Dear sweet, precious Dawsonites,As I stare into the unforgiving

depths of my MacBook’s wordprocesser, I can’t help but think ofthose who have done this before me.This letter, this page, has shoes to befilled. Most recently a mustard-stained primary-coloured pair ofsneakers; before that some goldenballet flats, and back and back, track-ing footsteps to 1969.Of course, Dawsonites, we can all

relate to “this.” This blinding whitesheet of virtual paper, our cursorsclicking endlessly through font se-lections, hoping that the perfect serifwill tempt that dreaded essay outthrough our fingertips. More oftenthan not we settle. Settle for Ver-dana, settle for medium-qualityprinting, settle for a 70. We settle.Well, Dawsonites, I know you. I

know you because I do this too. Rightnow I’m settling for sweats overjeans, watching commercials overgrabbing the remote, being hungryinstead of grilling cheese.But I wonder, a month after the

proper day (once again settling towait over getting off my Christmas-treat laden bottom and putting somethought into things), what could we,all Dawsonites, accomplish if we re-solved to settle just have as much aswe now do? Our essays would sky-rocket to 85s, our IAs finished notone, but two weekends before theirdue dates. We’d go on twice as manydates, but only settle for that third-date experience half as much. Be-

yond school and sex (what else isthere, really?) we’d stop settling forreality TV and watch experimentalfilms, put down our Cosmos and GQsand pore through novels instead.This sounds ambitious. I’ll settle for

you turning your eyes from yourBBM for a moment and checking outour snazzy new layout, which settlesfor little less than excellence itself. Inour sparkling News section, you’llread about the inspiring TonyProudfoot, whose name our gymshave been gracedwith; in Arts, threeDawson students who never settled

for simply viewing art, and insteaddecided to create some of their own.Finally, somewhere in the persistentsection of Sports, the AAA Men’s Bas-ketball team settles for no less thanexcellence in their win against… theother team.No matter what you do, Daw-

sonites, I’m watching. Forever aware.Anna FreyEditor-in-Chiefanna.lise.frey@gmail.com

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Get out your comfortable sneakersand tourist maps because this springDawson is heading to the Big Apple.From April 21 to 24 Dawson will be

going on its annual trip to New Yorkwhere students can explore Manhat-tan for $359. The price includestransportation, a tour of Upper Man-hattan, as well as two nights inAffinia Manhattan, a hotel located inthe heart of the city.There are currently about 25 seats

left on the bus, said Michelle Lee,Recreation Technician of Student Af-fairs and organizer of the trip. “It’sbasically first come first served.”“Students get to do what they want,

they can go see shows, they shop,every year everyone shops like ma-niacs,” Lee said. Students also havethe option to choose extra tours,such as a tour of the Statue of Lib-erty, the Metropolitan Museum, tripsto the Webster Hall club, and a nightof sightseeing for an additional price.

“It’s a good idea, giving access tothe students so they have the re-sources to go see new things,” secondsemester Fine Arts student Breanna

Bandur said.“It’s also a good way to meet new

people,” said Olivia Bélanger-Math-ieu, a second semester Law student.“It’s cheaper with the school so it’s agreat way to travel.”At Affinia Manhattan hotel stu-

dents will stay in studio rooms whichinclude kitchenettes. “So studentswon’t feel like they have to eat out allthe time, because it could get expen-sive,” said Lee.“You can relax, go there with your

friends and not worry about schoolissues,” Ka-chi Poon, a second se-mester Social Science student said.“I think the trips are a good idea

because it brings people together,but they should advertise it more,”fourth semester Arts and Culture stu-dent, Katryne Gelineau said.

In order to go on the trip studentsneed a valid passport and will haveto pay an extra $25 cash damage de-posit that they will get back after thetrip. Students who are interested ingoing can head to Student Affairs(2E.6) for more information.

After admitting an extra 300 stu-dents last semester, many continueto adapt to the crowded conditionswhile the College plans for the fu-ture. Even with the minimal space, Daw-

son expects a possible 300 more stu-dents for Fall 2011. Escalatorscontinue to be packed, and class-rooms are full even with the addedPepsi Forum space.Students are feeling pressured and

have noticed a large shift in the shorttime span. Sonia Ojeda, forth semes-ter Health Sciences student, began tonotice the changes last semester.“The first year [that] I was here was-n’t that bad. After about two weekseveryone started settling into theirroutine,” she said. “Starting last se-mester even a month in or two thestairways are still crowded.”The large student population con-

tinues to make it difficult to getaround. “I was on the escalators andalmost fell over,” second semesterSocial Science student Shareef Ser-han said. The high level of enrolmenthas also created problems for coursechange. According to Physical Edu-cation teacher Carol Chatland,many gym classes had no openings.“If you wanted to do course changeyou couldn’t do much either way,”she said. The P-Wing has improved this se-

mester, with more classes being used.However, travel time can be tight.“For students that need the extratime, those 15 minutes betweenclasses, it is kind of inconvenient tobe here aside from the actual campusbuilding,” second semester Theatrestudent David Goldberg-Hall said. According to P-Wing English

teacher Gina Granter, the changehasn’t been too drastic. “So far theclass is going great, and studentsseem to be responding to it mostly

positively.” The increase has actu-ally been beneficial to Grant, whoused to be a continuing educationteacher at night. “More work openedup for me and people below me,” shesaid.“The building is what the building

is,” said Plant and Facilities coordi-nator Jorge Sanchez. He said themain focus now is “how we can max-imize the space we have.” Sanchez refers to this growth as a

“blip that will last two to threeyears.” He said the school is think-ing of the future and its numbers.“You don’t want to invest too muchupfront and build new classroomsand invest in new construction whenfour, five, or six years down the roadthe need isn’t the same.”Not all students have been affected

negatively by the situation. Secondsemester Languages student KimDuchesne finds the influx of peopleto be “pretty cool.” “You have the op-portunity to meet more people.”Goldberg-Hall has also learnt to copewith the crowd. “It’s there, good forit. You deal,” he said.All these changes leave many won-

dering what is next to come. Ojedafeels like the college “may have bitoff a bit more than they can chew.” However, Sanchez explains that it

is not strictly a population issue, but“a demand issue of people wantingto go to one CEGEP versus another.”Sanchez said the College is betterprepared to deal with a potential re-quest to let in another extra batch ofstudents for Fall 2011. “It’s not somuch acting on the plan but havingthe plan in place that we can start toexecute [it] quicker if the decisioncomes out.”

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For the past seven years, the Gen-erations Foundation has been offer-ing help to Dawson’s young parentsby offering services such as foodbanks, a lunch program, and snacktables.Dawson also has a daycare center

for the school’s teachers, students,and staff. It is a very small daycare,and only has room for a maximum of40 children who are between theages of three months and four yearsold. Five semesters ago, the foundation

added free diapers to the other serv-ices they offered to young parents. “The Generations Foundation rec-

ognized the fact that the young par-ents at Dawson needed help, and of-fered to add diapers in addition tothe food they already offer,’’ said Fi-nancial Aid Officer Yvonne Dudley. Many students have benefitted

from these services, since food anddiapers can be extremely expensive.One unit of diapers costs about $24in pharmacies, and a child can easilyuse up a package of diapers a week.The speed at which the diapers areleaving the office shows how manystudents need help caring for theirchildren. Financial aid had six casesof diapers to give away during thebeginning of the semester and fivedays later only one case remained. The Daycare’s office assistant com-

mented on the services offered to

young parents, as well as inexpensivedaycare service. ‘‘Somewhere downthe line, somebody has to help youso that you can go further, and pur-sue what you want in life.’’Every year, the Daycare takes in

nine new infants. These infants arebetween the ages of three and 17months old. If a student finds outthey are pregnant, they must puttheir name on a waiting list. If thereis room for the child, the daycare willcall the parents in order to informthem. The Daycare offers two snacksand a meal per day for the children,and constant care. All this is offeredfor the price of $7 a day, like allother publicly funded daycares.

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Many department-oriented eventsand organizations around Dawsonfail to reach their ultimate potential,due to the vast student populationand absence of sufficient publicity.“Opportunities at Dawson are over-

shadowed and under-participated due to lack of

awareness and miscommunication,”Normand Coté, faculty in the Me-chanical Engineering departmentsaid. “We need collaboration from other

departments,” Coté continued. “Pro-jects should be multidisciplinary,and then it would appeal more to thecollege.”Coté explained the availability of

opportunities but the lack of sight forthem. “Students just can’t see the op-portunity,” he said. “We need stu-dents from the Business andManagement department to help usmanage the financing of the new off-road that we are building. The Artsdepartment can work on the designand frame. We need students inPhysics to help us too.” Coté explained that there would be

more accomplishments if other de-partments helped to his MechanicalEngineering students who do all thework. “We can even help with theBridge Contest,” he said. Jean Nagy, Lab Technician in the

Civil Engineering department said,“One College. We should all partici-pate as one college. Team Dawson;

not team mech. tech, not team civiltech, or team whatever.”“The college seems to think that

funding for its projects is enough,”Coté explained. “They expect the restof the funding to be fundraising.”Coté explained that the bulk of themoney came from students’ parentsand that finding sponsors was a dif-ficult task and still is. “It costs $50000 minimum for the Formula 1 car.We need sponsors.”On Feb. 19, École de Technologies

Superior (ÉTS) will be holding theirninth Compétition Étudiante de Con-struction de Ponts en Bâtons de Bois(Student Competition of BridgeBuilding) at ÉTS at 1100 Notre-DameWest in Montreal. “[My team] is working on a

bridge,” Dillon Lee, a second semes-ter Pure and Applied student said, “Itwould have helped if Dawson had aplace for us.” Nagy said, “I just got the email and

the deadline for registration was Dec.15. With back-to-back classes, it isdifficult to accommodate their needs,but I would have tried to help them.It’s too bad.”

The Dawson Student Union (DSU)was unaware of the Bridge Buildingcontest. Matthew Mancini, DSU Di-rector of Communications and Mediasaid, “The DSU didn’t know or re-ceive notification.” Michaël Lessard,DSU Treasurer said, “This school is solarge, so big, it is hard to know every-thing but the DSU uses everything itcan.”During the month of May in

Kansas, Dawson’s off-road vehiclewill be participating in another con-test. “Our cars need more publicity,”Coté said. “At Open Houses, we’reproud of showing off our cars andthis impresses new students. We arethe only college in Quebec that hascompeted against universities. Wewent green last year and converted adiesel engine on an F1 into an elec-tric motor.”“Jude Bethume, a former Dawson

student, started with a paper andpaper clip model of a buggy,” Cotésaid. “Then we built the design andwon the design aspect in competi-tion. When he graduated from Daw-son, he went to the ÉTS with the samesavvy and led that school to winningthe contest. He now works with a rac-ing team in the United States andwon competitions there.”

Dawson College has taken anotherstep forward into the world of the in-ternet by introducing the new onlinefeature for their course change sys-tem, which allowed students tochange course sections without queu-ing in the 2C hallway last week.But, if students wanted to change

courses altogether, then waiting inthe line-up was their only option. “Itshould be completely online,” LatifaBarutwanayo, third semester Psy-chology student, said. “I’ve beenwaiting all week. I’m missing myFrench class to drop my Englishclass.”“No one wants to wait in line,”

Michael Di Loneardo, a second se-mester Graphic Design student, said.“But I really need to change my

course, because it is in the way of mygroup work.”Guillaume Carrier, Information

Systems Coordinator, believes thatthe new system has saved a lot of stu-dents’ time. “400 students used theonline system to change 620courses,” said Carrier.He explained that Skytech, Daw-

son’s software provider, did not havea complete course change software.“In the meantime, we will have tomake do with section changes,” hesaid.Though, the some students were

under the impression that therewould be a complete online coursechange system, as it is found on theDawson Student Union’s (DSU) web-site: “[…] the DSU has gotten the Col-

lege administration to commit, inwriting, to implementing an onlinecourse change system for the spring2011 semester.”“We are going towards that for

sure, but we never committed to thatthis term,” said Paul Pemberton,Dean of Academic Systems.“An online course change system

should be a priority,” Amanda Arella,DSU Deputy Chairperson, said. “Ithink it’s clear that students want it.We would also like to see the $20 feeabolished.”In the past, the college has said

that the service fees have served topay for the extra staff that went intothe week long course change pro-cessing periods. They’ve also saidthat the fees would also be used to

pay for the new online system.“The College doesn’t intend to re-

move the fees after the full system isin place,” said Pemberton. He ex-plained that the funds would beneeded for the software license re-newal.“At John Abbott, you can drop

courses and also add courses on Om-nivox for free,” said Timothy Barette,a second semester Pure & AppliedScience student, whose first semesterwas at John Abbott College.In response, the DSU desires full

disclosure on the budgeting of thefunds collected from the service fees.It was about a year ago when the

DSU’s “Online not In Line” campaignculminated into a sit-in in front ofthe Registrar’s office, after a petitionof 4,500 signatures given to the Col-lege in the fall 2009 semester.

