nexus sept. 17/08, issue 19-2
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Bye Bye ashtonCollege President liz ashton announces she will be gonzo by this time next year.
naKeD WorDsPoetry night has performers shedding their clothes and getting down to bare emotions.
interurBan grooveWhat makes the interurban campus tick? exploring the myths and truths of ol’ int-U.
Volume 19 Issue 2September 17, 2008
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September 17, 20082
A n e w s c h o o l season has sprung, which means getting
up early, staying up late… and sign-ing up for the military?
Many schools across the country have career fairs every year and some form of the military usually has a table along with the other vendors.
Some may recall a protest at the University of Victoria last year that led to the UVic student society banning active Canadian Forces recruiting at events in their building. Recently, the ban was lifted.
Many students didn’t want recruiters in their student union building bothering them, while others felt the military had every right to be there.
So the question still remains, should military recruitment be al-lowed on school premises?
At Camosun, the military can set up a table on campus, as long as they fi ll out the necessary forms like other vendors. If the event is suitable, the table isn’t disrupting students, and there’s security on duty, military recruiters are free to distribute information.
On one hand you have images of the evil military corporation stealing young adults and throwing them into war. On the other you have freedom of speech.
And it’s true military recruiters may tell you more about incentives of joining than the psychological effects of combat. Full benefits, paid tuition, and a higher wage are just some of the incentives, but they never go into the downfalls of being involved with the military.
Military commercials can be misleading, but what commercials aren’t? When it comes down to it,
the military is a corporation and should be allowed the same rights as any other.
Operation Objection was launched last year against military recruitment in schools. At the mo-ment, 25 student unions and organ-izations in Quebec have adopted
mandates against recruitment. After a series of disruptions, re-
cruiters cancelled their planned tour of Quebec colleges in early 2008. Operation Objection now works to oppose both recruitment and military research on campuses.
It’s impressive an organization such as this has formed, but banning any organization from campus, if they are operating in accordance with Canadian law, and with uni-versity policy, is an infringement on the rights of students to make their own decisions about their futures. Not to mention that little thing we call freedom of speech.
We trust Camosun students are smart enough to resist a sales pitch from a military recruiter. And for those who are interested, the information is still available.
So think thrice before you protest.
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Breanna CareyContriBUtinG Writer
It’s free to park your bike or scooter downtown, so why is it that cars get slammed with unreason-able parking tickets?
Big, bad parking attendants do their best to make the pleasant ex-perience of coming downtown just the opposite. Whether you’re like me and try to cheat the system by attempting to keep a watchful eye on that expired meter, because you really will just be a minute, or you do in fact plug those silver knobs, the meter-maids are bound to get you at least once.
My sister lives downtown in a nice place, just outside the core. The only parking near her building
is two-hour parking, unpaid. But this means that on a day off drivers have to move their car every couple of hours to avoid getting a ticket.
Why are parking attendants traipsing around our streets look-ing to shit on someone’s day? In order to make it fair for people who choose to drive, especially those
who may not live on a frequent bus route, parking attendants should be obliterated.
Enraged after getting her fourth ticket of the day, my sister sug-gested to an attendant, “Get a real job.” The attendant took a picture of her car and is probably keeping her on fi le.
I’ve had the urge to give them the one-fi nger salute, or maybe take notice of the oversized guy on the dinky scooter and open my door. It might be different if the fellows on those dinky scooters were a little kinder, or only gave tickets to repeat offenders. Do they have to meet a certain quota of pissed-off people in a day?
If they’re going to make us pay
for parking already, loosen up on the parking tickets, or at least lower the price.
The city of Victoria promised that new meters would provide us with a fi ve-minute leeway after they expire. They are still nowhere to be found. Tickets used to be $15 and are now $20, and jump to double if not paid within two weeks.
People are slowly going to stop going downtown if shopping costs them 40 bucks and they come out empty-handed. And, besides, if too many ticket-ers are roaming Victoria’s streets, it wouldn’t take much to bring them down.
“Whoops, huh, I don’t recall there being a speed bump there before...”
Let students decide own stance on military recruiters
On one hand you have images of the evil
military corporation stealing young adults
and throwing them into war. On the other you have freedom of
speech.
Welcome to the (parking) jungle, baby!
Why are parking attendants traipsing around our streets looking to shit on someone’s day?
sheila porteousContriBUtinG Writer
Camosun College proudly states in its vision statement that its “strengths are many and varied with regards to serving diverse communities.”
As a person with a disability who has fought mental illness, imagine my chagrin as I happened upon the Obsessive-Compulsive Action Figure prominently displayed in the college bookstore.
I have taken many courses at Camosun that teach students the skills to diffuse stereotypes while educating themselves and others. Compassion for people with dif-ferences and disabilities, including individuals living with a mental illness, is repeatedly emphasized in Camosun’s Health and Human Services Programs.
I spoke with three separate employees at the college bookstore before a staff member begrudgingly summoned a supervisor for me.
Gillian Mann, the bookstore’s manager, addressed my concerns in the middle of the busy store. She argued that there were other action
figures on display, such as Jesus, Freud, and Male Nurse. She also stressed it would be impossible to have stock that didn’t offend someone.
Her statements sounded akin to the action-fi gure manufacturer’s rationale—“In a diverse and free society, it is only to be expected that some people may fail to see the humour and positive side to our product.”
Mann mentioned the male nurse action fi gure may be offensive to some people as well. I took the time to compare the two products.
The packaging on the obsessive-
compulsive fi gure highlights some of the dysfunction of this particular disorder with statements like, “As soon as he fi nishes counting those ceiling tiles, he can get started on alphabetizing the canned foods,” but the male nurse’s packaging boasts, “These men are blazing the trail as role models and mentors for generations to come.”
I can only imagine how they are promoting a plastic Jesus.
Inaccurate and dehumanizing comments and attitudes create a negative perception of mental ill-ness. These misconceptions result in reluctance to seek mental health care and contribute to discrimina-tory practices.
Selling an action figure that perpetuates stereotypes of a per-son with a disability in a college bookstore is reprehensible. This item, at best, belongs in a joke shop with other tasteless and offensive items—at least I can choose not to shop there.
Selling these derogatory prod-ucts on campus may indicate Camosun has failed to embrace the concept of “global citizenship.”
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By Alexander Jones
Katelyn Musto“It’s expensive, and there’s not a lot of vegetarian options.”
Christina atherton
“I’ve noticed a change over last year; there seems to be more variety.”
Kurt JaCKson“The food wasn’t bad, but the baguette I had didn’t have cooked mushrooms.”
nina BonCaJes“It’s getting better than last year, but the pizza still tastes the same!”
Corey Burger“It would be nice if they brought back the wraps.”
roB shanKs“The food is tasty; there was lots to choose from.”
JaKe Wale“I think those new television screens are awesome.”
What do you think of the new cafeteria?
NEWS BRIEFSBy Kait Cavers
Spare some change?Camosun has been busy
welcoming new members to the College Board of Governors. The new changes include the addition of Robin Adair to the role of chair and Lynda Farmer to the position of vice-chair. Other new members of the board include Scott Marshall, who was appointed through a recent Provincial Government Order in Council, and new Camosun student representative Christopher Gillespie, who joins current student representa-tive Matthew de Groot. Leaving us this year is former Chair Kim Hesketh and David Johns who completed a six-year term on the board.
Flex your film skillz—win 10 grand!
The Fraser Institute is hosting a Student Video Contest where students are eligible to win $10,000 in cold, hard cash. The topic? “Incentives Matter—Fixing Health Care in Canada.” Students must submit a short concept paper by Sept. 30 and then post their videos on YouTube by Oct. 31. All students are eligible to enter! For more info, visit www.fraserinstitute.org/stu-dentsandlearning/forstudents/Video_Contest.htm
Speaking of film…Those looking for something
to inspire their filmmaking skills should check out the Antimatter Film Festival. The 11th annual festival features over 160 films from 25 countries to be screened at Open Space Gallery. If you really want to dip your toes into the medium, there will be artist talks, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops offered throughout the festival, taking place Sept. 19–27. For info and a full schedule, visit www.anti-matter.ws
Need a sass outlet?Cheesecake Burlesque is
recruiting female performers to join their saucy, award-winning burlesque team. Ever wanted to learn the secrets behind act creation, costuming, and pickup artistry? Wrap up in your favour-ite feathered boa and strut your stuff on camera for a chance to be a part of this unique sister-hood! The closing date for audition tape submissions is Oct. 3. For more info and guidelines, check out www.cheesecakebur-lesque.com
Ashton announces retirement The 100-grand clubCamosun College recently released its annual statement of employee wages for their fiscal year, ending March 31, 2008. As has become tradition around here, we thought we’d list the em-ployees that belong to the esteemed 100-grand club. So here are the college employees who make the most green.
Liz Ashton, President, $185,979 plus $11,873 in expenses.
Paul McGeachie, Vice-President, Busi-ness Development, $146,191 plus $6,526 in expenses.
