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January 20 - January 26, 2012 • DSU WEEKLY DISPATCH Here is a list of upcoming events that you will want to mark your calendars for: The Art of Hosting Workshop Sign Up Deadline Tuesday, January 24 Dylan Matthias, Editor-in-Chief You are invited to join an intensive, three day learning retreat at the majestic Windhorse Farm staff editor@dalgazette.com to dig into the art of hosting conversations that matter. Erica Eades, Copy/Arts Editor copy@dalgazette.com You will learn specific tools for tapping into groups' collective intelligence to solve big Katrina Pyne, News Editor challenges facing our campus, community, and world. 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Whether you love movies, play a creative@dalgazette.com sport or enjoy relaxing with some good friends and a cup of tea we have a society for you. Jonathan Rotsztain, Art Director The DSU societies compete in international competitions, service needs in the community, design@dalgazette.com represent students on social, environmental, and political issues and host exciting social Ben McDade, Business Manager events. Joining a society offers you the chance to make new friends, pursue hobbies and business@dalgazette.com provides the opportunity for you to develop and apply real-world skills applicable to your personal and professional development. contact us www.dalgazette.com The SUB, Room 312 The society fair offers a sample of are 200+ societies on campus. Come to the McInnes 6136 University Avenue room on Thursday January 26, 2012 from 11:00am - 3:00pm to browse through the Halifax NS, B3H 4J2 different societies and learn how to get involved! 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For more information, contact Jamie Arron at DSUVPSL@Dal.ca or check out the B4C website at BrainsForChange.ca Diversity Week January 23 -28 January 23, World of Winter Festival- Drop by the SUB to see how different cultural and ethnic groups celebrate winter at Dal! SUB lobby 11:00am-3:00pm January 24, Film Screening: Miss Representation: The documentary Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (bit.ly/Ownpremiere) in October. The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the under representation of women in positions of power and influence. The showing will begin at 7:00pm. Location TBD January 26, Language exchange at the Grad House. Teach others neat phrases in your favorite language or learn something new! This event will begin at 7:30pm and is sure to be a great time. January 28, Open Mic Party at the T-Room. 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from the editor from the editor E-mail Dylan at editor@dalgazette.com Dylan Matthias Editor-in-Chief Get ready for lower attendance at nostalgic Forum Dal hockey team will play for empty seats JOIN Dylan Matthias Editor-in-Chief I took my first trip to the Halifax the glass on the side, and wobbles when you walk. The concourses up top are deserted and locked, but there are always a few souls up in the high and they play at the Aitken Centre, a massive on-campus arena com- plex. SMU, like Dal, are also working on a new athletics centre to replace serious athletic advancement for its older, amateur players, is the perfect hockey to watch in such a rink: fast, hard and proud. US! Forum three years ago in February to seats just to watch. Alumni Arena. It's just a pity so few students will watch Dalhousie play Saint Mary's in Sadly, the chances that any of them The neighbourhood around the see it. men's hockey. It was a sort of pilgrim- will be students are virtually nil. It's Forum is nice and hopefully some age. The bus was late, the night was a long trek to Almon and Windsor local families will come out to games, dark and cold, the ticket booth was streets from campus. but it will be sparse. Students can be Corrections slow, the arena was a maze. The bus It's hard enough to get students out a little lazy when it comes to haul- Sometimes the Gazette makes a was late again on the way home, too. to on-campus hockey games, though ing themselves out to watch a game. mistake, and sometimes we don't There is a magic to the Halifax usually enough filter in to be respect- To be successful in a market where notice for a while. In numerous Forum, where in all likelihood Dal able. The arena is right across from AUS hockey competes with the CHL articles throughout the fall we mis- will play their men's hockey games Risley Hall and two minutes from and sports on TV, the games need to spelled the name of women's soc- for the next few years while they build Howe, so there's really no excuse be accessible. The Forum, for all its cer player Bianca Jakisa as Biannca a new arena on campus. for those bored on a Friday night. magic, is not, at least for students (if Jakisa. The Gazette regrets the I'm a huge fan of the Forum. It's But Dal is averaging 317 people at you're driving in from Dartmouth, it's error and will amend the online an old-feel hockey rink big enough games this year, down from 422 a another story). version of the articles in question. to be real and weird enough to be right for the sport in eastern Canada. game last year. A perpetually losing team doesn't help, and Dal are last in I love the Forum when it's empty. It is an old-time hockey rink of the sort In the Jan. 13 issue of the Gazette, CONTRIBUTORS’ The criticism of it is the sight-lines, league attendance by a mile. that is disappearing in Canada; it is the band Trouble Andrew was MEETINGS which does make it nearly useless for Interestingly, Saint Mary's are the a connection to the old game that is incorrectly labelled as Trouble big events, but watching a university next lowest, with 614 a game, despite so much a part of our national myth. With Andrew. The Gazette regrets MONDAYS, 5:30PM hockey game there is fun. The press having a good team. The Huskies play AUS hockey, because it is at once both this and all further errors. box is suspended on one arm above at the Forum. UNB have the most, skilled and offers little in the way of ROOM 312, The SUB APPLY NOW FOR GRAD SCHOOL WITH MORE THAN 100 PROGRAMS, YOU’LL FIND YOURS AT CARLETON Carleton offers you a truly unique grad experience. • Shape your own education based on your research or study interests • Work with recognized faculty and industry leaders • Parliament, government, national libraries, major research labs and industry are just down the road Deadlines fast approaching for funding consideration Apply today! carleton.ca/graduate/cu/ The Void Part 7 by Chase Veinotte—Boom. The explosion rocked the entire ship, and it knocked me off of my cot and over my shit hole. I quickly got up, my eyes racing to see my two new friends across from