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sity's Board of Governors Peter Kruytwas asked to resign by Concordia'sSenate on Jan. 21, after weeks of in-stability.The current administration strug-

gle has led many to raise seriousquestions about the governance ofthe school. Kruyt is the most recent in a long

line of senior administrators whohave been asked to step away fromtheir posts. Although he has not offi-cially stepped away, he is expected todo so in the next few weeks.The demand of resignation comes

one month after Concordia PresidentJudith Wordsworth was fired, but notbefore being handed a severancepackage worth $700,000, whichsparked an outburst of questionsfrom both the governing bodies andthe student base of the school.Since Wordsworth's firing, Freder-

ick Lowy has been named InterimPresident and is expected to providesome stability to Concordia's currentsituation.Only a short while before the Sen-

ate met to discuss Kruyt's future, thechairperson said that he would "notwalk away."It took only 45 minutes for the Sen-

ate to make their decision and pass amotion calling for Kruyt to step downas Chair of the Board.Since the year 2000, 45 adminis-

trators have left the school witharound $10 million in settlements.This figure alarms alumni studentsas well as those currently associatedto the university."It is difficult for us to fathom how

an institution that routinely claims tobe barely making ends meet managesto justify spending millions of dollarspaying senior administrators toleave," stated a letter addressed toPeter Kruyt from 36 former studentspublished in The LinkThe letter later addressed some

changes that the past students be-lieve need to be executed and saidthat putting these changes into ac-tion quickly would "go a long way torebuilding trust with the Concordiacommunity."The students reinforced the Sen-

ate's demand for Kruyt's resignationand the pressure is mounting fromthe Concordia community at large.Answers to the numerous questions

concerning the university's future

are expected in the near future andthe whole Concordia community isawaiting Kruyt's decision.

www.montrealgazette.comMembers of the Board of Governors

OLIVER NACEYSTAFF WRITER

CONCORDIA

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The Dawson Student Union (DSU)gathered on Monday to discuss lastweek’s accomplishments, upcomingevents, future campaigns and a smallpersonal victory. Executive Director Mathieu Mur-

phy-Perron discussed students’ neg-ative reactions towards the MuslimStudent Association’s (MSA) waterbottle event last week. Although theDSU did not disapprove their reli-

gious event, it was contradictory totheir accomplishments of removingall bottled water off campus.MSA has decided that this was their

last year holding this event due tothe lack of positive response. “Thisshows that our [no bottled water oncampus] campaign has made an im-pact,” Perron said.This year’s sustainability week will

be planned by Ariel Charney, DSU

Chairperson. Charney discussedwhat she envisions to accomplishthat week but nothing is yet official.“I haven’t talked to Chris or Sustain-able Dawson about it yet,” Charneysaid.Charney wishes to bring an Afro

Beat Nigerian group that fuels theirshows on bicycling. “People in thecrowd bicycle as they play theirtunes, so it’s pretty cool!” says Char-

ney. He is also planning to have anorganic tie-dye day and bring in Cli-mate Justice Montreal who provideeducational workshops on climate ac-tivism.Tanysha Castello, Director of Clubs

and Services, is planning on makingBlack History Month this year amonth to remember. Every Wednes-day in the month of February, therewill be cultural food and entertain-ment from different parts of Africabeing given out.The DSU is also working towards

part-time student accreditation,which would allow Dawson part-timestudents to be represented by a stu-dent union. Treasurer MichaelLessard is currently working on abrochure to raise awareness.A new campaign is underway by

high demand from students for Daw-son College to have a student lounge.Consequently, the Student LoungeCampaign was created.A vote was made to appoint Flint

Deita as Student Lounge Co-ordina-tor. “He’s always been involved ” saidMichael Lessard shortly before thevote was taken.All executives agreed that ISIC (In-

ternational Student Identity Card)Day had been a huge success withover 200 cards made that day, de-spite the printer problems that tran-spired.

On Dec. 30, 2010, Tony Proudfoot,the longtime Physical Educationteacher at Dawson College, died atthe age of 61, from AmyothrophicLateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known asLou Gehrig’s disease. Before his diagnosis in May 2007,

Proudfoot was a football player withthe Alouettes, winning two Grey Cupsin 1977 and 1979. He was also ateacher, writer, broadcaster and anauthor. He helped save the life of ayoung man who had been shot in thehead on the day of the Dawsonshooting on Sept. 23, 2006.With bullets flying and people

yelling Proudfoot noticed an injuredmale student outside the window ofhis office during the Dawson Shoot-ing. Proudfoot performed CPR andwaited beside the wounded studentuntil paramedics came. “He reminded me of Superman,”

said Donna Varrica, the Communica-tions Coordinator at Dawson. She ex-plained how he just sailed throughthe hallways of the college, likeeverything that was going on around

him just seemed to have frozen. Weeks before Proudfoot passed

away, at a special meeting, the Boardof Governors came to a conclusion ona proposal by Donald Walker, Deanof Program Services, to re-name theDawson gymnasium after the long-time instructor. The decision wasmade unanimously: “That the Dawson College gymna-

sium (-1H.2, -1H.4, -1H.6) be namedin honour of Tony Proudfoot.” “He was strict, but kind. He could

be serious but had a sense of hu-mour. That’s the kind of guy Tonywas when he was young and that’sthe kind of guy he was when hedied,” Varrica said, this being one ofthe reasons that facilitated theprocess of renaming the gymnasium,his bold gestures on the day of theshootings and his battle with ALS,among others. “Considering Tony's history of

teaching at Dawson and his high pro-file in the community, I think therewould be no better choice for thename of the gym at Dawson, which is

a well-known Montreal institution,”remarked Ethan Gordon, a second se-mester Cin/Vid/Com student. “Tony was a monumental figure,”

said Andrea Cole, Dean and Chair-person of the Creative and AppliedArts Department. “Not only was he awonderful teacher, but he brought acertain spirit to teaching that madehim that much more special.” “Being an avid sports fan and a

proud Montrealer, Tony's death al-ready hit close to home, but afterlearning more about the type of manhe was from my father, who was oneof Tony's students in the early eight-ies, it's even more sad that a facelessand ruthless disease like ALS took agiant of a man like Tony Proudfootso soon,” said Gordon. Throughout his battle with ALS,

Proudfoot created The Tony Proud-foot Fund for ALS research. He raisedover $500,000 according to thefund’s website. Proudfoot leaves behind his wife

Vicky and his three children Michael,Lindsay and Lauren. Tony will be re-

membered by his colleagues for histime at the college over the pastthree decades.

SAMANTHA MILETOSTAFF WRITER

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Student Affairs has organized a listof events and speakers for Black His-tory month, which will run throughFeb. 1 to Feb. 24.Starting Feb. 1, the opening cere-

monies will begin in Conrod’s, whichwill take place all day. On Feb. 10, inroom 5B.16 from 10:00 a.m. to11:30a.m., James Nurse will speak aboutpre-slavery in Africa, the slave tradeand its effects on the Diaspora usingacrylic paintings depicting Africanpeople and animals. On Feb 18, from11:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m., singer Ki-ralina will be performing Gospel,Urban, Contemporary and Inspira-

tional music on stage in Conrod’s. OnThursday, Feb. 24, Gilson Lubin willbe doing standup comedy from11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in Conrod’s.Every February we commemorate

those who made a difference in theAfrican American community. AtDawson College, Black History monthis more than just commemoratingthose who have helped, but it is alsohere to inform us about their history.Whether it is music, food, or democ-racy, this month is here to rememberthose who have made a difference. Black History month is a significant

event for the African American com-

munity, but can also be informativeand educational for many. EmeryLewis, Recreational Technician said,“Every day is Black History, but wetake this month to remember every-one who has made a difference in ourlives.” Lewis thinks highly of MichaelJordan and Oprah Winfrey, and findsthat they have made an impact onthe bettering of the African Americancommunity. Franco Dinero, a second semester

Social Science student and memberof the African Legacy club, feels asthough there should be more BlackHistory month awareness at Dawson,

and that the advertisements of suchevents could be improved. There will also be a food fair on

Feb.18 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. wherestudents can taste delicious Afro-Canadian dishes. This year you canexpect many different and entertain-ing events happening for Black His-tory month. Come and celebrate thehistory of the African Americans withyour fellow Dawson mates thismonth and let us remember thosewho have changed the lives of theAfrican Americans forever.

NAOMI SCHECTERSTAFF WRITER

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““HHee wwaassssttrriicctt,, bbuuttkkiinndd.. HHeeccoouulldd bbeesseerriioouuss bbuutthhaadd sseennsseeooff hhuummoouurr..””Donna Var-rica, Communi-cationsCoordinator

““TThhiiss sshhoowwsstthhaatt oouurr [[nnoobboottttlleedd wwaatteerroonn ccaammppuuss]]ccaammppaaiiggnnhhaass mmaaddee aanniimmppaacctt,,”” DSUExecutive di-rector Math-ieu Perron

OTTAWA (CUP) — New Year's reso-lutions are running rampantthroughout the student population:commitments to study harder, partyless, and get active make the top ofthe list. If you happen to fall into thelast category, listen up, because ifyou do not live by the following com-mandments you are very likely toannoy the hell out of fellow gym-goers and staff members.TThhoouu sshhaalltt ddrreessss aapppprroopprriiaatteellyyThe basic gym attire includes run-

ners, t-shirt and shorts. I can’t countthe number of students who show upin jean cut-offs or in skate shoes,only to be confused or angry whenstaff explain the dress code.Girls should throw on a sports bra

if they are wearing tank tops. Breastsslapping your chin is not attractiveand guys should wear appropriateunderwear. Your balls hanging outwhile on a bike is equally gross. Also,if you are sweaty, it’s a good idea touse a towel at the gym.TThhoouu sshhaalltt uussee tthhee eeqquuiippmmeenntt

pprrooppeerrllyyIf you’ve never visited the gym be-

fore, it’s important to note there is anestablished system in place. You can’tjust walk in and annex a treadmill foran hour. Upon entering the gym, youwill notice a chart with machinenumbers and 15-minute intervals orsome other such system. Make sureyou have the right to use a machinebefore hopping on. Doing this en-sures no one angrily kicks you off thetreadmill halfway through your run.

It’s also common practice not touse the same machine for over 45minutes during busy hours and towipe down your machine after use.Finally, equipment such as the

weights or mats should be sharedduring peak hours. This means ask-ing others if they would like to rotateusing weights between sets and notspending 10-plus minutes on a matfor stretches. Invest in a yoga mat.TThhoouu sshhaalltt nnoott aacctt lliikkee aa ffoooollBoys will be boys. This includes

going to the gym with other boys andhaving flexing competitions witheach other. Just to let you guys know,staring at yourself in the mirrorwhile flexing your muscles makesyou look incredibly vain and foolish.The occasional flex and glance is fine,but save the rest for your bathroommirror.The same goes for girls, however,

in the form of stealth attempts to fixhair and smudged eyeliner. Fear not:it’s a gym, not a fashion show! Pullthat hair back and don’t be scared tolose the makeup. Besides, if yousweat with it on, you risk breakingout. TThhoouu sshhaalltt ttrreeaatt ootthheerrss wwiitthh rree--

ssppeeccttWhile the gym is also full of tight-

fitting clothes and sweaty bodies, un-solicited comments and stares arenot welcome. Girls do not go to thegym to be hit on and guys do notenjoy being gawked at. Remember,many people this time of year im-prove their bodies by going to thegym and may not appreciate youstaring at their ass while they con-quer that Stairmaster.

WATERLOO, Ont. (CUP) — A groupof recent university graduates are at-tempting to make technology moreprevalent in the classroom.“As engineering students we went

through the university experienceand found that lectures were prettybad,” said Mike Silagadze, founderand CEO of Top Hat Monocle, an in-teractive learning program that uti-lizes computers and mobile devicesto increase communication betweenprofessors and students in the class-room.“The whole education process has-

n’t changed in 100 years,” explainedSilagadze, regarding his frustrationsof being a student at the Universityof Waterloo. “You go in to the uni-versity classroom and it’s like you’retravelling back in time.”Looking for a way to update the

classroom experience, Silagadze andhis team, including co-founderMohsen Shahini, spoke to differentschools, professors and students topinpoint how technology could im-prove learning.The result of their research was the

easy-to-use software MonocleCAT,that professors can use as part oftheir lecture to increase interactionbetween students and the course ma-terial.“As part of the lecture, the instruc-

tor engages the students with allkinds of different activities and thestudent becomes part of the learningprocess, rather than this kind of pas-sive observer,” explained Silagadze.The program allows course in-

structors to create a platform fortheir class where they can developquizzes, polls, interactive demon-strations and collaborative learningmodules allowing students to re-spond in real time to the lecture.There is no cost for the instructor

to create and use the platform, andfor students the fee for registering iscurrently a mere $20 per semesterfor an unlimited number of classes.Students are able to apply a widerange of personal technology for theprogram, including smartphones,laptops and iPods.

