:06 of the third period. Far-rell and Lalonde had the assists.

Miguel Sullivan saved 33 of the 37 shots on net and Jacob Brennan saved 27 of 32 shots.

Sydney Sooners stirring: head to second straight NSSBL finalAARON SAMPSONSPORTS REPORTER

For the second consecutive year the Sydney Sooners will head to the Nova Scotia Senior Base-ball league finals after sweeping the Dartmouth Moosehead dry in a best of five series. Just like last year, the Sooners were underdogs in the series, but managed to pull off the upset, this year in an even more impressive fashion. In 2013 the series came down to the wire with Sydney winning in game five after an 8th inning rally, but this year Sydney won easily, tak-ing the first two games on the road before clinching the series at home at the Susan MacEachern Memorial Ballpark in Sydney.

The Sooners entered the series having lost all seven meet-ings with Dartmouth this year and faced a tough challenge, begin-

ning the series with two games on the road. It was crucial that they took at least one of these games and avoid going home down 2-0. Not only did they win one game, but they won both, hold-ing Dartmouth’s potent offense to a mere one run over two games.

On September 10th the NSSBL announced their season All-Star team, which named the best player in the league at each position. Dartmouth’s offense featured five all-stars, making the performance from Sydney’s pitchers even more impressive. Paul Doucette, unquestionably Sydney’s best pitcher, started game one, and shut Dartmouth down, pitching a complete game shutout, scattering five hits over nine impressive innings. The Sooners offense scored in each of the first two innings, and

added another insurance run in the ninth to seal the 3-0 vic-tory. It was led by veteran Cory Christie, who drove in two.

Game two followed a simi-lar narrative to game one, with both teams struggling to score runs and Sydney ultimately com-ing out on top thanks to a terrific performance from their starting pitcher. Nate Brewer, who posted a 1.87 ERA during the regular season, pitched to contact, and held Dartmouth to one run on eight hits in the complete game victory. Dartmouth started left handed pitching all-star Cam-eron Marling, and managed to score three runs off him before he was pulled in the eighth. Chris-tie once again contributed on offense, getting two hits, includ-ing a triple, and driving in a run.

Game three in Sydney was

a completely different story than the first two. Both offenses finally came alive in this game, but the Sooners had the edge, winning convincingly 14-7. Syd-ney scored their fourteen runs on sixteen hits, scoring in every inning except the third. While their pitching was not as effective as it was in the first two games, conceding seven runs on ten hits, it was enough to take the game and ultimately the series. Dart-mouth took the early lead with a first inning home run from Greg West, but Sydney scored once in the first and twice in the second, and never gave back the lead. The game was arguably sealed with a fifth inning grand slam by designated hitter Sean Ferguson, which put the Sooners up 9-2. Dartmouth starter Matt MacDon-ald, arguably the best pitcher in

the league during the regular sea-son was simply ineffective, giv-ing up 9 runs before being pulled in the fifth. Justin Brewer took the mound for Sydney, pitch-ing five strong innings before being relieved by Nate Brewer. Anthony Ianetti finished off the game, pitching a one run ninth. Almost every Sydney hitter con-tributed offensively in some way in this game, but among the most notable were Kenny Long, who had two doubles and two singles, Phil Brown who had three hits and drove in two, and Duncan Mac-Dougall, who walked five times.

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7Arts and LifestyleScreaming Eagles end preseason with win over Mooseheads, Titans

Acadie-Bathurst player Christophe Boivin scored at 4:39 with an assist from Nathan Medeiros. At 9:58 the Titans again tied the game when former Eagle Bronson Beaton scored on a power play. Boivin and Guil-laume Brisebois had the assists.

Mark Simpson scored at 12:37 with assists from Alexandre Gos-selin and Gabriel Gosselin, put-ting Acadie-Bathurst in the lead.

At 18:33 Farrell tied the game and gained a hat-trick for himself, scoring his third goal of the game. Svechnikov and Lazarev assisted.

Lazarev cinched the win for Cape Breton by scoring at 18:06 of the third period. Far-rell and Lalonde had the assists.