news news news covers Dalhousie and the greater Halifax community. Contributions are welcome! E-mail Katrina and Torey at news@dalgazette.com Katrina Pyne News Editor “No Fracking Way,” says Halifax Occupy leads environmental protest Alana Westwood is a method of drilling for shale gas be negligible. Though environmen- ing has been put in place in Quebec ment. In both Nova Scotia and NYC, News Contributor accomplished by the injection of pres- tal assessments and further research and internationally in parts of the the technique is currently under sured water and chemicals into deep is ongoing, concern about the tech- United States, France, Australia and review by regulators. In both juris- Halifax’s Parade Square was once wells. This process literally cracks the nique is rising rapidly. South Africa. dictions, leading experts have called again occupied on Jan. 14. rock, allowing for the extraction of As ‘frack off ’ signs were hoisted Sat- for a moratorium on fracking pend- The protest against the expansion natural gas or oil. urday, speakers gave accounts of how ing further study. of hydraulic fracturing in Nova Sco- tia drew concerned citizens from as As technologies improve and the rising price of fossil fuels makes the “We will help fracking impacts their lives. In line with Occupy Nova Scotia ideologies, Spearheading causes such as this one seems to be a likely future direc- far away as Cape Breton and New Brunswick. Though somewhat sub- endeavour more lucrative, growth in the use of fracking has been expo- amplify their the protest’s purpose was to show sol- idarity with the rural communities tion for Occupy Nova Scotia as the movement rapidly gains focus. Man- dued by the snow and freezing rain, over 100 people turned out for ‘No nential. Touted benefits are largely economic, and include job creation, voices.” who are directly affected. Many of the speakers urgently demanded a mor- delker says “Occupy NS does not have a set list of priorities or goals, but we Fracking Way,’ an event spearheaded increased domestic production of fos- atorium for the province on behalf feel if there is a segment of the popu- by Occupy Nova Scotia. sil fuels, as well as reductions in the Though Occupy Nova Scotia took of their supporting organizations lation that is being marginalized, dis- Focusing on a specific issue is a price of natural gas. the lead, the Jan. 14 protest was just including the Environmental Health missed, threatened, or in jeopardy change for Occupy Nova Scotia, as it But peer-reviewed research has the latest in a series of actions by Association of Nova Scotia and the from the actions of the state or cor- reflects a more structured approach. found fracking to be a significant the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource Council of Canadians. porations, we will help amplify their According to Eric Mandelker, orga- source of air and water contami- and Action Coalition (NOFRAC). In the Occupy spirit, the supportive voices and their struggle.” nizer of the protest, “Occupy Nova nation. Fracking also causes earth- The protest followed a conference crowd remained light-hearted, danc- Saturday’s anti-fracking event is Scotia still holds to its core ideology: quakes of magnitudes up to 5.5, and in December and future events are ing to comedic folk music by Cape only the first of many Occupy Nova [to pursue the] resolution of gross has been implicated in the poisoning planned as well. Breton musicians who had travelled Scotia-organized protests to come. economic inequalities, governmental of drinking water. The fracking debate has been heat- to Halifax specifically for the event. corruption and environmental degra- Despite this, some government ing up in both Canada and globally, Similar to Occupy Nova Scotia, Frack Off! • • • Photo by Dan Corbett dation.” reviews in the U.S. and Canada have as opponents of the technique gain opposition to fracking has become Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking,’ found the risks of contamination to momentum. A moratorium on frack- a tenet of New York’s Occupy move- news briefs PhysioClinic a maximum of $500 per year, but sort of study,” Williamson told Dal eHealth Ontario, and is a graduate predict binge drinking habits of one more accessible they will not be required to pay the News. With departments such as from the Schulich School of Law. partner based on the habits of their Dal is making physiotherapy, mas- money out of their own pockets up international trade, marine affairs His talk will concern the Nova Scotia significant other. sage and orthotics more accessible front. and international development, to Secure Health Access Record, and Simon Sherry, assistant professor to students through alternative pay- Anyone interested in these ser- name a few, Dal can provide a wide Dal’s new Personal Health Informa- in the psychology department at Dal ment options. In the past, students vices can contact the clinic directly range of research perspectives. tion Act. and co-author of the study, is one could receive $25 from insurance by phone at 494-3653, or by email at The research will help to develop Other speakers will include guests of many researchers who finds this per visit to a specialist, with a maxi- Dalplex@Physio.ca new strategies for managing these from the RCMP, Bell Aliant and Dal. disconcerting. Sherry clarifies that mum of $500 per academic year. crimes and will lead to greater safety The event, which will include a the concern is not drawn from cou- Mike Mutton, CEO of the Physio- Dal investigates piracy for both naval and coastal communi- light meal, is free for students and will ples who have a few drinks on Fri- Clinic at the Dalplex, says that since Dalhousie’s marine affairs program ties. cost $25 for members of the general day nights. He says the concern is fees in Halifax can range from $50 is researching modern-day piracy. public. For more information visit: for people who make alcohol a cru- to $70 per visit, students are often The two-year research project looks Data Privacy event Dal.ca/DataPrivacyDay cial part of their relationship, and left penniless after paying for their at how piracy could be a potential The 2012 Dalhousie Data Privacy become heavily dependent on it to appointments directly. political, nautical or legal issue. Day is fast approaching. On Jan. 25 Drinking trends in couples have a good time. The new negotiations between According to Dal News, Dal alum- Dal's Information Technology Ser- Researchers at Dal have discov- —Alesia Hebb the Dalplex PhysioClinic and the nus Hugh Williamson uses his 42 vices will be hosting a half-day con- ered that a dating couple can have News Contributor student health insurance allows the years of experience with the Cana- ference to celebrate. a substantial influence on each oth- clinic to send the bill directly to the dian Naval Reserve to supplement eHealth privacy expert Michael er’s drinking behaviour. In fact, Dal insurance company rather than to the ongoing research here at Dal. Power is one of the confirmed guest News says the impact is so substan- the student. Students will still have “Dalhousie is ideally set up for this speakers. Power is involved with tial that researchers were able to me, staring at me again in the dark. It must’ve been only an hour since we last talked. “Wonderful. Our new partner is certainly prepared for everything,” Fox remarked, his sarcasm inhibitors apparently fried.
