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VOL. 40 ISSUE 23 - Thursday, April 26, 2012EDITOR: Ema Kibirkstis CONTACT: [email protected]

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is the force with you?

You’ll think you have the capacity to usethe Force when you will get out of the StarWars: Identities Exposition at MontrealScience Center. Unfortunately, eventhough it won’t be the case, you’ll be ableto say that you created your own Star Warscharacter, because during your journeythrough the exhibition, you are the hero.

The whole exposition revolves aroundthe theme of identity, and how the envi-ronment we lived as children, our en-tourage, and our values built who we areand justify the decisions we have to takeduring the course of our lives.

When you’re about to enter the exposi-tion area, they loan you a bracelet and alittle radio, in which you can hear narra-tion in different parts of the exposition if

you step in certain zones. As for thebracelet, you’ll use it to create your identityby scanning it at different places on the ex-hibition floor.

Throughout your visit, you’ll have to goover 10 identity stations to choose yourrace, your hereditary background, howyou were raised, your planet, your mentor,your occupation, and many more to cre-ate build your character. For example, youcan decide to be a Gungan from Nabooand your mentor is Han Solo, or a Ewokfrom Endor with Boba Fett as a mentor.

Between the identity stations, you’ll beable to admire the original costumes, spaceship models and drawing of GeorgeLucas’ world. Also, videos are presented toexplain how Anakin and Luke becamesuch different people, despite the fact theygrew up on the same planet and eventhough they shared similar geneticmakeup.

For the true Star Wars fan, you’ll beamazed, maybe even turn hysteric, whenyou’ll enter. It also teaches you a lot aboutthe film and the whole process of identybehind the story. As for the not-so StarWars maniacs, you may find the exhibitionboring, if it wasn’t for the creation of yourown character part. But, you never know.Maybe you’ll enjoy the experience, andyou’ll be seduced by this whole new world.

Overall, the exhibition is so cool, it’sworth spending another $23 to go back.You’ll feel like a child in there, and you’llsee if you’re the type of person who’stempted by the dark side of the Force.Aside from that, the Star Wars’ songs willbe stuck in your head the rest of your day(Ta-ta TA! TatataTA)! The exhibit will berunning until Sept. 16.

Now carry on, and may the Force bewith you.

Bitch, please.

American television network, ABC, pre-miered a new comedy series called Don’t

Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 on April 11,2012, and has continued on with its sec-ond episode last week.

The comedy sitcom is of a youngwoman named June (Dreama Walker),who recently moves to the Big Apple, chas-ing after her dream job at a mortgagecompany. Unfortunately, just as luck wouldhave it, the company ends up in a scandal,and falls apart right before her eyes as wellas forces her to end up homeless. Jobless,and with no place to live, June ends upmoving in with Chloe (Krysten Ritter,) a

sly con artist that likes to party it up andmanipulate people.

“She is manipulative, self-absorbed anda borderline sociopath (and those are her"positive" traits). Oh, did I mention she'salso wickedly funny?” Chris Lackner, ajournalist for Post Media News, said.

Initially, the two women bash heads, asChloe tries to take advantage of innocentlittle June, yet one can see that Chloe isn’tall that evil and that the two will flourish afriendship in the long run.

The rest of the cast, Liza Lapira,Michael Blaiklock, Eric Andre and JamesVan Der Beek as the secondary charactersmay not be fairly well known, howeverthat only gives viewers less of a judgementcall and opens up people’s minds to some-thing new. Plus, you like Dawson’s Creek?

Here’s a bonus for fans of the show; VanDer Beek spoofs himself as his character.This is definitely a show worth taking apeek at, whether you like typical sitcomcomedy or not. In addition, as it takesplace in the heart of New York, it brings aform of familiarity in comparison to all ofthe other shows, such as How I Met Your

Mother, 30 Rock, Friends, Two Broke Girls andmany more, that take place in the BigApple. There is something about the citythat not only helps friendships grow, butsets up for the perfect comedic show due toall of the hussle and bussle in the environ-ment itself !

You can watch Don’t Trust the Bitch in

Apartment 23 on ABC at 9:30pm every

Wednesday night.

ABC’s new comedy series is a hit... hoe.

