109 10 13233 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/9750b723dbf3147b074b702a91133e3c.pdf 4b614ee8b5bc022c855795791b314126 PDF Text Text Lakehead University's Student Newspaper Volumn 42 Issue 3 Monday September 19, 2005 . The Terry Fox Run celebrates the 25 th Anniversary of Hope "If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon ofHope." -Terry Fox Diana Co/etto/ Argus This past Sunday, Canada saw hundreds of thousands of supporters come out to participate in the annual Terry Fox Run. Over twelve thousand people ran the 13 kilometre stretch over the Confederation Bridge that connects New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The event is non competitive and aims to raise money and awareness for cancer. Over $360 million has been raised for cancer research in Terry's name since 1980. The money that has been raised has prompted many scientific discoveries: treatment's to save a child's eye, research on oncolytic viruses (now a main focus for the Terry Fox Foundation), and many other area~ that may have not had the opportunity for research. When Terry Fox, at the young age of 22, began his . Marathon of Hope in 1980, he ran 42 kilometres daily for 143 days until his cancer consl.nned him and he was unable to go beyond Thunder Bay. This year, Thunder Bay held the activities at local high school, St. Ignatius. The run was a successful event and participants enjoyed running, walking, rollerblading or bicycling along the 5km or 10km course. Lakehead University's own Residence Life supported the event by having a shuttle bus to and from campus in hope of encouraging students to come out. James Pilkington, a 3rd year outdoor rec/natural science student, believes the event is worth while: "It's an amazing cause and compared to what Terry did, it is the least we can do." Tracy Allie, a 2nd year con ed/ sociology student ran the 10km course stating, "It's a good way to get in shape and support cancer research." The event was ran by the Lakehead Rotary Club, and Don Morrison (organizer), felt the event was successful in all aspects. Even within the first hours of the morning, 747 participants had raised over $2300 for cancer research. Morrison already states the numbers are "double then last year." A great thank you goes to all who came out to participate and donate. As well, if you would like to make a donation to the Terry Fox foundation, please go to www.terryfoxrun.org more for information. What a To-Do! NOSM declared officially open by Premier McGuinty Amy Hadley/Argus significance of the event Vice Dean Dr. Dan Hunt referenced a comment made by Bartleman: "[Bartleman] captured what this was about - [in his speech] he acknowledged the tensions resulting from the majority of people being in the South and setting policies They had balloons, they had big names and they had over 30 speakers, including Premier McGuinty. At the Grand Opening of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine they pulled out all the stops, and ran overtime for what is being called a historic event for Northern Ontario, L..,;;;.;:.~,~''·"-· and Lakehead University. Making extensive use of technology to integrate Northern communities, last Tuesday's big event was all about connections and community. The ceremony linked participants at Laurentian and Lakehead Universities by that might not be relevant to the videoconference. Guests at Laurentian North." Dr. Hunt says that the opening included Premier McGuinty and His of the new school signals that there Excellency John Ralston Saul. Elijah are valuable resources in the North. Harper and Minister of State (Public The opening ceremony Health) the Honourable Dr. Carolyn lasted about two hours and afterwards Bennett were among the guests at organizers and participants seemed Lakehead. Minister of Health George exhausted, but proud of the Smitherman was also scheduled to achievement that the ceremony attend but was unable to make it symbolized. "This is the kind of to the event. Ontario Lieutenant event that needs to be done," stated Governor James Baitleman and Dr. Hunt, "but as a teacher I just want Canada's Commissioner of Official to get down to business." He calls the Languages Dr. Dyane Adam were not 56 Charter students, who have begun at either of the campuses but joined by their studies already, "amazing." videoconference. Also participating Tours of the school were open through videoconference were more to the community in the afternoon, than ten Northern communities that where classrooms already showed will be involved with the NOSM. signs of use. The school is equipped When asked to reflect on the with clinics for practical study, a library that will be open to the public, a room designed to accommodate Aboriginal smudging ceremonies and a student lounge. The third floor of the West (Lakehead) Campus is not completed yet, but it is not behind schedule. That floor is for offices and was not scheduled for completion until the end of the calendar year. The East campus is not completed either, but at Laurentian they are a bit behind schedule. Dr. Hunt explained that while the Lakehead building was built from the bottom up, at Laurentian they did the opposite, so while the offices are completed, the classrooms are not. There are still some technology problems that need to be worked out. Faculty are also learning to teach medical students, and in a new environment. After the Grand Opening, which a committee for major events had been planning for a year, Dr. Hunt says that he is looking forward to a breathing spell during which they can settle in. The charter class began on September 6. There are 24 students in Thunder Bay and 32 in Sudbury. The NOSM is intended to aid the doctor shortage in Northern Ontario, based on the idea that doctors who are trained here will be likely to practice here. McGuinty touched on this in his speech: "the north needs you," he told the students, "I am urging you to consider a career right here in the North." �2 September 19, 2005 Argus News LUSU's Community Garden Ash/iegh Gehl I LUSU Community Garden Coordinator For most students, the end of April means two things: tying the ends of loose strings in Thunder Bay and stepping out of the University bubble only to enjoy the comforts of a fruitful summer job. Consequently, very few students enjoy what Lakehead has to offer in the spring and summer months. One of the wonderful programs that the Lakehead University Student Union (LUSU) offers is an organic community garden. This garden has been around for two years and has a number of accomplishments under its belt. As anyone knows, accomplishments are usuall~ accompanied by set backs. One of the many accomplishments this year was the creation of a three bin composting system. This project was started in the garden's first year and was finally completed this year. The idea behind this system is to generate enough compost to maintain soil quality but also give students a place to four legged mammal- the deer. there all day long, so feel free to compost. Another addition to These garden thieves pirated 70% come whenever you can, any kind the garden was the creation of a of the garden's goodies. Various of help is appreciated. One of the pumpkin patch. This project was methods have been implemented goals established in the garden's not as successful as expected but in order to salvage what is left of first year of existence was to there will be pumpkins expand the garden. At ready to harvest this building party we when the time comes. will be making new garden beds, creating Another delicious educational signs and addition to the garden putting patches on was the numerous tomato plants that whatever else needs to were donated from be mended. If you are Cattails community interested in helping out, head down to garden. Due to their LUSU to sign up or ekindness, volunteers have been enjoying mail the coordinator at the sensational taste amgehl@lakeheadu.ca. of cherry tomatoes Keep an eye out for for the past couple of posters regarding weeks. Aside from future garden tomatoes, there are MMMM . .. carrots from your own community fundraising projects. garden As the gardening a number of carrots, season is coming to an radishes, squash, lettuce, and other leafy things the garden, but these deer seem end I would like to acknowledge sharing the garden space. to be one step ahead of the game. those who have made this On Saturday, gardening project flourish. As mentioned above, A the garden experienced a major September 24th at l 0am, there big thank you goes out to the set back. This year's set back will be a building party for the volunteers who helped get the was the invasion of our beloved, garden. The coordinator will be garden started (Shar Hanson); Pointing fingers Bush takes some blame for delayed relief efforts after Katrina Bush .comforts victims of hurricane Katrina Dale Edmunds In the wak~fHurricane Katrina, US citizens are looking for someone to blame. Drastic drops in support for President Bush show where much of the blame is being placed. This is largely due to the fact that he did not leave the vacation he was taking on his Texas ranch for several days, and did not visit the affected area for nearly a 'Yeek, causiI1,g critics to ponder the reasons why a more decisive and effective approach was not taken with the relief effort. To combat this negative image, President Bush has taken action. The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was first moved out of the region, and then resigned. This after . it was discovered that his only prior experience was overseeing horse shows, and that he had no actual experience or training with disaster relief. President Bush has assigned Dick Cheney to remove bureaucratic barriers to the relief effort, as well as to be a compassionate and human face for the people of New Orleans to identify with. Finally, the president stated that he accepts some of the responsibility; however most of the blame "rests on state and local authorities." One criticism that has been strengthened, rather than addressed in the past days is that of President Bush's disconnect with the underprivileged and people of ethnic minorities. According to a survey conducted by CNN, 60 percent of ethnic minorities in tne United States believe that the slow and ineffective response to the disaster was racially motivated compared to only 10 percent of Caucasians. This gap has been exacerbated by both critics and supporters of the President. Michael Moore stated that the reason for the loss of human life was not due to nature at all, but human error caused by "cultural and social pre·udice." Barbara Bush, the President's mother, has been quoted as stating: "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. And so many of the people in the area here, you know, were underprivileged." These comments have served to create a sense of unease and discontent among the US populous, which is being expressed through poll numbers as low as 45 percent, an all time low for the President. No matter what rhetorical orators ·· are exchanging, with over 160 000 homes damaged beyond repair, and thousands dead, the polls indicate that voters are unhappy, and that could be reflected at the ballot box. those who donated the vegetables (Cattails, the Dilley's and JoAnne Henderson), the seeds and the organic gardening magazines. I would like to applaud the team that helped deliver the new shed . . . in one piece. A big thank you to Jeff Moore for his teachings and patience, Dr. Dilley and his family for lending us supplies when we needed them, Dr. Zaniewski for testing our soils and last but not least, Robert Martins and Ms. Jodi for their continuous support, hard labour and passion for gardening. I would also like to thank LUSU for having such a wonderful program that allows students to appreciate the finer things life provides. There is so much beauty in turning soil, sowing the smallest of seeds, watching with amazement all that blooms, and leaving th.e land with dirt stained hands. Thank you. Students set up website to sell your used books JakeSatten for marginal profit making. The creators of the site also took into account the various other resources available f'or students to trade their used prices at the used. bookstore and receive a large percentage of Books, it seems, are -a hot the sale back. Furthermore, the commodity, especially when used bookstore is a "visible and they are required for specific viable service for students and university courses. run by stude~ It's great, it really The price of books, helps students." when compounded Krupper also with the escalating noted