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the staff

In keeping with our reckless, devil-may-care image, our of-fice has absolutely no concrete information on the Carillonsformative years readily available. What follows is the storythats been passed down from editor to editor for over fortyyears.

In the late 1950s, the University of Regina planned the con-struction of several new buildings on the campus grounds.One of these proposed buildings was a bell tower on the aca-demic green. If you look out on the academic green today,the first thing youll notice is that it has absolutely nothingresembling a bell tower.

The University never got a bell tower, but what it did getwas the Carillon, a newspaper that serves as a symbolic belltower on campus, a loud and clear voice belonging to eachand every student.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

the manifesto

THE CARILLONBOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Cameron, Anna Dipple, Kristy Fyfe, JennaKampman, Mason Pitzel, Dan Shier, RhiannonWard, Anna Weber

the paper

arts & culture

You know what? This isnt going to happen this

week. Youre too bogged down in final projects

and term papers to read this blurb, and I (the

production manager) am too bogged down to

write it. So lets not make any pretense. Wevegot a great issue for you this week, Im just too

tired to describe it to you. Lets all just be dead.

[You cant die. We still have two issues left this

term. Ed.]

The Arab Spring movement

continues and spreads to

Syria, where citizens have

risen up against government

corruption but been met with

violence in return. TheCarillon spoke with Syrians

living in Regina about the on-

going fight for freedom back

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News Editor: Natasha [email protected]

the carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 2011newsFormer student sues University of ReginaJustice studies graduate with Crohns disease claims faculty failed to accommodate hermedical condition

Alicia Yashcheshen, a formerUniversity of Regina social work stu-dent, filed a lawsuit on Nov. 8, 2011,with the Court of Queens Benchagainst the U of R. Among otheritems, she said the university violated

her human rights by failing to makeaccommodations for her Crohns dis-ease.

Crohns disease is a chronic in-flammatory condition that affects thedigestive tract, including the mouth,esophagus, stomach, small and largeintestine, ileum, and anus. The condi-tion is especially prevalent in NorthAmerica, where there are an esti-mated 400,000 to 600,000 Crohns suf-ferers.In the lawsuit, Yashechesen claims theuniversity violated her rights by notproviding her with the educationservices that she paid for through tu-ition and fees. As well, she adds, the

university violated its own policy re-garding students with special needs.

Yashcheshen was diagnosed withCrohns disease in July 2004, and itwasnt until 2007 that she allegedlystarted to experience problems at uni-versity because of the disease. Due tothe unpredictable flare-ups that comewith Crohns disease, Yashcheshenhas been hospitalized approximately

62 times since 2004 and was forced tomiss an entire semester of classes.

Yaschcheshen, who could not bereached for comment as of press time,told CBC Radio on Nov. 9 that she issuing the university because it did notaccommodate her with her diseaseand forced her to drop out of the so-cial work program.

The dean refus[ed] to allow mewithdrawal from classes because Iwas sick, and it resulted in me get-ting a bunch of NPs, which is equiv-alent to 40 per cent, Yashcheshensaid, Then they asked me to discon-tinue my studies.

Yashcheshen claims the univer-

sity never discussed any alternativesor offered her any help in coping withher studies while managing her dis-ease.

There was a constant messagethat I should discontinue my studies,She said.

Karene Hawkins is the Universityof Regina Students Union student ad-vocate. Due to privacy issues, she can-

not talk about this lawsuit or if she hashad any contact directly or indirectlywith Yashcheshen. However,Hawkins did say that lawsuits againstuniversities are rare.

When it comes to civil litigation,that is not something that is usuallydone to the university or by the uni-versity because there are processes inplace that students can have theirneeds met through.

Yashcheshen did not directly takethe matter to court. In the spring of2008, she took the matter of receivingNPs instead of medical withdrawals

before the council committee of stu-dent appeals, where she won.

However, in 2009, the dean of socialwork denied Yashcheshen with-drawals, which she had requested be-cause she was chronically ill and insevere pain, from three courses.

On May 15, 2009, Yashcheshenmade a complaint to theSaskatchewan Human RightsCommission. She sought mediation,

but when that failed she eventually

left the University of Regina and wentto the First Nations University, whereshe graduated with a B.A. in justicestudies and a minor in sociology inthe fall of 2011.

The lawsuit states thatYashcheshen has suffered emotionaldistress, economic loss, worry, anxiety,and other damages as a result of theDefendants acts, omissions, wrong-doings, and breaches of legal dutiesand obligations

She is seeking restitution for lossand/or damage, including tuitionfees, as well as exemplary and puni-tive damages against the university.

natasha tersigninews editor

Canadianuniversitiesin court

Paul Boudreau vs.University of Ottawa

Case: Boudreau, a 44-year-old

part-time MBA student,claimed that the U of O andbusiness professor Jimmy Linwere responsible for copyrightinfringement of a paperBoudreau wrote.Winner: Paul BoudreauRuling: Boudreau received$7,500 in damages and his legalcosts.

Ashraf Azar vs. Universityof Concordia

Case: Azar sued Concordia forover $15 million in damagesand asked the courts to reviewhis expulsion. Azar was ex-pelled from the university forplagiarism.

Winner: University ofConcordiaRuling: The case was dis-missed by the courts becauseAzar had waited too long to filehis suit, 15 months instead ofthe standard 30 days. His at-tempt to appeal the decisionwas denied by both the QuebecCourt of Appeal and theSupreme Court of Canada

Cynthia Maughan vs.University of BritishColumbia

Case: Maughan, an Englishgrad student, sued UBC be-cause she believed an agendaof atheism was being pushed

and that her religious and aca-demic freedom was being de-nied.Winner: University of BritishColumbiaRuling: UBC and the Englishprofessor who were accused ofviolating Maughans religiousfreedoms were found notguilty. Maughan owed UBChundreds of thousands of dol-lars in legal costs.

Steven and Keith Pridgenvs. University of Calgary

Case: The Pridgen twins weresuspended from the Universityof Calgary and were chargedwith non-academic miscon-duct which included probationfor comments they madeagainst their Law and Societycourse professor in November2007 on the Facebook page, Ino longer fear Hell; I took acourse with Aruna Mitra.Winner: Steven and KeithPridgenRuling: Alberta Court ofQueens Bench ruled in the stu-dents favour, deciding that theUniversity of Calgary infringedupon their chartered rights andfreedom to express.

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The dean refus[ed] to allow me withdrawal fromclasses because I was sick, and it resulted in megetting a bunch of NPs, which is equivalent to 40per cent. Then they asked me to discontinue mystudies.

Alicia Yashcheshen

When it comes to civil litigation, that is notsomething that is usually done to the university orby the university, because there are processes inplace that students can have their needs metthrough.

Karene Hawkins


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While the west focuses on the turmoil

in Libya and Egypt, other Arab Springnations have seen months of protestmarked with vicious governmentreprisal. In Syria, the bloodshed has

been especially severe.. Ever sinceSyrians took to the streets of theircities on March 15, 2011, they havecalled on their own government for afree and democratic state. Nearlyeight months into the uprising, civil-ians continue to be killed as part of

brutal governmental crackdowns.The United Nations estimates

more than 3,000 civilians have beenkilled since the uprising began, butSyrian activists say this number iscloser to 10,000 deaths, most goingunreported. Because of the Syriangovernments strict lockdown on for-eign media and journalists, numbers

are hard to confirm.Seventeen-year-old Amir

Aboguddah and 22-year-old CM(who, given the risk of reprisal againstrelatives still living in Syria, asked toremain anonymous) are both Syriansliving in Regina. Both say that afterdecades of a corrupt regime, it is timeto see president Bashar al-Assad stepdown

But getting the president to relin-quish the power he inherited is adaunting task. The people of Syriahave been living under al-Assad ruleever since the Baath party under

Bashars father, Hafrez, took powerin 1971. When Hafrez died in mid-2000, an unopposed Bashar ran forand won the presidency.

Syrias current uprising bringsback very familiar memories for bothAboguddah and CM. In the 1980s,

both of their families had to flee Syriaor risk being crushed by Hafez al-Assads regime.

My grandfather was a promi-nent opposition figure Aboguddahsaid. My dads family along withthousands of other families wereforced to flee Syria due to their affili-ation with the [opposition party] theMuslim Brotherhood anyone who[was] suspected of being in anywayaffiliated with the Brotherhood [was] executed.

CM shares a similar story.I personally lost four uncles in

the uprising in 1980s, all of them un-der the age of 22. My dad and my un-cle fled Syria, never allowed toreturn, CM said. My dad fled withhis pajamas on he had to sleep ingraveyards in some instances[Finally he was able to] make his wayto Jordan Imagine having to leave

your family and never to return againto your country.