Miguel Sullivan saved 33 of the 37 shots on net and Jacob Brennan saved 27 of 32 shots.

the league during the regular sea-son was simply ineffective, giv-ing up 9 runs before being pulled in the fifth. Justin Brewer took the mound for Sydney, pitch-ing five strong innings before being relieved by Nate Brewer. Anthony Ianetti finished off the game, pitching a one run ninth. Almost every Sydney hitter con-tributed offensively in some way in this game, but among the most notable were Kenny Long, who had two doubles and two singles, Phil Brown who had three hits and drove in two, and Duncan Mac-Dougall, who walked five times.

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Arts and LifestyleReview: Betrayal at House on the HillDAN WHITEVOLUNTEER

When I was a kid, horror was never really my thing; but now that I’m older, I have become almost obsessed with zombies and were-wolves and whatever other mon-ster you could think of that might live under your bed. I’ve read books about them, I’ve seen plenty of movies about them, but I’ve never really played a board game about them; that is, until now. I’m Dan White, and this is my review of Betrayal at House on the Hill.

Here’s a quick overview of what to expect; Betrayal at House on the Hill is a horror-themed dice-rolling game designed for 3 to 6 players by Bruce Glassco and published by Wizards of the Coast and Avalon Hill Games. We, the players, are a gang of plucky adventurers that one day, decide to go explore inside the creepy old house on the hill, hoping to get a few yuks out of it. Little do we

know, one of our friends is actu-ally a traitor who has brought us here to do horrible things to us. It is then our job to either escape the house alive, or fight our way out through hordes of monsters all hungering for our human flesh.

The game is broken up into two phases: an exploration phase, and the “Haunt”. During the exploration phase, each player take turns moving through the rooms in the house, flipping over random tiles in the room stack to build the house. Some rooms in the stack have symbols on them: some trigger events, some are items that the explorers find, and others are creepy relics called omens. When an explorer finds an omen, he or she must make a haunt roll; a haunt roll uses 6 dice. When an explorer rolls, he or she must get a total value equal or greater to the number of omens on the board. Otherwise, the “Haunt” begins.

When the Haunt begins, the

players find out which one of them is the traitor. This is deter-mined in the first two pages of the Traitor’s Tome, one of the 3 books that comes in a set in the box. This books also determined which one of 50 haunts you could potentially be playing. Some sce-narios involves the traitor becom-ing a vampire or a cannibal freak, others don’t reveal a traitor until midway through the haunt, and there are even those who don’t have a traitor at all. When this is determined, it is up to the noble heroes to fight against the wicked traitor and thwart their evil plans.

I’ve found that the game can be a bit difficult to understand, if you don’t know what you’re doing. This game is certainly going to be easy to understand for those few D&D fans reading this, but if you’re new to tabletop exploration games like this, you may find yourself with a bit of dif-ficulty. Also, I find the total num-ber of players to be a bit limiting. Having only 6 players at a time feels restricting to the those others around you. This is especially true

when more than 6 people want to play. I understand the game was designed this way to limit compli-cations and whatnot, so this point is merely a personal grievance.

What I like about this game possibly the most is the unlimited amount of replay-ability it has. Between the 50 different scenarios could be played, and the different factors taking place to formulate who is the traitor, and the people you play with, your experience would always be different. I also like the style of the game; such detail was put into each tile in the game, from the broken statues in the statuary corridor, to the little pieces of junk scattered around in the junk room, and even the patches of dried blood in the operating lab-oratory. A great deal of care was put into this game to make it that much more special for the players.

One stylized thing I wish that could’ve been done better is the way the characters miniatures were painted. I find they were done a bit sloppily; I feel with a few more details, or to give us the option to paint them our-

selves to had a personal element to them, would have been a better choice in the long run (Editor’s note: though the prepainted fig-ures are certainly appreciated by those of us with the artistic and motor skills of an infant). This game also has the ability to bring together fans of the horror genre to take part in their own creepy, house-crawling adventure. Fans of games of the Arkham Hor-ror series and Hasbro’s Clue will find this game highly entertaining.

In summary, though not with-out its faults, Betrayal at House on the Hill is a great game for those who want to sit down with their buds after a long week of class, dim the lights and get creepy. It might even be great at a Hal-loween party in the dorms, or a game night with your buddies. A couple things I wish for from this game in the future is a potential expansion, with more players, omens, and monsters; hats off to you Bruce Glassco, for mak-ing such a devilishly great game. I give Betrayal at House on the Hill 8 blood daggers out of 10.