Baldev Pooni, Vice-President of Educa-tion and Student Services, $135,630 plus $7,038 in expenses.
Peter Lockie, Chief Financial Officer/Bursar (now Vice-President Admin-instration/Chief Financial Officer), $126,463 plus $1,935 in expenses.
Denis Powers, Executive Director, Hu-man Resources Division, $126,319 plus $8,744 in expenses.
Richard Olesen, Dean of Business, $109,663 plus $3,842 in expenses.
John Borass, Dean of Access and First Nations Education, $109,603 plus $35,859 in expenses.
Heather Lewis, Dean of Arts and Sci-ences, $109,603 plus $3,786 in ex-penses.
Barbara Herringer, Dean of Health and Human Services, $107,448 plus $8,950 in expenses.
Dawn Sutherland, Director, Camosun College International, $102,394 plus $69,653 in expenses.
Susan Haddon, Director, College and Community Relations and Executive Director, Camosun College Foundation, $100,121 plus $1,424 in expenses.
liz MCarthurStaff Writer
Liz Ashton, Camosun College’s president for the past 14 years, is stepping down next year. Her cur-rent contract is up on Sept. 30, 2009 and she will not be seeking another term as president.
“It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to retire next year,” says Ashton. She adds her years at the college have been exciting, challenging, and rewarding.
Ashton was instrumental in the construction of the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE). Robin Adair, chair of the Camosun College Board of Governors, says her boots will be hard to fill.
Not everyone will mourn her loss, however, including Jerry Oet-ting, president of CUPE Local 2081.
“We’re hopeful that it will mean a change in policy and direction for the college. Liz has spent a lot of time on developing PISE and it’s taken away from the other parts of her job,” says Oetting. “She has done some good for the college, but I think it’s time for a change. We’re looking for somebody who will take a stronger role in labour relations. More of a people person is what we are looking for.”
Meanwhile, the Camosun Col-lege Student Society wishes Ashton well on her future endeavours. “Liz Ashton has made a tremendous impact upon Camosun College. The student society has worked with Liz on a wide range of student issues over the years,” says Christopher Gillespie, CCSS external affairs executive.
A s h t o n c a u g h t f i r e f r o m Camosun students and staff last spring for comments she made at a staff Connections Day. “Initially, they’re not the best and not the brightest in terms of their academic standings,” said Ashton about Camosun students. Local media outlets picked up on a Nexus story about the comments, and Ashton later appeared on Chek TV to de-fend herself.
La Sim, a university transfer student who finished his account-ing diploma at the college, says he
doesn’t know much about Ashton, and can’t judge her, but doesn’t think she should be lauded for her work with PISE.
“I think that’s crap. It doesn’t feel like our gym, it’s just another facility we can use if we pay the right amount of money,” says Sim.
When next September rolls around, Ashton says she will miss the dedicated individuals she got to know and work with. “Most of all, I will miss the students; their enthusiasm, their zest for life, and desire to learn and succeed.”
“Liz Ashton has made a tremendous impact
upon Camosun College.”
Christopher gillespie
CCSS
Danielle WeBBCUP atlantiC BUreaU Chief
ANTIGONISH (CUP) – Eliza-beth May, leader of the Green Party, unveiled her party’s platform on post-secondary education in a cam-paign announcement on Sept. 11.
May was at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Sco-tia—located in her riding—when she revealed her party’s intention to cut student debt in half and provide more financial support to those who choose to continue their education.
“The most exciting piece of our policy is to cut all student debt in half on completion of a diploma, including existing student debt. That’s based off a carbon-tax holi-day from our tax-shifting plan,” says May.
Reducing tuition, providing students with more bursary options, and reducing the interest rate on student loans are a few of the other promises May has made regarding post-secondary education.
May believes a quality education should be available to all, regard-less of finances, but that today’s students still face obstacles.
“There’s two parts to the prob-
lem of ensuring excellence in educa-tion. One part of the problem is the financial burden on students, and the other is the financial burden on the universities themselves,” says May.
She says the quality of educa-tion is decreasing at a lot of universi-ties in Canada because institutions don’t have the funds to provide the kind of education that should exist.
May further states the de-creasing quality of education is a
“diminishment of the opportunity” because young people aren’t able to realize their full potential.
May says underpaid new profes-sors who aren’t working towards tenure are weakening post-second-ary education in this country.
“There’s a really disturbing trend
where newly minted Ph.Ds are es-sentially a pool of cheap labour for universities that can’t afford to give people a real job to get on that tenure track,” she says.
She also touched on the misap-propriation of federal money given to the provinces for post-secondary education, promising any feder-ally transferred funds would be put towards education and not moved anywhere else.
“Education is a fundamental priority of a healthy society and every Canadian who wants to go to university should be able to do so,” says May.
“It’s just really important that Canadians across the country do not leave university with a huge debt load and that universities have enough money.”
“Education is a fundamental priority of a healthy society.”
elizaBeth MayGreen Party
May makes Green Party education announcement at Nova Scotia university
September 17, 20084
liz MCarthurStaff Writer
Those in need of a stiff drink on campus have few options. Other than a quietly concealed hip fl ask, there’s little on the beverage land-scape, except for the weekly stu-dent-run Dunlop House Pub at the Lansdowne campus.
Here, students in the Hotel and Restaurant Management Program’s beverage operations course break into three groups and take turns running the two-hour a week pub on Thursdays during the fall semester.
It’s a campus pub that provides a service to students and teaches students at the same time. But what about the other four days of
the school week, or the remaining hours on Thursday when Dunlop Pub is not open? That’s a lot of drinking hours going to waste.
Karen Nightingale, Hotel and Restaurant Management Program instructional assistant, says starting a full-time campus pub is not an option for the program.
“Who’s going to run it?” says Nightingale. “This is just one class in an otherwise full schedule of business classes. There just would be no time in their schedule.”
Camosun Director of Ancillary Services Kathryn Le Gros says a permanent pub is something that’s on the horizon for the college.
“It’s talked about and generally people think, ‘Wow, this could be a great idea.’ We just haven’t taken it to the next step,” says Le Gros.
The college will look at opening a pub on campus in the next few years as student housing and other campus facilities are developed, says Le Gros.
“We’ll probably engage students in a formal way of what kinds of things would they want to see and support, and what they think that could look like,” she says.
Putting infrastructure in place is only the fi rst step. The answer may not be the same for both Camosun campuses, and Le Gros says even-
tually they will get to the planning stages and start looking at different options.
“It’s just so premature. It’s just an idea of what could contribute to campus life. Well, a pub always comes to mind,” she says.
Current space issues on both
campuses mean the college will also be looking at where a pub could be located.
As for when students can expect a full-time drinking establishment, Le Gros says the issue just hasn’t made it to the top of anyone’s priority list yet.
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Taking it a bit too farUBC has recalled 7,000 student handbooks—worth $20,000—for using comments found to be “inappropriate.” Apparently the book contains an over-the-top amount of references to the construction cranes being used on campus for a massive development. One statement even takes a jab at UBC president Stephen Toope by mentioning the location of his “$15 million house.” Th e book also questions why UBC is celebrating its 100th year, when classes weren’t taught at UBC until 1915. About 100 handbooks were handed out before the recall, and requests to keep these copies confi dential have been made. Goes to show what a little proofreading can do!
Do you ride? We ride! Rescued by one of the
new bus routes added to the schedule this fall? Th ank the We Ride campaign and the Camosun College Student Society. Last winter the committee delivered 12,000 signatures to Minister of Finance Carole Taylor, which in turn allowed them to express the demands of students and put them into the 2008 budget. Th is year, the campaign hopes to lobby the transit commis-sion to put an extra $3.5 million towards early morning and late night trips, trips to the western communities, express routes, and linkages between campuses. For more info, visit www.weridetransit.ca
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fi re!
Fire safety in a school resi-dence or apartment isn’t exactly the fi rst thing students prepare for when they head off to college or university, but every year fi re continues to claim the lives of young adults. For those who don’t already have them, smoke alarms and fi re extin-guishers should be at the top of the grocery list. Learn how to protect yourself and your room-mates from the worst-case scenario by visiting www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/fi recom
SUB standardTh ose planning on dropping
by UVic’s student union building to try out some of the UVic Student Society-run businesses, forget about it. Well, at least until the student society and the United Steelworkers Union can come to a collective agree-ment over contract negotia-tions. Until that happens, most of the SUB will remain closed. For more info on the strike, call 250-721-8370.
Drinks for all... in good time
Canadian universities look to environmentally sustainable buildings
The college will look at opening a pub on
campus in the next couple of years as
student housing and other campus facilities
are developed.
Students on campus hope the future brings less empty cups and more drinking time.
Photo: CoUrtney BroUGhton
Carl MeyerCUP ottaWa BUreaU Chief
With so many ways to go green, no nationwide standard for en-vironmentally sustainable cam-pus buildings has been agreed upon by universities and colleges in Canada.