The aftermath of the 1980s upris-ing marked the diaspora of nearly 10million Syrians all around the world.

As well, Hafez al-Assad retaliatedbrutally against the civilians in one ofthe most prominent cities in the upris-ing, Hama.

My mothers family was livingin the city of Hama at the time,Aboguddah explained. In less than aweek, over 40,000 people were mur-dered. The city was completelyobliterated. Like my fathers family,my mothers family was forced to fleeSyria.

While the number of dead is, onceagain, difficult to determine someestimates place it as low as 10,000,while British journalist Robert Fisksuggests 20,000 is more accurate itnevertheless earned the slaughter adark place in the countrys history.

The Hama massacre is only one

example of the al-Assad familybloody history.

Bashar, like his father, does notthink twice before violently respond-ing to the opposing parties he doesnot adhere to any laws and does notshow any respect for life,Aboguddah said. He will do any-thing to stay in power, even if thatmeans murdering every Syrian, one

by one.At the start of the March uprising,

Bashar was nicknamed the Butcherfor the immense violence he orderedagainst those who rose up against his

regime. CM says the nickname is apt.It rhymes, but that is not all,

CM said. He is a rapist, cheater,killer, abuser, liar, thief, and above alla traitor.

Asked whether their fathers andfamilies have been able to return toSyrian since the 1980s, bothAboguddah and CM replied with asaddened, No. It has been morethan 30 years since both Aboguddahsfather and CMs family visited Syria.

But the March uprisings havebrought much hope for Syrians, likeAboguddah, CM, and their exiledfamilies: a hope to be able to returnhome to a free, democratic, and unitedSyria a hope that many Syrians aretightly holding on to.

For CM, the uprising signifies

more than just hope; it signifies a newfuture.

Those who are fighting for thefreedom of Syria arefreedom seekers.We call them the Free: the freewoman, the free man, and the freechild. They are people who wantchange they have broken the fearand the silence. I owe these people.They are our future.

Syrians living in Regina reflect on the countrys turmoil

Tears of blood

photos by Taouba Khelifa

Those who arefighting for the free-dom of Syria are

freedom seekers. Wecall them the Free:the free woman, thefree man, and thefree child. They arepeople who wantchange they havebroken the fear andthe silence. I owethese people. Theyare our future.

CM

taouba khelifacontributor

Amir Aboguddah carries flag of his country proudly through Victoria Park during Regina's Freedom for Syria Rally

Behind the

unrest inSyria

The country gained its inde-pendence from France on Apr.14, 1946.

Between 1946 and 1956, thecountry was in political tur-moil. During that time therewere 20 different cabinets andthe government had draftedfour separate constitutions.

In November 1956, Syriasigned a pact with the SovietUnion, providing a foothold

for Communist influencewithin the government.

On Feb. 1, 1958, SyrianPresident Shukri al-Quwatliand Egyptian President GamalAbdal Nasser announced themerging of the two states, cre-ating the United ArabRepublic. All Syrian politicalparties, as well as the commu-nists therein, ceased overt ac-tivities.

Since the merging of the twocountries, more political un-rest and military violence hasensued.

By Nov. 13, 1970, Minister of

Defence Hafez al-Assad be-came the strongman of thegovernment when he effecteda bloodless military over-throw.

al-Assad would remain inpower from 1970 until hisdeath on June 10, 2000.

Immediately following al-Assads death, the parliamentamended the constitution, re-ducing the mandatory mini-mum age of the presidentfrom 40 to 34, thus allowinghis son, Bashar al-Assad, to

become legally eligible fornomination by the rulingBaath Party.

On July 10, 2000, Bashar al-Assad was elected president

by a referendum in which heran unopposed.

Protests in Syria started onJan. 26. Protesters have beencalling for political reformsand the reinstatement of civilrights, as well as an end to thestate of emergency that has

been in place since 1963.

On March 15, demonstrationstook place in many citiesacross Syria. After the first dayof the protests there were re-ports of approximately 3,000arrests, but there are no offi-cial figures on the number ofdeaths.

Syria has been in a state of po-litical unrest since then.


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After an eventful week in VictoriaPark and at city hall, Occupy Reginaprotesters stopped at the University ofRegina on Thursday, Nov. 10, to hosta teach-in, an informal series of lec-tures on a wide range of subjects per-taining to the Occupy movement.

Occupiers, activists, and support-ers of the movement came out tospeak to the crowd, as well as officialsfrom other groups, including CadmusDelorme from the First NationUniversity of Canada StudentAssociation and University of ReginaStudents Union president KentPeterson. The audience also heardfrom people affected by homelessnessand homeless advocates such as U ofR professor and homelessness re-searcher Dr. Marc Spooner and

Carmichael Outreachs AlainaHarrison. The turnout was respectableand pleased the protesters, althoughthey wished morepeople attended forthe full duration of the teach-in.

The citys eviction notice for theprotesters, delivered that morning,loomed large during the first few lec-tures. City manager Glen Davies re-quested on the Citys behalf that theOccupiers take down their tents andcease staying overnight in VictoriaPark. The city gave them a deadline of8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, but theoccupiers claimed theyd been ver-

bally requested to vacate the park onRemembrance Day.

The City of Regina news releaseclaimed the eviction is in the interestof the Occupiers health and safety asthe temperatures dip below zero, butthe group has other ideas. For some ofthe Occupiers, eviction will lead them

back to their homes, but for others,that is not an option. Since the OccupyRegina movement set up in VictoriaPark in mid-October, people fromReginas homeless population have

joined, and the protesters worry aboutwhat will happen to them if andwhen they are forced to take downtheir tents and leave the public park.

Crystal G., an Occupier whowouldnt disclose her full last name,says homelessness is one of the mainissues that Occupy Regina is strivingto advocate for.

Our main message at the teach-in is mostly around homelessness in

our city and that we are involved with

it in our camp and within the city andin the school here, she explained.People need to start realizing it is anissue on all ends. You cant just shut

down a tent and say the problem isgoing to go away on its own.

Crystal encouraged the crowd toget involved with Occupy Regina,and suggested various ways to do so.

Everything from coming downand showing support, handing outflyers, talking to people down there,

bringing in hot food during colderweather, bringing a cup of coffee forsomebody, she said. Help online bymonitoring news stations, and eitherinforming us of things that are untruethat are being said, or making com-ments on their own time.

Spooner and Harrison screenedHarrisons documentary, Bridging theGap: Regina Landlords and Renterson Social Assistance. The documen-tary looks at the problems faced by

those on social assistance in regards torenting in Regina namely the un-willingness of landlords to rent tothose on social assistance.

Those who attended the teach-inalso heard from people who have

been homeless themselves, includingone homeless woman, Stella Rogers.

Rogers, originally from BritishColumbia, discussed the factors thatlead to her becoming homeless, suchas old age and mental illness. She alsodiscussed in frank terms the risks of

being homeless, particularly duringthe winter months.

Its very cold, she said. Youdont got nothing.

Rogers suggested that being in-volved with Occupy Regina has been

beneficialfor her, as it has provided her with atent to sleep in. Shes not sure whatwill happen once they are forced outof the park.

Taneal Szeponski, an internationalstudies major, is glad that the groupaddressed local issues during theirteach-in.

They talked a lot about issuesthat are relevant to Saskatchewan andto Regina, and the homeless issuesthat arent talked about, she said.People dont really think about them.They just kind of pass them under sowe dont actually have a homeless-ness problem, or a housing problem,

but we do.A supporter of the Occupy

Movement, Szeponski said she uses

social networking sites such as

Facebook to spread the message ofOccupy Regina to her friends.

I support the movement and Iagree with what they stand for, she

said. I cant go down there everydayand sleep there, but I think Im in-volved in my own way of caringabout what is going on and sharing onFacebook.

Another protester, AdamThornton, believes their main mes-sage was more of an economic nature,which is more in tune with the origi-nal movement, Occupy Wall Street.

We need to spread awarenessabout how our system works, partic-ularly in regards to the creation of cur-rency through limited reserve

banking, or fractional reserve bank-ing, he said. I think that the scope ofthe Occupy movement across theglobe is something that cant be ig-nored.

Thornton is not only a protester,

but he is also enrolled in the U of R.Busy with Occupy Regina, he claimedhis grades have suffered somewhat asthe movement is clearly higher on hispriority list.

Academically, Im still doingokay, Thornton said. However, Imnot gainingthe full enjoyment out of my studiesor the full utility out of my studies. Onthe other hand, I would say that theexperiences of being involved withOccupy Regina ha[ve] been more ed-ucational for me in the last four weeksthan my first twelve classes of studywere with the university.