Review: Destiny“Come join in the Crucible

with me,” a friend of mine says over the crappy little mic that came with the PlayStation 4. “We’ll play some team deathmatch.”

“It’s your Destiny,” he says, no doubt grinning ear to ear halfway across Sydney.

Puns aside, Destiny is a first-person shooter/MMORPG/t o t a l l y - n o t - a n - M M O R P G -according-to-the-developers made by Bungie. It’s a looter at heart, with strong elements of games such as Border-lands 2 and World of Warcraft.

The game made shockwaves upon the internet - though per-haps not entirely for the reasons the developer had hoped. Initial reviews of the game were quite dismal (owing to a very typi-cal MMO attitude of “the real fun is at the end”) while later

reviews were simply divided.From my personal

experience, it’s quite a good game - though only if you’re playing with friends.

The game is graphically impressive, though those of you who have mid-high end PC’s won’t be too taken aback - though this is less a problem with the game than the consoles them-selves (even so-called “next-gen” shipped with very average hard-ware). The art style is consider-ably more serious than any Bor-derlands fan might expect, with stark, beautiful open landscapes and decayed manmade struc-tures taking up most of the world.

The story’s tone, too, is quite serious. Self-indulgent even. It takes a bunch of sci-fi tropes (and to a lesser degree, fantasy tropes) and shoots them at you so fast you barely know what’s going on. Many reviewers and would-

be fans criticized the pace of the story, as well as the chaotic way in which it was presented. The story presents itself in what I feel is a very natural way; nobody takes the time to explain to you why you need to do the things that you’re doing (usually committing unspeakable acts against some alien race) - just that they’re of the utmost importance. The rea-son I like this is for its realism - the world is at stake. If someone is doing something that could end life as we know it right now, then we won’t likely won’t be talking to Command for an hour, debating the pros and cons of what we’re doing. Even if you’d argue that’s not realistic, then it seems almost a throwback to classic 80’s action movies (looking at you, Predator). Floating Peter Dinklage, your “Ghost” buddy, even tells you: “I don’t have time to explain.”

The gameplay itself is phe-nomenal - at least in PvE. Guns are responsive and varied, with

a decent amount of customiza-tion options as well as straight upgrades. Armour is good-look-ing, customizable, and contrary to recent RPG conventions, doesn’t make you look like an outlandish football player. Class abilities, while achiev-ing often the same goal, are var-ied enough to feel interesting.

I feel, however, that the PvP component of Destiny is a little less fun, however. The game feels quite unbalanced in PvP, with some classes and builds feel-ing better than others by some margin. While in PvE if you play smart the Agility stat can be of considerable benefit, it is basically useless in PvP, which revolves around stacking as much Toughness and Battle Recovery as possible for your character. While I can’t say for sure, my initial reaction is that Titans are probably the strongest PvP class, with their extremely high armour and Warlock-like Super ability.

Is Destiny worth buying? Well it’s certainly not worth borrowing or renting (if that were even pos-sible), because of its MMO-like, long-term nature. Whether you should get it or not depends on whether you like looters and if you have friends. Matchmaking capabilities are currently lacklus-ter, and it’s not much of a solo play considering how many things are meant for teams (of 3 for Strikes and 6 for Raids), though ‘tecnically’ you can do these solo.

Ultimately, I would com-pare Destiny to trying a new kind of food (that’s of high quality) which you’re not familiar with. You can tell it’s good, but the first few times you have it, you have a hard time finishing it because of how foreign it is to your palette.

So is the fate of the game; only if you can play it a lot will you realize your Des-tiny - which might be more or less epic than you’d imagined.