Energy, water, and heat effi-ciency, land and biomass use, and composting and biodegradable sys-tems are just some examples of the options developers face. Campuses must also take costs and fi nancing into account.
So many methodologies exist, says Alison Aloisio, sustainable buildings adviser at the University of BC, that the public’s know-ledge of green buildings is being confused.
“If you’ve got an organic sticker on your apple, there’s a lot of in-formation packed into that little sticker,” says Aloisio, drawing a
parallel with the struggle the agri-cultural industry faces in defi ning organic products.
The Association of Universities and Colleges Canada confi rms there are no nationwide standards, but pointed to a number of options in the fi eld for campus greening.
One way campuses are going green is by using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifi cation method.
LEED is a third-party sustain-ability certifi cation program based out of the United States and run in Canada by the Canada Green Building Council. It applies a points system with each point represent-ing an environmental factor or methodology.
There are four levels of certifi ca-tion—Certifi ed, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.
Lakehead University recently announced their new Orillia, On-
tario campus would be built entirely to LEED Platinum standards.
“We wanted to go to the high-est standard because we wanted to make a statement,” says Fred-erick Gilbert, Lakehead’s pres-ident. “We’re dealing with issues of sustainability, not just nation-ally, but globally, and we should be doing everything we can to work within the constraints of environ-ment and save energy. It’s pretty straight-forward.”
Although dozens of campus buildings across Canada are LEED-certified, Lakehead is claiming rights to the fi rst platinum campus built from scratch.
“It’s a big leap in terms of funds. That’s part of the reason why it hasn’t been done; you have upfront costs,” says Gilbert. “What we can do as a model, as we build out this campus, is to show very clearly that although there are higher upfront
costs, the return on investment is compensating for that in a short period of time.”
Lakehead’s fi nancing for the new project comes from the uni-versity as well as contributions, a capital campaign, and a funding commitment through mortgaging, says Gilbert. He says students will not be charged higher tuition.
Aloisio congratulates Lakehead on building the sustainable cam-pus. “Lakehead’s position is very compelling and powerful, a very strong leadership position.”
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), Canada’s largest student lobby group, also recently weighed in on campus sustainabil-ity at their latest general meeting in May.
An adopted policy preamble suggests, “Students should not be forced to pay for environmental upgrades through additional user or ancillary fees.”
The policy also supports “zero emissions standards for all new buildings built on Canadian campuses.”
guy alaiMoStaff Writer
Ever wanted to express deep love, appreciation, and gratitude for Camosun College, but could never properly convey your feelings? Well, suck-up, “My Camosun” is the video contest for you!
“We want to tell the complete story of Camosun College through diverse voices,” says David Sovka, associate director of College and Community Relations. “Camosun is a diverse community college. Let-ting people tell their story through video is a way to paint a vibrant tapestry of who we are.”
Starting this week, Camosun is encouraging current and future students, staff, faculty, and alumni
to create a one-minute video on the theme of “My Camosun.” Videos will be posted on the college website and winners will be announced after the Oct. 31 deadline.
Three finalists will be chosen with third place winning $250, second place $500, and first place $750. The winning submissions will be aired on the A television channel’s news hour.
There will be four judges—one from the college, one from the Victoria Film Commission, and one from A Channel. The fourth judge will be a Canadian Idol-style people’s vote. Everyone can go online at camosun.ca/mycamosun to watch the videos, then make comments and vote online for their favourite.
According to Sovka, judges will be choosing videos that showcase Camosun’s diversity as a school and a community.
“We know that Camosun is an incredibly diverse place with over 100 programs,” explains Sovka. “[Camosun] draws people from all over the world. We want people to showcase this in their video through any means. Animation, emo poetry, documentary style, Rick Mercer rant, anything… Be creative.”
Creative, yes. But don’t be racist or homophobic. Or, in Sovka’s words, “Don’t be creepy.”
“There are only two rules for the video contest,” says Sovka.
“One, create a one-minute video. Two, don’t be creepy. The rules are purposely vague, yet meaningful, in order to encourage as wide an interpretation and participation as possible. We would never want anything racist or homophobic.”
So leave those flaming white crosses in the garage but, still, try to be creative!
Videos can be uploaded to the camosun.ca/mycamosun website between Oct. 1-31.
NEWSVideo contest asks students for Camosun-iest home videos
“Camosun is a diverse community college. Letting people tell their story through
video is a way to paint a vibrant tapestry of
who we are.” DaviD sovKa
ColleGe and CommUnity relationS
A new video contest will highlight the trials and tribulations of all things Camosun.Photo: CoUrtney BroUGhton
September 17, 2008� CAMPUS
Finding the pulse of Interurbanliz MCarthur
Staff WriterWhat do you think of when
you hear the words Interurban Campus?
Perhaps it’s groups of male trades students talking shop, or business students plotting graphs in the computer labs?
Myths abound when it comes to Interurban. So, what is fact and what is fiction about the Camosun campus?
It’s hard to know where to look for some student culture at Interurban.
But the courtyard in front of the Campus Centre is a good place to start. The open area has basketball courts, picnic tables, and a grassy area where students can relax.
Second-year mechanical engin-eering students Ken von Schilling, Megan Audley, and Kali Little toss a Frisbee around the courtyard
when they’re not in class. Von Schil-ling admits students are segre-gated on campus in their different programs.
From the centre of the court-yard, he sweeps his arm toward the buildings explaining where the trades, technical, and business students spend their time.
“Occasionally a business student that’s lost comes into our building by accident,” says von Schilling.
When it comes to interaction, Little says she socializes the most
with her fellow students. “I don’t go around other build-
ings to meet students,” says Little. She would like to see a lounge set aside for students, and mentions the Engineering Students Society at the University of Victoria. “They have games and foosball. That would be good to see here.”
Aaron Smeltzer is doing aca-demic upgrading at Interurban for Kinesiology at UBC. A major draw for him was the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE). He lives in James Bay, but makes the commute to Interurban and loves the campus for the class and gym sizes, new buildings, and things to do.
Smeltzer says he checked out the Lansdowne campus and finds it kind of boring in comparison. He doesn’t think meeting people on campus is difficult.
“I’ve talked to a few people in the gym. You could totally chill outside
in the courtyard and meet people,” says Smeltzer.
Alan Poole is the Camosun rec-reation assistant at Interurban. Working in the small gym in the basement of the Campus Centre, he sees a cross-section of students coming through the fitness stu-dio, movement room, and cardio room. The gym offers free access to Camosun students and is one of the perks of the Interurban campus.
“I hate to phrase it like this, but it’s very much a man’s world out here,” he says.
“Bullshit,” replies Graham Wil-son, a first-year business student.
“I think people make it what they want. If people see it as unequal, they should look harder.”
Wilson says he likes having facilities like the gym available. He wants to see a beer club on campus and admits he tried to start one last semester, but no one showed up.
Megan Audley says with only three women in her Mechanical Engeneering class, she can plainly see there are more men than women at Interurban.
“But it’s not for lack of trying. They are trying to find ways to bring more women here,” says Audley.
And as for segregation of the different programs, Elisa Greenway, a sports management student, takes classes in the new PISE.
“We’re a little removed from the main campus,” she says, adding there’s some interaction between the sports programs at PISE, but even they are still segregated.
Though it’s hard to find students in different programs socializing to-gether, culture on campus is grow-ing. The courtyard and cafeterias are a good place to start making new friends, and Interurban students are making efforts to get out and enjoy the services provided.
It’s hard to know where to look for
some student culture at Interurban.
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FEATURESeptember 17, 20088 FEATUREOur day in the institute (of sport excellence)
Upon arriving at the Pacifi c Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE, for the regulars), it’s easy to see the architects of the building were
gunning for a modern feel. Also quickly apparent is, well, it’s not fi nished yet. Construction equipment and an unfi nished entrance were our fi rst impression, though our eyes were quickly drawn to the gymnasium.
“Ooh, shiny,” remarked Courtney Broughton, Nexus staff photog-rapher.
The gym is where PISE CEO Michael Wright and Program Assistant Lindsay Player found us.
Wright is eager to show us around, and despite only promising 15 minutes, we squeezed at least half an hour out of him.
We start with the double gymnasium, recently polished, hence the shininess. Our Camosun Chargers sports teams’ new home court is massive! And it’s not even done. It’ll grow up to be a triple gym, or a competition court with stands on both sides.
As a college taking part in national sports competitions, it’s always been a little embarrassing to host visitors at a high school, so this new facility is big for our sports teams.
The gym, and entire institute for that matter, is more environmentally friendly than similar sites. With windows in the top for light during the day and vents at the bottom instead of turbines at the top, measures to cut down on energy use can be spotted in many areas.
“It’ll be quieter, except for the cheers,” says Wright.The downside is the Chargers will still have to pay fees to use the site.
Since Camosun doesn’t exactly own the facility (it’s a three-way partner-ship), there’s no extra money for an equipment and uniform budget.