Star Wars: Identities visits Montreal’s Science Centre

BARBARA MADIMENOS

STAFF WRITER

MJ CROMP

PADAWAN

album review

Our Lady Peace has a history of variedsounds and approaches to each of theireight albums, some successful and some,well, not so successful. However, with theirnew album Curve, they have created some-thing beautiful: a perfect mix of slow heartwrenching ballads and fast-paced hits thatshould only be listened to as loud as possi-ble.

They have reverted to their original mu-sical style that is found most prominentlyin their early albums Clumsy and Spiritual

Machines. This is surely not disappointing since

this style is tremendously creative andunique. It stands out in the alternative rockbusiness next to other mainstream rockbands that fail to call their music art.

Curve is art and there is no denying. Youcan easily hear the emotion and passionbehind every song and the talent of each

band member is just plain obvious.The song “Heavyweight” is the well-de-

serving first single off the album. It is fast,enjoyable and something easily playedcruising down the highway on a summer’sday. “Fire In The Henhouse” and “Rab-bits” are equally as good and great for aneasy listen.

For those heart-wrenching songs I men-tioned before, “If This Is It”, “Mettle” and“Will Somebody Change” will be sure toimpress you… and possibly form a littletear at the corner of your eye.

If I were to choose a favorite song itwould be “Find Our Way” because of themixture of rock n’ roll and mesmerizingballad.

However, instead of naming a fewstandout songs, I can easily say that all thesongs on the album are just wonderfullyamazing. The whole album is well struc-tured and each song feels like a continua-tion of the one before yet still different.

Curve is an alternative rock powerhouseof an album with its soft guitar riffs,unique progressions and creative use of in-struments like synths, piano and tam-bourines. It is anything but boring. Perfectto put you in a good mood and also to en-courage those extra pensive days.

Raine Maida has the ability to enteryour soul and twist it a little with his sig-nature high nasal vocals, which are ex-tremely present in Curve (as it should be!).Guitarist Steve Mazur plays the softest gui-tar riffs that are simply… beautiful. Beau-tiful, after all, is the one and best word todescribe this album. Drummer JeremyTaggart and bassist Duncan Coutts, eachtheir own, do an amazing job as well.

Our Lady Peace does Canada proud asborn Canadians. Keep it coming guys! Butdon’t change, keep it beautiful, just likethis… Please.

9/10

Our Lady

PeaceCurveWarner Music

SARAH PAPSHDFBSFQLOS

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Poetry for the FancyA party full of strangersand memory thieveshas never feltso... invigorating.Drink up and dress down.it might do you some goodto live with that middle fingerwaved in the air, fearlessly.People talk with empty wordsday in and day outstaring with blank facesand uninspired eyes.Maybe they'll be sedatedor left by the dumpster -hung over to contemplatetheir alcohol filled livesand the drama behindopen scars

Dumpsterby S. Paps

A hangover is but the wrath of grapes,Sense from sanity it perpetrates Unyielding beings of purple power,Whom sit higher in rank than even Matt Lauer,My head set a’pang, my eyes overwhelmed in light,My consciousness hangs, my mind a’flight,Not a soul should claim this right,As I try to stand with all my might,I crave my bed and shards of pain line my head.Right now, I feel I’d be better off dead.

The Wrath of Grapesby Ryan Philips

You have called me robber andthief,And I know all too well that mydeath would cause you relief,That my capture would cure yourdisdain, To see me bound by lock andchain,You would see my den burned tothe ground,And have my crimes announcedand crowned,My compatriots hung by the gal-lows,Their remains carried off by yourmorose barrows,But until my bell rings,And the reaper, my death hebrings,In Bandit’s roost I shall reside,For your laws, I chose not abide,

You have come to fear me, thewolf in your flock,You bind your goods under guardand lock,You sit at your tables, and curseme under your breath,Clueless at how I continue toelude certain death,Mustering up your courage, everynow and again,You rush to confront me, followedclosely by your kinsmen,But at the precipice of my hum-ble domain,You turn and announce that sucha task was better fit for the insane,As you return to your homeswarm and safe,You leave us, those who are lost

and waif,As we hunger and die,You prosper and rise,In Bandit’s roost we choose topreside,For your laws have stripped us ofour pride,

As you pass us by, with your shoesshining bright,You gaze at us, akin to agrotesque blight,Too proud to ask for aid, we lookaway,You skip on, leaving us to ourslow decay,Curs among the towers, that’swhat you see,Left whimpering, cut down byyour morbid society,“Too lazy, too thoughtless” youshout and proclaim,What you ignore though, is thatwe’ve chosen to drop out of thisgame,The rules are skewed, the boardis slanted,Life has given you so much, butalas, to some that mercy wasnever granted,In Bandit’s roost we are forced toabide,For your laws have trapped us in-side,

