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Las t Thursday , Fr iday andSaturday night, Style and Profyleper formed i t s seventh annua lFash ion and Dance show to apacked Bl ind Duck pub af ter atwo-month rehearsal period.

In accordance with this year’s“Around the World” theme, themuch-hyped event featured fash-ion and music from 17 differentc i t i e s . UTM students Norr i sYacoub and Camilo Diez hostedthe show for the second t ime ,which began with fashions fromMilan and ended with a MichaelJackson tribute.

“I feel [Around the World] is agreat theme as it is very represen-tative of the multicultural schooland of the GTA,” said CheyenneThannikkotu, president of Styleand Profy le . To f i t the theme,models and dancers per formeddances and wore clothing fromcities such as Paris, Tokyo, Greece,Arabia, Cuba and India, to name afew.Thannikkotu, along with Sheena

Campbell and Matt Di Paola, ledthis year’s cast of approximately 80students to perform a smooth andentertaining show.The audience picked Diez as the

most “Gaga for Lady Gaga” afterDiez challenged his co-emcee todance off, complete with blondewigs and Lady Gaga-inspired cos-tumes. The second act of the nightwas inspired by Los Angeles. It waschoreographed by Alyssa Seli, fea-

tur ing music from Lady Gaga’s“Bad Romance.” Seli’s scene stoodout as one of the most energizedperformances of the night.“I made up the choreography for

that song right away; it was thefirst one I did because as soon as Iheard that song, I knew exactlyhow I was going to dance,” saidSeli.Other scenes that s tood out

included the traditional belly danc-ing scene, which pumped up theaudience after intermission. Theromantic scene from “Paris, theCity of Love” featured music fromthe movie Nine, choreographed byDiana Pandya. The audience alsoappreciated the Latin scene fromCuba, which featured last year’sorganizers Michae l Ross andDaniella Fragomeni along with thisyear’s organizers, Thannikkotu, DiPaola and Campbell.

The unique style of GG Squad,featuring Bboy G. Smilez, ChubbyBaby, Flying Squirrel , Sawkratz,Jumbo Shrimp, Ra, Nemeses, ThirdEye and Hummus, took the crowdby surprise with their acrobaticstunts and break dancing.The show ended with a tribute to

Michael Jackson, which was chore-ographed by Joanita Idicula. Thescene touched many of the castmembers and dancers and includ-ed songs “Bad ,” “Thr i l l e r” and“Smooth Criminal.”“Being a Michael Jackson fan,

that scene meant a lot of me. It wasa great way to pay homage to thegreatest entertainer of all time,”said fourth-year student MyronZhao.Al l o f the proceeds f rom the

Fashion and Dance show will bedonated to the UTM StudentRefugee Program, which assists

s tudent re fugees to becomeCanadian permanent residents andoffers them a chance to study atUTM.

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Celebrating women on campus

Last Monday, the Women and GenderStudies Action Group and the InterimPlace held a Women’s Day celebrationat UTM. The night began in the CCT atrium,

where attendees joined in a draw towin prize packs including hair andbody products. All proceeds from tick-et sales, raffle sales and auction bidswent to Interim Place, a nonprofitorganization.After free food and drinks were

served, Joan Simalchik, the Womenand Gender Studies program coordi-nator at UTM, wished everyone ahappy Women’s Day and gave a briefoverview of International Women’sDay. “Tonight we’re here to acknowledge

the continuing gender gaps and cele-brate the accomplishments ofwomen,” said Simalchik. The night continued with a perfor-

mance by Raging Asian Women, agroup of East and South-East Asian

women continuing the taiko drum-ming tradition. Raging Asian Womenhas performed at Pride celebrations inToronto and Buffalo, New York, DimSum Chinese Festival at Harbourfrontin Toronto, the international AIDSconference. “We don’t always have the words to

express our support to abused women.Our drumming expresses that whichwe cannot say,” said a member ofRaging Asian Women. The night ended on a thank you

from executive director Cindy Cowan:“Thanks for giving us hope. It’s thesilent war—the domestic violence, thelack of water—that’s the biggest killer.”The WGS Action Group has hosted

many events this year, including regu-lar bake sales in the Student Centreand café conversations to engage stu-dents on topics such as feminism. Thegroup is seeking recognition from theUTMSU as an official club next yearand wishes to obtain office space in theNorth Building. Those wishing to learn more about

the Action Group are asked to visit theWGS-Action Group on Facebook.

Interim Place is an organization thatprovides shelter and outreach forwomen and children who have beenphysically or emotionally abused.Within the Peel Region alone, InterimPlace has already helped over 30, 000women, with an annual number of1,200 women and children beingserved yearly. International Women’s Day is a day

celebrated around the world, acknowl-edging the economic, political, andsocial achievements of women in thepast, present, and future. In 1908,15,000 women marched through thestreets of New York in demand ofshorter hours, better pay and votingrights. The first InternationalWomen’s Day was not held until 1911,where women expressed theirdemands. It started with threewomen—the first to be elected to theFinnish Parliament—and over 100women from 17 different countries.International Women’s Day became aglobal celebration. Those wishing to learn more about

Barlow’s cause are asked to visit cana-dians.org to learn more.

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Last Thursday, OUT@UTM hostedits annual Buttons Day, an eventthat aims to take students’ mindsoff midterms and the many stressesthat accompany school by gettingthem to make buttons.To take part, students had to pay

$2. Members of OUT@UTM madeand sold the buttons at a table setup outs ide the Student Centre .Displays featuring informationabout events that OUT@UTM heldduring the current academic yearwere set up along alongside displaysof older events. These also includedinformation on what OUT@UTM isand who’s involved, as well as howstudents can participate.Buttons sold fast, whether a self-

made design, a design printed offthe internet or a pre-made designby OUT@UTM executives,“The upside to this event is its

s tress- free factor ,” sa id HarlaReceno, an OUT@UTM executive.“During the summer, our executiveteam decided that one of our pri-mary goals for this year was to domore outreach and educat ionalevents that highl ighted LGBTQissues in and around our schoolcommunity . We achieved thatthrough Queer Orientation, PrideWeek, Express ion AgainstOppress ion and Gender andGenocide Week.”In contrast to other events held

or co-hosted by OUT@UTM,Buttons Day is a low-key eventwhere members and allies can gath-er for a simple and non-stressfulreason, to make buttons. ButtonsDay generally attracts many visitorsas well as customers. This year wasno different. “The great thing about Buttons

Day is that different kinds of peoplecome out to the event ,” sa idReceno. “It doesn't matter that it'san OUT event, people come regard-

less. We get a whole range of peoplefrom LGBTQ members, allies, andeven, non-allies. People love but-tons since it's a fun, unique way toshow off their personality.”With the high demand for but-

tons, OUT@UTM has decided tocontinue Buttons Day everyThursday until the end of March.This will be included in the MarchMovie Madness event thatOUT@UTM current ly hosts .During this event , f i lms arescreened throughout the week forstudents wishing to take a breatherfrom studying and working on finalassignments.“With elections, we've had stu-

dents wanting to buy buttons inbulk for sole the purpose of disturb-ing last minute campaign materialfor next week,” added Receno. “Weeven had one student who wantedto quickly jot something down onpaper, turn it into a button, andlater present it as a romantic ges-ture to their partner.”