We move over to a wall of windows, overlooking the all-weather soc-cer fi eld outside. Camosun doesn’t have a footy team quite yet, but a Chargers soccer team could be in the future now that there’s a facility to use.
Wright points out that the fi eld has been engineered, not grown, and is the top level of a multi-layered platform. Therefore, it’s playable 350 days of the year, even in Victoria’s rainy climate. In other words, the play-ers are more likely to get rained out than the fi eld. And it’s apparently fl at—very, very fl at. Unnaturally fl at.
Here, Wright mentions the LEED gold design. This is a certifi cate given out by an American building council to sites reaching a certain sustain-ability level in construction and management.
With gold being one of the higher levels of this certifi cation, PISE is not only a leading-edge sports institute; it’s also one of the most sus-tainable. And the energy savings weren’t the only steps. Much of the construction supplies are of a more environmentally friendly type, such as reused or recycled material.
On the other side of the building a project for phase two of the de-velopment is marked out… a beach volleyball court. With its popularity at the Beijing Olympics and the fact that Canada probably has the most beaches of any country, it’s time we had a training facility for beach vol-leyball, though this one will be on the side of a hill on Interurban Road instead of a beach.
Back inside, we move down to the tech room. Here is where the sci-ence of sport really gets going, which is where the high-performance athletes will be, and most college students will not (unless you’re a top level athlete or trainer). The nation’s rowers, though, and others, will gladly move in.
As one of the world’s strongest rowing teams, it’s been said the rowing facilities out at Elk Lake are appalling, so this should give the national team a boost. With VO2 machines, which measure oxygen volumes and ergs, specially built to train rowers, this is where the cutting edge equip-ment could make a difference to how Canada fares on an international level.
“This will provide new ways to train athletes with new programs,” says Wright.
We continue down the hall into the LifeMark section of the building. LifeMark is a national health service provider specializing in physio-therapy and sports medicine. They’ll be dealing with any damage the athletes do to themselves while training or competing. There are also plans to have them work with Camosun and lend their expertise to our students, which could lead some directly into jobs.
“Any kind of injury you receive can be treated,” says Wright. We don’t intend on testing that theory.
As we’re led downstairs, our retinas take a hit for the team. The walls are fl aming red. Eventually, we’re told, they’ll be toned down to Canadian red, the same as on our fl ag. Right now though, they’re still too orange.
We make it down to the main workout area, which, according to our guides, is on par with two top-fl ight sports centers in the world; the
South Africans have one, and the Aussies have the other. This is where the different groups at PISE will mingle and where Matt Fisher, strength and conditioning co-ordinator, shows us around.
The workout equipment is split into three different areas—one for community, one for education, and one for the high-level athletes. The community area is probably largest, with a lot of top-of-the-line equip-ment.
“We’re trying to get the kids as well as the high-performance athletes,” says Wright.
PISE is also working towards getting staff, students, and other PISE regulars to think fi tness and sustainability, with a reduced parking lot and more bike racks. This seems like a good idea, though with possible spillover from the Interurban Campus and a few rainy months, good intentions could get some grumbles from drivers.
A smaller, glassed-off section is for classes with a white board and other educational-type things. It’s fairly basic, looking more like a coach’s room than a classroom, but it looks good for hands-on learning.
On the other side of the student tank is the high-performance area, about the same size as the community area. This is where the top-of-the-line equipment is, directed towards new theories in sports training. But most of the stuff is in boxes, under boxes, or still in packing wrap.
A short walk ahead is the next frontier of sports training, in the re-generation room. It sounds Trek-y, but the specially built showers and baths help the high-performance athletes work out their kinks a little faster and better. When you’re one of the elite, a little bit might mean
the difference between fi rst or eighth place.It’s time to head upstairs to where most of the Camosun students will
be. As we head up, we pass the food provider for PISE. Instead of a giant multi-national corporation providing the fodder,
the athletes and other PISE people will get food from Geffen Catering, a local business.
Luckily for PISE, they get to escape the encompassing reach of cor-porate tongs. The aim is to provide a more nutritional diet for everyone involved. The vending machines have even been stocked with healthy drinks instead of sugar-infused sugar water.
Getting back to the brand-spanking new classrooms, four are desig-nated for the Sport and Exercise Education programs, all stocked up with crazy new chairs.
That’s really the coolest part of the rooms. They’re just nice, big, open classrooms with high-tech chairs. Other lectures will take place in these rooms, but students were the ones in mind for this place.
Also on the top fl oor are the offi ces of the teachers and other PISE executives, like Dr. Peter Roher, director of the Sport and Exercise Educa-tion programs, whom we run into.
“In addition to the innovative programs, we aren’t copying programs at UBC or UVIC. They are unique,” explains Roher. “The students are learn-ing in a practical setting. It’s a bridging of education and industry.”
At this, Wright and Roher move on to the business of the day and we have a few minutes to chat with Player.
Player recently graduated from Camosun with a Diploma in Exercise and Wellness, which led her to her job as program assistant at PISE.
“It’s a dream to work at a place like this,” Player tells us. “Especially from the get-go.”
We fi nish our tour with a quick walk through the executive area where all the offi ces are, but not much is going on compared to the construc-tion and unpacking on the lower two fl oors. We take our leave and head outside.
It looks like PISE is as classy as can be, with all the equipment and enthusiasm it needs to start a place of this caliber. Now it’ll be up to the staff and athletes to meet the expectations placed on them.
As sports fans, we’re hopeful for good results coming out of the new institute. As students of Camosun, we’re a little unsure how this will benefi t us.
Yes, it will put Camosun on the map for athletes, but prestige in the sports world doesn’t make a school. The students who do get to use it will appreciate it, but the rest of us might be looking at PISE as a Student Union Building or student residences lost.
PISE is a partnership project split between three groups, with Camosun College ob-viously playing a large part.
The college teamed up with Pacifi cSport Victoria, a group representing local athletes and their supporters, and Canadian Sport Centre Pacific, an organization working across BC providing high-performance athletes with a support system.
PISE also has three main demographics. One is the high-performance athletes, such as Rugby Canada and some Olympic hopefuls. Then there are the students learn-ing about physical education and fi tness. Finally, there’s the community, who will have access to parts of the institute not being used by the fi rst two groups.
For those of us not in the Sport and Exer-cise Education programs, there will only be moderate benefi ts, such as a proper home
for the Camosun Chargers, with courts fi nally up to competition standards.
This is great for friends, family, and hard-core fans of the college’s sports teams, but it’s unlikely to get Lansdowne students out in droves. It’s a fair drive out to Saanich, and an even longer bus ride.
Camosun students also get a reduced fee for use of the community section of the gym, but since students already have free access to the on-campus gyms, personal fi nance will probably win out over premium fi tness.
Camosunites get a discounted rate for passes, but a three-month pass for $73 is still a good chunk of the budget for a student. Community members will have to fork out $77-$128 for their chance to use the top-quality equipment.
PISE is not only a leading-edge sports institute;
it’s also one of the most sustainable.
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The downsides of PISE Using land set aside for an agricultural land reserve. These reserves were created with the intention of growing food locally. While the site wasn’t ideal for crops, it was the original plan for the land.
The support staff at PISE is not CUPE, or even unionized, despite it being at least partially owned by Camosun College. This caused friction between CUPE 2081 (Camosun support staff ) and the college.
Instead of passes to the gym included in the cost of tuition, students will have to fork out to use the high-tech workout centre. While some may find it worthwhile, most will probably find the money better spent on rent.
The location is great for Interurban stu-dents, but it’s very inconvenient for Lans-downe students and not an ideal place for Chargers games. Since it’s not in a student-dense area, walk-ins will prob-ably be rare, leaving the shiny new gym sparsely populated until the Chargers gain momentum.
The Chargers still have to pay fees to use their new home gym. Since a separate board runs the PISE, they’re charging the home teams rent.
The media’s introduction to the PISE was a three-minute video filled with stock photos of athletes and maps of the site, while not explaining or showing much of the actual facility.
It’s not done yet! The completion date had been set for June 2008. WTF?
Phase 2 hasn’t been fully planned out yet and its start date still isn’t decided.
It feels as if Camosun President Liz Ashton pushed this one through, and with her upcoming retirement it doesn’t dispel the rumours.
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Upon arriving at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE, for the regulars), it’s easy to see the architects of the building were
gunning for a modern feel. Also quickly apparent is, well, it’s not finished yet. Construction equipment and an unfinished entrance were our first impression, though our eyes were quickly drawn to the gymnasium.
“Ooh, shiny,” remarked Courtney Broughton, Nexus staff photog-rapher.
The gym is where PISE CEO Michael Wright and Program Assistant Lindsay Player found us.
Wright is eager to show us around, and despite only promising 15 minutes, we squeezed at least half an hour out of him.
We start with the double gymnasium, recently polished, hence the shininess. Our Camosun Chargers sports teams’ new home court is massive! And it’s not even done. It’ll grow up to be a triple gym, or a competition court with stands on both sides.