Rob Sutherland, another pro-tester, also argued that Occupy Reginawas about more than just homeless-ness. Rather, he asserted that the stateof the economy was the root issue thatthe movement stands for. He believesthe economy will never recover, andthe costs are direr than people think.Regardless of what their main mes-sage was, both Thornton and Crystalagree that their group is in dangerwith the new developments at CityHall.

We are in crisis as an organiza-tion, Thornton explained. Well bethere when the cops arethere to arrestus, whether or not that actually hap-pens is simply a matter of what thecitizens of Regina have to say.

The other key message is thatour fate is truly in the hands of Reginaright now.

Protesters occupy U of R pit with a multitude of messages

You cant evict an idea

lauren goloskynews writer

Well be therewhen the cops arethere to arrest us.Whether or not

that actually hap-pens is simply amatter of what thecitizens of Regina

have to say.

Adam Thornton

Our main message at the teach-in is mostlyaround homelessness in our city and that weare involved with it in our camp and within thecity and in the school here. People need to startrealizing it is an issue on all ends. You cant

just shut down a tent and say the problem isgoing to go away on its own.

Crystal G.


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MONTREAL (CUP) Over 100 riotpolice stormed McGill campus on theevening of the Nov. 10 tuition feeprotests, forcefully dispersing studentdemonstrators that had gathered infront of the James Administration

building. Pepper spray, tear gas, andphysical force were used by policeagainst demonstrators who wereprotesting the detainment and vio-lence allegedly used by McGillSecurity against a group of McGill stu-dents who had occupied PrincipalHeather Munroe-Blums office earlier

in the day.Thirteen McGill students claim to

have been assaulted by McGillSecurity while they occupied the fifthfloor of the James Administration

building for almost two hours onThursday afternoon. The sit-in coin-cided with a 30,000 person-strongdemonstration against tuition hikesin the province.

At 4:05 p.m., a group of approxi-mately 50 students entered McGillcampus after news of the occupationin James Administration reached thedemonstrators.

Farid Attar Rifai, president of theAssociation of McGill UniversitySupport Employees, was one of thefirst people on the scene.

I saw security were rushingtowards the James building, so I knew[the students] were already inside atthat point, Attar Rifai said.

He explained that, upon his ar-rival, all entrances to the buildingwere locked and security guards werepositioned outside.

Some of the demonstrators took amegaphone back to the RoddickGates, where they encouraged othersto join them. Were in McGill, weneed more people, screamed onedemonstrator. The crowd outside of

James Administration grew to around200 people.

Reports of violence used againstthe occupiers by McGill Securityreached those outside through textmessages and phone calls.

Demonstrators proceeded to form a

human chain around the building, de-manding entrance.

At roughly 4:50 p.m., four Servicede police de la Ville de Montral(SPVM) officers approached the build-ing from the Milton Gates and entered

James Administration through a backdoor, where students attempted to

block them.When we heard the cops were

coming we decided to delay themso people inside could have time tonegotiate, Attar Rifai said.

Student life and learning deputyprovost Morton Mendelson confirmedthat he had been inside the JamesAdministration throughout thedemonstration.

There were four police who

came to survey the situation, he said.They at no time interacted with thepeople upstairs.

Mendelson noted he did notknow who had called the police offi-cers. According to Mendelson, McGillSecurity is mandated, or certainly al-lowed, to call the police when theyfeel that there is a threat to people ora threat to property but I dontknow what triggered the decision todo that.

Moments after the four police of-ficers arrived, around 20 students en-tered through a side door for apeaceful sit-in on the second floor,with McGill Security supervising.

Just before 5 p.m., 20 police on bi-cycles approached JamesAdministration from the MiltonGates. The officers spoke with McGillSecurity, but did not take action im-mediately.

Officers lined up, using their bicy-cles as barricades against the demon-strators. Some swung their bikes atthe demonstrators who were attempt-ing to push the police off campus.

A brief confrontation took placebetween demonstrators and police.Demonstrators pushed police backwhile officers dodged items, includingsticks and water bottles, thrown bythe crowd. The officers rode away, tothe cheering of students.

Shortly after 5 p.m., about 40 riotpolice entered the campus throughthe Milton Gates, beating their shieldswith batons. Police pushed the crowd

towards the Arts and Ferrier build-

ings. Demonstrators were peppersprayed after pushing back againstthe police lines in front of JamesAdministration.

The university did not call theriot squad. I can tell you that, un-equivocally, Mendelson said. Iknow that the police who were herecalled in [the riot squad]. [The fourpolice officers] looked out the win-dow, and they saw the crowd wasgrowing there were conversations,things seemed to be getting moreheated. I dont know why, what fac-tored into their decision.

Jean-Pierre Brabant, a member ofthe SPVMs public relations team, de-clined to answer questions as towhether the riot police had authoriza-

tion to enter McGill campus.A second wave of over 50 riot po-

lice surrounded demonstrators on allsides. At this point, students takingpart in the sit-in on the first floor of

James Administration exited thebuilding.

One demonstrator who was try-ing to cross police lines on the westside of James Administration waspicked up, dragged, and thrown tothe ground. Police formed a line and

began forcibly pushing demonstratorsdown the steps, towards the MiltonGates at the edge of campus.

Dozens of demonstrators werepepper sprayed by officers while oth-ers carried water to those who had

been blinded by the spray.Gregory Mikkelson, an associate

professor in the environment and phi-losophy departments, was on his wayto pick up his children f rom daycare.While leaving campus, he noticed theprotest outside of JamesAdministration and stopped to ob-serve.

Three Montreal riot police cameat me, clubbed me in the ribs andstomach with a baton, knocked meover I dont know if it was a clubthat knocked me over or one of thempushing me, you know, it all hap-pened so fast I popped right back upand they pepper sprayed me in theface, Mikkelson said.

After I was attacked, my firstthought was to check with the personI had been talking with shortly before

that and see if he had witnessed it,

and ask him if I could get his informa-tion so I could corroborate if neces-sary.

McGill student Anna Hermansonwas involved in the demonstrationand explained that police were ac-tively pushing student protesters.

We decided to let go of one an-other and put our hands up, and say,Were standing here peacefully, this isour campus, we have a right to behere. Please Im sobbing at thispoint asking, Why are you doingthis, were students, we can be here,were protesting peacefully, pleasedont come forward, she said.

Fleeing protesters were unable toenter McGill buildings, which had

been locked. McGills emergency alert

system was not activated.Mendelson spoke to the activa-

tion procedureof the system, which iscontrolled by McGill Security.

The emergency alert systemwould go out to all the members ofthe community, and theres a trade-offwhether or not that would havecalmed the situation or fuelled the sit-uation, he explained.

Once protesters had been pushedoff campus onto nearby Milton Street,police shut down the intersection atMilton and University Streets, whiledemonstrators lingered in the road.Shortly after, tear gas was deployed.The police proceeded to charge to-wards remaining demonstrators,

breaking up the crowd.McGill student Zoe Pepper-

Cunningham, who had been walkingthrough campus with her bicycle andwas not involved in the demonstra-tion, explained she was pushed to theground by police in the intersection.

I couldnt run really because Ihad my bike, so while they werecharging, they just pushed me downonto my bike and pinned me on theground. It was kind of blurry for me,

but I felt kicking and hitting and theythrew my bike which is now broken,pretty badly and dragged me by myarms, she said.

Four arrests were reported fromThursdays demonstration, two ofwhich have been confirmed to beMcGill students. Students Alex Briggsand Ariel Prado were arrested, sepa-

rately, near James Administration.

Both were released late Thursdayevening, although Briggs has a pend-ing court date.

Immediately after the demonstra-tion outside James Administration

broke up, McGill student groups, in-cluding the Students Society ofMcGill University, the Quebec PublicInterest Research Group, and McGillUniversity First Aid Service, beganmobilizing to offer support to demon-strators who had been affected.

Students at the fifth-floor sit-in in-side the James Administration build-ing were eventually escorted out ofthe building by two Montreal policeofficers. According to the students in-volved, the police were only involvedperipherally during the occupation,

and while administrators first saidstudents wouldnt be allowed to leavethe building without non-academicprobation or charges, the two partiesagreed to the students release in asecond round of negotiations, underthe conditions that there would be noarrests, charges, disciplinary action,or names taken.

According to Mendelson, talks be-tween the two parties concluded inless than five minutes, after adminis-trators had consulted with each otherand the Montreal police, and subse-quently accepted the students terms.The students on the second floor ne-gotiated with a member of McGillSecurity and a Montreal police offi-cer. One student occupying the sec-ond floor said later that the sit-in wasnon-violent.