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Roles and Responsibilities

First , you can’ t f ind your keys .Then , when you head to thekitchen to get a glass of water, youforget for a f ew seconds whatyou’re there for. These inconve-nient memory lapses happen toeveryone. Not everyone, however,remembers right away what theywanted to do. Some never remem-ber at all. Ha l f a mi l l ion o f Canadian

seniors suffer from Alzheimer’sdisease. Early symptoms includememory loss of recent conversa-

t ions and events . Dur ing la terstages, sufferers develop problemswith basic motor skills, experienceextreme mood problems andrequire c lose a t tendance .Alzheimer’s disease is one of thetop ten leading causes of death inNorth America.To raise awareness on the dis-

ease, the Masters of BiotechnologyProgram at UTM hosted theMBiotech Symposium on March 10at U of T’s Leslie Dan PharmacyBuilding. One of the speakers wasDr. Jack Diamond, the ScientificDirector of the Alzheimer Societyof Canada. Other experts in the

field addressed current research inAlzheimer’s disease and discuss theefforts of commercializing noveltherapeutics. Hundreds of physicians, acade-

mic leaders, students, patients andtheir families attended this openforum. “Friends, colleagues, fellowhea l thcare profess iona l s , ” sa idAdrian Xu, the marketing directorof the MBiotech Symposium. “Let’sgive Alzheimer’s patients a day toremember,”More in format ion on the

MBiotech Sympos ium can befound a t mbiotechsympo-sium2010.com.

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PPrreessiiddeenntt Presidential Candidates: Henry Ssali and Vickita Bhatt� Serves as Chair of the ExecutiveCommittee, UTM Commission,Board of Directors, Policy andProcedures Committee � Serves as the media liaison for theUnion and official spokesperson � Oversees the planning and imple�mentation of orientation in conjunc�tion with the VP Campus Life � Participates in all organizational pri�orities of the Union as approved bythe Board of Directors � Manages and supervises the oper�ations of the Union and its sub�sidiaries.

VViiccee��PPrreessiiddeenntt,, IInntteerrnnaall aanndd SSeerrvviicceess VP Internal and Services candidates:Sunil Shah, Marc Bressler andDelphino Gilbert Cassar II� Chairs the Budget Committee,Organisation and Services Com�mitee, Organizational Developmentand Services Committee � Oversees and prepares theUnion’s Budget following theBudgeting Framework � Implements and oversees allUnion services � Oversees audit preparations andpresents financial statements to theBoard of Directors and students atthe UTMSU Annual GeneralMeeting � Assists in the financial planningand implementation of the Union’sOrientation

VViiccee��PPrreessiiddeenntt,, UUnniivveerrssiittyy AAffffaaiirrssaanndd AAccaaddeemmiiccss VP University Affairs andAcademics candidates: Grace Yuen and Nabeel Jafri � Chairs the Academics SocietyAffairs Committee � Coordinates meeting betweencampus students unions and

Erindale College Councillors � Recommends policy changes onacademics and university gover�nance to the Board of Directors� Acts as the primary liaison with theGoverning Council and establishesrelationships with student gover�nors � Promotes environment initiativeson campus and coordinatesEnvironment Week

VViiccee��PPrreessiiddeenntt,, EExxtteerrnnaallVP External candidates: Stefanie Marotta and Munib Sajjad � Supervises the Education andOutreach Ministry � Coordinates and implementsstrategies for lobbying the munici�pal, provincial and federal govern�ments on issues of important to themembership, including but not limit�ed to post�secondary education � Coordinates and implementsXpression Against Oppression

VViiccee��PPrreessiiddeenntt,, EEqquuiittyy VP Equity candidates:Amreet Kaur and Kumari Giles � Supervises the Ministry of Equity � Implements and promotes anti�dis�crimination initiatives � Leads the Union’s initiative withrespect to, but not limited to,International Women’s Day, BlackHistory Month, PRIDE, InternationalDay to End Racism and BlackHistory Month

VViiccee��PPrreessiiddeenntt,, PPaarrtt TTiimmee AAffffaaiirrssVP Part Time Affairs candidates: Ali Karim and Marium Chowdhury � Chairs the Part�Time AffairsCommittee � Promotes services catered toUnion members who are enrolledas part�time students at theUniversity of Toronto. � Advocating on issues related to thepart�time members of the Union.

This Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, students will be voting forthe UTM Student Union spring elections. The UTMSU is fundedentirely by students at UTM through a mandatory membership fee of$12.71 per semester, invoiced in each student’s tuition fees. The fol�lowing is a breakdown of the roles and responsibilities of each execu�tive candidate.

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Las t Thursday , the UTMSUMinistry of Environment, in col-laboration with the UTM GreenTeam, started a campus-wide cam-paign against bottled water. The event, known as “National

Bottled Water Free Day,” aims tomake people aware of how publicwater is as beneficial as bottledwater. Various universities acrossCanada participated as well. The event took p lace f rom 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. in the CCIT build-ing, with various student volun-teers operating the booths. Otherseducated the ir peers in l ec tureclassrooms, and organized otheravenues on the issues surroundingthe debate. At the end of the event, many

students had signed a pledge thatread , “ I w i l l no t dr ink bo t t l edwater where public water is avail-able."An environmentalist staffing the

booth and the display boards ofthe Ministry educated students onthe hazards of the chemical com-pound Polyethylene Terephthalate(PET) , the ma in ingred ien t inmost plastic water bottles. Bottlesmade with PET generate a thou-sand times more toxic emissionsthan an equ iva l en t amount o fglass. A volunteer team also informed

students about environmental lyfriendly water bottles, which wereon sale in the Student Centre.Lastly, the price of bottled water

was a l so cr i t ic ized—it can cost1,000 times more than tap water.After hearing the statistics, manys tudent s expres sed s t a r t l ed

responses to their consumption ofbottled water. “ I can ’ t imag ine how much

money we spend to buy bott ledwater from the vending machine,when this money can be used tobuy back our OSAP or tu i t ionfees,” said student Jasvin Rathode.The Ministry of Environment

and various activists believe thatcorpora t ions such a s Dasan i ,Nestle and Coca Cola are aggres-sively pushing bott led water oncampus and elsewhere. “The facts speak for themselves;

bottled water consumption is onthe rise for the most r idiculousreasons , ” s a id a s tudent whoattended the event. “One in threeCanadians consume bottled wateras their main source, whereas theregular tap water, which is testedthree t imes a day da i ly , and i salmost as clean and healthy as bot-tled water, is often ignored overbottled water.” Under the p l a t form o f the

National Bottled Water Free Day,many environmental peer-educa-tors a l so denounced what theycalled the complicity of Canadianwater-producing companies intocoercing the government to blockthe ra t i f i ca t ion o f the Uni t edNations Covenant on the Right toWater. Under this treaty, Canadawould have to ensure access toclean drinking water for the FirstNations, Metis and Inuit commu-nities that various corporate giantslike Coca Cola and other want tobe dependent on bottled water. The Ministry hopes that such

ac t iv i sm and pub l i c -educa t ioncampaigns wi l l serve to forge amore equitable and sustainableenvironment for the present andfuture generations.