As a college taking part in national sports competitions, it’s always been a little embarrassing to host visitors at a high school, so this new facility is big for our sports teams.
The gym, and entire institute for that matter, is more environmentally friendly than similar sites. With windows in the top for light during the day and vents at the bottom instead of turbines at the top, measures to cut down on energy use can be spotted in many areas.
“It’ll be quieter, except for the cheers,” says Wright.The downside is the Chargers will still have to pay fees to use the site.
Since Camosun doesn’t exactly own the facility (it’s a three-way partner-ship), there’s no extra money for an equipment and uniform budget.
We move over to a wall of windows, overlooking the all-weather soc-cer field outside. Camosun doesn’t have a footy team quite yet, but a Chargers soccer team could be in the future now that there’s a facility to use.
Wright points out that the field has been engineered, not grown, and is the top level of a multi-layered platform. Therefore, it’s playable 350 days of the year, even in Victoria’s rainy climate. In other words, the play-ers are more likely to get rained out than the field. And it’s apparently flat—very, very flat. Unnaturally flat.
Here, Wright mentions the LEED gold design. This is a certificate given out by an American building council to sites reaching a certain sustain-ability level in construction and management.
With gold being one of the higher levels of this certification, PISE is not only a leading-edge sports institute; it’s also one of the most sus-tainable. And the energy savings weren’t the only steps. Much of the construction supplies are of a more environmentally friendly type, such as reused or recycled material.
On the other side of the building a project for phase two of the de-velopment is marked out… a beach volleyball court. With its popularity at the Beijing Olympics and the fact that Canada probably has the most beaches of any country, it’s time we had a training facility for beach vol-leyball, though this one will be on the side of a hill on Interurban Road instead of a beach.
Back inside, we move down to the tech room. Here is where the sci-ence of sport really gets going, which is where the high-performance athletes will be, and most college students will not (unless you’re a top level athlete or trainer). The nation’s rowers, though, and others, will gladly move in.
As one of the world’s strongest rowing teams, it’s been said the rowing facilities out at Elk Lake are appalling, so this should give the national team a boost. With VO2 machines, which measure oxygen volumes and ergs, specially built to train rowers, this is where the cutting edge equip-ment could make a difference to how Canada fares on an international level.
“This will provide new ways to train athletes with new programs,” says Wright.
We continue down the hall into the LifeMark section of the building. LifeMark is a national health service provider specializing in physio-therapy and sports medicine. They’ll be dealing with any damage the athletes do to themselves while training or competing. There are also plans to have them work with Camosun and lend their expertise to our students, which could lead some directly into jobs.
“Any kind of injury you receive can be treated,” says Wright. We don’t intend on testing that theory.
As we’re led downstairs, our retinas take a hit for the team. The walls are flaming red. Eventually, we’re told, they’ll be toned down to Canadian red, the same as on our flag. Right now though, they’re still too orange.
We make it down to the main workout area, which, according to our guides, is on par with two top-flight sports centers in the world; the
South Africans have one, and the Aussies have the other. This is where the different groups at PISE will mingle and where Matt Fisher, strength and conditioning co-ordinator, shows us around.
The workout equipment is split into three different areas—one for community, one for education, and one for the high-level athletes. The community area is probably largest, with a lot of top-of-the-line equip-ment.
“We’re trying to get the kids as well as the high-performance athletes,” says Wright.
PISE is also working towards getting staff, students, and other PISE regulars to think fitness and sustainability, with a reduced parking lot and more bike racks. This seems like a good idea, though with possible spillover from the Interurban Campus and a few rainy months, good intentions could get some grumbles from drivers.
A smaller, glassed-off section is for classes with a white board and other educational-type things. It’s fairly basic, looking more like a coach’s room than a classroom, but it looks good for hands-on learning.
On the other side of the student tank is the high-performance area, about the same size as the community area. This is where the top-of-the-line equipment is, directed towards new theories in sports training. But most of the stuff is in boxes, under boxes, or still in packing wrap.
A short walk ahead is the next frontier of sports training, in the re-generation room. It sounds Trek-y, but the specially built showers and baths help the high-performance athletes work out their kinks a little faster and better. When you’re one of the elite, a little bit might mean
the difference between first or eighth place.It’s time to head upstairs to where most of the Camosun students will
be. As we head up, we pass the food provider for PISE. Instead of a giant multi-national corporation providing the fodder,
the athletes and other PISE people will get food from Geffen Catering, a local business.
Luckily for PISE, they get to escape the encompassing reach of cor-porate tongs. The aim is to provide a more nutritional diet for everyone involved. The vending machines have even been stocked with healthy drinks instead of sugar-infused sugar water.
Getting back to the brand-spanking new classrooms, four are desig-nated for the Sport and Exercise Education programs, all stocked up with crazy new chairs.
That’s really the coolest part of the rooms. They’re just nice, big, open classrooms with high-tech chairs. Other lectures will take place in these rooms, but students were the ones in mind for this place.
Also on the top floor are the offices of the teachers and other PISE executives, like Dr. Peter Roher, director of the Sport and Exercise Educa-tion programs, whom we run into.
“In addition to the innovative programs, we aren’t copying programs at UBC or UVIC. They are unique,” explains Roher. “The students are learn-ing in a practical setting. It’s a bridging of education and industry.”
At this, Wright and Roher move on to the business of the day and we have a few minutes to chat with Player.
Player recently graduated from Camosun with a Diploma in Exercise and Wellness, which led her to her job as program assistant at PISE.
“It’s a dream to work at a place like this,” Player tells us. “Especially from the get-go.”
We finish our tour with a quick walk through the executive area where all the offices are, but not much is going on compared to the construc-tion and unpacking on the lower two floors. We take our leave and head outside.
It looks like PISE is as classy as can be, with all the equipment and enthusiasm it needs to start a place of this caliber. Now it’ll be up to the staff and athletes to meet the expectations placed on them.
As sports fans, we’re hopeful for good results coming out of the new institute. As students of Camosun, we’re a little unsure how this will benefit us.
Yes, it will put Camosun on the map for athletes, but prestige in the sports world doesn’t make a school. The students who do get to use it will appreciate it, but the rest of us might be looking at PISE as a Student Union Building or student residences lost.
PISE is not only a leading-edge sports institute;
it’s also one of the most sustainable.
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alan piFFerStaff Writer
Most people would be terrifi ed enough at the thought of having to do anything in front of an audi-ence—but doing it naked? No way! But that’s just what happens at Poetry in the Raw—reading poems in front of an audience, sans clothing, and apparently it’s not as much of a nightmare as one might think.
According to Missie Peters and Danielle Ayotte, two performers in this year’s event, it’s actually a pretty cool, liberating thing to do.
For Peters, the idea originated from watching a fellow poet read nude at a party. “I realized that, speaking this poem, his whole body was poetry,” says Peters. “And I wanted to do that; I wanted to have that experience. It changes how you perform the poem, and you become more aware, as a performer, of your body.”
Originally, Peters only enter-tained the idea of doing the show with a bunch of her friends in her living room, but was persuaded to take the idea further.
“I thought it would be fun to get a bunch of folks together and each have the challenge of standing up and performing naked,” says Peters.
“And it was like, ‘Well, why don’t you just do it as a show?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, okay!’”
The main thrust behind organ-izing the fi rst event was to make it a fundraiser to send the local poetry slam team to a national competition. It turned out to be a success beyond anyone’s expectations.
“When I talked to people, people said, ‘Wow, that would be really hard, but I’m down, I want to do it,’” says Peters. “So we put it on at Solstice [Cafe], and we sold out before we opened our doors. We had people lined up into Market Square, and we had to turn people away.”
According to Peters, the huge positive response from the first Poetry in the Raw show was more than just the fact that people were nude.
“I don’t think it was just because we were naked; it was because of
what we were saying when we were naked,” says Peters. “Someone talked about having been a bully as a child, and how they come to terms with that now; someone talked about being a racist. I talked about my mother’s chronic illness and how I’m coming to terms with that.”
For fellow participant and Camosun Creative Writing stu-dent Danielle Ayotte, nudity cre-ates a new dimension in creative expression.
“I write because it’s very honest,” explains Ayotte. “I think with other writers, too, it’s hard to lie when you’re doing poetry. It’s always your own style, and naked, it’s like you’re totally out there; there’s no hiding at all.”
Peters found it refreshing that the audience was able to get into the intended spirit of the event.
“I was amazed last year at the incredible thankfulness of the audi-ence,” says Peters. “They under-stood what was being done; they totally got it. And they were open to it.”
Ayotte says the event allowed people to see a sense of beauty not shown in mainstream media.
“It’s so rare that we get to see real beauty and real people with freckles and pale skin and dark skin and stretch marks,” says Ayotte.
“If you can speak beautifully and put your whole body into it; that’s perfect.”
At Poetry in the Raw, many audience members felt compelled to remove their clothes as well.