You call me enemy, you call mefiendBut are we that different, do I de-serve such esteem? Thousand fold you have kicked

us, cast us into shame,And who knows, given the op-portunity, maybe we would havedone the same,A beast you would portray me,my people an infestation,But know that, all the same, webelong to your nation,We are sons, we are daughters,We are mothers, we are fathers,My children wail, their smilesbright,They fear the shadows, late at

night,Nonetheless, you’ve come toclaim me,The justice you serve, and all itsdecree,

Then slay the wolf, claim themonster,Know that in the end, you willhave slain but a brother,In Bandit’s roost we all shall lie,For your laws will have strippedus of our lives,

I cry not for myself, but for whatis to come,For those who fall, about to suc-cumb,Fate is a fickle mistress, her wheelever turning,For Bandit’s roost is every grow-ing…

In Bandit’s Roostby N.D.

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The Creative Arts, Literature and Lan-guage (CALL) program is holding a festi-val with multiple events from April 25 toMay 11. For a list of all of the events, apamphlet is available at the info desk, butthe following are the most noteworthy.

For those who love a good laugh, checkout the exciting Let the Night Begin: im-prov and Theatre Games on Friday. Forthose of you that don’t know what the artof improv is, check out youtube.com andget ready to piss yourself laughing! Abunch of people on stage acting out sceneswithout any censorship, without a planand without any structure is definitely arecipe for a good time. The event will bemoderated by Dimitri Kyres in Conrod’sfrom 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

That same day, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.in 5B.13, there will be a Literature Profileacademic conference with Liana Bellon.

On May 3, the Creative Writing nerdscan go ahead and gather in Conrods from2 to 4 p.m. for a workshop on “works inprogress” with Sue Elmslie. Later that day,you can also attend the Arts and CultureGala from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in 5B.16.

If you have time on May 4, then youmust see Come to the Cabaret open micnight, hosted by the spectacular EmaKibirkstis, and Dimitri Kyres from 6 p.m.

to 7:30 p.m. Since it’s an open mic event,anybody can perform, so start preparing!Another open mic event is Slams, Rapsand Roars, a poetry open mic event inConrod’s from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on May7, hosted by Vicky Desjardins.

If you’re a little too shy to display someof your own work at one of the open micnights, then you can also listen to someoriginal works by others at We Are Am-biguous on May 9, in Conrod’s from 12:30p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event has a ton ofhype, and students will be showing andperforming original pieces.

For movie critics, Cinema students willbe displaying their films at Media night, 7p.m. in the Dawson theatre on May 11 toclose the festival. Students in Cinema,Communications and Video have beenworking on these films for months, and allsorts of genres will be shown.

Now that you’ve realized that there areway too many amazing events to go to,and that you can’t possibly see them allwith the end of the semester coming up,you can check out the exhibits. The mostnoteworthy exhibit is Framed, the VisualArts’ students final projects, of multiplemediums, that will be shown throughoutthe entire festival in the 5C corridor west.The awards will be given for best work onMay 10, in 5B.16 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. atthe CALL festivals very own crazy party,a.k.a. Film Noir Closing Gala. Yes, therewill be a DJ and a swing dancing demon-stration so don’t miss out!

The Cabin In The Woods, that came out onFriday April 13, will please fans of Joss Whe-don, creator of the cult seriesFirefly/Buffy/Angel, and Drew Goddard,writer of Cloverfield, for they collaborated to-gether on this movie.

It’s hard to tell what genre this movie is. Isit horror? Is it comedy? Sci-fi? Action? Thereactions of the crowd were up and down likea rollercoaster. One second they are hidingbehind their scarves in fear, the next they’realmost on the ground laughing.

Of course the actors are a big part of theattraction. The very sexy Jesse Williams, bet-ter known as Dr. Jackson Avery from Grey’s

Anatomy plays Holden. The sweet and sexyfriend being hooked up with, Dana, the in-nocent little college student, is played by Kris-ten Connolly.