• January 20 - January 26, 2012 news 5 Residence runs dry Plumbing on the rocks in Fountain House • • • Photo by Angela Gzowski Laura Hubbard occupied so late in the semester. News Contributor Barkley, in email correspondence, made it clear that the facilities team Cassandra Lowartz, a Fountain did what they could to minimize the House resident, pays an extra $480 impact on residents. During the shut- in residence fees for a sink in her down in December, bottled water was room. But she and everyone else who made available to those affected. pays the fee were left with empty taps The shutdown was necessary, Bar- when the Dalhousie facilities team kley says. Earlier this school year, a turned off water to her building in leak was discovered in a hot-water December. line on the fourth floor of Fountain No compensation is being offered House. to the affected students. “In order to replace the damaged “My daily schedule is affected,” section of pipe, water needed to be Lowartz says. “It’s more difficult to do shut down so the plumbing lines my dishes, make coffee in the morn- could be drained,” Barkley wrote. ing.” “Residents were notified and accom- Lowartz also expressed concerns modations were made for them.” about access to washrooms. She has a Lowartz says this is not the only bad knee from an old injury and finds shutdown this calendar year; this it difficult to travel up and down the happened twice during the winter stairs every time she needs to use the semester last year, as well. washroom. She is not the only one frus- Maryanne Barkley, the facilities trated about these plumbing issues: building manager at Dal, sent out an the facilities team is as well. While email to all students before the water Fountain House is a relatively new access was turned off, saying it would building, the plumbing is plastic and be for “maintenance work including connections are sealed with plumb- valve replacement. Fountain resi- ing glue. Barkley acknowledged last dents can use the washroom facilities winter’s issues, saying leaks began in Smith and Bronson houses during to develop in the basement of the this shutdown.” residence. The shutdown was to last from The facilities team worked over the Dec. 19 to 23, the latter part of the summer months on Fountain House exam period. Barkley says the work and its plumbing system, and will was avoided for as long as possible continue to do so after classes end and these dates were chosen because this year. Fountain House would not be fully “How long do you suppose we’ll last against the HKs with this dolt, Master?” The stranger didn’t say a word. “Your friends are here already?” I gasped for breath, my lungs filling with rank air, and stood up.
6 memorial’s memorial January 20 - January 26, 2012 • Memorial for Memorial Arena NO PLACE TO PLAY Intramurals speak out against demolition Paula Sanderson building.” has been meeting with staff from the Staff Contributor Additionally, Krista Cross, senior Halifax Forum to find ice time not manager of marketing, says the facili- only for the varsity teams but also for Owen Melanson says hockey is a life- ties attached to the arena, such as the the clubs and intramurals. style. Alex MacDonald says he can- change rooms, are not adequate. Nothing is finalized, but Cross says not live without it. Sam Legere per- Instead Dal will be building a it’s promising. haps says it best: “There is nothing brand new arena that will offer ser- “It will not be perfect for the short- better. The cold air on your face—it’s vices they believe students need. term,” says Cross. “It will be a tough the Canadian dream.” The plans have not yet been road ahead for the next couple of Melanson, Macdonald and Legere released. Nor have any of the sites years but with the idea that this is are just three of the more than 500 for the proposed plans been “100 short-term pain for long-term gain. Dalhousie students who play intra- per cent confirmed,” says Wheadon- Eventually we will have a space that mural hockey at Memorial Arena. Hore. is perfect—or as close to perfect as we ABOVE: To keep playing, intramural athletes Tyler Trecartin, Elsa Tokunaga and Grant And with Memorial Arena closing The plans include a new fitness may hope.” Flagler will need a new home. • • • Photo by by Angela Gzowski in April, they will soon be without a facility, mixed-use residence and the Wheadon-Hore says she has BELOW: Men’s hockey called the arena home. • • • Photo by Pau Balite rink. new arena. received calls from different groups “One of the best things about com- Shawn Fraser, senior manager of concerned about the closure for the Arena Usage By User Group 2010/1 ing to university was I got to do some- thing that meant a lot to me,” says programs, says this was something that students want. “Two years ago next few years. Cross says for that reason, the rink Legere. “It’s a bit of a bummer.” the students agreed to a facilities’ will happen. “It needs to happen and MacDonald agrees. “I’m kind of improvement fee for fitness facili- needs to happen as fast as possible,” sad. It’s a really nice rink, nice roof, ties and to be implemented when she says. nice architecture,” he says. “I’m angry the doors open,” he says. “There is an In the interim, Dal will continue to Dalhousie it’s closing.” interest and a demand from the stu- offer intramural hockey. “We know Student MacDonald thinks that tearing dents.” it’s important to students,” Cross says. down the rink is unnecessary. “It’s Cross is quick to point out, how- “It just might not be on campus.” 