that the cost of tuition is used bookstore enough to make is advantageous student any to the Lakehead consider stealing, community as it or worse yet, creates jobs at the taking out a loan. school for students. There are however, When asked about alternatives to the new online purchasing fullbookstore,Krupper price books for communicated classes at Lakehead no qualms. He University. believes the online T h i s bookstore is yet year, an online another way for used book trading store has been Never mind gas pumps. Are you being gauged at the students to make their lives easier. launched ,by three bookstore? "If ·someth.mg enterprising young can't be sold students, two of books. In regards to most through the used bookstore, whom are from York University used book stores that exist on and the other from Ryerson. campuses however, Hennick it's good that there's something The store can be found at stated: "Many campus bookstores else out there for students." Hennick also had praise www.booksforschool.ca. • One will buy-back penny pinching for the type of used bookstore of the creators, Lawson student's textbooks at prices far which LUSU employs, and Hennick-, - from Yorlc~ oelow what would oecons1dered even stated willingness to work described the venture- "It's fair. These devalued buy-back together with LUSU and other offers tend to be less than 50% a free Canada-wide online of the original price. Moreover, university student unions across resource for university and these same books would then the country. "Now that we have college students to use for the be marked up by the bookstore proved to Canada that this system purposes of buying and selling and sold for even higher cost works, we'd like to approach local their textbooks with one another. to buyers." Obviously Hennick student unions about partnering with booksforschool.ca We have integrated social feels booksforschool.ca is up networking into the textbook a much better alternative to expand their markets. We transaction _process which to used book stores. hope to begin talking to them allows for studeRts to not only Lakehead, of course, sometime next year. Although, save on textbooks, but to meet has both its own bookstore if any student union is reading other students across Canada - which, it should be noted, this, feel free to email us in similar academic programs funnels profits back to students through the website. We support and build a network of tnist." in the form of scholarships and our student unions and their While the site does burseries - and a used bookstore, commitment to lowering tuition not charge ,any commission the latter being very similar to fees and textbook costs. We'll and is l 00% •free for students, Hennick's online option. LUSU do whatever we can to help out." there are advertisements on the president Adam Krupper noted site which presently account that students set their own �' Argus News Septemher 19, 2005 LU Native Student Association "Dignity, respect and equal opportunity" Maybe the bear is interested in life-long learning! Numerous bear sightings on campus Aaron Genereux . - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - to participate and put forth ideas for lJpcoming social and cultural events such The Lakehead as our Annual Pow Wow University Native held in March. If you Student Association (LUNSA) is a student feel that you possess the representation of the leadership qualities that Abdriginal population in would be an asset to this the University. Founded team, formal nominations many moons ago, the for pos1t10ns within organization has worked LUNSA will be available. hard to bring sports We will be hosting nights, potlucks, dinners, an open meeting to provide socials, an annual you, the students, with more powwow, and many other information. This meeting fun events to the students will be held this Wednesday, at Lakehead ' university September 21 at 4pm in for the last several years. the Aboriginal Student LUNSA will be Lounge, Room SC0004B. made up of eight council Elections will be taking positions which include: place in the coming weeks; • P re s i d e n t , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. this and other items will be • Vice-President the better good of your fellow discussed this Wednesday. • Secretary students, you should seriously If you want to • Finance Administrator consider joining this remarkable obtain regular updates about team. upcoming LUNSA events or • Liaison Facilitator LUNSA is always elections, please email us at • Special Events Coordinator looking for new and fresh ideas. lunsa@lakeheadu.ca, and we We have several new events and will add you to our email list. • Cultural Coordinator • Athletics Coordinator activities on the drawing board You can also drop by our LUNSA for the 05/06 school year, but if office located at SC0004A, call • Public Relations Coordinator there's something that you would 343-7713, or visit our website at This year, LUNSA is like to see happen at LU, there http:llbolt.lakeheadu.ca/~lunsa calling upon all interested people is no better method for turning /if you require more information. within the student body to step that idea into an accomplishment Please feel free forward and get involved. Last than by joining either the to stop by the meeting and year was awesome, but with LUNSA executive committee, meet your fellow peers and your help, this year is going to or becoming a volunteer. future committee members. b~ phenomenal. If you are a We are looking for Good luck with the studies. student with Aboriginal interests, students from all national . and have great ideas and suggestions· ethnic backgrounds, far and wide, ~ or even just the will to work for 3 Jake Satten I Argus hope that the bear is proniptly caught. One female student pointed bear out that last year women did not feel There is a wreaking psychological terror safe when walking alone around around campus, and as of campus because of a different kj.nd print-date, he remains at large. of predator. While she was pleased that no problems According regarding sexual Lakehead to predators haye University's official arisen this year, Communication's she maintained report, releas_ed that even now, Monday, September th "the university 12 : "A black bear campus seems has been sighted scary at night. frequently on It would be nice campus over the if this bear was past several days. removed from This bear does not around campus." seem to be diSturbed ...______Mll. 0 n e with people being He's probably not after engineering around. ' It has been picnic baskets •• •but you student was far sighted around the never know less terrified of Fieldhouse, Lake the tiear, and Tamblyn, Residence truly baffled at authorities' inability area, and by the Avila Centre." to trap it. Mike Satten stated, "give The bear . seems at ease me a gun, and I'll go kill tha,t bear." around people. Some students are Fortunately, for animal wondering why the bear wandered lovers, there are no plans -to kill onto campus in the first place. the bear. A bear trap was set up on One third-year forestry student Tuesday, September l 3th , in an effort commented that, "bears are not hostile creatures. They don't go to catch the bear without hurting it. It has been requested around eating people. I'm not that all bear sightings be reported saying that if I saw a bear, I would to Security at 343-8569, or call run up to it and ask for a bearthe sighting in by using the back ride or anything, but really, emergency telephones. I'm not too worried about seeing blue one. It would be kind of cool, Students are urged to be cautious especially if I actually got a ride!" while traveling on campus. Many students however, Raindrops keep falling on my head? Not for long. University tunnels finally seeing repairs Amy Hadley/ Argus Leaky tunnels have been a Lakehead feature for years. When asked why the problem has been present for so long without being fixed, Schlyter simply stated: "There are a lot of demands on money for maintenance. Often other, more pressing i;Ssues, take priority." Granted, it is better than walking outside, but complaining about the state of the tunnel system is a Lakehead tradition. The pools of water that collect after a heavy rainfall remind campus travelers Repairs should of the much take between lamented deferred two and three maintenance on weeks depending campus. But leaky on the weather. tunnels could be a For the duration thing of the past of this period following repairs outdoor that are currently It's not a toy, people: stairs between the the stairs between underway. Library and Ryan buildings are blocked the Library A n offfor tunnel repairs and the Ryan area between the library and building will be the Ryan building has been blocked off closed. The tunnels will remain open, or so that the concrete slab of the tunnel students can access the main campus area can be replaced. New waterproofing from the parking lot by taking the path and insulation will go below the slab. between the ATAC and the Ryan building. "Hopefully this will address some of the In the mean time, the wooden water issues," stated Kevin Schlyter, project structure blocking the area undergoing coordinator within the university physical repairs is a conspicuous addition plant. He adds that while they know that to the campus. If last Thursday the concrete overhanging is rotting due is any -indication, it will become a to water damage, "until we open it up we popular target for pub-night antics. don't know what we're dealing with." �Argus Room UC2014B Lakehead University Thunder Bay. 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' 1 i•l 1 :i_.,._' i;11._·:,.,_ 11h· :: 1>l·::-,; ,;: l' Getting to know you Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities comes to call Amy Hadley and Jake Sattenl Argus University Young Liberals (LUYL) participated in a brief roundtable discussion with Bentley, in which there was opportunity for dialogue pertaining fo the ways the allocated money might be spent. One participant suggested that programs at Universities which are specifically relevant to their surrounding areas should receive special attention. For instance, the new Medical School at Lakehead will play a vital role in the stability of communities Meet the Administration: Staff .ii ':\ · Argus News September 19, 2005 should he be visiting Lakehead. Bentley met with Krupper and VP Finance Chad O'Halloran. Krupper was disappointed in the minister's response to concerns that reduced funding for tuition fees will hurt Northern Ontario students more than Southern students because of lower wages in the North. The government is. reluctant to continue its current funding of tuition fees. After, as Krupper put it, they, "beat that one to death." The meeting took a tum for the student unions are incorporated bodies that can be pushed around by administrations. He points to incidents at Ryerson and York where student space is being co-opted and he adds that here at LU the Outpost is constantly under threat of being shut down. Krupper argues that administration does not fully respect student union leaders as elected representatives. The minister called rights for student unions one of their top three priorities. LUSU also raised concerns about northern funding and the Orillia campus with the minister. The discussion was cut short because of the minister's tight schedule. Krupper says that he will write a follow up report for the minister. It was a series of lightning fast visits, but the honourable Chris Bentley managed to cover quite a few bases while visiting the University last Monday. Included in his busy schedule were Dr. Fred Gilbert, Chairs and Presidents of Northern Colleges, LUSU executive, student leaders at Confederation College, the Aboriginal Support Center, and the Young~~~ Liberals of Lakehead University. The MPP from London West has not been on the job long; he was appointed to his ministerial position in June 2005. As a new minister, he came to Lakehead to listen to concerns about educational issues and funding and to learn about Aboriginal Issues Lakehead and what Addressed: the school has to offer. Bentley also Director of initiated a meeting Institutional Analysis with Spencer Rowe and Government and several aboriginal Relations, Kerriestudents at The Lee Clarke, states Aboriginal Cultural that the introduction Support Services on of Bentley to LU campus. Rowe, the was an opportunity director of the centre, to tell him a "good seemed both surprised news story" about the Minster Bentley poses with the Young Liberals ofLakehead during his and impressed that visit last monday successes