Anna Hutchinson plays Jules, Curt’s sexygirlfriend. Curt, the jock of the group isplayed by actor Chris Hemsworth, A.K.AThor, and last but definitely not least, FranKranz, plays Marty, the stoner friend. Martylooks like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and youkind of expect him to die first, seeing as hesmokes marijuana and acts like a goof. Some-how, this seems to make him more likely to

survive. Moral of the story? Smoke pot? This movie people will is basically a love -

or-hate situation. If you are a traditional hor-ror movie fan, you might think this is a joke.As much as it scared me, and made me jumpout of my seat, I was amused and laughingthe whole time. It really is a weird mix of feel-

ings. The movie starts in a customary slasher

fashion when a bunch of kids go to a se-cluded cabin in the woods to spend a week-end partying. Things start getting weird at thecabin and the movie becomes more sci-fi as itcontinues because of an unexpected twist in

the plot. This is when the two weird scientificdudes Sitterson and Hadley, played byRichard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford, comein.

Although some parts of this movie are pre-dictable, the concept is original and the exe-cution is interesting. The script is witty andsatirical which makes for a great contrast withthe visual. The filming is interesting but noth-ing very special.

If you want a serious horror movie or anartistic film this should not be your first choicebut if you want to see something new andyou are open to a mix of genres, then go forit. I assure you, you will have quite a laugh. Iknow it was the case with me and the rest ofthe people in the theatre.

The Cabin In The Woods is a movie full of in-trigue. You don’t know what is happeninguntil the very end. The mysterious atmos-phere that’s created keeps one on the edge oftheir seat for the entire movie. But, if you arecynical and like movies to be realistic or ar-tistically inclined then this is definitively not amovie you should go see.

A CABIN, HOT PEOPLE

AND DEATH

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Idiot’s Guide tothe

C.A.L.L. FestivalCHRIS MARTIN

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The weekend of April 6 kicked offwith a blast from the past with the re-lease of the new American Pie movie ti-tled American Reunion.

The title pretty much says it all. Thekids from East Great Falls, Michiganhave grown up and are having theirhigh school reunion.

If you’re a fan of the old American Pie

movies, you will probably like thismovie. All the characters from the firstcouple of movies are at the rendez-vous. Jim, Michelle, Jim’s dad, Oz,Heather, Kevin, Vicky, Stifler, Finch,Stifler’s mom and many others reuniteand fall back into their old ways.

Most of the class of ‘99 are marriedor have a little routine which theybreak out of for the weekend and likethe previous movies, they go throughquite the ordeal to figure out what theyreally want in the end. We watch themall work out their issues in different ,crazy ways.

The few people that were in the the-atre were all laughing their heads offfor just about the whole movie. Al-though the plot is quite similar to theother movies, as someone who enjoyedthe original American Pie movies, Irecommend it to others like me. Thisreunion keeps you wondering whatthey’re going to do next throughout thewhole movie.

As always Jim gets himself into somecrazy, embarrassing situations. Stiflerfinds that once again, he is the one per-son in the group of friends that is stuckin the past and that just has not grownup at all. Oz is still in love withHeather, Kevin is dealing with his feel-ings for Vicky and Finch... well he is

working on his identity and gettingover Stifler’s mom. Jim’s dad plays abigger part in this sequel, which I washappy about. He is just so funny! To-wards the end we also see some otherminor characters such as Jessica and‘The Sherminator’ who, in my opinion,could have been more present in therest of the movie.

If you have no idea what I’m talkingabout maybe it’s time you have a movienight and watch some good old classicteenage comedy. Of course, it’s noteveryone’s cup of tea. If you are notinto these mindless teenage comedieswhere most of the time sex is the focalpoint, then don’t watch it. This movieis good for a good laugh but if youlooks for deep content and meaningthis movie just won’t cut it for you. Itdoes touch on some issues that are lessof a joke but gives them a humoroustwist.

This movie can be enjoyed by peoplewho have not seen the previous onesbut I definitively recommend watchingthe other ones first. Reason being: it isa reunion and if you don’t know thecharacters background, it’s just not asfunny. It would be like going to some-one’s high school reunion that you did-n’t go to school with, it would beentertaining but not quite the same asgoing to your own.

So, if you ever watched American Pie

and wondered what they would be likein 13 years, go see it. If not, well go seeThe Hunger Games or some other movie.

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NerdgasmI’ve never been terribly religious, but I

just might have to start. A new “pirate” re-ligion, called Kopimism is quickly spread-ing across the world – and the net. Thereligion has no god, rules, or fiery brim-stone. In fact, they have a single, central-ized belief: that information is meant to bespread and shared. Specifically, torrents.

