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bandersnatchTr y in g to becom e fam ous sin ce 1971 Volume XXXIV

Issue 5

Ne w s ..................... .................. 2

Ca mp us Life ............................ 4

O p inion ................................... 7

Arts .......................................... 8

Ente rta inm en t ......................... 9

Sp o rts .......................... ............ 12

Loonie Line Exceeds $9000

Last Wednesday, October 27, thesecond annual Loonie Line took placehere at John Abbott. A large numberof students rousted themselves fromtheir beds to arrive at the ungodlyhour of 5:30, and kick off the event.CHOM was broadcasting live from the

Agora. Terry DiMonte was ill with theflu, but the show still went off withouta hitch, a welcome contrast to themechanical difficulties that ob-structed last years live broadcast. Theambitious goal was to double theamount of money raised last year, and

run the length of the college twice.

The numerous volunteers weresurprisingly chipper for the earlyhour, and everyone pitched in tohelp. Previously received donations

were attached to the line, a number ofpolice technology students helped out

by sta nding gua rd over com ple tedsections of the line, and members ofthe cheerleading squad came out tohelp out with all aspects of the LoonieLine. The volunteers had many rea-sons for wanting to help out. Thecommunity contributes so much, wecan at least do something to give

back, Its not hard to wake up earlyone morning. I would want someone

to help me out if I was in that situa-tion, and Free coffee! were some ofthe responses I got when I asked whatmotivated the volunteers to contrib-ute their time.

Many members of the communitywho are not students at John Abbottcame by to contribute to the LoonieLine. The mayors of both Kirkland andSt. Anne de Bellevue came by, and nu-merous other members of the com-munity made appearances. Many ofthe departments within John Abbottraised their own funds to contribute,and many students passing throughthe halls would drop off a loony ortwo, or more. In the end, the line

ended up raising almost a thousanddollars more than last year. It didntquite reach as far as last year, but that

was largely due to the fact that sev-eral sizable donations were not con-

verted into loonies in time, and socould not be added to the line.

The Loonie Line is meant to ben-efit more than just the needy studentsto whom the money is distributed,through the financial aid office. It alsohelps each and every John Abbott stu-dent to become more aware of the

ben efi ts of phi lan thr opy. Alt houghmany of the donations came from de-partments or sponsors, John Abbottstudents also provided a large quan-

Ted Bird of CHOM-FM talks to Lucie Fournier of the Foundation while broadcasting from the Agora.

Benjamine Wald

Spot the Mistake

tity of money. Everyone can afford aLoonie, and the act of donation in-creases awareness of the benefits ofcharitable efforts. Although the linefell quite a bit short of the lofty goalsset for it, this gives a target to improveupon for next year, and indeed theamount of money raised was greaterthis year.

Terry DiMonte himself is a gradu-ate of John Abbott, and it was becauseof this and connections between himand the John Abbott foundation thatCHOM was present to support theLoonie Line. Our own student councilpresident Frances Donald spoke on theradio about the benefits of this kind ofendeavor, and CHOMs presencehelped give the Loonie Line a higherprofile, and encourage students tocome out early and help out.

Overall, the event was a great suc-cess, both in raising money and in rais-ing awareness. Everyone who con-tributed even one loony has helpedmake a difference. Thanks to the ef-forts of Lucie Fournier, JoseeLanouette and Jill Gowdey, this event

went off smoothly, and will be backagain for years to come to help outthe students of John Abbott who needa little help.

Jay Newcomen

Entertainment Editor

Whether youre an emo punk or a headbanging rocker, a pretentious folksingeror 40oz. sipping rapper, youre probablyall asking yourselves the same question:How come three kids in pink shirts canget a music video and I cant?

If the answer was so simple, Id say itwas because pink is the new baby blue,but unfortunately its a little more com-plicated. A recording artist without amusic video is like a door-to-door sales-man without a car. You could get to thepeople in walking distance, but anybodyfurther than your hometown wont knowthat you got the goods.

While many independent musiciansuse the Internet to promote their musicand others dedicate their time (and par-ents Buick le Sabre) to touring, a music

video is what separates the pants from thepanties. Its what allows you to put a faceto your music and an image to your sound.Now that video killed the radio star, the

Canadian music industry considers giv-ing an opportunity to Canadian artists tomake a music videos a key element in thefight boost a music industry that is usedto playing second fiddle to the UnitedStates.

Music

Video

Blues

Con t i n u ed on page 9

SUJAC Upd a te .............. 3

My Tw o C en ts ............ 4

We t Ink ...................... 5

BH Self-Defe nc e ............ 6

The Polis ........................ 7

Boo ks Buys .................. 10

To p Rop e .................... 10

Sc ore bo a rd ................. 12

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and is partially funded by the Student Activities

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Submissions and letters should be dropped off at the

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the oval).

A New Format for the New World

With your Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wald

Benjamin Wald

Editor-in-Chief

So, another issue has rolledaround, and I hope it finds you all

wel l, set tl ing in for the end of se-mester crunch. Now is when thereal work starts, at least in my pro-gram, so its more important thanever to keep up to date on work.That being said, theres always timeto help out our fellow students andour community.

Last week, I volunteered at boththe Loonie Line, and the Hallow-een party. Both of these events arefor the benefit of the John Abbottcommunity, and I was happy to beable to donate some of my time tohelp out. Volunteering is a veryrewarding experience, and bothoccasions made me feel good about

my school and myself. Also, theseevents are a great way to meet withsome of the involved and moti-

vated st udent s here on ca mpu s. Imet some incredible people atthese events, and was very glad I

we nt .

As yo u ca n se e our fr on t- pageexperiment continues. We arefairly sure we will continue withthis new format, and no we are justtrying out different configurations.

If you have an opinion on this,drop us a line and let us know what

you th ink .

Next Tuesday, we are havingelections for the two open posi-tions, Sports and Foreign Lan-guages. If anyone out there is in-terested in running for either ofthese positions, they can drop byour meeting at H-033A, at 5:30 onTuesday. So if you are interestedin either of these positions, comeon down.

And tha t con clu des my ran dommumblings for this issue. I hope youenjoy this issue of our paper, andmaybe even think about contributing

yourself. Submissions can be droppedoff by E-mail or on disk at our office inthe club hallway, across from the oval.Our E-mail isbandersnatch@johnabbott.qc.ca

Peterson's Fate Lies inJury's Hands

Ann-Margaret Porcelli

News Editor

The Scott Peterson trial isquickly approaching its final daysas closing arguments began onMonday November 1 in theRedwood California courthouse.Closing arguments are scheduleduntil Wednesday when finally aftera long five months, jurors will behanded the case to commencedeliberation over the innocence orguiltiness of Scott Peterson.

Scott Peterson is on trial for themurders of his 27-year-old wifeLacy Peterson and their fetusConnor that she wascarrying at the time.Scott P eterson

allegedly killed hiswif e ar ou ndDecember 24 2002and latter dumpedher body in the SanFrancisco Bay.

The case may becompared to the OJSimpson trial, whichtook place in 1995; after all MarkGeragos who represented OJ hasonce again been placed in front ofa jury to raise questions in their

mind on whether to convictPeterson or not. However this timemay prove more challenging for

Geragos, the reason being thatJudge Alfred Delucchi announcedlast Friday that he has givenmembers of the jury the option tochoose a lesser sentence of seconddegree murder.