“We’ve actually just now startedgetting results back on the variouscourses we ran the system in Sep-tember,” said Silagadze, noting thattrends are showing an increase, offive to seven per cent in studentsgrades after using MonocleCAT.While the program has proved its

success in classrooms and has grow-ing support from professors and stu-dents alike, Top Hat Monocle has notfound equal support from universityadministration.The lack of interest in the technol-

ogy, according to Silagadze, is due tothe fact that universities are not in-vested in the classroom experience asmuch as they are with funding re-search and expanding their cam-puses.Silagadze believes universities

should invest more in the learningexperience of their students to en-sure they excel in the classroom andtake knowledge away with them.“The reason we’ve been able to be

reasonably successful is by takingthe grassroots approach by going di-rectly to the professors and directly

to the students to try to bring this into the classroom,” he said.The company is also creating a

package that will allow students toorder their textbooks and subscribeto MonocleCAT for a reduced cost,ultimately merging traditionalschooling with technology.

MONTREAL (CUP) — Researchersfrom McGill University have discov-ered that music can trigger thebrain’s pleasure centres in the sameway as food, sex and drugs, like co-caine.According to a study, published in

the journal Nature Neuroscience,music can release the neurotransmit-ter dopamine, a chemical in the brainthat is associated with pleasure andreward. While dopamine is normallyreleased by behaviours associatedwith survival it can also be triggeredby drugs.“When we do those behaviours

dopamine is released and then wecontinue to do them, they get rein-forced. We wanted to see if music wastapping into that same system,” saidValorie Salimpoor, one of the scien-tists at the Montreal Neurological In-stitute and Hospital, who is using theresults for her PhD dissertation.“We know that music has been

around forever. It’s been around inevery single culture and it’s been

around throughout history,” saidSalimpoor. “Usually behaviours thathang around for this long are behav-iours that are biologically adaptiveand have some sort of a necessity forsurvival. Everyone’s been trying tofigure out how exactly music fits intothis because we don’t have any directevidence that music is necessary forsurvival.”But it’s not just any tune that will

trigger the release of dopamine, ithas to be music that causes a strongemotional reaction, such as musicthat gives the listener chills.“It has to actually move you, you

actually have to be emotionallyaroused for this to happen,” saidSalimpoor.Participants in the study brought

in music that they found pleasurableand listened to it while the dopaminelevels in their brains were monitoredthrough Positron emission tomogra-phy or PET. Their physical reactions,including heart rate, were also meas-ured to ensure that the subjects wereexperiencing an intense emotional re-sponse. To ensure that only themusic could be responsible for the

results, only instrumental music wasused.According to Salimpoor the most

popular piece of music was SamuelBarber’s “Adagio for Strings,” a workthat has featured on many sound-tracks, while the strongest reactionsfor non-classical music were for aversion of the same piece by Tiesto.As a control, participants listened

to the music brought in by others,with their lowest reactions beingused as a baseline.“A piece of music that’s causing

dopamine release and chills andthese intense emotional responses inone person is doing absolutely noth-ing for an other person,” saidSalimpoor.The “peak pleasure phase,” which

Salimpoor describes as “the part ofthe song that you really, really like,”triggers a response in an area of thebrain connected with emotion. It’sthe same area of the brain that re-sponds to drugs like cocaine.“If you think of your favourite song

right now you probably have a partof it that you really, really like andthat part might just be a few notes or

a few tones that you just reallywant to hear that makes it so good,”said Salimpoor. “Now if you heardthat in isolation it probably wouldn’t

give you any good feelings, I mean itwould be okay, but it would be much better if you could hear it in the

context of the rest of the song.”

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A father and son who were traf-ficking women into Manchester fromRomania to force them into prostitu-tion have been sent to jail for six and21 years respectively.For four years, Marius Nejloveanu,

23, and his father, Bogdan Ne-jloveanu, 51, ran a prostitution ring,based in a massage parlor wherethey forced five Romanian women tolive.Nejloveanu Jr’s sentence of 21

years is the longest ever given forhuman trafficking in Britain.The women, their ages ranging

from 15 to 23, were lured by falsepromises of work and a better life. Instead, they were beaten, raped,

and forced to engage in sexual activ-ities."[Nejloveanu Jr] spun a web of lies

to encourage the women to come tothe UK, whether by declaring hislove for them or promising a betterlife,” Detective Constable of SexualCrime Unit, Colin Ward, said, re-ported CNN. “He is a very danger-ous man who sees women as acommodity whose only purpose is toserve him financially and sexually."The women were described as,

“young, could be isolated from theirfamily, were low in intelligence or[were] for some reason easily per-suaded to come to the UK," prose-cuting lawyer Rachel Smith said,reported CNN.Nejloveanu Jr and Nejloveanu, Sr,

were convicted 34 different chargesincluding human trafficking, re-ported the BBC.Both men denied all allegations

and charges.According to CNN, Nejloveanu Jr

assaulted one of the women with aknife when she was disobedient and,on a separate occasion, beat anotherwith a guitar until it was left inpieces.The Nejloveanus made $20 000 a

month when they had the womenwork for 12 hours each day, Detec-tive Inspector Mike Sanderson toldCNN."These are people, as victims, who

often have little in their lives. Theyhope and trust for better and arebrought to this country and treated[…] not as people, in some ways noteven as slaves, but simply as goodsto be sold,” Judge Robert Athertonsaid after sentencing the pair, re-ported BBC News.

David Kato, a Ugandan gay-rightsactivist, was found beaten to deathwith a hammer several weeks afterhis picture ran in a local tabloidunder the headline, “Hang Them.”Kato was found in his home on Jan.

27. Ugandan officials have arrestedone suspect, though their main sus-pect, who lived with Kato, is reportedto be on the run. The article condemning Kato ran

late last year in Rolling Stone news-paper, and also named and pre-sented images of several otheralleged Ugandan homosexuals. Ajudge recently ordered the tabloid tostop publishing photos of supposedlygay civilians, but the editor of thepaper, Giles Muhame, stated thatthey, “would publish more photos,but in a diplomatic way, so we candodge the law,” BBC reported.Muhame continued by saying that,

“we want the government to hangpeople who promote homosexuality,not for the public to attack them,”BBC stated. Shortly after the article was

printed, Kato, along with the 14other men exposed, began receivingdeath threats and hate mail. “The vil-

lagers want to set my house ablaze,”Kato told CNN at the time. “[Myneighbors] say ‘can you move awaybefore my house is burned?’”Despite the circumstances of the

murder, Ugandan officials are not yetlinking the fact that Kato was homo-sexual to the crime. “We cannot con-firm that Kato was killed because hewas gay, or whether it was just an or-dinary crime,” an official said, re-ported the Associated Press. Homosexual acts are currently ille-

gal in Uganda and punishable by upto 14 years in prison. An MP recentlyattempted to get the penalty for thecrime upped to the death sentence,but the motion was overturned afteran international outcry. Kato was one of the activists who

protested against the Anti-Homosex-uality Bill, and sued Rolling Stonewhen the issue containing his imagewas first published. “David Kato'sdeath is a tragic loss to the humanrights community,” Maria Burnett,senior Africa researcher at HumanRights Watch, said. “[Kato] had facedthe increased threats to Ugandan les-bian, gay, bisexual, and transgenderpeople bravely and will be sorelymissed,” reported CNN.United States Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton also spoke on his be-half. “This crime is a reminder of the

heroic generosity of the people whoadvocate for and defend human

rights on behalf of the rest of us - andthe sacrifices they make,” stated BBC

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Tens of thousands of Cairo’s citi-zens have gathered in Tahir Squareto protest against the 30 years of po-lice brutality and government cor-ruption caused by President HosniMubarak’s reign. Inspired by Tunisia’s recent victory

two weeks prior, the Egyptian peoplestarted to organize protests throughFacebook. They continued to use so-cial networking as a way of commu-nicating with one another until thegovernment not only blocked Twitterand Facebook in Egypt, but cut off in-ternet connections completely in cer-tain areas.Despite Mubarak’s new curfews

and restrictions, the public refuses toretreat until the President stepsdown from his position and flees thecountry, reported BBC.On the third day of the protests,

police were sent to the streets to con-tain the people using tear gas andrubber bullets. Despite the policebrutality, protestors continued to ap-pear wave after wave, once again re-fusing to back down. Thousands have been injured and

102 are dead, reports The Guardian.Since this incident, the police have

not shown up again on the scenes of

the demonstrations, despiteMubarak’s threats.With the police gone, the crowds

changed to include not only men,but, “lots of people, including womenand children, are carrying signs urg-ing Mubarak to go,” Harriet Sher-wood live reporter for The Guardiansaid.The army has been sent to the

Egyptian National Museum to protectthe country’s artifacts yet they re-main neutral in the protests. Thearmy, "has not and will not use forceagainst the public,” Ismail Etman,army spokesman said.Many people said that the army

must choose between Egypt andMubarak, yet the army only statedthat they would not stop “legitimate”protests for Egypt’s democracy ac-cording to The Guardian.The battle for freedom continued

as Egyptian citizens took part in amillion-strong march on Feb. 1 mark-ing one week of protests. “[The US and Egypt have] cooper-

ated on many issues including work-ing together to advance a morepeaceful region, but we had alsobeen clear that there must be reform,political, social economical reformthat met the aspirations of the Egypt-ian people,” President of the UnitedStates, Barak Obama, said. On Feb. 1, Mubarak announced he

would not be running for anotherterm, but it is unclear if he will bestepping down before the next elec-tion according to The Guardian. At a European Union meeting in

Brussels, Foreign Secretary WilliamHague explained his concern for whowould be the new leader of Egypt."Who they elect is their concern. Ifwe are advocates of democracy, we

have to respect how they go about itand who they elect," Hague said.‘‘Any ruler will think a hundred

times before making a decision be-cause he will always remember whathappened on January 25th 2011,’’protester Yoissir Alsahi EuropeanUnion reported The Guardian.

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The ProjectEveryday for now well over

365 days, Perron has asked one pre-viously unknown individual to take aself portrait, which he then posts onhis website, wewerestrangers.com,along with a self portrait that he tookwithin the same slice of 24 hours. He abides by five simple rules: onestranger a day, they cannot hold thecamera during the shooting of thephoto (it must be on a timer), no pic-tures in the DSU office, he cannot bein their image and he cannot tellthem what to do. He has nevermissed a day but has had an instancewhere the picture was taken at 11:48p.m.On the website, he accompanies eachpicture with a quote. When speakingwith a subject, he tries to rememberwhatever interesting comments theymake as to write them down later on.If nothing poignant was said or if hismemory fails, he jots down his per-ceptions on the picture in a quote’sstead.Over the year, he has developed aroutine approach and has perfectedit the way a salesperson unflaws asales pitch. His refined introductiongoes somewhat like this:‘‘Excuser moi, may I ask you astrange question? (If they say yes, heproceeds to) I have this photo projectthis year and every day I’ve been tak-ing a self portrait and every day Ifind a stranger and I ask them to takea self portrait. On days that I don’tmeet anybody, I have to wander thestreets at night and look for some-body friendly who I think may wantto take their picture. I saw you, and Icouldn’t help to think that you mightbe interested. (He then takes a shortbreath and says) So would you wantto be my stranger?’’

Where all this took rootIn 2009, his partner had a

365 photo project with one of herfriends on the other side of the U.Swhere, every day, they would take aphoto and then lay them all next toeach other. This inspired Perron tochannel his creativity through pho-tography. The idea of taking self por-traits stemmed from his naturalproficiency at that specific kind ofpicture: ‘‘Sadly (or egotistically)some of the best photos I take are selfportraits, but I didn’t want to take365 days of self-portraits because Ithought that would be really egotis-tical. […]So I thought: how about if Iapproach a stranger each day andask them to take their own picture?’’Perron thought it better to pair eachstranger’s portrait: ‘‘…at first I didthe self portraits A) as practice butalso B) to serve as a leeway into when

I would ask a stranger to take a self-portrait because I would say: ‘‘Metoo, I take one too. You take one andI take one, then we are in it together’’said Perron.This helped in some cases but in oth-ers it did not: he tells the story of hisbirthday, when he went to a mater-nity ward in the hopes of gettingsomebody in the glow of his new-found fatherhood, as to make theirself-portrait a reflection upon thenarrative of life. ‘‘And I went into awaiting room and there was a familythere and I explained the project tothem and the grandfather was veryexcited. He said yes. He started doingit but then his wife said: ‘‘No! Youcan’t do that! He might be a pe-dophile! It might end up on face-book!’’ All those comments don’tmake any sense next to each other. IfI was a pedophile, why would I beasking a 65 year-old man to take apicture of himself? And I don’t thinkI would be putting it on facebook.Anyways, so after his wife said that,he said no. “It was sad.’’ explains Per-ron.