Water bottles not wantedOOVVAAIISS SSHHAAHH

Last Thursday night in the Blind Duckpub, the Psychology Association ofUndergraduate Students at Erindaleraised over $600 from donations towardErinOaks Kids Centre, a Mississauga-based agency that provides treatmentfor kids with conditions such as cerebralpalsy, Down syndrome, autism, andmuscular dystrophy.Dubbed “P.A.U.S.E’s 2010 Variety

Night,” the event takes place every yearin the Blind Duck pub. This year’sVariety Night included a silent auctionand different musical and dancing per-formances, with a grand prize of $100for the best performance of the evening.

Other prices included a six-monthVIP full access Gold Membership forPremier Fitness, movie passes for a year,and P.A.U.S.E. monogram wear, as wellas a Psychology at UTM gift set.When asked why they had chosen

ErinOak Kids, P.A.U.S.E representativessaid that the centre’s mission hadimpressed them during a networkingevent on February 3, promptingP.A.U.S.E president Claire Suarez andher associates to choose the ErinOakKids as the agency that they would raisemoney for.P.A.U.S.E advisor Christina

Pellegrino said she was pleased with thehuge turn-out in numbers.Items in the silent auction were

donated by the academic society’s exec-utives and ranged from chocolate-scent-

ed candles to beachwear flip flops tojewelry accessories. The night continued with a solo

musical performance by PSY100Professor Dax Urbszat, a comedicmonologue with Wasif Khan and adance performance by Ramon Vitug.Audience members were given a bal-

lot to select a winner for the best perfor-mance of the night, with a grand prizeof $100. Last year’s winners, Punk inDrublic, defended their title, as theywere once again chosen as the best per-formance of P.A.U.S.E’s 2010 VarietyNight. In previous variety nights, P.A.U.S.E.

has donated to a multitude of localgroups, including Eden Food Bank ofMississauga, the Boys and Girls Club ofPeel and Sheena’s Place.

P.A.U.S.E for variety night PPHHOOEEBBEE LLEEUUNNGG

Impartial elections committee?Numerous complaints to the CRO nowsuggest that the UTMSU elections commit-tee may be biased. At the last emergencyboard meeting of the UTMSU, the Board ofDirectors appointed Hibba Amin to hold aposition on the elections and referendacommittee. Amin has since been promot-ing the slate “Students United.” The Elections and Procedure Code states

“All Committee members shall act impar-tially during the Election period. Failure toact impartially may result in removal and/orcensure from the committee.” President Joey Santiago and VP internal

Carole Au Yeung have previously beenaccused of participating in a caucus groupthat selected Vickita Bhatt as the endorsedpresidential candidate.As of press time, Amin is still a member

of the Elections committee. Voting begins tomorrow and ends on

Thursday.

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OPINIONVOTING AND VOTINGMONDAY, MARCH 15, 201044 THE MEDIUM

Voting w i l l t a k e p l a c e t h i sweek at UTM. Not many stu-

dents t end to bother wi th elec-tions—in a campus that countsaround 11,000 students, only 600voted last year, when one ticketran, and around 2,500 the yearb e f o r e , when two t i c k e t s r an .This year we have , once again,two t ickets , which may mean alarger turnout . Moreover , botht i cke t s a r e f o rmed o f UTMSUexecutives—the first in a quite afew years. Add our coverage of controversial

UTMSU-related events , and it ’stempting to believe that many morestudents will cast their ballot thisyear. I’m not so optimistic, partlybecause for the longest time, I wasone of those students who didn’tcare much about campus politics.Like many others, I didn’t think itmattered who ran things atUTMSU—in fact, I wasn’t even surewhat the UTMSU was or what itdid.

The Medium taught me that itdoes matter who runs the UTMSU.The Student Union, after all, has alarge budget (a million dollars lastyear), 60% of which goes for wages.The Student Union has grown con-siderably in the last few years, con-trolling the Student Centre and tak-ing over the part-t ime studentsassociation and eliminating UTSU

at UTM. Current UTMSU execu-tives claim to represent us, and toan extent they do, whether we likeor not—when a Union-organizedrally swarms the streets of down-town Toronto, it’s UTM studentsthat spectators see. Then they lumpus together in their minds despiteour dif ferent backgrounds andpolitical opinions.

More importantly, whatever theUnion decides to do, it does so withour money. This is not unlike thegovernment, which never generatesmoney—it merely redistributes whatit taxes from of us. Yet many forgetthis fact, thinking a government—orunion—generous when it doessomething that benefits us , andtight-fisted when it doesn’t. We have little control over how

much of our money is taken awayand distributed back to us, but wedo have more of a say in how thismoney is distributed back to us. InUTMSU’s case , do we want ourhard-earned money to represent usas if we are one voice, or do we wantour voice to renew our StudentUnion?We’ve done our part. We’ve cov-

ered the Union and the electionprocess as best we could. At therequest of a reader, we whippedtogether a brief description of whateach UTMSU executive does. Lastly,we encourage you to attend today’sall candidates’ debate in the BlindDuck at 2 p.m., where both VickitaBhatt and Henry Ssali will answeryour questions. Whatever happens, whether you

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Voting does makea difference

Dear Editor,

Masse to build a stronger U of T?I think not!I find it highly ironic that Steve

Masse, the presidential candidatefor the “CHANGE” ticket, is run-n ing on a p l a t fo rm to bu i ld as t ronger r e l a t ionsh ip be tweenUTSU and UTMSU. I f memoryserves me correctly, Masse threw atemper tantrum when the AGMwas delayed to wait for UTM stu-dents because the school bus fromUTM broke down.And wasn’t he and other people

on the Change ticket the ones whosaid UTM students don’t real lymatter because we are a satellitecampus?I am one o f the 10 ,000 UTM

students who pays membershipdues to the Union. My voice and

my vote counts just as much as thestudent who goes to the St. Georgecampus. So is Masse sincere aboutbuilding relationships between theUnion and UTM students, or isthis just one of those blatant lieshe has s lapped onto a poster towin UTM over?