They may believe Petersonkilled his wife and son, but are notcompletely sure enough to sendhim on death row. They wouldhave voted not guilty, but now thatthey have this second option theyare more inclined to vote guiltyand have Scott spend life in prison.

This news wasnot to thesatisfaction of thedefense, yet wasnot the onlydecision made byJudge Delucchi.Delucchi alsomade public thathe has decided notto allow camerasinto the

courtroom when the verdict isbeing read so as to not expose thefamilies to further scrutiny andturn this into a spectacle. For

now thed e c i s i o nlies in the

hands ofthe jury.

W i l lthey go fort h ed e f e n s e sexplanationon thedeath thatLacy was abducted while walkingthe family dog, or theprosecutions side that Petersonki l led his wi fe so that he cancontinue with the Bachelor li ferunning around with women suchas Amber Frey (who was one of themajor witness for the

prosecution)? Whatever thedecision, the jury was not reallyshown any physical evidence ofPetersons guiltiness only the factthat he was fishing on ChristmasEve near the same place the whereLacys body was found. One canonly guess but one thing is for surethis new decision from the judge

wi ll have defi ni te ly pl ay ed a ro lein the decision.

To all my faithful readers I havereturned, they just could not keep meaway from my duties of delivering thenews. For those of you unaware ImMargaret the News Editor. Iencourage all of you to read myarticle on the Scott Peterson Trial theend is fast approaching and we willsoon learn his fate. I also encourage

you to read the article on the scandalin the news, which was written by mypartner in crime. In the world of newsthe United States has elected itspresident that will serve this term (atpress time results were stillunknown.) Ontario hascommissioned a bane on pit bulls, dueto the resent injuries that have been

brought by these dogs. Finally close

to home the hospitals are stillstruggling with C difficile the supperbug bombarding Quebec hospitals.

Well thats all for now and Ill beseeing you in two weeks with morefrom the news.

Margret Procelli

News Editor

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SUJAC UpdateThings are finally getting back to

normal around the College after abusy week of events. First, there wasthe Loonie Line on Wednesday,

wh ic h wa s a sp ec ta cu la r su cc es s.We raised even more money for the

Christmas fund this year then last.Cheerleaders, Police Tech students,

vol unteers and org aniz ers wer e allup well before the crack of dawn tomake sure that the event ransmoothly. A big Thank you! tothem and to everyone who gavetheir loonies to make this fundraisera big success.

On Friday, John Abbott held itsKids Halloween party, an annualevent for three to seven year oldsrun by Student Activities and staffed

by st ud en ts . Th er e we re ga me s,crafts, a magician, and, of course,lots of candies. The party went greatand was loads of fun for all involved.

The semester is winding to aclose now and the winter break islooming fast, but for those of you outthere who are not yet involved inany of the activities in the College,there is still time. If you feel youdlike to get involved in a club or stu-dent organization but arent sure

what you want to do, what follows i sa brief synopsis of a few of the Clubs

you might want to take a look at:

Amnesty International: The Am-nesty club here at Abbott is part of a

worldwide human rights movem entwhich works towa rds the release ofpeople imprisoned for their ethnic-ity or beliefs.

An ime: The An ime cl ub is for

anyone interested in Japanese ani-mation and to discuss your favorite

Anim e car too n and cha t wit h peo-ple who share your interests.

Bandersnatch: Bandersnatch isJohn Abbotts student-run newspa-per. In circulation since 1971,Bandersnatch supplies students andstaff with relevant information.

Chinese: The Chinese club is aplace to learn and experience Chi-nese culture. Drop by their clubroom in Herzberg basement to findout what theyre all about.

Christian Fellowship: The placefor Christians, or people interested

in Christianity, to go to learn moreabout the Christian faith.

CSKY: Abbots own student-runradio station CSKY gives studentsthe chance to experience what itslike to be on the air

Gamers: If you like video games,collectable card games, boardgames or role playing games buthave trouble finding people whoshare your interests, then theGamers club is the place for you.

HEAL: Helping EnvironmentalAction and Learning or HEAL is theclub to go to if you are concernedabout environmental issues and

wa nt to do yo ur pa rt to he lp th eplanet.

Hillel: Hillel is John Abbotts Jew-ish students group. if you are Jew-ish, or are just interested in the Jew-ish culture or faith, this may be theclub for you.

Muslim Student Association:MSA is the place to go to learn moreabout the Islamic faith. MSA oftenhave speakers and organize eventsand the are always happy to answerquestions.

Outdoor Adventure, Kayakingand Rock Climbing: These threeclubs are all about the outdoors andshare a clubroom in Herzberg base-ment, so drop by if you are inter-

ested.

Pagan: Pagan used to be a wordused to describe anyone non-Chris-tian, but now it is used to refer to agroup of different beliefs. To learnmore visit them in their clubroom.

United nations: The United Na-tions club organizes and attendsModel United Nations meetings andorganized debates. If you are inter-ested in politics or investigating thecauses of the worlds problems,check out the UN club.

Benjamin Wald

Editor-in-Chief

Bandersnatch recently receiveda press release from Adbusters, acounter culture magazine,

responsible for buy nothing day,and other protest activities. Thepress release is as follows.

Over the past three weeks,we ve ema il ed an d cal led theeditors of CanWests 11 major dailynewspapers requesting commentregarding the changing of Reutersnewswire stories, including theinsertion of the word terrorist.Four editors simply declined tocomment; six others referred us toOttawa Citizens Editor in Chief,Scott Anderson. In a typicalresponse, Windsor Stars Editor inChief, Marty Beneteau said, Scott

wi ll sp eak fo r th e gr oup, I pre ferto handle it that way. However,despite repeated attempts, we

wer e no t abl e to ar ran ge aninterview with Mr. Anderson. So,

we se nt a se co nd em ai l to th e 10editors saying we are trying toreach Mr. Anderson, but that we

would also like to ask them a few

questions about the Reutersincident. We were keen to knowhow it was received among thereaders and staff at their localpaper. Again, the editors referredus back to Mr. Anderson. Scottcan speak eloquently for all of us,

said Regina Leader Posts Editor inChief, Janice Dockham. Mr.And erso n ha s st il l not resp on dedto our phone and email requests.Reuters is rightly upset, sayingCanWests practice underminestheir agencys reporting. ManyCanadian journalists are upset

be cau se Ca nW est ha s vi ol at edaccepted journalistic practice

wi thou t bei ng pr op er ly he ld toaccount. Students and teachers in

jo ur na l is m sc ho ol s ac ros s thecountry are left wondering if theirprofession has now reached a newlow. We believe this is animportant matter that deservesmore open debate.

It raises issues that demandmore attention and scrutiny in themedia.

CanWest is the media empirethat controls many Canadiannewspapers, including the Gazette.

It is owned by the Asper family,and currently run by Leonard

Asp er . CanWe st has been accus edof casting Arabs and Muslims in anegative light. Reuters is anewswire service that providescoverage of events in other

countries, and they value theirreputation as impartial observers.From their website, they have thisto say about their editorial policy,Reuters is a global informationcompany providing indispensableinformation tai lored forprofessionals in the financialservices, media and corporatemarkets. Our information istrusted and drives decision makingacross the globe. We have areputation for speed, accuracy andfreedom from bias.