and potential Bentley "wanted to of LU. The visit talk with aboriginal was timely considering that in Northern Ontario. "There's better when LUSU expressed students," noting, "it's not Bentley was here just two days no doubt that colleges and their disapproval of Income often politicians actually reach before the much anticipated universities are huge economic Contingent Loan Repayment out to aboriginal centres." agreed Bentley, Plans. LUSU is concerned that Grand Opening of the Northern drivers," Bentley asked how the "therefore, m Northwestern Ontario School of Medicine- a students are unaware of good 'new money' might be used to landmark event for Lakehead. Ontario we must ensure there options for loan repayment. assist aboriginals at universities. "Politicians don't get are programs at Lakehead that Krupper stated that when One student suggested here very often," she says. "This are relevant to the area." Also someone from the government improving certain curriculums at was a chance to show that we're discussed was the need for comes to the school every year Lakehead to increase aboriginal a strong university." She points an increased and diversified to explain how to apply for loans, awareness of · specific issues to Lakehead's potential for Grad Program at Lakehead. they "help students get into debt, regarding native-Canadians. [but] at the end of the year [the research and graduate studies: Rowe felt that extra government] is never there to funding to the Native Access "we want to continue to develop The Talk in the Tunnel: LUSU president help them out of debt." Krupper Program, which reaches out to this way, but we need funding." Adam Krupper felt that the says that the minister expressed aboriginals . attending school Over the next few years the visit with the minister went positive interest in LUSU's away from remote reserves for Ontario government will be well. Krupper approached the suggestions, which would the first time, would be extremely distributing 6.2 billion dollars for minister's assistant at a meeting be very easy to implement. Ontario colleges and universities. beneficial. "The program of the Ontario division of the Next on the LUSU focuses on not only academic Canadian Federation of Students meeting agenda was the issue aspects of school, but on Body, Liberals at Lakehead hold in August and requested that of legal rights for student Mind, and Spirit... to which most Roundtable Discussion: the minister speaki to LUSU unions. Krupper says that students respond very well." 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The· :\rsu, i, c1>11\ right :1111-111, u111!cr k,lcr:,I l:111 :111d rc·pn1du,·1i,,11 i, 1 c'hc·111c·111I\ 1,,rhid1!c11 11 illH>Ul Ilic' c'\J11'c'" l'L'l'llli"i()I\ ()). Ilic· I di1,1r i11 Chi,·1· Over $400, 000 will go to research and technology initiatives Amy Hadley/ Argus u Lakehead Uni,versity will receive FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northwestern and rural Ontario) support to the tune of$ 429, 655 for projects that will enhance research and technology capabilities at the school. FedNor provides funding for community projects with the aim of improving the social and economic conditions . in the North. The funding that was announced by MP Joe Comuzzi last week will be divided between four projects. $150, 000 will fuel the planning and design of a new research building. $141, 000 will support research into ' development of electrodes used in the production of metals. Equipment to improve LU's toxicology testing services will be acquired using $ II 1, 155 of the total. The remaining $27, 500 will fund the employment of a youth intern for a new Materials Science and Biotechnology research center. President of Lakehead University Dr. Fred Gilbert stated that these initiatives hold potential not only to develop research capabilities, but to be "both useful to regional industry and likely to create new, commercially valuable products and processes as well as longterm employment." Hopes are that the new building will help to attract faculty. The research could be valuable for Ontario mining and smelting operations. �News Argus Registration deadline approaching for Celebration Weekend Jennifer Cudmore to be greeters, work at the registration table and The weekend of Cl~ttRATING ~' ~ 8 1 to take digital photos of September 29th through the weekend," says Ives. October 2nd will see "• .,.;, ..~ A n y O n e the campus flooded wishing to attend any of with alumni and the events or looking to visitors from around volunteer are encouraged Thunder Bay and U N I VE RS I T Y to call Heather Ives North America to help at 346-7784 or email celebrate Lakehead's ._,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. 40years@lakeheadu.ca. 40th Anniversary. While Complete event listings there are many events occurring year and registration details can be found round, this weekend will mark the main at www.lakeheadualumni.ca/40years/. celebration. Thereareeventsrangingfrom •Alumni Golf Day, Zanatta Games, Pub Thursday, September 29th Night, Athletics Wall of Fame Induction, Alumni Golf Day Kick-Off BBQ, Family Breakfast and 40 Years Dinner much more. Many events are free and Career DayNirtual Fair all students are encouraged to attend. Campfire "We're very excited about this Celebration Weekend, and we hope to see Friday, September JOlh everyone come out to the events," says Opening Ceremonies Heather Ives, Alumni Officer and the 40th Kick-Off BBQ Anniversary coordinator. "There truly is Faculty, Department, Student Club & something for everyone - whether it's Research Displays taking part in some of our free events like Pub Night (must be over 19) the campfire, canoe rides, and campus tours, or joining in some of the larger Saturday, October l st main events like the 40th Anniversary Family Breakfast Celebration Dinner & Dance- World Alumni Association Information Session on a Plate. Everyone is welcome." ATAC Open House The registration deadline Athletics Wall of Fame Induction for all events has been extended to Voyageur Canoe Rides Friday, September 23n1_ Registration Geocaching is a must for all events, as Ives Zanatta Games explains that it is important to register World on a Plate Dinner and Dance for all events, so that enough staff is on hand. A registration package is Sunday, October 2"d handed out to all those who sign-up. Ecumenical Service Students are- also welcomed to Farewell Brunch volunteer as there are many positions still open. "We are looking for people ", s • ", Lakehead September 19, 2005 5 Don't book that ad Publishers attempts to place ads in university textbooks are squashed by parent company s corporate policy Amanda-Marie Quintino The Eyeopener (Ryerson University) TORONTO (CUP) McGraw-Hill Ryerson quietly called off plans to place advertisements in university textbooks because of a "minor oversight" in its company policy. According to Tom Stanton, director of communications for McGraw-Hill Education, the Ryerson team in charge of the ad initiative was unaware of the policy conflict. "We don't permit advertising in textbooks," said Stanton. "When it was discovered that [Ryerson] was initiating this project, we immediately retracted it because it was in opposition to McGraw-Hill's corporate policy to include ads in our textbooks." McGraw - Hi 11 Ryerson is the Canadian subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Ltd. and is not related to Ryerson University. Although the companies publish separate material, they share administrative policies. Not all employees were aware of this when proposing the textbook ad initiative. When the initiative was launched, the company released a brochure in an attempt to receive support from potential advertisers. "Reach a hard-to-get target group where they spend all their parents' money," the brochure read. "Do you really think 18 to 24-year-olds see those on-campus magazine ads? Do you really think they coulq miss an ad that is placed in a well-respected textbook?" read the pamphlet. But before advertisers had the opportunity to show interest, McGraw-Hill Ryerson pulled out the rule book and cancelled the plans. Patrick Ferrier, president of higher educatio1_1 for McGraw-Hill Ryerson, said the initiative retraction was made some time in midJune, shortly after it had been made public. He was unable to provide an exact date. "The reality is that the Ryerson team just didn't know they were doing anything wrong," said Ferrier. "It still wasn't a fully developed plan at that point, so there was no harm done." But according to Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, the fact that McGraw- Hill Ryerson was • even making considerations to impose advertisements in the classroom is shameful. "Some places should be offlimits," said Ruskin, wh,o works to rid the nation's schools ofcorporate markJters. "Some things are too important to be for sale-that includes the classroom." Lana Petros, a third-year business marketing student insists that there are specific places for advertising and the classroom is not one of them. "I don't need to be exposed to commercialism in a J?lace of learning," she said. Business management professor Tarun Dewan is pleased with the initiative's cancellation. "Puttin& ads in textbooks would cause a dilution ofacademic integrity," he said. "It's very important to keep commercial interests out of universities as much as possible. Textbooks should not contain propaganda." According to Stanton, students and professors should not be concerned. McGraw-Hill Ryerson has no plans to change policy in order to accommodate textbook advertisements. The MEH Report Jake Satten and Tom Peotto And the award for Least Favourite Canadian ... Wait, this may give him one more thing to brag about. Brian Mulroney has long been suspected of being the greatest asshole to ever become Prime Minister, and now a new book by former friend, Peter C. Newman is adding weight to this argument. The Secret Mulroney Tapes is a 400-page word-for-word account of Brian Mulroney's rants, raves, and political musings that Newman has held for decades. Newman taped Mulroney in over 100 interviews over the span of many years. Some of these interviews took place while Mulroney was in office. To hear a P.M. speak like this is nothing less than astonishing - case in point, his advice to Kim Cambell, his successor as Prime Minister: "Keep Your Pecker up, Kim." In the book, Mulroney also rags on Canadian political heavyweights, such as Pierre Elliot Trudeau, calling him a "coward and a weakling"; on Jean Chretien, who, according to Mulroney is a "mean, dirty, and stupid bastard;" and ironically (and unwittingly), on himself, noting that "you'd fail as a leader if you allowed vindictiveness to enter your judgement." (JS) How about that award going to Karla instead? Karla Homolka, who by all accounts should be serving multiple life sentences, yet just finished an overly-merciful hot-tub and fling-filled 12 year sentence, is now seeking to reduce the restrictions placed on her parole. The restrictions, which Holmolka argues violate her constitutional rights, include reporting to police regularly, giving them notice if she is to leave Quebec, and avoiding contact with violent offenders. Family members of Homolka's victims are expected to argue against the 'schoolgirl killer' in her upcoming court appearance. Likely,-their argument will prevail. (JS) I/she can't be roaming the savannah, apparently the next best thing is the latest in exercise equipment Oh Maggie, how you've let your figure go! Treadmill shmeadmill, just eat Subway! Idaho-based Conveyor Engineering has gone where no company has gone before ... and created the first treadmill for elephants. Commissioned by the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, AK for 4-tonne African elephant Maggie, whose last weigh-in showed her at over 400 kilograms overweight. The treadmill weighs 7,260 kg and is 6 metres long by 2.5 m wide. Zoo director Tex Edwards is optimistic, stating that Maggie "seems to enjoy new challenges." Assistant director'"l>at Lampi points out that treadmills have been built for race horses and racing camels, "but never for an elephant." At her August 2004 weigh-in, Maggie was about 455 kilograms overweight. Keepers have made changes to her diet and made her feeding more strenuous; to simulate the browsing and foraging which African elephants would do on the savannah, food is now hung from special structures in her paddock, which require her to reach and strain. Maggie has already lost about 410 kg thanks to these changes. Says Mr. Edwards; "We think it is possible that a lot of elephants around the world will find more regular exercise a beneficial addition to their lives." (TP) If I die, you can have my face Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic are planning to cross a medical frontier and perform the world's first face-transplant surgery. Dr. Maria Siemienow, a 55-year-old surgeon trained at Polish medical schools and with thousands of surgeries under her belt over the past 30 years, has acquired the clinic's approval to attempt the procedure after successful experiments with animals. The procedure involves routine microsurgery: the donor tissue (ie. the face of a cadaver) would be connected to the transplantee with one or two pairs of veins and arteries on each side of the face, 20 nerve endings being stitched together to restore movement and feeling, and tiny sutures to the scalp, neck, eyes, nose, and mouth. Critics point out that infections could turn the transplanted flesh charcoal-black and require replacement by skin grafts, or a second transplant. Drugs to prevent tissuerejection by the transplantee would be necessary for the rest of their life, and raise the risk of kidney cancer. Yet the procedure would only be performed in cases of extreme disfigurement and to prevent painful and disfiguring skin grafts, says Dr. Siemienow. "I hope nobody will be frivolous or do things just for fame. We are almost over-cautious." (TP) �6 Argus Columns September 19, 2005 Monthly Horoscopes September Meggi Chopra Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Be careful of your words this month. You may offend someone close to you by making a sarcastic remark that upsets them deeply. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Relationships in general are challenging for a brief period. Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20): Like the Bull, you are stubborn . m your ways. Learn to be open-minded. You may come across conflict but as long as you are willing to listen, you will resolve the issue in a quick and mature fashion. Gemini(May 21--June 21): Your sex life will pick up during midmonth. Just be cautious over matters of the heart. If you know that you may get emotionally attached too soon, you might want to think twice before making any rash decisions. Cancer(June 22-July 22): Watch your attitude. You may be in a bad mood for whatever reasons, but don't take them out on others. Doing so will create enemies lasting the entire school year. Leo (July 23Aug 22): You may bump into someone who has hurt you in the past. Be strong. Like the Lion, hold your pride and do not show them that they have affected you in any way. This will tum the tables and they will question their role in your life. f1iiil Virgo (Aug. ~ 23-Sep. 22): You and your partner have much to gain through communication this month. If you find that your relationship is on the downfall, try writing a letter or e-mailing your feelings and thoughts. You will find that your partner may feel the same way which will in tum, strengthen your relationship. have a long bubble bath or cuddle on the couch with a special someone. You will find yourself refreshed and ready to face student life with ease. [!] . Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You~ sex lif: is soanng. EnJoy it as it will not last long. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have reached an important turning point in your life. Do not be hasty in your decisions regarding finances and it will be smooth sailing for you. Libra(Sep.23-Oct. 23): P . . . . f" Take some time to relax and rejuvenate. Curl up with a book, Capricorn (Dec. 22--Jan. 19): You are a lot more influential . than you give yourself credit for. People will listen to your ideas and perhaps follow them. Just be careful of what you wish for. A Ar Aquarius (Jan. ..,.,..,....._., 20-Feb. 18): Alls~ New romances are promising. You find that you connect with your new crush on many levels which strengthens your relationship. Just be yourself and enjoy this new companionship. Pisces (Feb. 19Mar. 20): You are admired and adored by those closest to you. Previous disappointments in romance are easier to accept and you are able to move on with dignity. Flowers and Fishheads Ramy. Elec. 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While most people don't realize it, the CBC, Canada's public broadcaster, is in the middle of a labour dispute, and by 'labour dispute' I mean that the management has locked the CBC workers out of their work environment, effectively making it look like they are on strike while also taking the power to end the labour dispute away from the workers. As I said, most people probably don't realize that the CBC is on strilce. I, however, do, as I am a geek and like listening to the CBC for all my information about the world. Most people probably don't realize what the labour dispute is about, or see how it connects to numerous other disputes that have occurred recently. Basically, the CBC workers had been working without a contract for at least a year before they were locked out. While there were negotiations going on to try and establish a new contract, the sticking point was the management's attempts to threaten the survival of the union. Basically, the CBC management wanted to eliminate full-time positions and replace them with contractual workers. workers to be drastically reduced. This would reduce the strength of And in the end, the university the union and save money for the won and any new worker can corporation. Sounds great from be hired on a contractual basis. Now, say what you a management perspective, but look at fflat. from the perspective will about union corruption and of the workers. What does that lazy union workers, because I mean? Basically, it means that know people will; but in all the workers would be paid less and arguments about unions, there is would have less job security. the underlying fact that unions, Does this all sound if they are doing their job, play familiar? Because it should. Last an important role in protecting spring, when the housekeeping workers (or whoever their staff went on strike, it wasn't over members may be, because let's increased wages, it was because not forget that we are all part of the university wanted to replace · a student union). When you are them with contract workers, albeit entering a contract, it is a lot easier not all at once, but over time. This to get a better deal if you have the action would have reduced the entire weight of the workforce effective strength of the union behind you, and it's not just one and caused the overall wages of person negotiating with a major corporation. When full time workers are replaced by contract workers, wages are reduced and the amount of money available to the economy is also reduced. When unions lose, all workers lose. And when .workers lose, so does the vast majority of the population. Many people at the university probably come from a middle-class background, but this does not mean they 'are removed from union protection. We can't forget that unions protect the life-styles that we have come to take for ~ted. Thanks for your time, Rob Rombouts The LUSU President's Report The Shrinking Sphere Adam Krupperl LUSV President Where are we going? Good Lord! What a question. Really though, where are we going as an institution? This is a fundamental question that needs to be asked. If you were to look at our campus development plan you'd see that as an institution, we are moving towards a lot more roads, privatized research, more and more parking lots, leasing part of our campus for a golf course, and a really big hockey rink. This plan does not inspire me. It does not speak of a comprehensive plan to make this a better university. It does not speak to a vision of Lakehead as a learning institution; it does not build upon our past strengths as a student-centered institution; it does not create a better learning environment. The focus of the university's development plan is utilitarian. It means giving up our campus to private forprofit interests. It means forever destroying our green spaces, those things (trees and alive stuff) that make this campus so remarkable and beautiful. It means moving the spotlight from northern community-based post-secondary educational programs to commercially-based directed-study programs and being a subsidized sports-centre. It must be asked; what do we want in a campus and in a university? Most people I talk to really realize that a campus is more than a collection of buildings; they realize that those buildings must address the question of living the campus experience. Buildings must serve the greater need of education, and its facilitation. That means making the buildings liveable, flexible, a place of experience and communication on many levels. They must foster warm interaction and a communication with what is beyond the walls. Green space is more than a few artificially planted trees and pesticide sprayed grass. Green space is open space; open is to be filled with possibility. Lake Tamblyn and everything that surrounds it is green space. Its uses are incredibly varied. It is a space of excitement, of chilin', congregation, studying, and canoeing! It is also a safe place. Our campus is remarkable because it has enclaves of green space. The interaction of buildings and green space, how they are put together, their design, their relation to each other, and everything in-betw.een is what creates the physical atmosphere of the campus. A clear, thoughtful, and insightful vision of a campus creates a place that helps its students feel nurtured and empowered. • I wish I could say that the current campus plan has a healthy vision, but I can't. It is a vision of expansion, of opportunistic growth that is more founded in personal ambition than in academic merit. It is a vision that destroys our green space, sells our campus to the highest bidder, and desperately latches onto the newest trends. It does not offer a vision of Lakehead as a place that fosters new possibility for new students to create new boundaries in the world; it is a vision ()fa university that compartmentalizes 'recreational' activity, learning, and down-time. It makes Lakehead a place of specific business and sells off anything that does not fit into that boxed mentality. Why have you never seen the campus development plan? Why don't you know how this place is being changed? Why has student input been limited to one vote at a time, in meetings that refuse to ask a fundament question; is this really what you want? Will these changes make this campus the best learning environment for the future generations of students? Are we creating an environment of possibility, or decided activity? Is this institution looking to the future, following trends, or worse, following personal ambitions? .,:·.· ~ti- .tar~·Coming U~. Par more infor~ •. ·tLTTC,TT mati.•an vist . .