The world wil l have its eyes onCanada as i t hos t s the 2010Winte r Olympic s nex t month .Excitement has been building upfor the 2010 Olympic Games, andhas spread across Canada withover 12,000 Canadians participat-ing in the Olympic Torch relay bycarry ing the f lame in di f ferentcities on its way to Vancouver.In his annual holiday message,

Prime Minister Stephen Harpersaid that 2010 brings “hope andpromise to Canada with the com-mencement o f the Olympic sgames in Vancouver , Br i t i sh

Columbia.”The Torch Re lay has been

boasted as the longest Torch Relayin Olympic history. In 106 days,the Olympic F lame wi l l pa s sthrough more than 1,000 commu-nities and travel 45,000 kilometresacross Canada. A message postedon the 2010 Vancouver websitestates: “The 2010 Olympic TorchRe lay wi l l in sp i r e and engageCanadians from coast to coast tocoast as it travels along the path ofnor thern l igh t s—the route theOlympic Flame will illuminate asit travels towards the Vancouver2010 Olympic Winter Games.”Hordes of people gathered in

the GTA to see the Olympic TorchRelay, which made its way into theGTA on December 17. Celebrationstook place around the city as theOlympic Flame was passed at vari-ous locations, including TorontoCity Hall, Nathan Phillips Square,

Scarborough City Centre and theCivic Centre in Mississauga.Whi l e awa i t ing the Olympic

F lame, ce lebra t ions took placearound the GTA. Canadian musi-cian Suzie McNeil performed atNathan Phi l ip s Square for thecrowds of people who faced thecold weather, along with perfor-mances inspired by Asia, Africaand Europe. The Olympic Flamear r i ved in Mis s i s s auga onDecember 17, which drew a mas-s i ve c rowd . Mayor Haze lMcCallion, who was carrying thetorch at one point, referred to theOlympic Torch Relay as an “emo-tional once-in-a-lifetime opportu-nity.”Cheryl Pounder, a former mem-

ber of the women’s national hock-ey team, was selected as the torchbearer for Mississauga during theOlympic Torch Relay. She had thehonour of lighting the community

cauldron during the show.The celebrat ions at City Hal l

inc luded per formances byAboriginal dancers, Francophoneperformers and other special acts.On how the Olympic Torch

Re lay reaches mi l l i ons o fCanadians, John Furlong, ChiefExecu t i ve Of f i c e r o f theVancouver Organ iz ingCommittee, stated, “Our goal withthese celebrations has always beento bring the magic and excitemento f the Olympic Sp i r i t home tomillions of Canadians no matterwhere they l ive and truly makethese Canada’s Games.”All the torch bearers carried the

f lame a distance of 300 metres ,and wore the white Olympic uni-form and red mittens. Meanwhile,a convoy of vehicles followed thetorch as it made its way throughthe city.Notable torch bearers who will

pa r t i c ipa t e in the re l ay ac ros sCanada include NBA basketbal lplayer Steve Nash, country musics inger Shania Twain, CanadianIdol host Ben Mulroney, So YouThink You Can Dance host LeahMiller and Canadian fi lmmakerDeepa Mehta.

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Tsunami aftermath remembered five years later

Canada to host G-8 and G-20 summits later this year

While many Canadians enjoyed theBoxing Day bargains in markets, agroup of individuals from across theUniversity of Toronto and theGreater Toronto Area commemorat-ed the victims of the 2004 BoxingDay tsunami that killed approximate-ly 230,000 people across Sri Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand and thir-teen other countries. Four years ago, the Canadian Red-

Cross contributed over $350 milliontowards sending food supplies, hous-ing shelters and other necessities forsurvival to the victims of the flood inresponse to the devastating impact ofthe earthquake tsunami.Mahvish Mirza, a student who vol-

unteered with the tsunami effort in2004 at her high school, said, “It is apity that so many of us werefundraising money and involved withRed Cross and other internationalagencies due to the media hypearound the tsunami a couple of yearsago, but five years after it’s over, wehave more or less forgotten the entireincident.”Suresh Balaram Sivanandan, whose

family was affected by the tsunami,said, “It is a terrible situation inRamanthapuram and the areas inTamil Nadu. Some of my relatives arestill complaining of water contamina-tion and the slow pace of governmentreconstruction efforts to buildschools. Community shelters are slowto come.”

Sivanandan’s relative’s perceptionof the issue only exposes the worsteffects of the tsunami. According to astatement by Ban Ki-Moon, theSecretary-General of the UnitedNations, “The earthquake tsunami inSouth Asia and Southeast Asia isunarguably the costliest natural dis-asters of this century.” The United Nations development

reports stated that an estimated $13.5billion in aid pledged to reconstructthe entire region is still being reim-bursed.“[The reconstruction efforts do]

not grant the citizens of BandaAcheh, Srilanka and the affectedareas any dignity,” said Maya Shahid,

a student in Art History. “I remem-ber looking at some images of theconstruction projects, and all I couldsee were orange, red and blue roofslined. Orange for world vision, redfor Red Cross and blue for UnitedNations. If you look closely at someof these images of houses from theregion, you will notice that stickersand labels of the NGO that construct-ed the house are pasted on their win-dows.” At the rate recovery and recon-

struction efforts are moving, manywhose lives have been affected by theBoxing Day tsunami wonder if theywill ever recover a semblance of theirformer lives.

DriveTest centres reopened lastweek after a tentat ive deal wasreached to bring striking examinersback to work. The centres must nowshovel through the immense back-log of citizens who waited over fourmonths to take their driving tests.Nearly 300,000 people have beenunable to obtain their licenses inOntario due to the prolonged nego-tiations.A few temporary drive centres

were open across the province, butpriority was given to commercialtruck drivers. Citizens looking forwork as commercial truck driverswere unable to find employment asa result of the strikeOn August 21, United

Steelworkers Local 9511 and SercoDES Inc, the private Company oper-ating DriveTest centres, sat down todiscuss disagreements regarding jobsecurity, seniority and wages inefforts to prevent a strike. The nego-tiations were unsuccessful and 590employees walked off the job onAugust 24.

The government of Ontarioallowed for extended validity ofl icenses that expired during theterm of the strike. Licenses thatexpired before the strike began werenot automatically extended.On November 23, Simcoe-Grey

MPP J im Wilson introduced aPrivate Member’s bill that wouldforce strikers back to work. The billdid not receive support from eitherthe Liberals or the NDP, and theMcGuinty government fai led toprovide government intervention.Liberal members of Parliament

felt that the only solution to theproblem was to continue negotia-tions until the two parties were ableto reach a common ground.Wilson appealed to the Minister

of Labour during the question peri-od. “What makes you think thatdoing nothing is a fair option forthe people affected by this strike?Why is the government being soignorant to the plight of these peo-ple?”Speaking to reporters after the

exchange, Labour Minister PeterFonesca said, “[Serco and the Unionhave] to look to find that commonground to reach a collective agree-ment. We know that col lect ive

agreements are the most stable andmost productive for our province.”While independent driving

instructors would normally makebetween $1,000 to 2,000 a week,they have experienced a significantdecline in income over the last 19weeks. Serco DES Inc. began operating

the Drivetest centres in 2003, afterthe Ontario Ministry ofTransportation signed a ten-yearcontract worth $114 million withthe company. The reason behind themovement to privatize the formerlygovernment-run sector was to betterprovide efficient and effective ser-vice and reduce wait times. Beforethe strike began, Serco had voicedintentions of transitioning to sea-sonal employment.Anyone expect ing to take an

examination should be prepared forlong wait lines. Before the strike,examinations would have to havebeen booked anywhere from four tosix weeks ahead of time. This hasdrastically increased since the strike.There will also be long wait timesfor second attempts. In an effort to cushion the blow,

DriveTest will hire 100 new employ-ees.

