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December 2021
** Note: picture was taken prior to current MB health guidelines and following the
current health restrictions at the time **
Letter From The editors
Dear fellow Aggies,
We hope everyone is prepping for the holidays and drinking lots of
holiday cocktails. We wish everyone the best for their finals and hope
you all get that minimum grade needed to never take that course again
(shoutout to Chemistry and Math). During this time and with the
announcement of Winter term starting online, we hope everyone is
taking care of themselves and remembering to check in on their friends.
Due to the continuation of online school, we wanted to share our
favourite ways to get through it:
• Make sure to text your friends during class.
o Ensures maximum retention of knowledge taught.
• Have a buddy to facetime when studying.
o A 50/50 split between chatting and actually studying is a good goal to
aim for
• Facetime your friends in the lab as well when doing the assignments.
o Because you definitely don’t know
how to do the lab.
• Stay in pj pants but change up the shirt so
you look like you have it together when
you need to turn your camera on.
• If you need to add some baileys to your
coffee… we don’t judge
Lastly, we just want to wish everyone
Happy Holidays and hope you all are
staying safe!
Sincerely,
Your Barbed Wire Editors
-Tristan and Karissa
Letter From the Senior Stick Merry Christmas Aggies and Foodies, I hope you have all been surviving exam season fairly unscathed. To those who are having classes while also writing finals, you’re a trooper and job well done. The recent news of returning to in person classes being delayed I know is difficult and disappointing for some. Our community is one of the most social on campus so I know how hard being at home, learning, has been for everyone. However, rest assured we are working on what we can and can’t do, so we can help keep the Aggie spirit alive. So stay tuned to our social media pages for updates! On the student advocacy front, FASO executive made a recommendation to Faculty Council, for professors and instructors to have a grading scheme that puts less emphasis on the final exam period. The winter exam period has been shrunk, and the last thing we want is students having to potentially face writing 5 exams in 6 days. I am happy to report that the recommendation was very well received, and passed unanimously. You can see the full recommendation on our website, uofmaggies.ca. Finally, I want to wish you all a safe, and Merry Christmas! I know this time is meant for gathering and connecting with friends and family, and I hope even given the circumstances, you find the opportunity to do so in a proper manner. As always, never hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. See you in 2022! Shawn Williment Senior Stick FASO
5 Tips for a Successful Aggie Christmas
By: Alexis Neufeld & Amber Heirman
Tip 1: Decorations
Don’t let a low budget stand in your way of decorating your home for Christmas this year.
Recycling used shot gun shells not only shows you care about the environment but is also a
colourful addition to your front door. Don’t hunt? No problem. Just use red solo cups, which
every aggie should already have handy, to make the fanciest of Christmas wreaths.
Tip 2: Christmas Tree Set up
Can’t forget about the staple Christmas decoration. After all the hard work you’ve been doing
throughout the hunting season, it’s the perfect time to show off your brag tree in holiday
fashion. Again, no worries if you don’t hunt, luckily red solo cups are pretty universal. Just stack
a few on top of each other, string a set of lights around them and you’re good to go!
Tip 3: Christmas Card Now that you have your decorations up, time to take that Christmas card photo. Remember to keep it classy. Tip 4: Presents Unsure of what to get the fam for Christmas? Anything aggie related is guaranteed to make the best Christmas present. If you don’t believe me, look how happy they are…
Tip 5: Proper transportation Finally, for those that are planning a Christmas rager, don’t forget to make sure your guests have reliable transportation to and from your party. Depending on the size of the rager, you may want to consider something like this DIY limo.
Banana bread recipe
This is one of my favourite banana bread recipes! I got this recipe from Simply Recipes a while
back and I’ve been making it nonstop. It’s easy to make and doesn’t take a lot of prep time
which is great if you feel like baking something during finals, and it’s perfect for the holidays!
Prep time: 10 mins
Bake time: approx. 50 mins
Yields: 1 loaf
Ingredients:
• 3 overripe bananas
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• A pinch of salt
• ¾ cup sugar (use less if you prefer it to be less sweet)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and ½ cups AP flour
Instructions:
• Preheat oven to 175 C (350 F) and butter loaf pan (you can also use a bundt cake pan)
• In a bowl, mash bananas until smooth. Add melted butter and mix (you can use a hand
mixer but a whisk also works!)
• Add the baking soda, salt, sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix together then add
the flour.