“I think it’s because we created a respectful, safe environment: we are all in this together, this is a safe space,” says Peters. “And when an audience member decides they are going to take off their top, they sud-denly have no shield for the words that are being said. And people cried. The audience will be invited again this year, in a respectful way, if they would like to participate.”
If anyone wanted to try step-ping outside of their comfort zone, they’d be hard pressed to do it more effectively than by performing at or attending Poetry in the Raw.
“You can do anything after that,” says Ayotte. “You’ll move moun-tains, I think.”
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For Halifax band The Stolen Minks, rock and roll has always been all about raw energy.
“That’s definitely how we go about it,” says bassist Tiina Johns.
“We’re really just into the energy of it, having that sort of punk thing where it’s loud and fast.”
Besides the Ramones, who have an obvious impact on the trio’s sound, a quick glance on YouTube at their other infl uences, like Link Wray and Bo Diddley, reveals that a similar rawness can be found in music written half a century ago.
So even though they’ve grad-ually morphed into a punk/indie-rock band, it makes sense that they were once a rockabilly band.
And since the Stolen Minks’ style draws so much from original rock and roll, they fi nd their sound appeals to more than just younger audiences.
“As much as for some of it I feel like we’re just a punk band which has a very niche demographic, I also think that because there is that old sound, it does appeal to [older] people,” says Johns. “When we play something that has that raw energy or has that old infl uence, it kind of piques their interest and they really get into it.”
Johns feels the songs appeal just as much to children, and she explains how much her young nieces enjoy the music.
“We have songs that are really
dumb and silly and appeal to any-one,” says Johns. “With some of the songs, it’s totally like a kids’ song; you can easily sing along to it.”
Despite more light-hearted songs with titles like “Batman (You’re the Sex),” the Stolen Minks aren’t afraid to tackle more serious issues. The track “Viola Desmond” deals with a little-known instance of racism in Canadian history, where a black woman in Nova Scotia went through a long court battle over being denied a seat in a theatre. The song was written with the intention of making her story more well-known.
“That’s what we were hoping—that people would hear the song or maybe see the name on the album, and fi nd out about her,” explains Johns. “There is a lot of this stuff in Canadian history, and specifi cally in Nova Scotian history. It’s important for people to see that, historically, these things were going on.”
But the highlight of being in a band for the Stolen Minks is the
spontaneous energy they put into their live shows.
“That’s kind of the best part about it for us, being able to go up and give it everything that we’ve got,” says Johns. “That’s what I
enjoy watching when I go to shows; I can definitely appreciate a mel-low singer-songwriter show, but when someone’s up on stage going crazy, that’s what makes me feel the happiest.”
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Local music mindfuck by Chantelle Mussel and Liz McArthur
This week have a good old perv on our phone conversation with Gord McGladdery from Oh Snap!, the band formerly known as Sanijav, which is vaginas spelled backwards, but with a J. The band is a year old this month and McGladdery talks about the band’s name change, pooping, and upcoming gigs.
Chantelle: What are you up to?Gord: Um, washing my hands.
C: Why are you washing your hands? What did you do?
G: Pooped. C: Huh?
G: Yes?C: I said, “Why are you washing your hands, what did you do?” You said, “Yeah.”
G: Nope, I said, “Pooped.”C: Oh, pooped! Good stuff. How is life, how are you? Have you guys been playing lots of shows?
G: We have, actually. We’re playing Saturday, then we’re play-ing the Saturday after that, and the Saturday after that.C: What are we going to ask him while he’s washing his hands?Liz: How does being in a band help you with the ladies?
G: Well, we’ve all got girl-friends, but it helps with that. A lot. But we’re not just in it for the ladies; we’re in it for the music. You know?C: Why did you switch your name?
G: No one could remember Sanijav. As much as we thought it was original, there’s no point being original if you have to tell everyone what your name is 1,000 frigging times. C: Why did you choose Oh
Snap!?G: [Guitarist/vocalist] Mitch
[Vinet] came up with it. It was the only thing our band could really collectively agree on. We’ve got a lot of different personalities in the band, and a couple would love this name, but others would hate it, but we were all cool with Oh Snap!.C: Who would wind up in rehab first?
G: Uhhhhh… I don’t know, probably not anybody. Probably [drummer] Sean [Russeau]. I’m going to say Sean because he’ll be the one that wants people to think he’s going to end up in rehab.C: What’s a question you want to answer?
G: How about, “Do you have an upcoming album?”C: Do you have an upcoming album?
G: We do have an upcoming album! It’s recorded; it’s just hit-ting the printing presses probably within the month. It should be sell-ing by the end of the month.C: That’s fuckin’ sweet. I’m so excited.
G: It’s called Flap Harder. We’re playing the Red Jacket for the next three weekends. Free cover until 11 pm.For more info, go to www.ohsnapmusic.com
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Noise Addict By Donald Kennedy
The decrepit, shuffle-walking curmudgeons in this town must be influencing me because I really feel like taking a cane and shattering the shit out of some teenage kneecaps. While the young, dumb, cum-filled kiddies of Vancouver are building a formidable freak scene, their island counterparts juggle with tough decisions like, “Should I do coke or Ketamine tonight?” Considering Victoria’s history as a punk/hardcore hotspot in the early ‘80s, and the amount of dipshit deviants in this town, it’s disappointing our punk scene is so small/nonexistent. Camas Bookstore has done a great job of providing punks with a cheap, reli-able meeting place and venue—but you can count the number of regularly gigging local acts on one hand.
Perhaps the lack of trashy, teenage noise can be at-tributed to the fact that you can’t get your dick sucked in this town unless you prance around pretending to give a shit about Vampire Weekend. Whatever the reason, it’s hard not to be jealous of Vancouver right now. As Victoria’s would-be punks fed their festering boredom with sex and drugs, their Vancouver peers built a rock and roll scene reminiscent of the Masque (you’ll remember the Masque as the infamous shit-show that spawned the Germs). Over the last two years, an outstanding outsider punk scene has flourished at The Emergency Room, a studio, jam-spot, and concert venue in the downtown eastside. At least half a dozen great acts have been conceived at the Emergency Room (ER), and that has led to a small boom in the number of independent record labels in Vancouver.
Grotesque Modern (www.myspace.com/grotesque-modern) was the first label to start documenting the ER scene. The label’s first release was a sort of ho-hum Nons/Live Girls split (two bands that have recorded at the ER, but only have a loose affiliation with the place). They picked up the pace with 45s from Modern Crea-tures and label-creator Justin Gradin’s own band, the Mutators. The Mutators are best described as a Tunnel Canary reincarnation. Tunnel Canary were an early Vancouver noise act that strived to create soundscapes resembling the cathartic screaming of teenage girls. Modern Creatures are a groovy little dark-wave band that should have an LP dropping pretty soon.
Nominal Records (www.myspace.com/record-snominal) busted onto the scene in early ’08 with Vapid’s critically acclaimed “Do the Earthquake” single—a near-perfect, disaffected little punk anthem
featuring the gleefully sung line, “could be today, could be tomorrow—sure to cause lots of pain and sorrow.” The initial pressing of approximately 300 sold out in two months, and the second pressing ain’t doing too shabby either. The latest releases from Nominal have been two singles from Maximum Rock ’n’ Roll faves The Defektors, and a full-length from the Mutators.
Disco Fizz (www.myspace.com/discofizz) is a tiny bedroom label run by Nic of Cosmetics/Ice Cream. So far, its only release is a split CD-R by his own Italo-disco/minimalist, electro-worshipping group Cosmetics, and another act called Reflektionss (a similarly-minded project from Jesse of Twin Crystals). Disco Fizz is the perfect name for this label. Listening to this music is like drinking Creamsicle floats and having the little carbonated bubbles float around giving you disco daydreams. Another Cosmetics release should be coming in the summer, as well as something from Nic’s other group, Ice Cream. Ice Cream carry some of the same day-dreamy grooves of Cosmetics, but with more of a new-wave/art-punk edge. In addition to having a CD-R release forthcoming on Disco Fizz, Ice Cream should show up on the second Emergency Room Compilation. Expect to see that as a Grotesque Modern/Nominal joint release sometime next summer (if we’re all lucky).
Van music scene kicks our ass
It’s hard not to be jealous of Vancouver right now.
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Jason sChreursStaff Writer
The upcoming NHL hockey season could make me an imagin-ary rich man. You see, I have this little fantasy that for every time the Vancouver Canucks forwards go into the corners and actually hit somebody, I get a $20 bill. If I had my way I’d be richer than Mats Sundin donning an Orca.
Problem was, with last year’s squad of floating veterans and corner-shy Swedes (ahem... cough… Sedin twins), I wasn’t seeing too much imaginary money.
This season should be differ-ent. New General Manager Mike Gillis has followed through on his promise to sign more grinders and bangers and the Canucks ought to be going back to old-time hockey.