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In 2010, Canada will assume twomajor in ternat iona l l eadershipro l e s a s p r e s iden t o f t he G-8indus t r i a l i zed na t ions and co-chair of the G-20 summit. The f ede ra l gove rnment ha s

announced that Ontario will hostthe G-8 meeting from June 25 toJune 27 , and the G-20 summitfrom June 26 to June 27. The Group of Eight is an eco-

nomic and political forum for theleaders of highly industria l izednations, who meet every year todiscuss issues facing the world.The permanent member nationsof the G-8 are Canada, France ,Germany , I t a l y , J apan , Uni t edKingdom, Un i t ed S t a t e s andRussia. Leaders of major interna-tional organizations such as theEuropean Nation and the UnitedNa t ions a r e a l so expec t ed toattend. The Group o f 20 cons i s t s o f

deve lop ing economies and theindus t r i a l i z ed deve lopedeconomies such as Canada, Korea,J apan , Un i t ed S t a t e s , Ind i a ,Ch ina , B raz i l , Sou th -Af r i c a ,Saudi-Arabia, and the EuropeanUnion. This group includes coun-t r i e s whose cumula t i ve g ro s sdomestic product constitutes 80%of the world’s trade. The G-20 is arecent arrival on the internationalscene, after the G-8 nations real-ized the importance of includingworld leaders of the developingcountries in discussions since the2000 economic down-turn. DeerHurst Resort in the town

of Huntsvil le , Muskoka Region,has been designated as the officialsite for the G-8 historical meet-ing, where the world leaders andtheir government representativesw i l l mee t t oge the r in va r iousprepa ra to ry mee t ing s on theeconomy and g loba l warmingbefore the real deal later in June. In i t ia l ly , the federa l govern-

ment decided upon host ing thetwo summits in the picturesqueregion of cottage country at theDeerHur s t r e so r t . Dee rHur s t ,however , with i ts 400 private lyowned rooms, announced that itwould not be able to accommo-

date over 10,000 guests attendingthe two meet ings . Toronto wasdecided as the best location forthe G-20, whereas Muskoka wasdesignated at the venue for the G-8 summit.Accord ing to the Indus t r y

Canada website , as ide from thecultural value of the region, thegovernment has strategically cho-s en to hos t the summi t in theMuskoka r eg ion and Toron tobecause of Canada’s lucrative pastexperience in hosting internation-a l summi t s , wh i ch p rov idedshort-term economic benefits forthe local community and variouslong - t e rm bene f i t s t o theCanad i an e conomy . Theannouncement c ame a t an ap tt ime , when Onta r io ’ s t our i smindustry has been badly hit by therecess ion, wi th mass ive layof fsand growing economic insecurityof small business owners in thetourism industry.Accord ing to the r e s ea r ch

reports published by G-8 and G-20 research groups a t U o f T ’ sMunk Centre for Internat ionalStudies, some of the major issueson the agenda f o r th i s y ea r ’ smeetings are climate change andthe g loba l r e c e s s ion . The twogroups will focus on strengthen-ing and cooperating together onthe new Financial Stability Boardand the International FinancialInstitution plan. Global warming,the role of greenhouse eff icientenergy in the industry and its rolein the economic recovery processwill also be on the table. Anotherpolitical issue that will be debatedamongst the states will be biodi-versity and endangered species ,a long with the i ssue of nuclearproliferation of Iran and NorthKorea. Prime Minister Stephen Harper

remains highly optimistic aboutthe issues on the agenda at the G-8 and G-20 summits. During theannouncement of the 2010 sum-mits ’ s i tes and agendas, Harpersaid, “It is my expectation that bythe summer of 2010, the globaleconomy will have begun to turnthe corner and renewed growthwill be in sight. We look forwardto we lcoming wor ld l eaders toCanada next year.”

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UTM professors rankedamong top 20

UTM Professors Dax Urbszat andMonika Havelka have lectured theirway into the second round andamongst the top 20 nominees in con-tention for the 2010 TVO Big Ideas BestLecturer Award. The Best LecturerAward seeks to recognize a great pro-fessor for his or her excellence in facili-tating learning and engaging studentsin course material.Psychology Professor Dax Urbszat

had been nominated for the 2009 awardand made it into the top 20. A lecturerat both the St. George and UTM cam-puses, he is very popular among stu-dents: Each year, nearly 1,400 studentsseek to enrol in his introductory psy-chology course.Urbszat received his Bachelor of

Science in Psychology, and Crime, Lawand Deviance from U of T. He thenwent on to obtain a law degree fromOsgoode Hall Law School. Passionateabout his chosen discipline, he returnedto U of T to complete his Masters andDoctoral degrees in Psychology. Lastyear, Urbszat received the UTMTeaching Excellence Award. In addi-tion to his many accomplishments,Urbszat also has a strong following on

his Facebook fan page, entitled “DaxUrbszat is Secretly a Superhero.”“Urbszat was my favourite professor.

I chose to take certain classes becausehe was the professor,” says UTM psy-chology graduate Alessandra Guaragna.A student submission endorsing

Urbszat for the award stated, “Excellentlessons, discussions, assignments, andexam. I’ve had a wonderful time in hiscourses.”Also in the top 20 is Biology

Professor Monika Havelka. She hasbeen lecturing at U of T since 2003 andhas taught a diverse range of topicssuch as evolutionary biology, compara-tive physiology, biostatistics, ecologyand environmental science. Biologystudents describe Havelka as approach-able, fair and intriguing. She does herbest to entertain her students, going asfar as mimicking the creatures of herlecture topics.“Humans resemble juvenile chimps

more than we do adult chimps,”Havelka explained to students during alecture. She pointed to a photo of youngchimpanzee projected onto the screen.“Come on, I have relatives that look likethat.”Havelka obtained her Bachelor in

Science of Biology from McMasterUniversity. She then spent two years atthe University of British Columbia as a

research technician. Havelka decided toreturn to Ontario to complete herMasters and PhD in Zoology at theUniversity of Western.“Her awe-inspiring lectures have

allowed students to attain a stronggrasp of materials. Dr. MonikaHavelka’s single greatest strength is herability to connect with the needs andwants of students,” stated a nominationsubmission.Second-year life sciences student

Daniella Palumbo is one of the manystudents that has enjoyed learning fromHavelka. “She’s the most enthusiasticprofessor I’ve had so far. I’ve never seenanyone as excited about biology as sheis,” said Palumbo.Biology major David Antongiovanni

said that “Havelka’s lectures are theonly lectures that prevent me fromfalling asleep.” The top 10 contenders will be

announced on February 8 and a pro-gram highlighting their exceptionalattributes will air in March. Chosen byviewers and a panel of three jurors, thewinner of the Best Lecturer Award anda $10,000 scholarship to the recipient’seducational institution will beannounced on April 17. The professors’ submission videos

are available on the Big Ideas programwebsite.

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UTM Professor wins research award

UTM sociology Professor JoseeJohnston, who teaches the Sociology ofFood and Globalization course, hasreceived the Early Researcher Award inthe amount of $140,000 for her studyof consumerism in the food market.The study focuses on reasons whymore and more people decide to buytheir groceries from organic foodstores, farmers’ markets and communi-ty-supported agriculture. “Food consumption is a topic that I

find really inspiring to work onbecause it never feels like I’ve reachedthe end state,” said Johnston. “It always

feels like it’s spiraling out in other areasthat I’m interested in looking at.” The study, named “Eating ‘off the

grid’: Understanding ConsumerMotivation in the Alternative FoodSector,” includes a team of dedicatedresearchers who will survey and docu-ment the demographic profile of indi-viduals who purchase groceries fromthese alternative markets. Johnston willhost interviews and focus groupresearch in order to further understandwhy more people are choosing organicfood stores and farmers’ markets overbig chain grocery stores. Johnston believes that although buy-

ing organic and eating food from localfarms are positive acts, they also sug-gest that sustainability of the local foodsystem depends on wealthy consumers.

“At the end of the day, we need morestate intervention to make laws thatprotect our land, and that make surepeople get fed.” Johnston’s hope is toprovide awareness into how the localfood system is reinforced and shapedby market forces. She does not believethere will be an absolute end to herresearch.The Early Researcher Awards pro-

gram helps Ontario researchers buildtheir research teams of graduate stu-dents, post-doctoral fellows, researchassistants and associates. According tothe Ministry of Research andInnovation website, the program’s goalis “to improve Ontario’s ability toattract and retain the best and brightestresearch talent from around theworld.”

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Ignatieff to visit UTMnext week

Michael Ignatieff, Canada’s FederalLiberal leader, is coming to UTMon January 13 as part of a cross-Canada tour. The UTM visit wasorganized by the UTM YoungLiberals club. Students can attendfree of charge. The tour consists of visits to sev-

eral campuses and will culminatewith “Canada at 150: Rising to theChallenge,” a conference that willbe held in Montreal in March 2017as Canada will turns 150 years old. “We’ll be talking about the kind

of Canada we want in 2017—andwhat we need to do today andtomorrow to get there ,” sa idIgnatieff.Liberal Party member and for-

mer Miss issauga-Erindale MPOmar Alghabra, who visited UTMwith Justin Trudeau in Novemberthis past year, sent an e-mail toUTM students asking them toshare their ideas with Ignatieff onpriori t ies they would l ike toaddress with the Liberal leader.

Examples of issues include immi-gration, economy, education andthe environment. “Our country’sfuture is being shaped on our col-lege and university campuses, bythe energy and ingenuity of ouryoung people. Their potential isCanada’s potential, and so there’sno better place to begin a nationalconversation about the Canada wecan be in 2017,” said Ignatieff. Ignatieff will begin his cross-

Canada tour on January 11 in NovaScot ia Community Col lege inDartmouth, followed by visits tocollege and university campuses inHal i fax , Montreal , Ottawa,Hamilton, Mississauga, Winnipeg,Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.“The Canada we want to imagine

and create is for them. Canada’syoung people must and will be thetrue authors of our national ambi-tion,” said Ignatieff. Ignatieff has studied, written

and taught about human rights,democracy, security and interna-tional affairs, and is an alma materof the Univers i ty of Toronto,Oxford University and HarvardUniversity.