Thanks,

Sarah MinhasConfused UTM Student

Values and issues

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Shame on “Stronger Together .”Students are sick and tired of theirold arguments trying to defendthe status quo so that Adam Awadcan protect h is prec ious UTSUsalary. What we really need to dois Change UTSU. I’m excited thatthe Change Team is going to putthe needs o f s tudents f i r s t andempower every single one of us tohave a ro le in advocacy and inmaking the s tudent exper iencebetter at UTM and U of T. Theywant to put the “student” back in“student union” and give each ofus a role in shaping campaigns. The a t t acks tha t “S t ronger

Together” keep repeating just tryto divide us even further . Theythink UTM students don’t know

the truth. All these dirty tacticsshow that they care more aboutthe campaign than do ing the i rjobs at UTSU—Adam Awad’s “Stronger Together” campaign

website is slick and professional,so why does the UTSU.ca websitesuck so hard? It’s Web 1.0. It’s likethey ca re more about ge t t ingelected over and over again thanactua l ly working hard whi le inoffice, and making UTSU some-thing we should care about. I ’mvoting for a more accessible stu-dent union. I’m voting for a moreactive student union. I’m votingfor a student union that is run bystudents. I’m voting for Change.

Sincerely,

Andrea Beebe

Sick, tired students

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Dear Editor,

As you may know, ECSpeRT is a volun-teer, student-run, not-for-profit organi-zation that provides medical first aidcoverage here at UTM. We are a divisionof St John Ambulance and our membersare trained to the Medical FirstResponder (MFR) Level, the highest pri-mary care level on campus.Currently we provide a 10 a.m. to 10

p.m. On Call service from Monday toFriday. If a medical emergency occursduring this time, Campus Police willcontact our office and two of our mem-bers who are “On Call” will be dis-patched with their equipment to handlethe situation and treat the patient untilan ambulance, if required, arrives. Ourgoal is to be able to provide a 24/5 OnCall service to the campus. We did a trialrun one night this session and receivedthree calls that night (two of whichrequired an ambulance), more than therest of the week combined. We can’thelp but wonder what could happen ifwe were able to cover every night, allnight. Western, McMaster and evenUTSC have not only 24/5, but 24/7 OnCall Response Teams, and we feel thatUTM has the potential to match andeven exceed those standards. When youcall 911 from UTM, the ambulance hasonly one address for this entire campusand must wait for a campus police escortto show them where they need to go.The average ambulance response time toUTM is around six minutes, and braindamage occurs within four minuteswithout oxygen. ECSpeRT bridges thatgap between when a person falls ill and911 arrives to prevent further injury andpotentially save lives. In 2004, a math TAdied with heart trouble due to an overly-ing medical condition. This was whatreally kick started the process of creatingan On Call service by ECSpeRT.However, because all our members

are students, we have a high turnoverrate, meaning the average member staysbetween two to three years on the team.Then we need to train additionalresponders. This training is expensive aswe require only a deposit from ourmembers (a small portion of the truecost) that is returned after completion ofcertain number of patient care hours. Assuch, we are currently unable to providea 24/5 On Call service due to lack offunding to train more members.This is why passing the referendum

for raising our levy fee from $0.20/ses-sion per full-time undergraduate studentto $0.50/session per full-time undergrad-uate student is so important to us. Withthe extra funds from this levy, we couldtrain more MFRs, implement 24/5 OnCall, provide more first aid courses and

cover more events. Currently, we receive$0.40 from each full-time undergraduatestudent for the full year. Our proposedlevy will increase this to $1/year. For $1 ayear from every full-time undergraduatestudent, we could make this campus amuch safer place and provide moremedical services, all for less than the costof a cup of coffee. An interesting point toalso keep in mind is that the levy onlyapplies to full-time undergraduate stu-dents, yet we respond to calls from any-one, anywhere on campus, includingprofessors, graduate students, part-timestudents, administrative staff, the day-care and anyone else, even if they do notcontribute to our levy.This year, a plan has come to fruition

that we have been working on for thepast several years. One of our goals wasto have an automated external defibrilla-tor (AED) in every building on campus,and with the help of the Mikey Network(who has kindly donated the AEDs), wehave been able to get four AEDs for thecampus. One will be placed in the libraryand we have already trained the librarystaff in its use. The other three will beplaced in Kaneff, CCT and at Roy IvorHall (OPH and the gym already havetheir own). This wouldn’t have beenpossible without the Mikey Network aswe don’t have the funds to supply theAEDs on our own. The money from thelevy will be put toward projects such asthis and getting more equipment for theteam.To put it in perspective for you, last

session from September to Novemberthere were 39 medical calls (On Call andevents), 17 of which required 911 andambulance services. These involvedunconsciousness, seizures, diabeticemergencies, anaphylaxis (allergic reac-tion) and asthma/breathing difficultiesamong others. As the campus continuesto grow with new buildings and new stu-dents, the number of medical emergen-cies will increase as well and ECSpeRTneeds to grow too to be able to accom-modate the needs of the campus.All students are encouraged to come

out and volunteer with ECSpeRT, par-ticipate in Standard First Courses and/orask for our services to provide medicalcoverage for their events. The moneyfrom the levy will be put directly backinto the campus by providing more ofthese services for students as well as pro-viding a 24/5 On Call campus emer-gency service.

Sincerely,

Kimberly KnightDivisional Training Officer

Erindale College Special ResponseTeam

ECSpeRT needs you

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The affairs of others

S ince i t s incep t ion in 1993 ,Theatre Erindale has staged over75 produc t ions , inc lud ing i t sr ecen t adap ta t ion o f T h eClandestine Marriage, which clos-e s ou t the s ea son th i s week .Remain ing t rue to th i s yea r ’ stheme o f “V io l a t ions , ” Dav idGarr i ck and George Co lman ’ s1766 comedy recounts the tale of awea l thy young woman namedFanny (Sophia Fabiilli), who lovesa s imple c lerk named Lovewel l(Mark Johnston). Fanny cannottell anyone about their relation-ship (except her exasperated maidBetty, played by Nora Williams)for f ea r tha t he r f a ther , theoverindulgent , money-obsessedman Sterling (Keegan O’Conner)will disapprove of Lovewell’s less-than-affluent status and thereforeforbid their union.

Meanwhi l e , S t e r l ing ’ s e lderdaughte r , Be t sy (Ka thrynAlexandre), excitedly busies her-self with thoughts of dresses anddiamonds as her wedding to SirJohn Me lv i l (Andrew Sout t e r )approaches. But when she unex-pected ly ca tches her betrothedholding the hand of her youngers i s t e r , she vows to exac tvengeance of the most extremekind on Fanny. Sir John openlydeclares his love to a slightly hor-rified Fanny, confesses this infatu-ation to a flabbergasted Lovewelland later speaks of it to his uncle,Lord Ogleby (Kevin Owen), whohas his own ploy to make FannyLady Ogleby. Yet more characters are thrown

into the complicated mix and fuelthe transgress ions even furtherthrough their humorous and boldper sona l i t i e s . The r e f ined and“qua la t t y ” advoca t ing Mrs .