FREDERICK R. BOUTILIEREDITOR-IN-CHIEF

8 Arts and Lifestyle

In the medium of comics there are a few indie properties that get out from the initial fan-base of the comic book world. A few examples would include “The Walking Dead,” “Spawn,” “Hellboy,” and the subject for today’s review: “Scott Pilgrim.” The Scott Pilgrim series, written and drawn by Toronto-based car-toonist Bryan Lee O’Malley, was a runaway success due in part to the film adaptation directed by “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” director Edgar Wright. What was interesting about the popularity of the property was that it translated to immense sales of the source material, even reaching out to demographics that are not necessarily consid-ered the typical comic reading bunch. Often throughout high school people would ask me about my opinions of the series. Truth be told, I never had one. It was never a book on my radar when I was getting into comics. Recently with O’Malley releas-ing a new graphic novel, “Sec-onds,” I decided to give that and the Scott Pilgrim series a try. And upon initially reading through it I can wholeheartedly say that it was fantastic. Keep in mind, this review is for the overall series as a whole (which encompasses six volumes of work), so I won’t get into too many specifics of plot but rather overall feelings, themes, and motifs that the series held.

The series concerns the exploits of the eponymous char-acter, Scott Pilgrim, living his life in Toronto. When to pitch a genre for the series it’d be best to call it a slice-of-life book, except with manga and video game tropes. When Scott starts dating Knives Chau, a high school student, he then meets the enigmatic Ramona Flowers. Ramona is an American who recently moved to Toronto to escape her past, but the reader does not know much about it. As the story progresses it is learned that Ramona is after dealing with a shaky breakup with a man named Gideon Graves, who since forged a league of Ramona’s worst ex’s to fight whomever she might date. This plot really engrosses the reader, as you feel pretty damn disgusted at Gideon’s motiva-tions of straight-up manipulating an ex because he’s petty, selfish, and just plain awful. All the quali-ties that make a good villain for someone to root against, but that does not necessarily mean the protagonists are worth rooting for.

The characters of Scott Pil-grim, including the titular char-acter, are far from perfect. What O’Malley does is create char-acters he can make a reader say, “Oh, I know someone exactly like them,” in either an eye-roll-ing fashion or a humorous way (pending on one’s perspective). They are relatable, but far from glamorous or ideal. They bring out the best and worst qualities of growing up as a twenty-some-

thing, living in apartments and working odd jobs. The series is not so much a romanticized take of that, but rather showing it as it is (within the confines of the humor, and the manga and video game influences). There are some elements that feel biographi-cal and real, and this is further cemented by the setting: Toronto.

Toronto itself is a charac-ter within the narrative in some respects. Real locations that are in Toronto and can be visited are in this book (some include Hon-est Ed’s and Sneaky Dee’s, both of which I visited). Clubs, res-taurants, music stores, hell even Shoppers Drug Mart is seen in the book. The streets of Toronto are real within this book. It’s living, breathing, and sprawling. You see the backgrounds and it feels like you can find that exact street and walk down it. And upon the reality and earnest nature of the setting, there is a reality and ear-nestness to the way relationships are handled. The dynamics, the communicating, the getting-to-know-you phases, they seem like they are biographical in some context, whether if the creator himself experienced it, or seen it. That said, they’re not advised to be followed; it’s probably not of one’s best interest to cheat on their new partner and dump them (seriously, don’t do that. It’s pretty lame). The side characters within Scott Pilgrim are just as important in the grand scheme of things due to how memorable they can be, and how the come-dic bits are always on point. The

quirky, offbeat humor never fails to give a chuckle, and when com-bined with the aforementioned realism of a growing up twenty-something it is an interesting dichotomy that works. When the serious bits hit, the reader feels them. When the laughs are there, the reader also feels them too. This book is a treasure trove for juggling stylistic influences, references, humor, and drama.

The artwork of the series is something that further supplants the manga and video game influ-ences, with O’Malley’s line work being evocative of mangaka Tamakichi Sakura (known pri-marily for illustrating the “Super Mario Adventure” comics in “Nintendo Power”). Where the video game influence shines is in things like showing a health bar, or XP power-ups for humor-ous effect. The manga influences come from the fight scenes with heavy usages of speed lines, and also with the stylized nature of manga (big eyes, exaggerated hairstyles, etc.). There isn’t too much by way of form experimen-tation with the layouts and page designs, but the sheer imaginative art is visually pleasing and impres-sive. When glossing through O’Malley’s pages, whether it be a fight scene, or Scott’s band Sex Bob-Omb (points for such a fan-tastically lame band name) jam-ming one can almost feel a kinetic energy leaping off the page.