47% 38% just over the top,” he says. ever, that the plan for the new facility First-year Dal student Maddie A&RS (User Nick Twarog doesn’t understand is just getting started. Evans doesn’t think that would be a why the rink is going down. “We live “It’s really preliminary right now… bad thing. “Perhaps that will get us Pay Programs) in Canada,” he says. “Why are they but there is so much that needs to off campus more,” she says. taking down a rink in Canada?” happen,” she says. “It is not a short Rene Yang also doesn’t think it will Community Dal management disagrees. process.” be a problem. “Everything in Halifax Kathie Wheadon-Hore, senior No one wants to guess how long is so close.” manger of building operations with this will take, but Fraser floated four According to Wheadon-Hore, the 15% Athletics and Recreational Services, to five years. motto Dal is taking is, one step back, says there is a need for a new roof During those four to five years Dal five steps forward. The intramu- on the arena. The cost would make it students will have to decide whether ral players will keep playing hockey “hard to justify putting a three to four ice sports mean that much to them. wherever there is a rink. Source: Department of Athletics and Recreational Services, Dalhousie University million dollar roof on a 30-year-old Fraser says the director of athletics “I was hoping for breakfast before they come.” “You may get your wish,” Fox replied and turned to the stranger. “My sensors detect boarding vessels approaching from the south vector.” There was another
• January 20 - January 26, 2012 memorial’s memorial 7 Dal expands for out of province students New residence will add 200 rooms Theresa Ketterling Student Advising Centre, as well as Though the residence will be built need a new arena, plans for a Dalplex went where Eliza Ritchie is, a Dalplex News Contributor Health Services and Counselling Ser- on the property next to the current expansion were “almost back to the expansion would be built where the vices, will get new spaces on the lower arena, the residence would prevent drawing board.” Memorial Arena is now. Excavation has begun on Dalhousie’s floors. snow from blowing off the arena roof Lamb says an arena will prob- new residence and multi-use facility. Lamb says Dal needs about 700 and the arena wouldn’t be able to ably go where Eliza Ritchie is now; LeMarchant Street will look very different Those fenced-in houses on LeMarch- new beds “as soon as possible.” There hold up that amount of snow. So now the space is available and no rezon- in 2014. • • • Photo by Angela Gzowski ant Street will soon be gone, and if all are fewer and fewer high school grads Dal will be building both an arena ing would be necessary. If the arena goes according to plan, workers will from Nova Scotia, which means Dal and a Dalplex expansion. be pouring foundations by mid-Feb- will need to recruit more out-of- Kathie Wheadon-Hore, the senior ruary. province students, who are more manager of building operations at The new residence is one of a few likely to live on campus. Because the the Dalplex, says the Dalplex was new buildings Dal students can Eliza Ritchie residence will likely be built for a student population half expect to see going up in the next five demolished in the next few years, Dal the size of Dal today. The cardio room or so years. A Dalplex expansion and will get an overall gain of about 200 was meant to be a student lounge. a new arena are also in the works. extra beds from the new residence. The Fieldhouse is used for everything The LeMarchant Street residence from yoga to Zumba to varsity prac- is the only one with a set completion tices. date, though. Assistant vice-presi- “We’ve squeezed “We’ve squeezed every bit of space sudoku dent of facilities management Jeff we can for activity areas, but we just Lamb says students should be able to move in by September 2013. every bit of space don’t have enough space,” she says. A new facility would ideally include The residence will contain 326 rooms. Most will be single rooms we can for activity space for exercise classes, cardio, and weight training, and students which share a bathroom and, in some cases, a mini living room with one areas.” wouldn’t have to pay extra to use the cardio room. other room. There are also four-bed- But Lamb says the need for a new room apartments with living rooms And while the new residence is rink will affect what resources the and kitchens but no ovens. The going up, the Memorial Arena is university has to build new facilities. building doesn’t contain a cafeteria, coming down. “We had a wish list, and our wish so at least for now residents will have The revelation that the arena list will now have to change because to use what already exists. would have to come down came as of the rink scenario,” says Shawn Fra- The building will be mixed-use, a surprise to everyone, Lamb says. ser, who oversees campus recreation as well: International Student & A new arena isn’t included in Dal’s programs. He says when it became Exchange Services and the Black 2010 Campus Master Plan. clear in November that Dal would rumble, but I stood my ground, as did my unusual acquaintances. The lights suddenly turned on, blinding me for a moment. Two guards rushed down the corridor; one a scruffy human, and the other a boisterous
8 memorial’s memorial January 20 - January 26, 2012 • Athletic Facilities at Dal: Now & Soon NOW Memorial Arena and adjacent buidlings, slated for demolition between now and April 2012 Eliza Ritchie Hall, slated for demolition upon completition of new residence Leaving campus rink won't be easy The Dalplex Men’s hockey players adjust to new reality SOON Arfa Ayub Pete Belliveau suggested the part- things don’t get too out of control.” Staff Contributor time job to him. While the university has confirmed First-year Dal defenseman and the deconstruction of the arena, no former Halifax Moosehead Pascal official plans have been announced Benjamin Breault isn’t excited about Amyot voiced similar concerns about as to where the school's two varsity the possibility of his team playing Memorial Arena closing its doors. hockey teams will soon play. hockey at the Halifax Forum. “It is nice, close to home,” said Regardless of where the teams are “I hate the lighting,” said Breault, placed, the arena change will take laughing. “I don’t