·1.iAJ«i:l 1 Clubs Days - September 27 & 28 0 en Dis la in the A ora �8 Yo ur Arg us Tom Peotto I Argus In 1956, American geophysicist M. King Hubbert presented a paper in which he predicted that continental U.S. oil production would peak sometime between 1965 and 1970, with world production peaking in 1995. U.S. oil production peaked in l 971, and it has been calculated that global production of 'conventional oil' peaked in early 2004. As every schoolchild knows, fossil fuels are finite resources .which take millions of years to develop. Are the Peak Freaks right? Are we facing the end of oil? Regardless of whether or not you subscribe to the Peak Oil theory, one thing is certaingasoline has suddenly become damned expensive. Let me rephrase that: insanely expensive. While millions of drivers offer up their wallets in a manner similar to Jacob's trussing up of Isaac, let us examine the possible alternatives to gasoline-powered automobiles. Natural gas Not really willing to give up fossil fuels? Consider a natural-gaspowered-vehicle (orNGV). Throughout North America, the vast network of natural gas pipes in urban areas make this fuel readily abundant, and its cost is already cheaper than gasoline in the United States. The cleaner burning of natural gas and the thickness of the storage tanks in NGVs result in less wear and tear on the engine (which means less tune-ups) and reduced chance of fuel tank rupture. But to accommodate those thick, sturdy fuel tanks, cargo and trunk space is sacrificed. And their driving range is approximately half that of a conventional gasoline-powered vehicle. So imagine this: you're driving home from the Superstore, groceries stacked up to your eyeballs, when your car splutters and dies. Unless you want to pull it to a natural-gas pump which may or may not exist in that neighbourhood, the NGV driver is SOL. Not to mention that natural gas, as well, is predicted ·to run out within the next century. Hybrid cars Calvin of Calvin and I Hobl;,es once stated, "A good compromise leaves everybody mad." Does this pertain to the hybrid car? I don't know, and frankly I don't intend to do the research to find out. Seriously though, a hybrid car uses both electricity (often with batteries) and a conventional, gas-burning internal combustion engine. Several other machines use hybrid fuel, including trains, giant Argus Feature Septe:mher 19, 2005 g • U I d e t 0 Car - t e r a It erna purely-electric car? mining trucks, and These are currently buses with overhead wires (all diesel-electric more popular in Europe than in North America, vehicles). Many as technology limits submarines were dieseltheir ability to perform electric models, though the long commutes more advanced subs which our car culture are nuclear-powered. is based around. Also, And let's not forget the major American lowly mo-ped. manufacturers claim As one of the market for purelythe older altema-cars electric cars is too on the market, there The Smart car was voted "most likely to small to justify mass are several models marketing. However, succeed" in its graduating class of hybrid car. A this will probably Series design uses its Of course, despite the change as the cost of internal combustion many government incentives gasoline becomes even more engine to power an electrical offered for hybrid cars in the outrageous. generator, which powers the United States and Canada, they Electric cars operate in motor. A parallel design, the are more complicated to maintain a vastly different manner from most common today, connects than conventional cars, and still conventional ones. The engine is both the electrical generator and slightly more expensive. But replaced by an electric the internal combustion engine when motor, whose to the mechanical transmission. electricity Full hybrids can run on merely 1s rethe engine, batteries, or both; assist hybrids use the • engine for primary power; mild Pictured: Hybrid car. Not pictured: Larry Dav(d hybrids are conventional cars with oversized starter motors; plug-in hybrids can run on merely electricity. Newer models in development incorporate fuel cells to store auxiliary energy. their mileage and other factors are considered, these are one of the best altema-cars out there ... for now. Electric cars If hybrid gas-electric cars are all the rage, why not a directed from rechargeable batteries by a controller. The difficulty of finding a mechanic or technician with the skill and experience to repair and maintain an electric car is a major factor prohibiting their use at present. The Smart Car Is the name merely a British-Englishism for looking sharp and stylish ("My, what a smart-looking handkerchief') or a blatant appeal to the urban sophisticate who wants to appear And you thought hydrogen was a pipe dream. Well ... you were right as a member of an intellectual elite? Either way, the Smart Car is rapidly gaining in popularity. The Smart Car is, yes, a conventional diesel-powered vehicle-but an incredibly efficient one. Weighing in at a mere 730 kilograms (as opposed to the 1,280 kg Toyota Echo) it also takes up a mere 2.5 metres of parking space, and has an advertised fuel rate of 4.2 litres per 100 km which owners confirm is fairly accurate. Currently, city councilors in Vancouver are considering parking-fee breaks to drivers of the Smart Car. However, the Smart Car is not the be-all that ends all. With a mere 41 horsepower and two doors, it can't match the studly off-road power of a hulking pickup truck or the cargo space of a minivan. Furthermore, remember the guys who made fun of you in high school? Those guys all drive pickup trucks, and they'll all probably try to run you over. Bio-fuel Brilliant German inventor Rudolf Diesel (no relation to Vin), had predicted that his engine would run on vegetable oil, and at his demonstration at Paris' 1900 World Exhibition he used peanut oil. Henry Ford expected his Model-T to run on comderived ethanol. Nonetheless, supply, price and efficiency meant that diesel engines were eventually run on petroleum. But within the past few decades bio-diesel has made a startling comeback. South of the border, events like the 1973 OPEC crisis and the Iranian revolution meant that serious research into bio-diesel began in the 1970s. Around the world, the environmentalism movement spurred the search for a clean, renewable resource. And what better source than agriculture? Plant oils (such as rapeseed, canola, com, soybeans, sunflower seeds, cotton seeds, palm, and peanuts) and animal fats can be transformed by chemical reactions into fuel. They can either be used directly, with slight modifications, or as an additive to petroleum-derived diesel. But it isn't all fun and games-bio-diesel can clog older diesel engines, produces more smog-forming nitrogen oxides, may decrease fuel economy and power, and has a hefty price tag. Hydrogen power Leading the way in hydrogen power, considered by many to be the 20th century's greatest pipe dream after "peace in our time," is none other than auto giant BMW. Their experimental racer H2R (Hydrogen Record Car) has already set nine speed records in its class. Instead of hydrogen fuel cells, the H2R is powered by liquid hydrogen fuel in an internal combustion engine. BMW also plans to produce the H7, a vehicle offering ''world-class luxury �__ , ----- - - Argus n at • IV e Feature Septemher 19, 2005 • I Ve S modes 0 f t r a n s p o·r t a t i o n Fields of rapeseed, much like this one, create biodiesel Fossil fuels don't really come from dinosaurs, but this But was a nice picture Laugh now, but you'll be investing in horseshoes soon enough and performance along with the clean-air benefits of hydrogen technology." how applicable is this to you;the driver? While liquid hydrogen is already used in rockets and spacecraft, and eyed (thanks to its lightness) for use in airplanes, the "hydrogen economy" has yet to prove it-self practicable. Since hydrogen does not occur naturally in its pure state, an initial input of energy is required to separate it from its surroundings. For further detail ( since this stuff makes my eyes glaze over-which is why I never took chemistry in high school) check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_ economy. Public Transportation So why bother with cars? ou could always consider taking • the bus, the subway, the monorail, the bullet train, or whatever other form of public transportation your city has to offer. Not only are they priced affordably, but (like carpools) they drastically reduce emissions of fossil fuels. Of course, this hinges on the phrase "whatever your city has to offer." Not every city has a monorail or a subway. Indeed, many smallish cities' bus systems are infrequent to the point where walking saves more time (see Walking, below). In addition, public transportation has a stigma which, like most stereotypes, is based in truth. In the anonymous atmosphere of public transit, pickpocketing, robbery, and assault are facilitated. In 1984, New Yorker Berhard "Bernie" Goetz, aka "the Subway Sentinel," made headlines around the world when he shot four youths attempting to rob him with sharpened screwdrivers. And carrying groceries on the bus? Fuggedaboutit! Bicycling What about cycling? It's much faster than walking, you don't have to worry about getting shanked, and it's good exercise. However, you run the risk of being clothes-lined by pedestrians if you bike on the sidewalk and being hit by cars if you bike on the road. Furthermore, a tethered bike, even one secured with a bike lock, is an invitation for theft, or merely the theft of your front wheel. New Guinea Highlanders, like many, enjoy a good walk. Walking The walker gets to set his or her own pace, obtains the benefit of exercise (and a suntan), and ... that's about it. If you really enjoy being outdoors and not having to wait for the bus, like I do, walking is a treat. Of course, not everybody enjoys being at the mercy of the elements or having to set aside hours of travel time a day. www.canada.com auto.howstuffworks.com en. wikipedia.org Horses Unless you live in the country, not a good idea. They're extremely expensive, need constant care, and get colicky at the drop of the hat. But as fuel prices skyrocket, the option of the Bennett Buggy-a car with its engine block removed and a horse attached to transform it into a wagonbecomes evermore plausible to me (by the way, those of you who remember Grade 10 Canadian history will recall that the name was a jab at Prime Minister Bennett). ~ Miss the REAL CBC? Get in touch with Prime Minister Paul Martin pm@pm.gc.ca or 613. 992.4211 Sources: www.ctv.ca Tell HIM that Y.OU support public broaacasting & the employees wfio make it work! 9 �1Q September 19, 2005 Argus Letters The mind is beautiful Response to Strike Article Fellow Students, is a soul, each soul wants a hello, a Do you ever take advice from goodbye, a hug, a thank you, or just your folks, guardian or relatives eye contact with a simple innocent anymore? If they tell you to go smile. If we start with those basic left, you would of course go right things, then we have truly opened and vice versa. The right path to ourselves into the greatness of maturity is based on that simple having a friend, a soul mate, a observation of establishing who mentor, or being one. You must you are and setting your own appreciate people to be appreciated, boundaries and uniqueness in this _you have got to initiate and employ world. It is quite simple for a wonderfulness for wonderfulness to person to fight all advices off his come back around to your being. soul and believe that he is selfIn conclusion, this sufficient in his own boundaries. institution is labelled as "valueHowever, for a person added" for a reason. I will show to advance and go forward in you a trick into getting started on his set of ideological beliefs and the roads of progress and beauty. opinions, he certainly should act Walk into any office and introduce like the boundary of any successful yourself and chit-chat a little and country he can think of. Do they then you have made a friend for enclose themselves between years to come. This school stands their borderlines and deciqe to out among universities in this live alone or are they open to province because of its superior what is beneficial and assertive faculty in delivering sound, to what threatens their existence. bonded, assistance to its students. I would suggest you look They strive to help us and answer around; you might limit this campus all our questions, if we only give as a building filled with offices and them the chance of the day. So their cubicles in addition to huge- live the Lakehead moments, sized classrooms. In reality, what is be significant, be positive, be around you and me are people like creative and above all, be you. you and I. Inside every person there When I was reading Jake Satten's article I had to remember if I was reading The Argus or an NDP newsletter. Judging by the content in that article, I really thought the latter. After acting like a bunch of whiney children and thugs, do you think these strikers deserve to have jobs at Lakehead? I sure don't. In fact each and every one of them should be fired just for their actions on the picket line. One time when I was coming for a review class, I simply reminded one of the strikers that it was my right to go to school, and they decided to make me wait longer. I ended up being twenty minutes late for that review class. Did the strikers care? Not really. One thing about contracting out was not simply about saving money. I have heard stories where it took these workers five weeks to simply change a light bulb. They finally acted after the professor threatened to change it himself. Rooms in the ATAC building that have no working air conditioning. The men's washroom on the third floor of the library has a burned out bulb. I wonder how long it will be before they get that bulb changed. And the quality of work will decrease if contract workers are brought in? It actually looks like the opposite. When the replacement workers came in, the bathrooms looked better than they ever have. Unions are a big reason that Thunder Bay has trouble attracting business, and the socialists in this city have no real problem with keeping business out. In a twist of irony, Canada's richest province (Alberta), is also the least unionized. If the strikers