He ide lbe rg (Rache l l e Mag i l )f avor s he r b i t t e r n i ece Be t sy ,f rowns upon the innocen tCinderella-like Franny, and ordersthe housekeeper (Jenny Rockman)around, much like the Queen ofHearts does to her d isc ip les inAlice in Wonderland. There is alsoLord Ogleby’s lovable Swiss aide,Canton (Paolo Santalucia) who,through his finicky manner andquaint French phrases, supports

h i s aged mas t e r ’ s r id i cu lousa t tempts a t appear ing youngerand desirable to the ladies. Laten igh t romps be tween Brush(Michael Twyman) and the cham-bermaid (Laura Jabalee) add to thesecretive intrigue of plot, and theproperty distribution encountersbetween a trio of lawyers, playedby Cameron Laur i e , Ph i l l i pS tonhouse and J ack Mor ton ,served to contrast the amorous

nature of the two households.The usua l contro l room dis -

claimer that reminds the audienceof some pre-show rules was inge-n ious ly rep laced when Sout te raddressed the crowd, repeat ingthe same rules in cleverly crafted,English-accented verse. Playingoff an elaborately constructed set,the cast expertly remodeled thestage each time the plot called fora new scene, as they moved chairs

and tables around rhythmical lywhile singing to a Victorian tune.Another harmonious ly in syncfeature was the tableau of charac-ters with their umbrellas raisedand backs turned to the scenesunfo ld ing be tween Be t sy andFanny. These characters exhaleddeeply after a confrontational ortroublesome exchange. Many enter ta in ing moments

took place, such as the audience’sbewi lde rment when S t e r l ingdrinks a glass of peppermint waterthat Lord Ogleby may or may nothave used as mouthwash, or whenthe en t i r e g roup was about tobreak down the door of Fanny’sroom in order to revea l Melv i lhiding inside, only to jump out oftheir skin when he turns up besidethem. Under the skillful directing of

Peter Van Wart, the entire ensem-b le gave a memorab l e pe r fo r -mance. Each individual role wasso well acted that the talent of theactors made the play . Not onlywere their attempts at a wide vari-ety of European accents spot on,but their strong character portray-als had such conviction that eachcast member truly brought some-thing original and essential to thesuccess of the collective effort.

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“How much did you say that was?” Iask the teller.He repeats the amount—ten dollars

and change. I stare at my tray. It onlycontains a smallish plate of stewedpork, steamed vegetables and steamedrice. Oh, and a Coke. There’s a Coketoo.I’m standing in the lineup at the

Colman Commons Dining Hall. I’vecome here to interview Marc Bressler,president of UTM’s ResidenceCouncil, about how the campus foodsituation affects those who face itevery day—residence students.Right now, though, Bressler doesn’t

say anything. He watches me with abemused smile as I fumble for mywallet—the residence student getting akick out of the out-of-residence stu-dent’s first encounter with theColman Commons Dining Hall.Once I’ve paid the bill, Bressler and

I zigzag around the hall, looking for aplace to sit.“When you think about it,” says

Bressler, “there are more places to eatat UTM that you’d think.” He’s right:there are two Tim Horton’s, one

Booster Juice, one Starbucks, onePizza Pizza counter and two Mr. Subs,not counting Mike’s Dog House,Circuit Break Cafe, Spigel Hall, theBlind Duck pub and the Dining Hall.According to UTM’s Food andBeverages website, dining locations atUTM total fourteen.The problem is that many of these

locations don’t venture beyond cook-ies and the odd cold sandwich. Andeven if there are more locations thatone may initially estimate, there aretoo few food outlets at UTM for acommunity of 11,000 students andcounting. The lineups stretching alongmost counters attest to this.The complaints about outlets, how-

ever, do not compare to the twobiggest ones about food on campus:cost and quality. Interviewing stu-dents on campus, I find not one flat-tering comment about the price or thequality of our food choices.

“We need cheaper options,” sayscommerce student Chris Sze.Umar Shah, a Psychology major,

says that the quality of the food “is notgood.”“Particularly devastating” was all

Marta Kisel, graduate student, had tosay.These are not infrequent com-

plaints. According to Bressler, thewords “quality could be better” and“too expensive” usually feature in resi-dence students’ complaints.“They are forced to buy meal plans,

and those who live at OPH can’t evencook,” says Bressler. The meal plans

he refer to range from $1,600 to$3,985 per academic year.“The cost of everything’s going top,

and that reflects on the food prices,which they just pushed on to us,” addsBressler, referring to the recent 4.1 %increase in the price of residence meal

plans.In a town hall held by the Student

Union last November, students com-plained about “the unsatisfactory foodoptions on campus.”

I mull over the Swiss Chalet menu. Mystomach grumbles. My mouth waters.My eyes take in the sumptuous pic-tures of dinner choices. ClassicHamburger, Chalet Chicken Wings,Smoky Barbecued Ribs and RotisserieChicken Combo .Oh man... A chipper young waitress

with brown hair and freckles grins atme and draws out her notebook.“May I take your order?” she chimes.“Yes,” I say. “May I have the Caesarsalad? And hold the bacon.”That’s right—I’m a vegetarian. I’ve

been one for all of two weeks. I decidedto stop eating meat cold turkey (nopun intended) to answer commonquestions about what it’s like to be veg-etarian. I still eat eggs and milk, but nofish or red meat of any kind. Theexperiment began well enough. Thenmy dad fried bacon. The smoky scentsoon filled the house and sent me star-ing helplessly into the frying pan.According to the website “The

Healthy Vegetarian,” vegetarians canbe classified into four groups. Thereare vegans, who omit all animal prod-ucts from both their diet and lifestyle.This means that vegans will not wearclothing derived from animals, such asleather or wool. Then there are lacto-vegetarians, who include dairy prod-ucts in their diet, while lacto-ovo-vege-tarian will consume eggs and dairyproducts. Finally, pesco or pollo vege-

tarians include fish or chicken respec-tively in their diets.Some people think that since

humans are omnivores, we should eatmeat to stay healthy. This is debatable;vegetarians do not lack essential nutri-ents if a healthy diet is maintained.Meat nutrients such as iron and pro-tein are not found solely in meat prod-ucts, and taking daily vitamins and eat-ing protein-rich foods like peanut but-ter, beans or milk will keep a vegetari-an healthy. I have yet to turn intothe stereotypical sickly and palevegetarian.

Then again, it’s only been a coupleof weeks. Some scientists claim strictvegetarians may be at risk of nutritiondeficiencies such as vitamin B-12,riboflavin, zinc, calcium, iron andessential amino acids.