have to lie to tell some getting used to, said Breault. you that much. And hopefully we can attract more than 100 people per “It is nice to “I live in Eastern Passage, so it might be a little bit of a struggle,” he game.” Since arriving at Dalhousie Uni- have the Tiger said. “My wife and I only have a car; it’s a lot of busing around. We may versity almost three years ago to play varsity men’s hockey, Breault on centre ice. have to get away from the system a little, and depending on what time says Memorial Arena has become, what he calls, a “second home.” And I am not too the practices are in the morning I may have to miss a couple. That is out when he found out the university will be demolishing the building in late thrilled about of everybody’s control, though.” But despite the short-term trou- April of this year and perhaps mak- ing the Forum their home rink for a playing on a logo bles the new arrangement may cause, both Breault and Amyot agree that it few years, he was, needless to say, sur- was time for a change. In fact, said prised. other than ours.” Breault, once the new arena is built it The rink's removal means the may help attract recruits to Dal. Tigers will be without an ice surface “In the long run, it won’t be that Future residence with 300+ rooms on campus for about four years. Amyot, referring to Dal's present big of a deal,” added Amyot. “We’ll “The part that hurts me the most rink. “It is also nice to have the Tiger just have to make a few minor adjust- is that I painted all the gold you see on centre ice. I am not too thrilled ments. I mean, if SMU can do it, why outside the locker room, and now it about playing on a logo other than can’t we?” Future fitness and recreation centre will all be gone,” joked Breault, who ours. It’s definitely going to be weird repainted the hallways where the when we play at the Forum, especially The men’s Tigers will have to adjust to dressing room is located in his first when we play the Huskies. There are the change. • • • Photo by Martina Marien year with the team. Then-head coach going to be two crowds. Hopefully New arena ON OUR COVER: Intramural athletes Benjamin Blum, Sam Day, Grant Flagler react to the loss of their play space. We want your MEMORIES of MEMORIAL ARENA—MEMORIALIZE at: Shardian with a large, crooked helm-head and broken claws. I reached out, almost slicing myself on the sharp cell bars. “Hey, hey! You wanna let us out?” Another rumble accentuated my plea. All I got in return
• January 20 - January 26, 2012 memorial’s memorial 9 Tigers likely to suit up at Forum, Metro Centre Dal expected to separate varsity hockey teams in two rinks Ian Froese boxes?' And we're fitting in.” likelihood of receiving lucrative time- some getting used to. Sports Editor Krista Cross, senior manager of slots like Friday and Saturday night. “When you're travelling 10-15 min- marketing at Dal Athletics, said the As a result, the women's team would utes it's not a huge deal, but it's not Dalhousie's hockey teams, it appears, will not just make the fabled Halifax worry that there isn't enough ice for Dal's varsity hockey programs is not be relegated to the Metro Centre where their requests will fall below as convenient obviously as walking to the parking lot and going to Alumni Hockey camps Forum their home rink for the next few years, but they will also share necessary. “At the moment, it's not about hav- the QMJHL's Mooseheads, NBL's Rainmen and numerous concerts in Arena, so there's logistical challenges of how do you get your team all there to be shortened space at the city's biggest arena as ing time, it's about having a good the pecking order. for practice and how do you get your The April demise of Memorial well. time. We want to make sure that team back to class.” Arena won't just spell a new home Rumblings about Dal transferring we're considering that they're stu- Although distance from campus for some of Dalhousie's varsity their on-ice programs to the Forum were heard as soon as the announce- dent-athletes first and they can't be out until 2 a.m. We have to make sure “There’s not a to these new arenas is an issue, Mac- Donald says that it should not be a and recreation teams, but also for its summer hockey camps as ment to tear down Memorial Arena due to the construction of a nearby there are appropriate times for our practices.” chance that we big concern, especially in regards to attendance. He says many students well. Dal athletic director John Mac- mixed-use facility was made Nov. 29. But, it now seems likely that while The current plan at the Forum is to house the games and practices of the can accommodate already live in the area, and the are- nas are only about 10 minutes away Donald told the *Gazette* they have an “agreement in princi- the men's team is at the Forum, the women will play their league games men's hockey team, the practices of the women's squad, and most, if not all the ice that from campus by bus. MacDonald also suggested a shuttle service to bring ple” with St. Margaret's Centre in Upper Tantallon to become at the Metro Centre. The Tigers are expected to return all, of the school's on-ice intramural teams and club programs. The Metro Dalhousie uses at not just players to and from games, but fans as well. It might make com- the interim home of the Dalhou- sie Superskills Hockey Camps. to campus in about four years once a Centre would host the league games ing to a game an event. Instead of the full nine weeks, new arena is constructed. of the women's team. their own rink.” “We've already started discussions however, Dal plans to reduce the Dal athletic director John Mac- Al Driscoll, general manager of the with the AUS and Saint Mary's to youth camp to 2-3 weeks because Donald told the Gazette in an inter- Halifax Forum Community Asso- kind of get together on this and really of the new financial reality of buy- view last week no formal agreement ciation, said it is not possible for the A Trade