Officially known as the MissionaryChurch of Kopimism (whose name is apun on the word “copy”), the belief sys-tem was started by a 19-year-old Swedishstudent Isak Gerson, and any form ofcopying – even the illegal, pirating sort – is“sacred”. They stand for “knowledge byall for all” and believe in the “search andcirculation of knowledge”, according tothe official site for Kopimism (Kopimist-samFundet.se/English). They bolstermany mottos and symbols, such as “Inter-net is Holy”, “Copying is Sacrament”, and“Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V”. Many of their “ritu-als”, which mostly relate to the copyingand sharing of information, music andfilm, ends with the words “Copy andseed”, referring to the seeding process usedto spread information via torrenting. Thesite of the Canadian branch of Kopimism(KopimistSamfundet.ca) quotes AgniOrtiz, a Canadian artist, stating: “Limit-ing the use of the Internet and the flow ofinformation is like limiting the use of thewheel. Progress cannot be reversed.”

If you question the seriousness of the or-ganization, look no further than Sweden:on January 5, Kopimism was officially rec-ognized by the state, legitimizing it in the

view of the country and acknowledging itas a religion.

Since then, Kopimism has been gainingtraction internationally. Actively practic-ing kopimists are encouraged to encrypttheir files, due to harsh copyright legisla-tion that “persecutes” their religion andwould have them banned or arrested.

Some kopimists are actively involved inprotecting their religion: the CanadianBranch of Kopimism has a petition call-ing for the resignation of Vic Toews, theConservative MP who attempted to passan anti-copyright bill in Parliament earlierthis year.

Of course, not everyone is completelyKopimism-friendly. Many do not want tomix the politics of copyrights laws withsomething as morally grey as religion,while others find they were kopimists be-fore even knowing what the religion was.

They have also been called under fire fortheir secrecy, since the Kopimist Constitu-tion calls for privacy when practicing(sharing), even though their entire dogmarevolves around free information. Suppos-edly, this is to protest fellow kopimists,since file sharing is still acknowledged as acriminal act by most of the developedworld. Such rules were set by the KopimistConference, a group of elected officialswho advise the churches internationally.

If you believe yourself to be Kopimist-inclined, then it is easy to start. “For thineis the copy, our power and top ten down-loads. In eternity.”

KOPISISM BITCHEESSSZZLAURA MARCHAND

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The Blue Ring Society of Dawson Col-lege threw their 15th annual speed paint-ing/auction bash Artists in Bloom April 19in the third floor cafeteria.

For the first two hours of the event, 24of Dawson’s Fine Arts or Graphic Designstudents stretched across two walls of thecafeteria. Though most of the students in-teracted with the impressive crowd, othersstuck to their canvases with headphonesclinging to their ears.

The event drew over 240 family, friends,students, staff and art fanatics and the co-agulation of curious spectators made it dif-ficult for others to squeeze by and enjoythe show. Though the crowd was flatter-ing, some of the artists felt a little intimi-dated: “I was nervous at first, but once you

start painting and get into it, you get usedto it. Except for the occasional snarkycomments… But I liked it when small chil-dren walked by and yelled ‘FISHY!’ at mycanvas,” Jonathan Tang Sik Fon, a fourthsemester Fine Arts, said who painting twokoi fish on a stripped black and red can-vas.

The artists’ brushes dropped after twohours to begin the auction. This year’sproceeds went to the Elizabeth House, a“private non-profit treatment center forpregnant women, including teens, andyoung mothers,” as described on theirwebsite.

“Though every year has a great cause,this year’s really great and touches close tohome. Young students supporting young

mothers,” Donna Verrika, Dawson’s Di-rector of Communications, said.

This year, Artists in Bloom secured ap-proximately $9,450, which included ticketsales, beverages and the varying paintingssold at auction. The prices for students’paintings ranged from $110 to $600 andten per cent of the amount accrued wentto the actual artists themselves. “It wasnerve-racking,” Tang Sik Fon said. “But itwas cool seeing Christelle [Deer Bourdon]get $600 for her canvas. It was crazy.”

“The art is amazing every year, but thisyear the art was across the board,” Verrikasaid. “Everyone was a strong contenderand the quality was exceptionally high.”