People become vegetarian for vari-ous reasons, be it religious or ethical.Some religions or philosophies havebeen associated with vegetarianism.Buddhism, for example, considers veg-etarianism a symbolic practice of dis-couraging violence.Ethical reasons outside of religion

include acting against animal cruelty inslaughterhouses. Others wish to helpthe environment by lowering theamount of land required to raise graz-ing animals. (According to theToronto Vegetarian Association, live-stock production is responsible for30% of the world’s land use and 18% ofhuman-induced greenhouse gas mis-sions).Lastly, others believe that vegetari-

anism is a healthier diet because meatcan often be tainted with growth hor-mones like steroids, although this canbe avoided by eating organic meat.Stephanie Lafleur, a second-year con-current teaching program student, hadbeen a lacto-ovo-vegetarian for twoyears, but recently found her cravingsfor fish too hard to resist. However,Lafleur finds that eating red meat againafter such a long time made her sick.“When your body goes for so long

without eating meat, it just turns youoff of it for good,” says Lafleur. “I triedeating pizza after picking off the pep-peroni and it still tasted gross to me.”Despite the growth of the vegetarianmovement over the years, Lafleurdoesn’t feel that there are enough vege-tarian food choices offered at UTM.“It would be really cool if UTM

started a fully-vegetarian restaurant,”says Lafleur.

In my case, I’m going back to eatingchicken and fish. Though I plan tolimit my red meat intake, I found itchallenging to eat around others whoconsume meat.

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Matt Goulart is a UTM student. Hehas yet to graduate, but he hasalready become a successful entre-preneur and has been featured inThe Globe and Mail, Google Finance,MSN Finance, TheScore.com.Under30 CEOs, The Boston Globe,AOL News and Mississauga BusinessTimes.Moreover, Goulart owns

BankNerd.ca, one of Canada’s largestfinancial website, savingforsereni-ty.com, a large North American per-sonal finance website and managesone of Canada’s largest real estatewebsites, realtykitchen.com.At a reader’s suggestion, The

Medium sat down with Goulart todiscuss his success.

TM: What are you taking at UTM?

MG: I started in the managementprogram but couldn’t hackEconomics 101. [It’s a] really inter-esting course and concepts, but I justcouldn’t succeed no matter how hardI tried. I ended up changing pro-grams to history and political sci-ence. Crazy eh? Most people wouldhave never assumed I’m a historymajor.

Is this the path you always wantedto follow?

Actually no, I sort of stumbled uponit. My goal has always been and stillis to be a stock broker. I won a stockcompetition a few years ago and thatexperience really pushed the wholefinancial industry to the forefront ofmy mind. Being actively involved inthe financial industry online justmade sense to me a year ago. I saw aniche market online; no one wastalking about the Canadian bankingindustry. I’d hear a lot about the UKand the US, but nothing about theCanadian marketplace. It made mefrustrated and I figured other con-sumers were in the same boat. Inever thought in the beginning that

my site would become the largestCanadian financial website (well, soquickly at least).

You’ve accomplished a lot forsomeone who hasn’t even graduat-ed from UTM. How much of yoursuccess would you attribute to whatyou learned here?

Everyone says that (“I’ve accom-plished a lot”). I actually feel Ihaven’t accomplished enough! UTMcourses actually taught me literallynothing in relation to my business.First year management was very the-

oretical and my historical studies areactually rather good conversationstarters for publications and my artsorientated clients.

Are there any professors, staff orfellow students who inspired you?

Professor Miller, who teachesPOL203, and Professor Thornton,who teaches CLA231, are great pre-senters. I actually stole a couple oftheir presenting styles. ProfessorMiller is really nice and really outgo-ing. She makes the entire lecture areal happy and fun environment. I

always try and replicate that in mypublic speaking engagements.Professor Thornton does this intel-lectual “pace.” I can’t explain it, butit’s this confident pace and wittycomment he adds to his lectures that

really lighten up the class. I “stole”these methods of speaking fromthem.

UTMSU President Joey Santiagoencouraged them to email BillMcFadden, director of hospitality andretail services at UTM, adding that aflood of emails might help change thesituation.But Bill McFadden doesn’t mind

students contacting him. “We’realways here for them,” he says.This statement is not the only one

that might surprise students. As wemake our way to the Tim Horton’s atthe South Building, down the hallfrom his office, McFadden gesturestoward a set of swinging doors thatlead to the Meeting Place.“I always hold my breath before I

go through these doors,” saysMcFadden, a 27-year veteran in thefood services industry. “The lineup forcoffee can be ridiculous.”When I ask about the reason for

such long lineups, McFadden arguesthat as UTM grows, the focus so farhas “rightfully been on the academicprogram. Ancillaries, however havenot been able to keep up.”“We’re getting close to taking these

facilities as far as we can. But we don’thave the infrastructure. Tim Horton’sin the Meeting Place […] is woefully

undersized for a community of thissize.”Work is already underway to

expand the food service options, espe-cially given that both the new HealthSciences Centre and the Instructionalwill be finished in 2011, adding manystudents to the campus population.Spigel Hall, for example, will bemoved from the underground level ofthe South Building and placed in theMeeting Place, on the ground level ofthe same building, along with newfood vendors.As for the food quality, McFadden

knows students complain about it. Butothers have told him they actuallyenjoy it, he claims.“Food is very subjective. There is no

greater challenge in the industry thanto feed the same people, five days aweek, three times a day, for eightmonths. If you think of your favouriterestaurant, you don’t eat there all thatfrequently. And you probably should-n’t, because you’d get bored easily.”Regarding the price of food at

UTM, McFadden is quick to point outthat the price of food has increasedelsewhere—even in your run-of-the-mill grocery store. Moreover, UTMFood Services reviews prices yearlywith Chartwells, the company UTMcontracted for the provision of food

on campus.“If Chartwells wants to raise prices,

they explain their rationale to us,” saysMcFadden. “We don’t always approvethese prices and sometimes these dis-cussions get quite heated. We take thefigures that Chartwells gives us and webenchmarks against other institutions’on a regular basis.”

When I ask him if Chartwells has amonopoly of food on campus,McFadden sums up his answer withthe term “economies of scale.”Universities that allow a number of

operators to sell food soon discover,according to McFadden, that theseoperators can’t cover their costs whenat times when business is slow, such asduring exams and summertime.