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Last year, UTM welcomed new con-structions of a new health centre andsciences building. The renovations,however, are far from over. Majorchanges are now underway in the SouthBuilding. “With the campus expansion we’ve

experienced over the past number ofyears, we have been squeezed for space,”said UTM Chief Administrative OfficerPaul Donoghue. The Geography and Sociology

departments, the offices of the Vice-President and Principal, ChiefAdministrative Officer, Dean and Vice-Principal and campus police will bemoved to a newly renovated area on thethird floor of the South Building, whichwas formerly the UTM library. TheDepartment of Political Science will alsomove to the third floor of the SouthBuilding in May. The 3,358 square meter space

includes 79 offices (both academic andadministrative), work space for gradu-ate students, several conference rooms,designated space for student academicsocieties, and lounges for staff and stu-

dents as well as several computer labs.The space also includes skylights and atwo-storey atrium garden. The renovation was led by Peter Ng

of Kearns Mancini Architects Inc. Therenovations have a green focus, with theuse of recycled materials such as bam-boo and wood from managed forests aswell as low-consumption plumbing fix-tures.“Faculty will want to spend research

time in the renovated offices,” saidProfessor Gage Averill, the dean andvice-principal at UTM. He added thatthe renovations will help with therecruitment of students and staff, “andwill provide the kind of space that facili-tates a rich departmental academic life.”Plans are now underway for a stu-

dent services plaza on the second floorof the South Building. The plaza willprovide students with a central locationfor services, including academic supportand recruitment, health and academiccounseling and transitional year pro-grams. The student services plaza willlink with a newly renovated MeetingPlace. “This renovation of the South

Building gives us room to accommo-date current staff, faculty and students,and provides wonderful options forfuture expansion,” said Donoghue.

Major renovations in the SouthBuilding for the new year

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OPINIONFORGOTTEN IDEALS?MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 201044 THE MEDIUM

That’s it. 2009 is over, and withit, the first decade of the mil-

lennium. We’re all probably com-ing up with new resolutions. Someof us may even have a plan as tohow to carry these out. This yearwill for sure be different, we tellourselves, if nobody else, althoughi t ’d probab ly make a lo t moresense to t e l l everybody e l s e—shame and fear of failure are pow-erful motivators. But it’s not 2010 I want to talk

about. Neither do I want to talkabout resolutions. I want to talk, ifonly in passing, about privacy, aboutmedia, and about marital infidelity. Iwant to talk, again in passing, aboutTiger Woods, but mostly I want totalk about life after university andhow it will transform us students. The whole Tiger Woods episode

revolted me. Not because he cheatedon his wife. That’s between him andher. It revolted me because everyonewanted to know about it. Mostly, itrevolted me because the media hap-pily obliged. Or perhaps it was theother way around: Not too manypeople wanted to know about it, butthe media still ran with it and inflat-ed it and made everyone aware of it,including those of us who believethat even celebrities have a right toprivacy. Either way, the media’smassive coverage of the Tiger Woodsscandal upset me. Sure, I understandwhy they did it, especially in thesedays of dwindling newspaper salesand with a media revolution rum-bling in the horizon: They did itbecause they want to sell. They did itbecause they want to survive, but inorder to survive, they may havebecome whores. I, on the otherhand, don’t have to worry aboutsales—at least not as much as youraverage paper does. This week, forexample, we ran a story about TigerWoods, and in it we mentioned,however briefly, the scandal that has

afflicted him and his family. We hadto, because the article dealt with themoney he’s cost his investors. But weincluded no juicy details or allega-tions or irrelevant names. It’s a fineline, to be sure, the one that dividesyour principles and real life. I think,though, this time, we managed toremain on the good side. In the last day of my Journalistic

Investigation class, just a few weeksago, my professor held a newspapercover page with a close up of a man.He’d been attacked by a pit bull andwas missing half his face. This manhad gone to the newspaper andasked for his picture to be printed.He said he wanted everyone to beaware of what could happen to them.The professor asked us, “If you wereprofessional newspapermen, wouldyou have agreed?” I said I would, ifonly to honour the man’s courage,adding that I’d rather quit than printthat picture without his consent.Other students disagreed, arguingthat publishing the picture wouldlikely disturb readers. All our rea-sons were altruistic. None had any-thing to do sales, which is probablythe most determining factor thatdecides what ends up splashedacross a front page of other newspa-pers. At the end of the class, the profes-

sor said, “It’d be nice if you could allmaintain that integrity.” I don’tknow if she was optimistic. I knowI’m not. At the time, I meant what Isaid about quitt ing my job, butwould I really do it? If I was workingfor a big paper or a TV station, mak-ing decent money, making my wayup, would I quit over a principle? For that matter, would the stu-

dents who now denounce corporategreed decline a job offer from, say,Nike? Would those who claim toprotect the environment refuse towork for GM?

Being aware of the possibility ofbetraying my principles may seem toindicate I’m already willing to betraythem. I like to think the opposite.Being aware of this possibility, Ihope, means I’m ready to recognizethe risks, the signs, and steer awayfrom them.Or not. We shall see.

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Are students’ idealsnaive?

Dear Editor,

I have been listing some grievances Ihave with the UTM campus onFacebook and it was suggested to meto forward them to you so that theopinions could be heard. All thingslisted are common complaints myfriends and I have constantly madeand would like to have addressed tomake student life easier.

1) North BuildingWhy is it that a university as pres-

tigious as U of T has a building thatis so reminiscent of high school? Iheard that NB was supposed to betemporary and then replaced by abetter facility. Why is the NB is stillthere? Clearly we are not lackingfunding for a replacement as we arelosing a parking lot to a learning cen-ter, and half of lot 9 is being eaten bythe new medical center. The NB isjust an ugly building.

2) Parking passesWhy sel l 2500 parking passes

when there is less than half the park-ing space? I don’t know how manystudents waste their money buyingparking passes and never get to usethem! These people are left roamingaround the parking lot, stalking peo-ple as they walk towards their cars tograb the parking space. Lot 2 is beingeaten away for a new learning center,leaving even less parking spaces forUTM students. One would thinkthat, logically, UTM would sell lessparking passes to acknowledge thelack of space—don’t count on itthough.

3) ShowersI don’t know how the women’s

showers are in the gym, but the guys’showers feel like acid rain. Why is itthat the showers act as exfoliators?Someone needs to take a look at thewater pressure because I should beable to wash my face without worry-ing about how much skin I will lose.

4) Entrance to the gymThat machine you have to swipe

your student card through in orderto get into the change room is alwaysbroken. It doesn’t bother me somuch, but honestly, how incompe-tent are the technicians UTM is hir-ing that that machine has not beenable to remain functional for a singlemonth?

5) Booster JuiceEvery time I see somebody walk-

ing around with their Booster Juice,it gives me a headache. All BoosterJuice is a glorified slushie/Gatoradewith a bit of protein thrown in. Andthese people pay quite a bit for them.It’s a stupid waste of money and itannoys me how many people fall forit. Honestly, save yourself the moneyand just google how much nutritionyou should have a day and changeyour deficient diet to accommodateyourself.

6) UTM shuttleI would say that five of the shuttle

drivers are nice people who arepleasant to talk to, but there areabout two or three bus drivers whoare so insane that I feel my life is indanger every time I’m on the bus.These ladies speed at twice the limitdown Mississauga Road and thehighway. A kid beside me flew up sohigh she hit her head. Seriously, weonly arrive eight to ten minutesearly, and I’d much prefer a safearrival than the possibility of none atall. It’s like these drivers are hopingto crash every time they drive theshuttle.

7) What’s with the TV at CCIT?There is an entire Facebook group

dedicated to this last grievance.People say that it is ‘artistic’—but Ifail to see the ‘art’ in people runningthrough a disco-lighted maze or aguy bending over with his pantsdown. Honestly, if the most interest-ing thing that has ever been shownon that TV is a guy trying to climb afree-standing ladder, then some-thing’s got to change. The guys incharge of that make visitors thinkthat UTM art students are immatureand confused.

8) Doors inside the SB hallwayWhy are there doors in the hall-

ways of the SB? Doors are meant toprovide a pathway from room toroom, or from outside to inside. Sowhy did U of T feel the need to havedoors that connect hallway to hall-way? These doors do nothing morethan slow me down. And anythingthat slows a person down also pissesthem off.

9) Programs as PrerequisitesWhy do I have to be a specialist to

enroll in certain classes? If I have ahigher average than a specialist andI’m in a higher year, why should I getshafted a program because I prefer adouble major over a single specialist?Why should anyone be shafted likethis? Grades should be the primaryconcern, and there shouldn’t be anynonsense said about not enoughroom in the class because many ofthese ‘specialists only’ classes onlyhave ten to fifteen spots. Honestly, ifyou are a tenured professor, then youshould have enough talent to educatemore than a handful of students.