Fans of the film adapta-tion will be pleasantly treated to more in-depth backstories of the supporting characters, as well as

the protagonist. Characters like Knives Chau, Stephen Stills, Young Neil, and even Ramona get more fleshed out character development and spotlight within the narrative. I really felt Ramona was a better character within the books, as she’s seen as a more boisterous character who gets involved more within the books; in the movie, she’s the boring, flat, two-dimensional “Meh” per-sonality that really wasn’t attrib-uted to her character. It seemed out of left field because there were already enough characters with cynical humor/viewpoints that it seemed pointless to change the one who had a remotely more bright and positive attitude (don’t get me wrong, she still cracks jokes and is interesting). Even the evil ex’s have more time being discussed and shown in the nar-rative, seeing as each volume focuses on a specific ex (volume five focusing on two of them, the Katayanagi twins). The third ex in particular had more of a backstory and showed him for more of an undesirable person. It makes more sense, as it’s extremely difficult to faithfully recreate six books into one feature length film. Granted, some of the omissions in the film seem kind of unwarranted, even with the time constraints in mind.

The Scott Pilgrim series is a really funny, cute, and some-times even stark look at relation-ships, friendship, romance, and coming-of-age during one’s 20’s.

Writing: 4/5Art: 3.5-4/5

Review: Scott PilgrimCOLIN O’NEILLVOLUNTEER

games to one in the other semi final. While Halifax had a better record in the regular season, Syd-ney won the head to head matchup 4-3, outscoring them 38-28. While this is a small sample size, the Sooners have proven that they can beat any team in the league, and have an uncanny ability to win in the playoffs. Halifax, how-ever, should not be taken lightly.

Their offense, while not as strong as Dartmouth's, is still threaten-ing. Josh and Jake Pelham were third and fourth in the league in hitting respectively. Adam Lucas (who was the league's all-star at second base) and Shawn Walsh both hit over .300, while Ryan Veinot and Brandon Devlin are both capable base stealers. On the pitching side, they are led by Mark Haverstock, who finished

third in the league with a 2.08 era.The series will be a best of

seven, and it will open with two games in Halifax on September 20/21, followed by three in Syd-ney the following weekend and two more in Halifax if necessary. Halifax has home field advantage by virtue of their better regular season record, but Sydney has proven they can win on the road. Since the series will take place

over three weekends, Sydney will have to face Haverstock three times were it to go the distance, but they have proven that not only can they hit top pitching, but they can send out their own quality pitching to match it. Just like in the Dartmouth series, taking at least one of the first two games on the road will be crucial, as will neutralizing Halifax’s ace. Syd-ney likely has the advantage in

starting pitching depth, whereas Halifax may have an edge in hit-ting. If Sydney can repeat their performance from the Dartmouth series, and keep Halifax’s hitters at bay while playing smart offense, they might be on their way to a second consecutive league title and a second consecutive trip to the national championships.

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9Arts and LifestyleSlash with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, Aerosmith rock out at the first ever Cape Fest Event.OSTY GALEARTS REPORTER

Sydney, NS -- On Friday, September 12th, 2014, the inau-gural Cape Fest 2014 event took place at the newly-opened Open Hearth Park in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The event had over 15,000 fans in attendance to see Aeros-mith as well as Slash (With Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators).

The sun was flying high in the sky of Sydney Nova Sco-tia, in the mid-afternoon as the gates opened at 2pm and the fes-tival staff started letting excited concert-goers into the park.

With three opening acts from the Cape Breton region (Breton Rock, Slowcoaster, and The Trews), the local tal-ent hyped up the stage for what was to come later in the evening.

Breton Rock, the Cape Breton Super-Group consist-ing of Corey Keeping, Shaun Parris, Jeff Stapleton, Lindon

Mackenzie, Richard Burke and the much-appreciated Andrew Doyle, opened up the afternoon at 3:00pm. The eclectic range of songs Breton Rock performed included covers of national tal-ents (songs from The Dave Mat-thews Band), as well as Andrew Doyle’s own compositions.

After a 45-minute set of songs, there were some delays while waiting for the next band, Slowcoaster, who hail from the Sydne area, to take the stage and bust out some grooves in full force.

Slowcoaster performed a one hour set, ranging from new material on their latest release “The Girls Downtown” to fan favorites such as “The Darkest of Discos”, and “On the Patio.”