We are com mit ted to rep ort ingthe facts and in all situations avoidthe use of emotive terms. The onlyexception is when we are quotingsomeone directly or in indirectspeech. We aim to reportobjectively actions, identity and

ba ckg rou nd an d pa y pa rt icu larattention to all our coverage inextremely sensitive regions.

Scandal In the News

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Campus Lifewith Robert J. Briza, editor of the new campus...

Rob Says:What couldever replacethe qualityand durabilityof magnetictape?

Events:November 3 and 4:

Career fair.

November 5:

Film: Without a paddle11:00 and 1:00

November 8 and 9:

Imaginus Print and Postersale. 9:00-5:00

November 10:

Chinese games day.TBD

November 11:

Rememberance day

November 12:

Film: i Robot

November 15 and 16:

Fine arts poster contestdisplay.

Hello again, Im Julia Dovingswi th th is by we ek ly is su e of We tInk. This first topic is about the artof felatio.

Many women forget that thereis more to it than just your mouth.

Yo u re thi nk in g, m y ha nd s,right? well, yeah, youneed to pay close atten-tion to the whole area.Everything between thetip of his member, tothe piece of skin be-

tween a guys balls andanus. Ill be calling thatthe gooch. (If I find thecorrect spelling on thatone, Ill let you know)By the way guys, while

you r g ir l i s go ingthrough with all this,even though she should know that

you re en joy ing it just seeing youdown there, she still needs someconfidence. Dont be afraid to tellher how it feels or tell her how you

wou ld l ike h er t o do it. (Just a s lo ngas youre not barking orders or

wakin g the ne igh bors ^^) The si -lent type? Actions speak just asloud as words just by caressing the

bac k o f her neck or back, or brush-ing your fingers through her hair.Now back to you girls, just because

yo ur bo yf ri en d, Ni ck li ke d to betouched a certain way, it doesnt

n e c e s s a r i l y mean that youhave masteredall members.Every guy isdifferent. But in

al l cases , thekey to a greatclimax, is fore-play. *nods*You don t eve nhave to touchhim to teasehim-and vice

ve rs a. Yo u co ul d ge t re al ly cl os eand just breathe on him or graze

your lip s on his . But tha ts get tin goff topic. Well, where were we... Oh

yea h, not all guy s are the sam e soif one of your past lovers liked a

really soft touch, another mightwa nt ro ug he r co nt ac t . Th e on lyway you can te ll is if you man ageto get it out of him when youre not

in bed, if you straight out ask himwhi le you hav e his member in yourhands (heehee) or if you rely onhim to tell you or give you a signthat what youre doing feels reallygood. First off, alternating be-tween your mouth and your handsis a must; you will get tired. Trymaking a ring around his member

wit h you r index finge r and thumband quickly moving it up anddown. You could try genti l nib-

bli ng b ut make su re t o as k hi m f irstbe ca us e so me gu ys re al ly ar en tgung ho for that kind of thing.

Alo ng wit h all that good stu ff , themost sensitive part of the memberis just below the crown on the bot-

tom. Just keep changing until youget a good reaction. Anyway, thatsall for this issue, ja ne.

Byweekly position: Girl on guyposition: Guy positioned on his

bac k, you fac e him and low er you r-self onto him in a kneeling posi-tion. Hook your feet over the in-side of his legs while keeping yourknees on the bed. Grab the

be ds hee d on ei ther s id e of hishead, squeeze your butt, and movein small, tight motions while keep-ing your pelvis tilted upward.

Introduction to Sign Jason Dubeau

Opinions Editor

Over the last four weeks, about a dozenstudents from John Abbott College havehad the pleasure of taking an AmericanSign Language course. This was a thirty-five dollar course offeredover a six-week period every

Wednesday evening. BeforeI go on allow me to expresshow excited I was about tak-ing this course, as it has beenmy dream for a long time to

be apt to communicate withthe hearing impaired.

I must make a confession,when I first signed up for thecourse I was expectingsomebody to stand up at thefront of the classroom and

just say this means thisthismeans this but when I arrived in classand our instructor began asking us ournames and guessing what we had said, Iknew I was in for much more than that;that I was going to get the full experience.

We were going to have to learn to com-

municate with each other entirely in sign,as there was a no-voice policy in the class-room, and though at times it was chal-lenging for all of us to understand what

was being taught to us, I think I speak foreveryone in my class when I say it was afulfilling and enjoyable experience for allof us.

We started out with sim-ple instructions like Signer

A: Ask name. Signer B: Givename, ask name. Signer A:Respond. Signer B: Re-spond, and last Wednesday,

which was our fourth lesson,we were getting into verycomplex instructions such asSigner A: Ask personal infor-mation (teacher/student,deaf/speaking, etc). Signer B:Confirm (if correct) or denyand correct (if incorrect). We

have also reached the level of learningsome deaf culture, emotions, animals,family, and of course the sign alphabet.

Over the last four weeks I personallythink we as a group have bonded and be-

come fairly close to one-another becausethe course is almost entirely practice, and

we all have to pay very close attention towhat the others are signing. The class-room ambiance was also very familiar, we

were all on first-name basis and familynames were never an issue discussed.

It has been brought up during a break(which was the only time we were allowedto speak) that some of us would be inter-ested in convincing Student Activities tooffer a second-level course in order for usto be eligible for certification.

On a personal note, I want to take asmall opportunity on behalf of my class

and myself to thank Lea, our instructor,for her dedication throughout the course,and for her patience when signs becamedifficult to grasp (or when we had im-proper grammar from not having the rightfacial expression). We have had somegood laughs and some awkward moments

but I think in the end everything turnedout well and I hope we can succeed in get-ting a second-level course so that we can

become more fluent in this interesting lan-guage.

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German Students at JAC

Mel Searle

Contributor

Since the beginning of the fall2004 semester, students at John

Ab bo tt Co ll eg e in St e- An ne -d e-Bellevue have noticed that there are

many international students in theirclasses-particularly Germans. Infact, there are 77 Germans in theschool. They are not part of a two-

way exchange program and most ofthem did not know each other beforecoming here. Whats more, they arenot taking specific programs such asScience, Commerce or CALL.

German Humanities Prof AlanWeiss and Int ern ati onal Progra msDirector/Prof Barry Reynoldsstarted the program six years ago.Germans know about this programthrough word-of-mouth. In additionto German students, there are Chi-nese students. The reason why there

arent any students from other coun-tries is because the program started

wi th on ly Ge rm an s an d it ha sn tevolved much since.

Students like the idea of havinginternational students in theirclasses but they wonder: Why

would Germa n students want to gostudy in Canada? Is our school re-ally that good?

Wanda Luetke is from Berlin andis staying in residence. Like most ofher compatriots, she came here be-cause she wanted to learn the lan-

guage. She had also heard about the

bea uti ful campu s and the sch ool sgood reputation. When asked aboutthe courses she takes she said that:Im taking the courses for our pro-gram, but Im also taking courses Iminterested in. She also adds: Thereason why it isnt a two-way ex-change is because there was a de-mand from Germans to come here,

but there werent enough Canadianswho wanted to go to Germany.