ReflectionsMat reflected upon his year

of photography: ‘‘It’s mind-boggling.Something that always fascinates meis how we have our eyes and we seeeverything we see trough our eyesbut what I’m seeing is not whateverybody else is seeing. You can beright in front of me right now and wewould be sharing a very similar ex-perience but you won’t see what I’mseeing, you are seeing something dif-ferent right? There are so many setsof eyes in this world and so many dif-ferent sights. Something that reallystruck me in the beginning is thatDawson has 10,000 people. Howmany years would it take me to getevery stranger that exists here atDawson? Montreal has millions; theworld has billions of people.Strangers are everywhere around usand we all live sometimes very simi-lar yet very different lives. I willnever see the inside of somebody’sapartment. I will go by that apart-ment every day but I will never knowwhat it’s like inside there. So theproject let me get a millionth mil-limetre into somebody’s life but itwas still better than anything I hadexperienced before.”

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Being outside in negative degreeweather has never been more “in.”Montreal’s infamous Igloofest hasbeen taking over Old Montreal forthe past three weekends. From Jan. 13 to 29, the Jacques-

Cartier Quay in the Old-Port of Mon-treal was decked out in lights,different alcoholic beverage boothsand flamboyant snowsuits courtesyof Montreal’s party community. For only $12 a person, you are able

to dance away the cold with music byKid Sister, Hatchmatik, Ikonika andPoirier to just name a few.Igloofest began in January 2007,

and the event keepson getting bigger andbigger as the yearsprogress. Starting at6:30 p.m to midnight,Igloofest offers a vari-ety of foods, drinks,the “Igloofesttoques”, Port-a-potties, and elec-tronic music thatyou’ll just have tomove to. There is alsothe annual snowsuitcompetition, whereyou can win some ex-pensive winterthreads and rare V.I.Ptickets.

“I love how crazyeveryone dresses forthis event. I shouldhave brought mysnowboard goggles. Iwasn’t even cold any-more from all thedancing, it’s sad thisevent doesn't last allwinter," Polina Vino-gradova,18 year-oldVanier College stu-dent said.

The ambience of Igloofest couldnot have been better. Everyone wasin a good mood from the music, withtheir friends, and there were largeamounts of alcohol consumed. Igloofest is co-produced by Piknic

Electronik and the Quays of the OldPort, so if you have been to any oftheir events, you can get a feeling ofwhat Igloofest is all about. The crowd that attended Igloofest

varied. Half of the crowd was French,and the rest was mostly English, witha few people from Europe who werethere to check out what Montreal’sparty scene is really like. Even the

age of the crowd varied, ranging any-where from 18-years-old to 40. Eventhough there is such an assortedcrowd, the one thing everyone has incommon is that they want to partythe night away, no matter how cold itis. There is absolutely no pressure inhow “stylish” you look, consideringeveryone is bundled up in scarves,layers of t-shirts and sweaters,topped with a winter jacket and someeven with snow pants.

“Igloofest always draws in hugecrowds of a people, and some prettycool performers -definitely a fun wayto spend the night,” said Daniel

Dixon, fourth semesterCin/Vid/Com student Igloofest has a “lost and

found” number you can call ifyou lost something in thesnowy crowd, but consideringthe weather conditions, whoknows what shape it will be inonce you retrieve it. An iPhone app has been cre-

ated to make your Igloofestexperience even more pleas-urable. It includes the full lineup of artists, pictures, the fes-tival map and other essentialinformation. Visit theIgloofest website(http://www.igloofest.ca) tosee pictures that were takenof the performers and thecrowd, or to get in touch withthe Igloofest team.Igloofest is definitely the

“hot spot” for winter partyingin Montreal, and if youmissed it this year, January2012 is waiting for you andyour snowsuit!

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Top five picksCHRIS PIKESPORTS EDITOR

Let’s face it, the Catholic Church isan archaic institution that is nolonger accessible to the everydayperson. There’s much too much ef-fort involved in being a goodCatholic. No one wants to wake upearly on Sunday to drive to poorlyinsulated building a listen to a guywho may or may not be diddling thealter boys. The only time the CatholicChurch gets any attention nowadaysis when Dan Brown puts out a newnovel shitting all over them. Fear notthough, loyal Catholics, because thisweek’s Top 5 are foolproof ways thatthe Roman Catholicism can catch upto the twenty-first century.

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Yes, Pope Benny is already on Twit-ter, but he’s much too busy dealingwith God, pardoning child molestersand other extremely important Papalduties to use it. Maybe have the Car-dinals do it? Or Bishops. Heck, I’msure even some of those silly fuckingSwiss Guards would have a go at it. Ican already see things like Leviticustrending all over the world.

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It is no secret that I am a large fanof RnB artist T-Pain, so it shouldcome as no surprise to you that Ithink people would be much more at-tentive throughout Sunday’s mass iftheir parish priests were Auto-Tuned.

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Avatar was a huge success so it

only makes sense to make sure everysingle movie after its release to alsobe in 3D. Unfortunately, there are alot of good movies that will neverhave the chance to experience thethird dimension. However, theCatholic Church has more than a fewdollars and could easily take The Pas-sion of the Christ and give it the ol’Jimmy Cameron treatment. Theblood, gore and overall extremesense of anti-Semitism would be wellworth the $16 admission price.

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Being the heathen that I am I’veonly ever participated in the Eu-charist rite once or twice but what Ican remember of it was the shittycrackers they served me. Yeah thewine wasn’t too great either, but it’sfree wine and you should never com-plain about free wine. I say theyforego the idea of crackers alto-gether. People would be much morewilling to attend mass if you gavethem cookies at the end of it. Oreos,chocolate chip, even oatmeal cookieswould be more satisfying than thosegoddamn crackers.

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Take a hint from the United States.Seriously, those guys know exactlyhow to get everyone’s attention.

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A Flea in my EarBefore I began my studies at Daw-

son, my experience of school pro-ductions was defined by mediocreacting, laughable set design, and in-sufferable children in the audience.In attending the Dawson College Pro-fessional Theater production of AFlea in Her Ear, I sought to supplantmy jaded attitude with a renewed en-thusiasm for student productions. Itis curiously fitting that my experi-ence of the first act of the playechoed my first experience of the fa-cility’s bathroom.During my first trip to the lavatory

before the play started, I felt that myconsiderable expectations for thisproduction might reflect reality. Incomparison to my experience athigh-school theaters, the beige tile,clean silver fixtures, working faucet,and wide-brimmed sink of the lava-tory at the Dawson facility were abreath of fresh (bathroom) air. Nolonger would I suffer the vulgar graf-fiti, the unclosing stall door, nor thestale and rotten smell of the bath-room adjacent to the high schoolgymnasium. I was relieved that Iwould no longer have to sufferthrough microphone failures andscreeching falsettos.

Like the bathroom, the play had aclean and ornate appearance. The setlooked like a photograph from thepages of Martha Living, albeit onedated to the turn of the 20th cen-tury. The walls painted with goldstriped color, ornate beige furniture,and the occasional painting deco-rated the stage. It had been designedwith great attention to the movementof the actors and the action of theplay. With a few changes, the settransformed from a stately Frenchdrawing room into a hotel with aseedy reputation.The play’s thesis, that infidelity is

ubiquitous, is established in the firstscene. A Flea in Her Ear begins with akiss between the married cook(Minh-Ly Nguyen-Cao) and the un-married nobleman’s cousin (KyleMcIlhone). Raymonde Champdebise(Shoshanna Bell) is an aristocrat wed-ded to Victor Emmanuel (JeremySegal). When Victor Emmanuel can-not sustain an erection and proceedsto neglect his wife in bed, she sus-pects that he is having an extramari-tal affair, and thus decides to “take alover, just for the worry.” Althoughthe plan to take a lover does notreach fruition, she hatches a plan to

catch her husband being unfaithful.What ensues is a story of disorder, vi-olence, mistaken identity, and farce.The play was driven by two excep-

tional performances. The stunningShoshanna Bell leant a nuanced sar-donicism to her role. In a differentvein, Logan Williams’ performance asa womanizer who becomes emotion-ally attached to Raymonde was im-bued with convincing passion andlimerence. Both actors brought outthe dramatic elements in GeorgesFeydeau’s slapstick script, and gavethe play solid ground on which to ex-ecute the unremarkable farcical ele-ments. The other actors wererespectable, and Jeremy Segal’s ex-cellent performance deserves men-tion.During the last intermission, my

second experience of the lavatoryechoed my experience of the secondact. An overhead speaker in the bath-room was blaring the same classicalmusic that played in the theater,mixed with the sounds of the castlaughing and coughing. They hadneglected to turn off a microphone.Urinating to such an odious racketwas only made worse by the slantedceiling on which I hit my head.

The second and third acts were en-tirely preoccupied with a clichéd caseof mistaken identity and farcicalgags. It is not surprising that theplay’s absurdity could not be sus-tained. After two hours or so, it lostbuoyancy, becoming leaden and alltoo ridiculous. The latter acts wereonly redeemed by the occasionalpiece of fantastic comedy, as when adrunk prostitute entered the scene,as well as the performances of Belland Williams. It’s unfortunate that the promise of

the first act was not realized. Frus-trated by the play’s latter acts, I re-turned to the bathroom one finaltime to splash cold water on my facebefore entering the bracing Montrealnight. And yet, like the bathroom it-self, I realized that for all its faults AFlea in Her Ear was curiously fulfill-ing.

The play runs until Feb. 5

$12 for adults, $8 for students andseniors, $5 for Dawson students

Rarely would you ever hear anyonesaid the words “what the hell wasMike Skinner thinking?” But that’s probably because you

and your friends have never heard ofMike Skinner, or his alias, TheStreets. Feb. 6 marks the release of the

fourth and final album Computersand Blues by UK rapper The Streetsand falling short of expectations doesnot begin to describe the disappoint-ment listeners will feel. Skinner’s decision to somewhat re-

turn to his roots of UK Garage proveto not be the best choice (probablysince that genre died in 1999). Theattempt at raw, quick beats with sig-nature shuffling high-hats aren’t upto par with his work on his firstalbum Original Pirate Material.Not only are the beats sub-par but

Computers and Blues seems to lackany general direction. Fans of TheStreets will easily be able to recallthat A Grand Don’t Come for Freehad a clear storyline and even Hard-est Way to Make an Easy Living hadthe theme of Mike’s overwhelmingnewfound fame. Unfortunately Com-puters and Blues is all over the place

mixing songs that contain referencesto borderline alcohol abuse to “A Blipon A Screen,” a song in which Skin-ner shares his hopes for an unbornchild represented in an ultrasound. This isn’t to say that the entire

album is terrible, because it doeshave its shining moments. The tracks “Trust Me” and “Skills

on Toast” are true to Skinner’sGarage background and give listen-ers insight into who The Streets usedto be. Lines like “I see Alice in Won-derland/ I see malice is Sunderland”are very reminiscent of Skinner’searly works. Long time fans will alsonotice that this is the only time thesignature style of rapping in betweenbeats as opposed to in time withthem. Sadly this really is the onlytruly good part of the album.In sum, fans of The Streets should

treat Computers and Blues like fansof Indiana Jones treated IndianaJones and The Kingdom of The Crys-tal Skull: ignore it and hope to Godit’s forgotten.

After numerous successful albumsunder their belt, the Canadian bandDestroyer are back with anotheralbum sure to make your ears tingle.Dan Bejar - the bands lead singer,presents Kaputt that is nothing shortof an eclectic array of sounds mixedwith deep, sultry voices which makesit difficult to pin point exactly what“genre” it is or, where it is going togo next. When listening to the albumfrom start to finish, you feel asthough you’re on a roller coasterwith some of the themes being rathercoarse. This band isn’t afraid to ac-company their fantasy like musicwith humoristic lyrics – poems couldalso be of proper use, which consistsof self-loathing, sex, and – WAIT FORIT - drugs. It is a perfect example ofmusic that leads you to believe thatthe song and its content are joyous,when really the subject matter is mo-rose and you’re left “lolwutting”hard. In a good way, of course. is mo-rose and you’re left “lolwutting”hard. In the good way, of course.Many people are already praisingthis album; Pitchfork, notorious fortheir picky reviewing, has rated thisalbum 8.8/20. With all this said, theband has still managed to keep graspof its indie roots and please long-term fans.

When discussing Montreal’s musicscene and its current emergingartists, one of the most talked aboutis definitely Braids. With an EP al-ready to their name – Set Pieces, theband has recently released theirdebut album Native Speakers, and isa major hit in both Canada and TheUnited States. The album is com-posed of rich, extroverted sounds, re-sembling those of other local bandsbut also contains a taste of theirWestern Canadian roots. Many of thetracks revolve around funky vocalstylings and atmospheric noise whichlightly resemble the work of ChadVanGaalen, a Canadian artist whoalso originated from Calgary, Al-berta. Constructed by guitar, bass,drum and keyboards, we are exposedto an album that can achieve mod-ernism while still being pleasurableto the ear. Many of the tracks havelengthy starts –most of them beingloops, which creates an agreeabletension for when the climax is at-tained and also makes it a wonderfulalbum to be listened to over and overagain. Knowing that their albumlaunch in Montreal was sold out,Braids is a definite find and producerof great music. If you enjoy what youhear when listening to this album,you should definitely check outBlonde Redhead, female vocals andsimilar characteristics.