10) Library 4th floorFirst of all, these area is not neces-

sarily a silent zone, so talking is per-mitted and fine by me. However,people who come there only talk andgoof around are nothing but distract-ing. That’s pretty annoying, butwhat’s more annoying is the lacklus-ter performance by the library staffin si lencing them. Sure the staffcomes up and asks them to be quiet,but they will do that song and danceover and over. At St. George, youhave one warning, and then you aregone—that’s why it ’s quiet as agraveyard at St. George. Maybe thelibrary should take a note from theirsister campus about how to curb thenoise level.

11) Smoking by the hallwaydoors connecting CCT to thelibraryApparently it ’s i l legal now to

smoke close to the doorways every-one uses. And that makes sensebecause if you haven’t heard aboutall the things secondhand smokedoes to people, then you should nothave gotten into university.However, I don’t mind the smokeitself, but many other people hate thesmokers being so close to the door,and U of T has another lacklusterperformance in preventing thishealth hazard. People complain, butwhat is being done? As of right now,I’ve seen nothing but chalk on theground by a go-getter student butnothing from UTM.

12) NB closes earlyNB cafe closes a few hours before

the SB cafe, and even earlier on somedays, but why? There are still classesgoing on in the North Building untillate at night and sometimes we couldreally go for a coffee from the onlyTims on campus that can get yourorder to you in under 15 minutes.

Regards,Jeff Millar

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The winter of 2009 saw a number ofblockbuster releases that both generat-ed large revenues at the box office andleft behind a trail of mystique in the-atres. From the legacy of enigmaticpersonas to worlds of fantasy, SherlockHolmes, The Imaginarium of DoctorParnassus, and Avatar were able tocapture the magic of the holidays andinspire the hope of a new year.When was the last time moviegoers

were treated to a truly memorableadaptation of Sherlock Holmes? GuyRitchie can’t remember either, and feltit was about time he gave people oneto remember. Starring Robert Downey,Jr. as the eponymous hero, Ritchie’sfilm showcases a new kind of SherlockHolmes for the 21st century: one withbrute strength, a scraggly and rawexterior, and a romantic interest.

Using the help of his headstrongsidekick John Watson (Jude Law) aswell as his former flame Irene Adler(Rachel McAdams), Holmes mustbecome familiar with LordBlackwood’s (Mark Strong) dark ritu-als in order to thwart the Lord’stakeover of the British Empire and putan end to his satanic human sacrifices.The film’s greatest moments includethe fight scenes in slow motion, inwhich Downey, Jr. first demonstratesexactly how Holmes will execute theknockout of his opponent within thenext few seconds, and impressivelyperforms it punch for punch.While greatly suspenseful and full of

charm, the film appears to be graspingfor laughs at times, but not becausethe script is poorly written. On thecontrary, there are a number of clever-ly scripted moments that ultimately gounnoticed (such as the banteringbetween Downey, Jr. and Law like anold married couple) because ofDowney, Jr.’s sometimes flawedattempts at a British accent. While hegives a very intriguing performance asthe mystery-solving enigma, Downey,Jr. often slurs the native speech thatcomes so easily to the English-bornLaw, and though Downey, Jr.’s quickwit and curt comebacks prompt achuckle or two, one must really strainto catch the majority of his sporadicmutterings. Nevertheless, he and Lawcommand the screen as the quaint andbickering duo, and though initially abit static, Law proves he is just as wor-thy of acclaim and adoration as hiscelebrated co-star. He gives the filmexactly what it needs—a bit of class,some wit, and the boldness to zingHolmes once in a while—and givesWatson a rare taste of the limelight.If people are paying triple the price

of a film ticket at the TorontoInternational Film Festival, chancesare the movie is getting a lot of buzz.Before its release on Christmas Day,Terry Gilliam’s fantasy flick TheImaginarium of Dr. Parnassus pre-miered at TIFF this past September,where eager fans were the first to seethe late Heath Ledger’s last careerappearance. Though it affirms thetragic reality of an amazing actor’s

untimely death, Ledger’s abridgedperformance is nothing short of bril-liant, as is the remainder of the film asa whole.

Known for his bizarre yet com-pelling films, Gilliam creates a worldin which a person’s imaginationbecomes their desired reality, even ifthat reality will only ever be an illu-sion. The film is packed with symbol-ism, and the most prominent theme isthat of choice: will the abusive drunkclimb the stairs to redemption or willhe satisfy his impulse at a nearby bar?Will the Russian mob join the police

that beckon them, or will they seekrefuge in the care of their comfortingbabushka? The obvious choice usuallyends in peril.

Can we ever obtain something thattempts us, and live to say we did notregret it? This question plagues thethousand year-old Dr. Parnassus(Christopher Plummer), a theatretroupe leader who can control theminds of people and make them seetheir most wonderful dreams, or theirmost horrible realities. In exchangefor immortality, Parnassus makes adeal with the devil (Tom Waits), but

when Parnassus desires his youthback, he is granted this wish on thecondition that his daughter Valentina(Lily Cole) becomes the property ofthe devil on her 16th birthday. A raceagainst time ensues to correctParnassus’ unforgivable mistake, butthe theatre troupe fortunately stum-bles across a strange man named Tony(Ledger), whose charm and charismamakes the troupe’s performancesmagical again.Tony remembers nothing of his old

life, but adopts a new one with thetheatre troupe and further learns to

understand Parnassus’ abilities. Valbecomes more attracted to Tony, andAnton (Andrew Garfield), who lovesVal, becomes wary of Tony’s past.Though regrettable that Ledger couldnot showcase the entire transforma-tion of Tony, Gilliam’s decision torecast the role instead of axing thewhole project proved to be an excel-lent decision.

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MUSIC AND MORE MUSICARTS & ENTERTAINMENTMONDAY, JANUARY 4, 201066 THE MEDIUM

I’m a skeptic when it comes to lists.Yes, they’re nice and cute and tie

everything up in a neat little bow, butwhat do I care about some guy’s opin-ion blurbed across the centre spread ofan overpriced magazine? For that mat-ter, why does every publication insiston their own “definitive” lists that, bythe way, are often significantly differ-ent from their competitors? Is thereeven a best album? If there was, couldwe tell?The answer to that, as well as count-

less other questions, is taste.Taste is unique. Taste is sharp. And

most importantly, taste is brash. Youcan tell immediately when you don’tlike something. I still remember howsick I felt after being introduced toBrokeNCYDE’s debut album last year.It was terrible. But also eye-opening.I couldn’t understand how, but I knewthat somewhere in the world, at theexact moment the screamo-crunkmess was pulsing through my speak-ers, someone was enjoyingBrokeNCYDE. And not merely enjoy-ing them—they were postering theirroom with photos of the group, mem-orizing lyrics from their debut album,and, most frighteningly, dressing liketheir new-found idols.Is that wrong? Most would be quick

to agree. I mean, isn’t it obvious howbad the music is?To tell you the truth, I’m still unsure.

But I am sure that if you asked theBrokeNCYDE fan whether theiralbum had as much musical integrityas say, OutKast’s Stankonia (which isalso crunk at heart, and #3 on our list),you would receive an entirely differentresponse, one far from the expected“no, but it’s just like, my opinion,man.” Most likely, you would receive aresounding “no.” Hell, BrokeNCYDEthemselves would have to be incompa-

rably arrogant to make any otherclaim.It’s at this point that we compare and

define music. Sure, you can like what-ever you want, but it is important toseparate what you like from what isnoteworthy. For instance, I personallydo not like MIA’s Kala (also on ourlist). In fact, I find it’s a bit of a nui-sance, apart from a few cuts. But I dothink it represented an importantstream of music in the past ten years,and contributed more than most otheralbums did in the same period of time.Which is why I voted for it on my per-sonal list.But I wasn’t the only one who acted

in such a way when preparing my listto be counted towards this collectiveone. Over forty other people con-tributed towards making this “Best ofthe Decade” extravaganza a success.There were students, both music freaksand casual listeners, there were indus-try professionals, and there were evenmusicians and performers. A balancedset of voters no doubt, in order toweed out any irregularities or outliers.To all those who helped by sending

in their lists, I say thanks, not just forgetting back to me over the Decemberholidays, but for your time spent dis-tilling your favorite albums down to alist of ten (an arduous task I can bearwitness to).To those who went further and sent

in personal paragraphs of the winningalbums of their choice, I think the arti-cle speaks for itself.So it is with my pleasure we present

to you The Medium’s Top 10 Albumsof the Decade (2000-10); the culmina-tion of weeks of searching and theopinions of dozens of people. Have agood read.

During the chorus of “Wake Up” I turned around to see the whole front row a mess of glistening-eyed hipsters, singing their hearts out. I got the tickets for a friend of mine as a birthday present, and a moment later, when he whirled me around to give me a sweaty appreciative man-hug two thoughts simulta-neously ran through my mind: 1. This is huge. By witnessing this band right here right now we are a part of something. And 2. I’m such a good friend.