Queen’s University, for example,has a longstanding tradition of allow-ing different food outlets to operateon campus. Yet lately many of theseoperators have found it challenging tooperate during slow times of the year,says McFadden, adding that Queen’sis now going through a Request forProposal process to find a new con-tractor.A one-vendor solution allows the

vendor to operate throughout theyear, closing some outlets during slowtimes and reopening them when stu-dents flock back to school. Moreover,one vendor can adjust its prices know-ing that in a given amount of time, itwill have to temporarily close downsome of its outlets.“I love this campus,” says

McFadden. “UTM’s the most cultural-ly diverse campus I’ve ever worked inand that’s exciting—when we getwhere we want to go.”Bressler agrees there is much work

to do. “Students are largely in the darkabout the inner workings of the foodsystem. I don’t even have the contractwith Chartwells.” But Bressler alsosays many students don’t bother try-ing to understand the system.“They don’t even know who Bill

McFadden is. And they should. Mostmeetings I’ve had with him have been

very productive.” Bressler pauses.“Except for being able to significantlyaffect the prices.”To get more feedback from the

UTM community and discuss theplans for food service, McFaddenattended a food service forum in theStudent Centre on February 11 to dis-cuss the plans for food service and toseek comments from the community.“The forum was very well attended

and very productive in terms of gener-ating discussion about the communi-ty's desire for enhanced food choice,”says McFadden, adding that the MealPlan Office will conduct a surveytoward the middle of March to obtainthe community’s feedback on how toshape the Meeting Place food serviceplan.One way or the other, I conclude

while I chew on surprisingly decentstewed pork, this is the takeaway mes-sage: providing food for UTM is morecomplex that it seems, and BillMcFadden is the man to talk to aboutfood on campus. So those who feel theneed for change should be contactinghis office.The Meal Plan Office’s email is

mealplan.utm@utoronto.ca. Theoffice is located in Room 3093E of theSouth Building, open Mondaythrough Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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He looked familiarSitting there playing in the sand

Like a child,Holding clay in those handsMoulding it with his actionLooking through the crowdIf we met in another time

Under different circumstancesI could invite youAnd love youLike a brother

But I can’t under their lightsIt’s cold outside, the snow’s falling

Calling me back homeI’ve inherited this hallow placeReplaying the look on her face

The times are lingering,Hanging over the sky.

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No time for history

A glimmer of perfection, a façade of normalityCausing hidden destruction, a beautiful fallacy.

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Filled with patches of hyacinths.And looking for the chorus of laughter once shared,

Looking for warmth of hearts that once cared,Looking for the love that needn’t be declared

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But rather a frightening reality,Set out to find a fragment of the past times,

And finding not a hint of the memories,Nothing but a shattering realization

Of everything being a fantasy,An enticing mirage, a convincing illusion,

And most of all, a beautiful fallacy.

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Jennifer Catallo, who is the head TAfor POL208, is another solid presen-ter, but I stole her essay writing notes(she’s a really hard worker) and gavethem to my writers on staff to learn.One of her tactics actually got one ofour articles to be published in TheBoston Globe and AOL News. Mademy client really happy, thanks Jen!Daryl Zahra and Alex Shivraj (stu-dents) have also been a huge inspira-tion to me in helping me when thingsseem to never work out. They taughtme that when one door closes anotherdoor will open, if you look up.

What tips would you offer to UTMstudents about branding themselves?

Make yourself bigger then you actual-ly are. This helped a lot in the begin-ning. I signed up American Express asa client and they would have nevereven looked my way if I didn’t comeoff as a big player. Also, the bestadvice I can give to entrepreneurs atUofT is focus on relationships. I start-ed with $200 to start my company. Ihad no marketing budget; instead Ifocused on developing strong rela-tionships. Those relationships I devel-oped helped a lot. I got better deals,better treatment, and most important-ly, I was always asked first before any-one else could have a say. I can creditbuilding relationships as a criticalingredient to my rapid success.Networking is critical to your profes-sional success. If you don’t knowmany people… start networking.

What is your ultimate professionalgoal?

People always joke that I’m trying todominate the online world, and so farevery market I’ve entered, I’ve prettymuch done it. I’m stuck between a lifegoal—be a stock broker or continueand grow the successful company Ihave. In the end, [they are] both pro-

fessions I love. Maybe I’ll build anonline stock brokerage. I’ve alreadyhad success going up against Canada’sleading financial institutions. It wouldbe another challenge I’d relish.

How did you get to these positions?What did it take? Or did they knockon your door?

Trial and error. Not many errors, as Idon’t tend to make the same mistaketwice. I’m also a huge believer in beingpositive and being positive to others.[That’s] something I had to quicklylearn in second year. It’s helped in mydaily life and in my professional life.I was asked by a real estate broker-

age to redevelop their website. It was abeautiful website, but it didn’t haveany proper solutions to make it a suc-cess online. I was then asked byRealtor to develop their site (I also

should state I hate developing sites). Iwas onboard for about six months andwas able to generate $75,000 from thesite (I saw a fraction of that). I thenrealized I could make some goodmoney in this. I started being seriousabout it last year, on April Fool’s Day.It took a lot. I learned a ton. I learnedhow to optimize content to get peopleto look at your article (and also getpublishers to look at them). I learnedhow to mingle with the leaders in theonline world and I quickly rose up theranks. I’ve had clients fly me out to dopublic speeches for their companies.I’ve been called an expert, a guru, arising star… you name it, I’ve heard it.In the end, I’m just a normal guy whohas a strong work ethic and loveswhat he does. I don’t have an ego, sowhen clients try flattering me with“guru” and “expert” it doesn’t change me.

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MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 THE MEDIUM 1111

Andrew Tysiak , Editor | sports@mediumonline.ca

Eagles lose heartbreakerThe men’s division 1 basketball team were unable to cap off a perfect season, losing the championshipmatch 77�74 against Woodsworth College

It was a disappointing loss for theUTM Eagles last Wednesday night asthe men’s division 1 basketball teamfaced Woodsworth College for thechampionship title. Throughout thegame, the score was always close, butthe result left the Eagles and theirfans with a great loss. Point guard Kent Bray gave the

Eagles hope and scored 25 pointsduring the game. Though AmbrishPatel was discharged from the gameduring the second half, he managedto help his team, scoring 20 points. Nevertheless, the star player was

Eddie Kajemana from WoodsworthCollege, who completed the gamewith 28 points. During the second half ,

Woodsworth called a time out andwhen the game resumed, they placedpressure on their opponent. This iswhen the game became sloppy on theEagles’ side. As their opponent stepped up their

defense line, UTM struggled, givingaway fouls and free throws. The fans complained at the many

fouls that were called during thegame. By the end of the second half,the amount of fouls reached 48. Two players, Julian Gentles and

Ambrish Patel from the UTM Eagles,were dismissed off the court afterreceiving five fouls. “I didn’t know if I was watching a

basketball game or a wrestling match.The game was extremely sloppy,”

said Eagles fan Kerian Ross.Rowdy fans filled the RAWC gym

in an attempt to motivate the hometeam, booing at the other team andshouting, “Get some glasses” at thetwo referees when they made foulcalls in favor for WoodsworthCollege.As the Eagles struggled to commu-

nicate with one another,Woodsworth College took over thelead during the second period.