wanted support from the students all they had to do was simply stand at the side with their signs as oppose to blocking traffic. I probably would have had sympathy for the workers that way. But when I was coming to the university for exams, I almost thought I was dealing with the same thugs that are present on Simpson Street. And if you just drove through the picket line, the cops were waiting there to protect their union buddies. Correct me i~ I am wrong, but that is a conflict of interest. Let's not forget that one worker who yelled 'shame on you' to one person with children in the car. He was going to his granddaughters dance recital at the Bora Laskin building, and just stopped to say that he was supportive of the workers. After that action he quickly changed his mind. I guess the last time the university was on strike one of the strikers got hit by a car and is now paralyzed. If that person was stupid enough to stand in front of a car like that, they got what they deserved. Let's not forget that this is the same union that was behind the Yellowknife mine blast in 1992. Isn't it ironic that Al-Qaeda has never committed a terrorist act on Canadian soil; the Canadian Auto Workers can't say the same for themselves. Our University Doesn't Offer Basic French? Kendra Ezack This is the day we thought would never happen. Some of us prayed for it, while a large majority did not even realize we had two national languages. No matter though, because Canada is no longer a bilingual country. Well, this is the only logical (maybe not) conclusion I can make given that Lakehead is not offering Introductory French. Imagine my surprise when there was an introductory French course in the course calendar for my first year. And oh, the dismay, when proclaimed boldly in black (like a tombstone on the pauper's grave that is education), were the 1 words COURSE NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR. Whether it was their laissez-faire attitudes, the joie • w w de vivre, the certain "je ne inattentive days of high school sais quoi" (the things people French is, "Ou est la discotheque?" always associate with being You know what? Thunder Bay French), something makes me doesn't even have an authentic want to be able to communicate discotheque, so even though I in this language. It's the desire to learned that phrase, I'll forever communicate with those loveable be lost, chasing the spirit of an era scamps in the East of this country that doesn't even exist anymoreand nearer still. Imagine, being saved for the pages of outdated disappointed in not being able school texts. I'm sorry Ananas* .. . to take French! What a change I'm sorry I didn't care then .. . from school days past...of the I wanted to take the sitting in the dreaded French class, Intermediate French course but trying to learn as little as possible. deep down, I knew I wasn't really Oh, I can get by in ready. I'd be lost in a haze of French. I can get an idea verb conjugations, made tense by across .. .I can swear, convincingly, tenses that made no sense. I'd be as a Quebecois might. But talking like an oaf, holding back where would that get me? I the class. Why was the course I want to express myself more really needed/wanted not being than merely discussing the • offered? Have we stopped weather. I want to express why! needing to know French? Is I want to hold a conversation. French going the way of Latin, the All I absorbed froqi the long forgotten language from WCoriie On WAlreaay!WGIVe Thisw w w. Littte Guy a Hand 1· I I I Come out and take pictures for the Argus! We are 1 1 currently seeking a photo and graphics editor for the I 1 year. If you have experience in photography or photo 1 :editing, come pick up nomination package and bring: 1 it along with a resume, cover letter, and portfolio to th~ 1 1 Argus office in Room 2014b or the LUSU office by I - I a ~ ___ ~ ____ _S2P.!e.r,nEel 1.6ll1._ ________ ~ my parent's high school days? Latin is at the root of English, peppered more often than I know it into my own bastard language. No, French can't even meet Latin's fate as even introductory Latin is being offered this year. Oh French ... will you be doomed to wasting space on cereal boxes? I'm past cereal boxes; I'm itching to move onto the large type children's books of the French world. I want to read an operator's manual (for anything) in French, confident that even though I understand its use in a different tongue, it is still mine. I want to sit down with someone who makes a decision like this and ask "why?" Do they hate the idea of using a set of phonetic symbols that is foreign for their communicative needs? I'll learn French somehow. Watching the French Radio-Canada.. .it's not the "fin du monde" as I had feared. Maybe one day, paying thousands upon thousands more dollars, I can be allowed to learn what the French mean when they say that. Until then, I will just have that warm fuzzy feeling that is the confusing potion ofmoderatedisappointment, blended with complete apathy with a sprinkling of optimism. Et ca, mes amis, c'est la vie! I'm in Philosophy now, so I'll just sit back and think of why I even wanted to know French in the first place ... * the loveable talking, dancing pineapple from "Telefrancais," a fairly standard fixture in many elementary French classes. Global warming or global ice age? Many believe that global warming is inevitable and that climate change promises severe repercussions. However, some historians may reveal that we should not fear global warming as much as global cooling. As they know, history tends to repeat itself and words of wisdom predict an ice age is long overdue. So how is this possible? Well to begin, let's consider the environmental fallout of global warming. Extensive land conversions have altered the earth to be more receptive to infrared radiation (heat from the sun), while greenhouse gases have created an insular layer to contain the heat and temperatures. This environmental phenomenon caused the global climate to change, parching soil and melting continental ice sheets (among other things). These extreme weather processes continue to erode the earth and raise water levels at an unprecedented rate, eventually transforming the earth to marginal islands of land engulfed by a worldwide ocean. This 'waterworld' will be the catalyst for global cooling, changing our once incandescent earth into an iridescent water body. Nevertheless, some may state the global oceans will moderate the earth's temperature. However, this statement is false on two pretences: the changes will be too drastic and rapid for the ocean lag to accommodate; and the insular blanket of greenhouse gases will long remain, sealing our fate in this cold casket. Fact or fiction, I dread the power of nature more than any weapon of mass destruction. Feedback Welcomed, Devon Barnes debarnes@lakeheadu.ca �Arts Argus & Entertainment Septem1er 19, 2005 Magus Theatre season opening musical "Forever Plaid"-A Fall highlight of Thunder Bays flourishing culture musical director 1964, the..,. Plaids, a notes, "it has semi-professional very harmony group, With just under two weeks left become The are on their way to to go before the opening night of organic." directors pick-up their custom Magnus Theatre's first production actors, of the season- "Forever Plaid", and crew put in .... made tuxedos for their first maior I was given the chance to sit 8 hour days-6 .____,;z....---::11~-==c...----------------' and last season Magnus Theatre ~ down and speak with some of days a week, every week before pulled in l0% of that number." gig at an airport-cocktail bar. the members of the upcoming opening night to guarantee a With amazing talent, While driving, they get slammed musical. Mario Crudo-Artistic perfect outcome. When speaking hard-working precision, artistic broadside by a school bus full Director, Danny Johnson- Musical with Mario, it was made clear that dedication and venues like Magnus of eager Catholic teens that are Director and Brent Thiessen were there is a regimented timeline in Theatre, the artistic community is on their way to see the Beatles kind enough to give me their time creating the plays at Magnus. able to thrive in a place as small as on the Ed Sullivan show. The to speak in depth about Magnus When speaking about Thunder Bay. Of course, Magnus teens escape uninjured, but Theatre, the exciting and sure-to-. Magnus Theatre, as well as all of Theatre cannot survive without the the Plaids are killed instantly. be-a-hit musical Forever Plaid, the other local cultural highlights, people of Thunder Bay to come out The story begins to roll and the life behind the curtains. there was a general agreement and see the brilliant productions here, as playwright Stuart Ross As Magnus Theatre about the success of Thunder Bay that the people at Magnus put on. writes, "Through the powers of brings forth a wide variety of as a cultural hot-spot. We have Magnus Theatre is harmony and the expanding holes productions throughout the season, Magnus, Thunder Bay Symphony beginning their season featuring in the Ozone layer ... [the Plaids) one could imagine this is no small Orchestra, Thunder Bay Art Forever Plaid, one of the most have been allowed to come back task. From auditioning to opening Gallery, Definitely Superior Art "energetic" and popular musicals to perform the show they never night, the team at Magnus has only Gallery, The Blues Fest, The Bay from the 1990 ,s. It is a cult-classic got to in life." For one night only 3 weeks to create their upcoming St. Film Festival and yet we're musical that follows the career of -in present day, 2005, the boys get production, yet, while speaking a city of merely 110,000 people the four· young men: The Plaids, the chance to prove for all time with the members at Magus, -- Amazing. Mario added a who in the 1950 ,s aspire to singing that they really were as good as there was an air of confidence and very interesting statistic: "We're careers like The Four Aces and they imagined. The Plaids take calm-professional-collectedness. highly developed culturally, we The Four Lads. On February 9, the audience on a nostalgic ride As Danny Johnson, have ·a population of 110,000 through the 1950's with songs Suzanne Ha/et I Argus Professional... Uvel Blues fans attention! Lil' Ed is coming to Thunder Bay! Suzanne Ha/et/ Argus ~ In the late 1980's, Lil' Ed Williams played his very first Canadian gigs in Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. But before he could, he had to ask his boss at the Red Carpet Car Wash if he could get the time off. Could this be the famous nephew of West Side slide-guitarist and blues great, J. B. Hutto? Could this be the same Lil Ed who went on the Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour with the likes of Lonnie Brooks, Elvin Bishop and Koko Taylor? Is this the guy who's recorded four great albums and whose band was called "the world's number one house-rocking band" by the Boston Globe? Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials are coming to Thunder Bay. Harbour Lights Productions will present their intense brand of Chicago blues Saturday, September like Sam Cooke's "Chain Gar Perry Como 's "Magic Momen Tony Bennett's "Ra~ to Rich and the Four Aces ·"Love ii Many Splendoured Thin As the play progres~ the audience sees the • Pia transform from bumb\ing spi: geeks to confident supersta All in all, Forever Plaid is inspiring play about dreai coming true, reaching on, potential, and filling one's desti1 Impossible to mi. Magnus Theatre is the beauti1 building on the corner of Algor. and Red River Rd. Forev Plaid runs from September 30 October 15 th • It plays Monell to Saturday at 8 p.m., as wt as matinees on Wednesdays l noon and Saturdays at 2 pr. Tickets are only $12 for studen and range from 10$ to $32. Yo can contact the box office ; 345-5552. Check in soon fc my review of Forever Plaic FR.EE RENT! 24th at Jacks, 28 South Cumberland. Devoted "EdHeads" should •warn newcomers to be prepared for onstage antics as wild and crazy as the music, as Lil Ed does flying leaps, slides across the stage on his knees and duckwalks his way through the audience. It may be a long way from the Red Carpet Car Wash to facing 100,000 screaming fans at the '99 Chicago Blues Festival; but along the way, Lil Ed and his Blues Imperials have learned how to rock any venue. So, whether you're an Ed-Head or just one in-the-making, you'll want to know that tickets go on sale this week ($20-advance and $25 at the door) at Jacks (6831164), CDPLUS.COM (623-7551) Do you have a car? Do you need a place to live? Wanted: ''Live in. chauffer" in. exchange for Free Rent! Two rooms to choose from For more information call Nancy at 622-6686 or e-mail nrsulliv@lakeheadu.ca --wireless provided - -washer/dryer -parking -furnished or unfurnished - if over 25, access to car -if under 25, you must provide your ovvn car CILU 102. 