Munroe-Blum released a state-ment Nov. 11, indicating that McGillDean of Law Daniel Jutras has beenasked to conduct an independent in-vestigation of the events of Nov. 10, to

be completed by Dec. 15. The McGillprincipal added she was not on cam-pus to witness the events firsthand onNov. 10, and emphasized. The pres-ence of the riot squad, which dis-persed the protesters by its usualmeans, was entirely directed by theMontreal police service.

The presence of riot police onour campus is shocking.

With files from Henry Gass, QueenArsem-OMalley, Anthony Lecossois and

Emma Godmere

Victor Tangermann/TheMcGill Daily

jessica lukawieckierin hudsonmcgill daily(mcgill university)

newsthe carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 2011 7

A sit-in by McGill university students

ends with police using pepper spray,tear gas, and physical force

The presence of riotpolice on our campus

is shocking

We decided tolet go of one an-other and put ourhands up, and say,Were standing

here peacefully,this is our campus,we have a right tobe here. Please Im sobbing at thispoint asking,Why are you doingthis, were stu-dents, we can behere, were protest-ing peacefully,please dont comeforward.

Anna Hermanson


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A&C Editor: Jonathan [email protected]

the carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 2011a&cGeneration theatreU of R alum Judy Wensel acts her way to the top

Kiriako Iatridis

Judy Wensel (right) proves that whoever said you couldnt do anything with a degree in fine arts was dead wrong

Judy Wensel lives and breathes the-atre.

Wensel first discovered her loveand passion for live theatre when shewas a kid, watching her-now sister-in-law perform in stage productions at

the University of Regina, and watch-ing her brother perform in theCanadian Improv Games (CIG).

My sister-in-law ... was a theatrestudent at the U of R, Wensel said. Iwould have been 10 or 11, and so I gotto see her on stage, [which] was one ofthe big things that sparked my inter-est. My older brother was an impro-viser with the Canadian ImprovGames. When I was a kid, those weretwo major influences.

When the Regina native enteredMiller High School in 2002, she fol-lowed those influences and got in-volved in drama classes and campsaround the city, becoming involved inthe CIG that her brother exposed herto.

Looking back on the experience,Wensel admitted she may have takenthe CIG a little more seriously thanshe should have.

CIGs are so funny, becausetheyre so consuming to teams thattake it really seriously, and I was def-initely one of those improvisers inhigh school, Wensel said. It was likemy life during those months.

That being said, Wensels experi-ence at the CIG exposed her to aworld of theatre that she never wouldhave been able to reach at that youngage had she just stayed in Regina.

When Wensel was in Grade 9, theCIG hosted its annual improv camp inSaskatchewan. The camp has sincemoved to British Columbia, but theexperience was invaluable to Wensel.

[Improv Camp gave me an] opportu-

nity to meet other improvisers fromall across Canada and to learn tonsfrom trainers and teachers, all in a funsummer camp environment, shesaid. That was another big kind of as-pect that supplemented my improv[training] in high school.

But for Wensel, the largest influ-ence on her theatre career came in2005, when the then-Grade 12 student

got involved in the Globe TheatresFusion Project, a training program foryoung actors to work on and createnew work.

It was the first year of the FusionProject, which still occurs at the Globe,and Joey Tremblay conceived it anddirected it that year, she said. Thatgave me my first taste of acting on asemi-professional level, not because Iwas in high school, but at a theatrecompany I guess. It also gave me myfirst taste of theatre creation and de-veloping new work, which continuesto be a love and focus.

It would ultimately be her in-volvement in the Fusion Project thatwould push her into studying theatreat the U of R in 2006.

When I was applying for univer-sity, it was either go into arts ed or gointo theatre, she said. And my par-ents were like, Arts ed, arts ed, but Iwas like. Theatre, theatre.

Wensel won over her parents andwent on to study theatre at the U of R,which she said gave her a wide-range of experiences and knowledgein different forms and styles.

Despite the wealth of knowledgeshe gained from her university educa-tion, she still felt that her improv rootswere being neglected. In 2007, she co-founded and co-produced CombatImprov with Daniel Maslany, whomshe met during her circuit of theatreclasses and camps in high school.

All throughout university thatwas something I was always doing,

Wensel said. Because improv to me is

a huge love, and I wanted a place toperform, and I wanted there to be aplace where my friends and other im-provisers could perform.

Wensel didnt leave her GlobeTheatre roots behind when she en-rolled at the U of R and startedCombat Improv. Throughout her de-gree, she remained involved with theGlobe as a teacher at its theatre school

and performed in shows on theSchumiatcher Sandbox stage.

In her third year, Wensel got in-volved with the Globe TheatreYoungCompany, which would reunite herwith her Fusion Project director JoeyTremblay.

Essentially the idea is that its astep up from the Fusion Project,Wensel said. Graduates of the FusionProject create a company and createa new show ... The idea of the youngcompany is to create new work, so wecreated a show called The AliceNocturne , which was written by Joey

but co-created by all of us.The show proved to be im-

mensely popular, and was commis-sioned by the Globe Theatre to beexpanded into a full-length produc-tion in the fall of 2009, which Wenselalso performed in.

But prior to her involvement inthe full-length production ofThe AliceNocturne, Wensel was involved in yetanother new work, DanielMacDonalds Radiant Boy , in t hespring of 2009 as a part of her gradu-ating practicum.

Wensel and the rest of her gradu-ating class began work on the play al-most a year before it premiered, andcredits MacDonald, who also taughther creative writing and drama inhigh school, as one of the reasons forthe shows success.

He was someone I was always sofond of as an artist, as a teacher, and asa human, so it was really, really great

to work with him in a theatre sense,

Wensel said. That show was so muchfun and I guess something that always

brings me back is creating new workor wanting to work on new work,whether its ensemble creation orworking on a new play with a play-wright, its just that you feel this senseof ownership or like connectedness inthe room where it was first happening... I mean, I also like reading a play

and then being part of the rehearsalprocess to bring that play to life, buttheres a special spark in being in theroom when its first coming tofruition.

And its the excitement of creatingnew work and working with estab-lished work that Wensel finds herselfreturning to today. Wensel was in-volved in a handful of productions atthe Globe Theatre after graduation,including The Alice Nocturne, MarionBridge, and the upcoming Robin Hood,

but she was recently she was involvedin creating Dot & Mae: Delusions ofGrandeur, an amalgamation of tradi-tional and improvisational theatrestyles, with fellow Combat ImproviserLucy Hill for the SchuimatcherSandbox Series.

Wensel is also returning to theFusion Project this year, this time as adirector with Daniel Maslany.

[Its] kind of coming full-circlewith that show, because thats wheremy interests are rooted, I think, andnow being able to take it over is reallyneat [and] really exciting, she said.

Wensel said she was excited to goback and work with young theatre ac-tors, as she kind of sees a bit of herselfin them.

Its really humbling, she said.Theres such a magic in their energyand their openness, which I feel likewhen you get older you kind of get setin their ways, like a cynical edge orsomething to you.

Theyre the kind of crme de la

crme of energetic youth. So its really

exciting working with these kids.Theyll jump in hands tied behindtheir back headfirst, so even just re-membering I used to be totally likethat, and I dont think its all gone,like I think I still do that, [but] theresa freshness to them thats really, reallylovely.

As Wensel comes into her own asa theatre artist, shes aware that shes

not the only artist in Regina who hashad as many opportunities as she hashad for growth. She credits her expe-riences at both the Globe Theatre andthe U of R as instrumental in fosteringher growth as an artist.

I think the U of R has providedme with array of experiences andknowledge, she said. I mean, Icould have read a book, but I guessthis is a better route to study. I lovethat at the same time I was able tolearn at the U of R and at the Globeand [the] two supplemented eachother.

And for Wensel, winning theStage West-Equity Emerging TheatreArtist Award this year is a reminder ofwhat you can achieve in Regina.

Receiving the award was so jar-ring, but gave me a lot of hope be-cause I think artists [are often] hopingto have a nationally recognized ca-reer, she said. When youre inRegina, you feel segregated from a na-tional community, and Ive had thatgreat opportunity to work with direc-tors from out there that the Globe

brings here.It is doable, it is thinkable to

want to pursue a career in the arts andhope that it is something that can oneday be national. I think you feel a bitcut off from the world here sometimesin a small community, which I love ...Its definitely not just me, its a wholekind of generation of us who areemerging into our careers.

jonathan petrychyna&c editor

-Ography:Judy Wensel

2005Fusion Project

2007The Alice Nocturne(Schumiatcher Sandbox

Series)

2009Radiant Boy, The AliceNocturne (Globe TheatreMain Stage)

2010Marion Bridge

2011Dot & Mae: Delusions ofGrandeur, Robin Hood


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The Remembrance Day weekendmarked the start of the Golden AppleTheatres second production seasonand, appropriately enough, the debutperformance of Billy Bishop Goes toWar.