Once the jamming stopped with Slowcoaster, another local band, The Trews, took the stage for another one-hour set which included songs such as “Not Ready

to Go”, “Poor Ol’ Broken Hearted Me”, and “So She’s Leaving.”

The weather started to take a tumble and shift to what looked like rain, but luckily there wasn’t any. The wind however, picked up fiercely, making for a chilly wait to hear two iconic artists, Slash (With Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators) and Aerosmith.

The wait was well worth it for all in attendance though. When Slash took to the stage a little after 7:15pm, the crowd went wild! Slash, who recently released his third (solo) album “World on Fire” on September 16th, was touring in support of his album alongside Aerosmith as co-headliner for their tour – the “Let Rock Rule” Tour. Cape Breton Island’s Cape Fest as their last scheduled date of the tour. Slash performed an 11-song set with the band, which included the title track from his 3rd solo

LP World On Fire, covers from his other bands Velvet Revolver (“Slither”), Guns & Roses (“Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Para-dise City”) and a couple of songs from his second studio LP Apoc-alyptic Love (2012). After their 1 hour 30 minute set, the band cleared the stage and the eager fans who had dreamed on for this moment since it was unveiled last April, waited ecstatically.

After a couple of delays wait-ing for Aerosmith to come onto the stage, the wind had picked up monstrously and made for a chilly evening of rock and roll music.

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler finally walked out on stage with the rest of the band after 9:15pm (whom were scheduled for 9:00pm originally.) The band launched into a Tiny Bradshaw cover of “Train Kept-A-Rollin’” to kick off their set list. Through-out the rest of the set, the band

also performed two other cov-ers; “Come Together”, origi-nally by the Beatles, in which Aerosmith covered for the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” soundtrack, and released as a single in 1978; and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Stop Mes-sin’ Around”. They then closed the show with a double encore of two of their biggest hits: “Dream On” and “Sweet Emotion”.

Alex Martin recently spoke to CBC News about Cape Fest 2014, and how his sights are now set on what may be pos-sible for Cape Fest 2015.

“Right now we’re looking at possible dates, whether it will be September again or maybe August,” Martin said. “Basically, you are constricted to artist avail-ability, so sometimes things have to change, but right now we are still trying to unwind 2014 but we are looking ahead to 2015.”

The Kendra Gale Band’s fourth album, Carousel, starts strong and keeps on trucking. From the first track Owe You to the concluding song Apologies, Carousel fits its name excel-lently; giving the audience a 360 degree view of the band’s tal-ents. Owe You starts the album

off with gusto, delivering saucy, raw, and powerful riffs to set the tone. Gale’s vocals are husky and sincere, but at times it felt as if she was holding out; that Gale wasn’t using her vocal prowess to its fullest potential. There were moments that her singing power was apparent, though they were few and far between. However,

she still flaunts her verbal versatil-ity, switching from a sultry swag-ger to It Will Be Alright’s forlorn and longing ballad with ease.

Gale’s lyrics are heartfelt and expressive. Her song writ-ing skills are impressive, telling stories of heartbreak, longing, and acceptance with an emotional honesty that isn’t seen in most Top

40 songs. Overall, Carousel is a striking, well-crafted album with a lot of heart. Keep your eye open for Carousel, available Septem-ber 30th, 2014. The New Bruns-wick artist is kicking off a tour and album release September 19 – The Red Herring - St. Andrews, NB, September 27 – The Tide & Boar Gastropub - Monc-

ton, NB, November 6 – Baba’s – Charlottetown, PEI, Novem-ber 14 - Raven and Republic – North Bay, ON, and November 15 – Brutopia – Montreal, PQ.

My rating: 8.3/10

Album Review: CarouselAVERY VARNESVOLUNTEER

Do you fancy yourself a funny person?

Do you write jokes on the internet? Make people laugh with your social media updates?

Are you the undisputed envy of all the attendees at the box social because of both your quick wit and slighly lopsided ten-gallon hat with boots to match?

Write for the Caper Times humour section.