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Sony Pictures handed over their ex-clusive college conference call withGossip Girl’s Leighton Meester abouther new psychological thriller TheRoommate. Sara Matthews (MinkaKelly, Friday Night Lights) finds her-self in serious danger when she is as-signed a college dorm room withRebecca (Meester, Gossip Girl). Astheir friendship grows so does Re-becca’s secret until things get a bittoo serious…Eager fans and curious college stu-

dents called in to ask Meester ques-tions, and here it is:

CCaalllleerr 11:: I recently saw ... that saidaccording to the American Psycho-logical Association in 2009 the per-centage of college students takingpsychiatric medication has risen to24%, so with about eight million po-tential college roommates out therethat means that almost 1.9 millionare on psychiatric medications. Whatdo you think about the sheer magni-tude of that number, and how daringis it really to move in with someonewho you know nothing about?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Well I think it’s an in-teresting subject that this movietouches on. I think that a lot of peo-ple can relate to because it is a littlebit scary or something else moving inwith a total stranger. You go to col-lege, you’re without your parents forthe first time, and you’re paired upwith someone who is literally goingto be in your space 24 hours a dayand has a lot of access to you. So thesubject matter of the movie a lot isreally questioning the safety of thatand the comfort zone that disappearswhen you’re forced into a situation. This is obviously a story about two

young women who become friends,and my character becomes fixated onMinka’s character and it’s this un-healthy obsession that has no realbase in reality and things go wrong.

I think everyone can relate to the factthat there is—everyone’s probably atone point had a friend that is a littlebit too needy or too nosy or sort offeeling like they have a right to yourbusiness and your clothes and yourbelongings or whatever. But I really only know about this

particular case that I tried to portraya realist way. I don’t really know thatI can comment specifically on collegestudents with psychiatric drugs be-cause I don’t necessarily know the re-lation. I think that whether or notRebecca was in college or just any-where she would have the same emo-tional and chemical problems andshe has had them her whole life.

CCaalllleerr 22:: I was wondering afterwatching yourself in this movie whatkind of an impact did playing Re-becca have on you?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Watching it years afteryou made it is really interesting be-cause you do remember certain timesand certain days that you filmed dif-ferent scenes, but this movie isstrange for me because I feel I have abit of amnesia about it. I can’t say itwasn’t fun, it was but it was also in-tense I think for everyone. It was areally time for me because I try toshare something in common with heror try to understand her motives andtry to relate to her in some way. Itwas extremely difficult for me to dothat with her starting off because ofhow she unravels. From the outsideshe seems like a really good friend,good person. She’s understanding,she’s artistic, she’s trustworthy butthen eventually she just completelylosses that.

CCaalllleerr 33:: This was your first thriller.What was it like specifically trying toplay the villain?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Yes, it’s funny I saw the

movie. A couple of my friends wereasking me how did you like it and Iwas saying it was scary and I was gen-uinely scared at points, but it is sortof funny that I’m what’s scary in themovie. I’m really proud of it and howit turned out and it’s definitely aride. It’s got a lot of levels, it’s sexyand exciting and scary and jarringand disturbing. In filming it was allof that too. It was all those things. SoI can’t say that I wasn’t at all affectedby it. I think it stays with you a bit ifyou’re terrorizing people all day.Overall it was exciting.

CCaalllleerr 44:: I was just wondering howdid you prepare for your role in TheRoommate, it’s like so psychological.Did you talk to psychiatrists aboutthe condition of your character at alland do any research into that?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Can you just hang onone second?

CCaalllleerr 44:: Yes.

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Sorry, I’m trying to parkthe car. Well I was really lucky. I hadthe opportunity to really prepare forthis, and got a lot of great psychol-ogy books and information on delu-sion, mental disorder, especially inwomen, and I had the chance tospeak with different psychiatristsabout the disorder, and get all kindsof information. Of course I watcheddifferent movies and this movie’svery much like Fatal Attraction orSingle White Female, a woman underthe influence. I think it’s a very in-teresting subject, a woman who sortof losses a real grip on reality.And the psychiatrists I spoke to I

think were the most helpful becausethey would describe in gross detaildifferent cases that they’d worked ondefending their patients who hadbeen convicted of crimes. I’ll spareyou the details but it’s definitelydark in the mind of someone who’sliving like this, and it was interestingfor me because I have what I believeis a firm grip on reality. I’m weirdand crazy like anybody else but thisperson she really doesn’t have con-trol of her mind whatsoever and thedecisions she makes are not based onrational thinking. So it was interest-ing and somewhat uncomfortable atthe same time.

CCaalllleerr 55:: The movie has a reallyprevalent marque campaign in col-lege campuses with these fake room-mate wanted ads. So I was wonderingwhat would you be looking for in theperfect roommate?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr::Well, I actually love liv-ing alone. I use to have roommatesall the time when I first moved intomy own place. It’s a challenge to livewith people. I mean obviously thebest thing about a roommate in agood situation is if you know them,if you’re friends. If you don’t youhave no idea what their habits mightbe. You’re kind of taking on theirfriends and their life as well intoyour home. But I don’t know someone who’s

clean I guess.

CCaalllleerr 66:: My question is how wasthis role in The Roommate similarand/or different from your role asBlair on Gossip Girl?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: It couldn’t have beenmore different. The entire experienceall together was different, but thecharacter, she is from a differentplace. She has a different back-ground, different parents. You knowRebecca has a history of having amental disorder. It’s not at all thesame as what I play day to day on myshow, which is a pleasure to breakfrom that and do something differ-

ent, but it’s also so incredibly differ-ent from who I am as a person as wellof course. She’s not making any decisions

based on reality. She doesn’t findpleasure in pleasurable things. Sheonly does anything, including inter-act with anybody physically or ver-bally, to gain something for herself,and she uses her intelligence, hersexuality to gain control of otherpeople. Meanwhile she doesn’t haveany control of her own mind, so ob-viously it’s a very far cry from whatI do on the show.

CCaalllleerr 77::What attracted you to thisparticular script?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: Well, the character. Ilove to breakdown and see where Ican relate to somebody and find thehumanity in them, and I want to careabout my character and love mycharacter. It was not easy with Re-becca to say the least, but I think thatif you track how she is, if you trackher actions they’re always motivatedby something internal and obviouslynot based in reality at all. So I think it’s interesting and then

of course I’m so proud of how themovie turned out. I think it’s so scaryand it’s sexy and it’s fun and it’s ex-citing, it’s a ride.

CCaalllleerr 88:: I just wanted to ask youwith your character being such acomplex character how did you feelwhen you read the script? Did youfeel like you had to be the characterand be in character when youweren’t filming just to really under-stand the dynamics of everythingthat was happening in her head?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: I think it’s really diffi-cult to understand what’s going on inher head for anybody. So yes therewas an aspect to the character thatyou can’t really just switch on andoff. I wasn’t able to just betweentakes and in between scenes shootthe breeze with everybody and hangout and have a blast. It wasn’t theeasiest thing to do, but I mean that’swhat’s satisfying about it, and overallit’s a good experience. It’s not thesame as playing a character that’scloser to yourself but yes.

CCaalllleerr 99:: And so do you see your-self in the future, are you more ofthis sort of psychological thriller ortwisted kind of role, or more of theBlair Waldorf kind of role, which re-lates more with you as an actor?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: I think that the bestpart about my job is that I can do dif-ferent things all the time. I wouldnever want to do the same thingtwice, so probably neither in the fu-ture. I would like to do somethingnew and completely fresh for myself.I never want to be bored.

CCaalllleerr 1100:: I was just wonderingI’m very scared of scary movies butI saw the trailer for The Roommateand I was really excited. So why doyou think people should see thismovie even if they may be scared ofscary movies by default?

LL.. MMeeeesstteerr:: I’m such a wimp tooand trust me I saw it and I was inthe movie and I was scared. But Ithink it’s definitely jarring and dis-turbing at points, but I think it’salso exciting and it is fun, and it’s aride and it’s very sexy.

The Roommate will be opening intheatres on February 4, 2011 at theTheater Banque Scotia.

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As part of their Power Jazz Series, theSegal Centre brought Dawn Tyler Wat-son, a greatly praised Ontario-raisedblues vocalist, to play a set for Montrealjazz fans last Sunday. She only played 12 songs, which was

restricting, considering she was theonly performer that evening, but in thespirit of jazz she made those songs lastas long as she could. No one com-plained.Accompanied by John Sadowy on

piano, Sam Harrison on drums, MorganMoore on bass and Dany Roy on sax, allof which have their own respectivebands when not playing with her. Wat-son, a Montreal Jazz Festival veteran,worked out of her Jazz repertoire, a sideof her that, according to Watson, is sel-dom ever seen.She kicked off her set with a smooth

jazz song to demonstrate her fantasticvocal proficiency and smoky voice,then swayed back into her usual style-suit with an upbeat blues tune with afair bit of well-performed scatting.She impressed the audience with her

charisma and wit during the third song,a love song, sprinkled with numeroussexual innuendos and puns, whichshowed the more sensual side of blues. She furthermore demonstrated her

vocal talent by impeccably mimickingthe sound of a trumpet with her pursedlips to end the song before beginning tosing the commonly recognised verse tothe old song You are my Sunshine,which chords and lyrics inspired thefourth piece that was performed.Occasionally jamming on the shaking

egg, she danced and swayed during herhigher tempo songs and sung so softlyin her calmer airs that at the end of onepiece, the audience took almost half aminute to clap for the last note thatseemed to put everything in slow mo-tion.Having an R&B/Funk band on the

side, her side project’s influences shonethrough her sixth song. “My first lovewas jazz”, and she really made it ap-parent by tainting even her funk songswith it.She flowed through the show with

ease as she sung a swing song and a RayCharles cover and finally, after a stand-ing ovation, performed a bluesy PurpleHaze as an encore.She came back to the Segal Centre on

Tuesday for a blues performance withthe Jordan Officer Trio but you willhave to wait until April to see her again. As you wait, I recommend attending

one of the Power Jazz shows at the SegalCentre, the next one is on March 13,where pianist Raphael Zaldivar will beperforming.

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The Auberge Alternative, a hostellocated in Old Montreal, is currentlyholding an art exhibition that dis-plays the artwork of three localartists: Dana Babineau Burns, Han-naleah Ledwell and Valerie Trudel.Unlike other art exhibitions, the

paintings aren’t statically placed oneafter the other in a quiet gallery. Theartworks are hung up along the wallsof the staircase as well as their dim-lit kitchen.The exhibition holds different

painting styles and a wide variety ofcolour play that underlines theirstrong talent in setting up interestingcompositions, use of colour and cre-ative expression. Although the artists appear to be

creatively different, they share an ex-plicit similarity: their artwork is pro-duced to express and not to impress.The lines aren’t perfect, the portraitsaren’t detailed to a T, but that doesnot take away from the craft. Theflow of the art is seamless; it demon-strates the natural talent and imagi-nation each of these young womenpossesses.

One of Burns’ pieces entitled Emo-tion might just look like a four-year-old dipped their fingers in differentpaint pots and stamped their little in-dexes to fill up the white space. How-ever, it’s not the images that makethe piece wonderful. The variation ofpaint thickness in the streaks, andthe blend of the colours chosen makewhat may appear as mere splotchesmuch more amusing and bring depthinto it’s meaning.Whereas other pieces may depict

much more evident images, thechoice of colours blended togetherbring so much to the table in such aharmonious way. The more mono-chrome artwork is used relevantly inorder to set the artwork’s tone. Forinstance, keeping a painting at agreyscale will send off bleak vibeswhile one done in different shades oforange sends a warm feel.These pieces will be up for show

every day until Feb 20. Feel free toadmire local art by dropping in any-time between 7 a.m. and 1 a.m. with-out charge.

This upcoming Saturday at DivanOrange, Vintage Violence Recordswill be presenting the release showfor Quebec’s post-punk outfit Short-pants Romance’s anticipated firstalbum, Shotgun Divorce, which hasbeen three years in the making. Thelaunch’s line-up also features fuzz-pop/shoegaze four piece, Silver Dap-ple, whose Montreal-based membershail from Alberta and Quebec.Silver Dapple guitarist and vocalist

Emily Diemert and drummer JesseLocke discuss the show, whichDiemert promises to be “a really funnight of good, noisy rock.”The two bands first played along-

side one another at a Trois-Rivièresshow and have since been goodfriends. “They blew our minds thatnight with their high-energy, female-fronted garage rockabilly spazzpunk,” Locke recalls, adding that heand the band are “honoured thatthey asked us to play with them attheir LP release show.”The fuzzy, pop-ish sound that

characterizes Silver Dapple draws in-fluence from 90s greats such as Pave-ment, Sonic Youth, and The Breeders.