Billy Bishop Goes to War, whichopened at the Artesian on Sunday,Nov. 13, relates the first-person storyof Canadian First World War pilotBilly Bishop. It shows how a bright-eyed young man is turned blood-

thirsty on his conquest for glory untilhe realizes the horrors of warfare. Theproduction does a great job of draw-ing the audience into the perspectiveof someone caught in the middle of aworld war.

The play had only two perform-ers: Ryland Alexander, who playedBilly Bishop, and Wayne Gwillim,who played Billys piano-playingfriend. Ryland was also given the dif-ficult task of playing the various othercharacters they meet throughout thestory.

Lesser actors may have made amess of transitioning between char-acters, but Alexander changed be-tween them fluently and faultlessly.He went through the dialogue and ac-tions of the different characters withease and made scenes with only oneactual person seem like there was adifferent actor cast for each role.

The play broke the fourth walland had Billy speaking to the audi-ence, which gave the play a very per-sonal and intimate tone, as if youre ina room with Billy and hes personallyrecounting his story just for you.

The actors navigated their way

through the plays mood changes,moving from pretty hilarious mo-ments in the play typically surround-ing any one of the comical charactersthat Billy comes across to deeplysolemn scenes. Backing piano musicunder the dialogue helped to establishthe scenes mood and change it aswell. The transitions between thesevarious tones could often be fast, butnonetheless they never seemed roughor awkward.

For the most part, Bishop Goes toWars music was done quite well. Itonly used a piano and two-part har-monies, yet still managed to fill the

room with sound. The musical com-position also paralleled what washappening on stage with happy-sounding, major-key progressions re-flecting the worlds mentality goinginto the war contrasted with ratherunsettling lyrics about the tragedies ofwar.

Not only was the piano used toprovide musical accompaniment, butsound effects as well. The only issuewith the music of Billy Bishop wasthat Wayne Gwillims voice some-times failed to match the volume ofRyland Alexanders.

The plays two-hour runtime issomething of a deterrent. Billy BishopGoes to War cant sustain its energythrough to the last ten minutes, whichseem to drag on. Though there aresome necessary parts in the last bit ofthe play, some of it likely could beomitted for the sake of brevity.

As a whole, the performance wasquite well done, running smoothlywith very few impediments. If the restof the Golden Apple Theatres seasonis on par with its production of BillyBishop Goes to War, audiences can ex-pect a year full of successes.

Globe Apple Theatres Billy BishopGoes to Warcaptures the mood

with stellar acting and music

From one theatre to another

billybishopgoestowar.com

Apparently Eric Petersons mom never told him that its dangerous to stand on a piano and play with toys.

Though Billy Bishop Goes to Warfound its audience in live theatre, thatdidnt stop its creators from translat-ing it to the big screen. The movie fea-tures the two original writers andperformers of the production, JohnGray and Eric Peterson, and is essen-tially a performance of the stage ver-sion that happened to be filmed. Iteven takes place on a stage in anempty theatre. The characters addressa nonexistent crowd, which, frankly,

seems a little awkward. Having thecharacters either speak to each other,directly to the camera, or a combina-tion of the two would have likely beena smarter filmmaking decision to helpattain the sense of intimacy that isachieved in the stage production ofthis script.

The screen adaptation does havethe advantage of subjecting the audi-ence to the cameras point-of-view.One scene depicts characters on a boaton the rough seas, and the camerateeters back and forth to invoke thesensation of seasickness upon the au-dience. Subtle expressions on the ac-tors faces are also easier to pick up onand dont have to be as exaggerated asthey would on the stage, and charac-ter changes are aided by differenttypes of shots and changes in cameraangles.

The movies pacing is much faster

than the plays, with many scenes ed-ited for clarity and brevity. This movesthe narrative along quicker and does-nt ever drag on, but this also elimi-nates plenty of lines that were quitefunny in the play. Scenes sometimeschanged too quickly, sometimes with-out so much as a breath betweenthem. Also, some important informa-tion pertaining to understanding thestory was missing in comparison tothe stage production and likely wouldhave been more difficult to follow ifone had not previously seen the stageproduction of Billy Bishop Goes toWar.

Backing instruments such asdrums and strings were dubbed overtop of the traditional solo-piano score,which compliments the pieces well

but doesnt feel as personal as twopeople with only a piano. The effect of

both actors age on the films music i sa mixed bag. The high notes sung inthe songs are audibly strained, butthis can also be seen as emphasizingthe strain the characters suffered dur-ing the First World War.

Overall, Billy Bishop Goes to Warfares adequately as a movie, with theage of the original cast adding agree-ably to the performance, but notenough was changed from the theatri-cal production to make it seem like amovie. Still, having the on-screen ac-tion depicted on a stage makes onefeel like thats where the productiontruly belongs.

paul bogdana&c writer

paul bogdana&c writer

Peterson vs.

AlexanderWith two productions ofBillyBishop Goes to Warbeingshown this weekend one onthe screen and one on thestage how did Eric Petersonand Ryland Alexander, whoplayed the lead roles in eachproduction respectively, com-pare in their performances?

Eric Peterson

Even though he wrote theplay when he was muchyounger, Peterson is probably

best suited for this role at the

age hes at now, where he canbelievably portray an old manlooking back on the days ofhis youth and reflecting onhow his time spent in the mili-tary service affected his life.His voice struggles to hit thehigher pitches in a few of thesongs, and sections of his dia-logue despite being a suc-cessful pilot have a certainsense of defeat in them.

Ryland Alexander

Generally speaking, whilePeterson played a few of thecharacters better, Alexander isa more dynamic actor who canplay multiple roles andchange from one to the nextquickly with a wide array ofaccents, voices, and actions.Alexanders characters seemmore like actual individualpeople played by one person,whereas Petersons charactersseem more like impressions ofdifferent people all relayed bythe same old man.Alexanders acting was morecomedic, too, although he stillcould be somber when neces-sary.

Film adaptation ofBilly BishopGoes to Wardoes not distinguish

itself from the play

The transitions between [the plays] varioustones could often be fast, but nonetheless they

never seemed rough or awkward.

Having the characters either speak to eachother, directly to the camera, or a combination

of the two would have likely been a smarterfilmmaking decision to help attain the sense ofintimacy that is achieved in the stage produc-tion of this script.


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VANCOUVER (CUP) One of KateBeatons first comics was a crudely-drawn doodle done on MS paint witha headline of, Whoops I am a lady onthe internet, featuring her as a stickfigure in front of a laptop reading,hey I think ur sexi I like ur comixs Ithink I am stalking u I hope thatsok?? on the screen of her computer.

Now, with her new bookHark! AVagrant on the top of the New YorkTimes bestseller list for hardcovergraphic novels, theres no whoopsabout it. Combining art with history,and eventually shedding the MS paintfor hand-drawn comics, Beaton has

taken the Internet by storm. She mostrecently made an appearance at theVancouver International WritersFestival, in conversation with radiohost Bill Richardson, where she wasunique as a graphic novelist amongmany other authors of the conven-tional form.

Born in Cape Breton, N.S., Beatonaspired to be an animator as a child.She then got a degree in history andanthropology at Mount AllisonUniversity in New Brunswick, but itwas in 2007 when she first found hercalling making comics. Beaton ex-plained that it started out as a per-sonal project: I had been doing themand putting them on Facebook forfriends to see, and then I got such agood response and encouragement

from people to do my own website. SoI just did, and never really looked

back.Despite there being thousands of

web comics, Hark! A Vagrant is one of

the few to prove profitable.

I had no idea anything I madewould be so well-received, Beatonsaid. The thing is, I would have beendoing this anyway. Maybe not somuch on a large scale, but I would bemaking comics; I have been for a longtime.

Beaton is not only popular be-cause of her art or writing, but be-cause she has struck a nerve with apreviously undiscovered niche. Whilemost web comics such as The Oatmealand Amazing Super Powers are aboutvideo games or pop culture, Hark! AVagrant is about history. The majorityof Beatons work consists of comicsabout historical figures such asNapoleon, as well a few forays intocomics about mystery-solving teensand the adventures of an overweight

pony. Beaton explained, I chose tomake comics about history because Ithink it's interesting and I like it.

One of the most fascinating thingsabout Hark! A Vagrant is the art. In anindustry ruled by comics done on acomputer, it is somewhat fitting that acomic about history is done by hand.I draw it with pencils and then I usea pen on top; it is terribly simplistic. Iuse brush pens for lines and I usegreyscale markers and watercolour toshade it.

Beatons work shows great skillin both facial expressions and pacing.The dialogue Beaton writes is also dis-tinct compared to others in themedium: most of the dialogue shewrites has no punctuation and isoddly phrased.