• OPTIONAL: you can add in chocolate chips or coconut flakes!
• Pour into buttered pan and bake for 40-50 mins at 175 C, or bake until a wooden
toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean
• Take it out of the oven when ready and let it cool for a few minutes. Enjoy with a hot
cup of coffee while studying!
Rye Guy Report Fall 2021
There is nothing to report. The Rye Guys have not
played any hockey since the last edition of the RGR. The Fall
2021 season has concluded without anything interesting
happening. In other news Rye Guy management is searching
out new head coach options, hopeful on the unique style of
John Tortorella to frighten the guys into scoring more than a
handful of goals in the final 3 games of the season to
continue performing at the best of their abilities like they
have been all year. With the return of students to campus
more teams will be entering the league and the Rye Guys
should be the fan favourite to win the B-side league. With
more than 3 fans cheering the team on and faceoff’s
potentially not being at 10pm on a Thursday moral would
never be higher.
Post season interviews conducted at the Nob led to
some valuable insight on where the team’s headed.
Conflicting theories come from Netminder Dan Pouteau and
power forward Stelio Constantinides with the former saying
“If they don’t shoot they wont score” and the later being
quoted that “just 1 more pass” will prevent Whiskey River
from being played postgame in the dressing room. Liam
Foster simply told sources “You miss 100% of the shots you
don’t take”. When asked if that was a Liam original he said
of course, bringing plagiarism concerns into his academic
writings as well.
An Aggie Letter to Santa
Dear Santa Claus,
This year we have been very nice especially since we haven’t
had the chance to go out very often. We’ve had a very
distressing year and are hoping you could send us the things
on our list to make us feel better. All we ask for is...
In person classes
Enough money to support nob nights winter semester
Carhartt clothes
Popcorn back at the nob
$10.25 pitchers every day
And a new liver to use after hoedown week
We promise to be on our best behaviour until the week of
January 24th, 2022 and thank you in advance for providing us
the things to get through our next semester.
Sincerely,
Your favourite UofM Aggies
p.s. we promise to leave you a beer and some dons
Jess’s Jell-O Shots
By: Jess Livingston
Margarita
• Lime Jell-O mix
• 1 cup boiling water
• 6 oz tequila
• 2 oz margarita mix
• Pinch of salt on top when firm
Cherry Bomb
• Cherry Jell-O mix
• 1 cup boiling water
• 5 oz white rum
• 3 oz coke
Orange Cream-Sicle
• Orange Jell-O mix
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup Butterscotch or Vanilla vodka **whichever is cheaper or gets you more air miles
• Little splash of whip cream on top when firm never hurts
Blue Lagoon
• Lime Jell-O mix
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1.5 oz pineapple juice
• 1.5 oz blue curacao
• 5 oz white rum
EggNoggen (Holiday Special)
• Unflavoured gelatin packet
• 1 cup eggnog *** slowly bring to a boil and slowly stir in
gelatin until devolved
• ¼ cup brandy
• ¾ cup baileys or rumchata
• Pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg
Fools Red Hot
• Cherry Jell-O mix
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup fireball
• Crush cinnamon hearts and sprinkle on top
• ** pass out to group and take the shot all at once and enjoy the faces
and reactionsWANTED
Any opponent to play against the
Barley Queens for the winter term
Please! We are desperate
Again, for questions, comments and concerns
contact:
Karissa Render – Captain
Elyce Dirks – Jersey B*tch
Hayley Shirtliff – Carpool coordinator
(Previous designated driver – now taking applications to fill the position for
January)The perfect gift Idea
Are you struggling to find the perfect Christmas gift this holiday season
for the special man or woman in your life? Introducing Croclops the
perfect combination of Crocs and Dunlop boots to make a hybrid
shoe/boot like none other.
Features include:
• Good boot drainage curtsey of the crocs, great for those extra
rainy days
• An advanced sports mode just like on your regular croc allowing
you to put those bad boys in 4x4 if need be
• High leg coverage from the Dunlop boot enabling you to enter
those extra deep waters or whatever you decide to step in
• Breathability – most peoples feet get sweaty in rubber boots due
to the sealed nature of most boots. Croclops allow your feet to
breath avoiding the smell and moisture that can come from
sweaty feet.
On a tight budget this year and can’t afford such an extraordinary
shoe/boot as the Croclop? That’s alright you can always make your
own! All you need is a pair of Dunlop boots used, or new and a drill or
knife to make those boots extra holey.