7 Top 30 For the week ending Sept 13, 2005 RANK 1 (Stony Plain) 2 3 4 5 6 America Inc.) 7 8 International) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ARTIST CORB LUND BAND* TITLE (Label) Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer SILVERSTEIN* GOGOL BORDELLO ANTI-HERO* HORRORPOPS KOUFAX Discovering the Wate,front (Victory) Gypsy Punks (SideOneDummy) Unpretty (HER) Bring It On! (Hellcat/Epitaph) Hard Times Are In Fashion (Doghouse BOYS NIGHT OUT* MOBIUSBAND Trainwreck (Ferret) The loving Sounds Of Static (Ghostly . ACID HOUSE KINGS Sing Along With. .. (Twenty-Seven) THE FREE DESIGN* Now Sound Redesigned (Light In The Attic) PENNYWISE The Fuse (Epitaph) SIANSPHERIC* RGB (Sonic Unyon) A WILHELM SCREAM Ruiner (Nitro) THE DANDY WARHOLS Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars (Capitol) CUFF THE DUKE* Cuff The Duke (Hardwood) GARAGE A TROIS Outre Mer (Telarc) GRAVYTRAIN!!!! Are You Wigg/in? (Kill Rock Stars) OK GO Oh No (Capitol) RUFIO The Comfort Of Home (Nitro) IMMACULATE MACHINE* Ones And Zeroes (Mint) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS* Twin Cinema (Mint) 22 Chords) 23 (Arts & Crafts) 24 25 26 27 28 29 (Saddle Creek) 30 AGAINST ME Searching For A Former Clarity (Fat Wreck THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC* Underwater Cinematography COCO ROSIE DUNGEN SHELBY KITE OPERATIONS NADASURF CURSIVE Noah sArc (Touch & Go) Ta Det Lungt (Kemado) The Luxury Of Time (Independent) Dandelion Day (K.O.A.) The Weight Is A Gift (Barsuk) The Difference Between Houses & Homes SILVERSUN PICKUPS Pikul (Dangerbird) * indicates Canadian artist. Chart ranking reflects airplay during the week ending 13-Sep2005. CILU contributes weekly charts to CMJ, Chart Magazine and Earshot Online for Top 30, Jazz, Hip Hop, RPM/Electronic and Loud Rock/Metal. Find out more about us at www.luradio.ca. Due to programming and label issues this summer, our charts are a little heavy with international artists. If you know of an artist, or if you ARE an artist not currently being played by CILU, feel free to contact us to have your music added to the station. Contact the music director, Jason Wellwood by phone at 807-343-888 l or by email at musicdirector@luradio.ca. �1 September 19, 2005 Art Ar us ntertainment Kill your idols Sing Cool, Swing Hot Jesse Turpin accompaniment equally valuable. With No Moon at All By billing themselves as and Makin' Whoopee, they Toronto's Andrew Sisters, Swing cover a couple of my favourite Rosie doesn't really tell us much •tracks from the Nat King Cole - most of us weren't around Trio days, and do a fine job of during the Second World War them, with the former taking a and couldn't have slower, laid back known how big a approach and the latter incorporating phenomenon the Andrew Sisters the verse (introduction) were. So, to be part of the song less poetic, Swing - something that's Rosie is a female missing from vocal jazz trio with many recordings. tight harmonies and Listening smooth melodies. to Just a Simple T h e i r Melody, I independent debut immediately album, Sing Cool, think - start the Swing Hot is a bubble machine sweet collection - but it's really of traditional not as schmaltzy jazz, Dixie, and as Lawrence swing charts. Welk. We could Being a Dixieland view these tracks clarinetist, I'm a mostly as novelty sucker for the music tunes, and their of the era, and act as novelty this stuff is a treat. Toronto~ answer to the Andrew~ Sisters? as well, but the Back in treatments are 1938, the .Andrew Sisters made it big with Bei of jazz standards - enough serious and well-done - certainly Mir Bist du Shoen; Swing Rosie for a full evening of lounge. a step back from modem, postIn no way does this modern or New Age jazz into covers the song on their album revival reduce the artistry of a space where a mirror ball in the traditional style - a spare what Swing Rosie is doing rotates to the swing of the band arrangement that highlights their close (but not Barbershop) and the crowd can romantically harmony. The piano, clarinet, and is a difficult sweep around· the floor. trumpet accompaniment lend a harmony wonderful retro feel to the sound. business, and the clean, strong Daniel Klein There seems to be a real interest in re-inventing the classics - Jeff Healey is doing it in his latest stuff, Michael Buble is reviving the image of the male jazz crooner, and . Rod Stewart has three albums "The Rolling Stones lasting twenty, thirty years -- what a stupid idea that would be." - Lester Bangs, Creem, 1973 If the Pearl Jam show at The Gardens showed me anything, it showed me that Pearl Jam are well on their way to becoming the next Rolling Stones. Can you imagine Pearl Jam twenty, thirty years from now? What a stupid idea that would be. The last proper Pearl Jam album, Riot Act, was offensively bad. Since that time, they've released a double-live acoustic album, a double greatest hits album, and launched tours of Australia, Japan, the US, and recently Canada. Through three tour stints since Riot Act, they've played 119 tour dates and counting. Pearl Jam fans have always been the most loyal fans around, and the band has tried to return the favour in whatever way they can. Touring places like Thunder Bay and Kitchener is proof that their primary concern is to please fans. But ask yourself, would you rather Pearl Jam play a show in Thunder Bay, in a hockey arena with brutal acoustics, playing a set that's clearly driven by a 'greatest hits' mentality; or would you rather hear the first good Pearl Jam album released in 5 years? Judging from the crowd response, the answer scares me. To give a bit of back- ground, Pearl Jam was my favourite band from the age of 10 to 15. Including singles, bootlegs, and live sets, I still own about 20 Pearl Jam CD's. So this criticism isn't a blind attack. It's simply meant as a critical review of my childhood heroes, and to find out why I seem to be the only one that feels this way. It almost hurts more that Pearl Jam came to Thunder Bay and played the set that they did. It's like an ex-girlfriend that you're still sort of seeing, telling you that she's met someone else. Pearl Jam used me like an ashtray heart. They crushed me while I was burning out. I've come to the conclusion that the best thing to do when you're spurned by your idols, isn't to find new idols. It's to give up the idea of idols altogether. Why put so much effort into a band or artist that you don't even know?!! How can you trust this group of musicians to evolve with you through your own musical and spiritual evolution as a fan? Pointing out the obvious, you can't. For those that were at the Gardens, it was too late for them. They were already wrapped around Eddie's little finger. But it's not too late for you. Get out while you still can. Burn the bandwagon. Cover up your ashtray heart. But whatever you do, when that ex-girlfriend/ex-hero tells you they want you back, think fondly of the good tim~s, but put them down all the same. Movie watch Jennifer Cudmore New to DVD last week: so absurd. Overall, an entertaining no-brainer that will appeal to most people. Fever Pitch Starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly Based on the novel by Nick Homby This movie was a pleasant surprise. It was based on the book by Nick Homby (High Fidelity, About a Boy), and fans of his earlier work will not be disappointed. Though the storyline is the typical romantic comedy; Homby, along with screenwriter partners Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Where the Heart Is, City Slickers) manage to infuse the boymeets-girl formula with humour and insight about relationships and how far someone will go for the person they love. The dialogue is funny and Jimmy Fallon manages to pull off a fairly good performance for once as the Red Sox obsessed fan, Ben. Drew Barrymore stays true to form as the girl of his dreams. The two are funny together and play off one another well. For the Farrelly brothers, this is a departure from their usual comedies such as Stuck on You, Shallow Hal and Theres Something About Mary. There's still plenty of humour, but it's slightly more intelligent and not The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman Directed by Garth Jennings Based on the novel by Douglas Adams ,,,. and is very ambitious using this as his first project. The cast is well chosen, using both British and American actors. the humour is very much like Monty Python - witty and intelligent (though sometimes absurd), as opposed to slapstick and fart jokes. Overall not a bad adaptation of an incredibly complex book series. Released Last Week: Ill Fated (Canadian) Empire Falls Nobody Knows (foreign) Rock School (documentary) Winter Solstice, ••.::::1 Madison Fans of the Douglas Adams series, The Hitchhikers Guide were giddy with glee when this movie came out. The book series was based on a BBC Radio 4 series which Adams turr).ed into a book in 1979. Since the first book was published, the series has had a cult following, spawning further books, a TV miniseries, a computer game, stage adaptations, and bath towels. Adams was working on the screenplay when he died suddenly in 2001. Followers of the Guide will know how complex the books are, so the undertaking of a feature film is quite the task. The director for the film is Garth Jennings and this is his film debut. Jennings is making the crossover from music videos TV DVD New Releases: Lost Season 1 Ali G Show Season 2 Smallville Season 4 Las Vegas Season 1 & 2 House MD. Charmed Season 2 Nip/Tuck Season 2 Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 4 Released this Week: The Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler Mindhunters starring LL Cool J and Christian Slater Born into Brothels (documentary) Silent Waters (foreign) Ethan Mao (foreign) Desperate Housewives Season 1 Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Family Business Season 2 �Sports Argus Dawkins takes over Lakehead Wrestling Clayton ~teps aside to fulfil~ "Administrative" Role that Mr. Clayton is still the chief administrator of the team, Owen Dawkins, recently hired and is simply trying to learn as assistant coach of Lakehead from Clayton's vast knowledge Wrestling, has taken over the base: "Mr. Clayton takes technical duties as coach of care of the administration, the Thunderwolves wrestling and will still run some program from longtime practices, but (in general) Lakehead and Northwestern I will be the main guy Ontario wrestling on the mat, and he will coach, Francis Clayton. be mentoring me." The move comes Dawkins on the heels of a successful describes his coaching summer for Lakehead style as 'intense', and says wrestlers, which saw Tasha he is always trying to push Eady take home a bronze his athletes to strive for medal in the 63kg weight bigger goals. He certainly class at the World Junior doesn't baby his wrestlers. Wrestling Championships Even during an intense in Vilnius, Lithuania. Dave practice, he requires all the Rector and Chris Camarata team members to keep a also competed at the meet. smile on their face to hide Other notable wrestlers their possible fatigue. Lakehead University wrestling on the Lakehead roster Lakehead University is coach Francis Clayton, takes include Kaya Yasin, who set to play host to the OUA represented Canada at the a step back, but still assumes Wrestling Championships 2005 Summer Universiade in March, 2006. 