This may sound strange, but Ithink part of that comes from theplace where I was raised, she said.Cape Breton, like Newfoundland, isfamous for odd turns of phrase, and

while you wouldnt notice it if youwere speaking to me, Ive retained alot of that di fferent speech structure especially with my approach to hu-mour, which is directly related to theold Gaelic-style humour of NovaScotia.

While some people prefer to placeimportance on one over another,Beaton believes that art and writingare equally important.

People like to think of comics interms of a division of labour, becausesome people are better at one aspectthan the other, or because some peo-ple collaborate in this way, she said.

When you are presenting a storyin words and pictures, there is no way

one can just carry the other, and I be-lieve most comic artists dont think ofthem separately.

The web comic industry is abooming one. Despite providing their

content for free, comics such as PennyArcade, xkcd, and Dinosaur Comics areable to make money through websiteadvertisements and merchandising.Penny Arcade even has its own gamerconvention, Penny Arcade Expo , andcharity, Childs Play , benefiting pa-tients of childrens hospitals.

One benefit to having comics on-line, as opposed to paper, is thewealth of possibilities found in a dig-ital medium: comics such as Loldwell,for instance, adds small animations totheir panels. Another advantage isthat web comics can be accessed from

just about anywhere, and larger comiccompanies are noticing. In order tofind an issue of Spiderman, one used

to have to visit a store that special-ized in comics. Now, these issues areeasily accessed on the Internet.Marvel, DC, and Viz, to name a few,all offer online content. It was recently

announced that the American mangamagazine Shonen Jump will ceaseprint by April 2012 and become avail-able only online.

As the print world fades, morepeople are using the Internet to dis-cover independent gems. Beatons tal-ents and quirky sense of humour havemade her one of the most popularweb comic artists online, with a web-site that gets 1.2 million hits a month.Whats more, while other comics aremoving from print to Internet,Beatons success has even tran-scended her online roots with the

book sales to back it up. This could beexplained by her love for what shedoes: by combining her two passions,

she has created strips filled with hu-mour and insight.

Kate Beatons comics can be ac-cessed online at harkavagrant.com.

a&c the carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 201110

Lady on the internetWeb comic sensation Kate Beaton makes an appearance at the Vancouver Writers Festival

blogspot.com

You could read Beatons comics for free on the Internet, or, for $19.95 on Amazon,you can contribute to latestage capitalism and buy them instead

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a&cthe carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 2011 11

LightsOdeon Events CentreSaskatoonNov. 197 p.m.

$29.50

Her music might consistently burn upCanadas radio charts, but Lights her-self doesnt shy away from how icythe music on her new record, Siberia,is.

Its named after one of the coldestplaces on Earth, after all.

It felt like Siberia, the 24-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter ex-plained. Its cold and scary and sovast but still exciting and beautifuland so mysterious. ... I make the mu-sic I want to hear that I cant find outthere.And thats exactly what she did onher latest album Siberia, which camefrom a jam session with Toronto-

based instrumental dance-rock actHoly Fuck. They just played around,tested the waters, and from those ses-sions and Lights self-taught ap-proach to playing music came thesound shell be touring this winter.

Born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, shelearned to play instruments from herfather, picking up a guitar at age 11and building upon it by learning toplay piano and bass. Although shelegally changed her name to Lightsshortly after moving to Toronto in themid-2000s and shortly before beingdiscovered by CBC radio host JianGhomeshi, she hasnt changed her ex-ploratory approach to writing songs.

Im playing chords I alreadyknow and adding notes onto themand Im sure there are technical words

and names for these chords but I dont

know them, Lights said. I just knowhow they sound and how they makeme feel.

Collaborating with Holy Fuckwas part of her effort to expand hersound in the two years since the re-lease of her debut full-length, TheListening, her debut full-length, wasreleased. Since that record came out,

Lights has been a pop radio mainstayin Canada and its changed the wayshes thought about her music.

Things have evolved in the pastcouple years and things are going tocome out differently, she said. Arepeople going to like it? And then go-ing into shock from the extremely pos-itive reaction to the record andespecially when its live. People get re-ally into it, singing along. Peopleknow the new stuff as well as theylove the new stuff. Its amazing.

. Part of what makes audiencesconnect so strongly to her music is herlyrics. Lights writes what she feels,taking things that are hard to explainand finding ways to say them.

Whether its something Im go-ing through like Cactus in the Valley,[its] basically just a feeling of reliefgetting something out that I needed tosay, she said. These cool visuals andthings let me talk about what Im feel-ing. Its a little bit obscure but youre

chasing after a vision and the songcomes out after it.

That chase has led Lights not onlyto collaborate with Holy Fuck andToronto rapper Shad but also to in-corporate contemporary sounds likedubstep. She didnt want to createsomething that the masses would nec-essarily enjoy, but something shed

like to listen to.The audiences are pretty broad

at a show, Lights said. You getyoung people you get older people.You get people in the middle.Couples, moms, dads. I dont knowits just cool. Its really cool. Because Idont just write for a specific demo-graphic. How can I appeal to theseages?

This being her first Canadian tourfor the album, she has high expecta-tions for the Canadian fan base.Having just wrapped up herAmerican tour, she says that the fansdown there are great but being aCanadian artist the welcome from herown country is always that muchmore powerful.

I cant wait to come toSaskatchewan and play the newsongs, she said. I hope people areenjoying it and I hope people can en-

joy it even more live because theyrereally fun to play.

When Lisa Smith told me she wasspearheading an initiative to hang artin the Gay and Lesbian CommunityCentre of Regina (GLCR), I was skep-tical.

If youve ever been into theGLCR, youd understand why I wasconcerned about putting art actualart, not mass-produced Walmart bull-

shit there. Its not only a communitycentre, but a bar and nightclub theonly gay-friendly bar and nightclub inRegina.

Smith assured me that art is hungon the walls in bars all the time. Andto be sure, shes right: the Freehousemakes a point of hanging local art onits walls. It gives the place a homey,local flavour that separates it from theother bars and restaurants inCathedral and Downtown.

And Smith knows that hangingart in the dancefloor section of theGLCR would be Bad News Bears, soshe hung the art in the lounge area.

I still wasnt convinced, however,and remained skeptical of its place inthe GLCR. I mean, its the GLCR, notan art gallery.

However, I went into the bar onSaturday and was actually pleasantlysurprised.

Prior to the installation of art onthe walls, the lounge walls weresomewhat bare, or at the very leastdidnt have anything exciting hangingfrom the walls. But with art by U of Rstudents Joel Kovach and Leah Keisergracing the walls, the lounge is givena light facelift.

Keiser has a series of three photosof her partner exploring the fieldaround an abandoned house.

The work I hung was just a se-ries of photographs that I took whileroadtripping with my partner, Keisersaid. Nothing planned. It was a

beautiful day out and we were in norush, so we played around in someabandoned houses an hour or so westof Regina.

Looking at the photos, however,youll notice that though theyre hang-ing in Reginas only gay bar, theyarent necessarily photos with queerthemes.

The work is less about a queeridentity other than the fact that mypartner is in the shots and moreabout a flat-land identity, Keiser said.Open space, abandoned buildings,and playfulness are pretty central toprairie life.

I think thats what is so refreshingabout Keisers work in the GLCR. Itsqueer, but not explicitly. The photosarent obtrusive; theyre just nicepieces of art. The prairie landscapes

contextualize the bar, which, frankly,sometimes feels like its in an entirelydifferent city. The photos remind usthat we are in Saskatchewan, and weare queer in Saskatchewan, which initself is an idea often forgotten by thecommunity and those around us. Itreminds us of our context, wherewere living, and where weve comefrom.

Yet Keiser is skeptical to read toodeeply into her photos.

This was just being in love andhaving fun on a roadtrip, Keiser said.

Its silly to attach any more meaningto that.

Regardless, the innocence and joyinherent in the photos calls to mind acalming prairie context that is soloved in this province.

But Joel Kovachs work takes aless optimistic tone to prairie life.Despite the fact that Kovach doesntwork in drawing any more, and hassince moved to new media and per-formance, his art is dark and some-times violent, drawings providing aninteresting counterpoint to Keiserslighter photos.

It deals with issues of self-harmvs. self-healing and the notion of thequeer identity as a sort of monster,

but perhaps not a sinister one, [but]something more benign, Kovach

said. Or maybe a more empoweredkind of monster.

But just like Keisers photos,Kovachs drawings come from adeeply personal place.The two figure drawings that are inthe show are actually three years old,

but are still kind of important to mebecause they are kind of the begin-ning, I think, Kovach said. They areactually from the year I came out.