Jill Berger is also from Berlin andis in residence. She said that: I waspart of an exchange program in theUnited States. After the experience,I decided I wanted to study inCanada.

She says that school is easier herethan in Germany. When asked whatGermans thought of Canadians, shereplied that: People here are reallyshy and polite. Were more directand we say what we think. While sheis enjoying her stay here, she is al-ready scared of our Canadian win-ters thanks to her classmates whohave filled her in about them. Cana-dian student Mara Tyler said: Its

interesting to meet people from dif-ferent countries. Its also prettyfunny when the teacher randomlytranslates some words in German.

Thrse Robert, secretary to theInternational Students Dean said

that: Their school system is a bitlike the one in the rest of Canadawher e you have Grade 12 and thenyou go to Univers ity . The stu dent sdo not necessarily need to be part ofan elite group but they need a mini-mum average in order to qualify forthe program. As for their classes,they are part of a general programthat counts as equivalence for Grade11. However, they can take extraclasses if they want to. Since out-of-town Canadian students have prior-ity to get in residence, only 25 Ger-mans are actually living on campus.The others are in home-stay familiesaround the West Island.

While some students wi ll be s tay-

ing at the College for two semesters,others are leaving at the end of thissemester. It depends on how longtheir schools in Germany will allowthem to stay without having to holdthem back a year once they returnto their country. We hope they areall having a nice time here in Canada.

It can be really easy to fake in-telligence. I know this for a fact,

be ca us e

I do it quite often. But, reader,so do you...you are probablythinking that simply because Ihave admitted to this little fact,that I really have the IQ of a WWEsuperstar. But we all do it, becauseits both fun, and profitable.

First are these so-called com-

puter experts. They are the mostannoying. Im not talking about theComputer Science students, inthird floor Penfield, because themajority of them actually do know

wh at th ey ar e ta lk in g ab ou t. I mtalking about the people who thinkthat just because they can type on

wor d, and kno w the mea nin g of afew acronyms, that they are thekings of turd town. For example,my mother is completely compu-ter illiterate. She openly admits it,and is ok with it. There are people

wh o wou ld sa y tha t the y ar e

smarter than my mother, becausethey are able to use a computer,and they speak with such disre-spect to people like her, just be-cause they have that ability. I lookat them and think two things. Thefirst is that Computers are de-signed, so that every slack jawed

yok el could use one. It is not har dto use for your own personal use,and I doubt that their use exceedsthe simple point-and-click. Theother thing is that they are notsmarter than the people who arecomputer illiterate. So how abouta quick comparison. My motherhas a B.A. and is an Englishteacher, and is by far more intelli-gent that the people who think theyare smarter because they can pointa mouse. And she couldnt care lessabout what RAM, BIOS, or POSTstands for. Then there are thesepeople who try to compare Macand Windows, even when theydont even know what they are talk-ing about. I m a Mac user, and

much prefers Mac to Windows. ButI know some people, who simplyuse the words because its a Mac,

or that Macs are not compatiblewit h any th ing else (which is tota lBS), that they better, without anydata to prove that

Win dow s or Lin ux is bet ter . Infact, the worst, yet still most comi-cal argument from an expert wasEven Apples are better thanMacs, and then were surprised

when tol d tha t Mac is made by Ap-ple. But the purpose of this articleis not to defend Apple, so I shallcontinue.

Second, are the people who sayproudly that they dont watch TV.Not because they dont have thetime, but because they think thatthey can claim intelligence be-cause of that. Ill admit that thequality of television is really go-ing down hill, since the inventionof the reality series, but you cantsay that you are really better, be-cause you dont watch TV. Peoplethink I watch a lot of TV, but nowthat I really think about it, I dontso much anymore. The only thingI watch regularly is WWE Raw.

Which bri ngs me to the thi rd g roupof people who fake intelligence.The people, who feel the need to

insult Wrestling fans, like my self.Ye s, th e fi gh ts ar e sc ri pt ed , an dunrealistic. Lets face i t, when

someone is hit with a sledge ham-mer, no matter how strong, will not

be abl e t o s tan d, let alo ne pul l o ff asuplex. What are worse are thepeople who think that they aresmarter, because they watch Ulti-mate Fighting. Yes, the fights arereal, and quite interesting, butthose people may have missed thepoint of following RAW. I watch forthe story line, which is something,

wh ic h ha s al so ca us ed me pr ob -lems, but I challenge anyone to

Watch Raw on TSN, M onday nightsat 9:00.

An d th at s my tw o ce nt s. Th eproblem is that people feel that

they must prove that they aresmarter than others. We are allguilty of this. But you must

realize that intelligence alonewil l not get you any whe re. Tha tswh y yo u go to sc ho ol . Th e go odjobs go to tho se who wor k hard toget an education, which provesthat they can do a job, and not tothe asshole in the back of the class

who thi nks the y alr eady know eve-rything and end up failing.

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Ladies, imagine walking downthe street when all of a sudden youhear footsteps approachingquickly behind you. Before yourealize whats happening you arethreatened and in immediate dan-ger of being raped or possibly

killed. What would your first reac-tion be? Being prepared can giveyo u th e ed ge in maxi mi zing yo ursurvival. Many women might sim-ply freeze and be so terrified thatno rational thinking is possible.

You need t o b e a war e o f how to useany object at hand as a possible

wea pon . Som e of the bes t object sthat we carry on us can be used as

wea po ns su ch as ke ys , cre di t

cards, pens, pencils and even hardcover books. Also, defensively,handbags, school bags and pursescan be used as shields. To maxi-mize the effectiveness of using carkeys, i t should be held with the

wid e end bet ween the middl e andring fingers and squeezed in a fist.The credit card can also be used foranother purpose besides rackingup the bill. It can be used by swip-

ing it in the attackers eyes. Pensand pencils can be used similarlyas if using a knife. Believe it or noteven a hard cover book can be usedas a weapon. By slamming itagainst the assailants throat using

bot h han ds wit h as muc h for ce aspossible you can disable him. Al-

way s remember, in a lif e and deathsituation you are fighting to stay

alive and you must use any meansto help you achieve this.

The above-mentioned weaponsare great for offensive. Howeverthere are several objects that

wo ul d be ex ce ll en t fo r de fe ns iv estrategy. When an imminent attack

by a sharp w eap on seems in -evitable, using a purse as ashield greatly enhances

chances of survival. Even ajacket , to wel or school bagthrown at the attackers face

wil l dis tra ct him for sev era lseconds while you have theopportunity to either runor take the offensive. Thereare some products on themarket such as mace or

whi st les tha t en cou ra ge

women int o buying the ir products.

However, carrying mace is illegaland in reality the objects we nor-mally carry are just as effective inprotecting ourselves. In reality a

wo man wi th tra in ing in st ree tdefense is a confident woman andcapable of defending herself somuch more than one without.

Al l th es e of fe ns iv e an d defe n-sive weaponry techniques aretaught in Black Hawk Self Defenseclasses. For more information call577-2866 or e-mail

bla ckh awk sel fde fen s@h otm ail .com

Josef Azam

Staff Writer

Help Is Closer Than You Think...