'administrative role' Alan Wickware/Argus in Izmir, Turkey. Dawkins, a former Canadian national team member, is quick to point out Sports Shorts Alan Wickware/Mike Alyward season, recording 11 points (2g, 9a), along with 28 penalty minutes. He will presumably be back with Lakehead for the beginning of the season, .which opens September 23 rd vs. Manitoba Bison at the the 'Hoops For Hunger' Blue and White Intra-Squad game in support of the Hurricane Katrina victims on Tuesday, September 20'\ at 9:00 pm at the C J Sanders Fieldhouse in Thunder Bay. The team requests that all fans bring non:Perishable food items and/or a cash donation as admission to the game. Katrina, which has devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States, has caused billions of dollars in damage, as well as the displacement of close to 1 million people. Men's Varsity Hockey Kuokkanen Signs Pro Contract in French First Division F o r m e r Thunderwolves defenseman, Jounni Kuokkanen, has signed on - to play this season with the Hockey Club Les Bisons de Neuilly Sur Mame of the French Elite Hockey League, first division. The smoothskating Kuokkanen tallied 6 goals and 20 assists in 56 games for Lakehead from 2003-04 to 2004-05 playing forward and defense. Kuokkanen played his junior hockey for Medicine Hat and Seattle of the WHL and the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL, as well as playing for the Manitoba Bisons of the CIS. This will be the Thunder Bay native 's second stint in Europe as he played in Holland for the Geleen Smoke Eaters after playing Former Thunderwolves Canadian Major Junior defenseman Jouni Kuokkanen and playing for Manitoba. signed a pro contract with the Kivell Invited to Stay for Leafs Camp L a k e h e a d Thunderwolves defenseman, Drew Kivell, was added on the roster for the Toronto Maple Leaf's training camp after being invited to their rookie camp earlier in the month. Kivell, a 6'2', 200 pound defenseman, from Lakeside, Ontario, played in 23 games for the Wolves' last Athletes of the Week Holmberg and Swan are Lakehead RBC Athletes of the Week The first RBC Lakehead Thunderwolves Athletes of the Week are Jonas Holmberg and Sarah Swan of Lakehead University's Cross Country running teams. Both paced their teams to strong finishes at the 'Campus Quest II' meet French first division Club Les hosted this past weekend Bisons de Neuilly Sur Marne at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Fort William Gardens, unless Holmberg, Lakehead's he is designated to play Swedish import, placed fourth in the Leafs farm system. in the men's 8 km race. Swan, Men's Basketball a third year Mechanical Thunderwolves Men's Engineering student from Basketball Stage Hurricane Nepean, Ontario, led her team Katrina Charity Game to a third place finish with an The Lakehead impressive sixth place result Thunderwolves Men's in the women's 5 km race. Basketball team will be staging September 19, 2005 1J Cross Country kicks off season in Duluth Holmberg leads Lakehead Runners to successful weekend Tony Pucci and Jess Sheppard Just as school is starting and many students are groaning as they get back into the hard work which is post secondary education, the student athletes on the Lakehead Cross Country team are throwing caution aside and jumping into another gruelling season. Thankfully the hard work which they have logged throughout the summer has seen its first major success: a strong performance at the University of Minnesota Duluth's "Campus Quest 2" cross country race. The men, led by Jonas Holmberg, who came 4th overall, picked upaverybig2 nd placeteamperformance. His stellar run was followed by a similarly great performance from Thunder Bay's own wonder boy Jonathan Balabuck following in 5th positio~ with a time of 27:16. Jonas and John did well indeed, and their initial success was followed through by Nick Croker running a great race with a 14th place performance followed closely by Dave Cybulski who came in 18 th • A gap of only 5 seconds separated freshman Mike Asmussen in 23'd, from gaining the scoring 5th position held by Antonio Redfern Pucci in 22 nd · Ryan Redpath also had an amazing performance; in his first race, coming in just behind Amussen and Pucci for 24 th place. Nathan Kamell kept the pace up for a great race closely behind Redpath, while Sean Sloan followed up in hot pursuit. Chris Mableson showed true determination and worked ~hrough a painful hip injury. Neal Irvin~ finished despite an extremely rough and painful injury and showed great courage which will surely help him this year. The women finished 3rd ,' led by Sarah Swan who finished in 6th place over the 5km course in a time of 20:38. Swan was in the lead pack for most of the race and finished less than 10 seconds behind the . silver medalist. Brittany Hughes was the next Lakehead runner across the finish line, running a strong and steady race to place 14th , in a time of21:25. Jess Sheppard also finished in the top 20, placing 18th in a time of 21:52. The remaining team members all ran well in their debut race with the Thunderwolves squad. Loriana Costanzo crossed the line in 22:52 to place 33 rd, closely followed by Sandra Albertson who placed 34th in 22:55. First-year students Jessica Ratterman and Jessica Coughlin finished 47 th (24:06) and 52 nd (25:38) respectively, while Francie Hannigan rounded out the women's team with her 60th place finish (34:55). These women's excellent initial showing is a testament to the team's current ability and to its potential in seasons to come. First year coach Kip Sigsworth was impressed with the results: "This was a good starting point for the year. Many athletes really stepped up their training this summer and that showed in the results today. I look forward to seeing this team get better over the course of the year." STOP ON BY.... PROUD HOST OF LAST YEAR'S XXX-TOXICATOR &AROUND 1HE WORLD PARTIES . . . �Sports 14 September 19, 2005 Argus Classic arena in need of replacement Fort William Gardens becoming outdated Alan Wickware/ Argus There are not many Canadian university hockey arenas like the Fort William Gardens. It is reminiscent of the old Boston Garden, Montreal Forum or Chicago Stadium (albeit not as large), in terms that the fans are so ..--:11 close to the ice surface, they can almost touch the players. It has that vintage feeling. Over the past 60 years the Gardens has played host to games from every level of hockey, seen championships won and lost, and has also hosted a countless array of concerts, most recently being Pearl Jam. But The Gardens is beginning to show its ag_e, and the issue of a new 'large capacity seating' arena is going to have to be addressed in the near future. If one were to observe the outside of the structure, they would notice a decaying exterior, underlined by the chipping cement of the outside The Fort William Gardens, sitting at the corners ofMiles and Vickers St. in Fort William, beams, and the need for much is home of the Thunderwolves men's hockey team, but for how much longer? more than just cleaning and paint job. The inside of the building the concourse for movement and boxes are just some of the required project much too expensive and is also dated. Lack of space on a lack of a press box and luxury upgrades, making the whole complicated to even bother to Lakehead Basketball welcomes new transfers Morrison confident his team has improved Alan Wickware/ Argus When Coach Scott Morrison opened training camp for the Lakehead Thunderwolves men's basketball team earlier this month, he was·reassured that his team had not tak_en a step backward. He knows this because of the new faces that will dot the lineup. Most notable among these is the arriva.J of three top-rate transfers arriving from various schools around the continent. After spending the better portion of his university career playing at NCAA junior colleges, the latest being Vincennes University in Indiana, Vaughn Daley is coming home to Canada to finish off his post secondary career. The '6 '4 combo' guard is expected to crack the starting lineup for the Thunderwolves, adding to an already impressive back court that will see him team up with the other speedy guard, Scott Seeley. Vaughn's main attribute is his exceptional work ethic, something that fits in well with this Lakehead squad. Daley is also excited to get a chance to play with Kiraan Posey, an elite CIS basketball player who won , the OUA scoring title last season, something that Vaughn has been looking forward to since arriving at Lakehead. "Watching him practice, I can see that he's (Posey) naturally a great scorer, so hopefully we can bring the best out of each other this season." Along with Daley, the Thunderwolves received a boost up front, welcoming 5th year forward Ryan Marrast, a 6'5' native of Toronto, and, Warren Gilchrist, a 6'6' transfer from Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. Marrast spent four years playing for a strong basketball program at Acadia University m Wolfville, NS, and his offensive skills will be well used. Gilchrist's sheer size will most definitely intimidate opposing players, not to mention his uncanny ability to knock down mid-range jump shots; something that is often rare in bigger forwards. Coach Morrison is excited about the new prospects he has on his roster, hopefully ensuring that last seasons' playoff run was no fluke. "From a basketball perspective, we have added size, athleticism, and depth to compete with the best in the country on paper. It will now be up to our team to put forth the required effort and dedication to do so each week starting in October." The Thunderwolves pre-season schedule begins October 1st with the annual John Zanatta Alumni game, and finishes November 3-5 with an East Coast swing to ,. the US to play NCAA Division 1 Loyola in Baltimore, Division II Virginia State University, begin to renovate. Thus, a new arena must be built. But where? Lakehead Athletic Director, Tom Warden, says he wants the arena to come here, but not if the school is going to bear the brunt of the construction: "The university has always been interested in discussing plans to build a rink on campus, but in the sense of owning or operating it, that would have to be done by the city of Thunder Bay. We think of it as a good idea, but it couldn't require the universities (financial) resources." Although there has been no official complaint from the school or team, the reality is becoming clear that the arena situation needs to be addressed. There would be no better location in the city than the university campus. It would represent a happy medium to those living in both Fort William and Port Arthur. 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Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.11 - Feb 10, 1967 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue contains articles on Model Parliament, The Mercantile Bank of Canada, and pictures from Carnival. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-02-10 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/8/1851/Argus_Vol.1_No.12_-_Feb_17_1967.pdf e95d0134d28b8f7a93e7f2506b4a4237 PDF Text Text �������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.13 - Feb 24, 1967 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue contains articles on controversies involving the Canadian Union of Students and the CIA/RCMP, the power of students, and the expansion of buildings on campus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-02-24 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/8/1853/Argus_Vol.1_No.14_-_Mar_3_1967.pdf cc4176a2d1492353c784d21be01f3ff8 PDF Text Text ���� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.15 - Mar 10, 1967 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue contains articles on a talk by Charles Taylor and a potential tour by the Lakehead University Folk Spectacular. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-03-10 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/8/1856/Argus_Vol.1_No.17_-_May_19_1967.pdf 93f4a6fe05e29dbf53d2f5ab9e030beb PDF Text Text ������������ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Material kept by the Lakehead University Alumni Association, or donated by Alumni to the Association. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.17 - May 19, 1967 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issues contains articles on increased tuition fees, feuding between the A.M.S. (Alma Mater Society) and the University Administration, and the War Crimes Tribunal in Stockholm. 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Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.18 - June 29, 1967 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue contains articles on accusations against the A.M.S. (Alma Mater Society) President Peter Young, course evaluations, and the creation of a student handbook. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-06-29 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/8/1841/Argus_Vol.1_No.2_-_Oct_28_1966.pdf be04f0cabb3ddcdaa5cfbde9624ba21f PDF Text Text �������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Material kept by the Lakehead University Alumni Association, or donated by Alumni to the Association. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Argus Vol.1 No.2 - Oct 28, 1966 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue contains articles on the expansion of Lakehead’s Thunder Bay campus and details of an A.M.S (Alma Mater Society) meeting and decisions within. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-10-28