The band members look forward toplaying for an audience differentfrom the one for which they typicallyplay. Although a kinetic, fast-pacedsound not entirely similar to Silver

Dapple’s has come to be expected bythe Shortpants crowd, the two bandsare certainly compatible, not only asfriends but also as musicians. “Post punk and shoegaze seem to be

created and appreciated by peoplewith an ear for status quo-challeng-ing sounds.”Locke said.Silver Dapple began as Diemert’s

cover project, in which she playednoisy renditions of her favouritesongs, and has evolved into its cur-rent arrangement over the past twoyears. After Locke and bassist Markus

Lake, the band’s most recent additionis guitarist Martin Blackburn who“provides the final brick in our wallof noise.” Locke said.The quartet is in the process of

recording its vinyl LP, English Girl-friend. Set for a September release, itwill be their loudest work yet.Diemert, who “can’t wait to see

Shortpants play,” has been highlyanticipating the show since SilverDapple was asked to join the bill afew months ago. “If it turns out any-thing like the last time we shared astage with them,” Locke said, “thingsshould get super rowdy.”The LP launch is a surefire way to

catch two dynamic live performancesand kick the midwinter blues.

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Name: Anna FreyProgram: Arts and CultureNickname: My name is Anna but I let some boys call me Velvet.Sexual fantasy: Mermaids.Favourite sex position: The Hank Moody.Favourite god/goddess: Freyja. Love, beauty, war and death. She’s got it covered. Favourite disease: Leprosy.

Name: Elise FavisProgram: Arts and CultureNickname: LZ, EliWhy are you in school?: Dawson isn’t my school, I live here... i sleep in the basement and have named all the rats down there.Favourite drink: Wine. Favourite smell: Autumn morningsFavourite taste: Melted dark chocolate.

Name: Carl PerksProgram: Cin/Vid/ComNickname: Killer CarlWhy are you in school?: As not to not be in schoolFavourite drink: Anything single maltFavourite smell: Lack thereofFavourite taste: Salivary GlandsFavourite sex position: I am a virgin… Favourite brand of cigarettes: I bet Brian is the one that came up with these questions. Drum.Favourite disease: Really? That’s like having a favourite kind of rape.

Hombeline DumasProfessional PhotographySexual fantasy: while skydiving, although the landing might be roughFavorite goddess : Yanet, celtic goddess of sex, love and harmony

Name: Erica GuthProgram: Visual ArtsWhy are you in school?: It was either that or the circus Favourite drink: Very evil coffee Favourite smell: Musty old booksFavourite taste: Scented markersFavourite god/goddess: Kurt CobainFavourite disease: Commitment Can’t live without: My epileptic dog Sam

Name: Brian LapuzProgram: Environmental StudiesWhy are you in school?: STFUFavourite sex position: Captain AmericaFavourite drink: Watered down orange juiceFavourite smell: Bad breathFavourite taste: PamplemousseFavourite disease: Global WarmingCan’t live without: Cheese

Name: Dahlia BelinskyProgram: Pure and AppliedNickname: DBellsSexual fantasy: Julian Casablancas dressed up as Harry PotterFavourite smell: laundry aisle at the grocery storyFavourite taste: muppetsFavourite sex move: the charizardFavourite disease: diabetus

Name: maya malkinProgram: cin/vid/comWhy are you in school?: cuz itt mak mie lern gewdSexual fantasy: bilbo baggins in a classy yet revealing robe (...or should i say dildo baggins...)Favourite smell: puppyFavourite taste: ..puppy.. ;)Favourite sex position: the orangutanFavourite goddess: maya-kali: the dark mother

Name: Gabe GilkerProgram: LiteratureNickname: HussyFavourite smell: Stripper’s locker room. Favourite taste: Air. Favourite sex move: the “rapist.” Favourite god/goddess: Maya Malkin, obviously. Favourite brand of cigarettes: Marlboro + Quebec Clas-siques. Favourite disease: Feminism.

Name: Chris PikeProgram: Social Sciences with all the dumb kidsWhy are you in school?: To hopefully one day learn how to gain the love and acceptance of Brian LapuzSexual fantasy: Brian LapuzFavourite drink: Canadian ClubFavourite smell: Napalm in the morningFavourite sex position: The Bill MurrayFavourite god/goddess: Raptor JesusFavourite brand of cigarettes: Lucky StrikeFavourite disease: SARS, Yeah remember SARS? Good times.Can’t live without: Carl’s cooking.

Name: Shirel RevahProgram: Graphic DesignNickname: ChaChiFavourite drink: Bootleggers!Favourite sex move: The BulldozerFavourite god/goddess: Brody DaleFavourite disease: Chicken PoxCan’t live without: Metok & Sunshine Bear & B-RI!

Name: Melina GiubilaroProgram: Languages

Favourite drink: Lychee MartiniFavourite smell: mustard on the wallFavourite taste: 2C.10Favourite sex position: The HoudiniFavourite god/goddess: Artemis, the goddess of hunting and fertilityFavourite disease: LapuzCan’t live without: Will & Grace

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The CanadianPolitical Scene help line DAHLIA BELINSKY

INTERNATIONAL NEWS EDITOR

Welcome back Dawson students!Hope you had a great six week vaca-tion whether you were in town, onthe beach, or skiing. One thing I'msure we all did during our long win-ter break was call the Dawson HelpLine. A test to see if you've spent too

much time calling the Help Line is ifyou have the Q92 playlist memorizedand every time you hear it you havethe urge to throw your phone acrossthe room. Why has it become such a painful

experience for students to make theirschedule? I could blame the studentsworking for the Help Line, but theproblem is much higher than that.The workers are given two days oftraining and are then sent to dealwith students so enraged that we areready to drop out if it'll make theprocess easier. The students workingfor the Help Line can only know somuch and every time I've spoken tothem they've been polite and as help-ful as possible.The problem lies withAcademic Advising. The trained pro-fessional adults that are supposed toanswer any questions we might have.Whether they are regarding univer-sity and CRC scores or courses withinthe CEGEP.The reason why we are constantly

put on hold is because of problemswith our schedules. There are threemain issues:

1. You can't finalize. I will give Ac-ademic Advising the benefit of thedoubt and say that it's the com-puter's fault. 2. You can't completeyour schedule because all the coursesare full. Again, that can't be helped,the school is full beyond belief. 3.You were given false information bythe advisers and are now confused.If you are the third case then

chances are you spent the most timeon the phone. You made people waitanywhere from 20 minutes to anhour on hold even though theirproblem would take less time thanyours.I was prepared last semester and

went to see Academic Advising withall my questions. Being annoying andparanoid, I went back at least threetimes with the same questions, andevery time with I received the sameanswer. Imagine how confused I waswhen it was time for registration andmy allocated course wasn't there.After jamming out to Q92's light rockfor 15 minutes, I spoke to a studentwho immediately passed me to anadviser. The adviser was rude andshort with me before I even had achance to explain my problem. Iknow that job must be frustrating,but we've all had a job where we hadto deal with impatient customers. Ifwe're rude to them (especially for noreason) we can get fired so just be-cause we are students that doesn't

give you the right to have poor man-ners. Anyway, it took another two phone

calls and eventually raising my voicebefore my problem was regulated.Why it had to come to that is beyondme. While I was lucky enough to getwhat was promised to me there areother people who are now forced todo extra semesters or change pro-grams. The Help Line is so floodedbecause the advisers are confusingthe students saying they will get onething, but when registration comesaround we are denied. Either theyare lying to spite us or they are sim-ply uninformed. If we could get thecorrect information the first time, wewon't be forced to call the Help Line,making it much less busy.Oh and a quick PS, instead of say-

ing course change will be online andthen the small fine print says: "Onlysection changes can be made online,"make it a much larger and bolderfont so students can stop wastingtheir time. I'm sure the school canfind some money for the extra ink.The money could even come fromthe students who are being forced todo extra semesters!

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Who deserves more money, corpo-rations or families?

The next election is going to be achoice between two ideas and twoparties. It is clear that both sides arenot going to retreat on their stances.Although, who is right? Will loweringcorporate taxes really create morejobs for Canadians? Or will loweringincome taxes for families create morespending room? Let us look at these two questions

objectively. Harper’s corporate taxcut would lower the expendituresthat all businesses have to pay to thegovernment. This includes the reallyrich ones where the CEOs get regularbonuses. Ignatieff’s income tax cutwould allow people, employed, un-employed, even bosses and CEOs tosave more money because they won’tlose it all from the point that theirpay checks are given. Either way, therichest will win the lottery; it is nowa matter of choosing which planwould be beneficial for all. A 1% taxcut on a person whose income is$100,000 per year would mean asavings of $1000 annually. A 1% taxcut on a corporation that receivesover $ 1 million in income would seea $10,000 savings on that income.Both plans can fail at their objec-

tive: strengthen the economy. Justbecause a business saves $10,000 permillion in earnings, doesn’t mean

that new jobs will appear. Part of thismoney could go on renovations, re-formatting, advertisements, raises,bonuses… the list goes on. A tax cutfor the people could be used to paydown debts, buy new items, fix olditems, balance budgets, pay for tu-ition fees, and accommodate the ris-ing costs of food and othernecessities of life.Since neither method can guaran-

tee a boost to the economy, we canpoint out that debt is the main rea-son why the recession happened.While both corporations and peopleare in debt, the most immune to thedebt and the consequences thatcome with it are the corporationswho are mainly dependent on thefree market and readily receivebailout packages.Since both these actions could ulti-

mately have the same effect, it is nowa personal choice. Do you wantmoney to come back to your pocket?Or would you rather watch corpora-tions who have the framework todeal with debt and economic slow-downs reap the benefits of a cut tothe lowest corporate tax rate in theG7*?*As stated by the Finance Ministry

of CanadaIf you choose to give the CEOs a bit

more breathing room to collect morebonuses, you would prefer the Con-servatives. If you would prefer to getmore for the dollar and have a littlebit more breathing room financially –whether you would be a student, em-ployee, layoff or parent – you wouldprefer the Liberals. The next electionwill be a choice: Liberal or Conserva-tive.

HorrorScopesGABE GILKERARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Aries: Oh look, you’re finally makingfriends, getting out there and being a so-cial butterfly. Isn’t life just peachy fuckingkeen? No. It’s not. You suck, you alwayshave, and you always will and soon every-one will see through your bullshit maskand realize you’re a fake.

Taurus: You’re getting ahead in your ca-reer. You’re going to be wicked successful.I’m giving you two BIG thumbs up. Nowlet’s look a bit further into the future,you’re 21 out of university and interningat some big corporate company. Soundsperfect right? Yes, but all that “gettingahead in your career” has left you afriendless, lifeless loser. Sounds successfulto me!

Gemini: It’s all about reaching out and ex-ploring new horizons. My professionalpsychic opinion prompts you to reachyour car keys into the ignition and takeyou car out for a leisurely joy ride, ex-ploring all that life has to offer. Transla-tion: pull a “Thelma and Louise” andexplore yourself off a cliff.

Cancer: Oh you’re so screwed. You betterstart paying off your debt before you pissoff the wrong people. Mainly me. You candrop the money in an envelope with myname on it by The Plant office. You don’tknow my family. Heh heh heh.

Leo: D’awww just in time for v-day you’regoing to have a little fling and maybe loseyour v-card! Maybe. This fling won’t lastlong, because all anyone wants out of anyrelationship is sex. Didn’t you know that?

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Whatever happened to showing a little bit of re-spect, or gratitude even, towards the people whomake your night downtown run smoothly?I’ll tell you, working as a busboy you witness just

about every possible clubbing scenario there is, ona nightly basis. We, the busboys, see absolutely everything you

people do that nobody else does. We see every-thing from lighting your cig in the club, which youthink nobody notices because it’s 2:30 in themorning, and the party is ‘poppin’, and yourfriend turns to you and says, “Don’t worry bro, no-body gives a shit.” We see when you throw upunder the table and put napkins to hide it; we evensee when you get all liquored up and start dry-heaving with a grenade, all over the dance-floor.We are the eyes and ears of the club, and we seeEVERYTHING.Besides most of the bullshit that happens with

the odd, asshole customer, it’s actually a prettychill job for three simple reasons:1)Who do you think is making all of the cash

that you’re spending during the night?2)We meet celebrities when they come for after-

parties.3)We laugh at all the stupid shit you people do.For instance, I think this particular night was in

mid-December, and so far the night had beenpretty shitty for me.My boss, Polash, who pretty much resembles a

chain-smoking gummy-bear, who stands at nomore than 5’3”, and has a temper like Les Gross-man (Tom Cruise) in Tropic Thunder, kept givingme shit all night. Every 30 seconds, all I’d hear was

Polash, yelling: “Stay in your fucking section! Stayin your fucking section!” Even though I alreadywas. And as if that wasn’t enough, I’d be carryingan ice-bucket with an ass-ton of ice, three 26 Ozbottles of Belvedere, two pitchers of cranberry andorange juice above my head in one hand. In theother I’d have nine cups for the table, and not asoul would move out of my way, or even acknowl-edge my presence.But anyways, it was a pretty shitty night already,

and I was in the basement getting a smoke and aRockstar energy-drink. Suddenly, I hear someloud-mouthed, blonde chick, who was all liquoredup, demanding a jacket which was neither hers,nor that she had the ticket for. “It’s a grey Canada-Goose jacket; how can you

not find it?!” She slurred a few times towardsMarko, the busboy in charge of coat-check thatnight. This went on for a few more minutes beforeI completely lost it on her.I shot Marko a look which he instantly under-

stood as, “I’ve got this.” I turned to her and said,“Listen; first off, do you even know how many ofyou fucking people have a Canada-fucken-Goosejacket?!” I then pointed to at least 30 Canada-Goose jackets. “Secondly,” I continued, gainingmomentum, “you’re not even supposed to be downhere!”“Well I have a ticket, and that means I can come

down here to look for a jacket if I want!” She in-terrupted with the snarkiest possible tone.“Yeah, you’ve got a fucking COAT-CHECK ticket!”