Halloween Party

Joshua Wald

Staff Writer

Friday October 29th was thisyears kids Halloween party at JohnAb bott . It is an Abbott tr adit io n,every year on the last Friday beforeHalloween the student activities de-partment in concert with student

vo lu nt ee rs or ga ni ze a Ha ll ow ee nparty for children aged three toseven. The Halloween party beganmany years ago and was held on Hal-loween as an alternative to trick ortreating for young children whosparents where nervous about themgoing out into the neighborhood butfears of anonymous strangers tam-pering with Halloween candy has

since died down and so in more re-cent years the party has been a wayfor John Abbott college to reach outto the community, particularly theresidents of St.Annes who to oftensee the bad side of Abbott studentsand to seldom see the generosity andfriendliness of our students. This

years event, while it didnt have thesame number of children as in somepast years (one year the Agora wasfilled with nearly two hundred hy-peractivity youngsters) the eventlast Friday was none the less asmashing success. Children, some

dressed as devils and vampires oth-ers as dinosaurs and giraffes, began

to arrive at around ten to six. Stu-dent volunteers greeted parents and

you ngs ter s at the doo r and pla yedgames with the kids while waiting forthe rest to arrive. When everyonehad settled down a bit there wheredrinks and chips and a magician whodelighted kids and parents alike withhis masterfully crafted illusions anduse of audience participation. After-

wards the kids got a chance to visitthe haunted house, and play Hallow-een games like pin the tail on the cator crafts like q-tip people decoratedin black and orange. They even got achance to see the tooth fairy in theform of some dental hygiene stu-dents in clever costumes who where

there to help them keep their teethhealthy after all that candy. Finallyat eight oclock the kids where bun-dled off home with loot bags full ofcandy (and not just cheap Hallow-een toffees either). The Halloweenparty is a wonderful event. The vol-unteers all had a blast, John Abbotthelps out the community and, bestof all, the kids have a lot of fun. Sonow that Halloween is behind us foranother year I guess the only thingleft to say is... whens Christmas.

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Stephanie Dubois

Photographics Coordinator

In the last issue, there was a pieceon the rusted, old Jeep in Ste Anne-de-Bellevue that appealed to me.Every time Im in Downtown Ste

Anne s, I always wonder to myself ,What is that ugly Jeep still doingthere? Isnt its time up? However,

when I read the article, I realized thatthe piece of junk actually has history

behind it.

The first piece of information that

appealed to me was that its importedand cannot be found in Montreal (Aw,shucks!). The second thing I enjoyed

was findi ng out th at th e jee p hadtraveled all around the world! At first,I found it weird that it could have doneall that traveling but as I read on, itsan exciting piece of information. Imean, after getting past all of the ruston the outside, it does look like a jeepfrom a Safari. Its a very interestingarticle that every person who has seenthe Jeep should read it. Now, thatsone less mystery to solve.

Jay Dubeau

Opinions Editor

Hello again, my loyal readers. Iwil l not be doi ng an edi tors not ever y fre que ntl y how eve r, as Opin-ions editor, sometimes I feel myopinion on certain issues needs to

be addres se d. With th e midt er mpassed, the end of the semester ap-proaching before we even know it,Remembrance Day coming up; and

wi nt er ma ki ngsmall threatsthere is a lot go-ing on. I wouldfinally like toalso mention asmall change inThe Polis, whichI introduced a

few issues ago.

First and foremost, Remem-bran ce Day is approaching Novem-ber 11th. To me, Remembrance Daywas al ways a day as sacred as Christ-mas, this is a day to honor and thinkabout those who fought and died forour freedom in the two World Wars,and the Korean War. At the IGA I

work at last weekend, I couldnt helpbut not ic e a fr iendl y- lo oki ng vet-eran sitting at a table selling thoselittle flowers called poppies. Theelderly man selling poppies brought

up a bad memory: last year therewe re sc an da ls ab ou t Ba nq ueNationale, CIBC, and a few other cor-porate giants instating policies to

ban veterans from sell ing thos e sa-cred flowers on their property.

Ladies and gentlemen, quitefrankly, if the owner of my IGA wereto kick out that nice veteran I sawlast weekend, I would quit my job.People, unfortunately are so de-tached from the past that our gen-eration, and the generation of youngmanagers slowly taking over fortheir retiring predecessors, have noclue whatsoever about what it waslike for a man to leave his family be-hind, knowing there was a hugechance of never coming home, to goand fight for his country. These lit-tle red cloth flowers represent thatand so much more, therefore I ask

you to please, wear a poppy on theeleventh and have a brief momentof silence around eleven oclock, af-ter all, those men and women foughtand died for our freedom we take forgranted today.

Next, with the semester comingto a close in five short weeks, I in-

vite everybody to study hard and tryto keep up with all your assignments.There are only five more weeks, asdifficult as it is to believe there isonly one third of the semester left,

there is little time left to pass every-thing and keep ones sanity. Imafraid I must speak from experiencethat my first semester at Abbottcrawled up on me very swiftly, butthings will turn out in the end. To

those who have been working harddont stop now; the worst is still tocome. To those writing finals soon,good luck on them.

Finally, winter; soon Mother Na-ture will be blessing (or cursing) us

with a love ly blan ket of snow . Yespeople, like the end of the semester,

winter will soon be sneaking up onus and haunting our poorly insu-lated apartments and probably star-tling certain students who did notprepare appropriately. I come fromthe country and I must say when itscold outside I dress warmly, thoughI anticipate things may be a tiny bit

wa rm er he re . Le ts ho pe my ol d

house Im liv-ing in will out-last the cold.Tips: dress

wa rm ly an d ifyo u do n t gohome every

we eken d, nexttime you go,start bringing

your winter stuf f back with you. Ifyou can avoid worr ying about win-ter, you can focus on that bloody endof the semester.

Editor's Note

Re: Mac Invasions

Jay Dubeau

Opinions Editor

It was brought up a couple of is-sues ago that MacDonald High stu-dents have been invading our cam-

pus, Munch Box, vending machinesand even our Stewart Hall Cafeteria.Surely anyone who read the articlein the Campus Life section knowsabout the principal being quotedsaying She would like to try one ofour poutines also, well ladies andgentleman, a group of pagans,Banderites, and even a few othersgave her the opportunity to do so last

week.

Ye s in de ed , a sm al lgroup of frustrated stu-dents from various clubsgot together last week and

bo ug ht an ex tr a la rg epoutine from the Munch

Box and brought it over toMacDonald High School, where wewere warmly welcomed by the prin-cipal and gave her the poutine as apeace offering.

The principals response was thefollowing: a smile, a laugh and as dif-ficult as it may be to admit, I mustconfess she brought up a very good

point to us. Even though it shouldbe Macs responsibility to keep theirstudents on their campus, ourMunch Box does not help matters

very much because they make goodbusines s from the high school stu-dents. Frankly I must also admit that

even if they wanted to make an ef-fort to help us out, Munch Box per-sonnel would not be able to tell thedifference between our students andMacs students unless they cardedevery single person who stood inline to order something. This wouldmake lines in the Munch Box evenlonger than they already are and

would caus e Munch Box pers onne lto get really frustrated.