10 Arts and Lifestyle

Campus can seem like a big party at the start of the year with all the drinking, social events, and meeting new people. That paired with new responsibilities and possibly new surroundings can be stressful. Finding like-minded individuals can be diffi-cult, especially in residence, and it's likely the people you befriend at the immediate beginning of the school year aren't the people you're going to be closest to by the end of the year. Alcohol can often soften the awkwardness of making new friends in these situations. While that's not advis-able, it's a reality, and everyone deserves to feel like they're in a safe environment. Even if you're not a new student the start of the academic year can get over-whelming. This paired with the individual anonymity a large student body offers can be a cata-lyst for rape. Not to be mistaken though, it's not always someone dressed in black and hiding in the shadows waiting for a victim. More often rape happens between people who are acquainted.

Campus life can seem like a breeding ground for rape cul-

ture. It was only last September that three examples of this came to the media's attention. Both University of British Columbia's Saunders School of Business and Saint Mary's university got into some hot water over a chant that involved the rape of under-age girls. As well, Engineering students at Memorial University of Newfoundland were chided as the media picked up on the cups they were using for the biannual D-day celebration. The bright yel-low cups had "If she's Thirsty... Give her the... D(day)" printed on the along with a woman in a suggestive position. All groups apologized but only Saint Mary's University made the students involved in planning the inci-dent get sensitivity training. This seems like it's not punishment for their actions but punishment for getting caught. This is worrisome as all the groups responsible for these incidents were mixed gen-der, meaning neither the males or females in the groups saw problems with what they were planning. This especially applies to the chants because there were feelings that it was "tradition"

and "it was done in my frosh year". This shows a lack of criti-cal thought, something which university is supposed to foster.

Too often when someone comes forward with the fact that they had been raped they hear questions like “what were you wearing,” “how much did you have to drink,” “how drunk were you,” “did you walk home alone,” or comments about their sex life. These all put the victim at blame for their rape, which devalu-ates their experience. Everyone should be able to go out dressed how they like, drink how much they want, walk home, and not have to worry about anything. Sadly, that's not the world we live in, and how technology has developed proves that. From anti-date rape nail polish (which, con-trary to your Facebook newsfeed tells you, basically doesn’t exist) and cups, to pepper spray that syncs with your phone through bluetooth and takes a picture of the individual who's harassing you before spraying them, these solutions range from the simple to more complex. Then there's always the old advice of not going anywhere alone, carrying your keys in your hand, or not wear-

ing your hair in styles that are easy to grab. These things seem easy enough but are extremely troubling when you think about it. Not only are we telling people not to get raped instead of not raping, but when you may not be a target for rape if you follow that advice, it may leave others vul-nerable. There's always going to be someone who's alone, or more drunk who could be targeted.

Campus reactions vary from incident to incident. In some cases where students live in resi-dence, the students support the rapist and the victim is forced to move out or deal with her rapist every day, or the rapist is forced to move off campus. In the best of cases, the rapist is suspended or expelled, though it seems this rarely happens. More often than not, it seems like the victim is punished more than their rapist. In some rare occasions, when the school doesn't come through, the students come together in a spec-tacular show of solidarity. This is what happened when Columbia University failed to expel Emma Sulkowicz's rapist. In an incred-ible show of strength, Sulko-wicz, a performing arts major, drew from her experience for

her final project. Titled "Carry that Weight", Sulkowicz carries around a mattress which repre-sents the weight of having to see her rapist around campus. The rules included that she was not to solicit help carrying the mattress, but if anyone offered they were allowed to help. This took off into demonstrations as well and has gathered great student support.

What you can do if someone opens up to you is be there to lis-ten. In that moment they need a friend and they felt comfortable enough to open up to you, be one. This is not a time for judgment. If it has recently happened, vol-unteer to go to the hospital with them to get a rape kit done. The sooner you can do this, the better. The victim may want to shower after being violated in such a way, but that could wash away possible evidence. The last thing they may want to do if the rape happened on campus, or involved someone who attends the university, is go to the Human Rights Officer. You are allowed to bring one person with you, though they are there for moral support only and can-not speak on the victim's behalf.

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MONTREAL (CUP) — Just a day after Jim Flaherty resigned from his post as federal finance minster, another prominent Con-servative has stepped down, and in doing so put another dent in Canada’s grand old party. Sure, Alison Redford, now for-mer premier of Alberta, may not have held an official post in Stephen Harper’s cabinet. She may not have even had any for-mal ties to the federal party. But she flew the Conservative flag over Harper’s transplant home for two and a half years, so the connection is worth mentioning.