The tickets were bought at a discount on account of the dreaded Massey Hall “obstructed view.” However, as soon as the band came out, everyone with floor seats stood up and moved to the stage. We found ourselves front row, a little off center, watching the biggest band in the world. Thanks, Craigslist. - Kjartan Hewitt

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The first time I had ever heard, or seen, The Strokes was ona wall of about 100 televisions at a Future Shop. It was 2001and Is This It? had just been released. The Strokes’ musicvideo for “Last Nite” was playing on every single televisionin the store, and I was mesmerized.At a time when the Top 40 was flooded with suburban

favorites like Britney Spears, N*Sync, and the travestyknown as Sisqó, The Strokes came out with an album thatdefined the sound of the city. Not just New York, but anymajor city centre in the world. The album is loud, fast,aggressive, and rude in a way that only a metropolis can be.It ushered in a new wave of Rock n’Roll for the 21st century.

Is This It? came out of nowhere and helped to define whatwas objectively “cool” in the music industry. Whether leadsinger Julian Casablancas was screaming on “New York CityCops” or crooning on the title track, Is This It? dripped withan attitude and originality that was sorely needed (see Sisqóreference above).

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It seems like only yesterday that “Ms. Jackson” was num-ber one on the Billboard Charts, instantly recognizable tothe general public. Therein lies the great strength ofOutKast and Stankonia specifically. That Big Boi andAndre 3000 were able to write an album that achievedcommercial crossover success in the mainstream butnever veered too far from the smoother funkier roots oftheir older albums. Personally, Stankonia was a real discovery for me at an

age when I wasn’t sure what the limits to music were. Inmy own insular little world I didn’t know that you couldhave an album that sounded like Parliament/Funkadelicone track, only to sound like drum n’ bass on the nexttrack and Prince on the one after that. I’d like to thinkthat I’m smarter now, but that remains one of OutKast’sgreatest qualities—that they can combine all those ingre-dients into an album that keeps you coming back to itagain and again.

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It was 2004 when The Killers burst ontoto crime scene with their debut album,Hot Fuss. So what was all the fuss about?Fuelled by Brandon Flowers’ keyboardsynths, the record is defined by a newwave sound that draws on the likes ofDavid Bowie and New Order, yet has acertain forbidden allure that only LasVegas could influence. The band’s infec-tious first single, “Somebody Told Me,”spread across club dance floors before

anyone had a chance to ask who theseguys were, and as if overnight, The Killerswere topping the UK Indie Charts andselling out concerts around the world. With headbanging anthems such as “All

These Things That I’ve Done,” hard-hit-ting love ballads like “Mr. Brightside,”and songs about murder mysteries, go-godancers, and boyfriends who look likegirlfriend, Hot Fuss is not only one of thebest albums to come out of Sin City, butalso remains one of the decade’s toprecords.

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You Forgot It In People is the sopho-more album from the wildly popularCanadian indie group Broken SocialScene. This 13-track breakthroughalbum was released in October of2002, and immediately became manypeople's album to look out for in thefollowing year. In 2003 BrokenSocial Scene took home the JunoAward for Alternative Album of theYear. Only a few years after thealbum's release, it was alongside

other artists such as like Neil Young,Sloan and Joni Mitchell as one of thegreatest Canadian albums ever made. Broken Social Scene has been

dubbed a "supergroup"—it consistsof a large and varied number ofartists and guests (and thereforeinstruments) from across theCanadian music scene. Which goesto show why this album was imme-diately popular. Out of the thirteenvaried tracks, four have music videosand two have taken top song honors.And the album is on this list.

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#6 M.I.A.#6 M.I.A.KA

LA When your music makes up the soundtrack of anAcademy-Award-busting blockbuster, you automaticallyget a place in the hearts and minds of all those who saw it(which comes out to around everyone anyways).Remember that flash-forward scene in Slumdog where thekids grow up riding on trains around India, stealing foodfrom bourgeois passengers? Remember how good it feltwatching that? I did some market research, and 62% of thathappiness was a result of “Paper Planes” playing in thebackground. 62%.Just like that scene, Kala, while heavily produced, retainsa sense of intrigue and impending excitement. It feels nat-ural and organic, free of restrictions. With this album,M.I.A. became a household name, a famous Tamil advo-cate and stylistic influence on the current generation.At the same time, Kala can be repetitive. It might even

make your brain sore. But you will be too overjoyed tonotice.

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I first heard this album on a very late night of drinkingtea and smoking too many cigarettes with a friend. Hesaid he had something to show me, so he put on hisvinyl copy of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and we didn't speakfor a very long time.It's a good-for-everything album. From sending a

song to a crush, to being that idiot singing at the top oftheir lungs alone in their car—this 11-track "career-ender" (according to AOL Time Warner) is a repeat-player, uncompromising, and what the fuck, their best-selling album to date. Wilco will love you baby.

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I remember visiting a friend of mine at his new apartment twosummers ago. He had moved in about a week prior and thenight before held a celebratory bash in honor of his new digs.Somehow the guys from Interpol (minus the drummer) showedup after playing a concert earlier that evening.Apart from a few brief trips to an adjoining washroom, theyspent the entire night in a small living-type room in the back. Iventured back there to see what mementos I could find, but wasinstead met with darkness. The lightbulbs had all beenunscrewed from their lamps and were lying on the ground,smashed. There were tiny shards of broken mirror strewnacross the black coffee table and three neatly rolled Americantwenty-dollar bills on the seat of the couch.Then I heard something. A girl was waking up on the groundbeside the couch. I hadn’t noticed her at first, but when she gotup, I saw her clearly. Her darkened eyes, torn black t-shirt andbare feet are all a result of excess. “Is the guitar player still here?”she asked. But he was long gone.

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Ghostface Killa is a bulldozer with a wrecking ball attached. He’salso the most hyperactive lyricist in the Wu Tang Clan. OnFishscale, he seamlessly merged heavy hitting punch lines with off-the-wall Tony Starkisms. But it didn’t sound like 90’s Ghost doingthis. This was fresh, hungry and youthful hip hop. Consideringthis was 2006, this is no small feat—Ghost was pushing his late30's. Huge synthesizers and the south were on the rise, but thisalbum is out of its time. The beats range from Pete Rock’s thread-bare but propulsive “Dogs of War” to Just Blaze’s dense “TheChamp.” Throughout, the hooks are right up front, the chorusesare smooth and Ghost weaves in and out of it all without a pause. Fishscale is an organic and soulful record. It’s classicist to be sure—barring the gross-out perv skit “Heart Street Directions”—but itdoesn’t sound like a throwback. This is 2000’s hip-hop. It’s slickand tightly produced, and far removed from the grimy beats thatGhost came up on. But Ghost and guests still kill it like only theycan. By sounding classic but not dated, Fishscale ultimately soundstimeless.

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Even if you don't dream of hitting someof that sweet, sweet Thom Yorke ass, InRainbows is undeniably Radiohead’s sex-iest album. Its cozy production, corus-cant guitars and honeyed vocals are bothintoxicating and seductive.The album’s intimacy is a result of

using cerebral electronic experimenta-tion purely as decoration for themelodies. Greenwoodisms that, a decadeago, might have devolved into a cacoph-onous paean to the guitarist’s new Moogare reined in and rendered delicate aslace trim, as in the subdued atmosphericsof “All I Need.”

On the fan favourite “Nude,” the bandhas graduated from the adolescent self-hatred of “Creep” to a more sophisticatedpining. Cascading strings shimmer likethe neural net of a droid in love, and thesong builds to a lush, woozy climax asYorke swoons, “You’ll go to Hell forwhat your dirty mind is thinking.” It’sstill signature Radiohead—paranoid,obsessive, self-reflexive—but it’s probablythe closest they’ll get to a slow jam.A 1,000 years from now, robots will

turn on In Rainbows, pour themselvessome synthehol, and make little robotbabies together, wondering who or whatwas a “radio-head.” Somehow, I don’tthink Thom would mind.