Hopefully it’s old-time hockey with guys who can actually put the puck in the net, but I’ve always been a big believer of rushing in, knock-ing the puck loose (while knocking the other team out), storming the net, and getting the kind of goals that are referred to as “garbage.”
At this point I’d rather have a bevy of so-called “garbage” goals
than the odd highlight goal here and there. And I’m sure Roberto Luongo and the Canucks defense core would agree.
New free agents signings like Ryan Johnson, Darcy Hordichuck, and Steve Bernier should add some spark to the team and, especially in Bernier’s case, a few extra goals. Add to that the existing grinders like
Alexandre Burrows, Mike Brown, Matt Pettinger (remember that hit on Jonathan Toews last year!), and a bulked-up Rick Rypien and this could be a season where the Canucks finish the majority of their checks.
Even Ryan Kesler has been known to throw his weight around and forecheck hard when he’s not locked into his shutdown role. Let’s hope he bodychecks a few more guys into the opposing team’s bench this year.
And say what you will about former Canuck Matt Cooke, but the Cooker fi nished every single hit on every single shift while he played in Vancouver. If all of the forwards on the Canucks could apply this simple brand of hockey, I’d be swimming in imaginary twenties. And we might just be a Stanley Cup contender.
Oh, and one more thing—let’s trade for LA Kings forward Dustin Brown (go to YouTube and search
“Dustin Brown’s greatest hits” to see why).
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Their record was below .500 last season, but that’s no reason to write off this year’s Chargers men’s volleyball team.
After starting last season 0-7, the Chargers rebounded, going 8-3 during the fi nal stretch under the guidance of Head Coach Charles Parkinson.
“When I took over at Christmas last year, we had smaller numbers,” explains Parkinson, regarding the lack of players on last year’s roster.
“I’m pretty excited about this year’s team. It’s the fi rst time we’ve had a group this big. My philosophy is you need 12 guys on a team because it makes things more competitive.”
Parkinson took over coaching duties last year from Linda Hen-derson, who left the team to take a job in Alberta after coaching the Chargers for almost 15 years.
This summer, Parkinson was busy recruiting players from all over Canada, including Marty Adey and Derek Twomey of Winnipeg, and middle blocker Dennis Boyd from the Yukon.
Local newcomers Spencer Sal-mond from Reynolds High and Carston Penner from Oak Bay High will also be joining this year’s squad, along with setters Sam
Hillier and Blaine Balron from the Local Mainland.
Former Chargers player Gran-den Harrison will be back after play-ing the last two seasons at College of New Caledonia in Prince George.
Team captain Dan Goodburn will be back for a fi fth season, and will bring some much-needed ex-perience and stability to a Chargers team with huge aspirations.
“I’m not interested in winning the league, or the province,” says Parkinson. “Our goal is to win the National Championship. Our target is to be the best.”
Also returning to this year’s team are Chris Abra and Aleks Saddlemyer.
“In total, we’re going to have about fi ve or six returning players, along with eight new guys,” says Parkinson. “We have a nice blend between veterans and rookies.”
Despite all the roster activity, Parkinson says team positions are still up in the air.
“I don’t have a starting line-up right now,” says Parkinson. “Every guy has a chance to contribute.”
To succeed this year, the Char-gers will have to compete with teams such as UBC Okanagan, Fraser Valley, and Malaspina in Nanaimo. All three teams will be fighting alongside Camosun for
top spot in the division.If Coach Parkinson’s 8-3 record
with the Chargers is not enough to convince people they are serious contenders, hopefully his experi-ence this summer at the Beijing Olympics will at least impress them.
Parkinson worked as a volley-ball analyst/commentator for CBC Sports during the Olympics, some-thing he has done since 1990.
“It’s always a treat to watch the best teams play,” says Parkin-son about his time at the Olym-pics. “The added bonus for me is I get to interview the coaches and athletes.”
Being able to pick the brains of the world’s best volleyball minds may come in handy this season for the Chargers.
Now back home, Parkinson is currently focused on building his Chargers roster for the upcoming season.
His experiences in Beijing this summer will ultimately have an ef-fect on his coaching style, and may offer his players some insight into the sport that many other coaches simply cannot offer.
The men’s volleyball team opens its season at the Pacifi c Institute for Sport Excellence against Capilano College on Oct. 24.
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Chargers head coach Charles Parkinson’s experiences this summer as an Olympics commentator/analyst made a serious im-pact on his life and outlook on coaching.
Captain of the Canadian National Vol-leyball team during a brief period in the 1980s, Parkinson knew he had a knack for analyzing volleyball, even before he started working for CBC at the 1990 Olympics.
One of the things that made this Olympics so special for Parkinson was the sheer size of Beijing.
“Everything there was just massive,” says Parkinson. “The number of cars, the num-ber of people, the number of apartments; it’s a city of almost 18 million people. It was unbelievable.”
Parkinson says the people of Beijing came alive, unlike any other Olympic city.
“Just standing in the city at night, you got a sense of the energy through the people
of Beijing. I really got a feeling the city was alive and energetic.”
And Parkinson couldn’t believe his eyes when faced with the enormity of the Beijing Games.
“The scale of the Olympics was phenom-enal,” says Parkinson. They had 500,000 volunteers. The size of the venues was amazing. Olympic Green was just massive. This was China’s coming out party.”
Parkinson’s experience took a dramatic turn when Team USA’s men’s volleyball team head coach, Hugh McCutcheon, suffered a family tragedy.
“[McCutcheon’s] father-in-law was mur-dered by a fellow who committed suicide,” explains Parkinson. “[McCutcheon] left the team for three matches while he was dealing with the tragedy, but the team kept playing while he was gone. He came back, rejoined the team, and they won gold. It was a very moving experience.”
Men’s volleyball team aims for championship
Coach refl ects on Beijing
Dan Goodburn is returning for his fi fth year on the men’s volleyball team.
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nexus pizza Days Wednesday, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1 12 noon until it’s goneIn front of Fisher Building, LansdowneA fundraiser for your student newspaper.
By Breanna Carey
GRAB A NEXUS
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Copies of Nexus are now located on the outskirts of campus in our handy blue boxes. Find us near the Richmond and Foul Bay bus stops at Lans-downe, and near the bus shelter at Interurban. No more boring bus rides!
Q: I recently got out of a long-term relationship that capped off three years of back-to-back
long terms. Now I’m happily enjoying the single life—the independence, the extra time for friends... Now, this guy is interested. He’s super built and a good guy, but he’s 16 years older than me. I’ve committed to the date, but he keeps texting me daily. I don’t want him to get his hopes up. What do I do?
A: I understand how awkward this situation can be for you. The timing of this date is un-
fortunate because he may have lots to offer. You should be flattered an older man is interested in dating you; he’s putting himself out there knowing there’s a good chance he could be shut down. Older people typically possess greater intellect, wisdom, and, at the risk of sounding shallow, wealth than the average 20-something. But if you feel like you’ve just escaped and are ready to be totally devoid of relation-ships, don’t mess with his feelings. You probably realize you have many more options than he does for dates. But, by the sounds of it, he’s a pretty sweet package—if you’re into hot bods and attention-givers. You must acknow-ledge he’s looking for a potentially ser-ious relationship. He’s looking to settle down and isn’t into playing games, which might work out well for the both of you. So give it a shot, because you have nothing to lose. Be straight up with him and tell him your situation. He will appreciate your honesty and, at worst, you’ll end up with a new friend. Good luck with whatever you choose to do, but remember to keep your best interests at heart.
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The battle of on and off-campus eatsBy Donald Kennedy and guy alaimo
Christopher gillespieeXternal affairS eXeCUtiVe
The next nine months are going to be abuzz with election anticipa-tion as excited, wannabe politicians gear up for public support. The first event is the federal election, called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday. This means that all Canadians will be heading to the polls on Oct. 14. A number of parties will be running in your riding this election.
In the Victoria riding, the Con-servative Party candidate, Jack McClintock, a former conserva-tion and police offi cer, and Liberal Party candidate, Anne Park Shan-non, a veteran public servant, will challenge New Democratic Party incumbent Denise Savoie, an adult educator. The Canadian Action Party will be running Jeremy Ar-ney, a salesperson, truck driver, and heavy equipment operator. Victoria’s Green Party candidate is Adam Saab, a former provincial political staffer.
The Saanich–Gulf Islands rid-ing, held since 1997 by Conserva-tive Gary Lunn, a lawyer, will be challenged by Liberal candidate Briony Penn, a businessperson and professor. NDP candidate Julian West, a teacher, and Green Party candidate Andrew Lewis, a land-scaper, will also challenge Lunn for this seat.
The Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca riding, held since 1993 by Liberal Keith Martin, a physician/general practitioner, will again be chal-lenged by Conservative candidate Troy DeSouza, a local lawyer. NDP candidate Jennifer Burgis, an exec-utive assistant and public servant, and Green Party candidate, Brian
Gordon, CEO of an Internet com-pany, will also challenge Martin.