Keeping the momentum high, theytuned out the crowd and kept the ballmoving. With 42.6 seconds left in thesecond period, Kent Bray scored athree pointer and tied the game tocreate an opportunity for victory inovertime. Unfortunately, the Eagles simply

could not perform in the clutch andended up losing a 77-74 heartbreakeragainst a very competitiveWoodsworth team. Their only loss of

the season came when it mattered themost.As fans left the gymnasium, the

Eagles stayed behind, shaking theirheads at their performance. “[Woodsworth College] outplayed

and defended us. We didn’t deserveto win because we didn’t play the waywe normally do,” said point guardKent Bray.

“I’m disappointed. [The Eagles]did not play with heart and desire. I

have seen them play way better. Webeat this team earlier on in the sea-son by 15 points, and the teamthought they could win easily,” saidEagles coach Ammar Askary. “Noheart. That’s why we didn’t win.” Woodworth’s Bador Alagraa stood

proudly with his winning. “We lostlast year in overtime by three points.We wanted to win, so we regroupedand played defensively,” saidAlagraa.

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Elimination of headshots: a neccessity for NHLIn wake of the Matt Cooke hit on Marc Savard, the NHL needs to impose a strict rule to deter hits to the head

In a rule-changing event for the hock-ey world, the NHL proposed last weekthat “a lateral, back pressure or blind-side hit to an opponent, where thehead is targeted and or the principalpoint of contact is, not permitted. Aviolation of the above will result in aminor or major penalty and shall bereviewed for possible supplementaldiscipline." The tentative decision was

announced in the wake of a generalmanager’s meeting that was itselfprompted by a controversial decisionnot to suspend a player who blind-sided another. On March 7, thePenguins Matt Cooke blindsidedBruins star Marc Savard, giving him aGrade II concussion and putting himoff the ice for the remainder of theseason and playoffs.Cooke isn’t a first time offender. In

late November, Cooke was suspendedtwo games for a deliberate check tothe head on New York Rangers for-ward Artem Anisimov.Yet, to everyone’s surprise, Cooke

did not receive a suspension.

“If a guy gets hurt like that with ashot to the head, there's got to besomething. Actions happen. Guysdon't mean to hurt each other, butthey do. You got to pay a price forthat,” said Bill Guerin, Cooke’s team-mate, in an interview with CTV.Despite the rule change, many

argue that the instructions themselvesare ambiguous. Who decides whetherit is worthy of a major or minor penal-ty? What is the supplementary disci-pline? Suspensions? Fines? Players and analysts around the

NHL have questioned the rule due toits lack of clarity. The general man-agers will need to sit down again andrework this rule in the next few years.There should be a mandatory five-

minute major, an automatic two-gamesuspension and a set list of fines forblindside hits to the head. If the NHL wants to rid the league

of blindside headshots, only a clearrule will do so, not another vague rulein the NHL rule book.The league needs to smarten up and

make a black and white rule with clearconsequences to deter hits to the head.If they do not act soon, players willcontinue to engage in violent acts,especially come playoff time.

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Alvin Robertson, who spent the 1995�96 season with theRaptors, was part of a ring that kidnapped a 14�year�old girl,forced her to have sex with clients and to dance at a stripclub last year, according to The Associated Press.(Thescore.com)

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Houston Astros first baseman Lance Berkman underwentarthroscopic surgery on his left knee Saturday morning. Theprocedure involved removing loose cartilage debris fromthe knee. Berkman will begin an exercise rehab programimmediately and his expected return is still estimated astwo to four weeks. (TSN)

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The Cleveland Browns have signed quarterback JakeDelhomme to a two�year deal, according to ESPN. Themove lends credibility to the rumors that Brady Quinn willsoon be dealt..(TSN)

Majors squeeze by Icedogs in season finaleMississauga St. Michael’s Majors cap off record�breaking season with 2�1 victory on Sunday

Fans here to celebrate FanAppreciation Day filled the seats ofthe Hersey Centre for the MississaugaSt. Mike’s Majors final regular seasongame Sunday afternoon. Despite theirmediocre play of late, the Majors didnot disappoint and awarded their fanswith a hard fought 2-1 victory. The first period saw sloppy play

from both teams, with the game stuckat a scoreless draw. Both teams madefanned passes and took lazy penaltiesearly in the frame. Icedogs defense-men Simon Gronvaldt had troublekeeping his balance and had severaluncontested falls throughout the peri-od, much to the amusement of severalMajors fans at the Hershey Centre. The highlight of the period came

when Majors captain and UTM stu-dent Cameron Gaunce smashed anIcedog victim hard into the boards,almost knocking the plexyglass off itshinges. The crowd erupted into afrenzy and provided the game with itsfirst boost of energy. Despite the lacklustre play, there

were a few close scoring chances inthe period. The first chance camemidway through the first on a Major’spowerplay. During a two on onebreak, Majors left winger Riley Braceelected not to pass the puck and rif-fled a wrist shot that faintly missedthe top corner of the net by a fewinches. The Icedogs had a chance oftheir own off a breakaway that result-ed from a questionable giveaway byMajors defensemen Blake Parlett.Fortunately for the Majors, goaltenderJ.P. Anderson came up strong andsnagged the deke attempt to keep thescore tied.The second period differed greatly

from the first and was characterized

by rough and chippy play. This wasevident when Majors Dustin Ekelmanand Icedogs Freddie Hamilton lettheir tempers get the best of them andnearly got into a fight around theface-off circle before the puck waseven dropped for the second period.The shove fest was eventually con-tained by the referees, and playresumed. The period was also full of offense,

with all three of the games goals werescored during the 20-minute span.The visiting Icedogs got on the boardfirst when a nice passing play in front

of the net resulted in an easy tap-ingoal for Matt Petgrave, scoring hissixth of the season. Less than three minutes later,

Majors defensemen Blake Parlettanswered back with a hard earnedpowerplay goal off a big rebound.Icedog’s goaltender Mark Visentinwas unable to handle the immensepressure and the goal led to a suddenchange in momentum for the hometeam. Late in the second, the Majors were

able to take the 2-1 lead off a JordanMayer slapshot. Notching his 31st goalof the season, Mayer currently leadsthe Majors with goals scored, twomore than Devante Smith-Pelly, whohas tallied 29 of his own. The late period goal turned out to

be the dagger for the visiting team,especially since the Majors have onlylost two games (none in regulation)this season when leading after two periods.

The Icedogs were unable to capital-ize on the two powerplay opportuni-ties they had in the third period andended up losing by a slim 2-1 margin.The loss caps off a disappointing weekfor the Icedogs, who lost both of theirscheduled matches to the Majors,including a 2-1 shootout loss onThursday. The Majors ended their season with

an impressive 42-20-4-2 record, set-ting a record in franchise wins. They

are in sole possession of third place inthe Eastern Conference and are set toface the sixth seeded PeterboroughPetes in the first round of the playoffs. The Majors first playoff game will

be at the Hershey Centre on FridayMarch 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can bepurchased by contacting the Majorsoffice at 905-502-7788 ext.1. Fans canalso purchase tickets on ticketmas-ter.ca or from the Hershey Centre Box Office.

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