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Full swing: Winter blockbusters in review

Johnny Depp, Jude Law andColin Farrell, all close friends ofLedger and conveniently similar-looking for the role, were chosen toportray the character of Tony atvarious stages in the dream world(while Heath played the real-lifeTony). The final cut comes togetherseamlessly, and the dedicated effort

put forth in Ledger’s memory willremain a powerful testament to oneof Hollywood’s most gifted talents.Perhaps the most highly antici-

pated f i lm of 2009 was JamesCameron’s Avatar, a project thathas kept the Titanic director busyfor the past 14 years. Combininglive-action and computer-generatedimagery, Avatar is a remarkablepiece of filmmaking that Cameronhad initially hoped to release wayback in the 90s, but didn’t because

the technology needed hadn’t beeninvented yet. The film grossed over$250,000,000 worldwide in i t sopening weekend and has beenreleased in mult ip le formats ,including RealD 3D as wel l asIMAX 3D (the former provides amore realistic perception of depth,while the latter really jumps off thescreen at the viewer). The film takes place in the dis-

tant future on Pandora, a mooninhabited by the indigenous Na’vi

humanoids who are prevent inghumans from extracting preciousand lucrative rocks on the land theyoccupy. In order to understand theexistence of the Na’vi and earn theirtrust , Dr. Augustine (SigourneyWeaver) creates a system of avatarsin which humans can live throughscientifically-designed Na’vi surro-gate bodies in order to be betterequipped for the wilds of Pandora.The marines send Jake Sully (SamWorthington) into Pandora to con-

vince the Na’vi race to evacuatetheir home or else be killed, butwhen he becomes attached to theworld that he must ultimately helpdestroy, he must make a decisionwhether to remain loyal to thehumans or to live among his newrace. Yet this distinction is exactlywhat Avatar tr ies to erase , andinstead attempts to instil the notionthat all races ultimately have theright to exist, no matter how differ-ent they appear to be.

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Around the campus

Grant Daniels: And so our journeybegins. The UTM nature trail loopsaround the campus, beginning nearLislehurst on the end of Principal’sRoad, and continuing to the footballf ields near the South BuildingParking lot. The air is crisp, the tum-bling snowflakes feel l ike angelfeathers, and the si lence of thewilderness is incredible.

Gordon Freeman: It’s cold. Alsothere aren’t any animals out here,are there? Deer don’t eat people,right?

In the past year, UTM has seen a fairshare of growth in terms of campusinfrastructure. The medical sciencebuilding, and the new instructionalcentres, for better or worse, will make

their mark on the campus and howstudents perceive it. However, in thisquest for a greater student popula-tion, and a more “concrete” experi-ence, students can miss out on thewealth of natural beauty the campushas to offer, which, some may say,truly defines distinguishes UTM

from the other U of T campuses. Inthis article, written in the style of aphoto-log, Gordon Freeman andGrant Daniels explore the UTMnature trail in the hopes of encourag-ing other students to enjoy the CreditRiver area that surrounds the cam-pus.

GD: The muted earth tones of theevergreens and the hibernatingdeciduous create a beautiful pallet,especially buried under the purewhite snowfall. A truly poetic sight,worthy of a Basho haiku. The soundof rushing water pours up from thevalley carved by the Credit River.

GF: Grant, that squirrel looks prettyfreaky. It’s just... staring at me.

GD: The Credit River, gateway toLake Ontario and used historicallyby the French and Mississaugas inthe fur trade. The nature trail runsalong a cliff of sorts that follows theriver and eventually leads here, aquiet, secluded riverbank.

GF: It’s still cold. There’s also mudeverywhere. And that squirrel is fol-lowing me, I know it.

GD: This chimney, or possibly theremains of a wood stove, is probablya remnant of one of the old cottagestructures on UTM. A vital part ofour campus history and a sign of theinterplay between civilization andthe wilderness in the olden times ofrural Canadian life. And yes, it issort of creepy.

GF: Dude, have you ever seen theBlair Witch Project? Because this—

GD: Shut up!

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Stephanie Dadd, 19, curls up on acouch in the Student Centre. Shewears a b lack hoodie and navyblue UTM rowing track pants. Hershort brown hair is tied up. Herlaptop sticks out of her backpack.L ike many s tudent s , she ’ s no tcompletely sure what she wants todo after she graduates, but she hasone major passion. “I always hadan interest in theatre, but in grade12, I got to spend a lot of t imebackstage. I really liked the rush,”Dadd said.

Dadd , a second-year Eng l i shand drama double major, partici-pated in several plays when sheat tended Father Michae l GoetzSecondary School. She played thewi t ch in the mus i ca l I n t o t h eWoods and was Mrs. Claus in AT i c k e t t o t h e N o r t h P o l e .Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest,is among her favourites, as well asthe 2002 movie, Adaptation.Aside from obligations such as a

four-course load and a part-timejob at Chapters, Dadd is currentlyestablishing a club at UTM. “I waslooking to join a drama club, butthere wasn’ t one. People in mydrama class asked about it , so Ithought maybe I’ll just be the oneto make one.”Dadd sa id tha t the idea

“popped” into her head at the endof September. “I thought i t wasrea l ly s t range that UTM didn’ thave a d rama c lub , e spec i a l l ybecause there’s such a strong the-atre program here. There was a

drama c lub in the pas t , bu t i tseems like no one cared to get itrecognized.”In October, she sent out emails

through the English and Dramadepartment to recruit members.She received about 50 responsesfrom interested students. “Therehave been some drama majors ,minors , and s tudent s no t indrama. It’s a nice range.”Once the club is officially recog-

n i zed , Dadd hopes to ho ld“ improv” n igh t s and per formshows in the MiST Theatre. Sheplans to put money collected fromticket sales towards future plays.She also wants to travel to highschools to per form for youths .This idea is based on her own highschoo l exper i ence , s ince he rschool did not have a specializeddrama program. Dadd maintainsthat theatre is an important aspectof education. “I would like to givepeople opportunities that I didn’thave in high school,” Dadd said. Another important event is the

upcoming U of T Drama Festival,held annually at Hart House. Thefestival will take place in February2010, and is popular for its stu-dent-written plays. Some studentshave already contacted Dadd withideas. The Drama Coalition runsthe even t and Dadd jugg l e sattending their meetings with par-t i c ipa t ing in Leading Ladies , ayouth outreach drama program atSoulpepper Theatre in Toronto. Even though she has ye t to

assign positions in the club andcomplete the club’s constitution,Dadd is dedicated to creating thedrama c lub. She was ambit iousenough to start her own businessmaking clay charms when she wasin grade eight, but admits, “It ’staking up a lot of time. I didn’tknow how much work goes intostarting a club.”When asked if she plans to start

any o ther campus c lubs , Daddsmiles and shakes her head. “No.This’ll be my baby.”

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At 1:00AM 00 a.m., I sat in the base-ment of 3565 Wideridge Road. Thetwo storey duplex house belonged toAunt Angie and her husband George.I used their house as a weekendescape from campus life. The base-ment living room was my main sta-tion.

The muted TV threw patterns ofcolored light across the room thatreflected off the smooth white surfaceof the humming refrigerator and thequietly bubbling aquarium thathoused a single yellow fish. I sat inthe futon bed with my laptop on myfolded legs. I pecked and tapped atmy touch pad, photoshopping a per-fect white lotus into my brotherEden’s super short black hair. Hisattempt at a sexy smoldering expres-sion coupled with the flower tuckedbehind his ear drew a chuckle frommy lips.

I thought of emailing the picture toEden. I chuckled again, began to closemy computer, then stopped.Footsteps creaked on the woodenfloor above my head. I suspected itwas Nathan, my aunt’s eldest son,looking for midnight snacks. Thecreaks became dull thuds as heentered the tiled kitchen. There wasno creak of the fridge door, no slam-ming of cupboard doors. The thudscontinued then died suddenly. Hehad reached the carpeted stairs thatlead down to the basement where Isat.

I looked up, a snarky remark at the

tip of my tongue. A bulky figureemerged from the shadow of thestairwell. It wasn’t Nathan. It wasGeorge, my aunt’s husband, in paja-ma bottoms. And shirtless. A fine lineof graying hairs ran up his bulbousbelly and spread out across his flabbychest like the mouth of a river feedinginto a lake. His slippers shuffledagainst the carpet as he dragged him-self across the room. I tried not totake too much notice. A prickle ofdiscomfort played at my spine.

George opened the fridge door.Glass jars and bottles clinked. A smellof old asbestos and dampness waftedmy way. George bent over, peeredinto the fridge, scratched his head.He moaned and shut the door. Hetook nothing out. He put nothing in.

I shrank away from the edge of thebed a bit, stared at my computerscreen and chewed my lip. Georgetook a few steps towards me. Hestood beside the futon and studiedthe muted television. He stood therefor a long minute.

“What you doing?” George askedleaning over me slightly.

“Essay.”“Almost done?”“No.”“Everything okay?”“Yeah.”“Okay then.” George rubbed his

head and yawned loudly. His hand inhis hair sounded like his slippers onthe carpet. His belly jiggled as hedropped his hand back to his side.

“Well, good night then.”“Good night,” I mumbled.I blinked and George’s hand took

hold of my chin. He forced my faceupwards towards him. I cringed andaverted my gaze. I felt a paralyzingchill. George yanked my head backtowards him and brought his facedown to mine. I wriggled andsquirmed. His warm breath brushedagainst my lip. Moisture stung myeyes. George leaned in towards me.

I froze. George’s lips touched mine.His scraggly, uneven moustachebrushed against my upper lip. Ijerked away. My voice didn’t work. Ifelt like a tiny, trapped animal: wide-eyed and crazed.

George straightened up, looked atme, and half-smiled.

“What’s the matter?” Georgeasked.

I shook my head. My hands trem-bled. My voice left me. I clenched myfists.