A review of major party prom-ises is needed to make an informed decision on election day. Post-sec-ondary education is only listed on the NDP’s platform. But, over the past two-and-a-half years, the Conservative government has re-moved the Millennium Scholarship Foundation and replaced it with Canada’s first National Grants program.
The NDP’s platform states they would pump more money into this infant program. They also created income tax deductibles for bus passes and textbooks, lowering income thresholds and pushing tax-free day to an earlier date of the year.
The Conservative Party and NDP appear to be the only parties working towards lowering the costs of education for students. Meanwhile, the Green Party and Liberal Party appear to be working together towards a national carbon tax plan.
So what is important to you? Elections Canada will have non-partisan information and employ-ment options available. See www.elections.ca for more details.
And don’t forget, your vote can make a difference.
Knowing the federal election candidates
A review of major party promises is needed to make an informed decision on election day.
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Whatever the fuck Aramark is calling our new cafeteriaLansdowne CampusBacon CheeseburgerPrice: $3.79 plus tax (add $1.59 for cheese and bacon respectively)
Floyd’s Diner 22915 DouglasFirst Kiss BurgerPrice: $9.95 plus tax
Presentation and service: Donald: Is this seriously the brave new era of dining at Camosun? The grill cook is the same dull fellow he was last year, and the till jockey is just as morose. As I paid for my meal I stared into some of the most depressed, defeated looking eyes I‘d ever seen. Your fl ashy LCD screens and jovial typefaces don’t fool me Aramark—this is little more than Chartwells part deux.
Guy: Why did Camosun think Aramark was a better fi t than Chartwells? It’s just the same old shit, well, less old shit. You can no longer order a BLT on demand. This place is more like a concentration camp than a college cafeteria.
Taste:D: How naïve I was to think a company responsible for feeding Olympic athletes would instruct its staff to cook fresh bacon. How intensely idiotic to assume $1.59 would buy me bacon that doesn’t resemble a fucking fossilized scab. You think an eight-year contract means you can get away with this bullshit?
G: Aramark, why do you store the bacon in a little pile on the grill? It’s bad enough you cook food on that burnt piece of metal. The taste of this shit was more offen-sive than goalie Kevin Weekes being pelted with bananas at a Montreal Canadiens game.
Presentation and service:G: Floyd’s Diner was the hippest place to eat breakfast in 2005. Still, Floyd’s ex-panded their 1950s-style eatery to include a second location conveniently located near prostitutes. After throwing pennies at hookers, I made a few turns, entered Floyd’s, and was greeted by an extremely friendly waitress. Just a really nice gal, this waitress fucked up on purpose, just to apologize! I wouldn’t be surprised if she apologized to the prostitutes for me, too.
D: They said the smiles were complimentary, but I paid for mine anyway. Smiles weren’t the only off-menu item we enjoyed at Floyd’s; chummy conversation was fl owing like free refi lls at Boston Pizza. Will you ever understand the regret, timidity, and desire in our waitress’ voice when, arriving late with libations, she self-dep-recatingly said, “I’m sorry, you must think I’m so stupid and useless.” Don’t be so hard on yourself, baby. Sometimes life gets hard, sometimes you wish someone would earn your smiles once in a while.
Taste:G: Floyd’s served up a glorious First Kiss Burger. I’m not sure what a fi rst kiss is like, but the burger reminded me of the fi rst time I saw Electric Circus on TV; so many things going on at once you don’t know what to think, but eventually you fall in love with the girl with the huge mouth who interviews all the dancers. A good tasting whole-wheat bun is a rare accomplishment, but Floyd’s manages to pull it off.
D: I remember my fi rst kiss. It was about three years too late, and I had some catch-ing up to do. Maybe that’s why I also let her give me an awkward handjob. Why do we always seek as much pleasure as possible in life? Why does Floyd’s think it’s a good idea to put chipotle mayo and barbecue sauce on the same burger. I can tell you one thing—barbecue sauce may be a burger no-no, but at least Floyd’s doesn’t use bacon that’s old enough to get a congratulatory letter from the queen.
And the winner is…Electric Circus and teenage hand-jobs—a.k.a. Floyd’s.
Verdict:If Aramark and Floyd’s had a chicky run, Aramark would turn the wheel before even punching the gas.
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Wednesday, Sept. 17
Info session for AIESECCome and learn the benefi ts of joining the world’s largest student-run organization. AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to make a positive impact in society. Check out opportunities to
volunteer and develop skills in leadership, fi nance, mar-keting, HR, PR, event plan-ning, and more. Over 4,000 international internships are available each year in fi elds such as management, technical, developmental, and education. 6 pm, Cleari-hue A201, UVic. Info: [email protected]
Monday and Wednesday, Sept. 22 and 24
Drop-in hockey and soccerShut the puck up! Floor hockey and indoor soccer are by far the best way to reap the benefi ts of a work-out while mingling with peers. At the very least, meet some active people who share a common inter-est in balls. Info: Lansdowne 250-370-3602, Interurban 250-370-4413.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Camfest continuesCouldn’t get enough of the festivities at Lansdowne? Been anxiously waiting for the arrival of Camfestival at Interurban? Your day has arrived! Free food, club and campus group information and, of course, an oppor-tunity to mingle! 10 am-3 pm, Interurban courtyard. Info: 250-370-3868.
Thursday, Sept. 30
More Camfest?!Just when you thought life at Interurban couldn’t get any more action-packed, Camfest delivers a punch! Play hooky just this once and join classmates for a cash prize scavenger hunt and pizza! 10:30 am-4:30 pm, Interurban courtyard. Info: 250-370-3868.
Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 23 and 25
Let’s talk about sex, babyGot an itch that can’t be scratched and don’t know where to turn? The Island Sexual Health Society can offer you the answers you might be too embarrassed to seek elsewhere. Other services include birth con-trol prescriptions and dis-pensing at reduced prices, emergency contraception, pap and pelvic exams, STI testing and treatment, tes-ticular and breast exams, and free condoms. Drop-in appointments are welcome! 9 am-noon Tuesdays and 1:30-4:30 pm Thursdays. Top floor of Richmond House, Lansdowne. Info: www.islandsexualhealth.org
Thursday, Sept. 18
MetapopALIX GOOLDEN HALL, DOORS AT 4:30 PM, BY DONATIONIf you read Dr. Seuss as a child, then you know how the unique images and names stuck with you through the years. Now imagine if those books had a soundtrack. Well, if Dr. Seuss had a theme, then the Metapop Ensemble would have composed it. Don’t miss this classical-based, rock-inspired collective of virtuoso musicians, or you’ll be one pop, two pop, three pop, pissed off.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Cryptopsy, Origin, The Last FelonySUGAR, DOORS 9 PM, $15Deathcore (yes, that’s actually a genre) fi nally has a name. That name is Cryptopsy. If you love moshing to long-haired dudes in leather pants who vocalize their feelings in a chorus of gut-wrenching screams, then you should probably make an effort to tear your eyes away from World of Warcraft and go to see this band. Relapse Records’ Origin sweetens the pot.
Friday, Sept. 19
Theset, Secret and Whisper, Fall in ArchaeaWHITE EAGLE HALL, DOORS AT 7 PM, $10Unlike all your other favorite bands, you might actually run into this one on the street! The band that Victoria is most proud to call their own takes the stage for the release of their second full-length album, Neveroddoreven. No elaboration needed, Theset always puts on a great show! Secret and Whisper join in with local favorites Fall in Archaea.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
Cancer Bats, Black Lungs, Johnny TruantELEMENT, 4 PM (ALL-AGES) AND 9 PM (19+), $15Toronto-based hardcore/punk act Cancer Bats have arrived and are ready to rock your Mohawks. Always been curious about southern sludge-metal? Strap on your Doc Martens and mosey on down to Element to check these bad boys out. Oh, and P.S., if you’re a diehard Alexisonfi re fan, guitarist Wade MacNeil is set to present his side-project, The Black Lungs, too. Add in Johnny Truant and that’s three sweet acts for the price of three beers.
Thursday, Sept. 25
Jon and Roy, Whiskey MoustacheUPSTAIRS LOUNGE, DOORS AT 9 PM, $10Local duo Jon and Roy are sure to cater to your ears when they hit the stage with up-and- coming Whiskey Moustache. Good tunes to chill out to while tossing back a cold one. Don’t pass up an opportunity to groove to several funky tracks that are sure to be delivered with style and gusto.
Friday, Sept. 26
SubCity Dwellers, The McGillicuddysLUCKY, DOORS AT 9 PM, $13.50Alright, we’ve covered the metal, we’ve covered the pop-rock, we’ve covered the groove, so what’s next? How about Celtic punk and reggae? Check out the energetic and unique act that is The McGillicuddys. Their Celtic style will have you hooked from the first note. Kilt optional. They join Winnipeg-based SubCity Dwellers, an eight-piece reggae-punk act that promises to get burnt-out butts on the dance fl oor!
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