Redford’s story is remark-able. Roughly two years ago she was Canada’s second most popu-lar premier, boasting a 58 per cent approval rating trailing only Sas-katchewan’s Brad Wall. Those were the glory days — Redford could do no wrong. She also had the upper hand against B.C.’s bumbling Christy Clark, then Canada’s second least popular premier and now Canada’s most successful flip-flopper, in North-ern Gateway pipeline project discussions. What went wrong?

In a nutshell, her approval rating fell 40 points. It seems people grew tired of her conser-vative voice. She wasn’t as excit-ing as Ralph Klein, so it was time

for a change. Albertans wanted something fresh, something edgy, something more radical than Conservative. Maybe some-one young and cool like Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. So did they look left? No. Albertans pulled a muscle in their necks in 1980 and are stuck like Derek Zoolander. So, naturally, they looked further right, to the ultra-conservative Wildrose Party.

Wildrose leader Danielle Smith now enjoys a 51 per cent approval rating. She may be so popular because her party is much more thoughtful and willing to change than Redford’s Conser-vatives ever were. Need proof? Consider this. After losing the 2012 election, Smith’s party went back to the drawing board and reevaluated some of its core policies. It revised its stance on climate change from “inconclusive” to acceptance. Further, it made a concrete promise to join the 21st century when it passed a motion to “defend the equal-ity of all persons regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.” This was a big leap from Wildrose candidate Allan Hunsperg-er’s warning, issued days before the 2012 election, that

homosexuals would “suffer the rest of eternity in the lake of fire.” Wildrose demonstrates a clear commitment to change, if that is what is necessary to form govern-ment. The party was simply too right to be right, but now it may be just right enough to be right.

The rise of Wildrose aside, Redford dropped clear hints that she was ready to resign. Her behaviour became erratic toward the end of her reign; last December she went on the traditional “Screw it, I’m leav-ing anyway!” spending spree with company money. We’ve all been there — pocketing a few pens from the boss’ desk, tak-ing a few rolls of toilet paper.

Redford took it to another level. She spent $45000 of gov-

ernment money to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral. The same trip cost Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil a paltry $1000. No one would have accused Brad Butt of lying if he said he’d seen Alison Redford throwing herself a fare-well party. It was pretty obvious.

Wildrose MLA Shane Saskiw summed things up nicely by say-ing “[Redford]’s out of touch with Albertans.” Given Saskiw’s party’s platform, it is tempting to respond by saying “THANK GOD!” While the party is popu-lar, it is important to remember that Wildrose entered the 21st century in 2013, so it is a few years behind the rest of us, and still has to suffer through the recession. There will be growing pains. But this is less about them

and more about redford — the woman Naheed Nenshi called “a real person, a good person.”

Unlike Wildrose, she held values we can all endorse. Red-ford did what so many idealistic bumper stickers suggest — she tried to be the change she wished to see in the world. She painted a beautiful picture of a prosper-ous future: one that ought to appeal to every Canadian. It would be pretty great if we could all fly on a government plane to South Africa to hang out with the global elite, and then fly back first class to see our cabinet sworn in. That’s Alison’s world, and I’d bet big money plenty of us would love to live in it.

Redford’s Resignation Raises Red Flags and Big QuestionsMICHAEL LUBATRUE NORTH TIMES (MCGILL UNIVERSITY)

Unrelated and to the right: An interesting critique of government reaction to environmental crises.

Credit: The Lens: Three Eyes by Klara Woldenga (Douglas College) Comic by Klara Woldenga/The Other Press.

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STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE

COUNCIL (SRC)

The Students’ Union is presently seeking nominations for the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Open Seats

School of Arts & Social Sciences – 1 vacant seats

Shannon School of Business –2 vacant seats School of Professional Studies – 2 vacant seats

School of Science & Technology – 1 vacant seats Senior Class – 1 vacant seat Off Campus – 1 vacant seat

International Student – 1 vacant seat Non-Traditional Student – 1 vacant seat

Varsity Athlete - 1 vacant seat

If you are interested in running for one of the aforementioned seats, please pick up a nomination form in the Students’ Union Building

starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 22nd, 2014.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 26th, 2014

no later than 4 p.m.

Please visit www.cbusu.ca for copies of the SU Bylaws and Elections Act