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   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

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to dig into the art of hosting conversations that matter.                                                                                                                       Erica Eades, Copy/Arts Editor
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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.                                                                                                                       Torey Ellis, Assistant News Editor
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You will dig into conversations about the broader frameworks and worldviews of leadership
                                                                                                                                                                          Matthew Ritchie, Opinions Editor
that are guiding our local and global systems.                                                                                                                                   opinions@dalgazette.com

You will join a global network of AoH practioners helping to usher in an era of more                                                                                 Leslie Gallagher, Assistant Arts Editor
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participatory/collaborative leadership; and help bring this local to turn our campus into a hub
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Thursday, January 26
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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. Showcase your unique talents at this night of
diverse and talented performances.
For more information on Diversity week, please contact Kayla Kurin at DSUVPI@Dal.ca

Society Audits
Levied society books for Fall 2011 audit are due on January 31st, 2012, at 4:00 pm. They can
be dropped off to Evan Price in room 222A of the SUB.
The funds will be available for distribution after January 15th, following a successful audit.
Any questions should be addressed to Evan at DSUVPFO@Dal.ca
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                                                                                                                                                       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

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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
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                                                                                                                                                              news covers Dalhousie and
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                                            “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.
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                                                            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.
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                  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
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                         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
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                                                                                                                                             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
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        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.
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                     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”.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Don’t simply decide to eat healthier
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       2314 Gottingen St., Halifax           two weird things: 1) Some guy lifting         tions, with only eight per cent suc-     money (a resolution made by 34 per         you’re going to accomplish it. Make a
                                             weights in a pair of Timberlands, and         ceeding in their goals.                  cent of Americans), losing weight (38      detailed list of what you plan to do.
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     16" Pizza with Works                    ting while doing bicep curls so rapidly       Americans are really self-aware of       of self-improvement through hard           healthy eating tips and plan ahead
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     Add 9 '' Garlic Fingers                 before, and in a few months, I'll likely      lutions they set.                        cans' goals in the New Year.               you going to get a personal trainer or
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                                                That’s because it’s January, mean-                                                  to go about making any sort of con-        book (I recommend the life chang-
    2 16" Pepperoni Pizza
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                                             ing for the next two months I won't
                                             be able to find a spare bench, ellip-
                                                                                           “45 per cent                             crete change in your life. All that
                                                                                                                                    really says is that you would like to
                                                                                                                                                                               ing Core Performance series by Mark
                                                                                                                                                                               Verstegen), or are you going to just
   16" Pepperoni Pizza and                   tical machine or free weights in my
                                             gym, as throngs of people will be
                                                                                           of Americans                             accomplish a certain thing.
                                                                                                                                       For instance, my New Year’s resolu-
                                                                                                                                                                               simply run into a gym and randomly
                                                                                                                                                                               pump weights on nautilus machines
       16'' Garlic Finger
         $10.56 each
                                             descending on Goodlife to fulfill their
                                             New Year’s resolutions.
                                                                                           set New Year’s                           tion this year was to be healthier and
                                                                                                                                    stronger (yeah, I’m one of *those*
                                                                                                                                                                               while wearing a pair of boots?
                                                                                                                                                                                 So, this New Year, make a reso-
2 12'' Pizzas with 3 toppings                   Now, I don’t really have a prob-
                                             lem with my gym becoming popu-
                                                                                           Resolutions, with                        guys). But that doesn’t necessar-
                                                                                                                                    ily mean I know how to accomplish
                                                                                                                                                                               lution to do away with resolutions
                                                                                                                                                                               and actually make a concrete plan to
           $17.99
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                                             lar (as long as people stop wearing
                                             those stupid Animal t-shirts). What I         only 8 per cent                          those goals.
                                                                                                                                       That’s why, contrary to self-help
                                                                                                                                                                               accomplish your goals.
                                                                                                                                                                                 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
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                                                                                             The problem isn’t that humans
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                                                                                                                                    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-
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“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. It appears our pirate friends have already done
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                                                                                       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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                                     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-

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