I yelled. “What that means is that you can standthe fuck upstairs, and wait for us to BRING YOU

YOUR FUCKING JACKET!! That is what your ticketis for. If we want you down here, then you cancome; but we don’t. So, get the fuck out of my face,before I throw you out of the club on your drunk,fucking, grenade ass!”What happened next was amazing; she pretty

much turned white, apologized, and went upstairsnearly in tears to wait for her friend’s jacket to befound.Marko stared at me in complete awe, with his

mouth hanging like in a bad comedy.I chugged the rest of my Rockstar, put my cig in

my mouth, and said, “That’s how you handle afucking situation.” And then went outside to sneaka smoke with some of the other busboys.Around closing time, about three-ish, the girl

was back in the basement, but this time with hersister, and finally being polite. The girl’s sister wasactually pretty cute and really nice, kind of a Dr.Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde situation going on betweenthem. She even apologized for her sister’s drunkenrants and bitching.In the end, the ‘nice’ sister and I managed to

identify the right jacket by checking through thepockets of about 30 Canada-Goose jackets for aHalls wrapper. The ‘nice’ sister, wanted to give me her “contact

information,” as she put it, because, “giving some-one a jacket is a really big deal.”Just as she was about to give me her number, Po-

lash, my boss, ran down and yelled at me, again, tostay in my “fucking section!”Cock-blocked by my boss. Nice.Just another night at Time Supper Club.

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Virgo: STOP SLACKING! It’s alreadyFebruary and you STILL haven’tstarted your new years resolution tostop being so…. Virgo-y. Didn’t youmake a bunch of resolutions likediet, therapy, new habits? Well…..the year is only so long. Get on it.

Libra: Can we all stop and observethis fine specimen of good fortune.Luck, love, riches… yowza! Butwatch out… with great fortunecomes great tragedy.

Scorpio: Move out. If you alreadyhave… avoid hospitals. Translation:Stop drinking so goddamned muchand you won’t get a liver failure.Hospitals are a bad omen.

Sagittarius: You’re so smart. Tell theright people the right things andyou’ll see some awesome payoffs.Now… watch your cash. It’s beingstolen, spent and tossed around likedrugs at a crack den. So to savesome cash lay off the junk. Yourriches will multiply like bunnies onspeed.

Capricorn: Well… You’re popular.Everyone wants to chill with you.They all want to be around you be-cause you have a great personality.Hahaha, no… you’re greatly misled.They all want to hang out with youbecause they heard you’re easy. Usecondoms.

Pisces: OMG OMG OMG YOU HAVESO MUCH ENERGY! Go die.

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Hey guys! Get ready for awhole new semester of men becauseI am back and ready to get scopingfor all you lonely Dawson ladies. Thissemester I have the wonderful NaomiSchecter on board to help me outseeing as I am now an editor and willhave less time for man hunting.

So at the end of last semester therewas a miscommunication and my lastcolumn and my last man of the weekwere not in the final issue. So I wouldlike to start off the semester with theend of the last one. Here is my good-bye from almost two months ago:

Farewell everyone! This is the lastDawson’s finest column of the se-

mester, I’ve had a great time with thiscolumn, and am excited for all thenew men I’ll weave out next semes-ter.

I would like to thank Joe Zerter,Adam Morris, Sascha Manjaro Ka-vanaugh-Sommerer, Xavier Murphy,Jesse Rosenberg, Wolfe Girardin, AlecHenderson, Joe Munro, Kaj Huddart,Voldemort, Daniel Dixon, Fahim Alid-ina, Hombeline Dumas, CatherineDumont and Gabe Gilker for helpingme out and being a part of this withme.

I hope any readers I have comeback next semester to check out themen. ANYWAYS I’M OUT, BYE GUYS!- MAYEEZY

MAYA MALKIN NAOMI SCHECTER

Man of the Week

Name: Fahim Alidina (Faheezy)Program: General Social (5th semester)Hair: BlackEyes: Brown

I know I’ve been ragging on him all semester, but I figured it was a goodtime to make peace, and give Faheezy some credit for what he does.Fahim’s interests include music, women and money. He listens to dancehall, reggae and soca. He hates any techno or electronic music. “I like every-thing, I can’t describe it.” Faheezy doesn’t like fakers, or people who talka lot of shit. “I don’t like women who are naggers, or girls who think they’retoo hot, I love skeezes.” His favourite food is jerk chicken, and his favouriteanimal is the nympho. Fahim loves to drink anything with rum in it. Helikes to go out clubbing, “anywhere that there is liquor.” He’s a DJ, “I didevents here, competitions, I’m the best of Dawson, undefeated.” He is tak-ing business classes because he wants to be in the field of business in Uni-versity, and was given half of his parents business to run. If interested,you can find Faheezy in the atrium scoping out the ladies, oh and he likes“blondes, with fat asses.”

Skanks

Dear Lapin, I’ve got two girls inmy life. I’m screwing around withboth and I love it, but now both ofthem are starting to want more thanjust this casual stuff. I really don’twant a relationship and at the sametime I don’t want my fun to end.How would you go about this?

That’s definitely an awkward po-sition to be in dude. It’s kind of theway it goes though; girls often timesget attached. My advice is either topick your favourite or keep thisgoing as long as you can or you cantry to date them both. The last oneisn’t very nice, but it’s your life.

ANSWERS BYLAPIN CHAUD

Dear Lapin, my boyfriend and Ihave been dating for two monthsnow and we've done everything butactually have sex. He knows I’mdown, but he always stops us rightbefore. Is there something wrongwith me or him?

I would be inclined to think it’shim because you said he knowsyou’re down. The only thing thatcomes to my mind as being an issuefor you is if your treasure chest isn’tpolished enough. If it isn’t, thentrim those hedges down and if it’sbeen taken care of then tell yourman that you need a dick that won’tquit.

Dear Lapin, I go out every week-end to good clubs and I dress my-self up really nicely. I’m superfriendly with guys and I dance myass off. All I want is a hot guy to fuckme. Why is it so hard to get laid?

Assuming that this question isfrom a girl, I have no idea why it’sso hard for you to get laid. Usually,when a lady is looking for sex shefinds it. So that leaves two things toconsider... Are you fat? When youlook in the mirror does the personyou see start crying? Even if the an-swer to these questions is yes, I havesome advice to help you. If you’re alittle big then wear loose clothingand dark colors and try to draw at-tention to your tits. Last thing, loweryour standards. You have to kiss afew frogs before you meet yourprince.

The Americans have decided tobless us with another one of their re-makes. The victim this time, Skins.It’s a teen drama that originallystarted in the UK and is currently inits fifth season across the pond. It’sracy and bares all that has to do withsex, drugs, and other serious issues. Iwas surprised when I heard an Amer-ican version was being made forcable television, despite the fact thatAmerican TV is a lot more sensitive.Let me just start off by saying the

American version of the show itselfsucks! The actors are horrible, the di-alogue sounds fake, and the showjust tries too hard to be like the orig-inal first two seasons of Skins UK.This insults me more than the actualvulgarity. As predicted, Skins USA has every-

one clutching their pearls. Critics arecalling it “child porn” since most ofthe actors are under 18 and engagein sexual behavior, taking drugs andall that crazy stuff. Advertisers arequickly pulling the hell out of thisdisaster, and while ratings for thefirst episode were high, they dropped52% come the second. I am a huge fan of the original. I am

one of the most modest people you’llever meet yet the subject matter ofthe show doesn’t bother me much;you know why? It has balance. Theacting is great, I like the way it’sfilmed, and the music always works.Also, the accents are charming andfictional TV characters don’t havemuch influence over my life… I’m

stable like that. While I dislike the US version of the

show, I still happen to disagree witheveryone flipping out over the na-ture of it. I feel like they are beingmuch too sensitive. The problem inour society runs deeper than a vul-gar fictional television show. I’m notsure if it’s a lack of trust in our youthor just the compulsive need to con-stantly pull the wool over people’seyes. My message to MTV: Cancel the

show. It’s not worth it and shouldhave never been remade. My mes-sage to the outraged: Chill out! Thereare a lot more important things to beoutraged about in our world. I knowmost of you can only handle thetruth when it’s sugar coated to makeyou feel better.For anyone out there who actually

enjoys the American version forsome reason, I urge you to check outthe first two seasons of the original.You’re welcome.

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“To get a life.”Graham Herbert Cin/Vid/Com

Fourth Semester

“I want to gain 40pounds.”

Fred KowalczykBusiness and Adm.Fourh Semester

"...I had a good one butforgot it.”Paola MorinCommerce

Fourth Semester

"No regrets."Adam Capriolo

Professional TheatreFourth Semester

"Get a 90% in Math!"Judith NtambewSocial ScienceSecond Semester

"To quit smoking."Ericka CitchillittiVisual Arts

Fourth Semester

"I want another World ofWarcraft tattoo."Matt QuintanillaGeneral SocialFourth Semester

“Drink less, eat healthier"Jade Parkinson-Gayle

Literature Second Semester

WORD IN THE HERD

Last week, a coal mine explosion inColumbia killed 21 people. The minehas been closed for an undeterminedamount of time and for now the su-pervision of other mines is being im-proved. Due to the collapsed rocksand danger of gas medical teamswere delayed at entering the mine.Really? Mines again? They're so lastyear.

* * * Taco Bell is being sued due to an

accusation that the meat is more ad-ditives than "beef." They are beingaccused of their meat being only 35%beef. The company is denying anyclaims that the amount of meat intheir "beef" is below the legal limit.This is serious business becauseeveryone knows people who eat atTaco Bell care about what's in theirfood or if their food is actually food.

* * * Last year, on 'Dr. Phil', Jessica Bea-

gley was shown disciplining her 7year-old child by making him drinkhot sauce and forcing him to takecold showers. She did this all whileyelling at the boy. Beagley is nowpleading not guilty to a charge ofchild abuse. If she is found guilty theboy may have to go back to Russia ashe was adopted from there. I don'tknow what's worse, being forced to

drink hot sauce and take cold show-ers or living in Russia where everyday is winter and never Christmas.

* * * On Sunday, climber, Adam Potter

fell from a height of 1000ft whilemountain climbing. To everyone’ssurprise he had no lasting injuriesand when the rescue crew found himhe was standing, reading a map. Heis currently in hospital for a few cuts,bruises, and a small chest injury. Hefell from 1000ft, somehow avoidedthe rocks on the side of the moun-tain, and his last name is Potter…Ob-viously, this man is a wizard. The boywho lived much?

* * * The Colombian navy have seized

over one ton of cocaine after a boatchase. There were three men on theboat, two jumped ship and the otherman was arrested. According to BBC,there was almost 30 million dollarsworth of drugs being exported. Whyis the Colombian navy stopping theirmain trade from being exported…?(Thanks Brian)

* * * Adolf Hitler’s last surviving body-

guard, Rochus Misch, 93, has finallystopped responding to his fan mail.

That’s right, Nazis are still getting fanmail. Misch used to send a picture ofhimself in his uniform with an auto-graph. What do the people who re-ceive that say? “Who’s this a pictureof?” “A Nazi!” That’s legit.

* * * Scientists have recently found that

a species of frogs now have bottomteeth. The last time they were foundto have teeth was 200 million yearsago. This has spurred argumentsabout whether or not certain traitscan resurface in the stages of evolu-tion. I'm sorry, but seeing a frog withteeth is way more worrisome then adebate regarding evolution. Firstleeches and now I have to worryabout frogs biting me when I'mswimming?

* * * Russian films dated as far back as

the Soviet Union Era are being soldon iTunes without the consent oforiginal filmmakers or copyrightholders. The programmer, VladimirPenshin, uploaded certain moviessuch as Kin-dza-dza andCheburashka. I hate these copyrightlaws! Cheburashka is my favorite feelgood movie of all time and now Ican't even download it.

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Obituaries GABE GILKERARTS EDITOR

TONY STABILESTAFF WRITER

CARL PERKS

November 12, 1989 – January 30, 2011

The late Carl Perks, succeededby his girlfriend Cindy AntonacciTardif, passed away this week-end. The young English man whoattended Dawson College fell intoa large vat of boiling hot EnglishBreakfast Tea late one night afterbeing last seen leaving his houseat 4:00 a.m. A memorial service will be held

at The Plant office on February 3,2011 at 8:00 a.m.Donations can also be made out

to “The Save Carl Perks Fund.”(Cash, cigarettes or alcoholic bev-erages are being accepted.)