The group involvedin bringing the poutineover to Mac, myself in-cluded, have decidedto consider the pointshe brought up andhopefully, hand-in-

hand with SUJAC, attempt a com-promise between us and the MunchBox personnel, to stop them fromselling to Mac students so that wecould show we have done our partand then Mac would enforce theirpolicy of their students not beingallowed on our campus. We shouldalso encourage our security guards

to keep an eye open for those stu-dents who do not seem to be oldenough to be of college age.

In whole, this entire problem issomething we can solve by simplepolitics. Through compromise withthe principal of MacDonald High,

and compromise with Laird Securityand Munch Box personnel, we canactually make this work. If we all pulltogether and negotiate a compro-mise we can put an end to the inva-sions of MacDonald Highs studentsand we can have our Munch Box andour Stewart Cafeteria back. A peti-tion will be going out soon to collectas many signatures as possible; thispetition will be presented to SUJACand the Munch Box. If you are frus-trated by the invasions of Macs stu-dents, I urge you to sign the petition

when it comes to you.

Arsene Lupin

Contributor

Society and government are like mu-sic; there are different genres of music,from classic to rock n roll as there aredifferent ways society and governmentcan function. But our history of civiliza-tion has only tried two: First, capitalismalong with the suppression of the people

with a lot of capital inflicted on people withless capital. Secondly for a brief intermis-sion, socialism which was eventually onlya power differentiation of people withequal capital.We probably wont make arock n roll to dance switch any time soon,

but we could try for a hip hop to R&R. Wecould face each other instead of ignore,

we could end all wars and unite consciousof our species, which is after all the mean-ing of the word humaine. We could if we

wanted toyes collectively put and end

to wars, and we individually dont want togive up a little of our money so other peo-ple can eat.George Bush and his support-ers are a step backward. The war is a step

backward as the U.S. veto on the resolu-tion for Israels tank and bulldozer with-drawal from the West Bank is. Jerusalemshould be more like Montreal, where cul-tures embrace each other to their benefit.

Politics

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to Patricia Lanthier and Sheila Lanthier OConnor

In the early morning of December 24th, Santa Clausssleigh, drawn by eight reindeer, flew through the frosty skyover Montreal. Santa Claus looked down. Montreal sparkledwith thousands of lights. The majestic Notre-Dame Basilicawas completely ready for the holiday. In the houses, Christ-

mas trees were shining. Having flown around the city severaltimes and being pleased with what he saw, Santa Claus hur-ried on.

At that time, in one house in Montreal, a kitten did not sleep.Above him, a parrot dozed, rocking slowly on his perch.

Suddenly, the desperate squawks of the parrot broke thenight silence. Then, in a little while, everything became quiet.

To be continued...

The MontrealKitten

A Christmas Tale

T., E., V. Izerguina

Staff Writers

Lucky Spencer

Staff Artist

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A couple of weeks ago there was a driveby shooting outside my recording studio

on the corner of Jean-Talon and Victoria.A car was at a stoplight, while another carpulled up beside them and opened fire.Instead of firing at the intended target (thepeople in the vehicle) the shooter misfiredand hit an innocent bystander killing herinstantly, not further than twenty feetfrom the steps of my building. But Ill get

back to that

Im from Hudson, a small white-bredgossip town, where the people alwayskeep an eye out for one another. Nothingreally happens here except for the occa-sional drunken bar fight and a couple ofsloppy shoplifting attempts.

Hip-hop came to me around the ageof 13 and I started rapping when I was 15.There was something that appealed to meabout the music that was so great that I

wanted to use it as a venue for me to voicecreativity. While I would shift throughsub-genres of hip-hop, from N.W.A eragangsta rap to afro centric conscious hip-hop, I would see the world through theeyes of somebody else and know that this

is how I would one day speak to people.Sure, I was influenced, I would over-usedouble negatives like it aint no thang. Ieven got my hair braided once in highschool; I looked like a lighter Coolio. Hip-hop became a culture that I uncon-sciously adopted and a thought process Iused as a venue to express myself. It made

me want to be cultured, experience di-versity and lead my life as passionatelyas I once heard on the tapes that I wouldorder from BMG (11 Tapes for 1$). I un-derstood where I fit in and where I didnt.Hop-hop helped me understand myself,

where I came from, the importance of self-respect and the concept that wherever

youre from, the term keep it real reallymeans, keep it you.

Ive met some of the most interestingpeople through music. Ive recordedsongs with crack dealers, freestyled withdudes I see on television and collaborated

with some of the most brilliant musiciansI know Ill ever meet. Music is what al-

lowed me to visit Toronto and Ottawa,sleeping on couches, waking up to hearmy song playing from a neighbourhood

boombox. Ive been on the radio, televi-sion and in the newspaper because ofthings that I say, words that I write to arhythm that wouldnt have existed other-

wise if I didnt keep it me.

Knowing it might be my last semesterat Abbott, I decided I wanted to get in-

volved with Bandersnatch. I felt that I wasan asset, someone who has views and a

voice that would be refreshingly differentfrom a readers perspective. For the samereasons that I embrace diversity, I joinedknowing that I would be an individual, andI am, but thats reality. Another reality is,in a light-hearted fashion, people atBandersnatch have dubbed me Drive-ByJay, differentiating me from the other Jayon staff, playing on my obviously hip-hopattire. Which brings me to my first point

How does a good kid from Hudson,Quebec Canada get dubbed Drive By Jay,

especially in a light-hearted fashion? Mu-sic is so powerful, that it could create ahip-hop culture so broad, that a cold-

blooded murderer and a Cegep studentwho wears his hat sideways can begrouped in the same stereotype. My realquestion is, I wonder what the men werelistening to in their car when they decidedto take someones life.

Video Killed the Radio StarCon t i n u ed f r om p a g e 1

Whi le there are man y dif feren tway s to go about get tin g your ban don MuchMusic, using a VideoFact

grant is the most common. Whilethe cost of a quality music videocould range from a low budget tenthousand to a cool hundred thou-sand, unless youre UnclePennybags, youre going to need

some help. VideoFACT is a com-pany funded entirely byMuchMusic, MusiquePlus andMuchMoreMusic, which providesproduction grants towards Cana-dian independent music videos. Todate, the foundation has allocatedover $30-million to Canadian art-ists. There are usually six to eightdeadlines a year, where usually

somewhere around 300 applicantscompete for 40 or so spots.

Whe n app lying for a Vid eoF actgrant, your first step should be get-

ting yourself organized. The wholepoint of you getting money tomake a music video is that the in-

ve st or s ar e ho ping yo ur go in g tobe t he next t o b low and

bring att ent ion (an dfat sacks ofcash) to the Ca-nadian musicindustry, so

you need to getthe pointacross with

you r so ng an dyo ur pr es s ki t,that youre thenext Brain

Ada msye ahIsaid itBrian

AdamsSummerOf 69 homie.

Yo ur sec ond st ep sho ul d befinding a good video productioncompany and more importantly adirector to suit your needs. Dontfind this intimidating. Just like

Vi deoFac t is lo ok in g fo r th e nextCanadian superstar to fuel the mu-sic industry, the directors arelooking for the same opportunity

to make a video that will get themwo rk un ti l th ey ha ve li ve r sp ot s.Once you choose a director, he will

wri te up a tre atmen t (su mma ry of

what hap pen s in the video) , and abudg et sheet in order to know howmuch money to apply for. Usuallythis process is free.