“What? I can’t kiss you?”A voice I hardly recognized as my

own sounded firm. “I’d rather younot.”

“Okay,” George said. “Good night.”I turned back to my computer. I

watched George’s slippers shuffleback up the stairs from the corner ofmy eye and listened for the thuds onthe titled kitchen floor and the creakson the wooden hallway that wouldtell me he had gone back to his bed-room, to his wife, to my aunt.

I shut my computer down andburied myself into the thick covers ofthe futon. I wrapped myself into theduvet, leaving only my eyes and noseout. I watched those stairs and lis-tened to the floor above my head. Iwatched until I fell into fitful sleep.

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A midnight encounterI don’t expect you to get this poem

I don’t expect you to grasp my Artful

ways and turns of phrase, and how I make the

world you know spin upon my pencil�tip.

You say my poem’s poor? Not iambic?

How can you even grasp the myriad

ways I play and twist and innovate the

string of useless sounds that you call English.

Just give up now, a plebian like you

Should read some simpler things. Read Analects,

The Metamorphoses, the Oddysey,

Something where blood and gore and sex prevails.

I’m Homer out of Ithaca, Rumi

into Persia. I’ve read their works and learned

their tricks and now I’ll make my mark. Just watch

the sparkly words I pull from air and dark.

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UTM Division 1 men’s basketball team makesit to finals in Humber College tournament Despite having only eight players, the exhausted Eagles fought their way to the finals, only to lose 63�30in the championship game against Humber North

The Men’s Division 1 team played inthe OCAA Humber College ExtramuralBasketball Tournament on December 4.Extramural tournaments at the OCAAinvolve college teams comprised of ex-varsity and top non-varsity players.Missing a few players due to exams,UTM went to Humber with only eight,and were looking to better their lastperformance against Humber North,whom they lost to in the semi-final ofthe UTM OCAA ExtramuralTournament.UTM had the tournament opening

game at 8:15 a.m. against the top-ranked Humber College North team.UTM came out slowly after almostarriving late for the game and trailed31-17 at the half. The second half wasmuch better for UTM, with all its play-ers hitting the score sheet in the secondhalf. The team, however, still couldn’tcut into the Humber lead, and theNorth squad ended the game on a 7-0run to make the final score 59-40. FedjaKuljanin and Osama Abdelkader ledUTM in scoring with nine points each.UTM then faced Seneca’s York

Campus in the next game. UTM heldleads of 14-5 and 22-12 before Senecascored the last six points of the half toclose the gap to 22-18. In the secondhalf, Seneca was able to hang withUTM with the two teams trading bas-kets all half. Seneca managed to take aone point 41-40 lead late in the secondhalf on a three pointer by Joel Wilson.UTM had a three of their own on a bas-ket and a made foul shot by

Abdelkader. The two teams then tradedleads for the last minute until UTM’sKent Bray scored the winning basket.UTM had scraped by for a much need-ed 46-43 win. Bray was the UTMteam’s leading scorer with 11 points.UTM then took on North Bay’s

Canadore College in a must win gameto advance to the medal round. Theundersized Canadore team was able tostay with UTM in the first half to keepthe game close. UTM led at the half 30-20. Early in the second half UTM final-ly realized that Canadore had no postplayer that could cover Kuljanin, andeasy dumps inside led to Kuljanin scor-

ing all of his game and team high 18points in the second. UTM went on toa convincing 65-43 win, ensuring theirspot in the semis.UTM’s opponent in the semi-final

was Sheridan College, who finishedfirst in their pool. Sheridan came outstrong and UTM, who were dominantinside in the previous game, looked toscore from the three point line at thestart of this game. UTM hit threestraight three’s but still trailed Sheridan11-9. Sheridan ended the half with afive point, 25-20 lead over the Eagles.With less than 80 seconds left, itappeared that UTM was on the verge of

elimination. Sheridan had a 42 to 34lead and was looking to slow the gamedown. Their stall did not work asmissed foul shots and UTM stealsallowed UTM to pull within four.UTM’s Ambrish Patel hit a three point-er to pull UTM to within one point, 42-41 with 15 seconds left. UTM managedto get the ball back on a Sheridanturnover and called a time-out with 2.8seconds on the clock. The Sheridan team pressured the

half-court inbounds, almost forcing afive count until Kuljanin came to theball from the elbow and caught the balljust outside the three point line. Two or

three Sheridan defenders jumped outon him, but he was able to turn andfind a wide open Andre Woodroffe inthe paint four feet from the basket.Woodroffe’s shot went up, narrowlybeating the buzzer, and then wentswish for the one point UTM win, 43-42. The UTM players jumped off thebench, mauling Woodroffe after theref’s delayed basket good signal hadgiven everyone a near heart attack.UTM had managed to claw back froman eight point deficit within 80 secondsto earn a spot in the final. Patel ledUTM and all scorers with 16 points,and Woodroffe added nine points.UTM then faced Humber North for

the second time in the tournament andthird time this year. The Humbersquad of 14 players had too much leftin the tank in the final and they werenot about to lose on home court. UTMwas hanging in tough, refusing to giveup, but with the score 13-10 forHumber, the Humber team went on a17-4 run and led 30-14 at the half. Thesecond half was all Humber as theycruised to a 63-30 win over an exhaust-ed UTM Eagles squad. UTM wereawarded t-shirts for being the tourna-ment finalists. Woodroffe had ninepoints in the losing cause for UTM,while Bray added eight and FiazAhmed had four. All the players should be proud of

their play, as five games in a day is real-ly tough, and to make it to the finalwith only eight players was quite anaccomplishment. The team consisted ofElias Sbiet, Ahmed Fiaz, Kent Bray,Andre Woodroffe, Osama Abdelkader,Fedja Kuljanin, Ambrish Patel andLuke Maker.

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A mixture of youth and veteran leadership defines Team Canada hockey team

The winter break brought aboutmany changes and announcementsin the world of sports, but for manyCanadians, none is bigger than theannouncement of who will repre-sent our country in the Olympics.Steve Yzerman and his group ofadvisors had the daunting task ofchoosing the individuals who willwear the red and white for theircountry and represent a nation inthe process. These few men know what is

expected of them—a Gold Medal.Anything less will be disappointingto them, their coaches and thenation. Many quest ions havealready been asked about the playersselected, as several big names wereleft off the Olympic hockey team.Fortunately, the easiest decision was

regarding the goaltending situationand who will backstop their countrybetween the pipes. Martin Brodeur, easily the great-

est goaltender of a l l t ime, wasnamed to the team. His back up willmost likely be Roberto Luongo, whois coming off a rib injury but con-tinues playing the best hockey in hiscareer. Finally, Marc-Andre Fleury,who won the Stanley Cup last year,proved he can play in pressure situ-ations. These three men will have allthe pressure to keep the puck out ofthe net, which is the key to successin hockey.The defensive core was a little

more difficult to select as there aremany good Canadian players. First,the captain selected by the commit-tee is NHL veteran ScottNeidermayer, who is older thanmany players but brings a calm, vet-eran presence needed to lead ateam. Another veteran joining the

team is Chris Pronger, who has hada solid year for Philadelphia thusfar.

A controversial pick over DionPhaneuf is Drew Doughty, who is inhis sophomore season in the NHL.Young and inexperienced, Doughtycould prove costly to the team. ButYzerman believes Doughty is pre-cisely the young player needed tohelp the team win, as he bringsphysicality and puck-moving ability. Another controversial selection to

the team is Shea Weber. He has hada quiet year with Nashville thus far,

but he is an extremely fast and skil-ful puck handler, which will comein handy against faster teams suchas Russia.The forwards selected were more

controversial than the defencemen,simply because few individuals werenot se lected. Neither VincentLecavalier nor Martin St. Louis wasinvited to join the team inVancouver, despite being expectedto. Patrice Bergeron, who is havingan outstanding year with Boston,was selected, but has yet to provehimself on an international level. Aweaker se lect ion was named inBrendan Morrow, but he bringsleadership on and off the ice. Only time will tell if Canada has

put together a team strong enoughto compete with the powers ofRussia and Sweden. It is going to bean excit ing Olympics to watchregardless of which players Canadahas. Eh-Oh-Canada-Go!

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World Cup 2010—group A to D previewJust months away from the showcase in South Africa, The Medium takes a look at groups A to D in atwo�part series

Every four years, the world becomesunited by one common denominator—football, or as it is known in NorthAmerica, soccer.But no matter how you say it, thegame becomes a pinnacle for peaceand prosperity for all individuals inthe world. The world waited withbated breath as the draw took placeon December 5. Nearly a month later,the groups are set and the debateshave begun. From Spain to SouthAfrica, 32 nations will participate, butonly one will earn the distinction ofworld’s best.