Centre Limited media rep- try to promote the Forum as the hot- ing ice time. There is also a pos- for the school to become a short-term Forum to be Dal's only arena. resentative declined to comment on bed for AUS hockey in Halifax,” Mac- sibility the camp—which also tenant at either arena has been con- “There's not a chance that we can the possibility of Dal's women's team Donald said. “The Metro Centre is includes a division for adults— firmed, although he said the deals accommodate all the ice that Dalhou- playing at the Metro Centre, although thrilled to look at some opportunities will be travelling to different loca- should be finalized shortly. MacDon- sie uses at their own rink,” he said. she admitted those discussions are there as well with regards to other tions beyond the HRM. ald added that Dal has an “agreement “We have existing tenants who are taking place. things like doing double-header Dal will reassess after their ini- in principle” to hold a majority of its long-term who are going to be here If Dal's men's team indeed plays at hockey and looking at ways that we tial trial run whether they should ice times at the Forum. long after Dal leaves and builds their the Forum, they will join their cross- can work together with the Rainmen expand the camp to its regu- “They have times,” said MacDon- new rink, so they remain our top pri- town rivals at Saint Mary's as two or whatever to really boost that event lar length while the university is ald, in reference to the two ice sur- ority. At the same time, you want to AUS programs at the same home experience.” without an arena. faces at the Halifax Forum Complex. be a help. Hopefully we can help Dal rink. The Huskies made themselves —Ian Froese “I sat down the other day with their out.” at home at the Forum beginning in The last game will be played at Memorial Sports Editor GM and they laid the schedules out Driscoll speculated the men's the 2003-04 season. Arena this April. • • • Photo by Pau Balite for the Forum and Civil arenas and hockey team will probably be playing Steve Sarty, Saint Mary's athletic said, 'Where does Dal fit into these at the Forum because of the greater director, believes the change will take was a slithering lob of Shardian spit on my trousers “Now you can slip right through the Nemis block- ade.” Fox said, looking at my trousers. I frowned. “You’re funny, you know that?” I looked at the stranger.
opinions opinions gazette opinions welcomes any opinion backed up with facts; but we don’t publish rants. E-mail Matthew at opinions@dalgazette.com to contribute Matthew Ritchie Opinions Editor SO YOU SAY YOU WANT A RESOLUTION? To succeed, we have to do away with the term “resolution” Matthew Ritchie vational speaker and author of Goal- but according to Google’s dictionary riam-Webster defines the word plan KIT KAT PIZZA Opinions Editor Free Living. In a random study com- missioned by Shapiro, 45 per cent of application, a resolution is “A firm decision to do or not do something.” as “a method for achieving an end”. 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There’s nothing wrong with being $10.56 do have a problem with is that, come March, my gym is going to be empty, ever succeeding speakers like Shapiro (who argues a less goal-oriented approach to New goal-oriented. I mean, the highest selling book this holiday season was Free Delivery Over $10 as resolutions give way to the cold, hard reality that losing weight kind of in their goals.” Year’s resolutions, and one based on general themes such as being happy the Steve Jobs biography. Do you think that guy simply made a reso- sucks and is hard and takes time. and successful), I think it’s possible lution to change the world? No, he According to the Globe and Mail’s to complete our vain resolutions of planned out his attack. That’s the Advertise with us! Leslie Beck, research shows that by February most people “lose steam” The problem isn’t that humans are inherently lazy and find it hard looking sexier or eating healthier or finally getting a girlfriend. We just only real way to succeed. Contact Aaron Merchant while trying to complete their resolu- to accomplish goals (though that is can’t look at them as vague resolu- This guy must know what he’s doing— tions, and that by June they’re likely probably somewhat true); the prob- tions anymore—we have to look at he has a gash on this forehead. advertising to completely break their promise. lem lies in the way we go about trying them as concrete plans. • • • Photo by Adele Van Wyk @dalgazette.com North Americans seem to love to better ourselves, and in the word To sound like a second-year bach- making New Year’s resolutions, espe- “resolution” in general. elor of arts student writing an essay 902 449 7281 cially between the ages of 18 to 24, I hate to sound like a first-year (still making grand, sweeping judg- according to Steven Shapiro, a moti- bachelor of arts essay introduction, ments, but with better sources), Mer- “Is your friend programmed to be useful or is it just hanging around for kicks?” “Fox, restrain yourself for the moment.” “I’m not sure what you mean by restrain. 