Together, the two artists worksprovide an interesting dialogue onwhat it means to be queer inSaskatchewan.

Lights feels her way through her Arctic-inspired music

Cool jams

Matt Barnes

Lights, the CanCon auteur behind synthpop record Siberia, not to be confused with Benot Sokals 2002 PC ad-venture game, Syberia(inset)

Bar artU of R students display their work inthe GLCR

Leah Keiser

You can dance, you can jive, but you can also have the time of your lifelooking at art in the GLCR

It felt like Siberia. Its cold and scary and sovast but still exciting and beautiful and somysterious. ... I make the music I want to hearthat I cant find out there.

Lights

It deals with issuesof self-harm vs. self-healing and the no-tion of the queeridentity as a sort ofmonster, but perhapsnot a sinister one,[but] somethingmore benign. Ormaybe a more em-powered kind ofmonster.

Joel Kovach

megan narsingcontributor

cant think straight jonathan petrychyna&c editor


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Sports Editor: Autumn [email protected]

the carillon | Nov. 17 - 23, 2011sports

ROUNDTABLEDo you have a favourite Sedin sister, or are they equally annoying?

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Daniel Sedin has 22 points in 18 games, Henrik has 20, but whose beard is more immaculately groomed?

Do you think that fightingshould be allowed in CIShockey?

Autumn McDowell: Oh God, yes! I

love watching CIS hockey as it is, butif two players could possibly drop thegloves and duke it out at any momentwithout any suspensions, that wouldmake me love it even more. I can al-most guarantee more fans wouldshow up if they knew a fight wouldmost likely break out. The day I am ata CIS hockey game and two goaliesthrow bombs or a line brawl breaksout will be one of the greatest days ofmy life.

Britton Gray: While fighting may bepart of the game, I dont believe thatthey should have fighting in the CIS.Its still a rough sport and should re-main one. but its also a school sportand fighting should be kept to a min-imum when dealing with school.Does anyone want to be known as thegoon school?

Natasha Tersigni: Hell yes! No onecomes to the games to begin with.Maybe fighting would make it moreexciting. Also, if the CIS is going to betraining players to play at higher lev-els then they need to learn to fight inuniversity.

Jonathan Hamelin: Sure, becausewhy rely on talent anymore? In fact,how about they put an octagon in themiddle of the hockey rink and twountalented grinders can beat the shitout of each other. The loser will haveto put skates on and actually play thegame.

Which current Rams player hasthe best chance of having a

long career in the CFL?

McDowell: Im going to go with ChrisBodnar on this one. Many of the Ramsplayers are talented and could surelymake it to the CFL, but Bodnar couldhave a lengthy career kickin it. Also,he isnt injured right now knock onwood, oh God, knock on wood so hehas to be at the top of the list.

Gray: Chris Bodnar, because kickershave the longest life expectancy in profootball. Just look at Paul McCallumor John Carney, who was kicking wellinto his forties.

Tersigni : The assistant equipmentmanager, Isaiah Dawson, seems to be-ing doing a good job and hopefully aCFL team will pick him up soon,hopefully. On a side note: GOBOMBERS GO!

Hamelin: Adrian Charles. Not only ishe a stellar running back, but if hemakes it to the professional level, andthe quarterback or coach needs to in-struct Charles where to go, they canyell, 'Yo Adrian!'

Do you think that Joe Paterno,Penn States head coach, shouldhave been fired?

McDowell: Ill go ahead and say yes.He claims to have been fooled, but

being fooled for 15 years, I mean comeon. I know the guy is old, and may not

be able to see 20/20 at the best oftimes, but still, he should have donesomething anything, for that matter.

He is going out as the most win-ningest coach in major U.S. collegefootball history; its hard to feel badfor the guy.

Gray: Joe Paterno was probably goingto retire at the end of this year, and forsomeone who spent 44 years as thehead coach of a program I think heshouldve stayed on for the remainderof this year. While Joe shouldve doneway more to help put a stop to whatwas going on there, he still helpedturn Penn State into a powerhouseand that should remain his legacy.

Tersigni: Yes. That guy is a slimeball.Being a coach means you need to be arole model, and he certainly was notacting like one. Penn State shouldhave had the balls to fire him, not sus-pend him and thus forcing him to re-sign.

Hamelin: The man is 84 years old. Itwas time for him to go.

Daniel vs. Henrik: who is yourfavourite Sedin?

McDowell: Please dont make mechoose; I hate the Sedin sisters somuch. Theyre good players obvi-ously, but am I the only one thatthinks they have punch-appeal? Justsayin.

Gray: Neither. They can both retireright now and I would not shed a tearor read the article announcing it twice.Maybe if they played for a good team the Ottawa Senators perhaps I

would care, but until then they areboth average at best to me.

Tersigni: You cant really tell who ishotter with their helmets on, so I sayunfair question.

Hamelin: Definitely the Swedish one.No wait, the one who has red hair.Wait, changed my mind again, defi-nitely the one who plays for theVancouver Canucks.

The CHL Subway Super Seriesis in town on Nov. 16; are you

going to the game or do youeven care?

McDowell: I most certainly am.Basically I will take any opportunityto watch hockey, and if thats watch-ing some junior players go to warwhile trying to impress world juniorcoaches I will most definitely take it.

Gray: Nope. While I think it would beawesome to watch, my schedule does

not allow me to attend

Tersigni: What sport is CHL? ButSubway Super Series sounds prettylegit. I would so go if they gave awayfree macadamia nut cookies.

Hamelin: The Subway Super Series isone of my favourite times of the year.Watching dozens of subs duke it outand toss toppings is deliciously en-

joyable. Well see if last years win-ner, roast beef on Italian herb andcheese, can fend off up-and-comingstar buffalo chicken on nine-grain.

The Subway Super Series is one of my

favourite times of the year. Watching dozensof subs duke it out and toss toppings is deli-ciously enjoyable.

Jonathan Hamelin

autumn mcdowell,britton gray, natashatersigni, jonathanhamelinthis weeks roundtable

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It has been called part of the game, isconsidered an exciting aspect ofhockey, and has been proven to drawa larger audience, but not everyonefeels that fighting deserves a place in-side a Canadian Interuniversity Sportrink.

The CIS mens ice hockey play-ing regulations state that in the eventof a fight the instigator of, or aggres-sor in a fight [receives] a one-gameadditional suspension along with theone-game suspension for fighting (atotal of two games). A player involvedin a fight against an instigator (wherean instigator penalty is called) would be ejected from the game, butwould not be suspended for the fol-lowing game(s).

Whether the rules against fightingin CIS hockey are fair, and if theyshould be changed, has often come

up for debate. Many fans will arguethat fighting is part of the game; kidsare taught to fight in hockey from thetime they are around 13 years old, andevery surrounding league to the CIShas fighting allowed with no suspen-sions.

Although adding fighting to CIShockey could make the game moreexciting and attract more fans withthe simple prospect of two players be-

ing able to duke it out at any moment,other people, such as CIS communica-tions manager Michel Belanger, feelotherwise.

Theres no place for fighting inuniversity hockey, Belanger said. Ilike our current rule. If anything, Ithink the automatic suspensionsshould be even longer.

Due to the relatively strict rulesagainst fighting at the university level,Belanger has one simple view in re-gards to players engaging in on-icetilts: Fighting is not allowed in CIShockey.

However, Bill Seymour, theCanada West mens hockey convenor,has a different take on fighting at theCIS level.

In Canada West [and] CIShockey, fighting is not really againstthe rules; it does happen, Seymourstated. The differences between say

junior or the pros is that in [CIS]hockey, the two combatants are auto-matically kicked out of that game,

plus they receive an automatic one-game suspension. Because of our rel-atively short season, players do notlike to be suspended, so there is a ten-dency not to fight.

In surrounding leagues, teams of-ten have one or two members on theirroster whose only job is to fight. Theseplayers often become known as en-forcers, who stick up for their team-mates, in particular smallergoal-scoring players who the teamcannot risk getting hurt. In a sense,these players are on the roster to fightother teammates battles.

While there may not be any dis-tinctive enforcers on CIS rosters,Seymore believes some players aremuch more likely to fight than others.

The veteran players seldom fight

because they know the consequencesand do not want to miss any games.Also, the extra [and] fringe players donot fight because they know or at leastthink they will be benched as they arealready suspended, Seymore said.We also have the instigator rule,where both are kicked out of thatgame but the instigator, or the guywho starts a fight, can be assessed aninstigator penalty, which is an auto-matic two-game suspension, while theguy who was attacked or was just de-fending himself is not suspended.

Although some hockey playersmay be more inclined to fight thanothers, Belanger still believes fightsare extremely rare in CIS menshockey action.