Once you send it off your set,just wa it a nd worry. T he m ain t hin gthe panel of judges looks for whendiscussing who gets the money and

who get s the Frisbe e tes t, is if it sfeasible that this video will back

yo ur op po rt un it y to ge t bi g an dgenerate income for the industry.I you dont have a distributiondeal, you usually wont get the

money, simply for the fact thatpeople will see you on televisionsall over the country, but i f theycant go out and buy your CD thefat white guys dont benefit fromit .

Check out http://w w w . m u c h m u s i c . c o m / m u s i c /vid eof act/ for inf ormat ion how toapply.

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This time around I have a trueclassic, by that master of science fic-tion, A.E. Van Voght. He is one of those

who is credited with ushering in thegolden age of science fiction. This workis one of the ones he is better knownfor, The Weapon Shops of Isher. This

book is a widely read work of sciencefiction, despite its obvious politicalovertones.

The story starts when a normal,suburban man discovers a large, bizarre

building has suddenly appeared fromnowhere. He enters, and learns that thisis in fact one of the weapon shops of,

you guessed it: Isher. This is from a fu-ture millions of years distant, and has

been displaced in time by an experimen-

tal weapon used by the empress of thattime in an attempt to destroy the

weapon shop. Apparently, the weaponshop is immune to almost any form ofattack because it is not actually madeof matter. This rather cryptic and ut-terly implausible explanation is typicalof this books explanation of technicalissues, which is one of this books charm.

They proceed to push him from theweapon shop to fly through time like ayo-yo on a string, flying further and fur-ther into the future and the past. After

which, we dont hear anything at allabout him until the very end of the

book, at which point he dies. Needlessto say, this plot element appears a tadincongruous, and its not alone. This

book includes an immortal man, a stockmarket scam involving time travel, anda host of other unlikely elements. Theplot appears mostly superfluous to this

books, and the sequence of events is notthe selling point.

The general gist of this book is thatthe weapon shops exist to allow citizensto defy the empress and the govern-

ment. The weapons project a protec-tive field around the user, and are hun-dreds of times more powerful than anyother weapons available. The weaponshops themselves appear from no-

where and, as mentioned before, are en-tirely indestructible. Most of the plot ofthis book involves learning more aboutthis futuristic world, and the corruption

that runs rampant through it. Everylevel of the society is full of unscrupu-lous people trying to cheat each otherand any honest citizens. The only wayto protect yourself is to have a weaponshop gun, and stand up for your rights.The rest of the plot is simply an exposi-tion of this theme.

The political overtones of this book

are obvious. It is a clear endorsementof the American right to bear arms. Theidea being, if you can own a gun, andsomeone violates your rights, you can

just shoot them. I can't help but won-der why roving gangs haven't bought

weaponshop guns and just steal and ter-rorize as they will, which is more akinto what human nature leads one to sus-pect if you give random people incred-ibly powerful weapons. Although I disa-gree with this political statement, andam slightly leery of the almost omnipo-tent power and virtue of the weaponshops in this novel, it is still one of myfavorites. The reason I enjoyed this

book was for the sense of the fantasticthat pervades it. This is not our world,

and science has advanced enough thatit appears almost magical. The world isrich and vibrant, with full of unexpectedtwists. It is one of the best-realized cul-tures in science fiction ever produced.

While this book has its share of faults, itstill holds a place as a book that will en-gage you and fascinate you with everypage. =]

October 19, 2004 was an historicdate in WWE history. October 19 wasthe date of the first Taboo Tuesday, aPay-Per-View event, like no other. The

WWE fans were left to decide whatwould happen at this event, and as aresult, many things changed in the wres-tling world. But, how did such an ideacome about? It all began when Edge wasstripped of his intercontinental title,and Christain and Chris Jericho weregiven a match at No Mercy, to competefor the title. When this news was an-nounced, Eric Bishoff stood in the ring,

with Christain and Jericho, and offeredthem a steel cage match. Christain wasagainst that idea, so Jericho had the

audience decide what kind of matchthey would have, and they decided ona Ladder match, with the title danglingabove their heads. Jericho was won thetitle at no mercy.

Then, at the season premiere ofMonday Night Raw, Vince McMahonannounced Taboo Tuesday, and al-though many people objected, such asBishoff and Triple H, the Pay-Per-View

was to proceed. One of the first voteswhich was announced was who wouldbe competing against Triple H for theWorld Heavyweight Title, either Shawn

Micheals, Chris Benoit, both formerWorld title holders, or Edge. Chris Jeri-cho was to defend his title against anyone of almost everyone in the Rawlocker room, Trish Stratus had to de-fend her Womens title against all theother divas, and the fans voted on whatthey would be wearing. Kane was sched-

uled to fight Gene Snitsky, the man whowas responsible for the death of Kanesunborn son, and the fans voted for what

weapon they would use in the ring, RicFlair and Randy Orton were to have amatch, and Eugine and Bishoff were tohave a match, where the loser must ei-ther wear a dress, be the winners serv-ant, or get his head shaved.

In a Steel cage Match, the legendkiller Randy Orton defeated the legen-dary sixteen time world champion Ric

Flair, ending any doubt that the twentyfour year old was truly the legend killer.Following the match, Orton shookFlairs hand, in respect of his formercomrade. Kane was left a bleeding mess,taken out of the ring by stretcher, fol-lowing his defeat at the hands of Snitsky,

who used chains and a steel chair todefeat the big red machine. Trish Stra-tus retained her title, wearing a school-girl uniform.

Shelton Benjamin defeated ChrisJericho, after escaping the walls of Jeri-cho, and pulling off a T-Bone suplex.

After the hard foug ht and strateg icmatch, Banjamin stood before theformer champion, holding the belt. Jeri-cho then took it from his hands andplaced it on Benjamins shoulder, shookhis hand, and left the ring. Jericho wasthen defeated on Raw, the next Mon-day in a taboo Tuesday rematch.

Finally, came the match for theWorld Heavy Weight title. Either Shawn

Micheals, Chris Benoit or Edge were tobe voted into a match against Triple Hfor his title, and the other two wouldface La Resistance in a tag match for the

world tag team championship. HBKwon the vote, but lost the match, due toa knee injury. Edge and Benoit faced Laresistance, but Edge wasnt too im-pressed with this consolation prize,abandoning his teammate, who de-feated La Resistance single handedly.

GuerillaCity

Zeshan Christy

Contributor

The newest rapper out of the

West Co as t ha s re ce nt ly re le as edhis debut CD Guerilla City. The firstthing that anyone will notice whenthe listen to the CD his GuerillaBlacks likeness to Notorious BIG.There are a couple of differences

bet wee n Gue ril la and BIG , for ex-ample Guerilla does not have thelyrical charm of BIG. But thenagain Guerilla claims that he is nottrying to imitate BIG.

Guerilla City features some topproducers, Jazze Pha, CarlosBroady, Red Spyda Fred Wreck.The CD also features some goodcollaborations, Mario Winans,Beenie Man, and Nate Dogg.