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• January 20 - January 26, 2012 opinions 11 Please excuse the typos Mobile technology makes our interactions lazier than ever Erica Eades tery and hang out.’” Bear in mind this send, and, by the time that message Arts/Copy Editor film came out in 1994, but replace the left my computer, I was confident basic word processor with something I’d sent something worth reading. I recently came across a blog post a little more advanced, like, say, a Now, thanks to data plans and ram- by marketing copywriter Amber smartphone, and I’d say he’s right on pant wi-fi availability, I can send an James on typo apologies sent from point. email or Tweet to anyone, from any- mobile devices. You know the ones: where. Whether I’m rushing between “Sent from my iPhone/Blackberry/ classes, sitting in a coffee shop or Android/tablet. Please excuse the typos.” The phrase litters the signa- “Why is it we no even standing on the bus, if an idea pops into my head, I just type it up, ture box of emails sent by droves of (usually articulate) people. After lay- longer have time send it off and continue doing what- ever it was I was doing. ing out the facts, James posed an interesting question: “Should we to spell-check We’re experiencing a level of con- venience unlike never before, but excuse them?” And, perhaps more that doesn’t mean we should allow importantly: “Should we excuse our- our emails?” ourselves to be negligent. If, in the selves?” future, we continue to rely so heavily That got me thinking. Today’s soci- on smartphones and social network- ety is one obsessed with speed and Consider our everyday interac- ing sites (as I’m sure we will), it’s criti- convenience, and we’re always look- tions: We stay in touch with old cal that we do so responsibly. ing for ways to cut corners and save friends by commenting on Facebook And that brings me back to my first time. But if technology really is mak- photos and writing on their “walls”; point: Errors are inevitable. Heck, ing our lives easier, why is it we no we interact with co-workers strictly if this wasn’t the case I’d be out of a longer have time to spell-check our through emails; we even text our job and my future would be looking emails? Are we really just too busy, housemates when they’re sitting in pretty bleak. But that’s just it: We all or is our dependence on technology the next room (or is that just me?). make mistakes on our first drafts—be simply making us lazy? Our methods of contact seem limit- it an essay, a speech or an article— There’s a great scene in Richard less, yet the amount of quality com- and then, through a series of edits Linklater’s film Before Sunrise in munication in our lives is diminish- and re-writes, we end up with a piece which Jesse (played by Ethan Hawke) ing. And really, what do most of us that’s polished and error-free—one addresses this concept. He asks, do with the time we save by texting we’re proud to say we’ve written. “What good is saved time if nobody instead of calling? Marathon TV Should we not hold our daily inter- uses it—if it just turns into more busy shows on Netflix? Work more? Nap? actions to the same standard? work?” He continues by joking, “You Before owning an iPhone, I did all never hear someone say, ‘With the my emailing from home. I planned Spellcheck is standard on phones— time I’ve saved by using my word pro- out what I wanted to say, read use it. • • • Photo by Petr Kratochvil cessor, I’m gonna go to a Zen monas- through it a few times before pressing via FreeStockPhotos.biz Working for the extended weekend NEF suggests shorter workweek, but should we adopt? Samantha Elmsley reaction is mostly outrage. The pri- them for so long. Opinions Contributor mary concern seems to be that if their It is clear that the current economic minimum wage is currently 5.52 system—particularly in Britain, On Jan. 8, the Guardian reported pounds per hour, how is one sup- but also in Canada and the United that the New Economics Founda- posed to raise a family on 100 pounds States—must change. The common tion (NEF), a think-tank based out of per week? A valid concern, consider- person is breaking under the strain the UK, announced their intention to ing that when I was living in the U.K. of too much debt, unaffordable liv- AU BComm student Teang host a forum to discuss their idea of a can of beans cost about 75 pence, ing costs and unattainable education a cure for Britain’s economic woes: a or almost one hour’s worth of work. fees, and perhaps the NEF has the shorter work week. (Start digging, everyone. Those veg- right idea for a solution. But in this The original study, published by gies aren’t going to grow themselves!) time of disillusionment and cynicism, Success. the NEF in February 2010, recom- However, the issue regarding it is hard not to receive this idea with mends a three-day working week— financial compensation for a shorter laughter, at worst, and tentatively or around 20 hours per week, per workweek is addressed in the study, supportive bemusement at best: A worker—as a solution to the job cri- which declares that minimum wage system that actually thinks highly of sis currently sweeping the country. A must increase, and the cost of hous- humanity and imagines us using our Being successful includes four-day weekend, the NEF claims, ing must go down; both, they sug- extra free time more productively? overcoming obstacles. If your would mean employers would have gest, would be adjusted by the gov- What? schedule is getting in the way to hire more workers, thus creating ernment. The publishers of this study If their plans works, and does of completing your business more jobs. It would also boost pro- are real, live economists, and they everything this merry group says it degree, don’t let it stop you. ductivity, because workers would have thought through that little snag. will, it would revolutionize people’s Athabasca University’s Faculty have more time to take care of their I, for one, am amazed that a group lives in a major way. It would require of Business has the courses health and wellness, which would of economists, of all people (no a mutual letting go of feelings of pro- maximize working capacity as well offense), have come forth with such ductivity at work, a conscious deci- you need - online, without as creating job growth. Guilt-ridden a rosy view of humanity. The study sion to drop out of the rat race and the obstacles. parents would have more time with assumes that people would do whole- trust that one’s neighbor won’t leave their kids, adult children would take some, productive things with their one gasping for breath in their dust. Success begins at care of their parents and we would four-day weekend, such as growing Perhaps the arrival of Occupy—and www.business.athabascau.ca. all become masters of the vegetable vegetables in their backyard dur- for Britain, the London riots—is a patch, growing our own food to sup- ing their free time. Whereas many, if signal that humanity is ready to take plement the mass-produced grocery not most people I know, would take a leap of faith. store goodies. (So it’s a greener solu- advantage of the extra pyjama time to tion, too, by the way.) watch that one extra season of How I • • • Photo by Capl@WashJeff.edu On the Guardian’s website, the Met Your Mother that’s been eluding that.” Fox looked down the corridor after the guards as another rumble rocked the ship. “Our situation is more than dire at the moment.” I couldn’t control my chuckling. “You know why you’re going to live,