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Dawson College’s AAA women’sbasketball team came out hard in thesecond half of Sunday’s game overthe Champlain St. Lawrence Lions toearn a well-deserved comeback vic-tory at home by the score of 77-42. It didn’t start well for the Blues as

they fell behind to the Lions 12-9after one quarter, mainly becausethey failed to capitalize on the Lions’mistakes. Throughout the openingquarter, the Lions gave up 12turnovers to the Blues’ four but Daw-son couldn’t seem to take advantage.Although the Blues stole the ball atotal of nine times and kept posses-sion, they missed 20 field goals in a10-minute span and the Lions cameout of the first with a three pointlead, thanks to the Lions’ StephanieBrunetta’s three pointer with 49 sec-onds left to play. The first was to be quickly forgot-

ten as the Blues came out to a muchstronger start in the second quarter.While the Lions’ turnovers contin-

ued, the Blues were finally able togenerate scoring chances. The Bluesjumped to a 13-12 lead when KeshyiaLespoir scored a field goal after she

reduced the Lions lead to 12-11 witha breakaway attempt after yet an-other Lions turnover.The Blues didn’t look back from

there.They came out with a 36-26 lead at

the half. However, the Lions’ accu-racy hurt the Blues in the secondquarter, despite a 10-point lead. Jes-sica Leger and Brunetta of the Lionsscored a combined three 3-pointersafter 20 minutes of play. This beingsaid, it didn’t prove to be enough forthe Lions. The Blues played their best in the

third quarter. Dawson put pressureon the Lions at centre court, forcingthe Lions to continue their trend ofturning the ball over. Lespoir scoredon her second breakaway attempt at6:26 of the third quarter to give theBlues a 46-28 lead. They eventuallywould close out the third with a com-manding 63-34 lead. The fourth place Blues would win

their 11th game of the season againstthe 1-13 Lions, scoring 14 points andputting the nail in the coffin in thefourth quarter with a final score of77-42 “We missed a lot of shots in the

first half. By missing those shots, itaffected our confidence,” said BluesHead Coach Trevor Williams of histeam’s performance. “By getting

some shots in [in the second half],their confidence came back.”“We played better man-to-man de-

fence in the second half,” Cali Fox,

guard for the Blues echoed. The Blues play their next game to-

morrow vs. John Abbott at DawsonCollege.

Blues hunt down LionsSAMANTHA MILETO

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Remember the tall, overly-pubes-cent kid with the moustache and theoversized arms in your primaryschool gym class? He is probably inFlorence right now renaissance-suit-ing-up for a match of CalcioFiorentino, the Mr T. of ball sports.Clad in 16th century lower body

attire (commonly known in presenttime as Pouffy Pants), two teams of27 large, testosterone producingmen with testicles the size of kinballs, engage in a ball game similarto football, rugby and Spartan war-fare. The rules are very simple: bothteams have fifty minutes to get theball into the opposing team’s 50metre-spanning net at the other endof the 100 metre-long blood-stainedsand pit as many times as possible.Kicks to the back of another player’shead are disallowed. The rules endthere. Everything else is fair game.The game is referred to as a true

contact sport; this is because every-thing is legal, from punches to theface to body slams passing by throw-ing sand into opposition’s eyes. If aplayer is knocked unconscious or se-verely injured, the team is one mandown: no substitutions. For this rea-son, the first 20 minutes of play arealmost solely comprised of blood-thirsty dropkicks and gruesome fist-fights. This is probably the sportRambo was put in by his dad as a

kid.When joining one of the four

teams in the league, if you have afootball background, you are mostlikely to be positioned as a scorer,where you run with the ball and passit around to other scorers with theaim to have it end somewhere in thenet. If you miss the net, half a pointgoes to the opposing team. If youcome from an MMA, boxing orwrestling background, you will prob-ably be positioned as a brawler, withthe goal of knocking out as many op-

posing players as possible. Thesemen are not strong like oxen, theyare strong like dinosaurs. When join-ing a team with a background otherthan the two aforementioned, youwill most likely end up as the waterboy. There are four teams in the league,

all from Florence: The Santa CroceBlues, The Santa Maria Novella Reds,The Santo Spirito Whites and TheSan Giovanni Greens. CalcioFiorentino use to be played by 16thcentury noble aristocracy (including

three popes) but was eventuallybanned. It was brought back by Mus-solini and the rules have been re-cently amended to forbid convictedcriminals. This seems more like a po-litical manoeuvre than an attempt toimprove game play: San GiovanniGreens have lost over twenty playersto this rule.Now only played thrice a year,

much pomp and enthusiasm is putinto such events, this does not helpin suppressing Italian gladiatorialstereotypes.

Crazy Sport of the Week: Calcio Fiorentino

Look at their silly pants! Photo Credit: Wikimedia

CARL PERKSFEATURES EDITOR

In a fast paced game last Sun-day the Men’s AAA Basketballteam defeated the Limoilou Ti-tans on home turf.The Blues came out strong and

gave the Titans a hard time fromthe start. They opened up thescoring with a free throw fol-lowed up with a jumper byJonathan Smith. The Blues con-

tinued to dominate throughoutthe first ten minutes, with astrong defence denying the Ti-tans access to the basket. Any momentum that had been

built by the Blues was put outwhen the Titans player, MichaelBaribeau, fell awkwardly aftermaking an attempt for the ball.Eventually the paramedics ar-

rived and Baribeau was broughtto the hospital. The players were given a two-

minute warm-up period after theordeal and then the game wasback on.The Blues did not profit from

the break, with their defencehindering, allowing the Titans tocatch up quite steadily with a 9-

0 run. “I thought it changedthings a little bit because we hada little bit of momentum going,”said head coach Wayne Year-wood. “But that’s no excuse,we’re here to play and we’ve gotto play through that.” After plenty of back and forth

play between the teams in thefirst half, the score at half timewas 35-27 with the Blues goinginto the third quarter with thelead.Going into the second half the

Blues started off slow, with a lotof passing around the net, butwere unable to capitalize. Theyquickly picked it up but so didthe Titans, who had ample scor-ing opportunities. “After thethird quarter we got a bit loosewith [our defence] but thenstarted to come back,” JonathanSmith said. Despite the frequent missed

opportunities by the Blues, thehome team still managed to pushthrough offensively. The atmos-phere in the gym was tense, assupporters of the Titans teamgrew frustrated.Blue’s Gilda Mulenda, finished

off the game scoring two threepointers and a jumper in a spanof two minutes as the Blues de-molished their opponents 85-59.“I thought we played a solidgame we had a little stretchwhere I think we didn’t play thatgreat of a defence. “ coach Year-wood said.

Up next for the Blues, a homegame against John Abbott tomor-row night.

Dawson hammer TitansCASSANDRADE MASISTAFF WRITER

Blues on a fast break Photo by: Homebeline Dumas

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Three Super Bowl victories in sixyears and a 7-1 record in Super Bowlappearances. The sort of statistic anyteam would dream of having besidetheir name. The Pittsburgh Steelersneed only win their next game andthat dream will become a reality.When the Pittsburgh Steelers meet

the Green Bay Packers in Super BowlXLV on Sunday they will be aiming tocement their place as the most dis-tinguished and successful franchisesince the beginning of the Super Bowlera in 1970.

Offence

The Steelers offensive game hasbeen built behind star QuarterbackBen Roethlisberger and when "BigBen" missed four games to start theseason due to a suspension manyquestions were raised about how thesteelers would manage without himand then adapt when he returned.

They managed and then adaptedand then won. Over and over again.With young stars Wide Receiver MikeWallace and Running Back RashardMendenhall with 1200 yards receiv-ing and 1200 yards rushing respec-tively, Pittsburgh has been a forcewith ball in hand finishing with a 12-4 record and claiming the AFC Northtitle.Facing a fifth ranked Green Bay de-

fence on Sunday, Pittsburgh's offencewill have a battle on their hands buthaving eliminated the 10th rankedBaltimore defence and third rankedJets defence earlier these playoffs it'snothing they haven't seen before.They will however be without

rookie sensation Center MaurkicePouncey who is out with a brokenankle and with Green Bay's Pro BowlLinebacker Clay Matthews chargingat "Big Ben" the offensive line willhave a tough assignment.

Defense

Troy Polamalu and his wondroushair. Two things that define the Steel-ers defence. The six-time Pro Bowl

Safety (and his hair) will have thePackers in his sights on Sunday aim-ing for his third Super Bowl and hewill be supported by the league'smost intimidating defence.Linebackers James Harrison, who

scored on a 92 yard interception re-turn in the Steelers last Super Bowlappearance, and LaMarr Woodleywill attempt to pummel the GreenBay offensive line and find their wayto Packers' Quarterback AaronRodgers, something they have beendoing to opposing Quarterbacks allyear long.The Steelers' defence held oppos-

ing rushers to a league-best 63.2yards per game during the regularseason and while Green Bay are moreof a passing team, with a defence in-cluding Troy Polamalu and veteranCornerback Ike Taylor forcing op-posing quarterbacks to throw the ballis not a bad strategy.

With a big-name and big-bodieddefensive line the Steelers will bebringing the pressure and with aleague-leading 48 sacks on the sea-son Green Bay and their Quarterback

are in for a long game.

The Outcome

Steeler football is defined by heart,passion, strength and a physical,bruising mentality. This year's teamcertainly plays Steeler football and itis often said that the team who willwin is the team who wants it more.There is no doubt this team wants it.This team is addicted to winning

Super Bowls and more than half ofthis year's line-up won it all twoyears ago. This game won't be a piece of

beauty, the way these teams play setsthe stage for a hard-hitting offence-defence type game. No spectacularspecial teams plays, no 100 yardplays. Just two great teams sluggingit out on both sides of the ball.This Pittsburgh Steelers team with

their clinical offence and bone-crush-ing defence are not to be messedwith and pure spirit and experiencesays that this team pulls out a winagainst a strong but ultimately youngand unexperienced Packers team.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Cheeseheads rejoice, your teamis back in the big game.The Green Bay Packers are up

against steep competition in Sun-day’s matchup when they face ThePittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Sta-dium for Super Bowl XLV. ThePackers will be trying to summonthe spirits of past Super Bowls andremind people that the Vince Lom-bardi trophy is named after theformer Packers coach for a reason.

Offence

While most people will focus onthe tremendous passing ability ofAaron Rodgers, young star receiverJordy Nelson’s uncanny route run-ning ability, or even the suddenemergence of James Starks’s run-ning game, much credit should begiven to Mike McCarthy. The past few seasons the Packers

had been given a reputation of an

offence that had most of the piecesin place, but were unable to findhow they fit together. Mike Mc-Carthy has finally solved thisenigma. He’s somehow managed toget Greg Jennings to play to his fullpotential and has Aaron Rodgersmaking fans in Wisconsin say“Brett who?” Rodger’s ability to look off

safeties and not necessarily pass tohis primary receiver as well as thefact that he can extend the play byrunning out of the pocket is some-thing that the Steelers will need toshut down if they’re hoping tocome away with their second SuperBowl title in three years. While McCarthy is a large part of

Green Bay’s success it’s hard to ig-nore the rest of the offence. Theoffensive line has been especiallygood letting Rodgers take advan-tage of the 20th ranked pass de-fense of the Chicago Bears andholding off the freight train that isJulius Peppers on route to theirNFC Championship win.

Defense

Again, credit here goes to thecoaches. Dom Capers’ Blitz happydefensive scheme has lead thePackers to be ranked fifth in theleague. Unlike a lot of teams in theNFL, Green Bay’s defense containsan almost ridiculous amount ofblitzing formations; a factor thatwas crucial in beating the topseeded Atlanta Falcons in their di-visional playoff game. Capers willhope to continue the trend of con-fusing quarterbacks if he wants towin next week.Former NFC defensive player of

the year Charles Woodson, as wellas Sam Shields will be the two menin charge of shutting down re-ceivers Hines Ward and Mike Wal-lace. Woodson, a seven time ProBowl selection, is one of the fewplayers who is able to go toe-to-toewith the best receivers in theleague and will probably have BenRoethlisberger passing short forthe majority of the game.Clay Matthews is another weapon

that the Packers have and will dohis best to blow through the Steel-ers’ offensive line en route to “BigBen” or Rashard Mendenhall.

The Outcome

This will be by no means ablowout for any team. It will be agame of mistakes. With both teamshaving high powered offensive anddefensive units it will be the teamwho can capitalize on the other’smisfortunes that will come out thewinners of Super Bowl XLV.Aaron Rodgers has already

proven he can do this against At-lanta and with the Steelers turningthe ball over much more thanusual in this year’s playoffs, theGreen Bay Packers will come out ontop and Rodgers will no longer beplaying under Brett Favre’sshadow. Cheeseheads rejoice indeed, your

team is bringing the championshipback to Wisconsin this Sunday.

GREEN BAY PACKERSCHRIS PIKESPORTS EDITOR

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