Group A: South Africa, Mexico,Uruguay, France

Host South Africa will have home-field advantage, but will this really be enough to carry themthrough? Questions surroundFrance’s inclusion in the tournament,after a deliberate handball from strik-er Thierry Henry. Mexico, who fin-ished second in CONCACAF qualifi-cation behind the United States, willalso be a threat, as El Tri make theirfifth consecutive appearance at theWorld Cup. Uruguay, who won thefirst-ever World Cup, rounds out thegroup. Look for Diego Forlan to lead the attack. A side steeped inWorld Cup history, the Uruguayanswill push France and Mexico for firstplace in the group. As for SouthAfrica, while the aspirations of acountry desperate for success willdrive them in the stands, they will beon the outside looking in, but don’t be surprised if they pull off anupset. Final Standings: France, Mexico,

Uruguay, South Africa

Group B: Argentina, Nigeria,Korea Republic, Greece

After a less-than-convincing run inSouth American nations qualifying,Argentina sits as the clear favorite ingroup B. But if history has taught usanything, it’s that what appears to bea sure lock on paper is not always thecase on the pitch. Coach DiegoMaradona’s motives and behaviorshave caused national furor amongstthe citizens of Argentina, but nowthat the Albiceleste are through, theyare once again considered tourna-ment favorites. The Super Eagles fromNigeria had to wait to the final day ofAfrican qualifying to book their spotin the tournament, but look for themto join Argentina as the second teamto advance. Korea Republic and Euro2004 winners Greece round out thegroup, and while they may showflashes of brilliance and could evencause an upset, their bids for secondround will ultimately fall short. Final Standings: Argentina, Nigeria,

Greece, Korea Republic

Group C: Algeria, England,Slovenia, USA

For an English side desperate toresurrect their international reputa-tion after failing to qualify for Euro2008, the 2010 showpiece in SouthAfrica not only provides renewedoptimism but a sense of excitement,as Fabio Capello’s mark has beenexplicitly left on a side desperate forfocus and discipline. The Three Lionscan take solace in the fact that theywere top scorers in the Europeanzone with 34 goals, but in the end,accomplishments are transient. TheUnited States enter this group asfavorites to grab the second spotbehind the English. After a stellar per-

formance at the Confederations Cup,where they beat Spain and were up onBrazil 2-0 in the final before eventual-ly losing out, the United States cancertainly push England to the limit. It has been 24 years since Algeria

have played on the world stage. Theirhotly contested and politically-steeped clashes with Egypt in the finalplay-off earned them a spot in SouthAfrica, but with two powerhouses inEngland and the United States, it willbe difficult for the North African sideto mount any offense. While they dohave some players plying their tradein Europe’s top leagues, it will be dif-ficult to see them progress through tothe next round, or even garner three

points. Rounding out the group is aSlovenian side ready to embark onanother World Cup journey. Theirsecond appearance after Korea/Japan2002, the Slovenians will look to con-tinue the impressive form they showedin defeating Russia, and hope to giveEngland and the United States a scare. Final Standings: England, USA,

Slovenia, Algeria

Group D: Germany, Australia,Serbia, Ghana

During qualification, each side ingroup D breezed through the opposi-tion and swiftly booked their spots toSouth Africa. With the groups all set,

Group D has become one of thetoughest groups to predict. TheGermans, semi-finalists from the 2006World Cup, are clear favorites, but it isthat crucial second spot which seemsto be drawing the attention of both diehard fans and neutrals alike. On the one hand, you have Ghana,

the first African side to qualify for the2010 tournament, who boast not onlyworld-class talent but the heart tomatch. With stars like Michael Essienand Stephen Appiah, look for theBlack Stars to prove that their debutcampaign in the World Cup was nofluke, as they will look to progressalongside the powerful Germans.Australia, who switched qualifyinggroups, jumping from Oceania toAsian qualification, has a newDutchman at the helm in Pim Verbeekand will look to ride their qualifyingsuccess into a top-two finish. But withstar-studded opponents seemingly allover this group, it will be tough for theSocceroos to make their mark. Thenagain, their showing in 2006 was quiteimpressive. The final group, and possibly the

most surprising, is Serbia. The WhiteEagles took qualification by storm, eas-ily disposing of France and grabbingtop spot in the group. An independententity once again after separating fromMontenegro, this Serbian side boasts alethal mix of veteran leadership andyouthful exuberance exemplified withDejan Stankovic and Nemanja Vidic.While the side will look to carrynational pride on their shoulders, theywill be an exciting side to watch, but inthe end will fall short in their bid toprogress to the next round. Final Standings: Germany, Ghana,

Serbia, Australia

Be sure to catch the final installmentnext week as The Medium delves intogroups E to H.

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More student athletes neededfor U of T Intramural teams

More students are needed to con-tinue the strong start that the UTMEagles teams have gotten off to inthe Fall U of T Intramural Program.UTM student athletes have workedhard this fall and their efforts haveled to four U of T Intramuralchampionships. Women’s Division1 soccer, men’s tri-campus soccer,women’s Division 2 football andthe women’s Division 1 basketballteams a l l captured U of TIntramural championships forUTM this past fall.New sports will be offered for

UTM students during the winterterm. New sports leagues that startin January inc lude: men’s andwomen’s lacrosse , men’s waterpolo, women’s field hockey, men’sand women’s ice hockey, men’s andwomen’s vol leybal l , men’s andwomen’s basketbal l , men’s andwomen’s indoor soccer , men’scricket, co-ed basketball and co-edultimate. There are often more than one

team offered in each sport, and stu-dents who come to the skill evalua-tions/try-outs wil l be placed on

teams that best suit their skill level.“We try very hard not to make anycuts and often with some sports, wemay not even have enough peopleto get the team running,” said JackKrist, program coordinator with theDepartment of Physical Education. Women’s ice hockey and field

hockey, and men’s water polo andlacrosse have seen numbers declinein the recent years.U of T Intramural teams are not

Varsity and you wil l be playingagainst students from St. Georgeand U of T Scarborough, who havesimilar skil ls . Most UTM Eaglesteams practice only once per weekand have one game per week. Someof the higher level UTM teams haveOCAA extramural tournaments andexhibition games.If you have played a sport before

at any level, you should come outand get involved in playing forUTM at the U of T Intramurallevel. One or two students couldmake the di f ference of whetherUTM has a team or not .Participation in a sport is a greatway to make long lasting friend-ships with teammates and will giveyou a better sense of connection tothe UTM community. The U of T

Intramural Program is free to allUTM students, and transportationto and from games at St. Georgeand UTSC is arranged through theProgram Office.With four fall championships,

the UTM Eagles are on their way toanother banner year in U of TIntramurals. Skill evaluation/try-out sessions start on January 6.Please v is i t the Athlet ics & Recreat ion websi te a twww.utm.utoronto.ca/physed formore info.

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PGA ratings decline afterTiger’s “indefinite” leave

Eldrick “Tiger” Woods tipped the scaleof 2009 celebrity scandals, alongsideChris Brown’s beating of girlfriendRhianna and Kanye West being KanyeWest at the VMA’s. According to research by the

University of California, Woods lost$13.65 billion of shareholder’s money,as stocks in companies endorsed byTiger Woods dropped 2.3% after newsof Woods’s infidelity. “Investors in three sports-related

companies—Tiger Woods PGA TourGolf, Gatorade and Nike—fared theworst, experiencing a 4.3 per cent loss,or about $US6 billion,” wrote theSydney Morning Herald.The PGA Tour showed harsh signs of

Tiger fatigue as viewership of the Tourfell by 50%. The viewership drop affects not only

the PGA’s sponsorship appeal, but alsodecreases the purse money offered toparticipating golfers. “(…) Tiger is whywe’re playing with so much money,”said “Bad Boy” golfer John Daly onABCnews.com. Daly and other PGAgolfers may not see a financial reversaluntil the next Tiger Woods, as Woodsclaims he is taking an “indefinite” breakfrom golf to focus on his family.

Woods changed many aspects of golfsince his introduction into the profes-sional golf realm in 1996. He has sincewon 71 tournaments on the PGA Tour.He leads the PGA in monies won and,at 21, was the U.S. Masters tournamen-t’s youngest champion. Woods was alsothe first professional athlete to earn $1billion and the only golfer to own allfour major golf trophies, the BritishOpen, the U.S. Open, U.S. Masters andthe PGA Championship, at the sametime. “When Tiger was six months old, he

would sit in our garage, watching me hitballs into a net,” said Woods’ father,Earl Woods, on tigerwoods.com. “Hehad been assimilating his golf swing.When he got out of the high chair, hehad a golf swing.”Woods began his career at age two,

appearing on CBS News and puttingalongside Bob Hope. At age three, heshot a 48 on nine holes; at age six, herecorded his first hole-in-one and at age17, received a scholarship to StanfordUniversity. So will the National Treasure’s fall

from golf grace affect participation inthe game of golf? According to TomStine from Golf Datatech, a marketingresearch company, “Tiger doesn’t affectrounds played. The average player does-n’t care if Tiger’s playing. They’ll playgolf no matter what.”

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