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Would you go to a Dal Tigers game at the Forum? by Erica Eades and Matthew Ritchie ”Probably wouldn't; too far away” ”I don't go in the first place...but ”If they gave us free goodies ”No” "I would go if there was a ride” maybe if they started winning” and transportation” Jasmin Astle Tim Hiltz Shangqing Wang Brianna Starkey Mallory White 3rd-year biology 3rd-year kinesiology 1st-year master's of public admin 1st-year master's of public admin 4th-year kineseology ”No” (laughing) ”No” ”I've never watched them before” ”I've never watch them, either” ”Sure...but I'd rather it be Girl Talk” Joanna Poltarowicz PayneAd_StudentEats_HR_Layout John 1 27/01/11 3:09 PM Maeng Page 1 Agnieszka Kubow Kristie Robertson Matthew Ritchie 3rd-year environmental science 2nd-year biology and chemistry psychology grad neuroscience grad 7th year of partying down
14 opinions January 20 - January 26, 2012 • The country house and the city house City living promotes sustainability Sam Vlessing able behavior. People living in cities smaller amount of electricity and fos- building lobbies, down the street, or centage of green house gas emissions Opinions Contributor use various energy efficient methods sil fuel per capita than any other U.S. around the corner from most home existed for the rest of the United of transportation, which require less city. residences. But, these amenities in States, American emissions would It may sound surprising, but the fossil fuel and emit smaller amounts According to David Owen, author the suburbs and non-compact cities fall below the standard of the 1997 majority of residents in compact of greenhouse gases. of Green Metropolis, New York- tend to be located further from resi- Kyoto Protocol. urban centres use less fossil fuel, walk At first glance, the borough of ers (and inhabitants of other dense dential areas. A compact metropolis increases more, bike regularly, and use pub- Manhattan in New York City may metropolises such as Amsterdam According to Owen, the “eighty- the incentive for residents of dense lic transit more frequently than their seem unsustainable; it uses a tre- and Copenhagen) trade the supposed two percent of employed Manhattan urban areas to use sustainable meth- counterparts in the country. mendous amount of water and elec- convenience of the automobile for the residents that travel to work by pub- ods of transportation and live an all For most city dwellers, their way tricity, emits an enormous amount of true convenience of proximity. lic transit, by bicycle, or on foot” do so around sustainable lifestyle. Most of life has not been a conscious deci- greenhouse gases and uses a consid- In dense urban cities, necessi- because they are surrounded by fac- dense urban cities are not the result sion, but rather is the result of exten- erable amount of fossil fuel. However, ties such as grocery stores and doc- tors that promote sustainable trans- of deliberate sustainable planning, uating factors that promote sustain- relative to its size, Manhattan uses a tors' offices are found in apartment portation. but rather a combination of social, Many city dwellers picture them- economic, political, and geographi- selves living in the country, tak- cal factors that promote sustainable ing hikes while walking the dogs, development. and enjoying a sustainable life style. The physical structure of urban That, however, is a fallacy; living in metropolises makes the shift towards a rural environment requires one to methods of sustainable transporta- travel further distances and therefore tion easier for larger populations to employ unsustainable methods of undertake. But without policies to transportation. keep cities compact and population According to Owen, the average densities high, they will begin to dis- New Yorker annually generates 7.1 integrate all over the world. metric tonnes of greenhouse gases, Not only is it pertinent that we a lower rate than that of residents change our patterns of produc- of any other American city, and less tion and consumption, it is equally than 30 per cent of the national aver- important to alter the environments age. in which we live. Our contemporary Clearly, living closer together pro- globalized world is faced with many motes cleaner and more efficient obstacles to overcome, all which modes of transportation, decreases increase the need for climate change. the necessity for commuters to use The future is going to compel us to ecologically damaging transporta- live differently. Moving to the city, tion, and alternately enables indi- urban centers and metropolises are viduals to utilize different efficient essential to achieving global sustain- modes of environmentally friendly ability. transportation. Manhattan is so compact it ac- New York City’s density makes it counts for just one per cent of the sustainable. • • • Photo by Angela Gzowski United States green house gas emis- sions while housing 2.7 % of its pop- ulation. If the same ratio between percentage of population and per- Fox?” “Why?” Fox cocked his head in curiosity. “You’re too much like me.”
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