While there are a few very few fights every year in CIS hockey, Ivenever witnessed one myself in my 10or so years of attending games, hesaid.

It is interesting that Belangerclaims to never have seen a fight first-hand, as Seymore has a different takeon how many fights actually occur on

the ice during the university hockeyseason.

I cant speak for the other CISleagues, but our Canada West leagueaverages five to six fights per year in196 games; last year we had fivefights, Seymore said. In my time,the worst year was 1998-99 [wherethere was] 17 fights. So far this year, in32 games, no fights.

Seymore has noticed that making

the adjustment to the CIS game ofhockey can be difficult for some play-ers, especially for those who are usedto fighting numerous times a year.

Another point is you will oftensee players who might have fought alot in their junior or pro leagues nowcome on to Canada West hockey andnot have any fights, he explained. Ihave heard them say that they reallyenjoy the chance to just go out andplay the game for the games sakewithout having to worry or thinkabout fighting.

Seymore agrees with Belangerthat the fighting rule in CIS hockeydoes not need to be changed.However, Seymore does not feel thatfighting needs to be removed from thegame entirely or that increasingly

harsh suspensions should be im-posed.

Right now, I like our rule theway it is, Seymore said. Every oncein a while two guys will go at it and Iam OK with that. The coaches andplayers all know our rules and livewith the consequences. If we were tosee an increase in fighting, we wouldprobably have to rethink our rules,

but right now Im OK with the way itis.

Belanger may have a slightly dif-ferent view on fighting in hockey atthe CIS level than Seymore does, but

both agree that university hockey isspecial.

I think CIS hockey has provenover the years that you can have ahigh-caliber product that doesnt in-clude fighting, Belanger said.

With or without fighting,Seymore believes that more peopleneed to realize what Canadian uni-versity hockey has to offer. Accordingto him, there is nothing else like it.

[CIS hockey] is the best kepthockey secret in Canada.

Hockey fights are Canadas other national sport except in CIS

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The chances of more players dropping their gloves in CIS hockey are slim

I think CIS hockey has proven over the yearsthat you can have a high-caliber product thatdoesnt include fighting.

Michel Belanger

autumn mcdowellsports editor

CIS mensice hockeyfightingpenalties

1. Player receiving afighting major ejectionfrom the current gameplus a one-game suspen-sion.

2. Player(s) identified asbeing involved in a sec-ond, third, or subsequentfight during the samestoppage of play two-

game suspension.

3. Player(s) third, fourth,fifth, etc., main into afight minimum two-game suspension.

4. Leaving players benchor penalty bench duringfight or for thepurpose of starting afight two-game suspen-sion.

5. Hair pulling or spitting two-game suspension.

6. Butt ending, headbutting, or grabbing facemask three-game

suspension.

7. Spearing, kicking, orstick swinging three-game suspension.

8. Deliberate attempt toinjure not covered above four-gamesuspension.


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When the University of ReginaCougars womens volleyball teamwas faced with adversity, rookieTrisha Dobson took matters into herown hands.

Due to an injury to standout mid-dle blocker Michelle Sweeting beforethe season even began, the Cougarswere on the hunt for a capable re-placement. Dobson, who is in her firstyear with the team, got the call to startmuch quicker than she could haveever imagined in her university play-ing career.

I didnt think I would start thissoon, said Dobson, who is listed at 6-foot-5. I thought I wouldnt see thecourt until my second year, but be-cause of injuries Ive had a great op-portunity to adjust to the speed of thegame.

Dobson has been seeing top min-utes on the court since the middle ofSeptember. Preseason tournaments,including the Lee Marc Invitational,allowed the rookie to prove her skillsand adjust to the CIS style of play. Butthe most valuable tournament forDobson was close to home.

Our home tournament(University of Regina Invitational)was my favorite, Dobson said. Myfamily got to come watch, and it beingmy very first CIS experience was veryexciting.

Although Dobson has been hav-ing considerable success on the court,registering 23 kills and 10 digs in justsix regular season games, adjusting tothe university lifestyle off the courthas been a bit of a stretch.

It was very difficult for me, saidthe Melville product. Leaving homeand having volleyball everyday ontop of classes was rough. It took me afew weeks to get used to it but now Ienjoy it.

As far as the remainder of the vol-leyball season goes, whether Dobsonsecures a starting position whenSweeting returns or if she is forced totake a backseat roll, Dobson has a fewgoals that she looks to accomplish thisyear.

My goals are to improve myskills every time I see the court, shesaid. I want to get out of my comfortzone and take risks. I also want to be-come more confident in my perform-ance as the season progresses.

Dobson and the Cougars (2-2)took on the Thompson River

WolfPack (1-3) on Nov. 11-12 at theCentre for Kinesiology, Health andSport. However, the weekend seriesagainst a top five team in CanadaWest did not exactly go how Reginaplanned it.

The Cougars were able to buildup a 2-1 set lead (15-25, 25-19, 16-25)over the visitors, but strong play byKatarina Osadchuk propelled theWolfPack to a 25-17 fourth-set victory.After gaining valuable momentum inthe fourth, the tiebreaking set wasstrongly in Thompson Rivers favor,who took the final set by a score of 15-10.

Out of the 14 blocks that theCougars recorded on Night 1, Dobson

was responsibly for half of them.Unfortunately for the Cougars,

Saturdays match-up would prove tobe more of the same; Regina was un-able to finish as strong as they started.

The Cougars had a two-set cush-ion heading into the third (19-25,17-25) but the WolfPack managed to rallytogether once again to steal the mo-mentum and get themselves back inthe game with a 25-20 third-set victoryover the home team.

With momentum in their courtonce again, the Wolfpack went on totie things up with a 25-21 victory inthe fourth set, and finally an identical15-10 win in the fifth to sweep theweekend series with the Cougars.

Two fifth-year players were aforce for the Cougars on Nov. 12 asMeagan Onstad ended the night witha career-high 24 kills, while setterTiffany Herman finished off with 52assists, seven blocks, and a career-high 18 digs.

The Cougars (2-4) will look to getback on the winning track this Fridayand Saturday at Trinity WesternUniversity (2-2).

Rookie Trisha Dobson earns starting role with theU of R womens volleyball team

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Could Trisha Dobson be the next Beth Clark?

With just one more race left to wrapup the season, the University ofRegina Cougars mens and womenscross-country teams headed to the CISchampionships with medals on theirminds.

Heading into the CIS champi-onships on Nov. 11 in Quebec City,the Cougars mens team was rankedseventh, but that was with its star run-ner Kelly Wiebe still in commission.

Wiebe, a two-time, first-team all-

Canadian, would likely have reachedthe podium for Regina at the CISchampionships, but he was unable tocompete during his final year of eligi-

bility due to calf and Achilles tendoninjuries.

With Wiebe out of the running,hopes for a strong finish were on theshoulders of fourth-year co-captainIain Fyfe to medal for Regina.

Fyfe was looking to better hiseighth place finish in 2010, which heearned after racing with a time of 32minutes 54 seconds on a 10-kilometrecourse. Unfortunately, Fyfe would fin-ish 33rd with a time of 33:46 on a10km course this time around.

Sophomore Matt Johnson, whowas also predicted to do quite wellfor Regina, was the first Cougar to

cross the finish line, ending up in 23rdplace with a time of 33:15.

Because of their strong perform-ances during the season, Canada Westrecognized both Johnson and Fyfe fortheir impressive finishes throughout2011. Johnson received first team all-star honours, and Fyfe got a secondteam all-star.

On the womens side of things, asexpected, third-year Karissa LePagelead the way, finishing 46th in the five-kilometer race with a time of 19:37.After an injury-pegged season in 2010,LePage came back strong and wasnamed a second team all-star forCanada West this year.

Highly-touted rookie AveryWestberg finished on the heels ofLepage, crossing the finish line just 10seconds later, good enough for 53rdplace at her first CIS championships.

Overall, the men as a team endingup third in Canada West and 10th inCIS, even without Wiebe leading the

way. After running as a full team forthe first time in program history, thewomen didnt disappoint either, fin-ishing 15th in the CIS and fifth inCanada West.

Although no one from Reginawas able to reach the podium, thecoaching staff was very happy withthe way their athletes performed.

Cross-country coach GraemeMcMaster and myself were verypleased with the team finishes as wellas many of the individual perform-ances, McCannel said. The mensteam performed to its ranking, andwhat appeared to be an inexperiencedwomens team maintained its compo-sure on a tough course and performedwell.

With Wiebe being the only fifth-

year member on either of the cross-country squads this year, McCannel

believes that the future looks brightfor Regina.

With young teams performingwell, it should be a sign of good thingsto come heading into the indoor trackseason and future cross-country sea-so

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