Disclaimer: DIY boots do not come with sports mode feature under these instructionsJingle Bells (the Aggie Version) We wish you an Aggie Christmas
By: Amber Heirman and Alexis Neufeld By: Amber Heirman and Alexis Neufeld
Dashing through the field We wish you an aggie Christmas
In a new tractor we got today We wish you an aggie Christmas
O’er the fields we go, We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
Yehawing all the way. new year!!!
gears on transmissions grind, Good drinking we bring to you and your kin
Creating many fights, We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
what fun it is to ride and sing new year!!!
a Yehawing song tonight, oh!
Oh, bring us some minty weather
work that field, work that field, Oh, bring us some minty weather
work that field all day Oh, bring us some minty weather
what fun it is to ride And bring it right here
in a new tractor all the way, hey!
work that field, work that field, Good drinking we bring to you and your kin
work that field all day We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
oh what fun it is to ride new year!!!
in a new tractor all the way
We won’t go until harvest is done
now the ground is tilled We won’t go until harvest is done
go sew it while you can We won’t go until harvest is done
take the boys tonight So bring it right here
sing while playing pong.
get a whiskey sour Good drinking we bring to you and your kin
maybe a triple, or 3! We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
and hope and pray tomorrow new year!!!
you’ll make your 8:30!!!
We all like our whiskey sours
Oh, work that field, work that field, We all like our whiskey sours
work that field all day We all like our whiskey sours
oh! what fun it is to ride With all its good cheers
in a new tractor all the way, hey!
work that field, work that field, Good drinking we bring to you and your kin
work that field all day We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
oh what fun it is to ride new year!!!
in a new tractor all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride We wish you an aggie Christmas
In a new tractor all the way! We wish you an aggie Christmas
We wish you an aggie Christmas and a happy
new year!!!The Ultimate Aggie Christmas Wishlist
Dear Santa, we have been good this year
(somewhat) and we wanted to ask you if we could get a
few things under the Christmas tree this year:
- Aggie Merch
- Carhartt toque
- Cash to spend on hoedown week and nob nights
- Plaid jacket
- A brand new pair of bloodstones/cowboy boots
- Gift cards for any of the following places: Smitty’s,
Liquor Mart, Skip the Dishes, Peavey Mart, Cabela’s,
etc.… (absolutely under no circumstances receive any
A&W gift cards)
- Any yeti drinkware
- Costco socksHallmark Drinking Game
We have all seen the commercials, the one about the girl with the struggling bakery or the one
who finds their Christmas spirit during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Sadly, they are all too
predictable, but yet premiere almost 24/7 during Christmas time. Yes, that’s right it’s Hallmark movie
time. I have figured out the only way to make these movies bearable to watch with your friends and
almost enjoyable (key to the almost) is to make a drinking game out of it. Here are some of my favourite
rules to use when watching these movies…. Be warned with the right cringy Hallmark movie you and
your friends are in for a night.
Note: also works for some Netflix original Christmas movies as well.
Take a Sip when:
Any character has a Christmas related name (ex. There is an obvious product placement
Holly, Nick, Chris) advertisement
The town has a Christmas themed name There are more than 4 Christmas trees in a
(Evergreen, Christmas Valley, etc.) room at once
There is a newcomer who partakes in an old There is a Christmas activity or contest (ex.
family/town tradition Scavenger Hunt, baking contest, etc. )
A “big city” person is transplanted to a small town An old flame is rekindled
The lead tries to save their family business Mistletoe is spotted
One of the leads comes from royalty Snowball fight or ice skating
You see an ugly Christmas sweater A magic deal is done with Santa or an Angel
Someone gets snowed in The lead is a single parent
Christmas carolers appear The town has a tree lighting ceremony
There is a proposal Two leads almost share a kiss
A misunderstanding occurs between the main A main character lives in a very nice house
characters (take two sips if it was over something (mansion), one which you have no clue how
dumb or easily avoidable) they afforded with their current job
Finish your drink if (warning: some movies may contain all):
1. The holiday cynic is filled with the Christmas spirit at the end of the movie
2. The two romantic leads kiss at the end of the movie.
3. It snows on Christmas day.
4. You cannot bring yourself to finish the movie since it’s that bad to watch
Note: if the two main leads kiss at the same time it starts to snow on Christmas day take an extra shot.You can also read