The thing I find with this albumthere are a couple of really greattracks, but some of them are justmediocre at best. But Guerilla hasgreat flow when he lays down hislyrics. And then when you addthem to some pretty good beats

you obv iously get a couple of goo dsongs. The two singles that mostpeople have heard from Guerillaare Gueri lla Nasty andCompton. My I personally pre-fer his first single Guerilla Nasty,i t features an amazing beat andsome solid lyrics. In my opinionthe other really good song isWhat We gonna do, this song as a

decent beat, but some solid lyricsand an irresistible verse by NateDogg.

There are two songs that I dontreally like, the first Trixxx. Onthis track Guerilla offers some de-cent lyrics and the beats aright. ButI just dont like the chorus. And theother song that I dont like is Say

Wh at I fi nd bo th th e ly ri cs an dbea t to be sub -pa r.

All in all it is a decent debut al-bum, so me go od songs, some notso good. Some people say that thisis the biggest debut album inawhile, but honestly I think thatKanye Wests College Dropout

wa s a mu ch be tt er de bu t al bu m.But then again thats just my opin-ion.

Al bu m: Gue ril la Cit y

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scoreboardSOCCER PLAYOFFS

Both John Abbott soccer teams havequalified for the 2004 Provincial Cham-pionships that will be hosted byChamplain College St-Lambert at

Laurier Park in Longueuil this weekend.

The Islanders mens team lost only onegame this season but still finished third

wit h a 5-1 -4 rec ord and wil l pla y Sat ur-day in one semi-final against secondplace Ahuntsic. At home this past Sat-urday the Isles blasted last placeRosemont 11-0. Eric Cesari, RacimChitti, Omar Kamel and David Sabiniall had 2 goals each while singles wentto Sam Ahmadi, Shawn Amarasekeraand Sami Sries.

They closed out the regular season sched-ule on Sunday with a 1-1 tie with firstplace Champlain. Chitti scored the

Ab bo tt go al .

Meanwhile the Lady Islanders blankedChamplain 5-0. They finished up in sec-ond place with a 5-2-1 record and will

play Dawson in their semi-final.

JOHN ABBOTT INVITATIONAL BASKET-BALL TOURNAMENT

Both John Abbott basketball teams cameclose to winning their own tournamentthis past weekend. For the fourthstraight year the Lady Islanders andEdouard-Montpetit battled on Sunday forthe championship and the Lynx finallyprevailed 65-62 in a very tight match.Tournament all-stars Catherine Parentand Rikki Bowles led the Lady Islanders

wi th 17 and 15 res pec ti ve ly . Th e Ly nxwer e led by tou rna ment MVP Mar ie- EveLemoine with 18 points.

On Friday the Lady Isles defeated SenecaCollege 96-57 as Parent poured in a ca-reer high 31 points and on Saturdaythey upended U. Kings College 71-62.

On the mens side the Islanders played

ve ry we ll in th e mo st ba lan ce d to urn a-ment ever. After 2 days of play all 4teams were tied with 1-1 records. In thefinal game on Sunday the Islandersneeded to win in order to be crownedtournament champions for the first timesince 1988. Unfortunately the muchimproved Islanders ran into a very hotshooting Durham College team and lost101-85. Tournament all-star MarvinBazile led the Isles with 20 points.

Wit h a 2-1 rec ord , the U. Kin gs Col leg efrom Halifax were named champions;the same team the Islanders beat 80-65on Saturday night. Bazile and DavidBergman each had 13 points and KyleBernard chipped in12. Bergman had 20points in an 80-72 loss to Seneca on Fri-day night.

MENS RUGBY WINS

The Islander rugby won a hard foughtbatt le wit h the McGi ll B tea m on Thu rs-day 12-5. Chris Palmer had both thetries for the Islanders and BryceThomassin added one conversion.

FLAG FOOTBALL TIES

The Islanders are NOT fit to be tied asthey tied their last two games of the sea-son finishing with a record of 2-4-4.

They were involved in a back and forthgame last Wednesday vs Ahuntsic andcame away with a 12-12 tie. Offence,still unable to complete over 50% of theirpasses as QB Nina Bienz completed 21/

45 passes for 195 yards. She connectedwith Nadege Pierre on a 21 yard TD pass.Laurie Chamber was the go to girl forshort yardage that day as she was goodfor 7 catches for 36yards. AmandaBesner, playing centre for the first time

this year had 5 passes for 38 yards. Theother Islander major came on a puntreturn by Nadege Pierre who ran it back45 yards.

Defence committed only a few errors allgame thought they proved to be costly.Stephanie Wrong Way Steeves had 4flags, 2 knockdowns, and 1 interception,Lisa Jones had one interception, and

Ang ie Perr ier also add ed one alo ng wit h5 flags. Rusher Maggie MegabyteCharbonneau had 3 QB sacks.

On Saturday the Islanders tied first placein Section B Andre Grasset in a defen-sive battle 6-6. QB Bienz threw well, how-ever the hands on offence struggled asshe completed 20 of 45 passes for 270

yard s. Jone s made some key catc hes andwas 5/6 on the day for 48 yards. Vaness a

Hage-Moussa had 5 catches for 63 yards.The lone TD came as the Islanders wereja mme d on the ir 5 yar d li ne. Bie nz hi tMaria Delavaud on a 20 yard pass whichshe ran the whole field for a score.

Defence played well, stopping Grasset inthe red zone on a number of occasions.Perrier had 8 flags and 1 knockdown,Pierre had 3 flags and 3 knockdowns.Besner came away with 3 QB sacks. TheIslanders have made the playoffs and

wi ll pl ay Edo uar d Mo ntp eti t Sa tur dayOctober 30th in a quarterfinal game.

LACROSSE IN OTTAWA

The Islander lacrosse team participated

in the Carleton University Tournamenton Saturday in Ottawa and they losttheir first game against the Ottawa La-crosse Club (OLC) Team 12-1. They hadgreatly improved from the St. Andrewstournament as they added several key

Black Sheep players. The Black Sheeprecently finished in third place in theCanadian National Field Lacrosse Cham-pionships.

In their second game they tied CarletonJunior Varsity 8-8 and then lost theirthird game against Champlain 5-4.Champlain had the lead only for the last2 minutes of the game.

In the bronze medal match against theCarleton Ravens Varsity team injuriesand 4 games in 7 hours just caught upto the Isles in a 8-1 loss.

Overall the tournament was a huge suc-cess as JAC easily could have won 2 outof the 4 games they played, showing vastimprovements in the defensive zone.Great defensive play was shown byDonny Fraser, Daniel Bachner, Matt

Chicillitti, Cornelius Jung and their so-called quarterback, the goalie, Keron

Wh it e.

WOMENS HOCKEY

The Lady Islanders skated to a pair ofvi ct or ie s thi s pa st we eke nd. On Fri daynight Karine Dumont, Kelly Feehan andMelanie Veilleux all scored in a 3-1 exhi-

bit io n wi n ov er Riv e-S ud Ju nio r A.

The next night Cindy Fortin picked upher first career shutout at John Abbottas the Lady Isles shutout Marie-Victorin3-0. Sarah Bachand, Devin Rich andCatherine Rochon all scored goals.