Simon Davies, chairperson to Dawson’sCinema, Video & Communications De-

partment, in collaboration with CTVMontreal’s News Reporter, Rob Lurie,hosted the event. Lurie, a Dawson Alumni,took on the task of auctioneer for this, thetenth official year of the event. “I lovedoing this event,” Lurie said. “I think it’s agreat event. So much work is put in by theartists and organizers […] [Artists inBloom] is something really special.”

The event was a great success and restsas Dawson’s biggest, non-profit, fundraiserof the year. Though tensions grew as-phyxiating as signs were flung into the airand the yelp of bids overwhelmed one’ssenses, the event was actually quite fun, ex-citing and, most importantly, memorable.“If you have the chance, you should do it,”Tang Sik Fon said. “It’s an experience

Dawson College’s Student Affairs showsno mercy when choosing wether or notposters may be put up on the school’s ban-ners. The New School Showtime Troopwere no exception to the College’s strictregulations with their teaser posters fortheir upcoming play, Marat/Sade. Theiradvertisement consisted in an array ofmug shots representing the different char-acters in the play, in this case, the mentalpatients and staff of the Charenton Asy-lum.

Gabriel Favreau and Terry Chiu, twofourth semester Cinema Video & Com-munications students who designed thesedauntingly beautiful posters were quitefrustrated when they were told their pic-tures could not see the light of day. “Theperson from Student Affairs disapprovedour posters because, first of all, they weresmaller than the normal poster size, whichmade them look like random flyers,” statedFavreau wishing not to denounce the staffmember who rejected his work. “They alsohad inscriptions such as "prostitute", "bu-limic", "alcoholic" and "pervert", and theirpurpose wasn't clear because they con-tained no precise information regardingthe play itself. These three factors reunitedmade our posters look like they were pro-moting negative behavior.”

The entire Showtime Troop was baffledby the reaction of Student Affairs towardstheir teaser posters. Dimitri Kyres, a fourthsemester Literature student and a memberof the troop, was truly struck by their de-cision.“There are much worse things onthe Dawson walls then a little teaser flyerillustrating a person pretending to bedrunk. One does not become an alcoholicafter seeing a picture of some guy making

a funny face,” Kyres said. “In no way dothe posters glorify being an alcoholic, or aprostitute, or even a pervert at all.”

Nevertheless, the Showtime TheaterTroop did not confront Student Affairsafter they had made their decision. “I don'twant to put the blame on the person fromStudent Affairs, whom I'm not going toname, because I know he was not actuallyagainst putting these posters up,” saidFavreau. “He told me he validated theDawson College Theater Collective’sposter with "Vagina Monologues" as theirtitle a few years ago, and that he got a se-rious warning from the school council say-ing it was inappropriate.” In this case,making a scene would not help their cause.

Laura Mitchell is the director of the playand teacher of the class “Intro to Theater”that brings together the students in theNew School Showtime Troop. “It is excit-ing that Marat/Sade is still causing con-troversy,” she said. Even though theirteaser posters were not approved by Stu-dent Affairs, Mitchell seems quite confi-dent that New School helps her studentsbreak out of their shell and gives them theopportunity to express themselves. “It is,ultimately, the students who decide whatthey want to read and perform,” she said.

Do not miss the Showtime troop’s adap-tation of a controversial play in which theinmates of the Asylum of Charenton reen-act the persecution and assassination ofJean-Paul Marat under the direction ofthe sadistic Marquis de Sade. Their showwill take place in New School from May7th to 9th and, from what has been heard,it will certainly succeed in rattling andamazing you with its erratic scenes and itsmusical numbers.

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I turn red. I feel hot and cold. I have theimpression that everybody's targeting mewith their eyes. It's like I'm in front of acrowd of 2,000,000 people. I get nervous.Maybe you felt that horrible feeling oncein your life, but you must've experience itin a totally different situation than mine.This is how I feel when I have to... speak inEnglish.

Being labelled as the Francophone girlis like a slap in your face. It's also pretty in-sulting when in the middle of an oral pres-entation, the teacher cuts you and asks youif you would like to do the rest of it “enfrançais”. *slaaaaap*.

My high-school English teachers didn'tdo a great job. "Where is Brian? Brian is in

the kitchen". WHEN WILL I USE THISIN LIFE?! Yes, that's the basics, but don'tpush it. Four or five years of this crap istoo much. English teacher doesn't maketheir students practice their speakingenough. It's always grammar, grammar,grammar. That’s why I have a hard timespeaking in English publicly.

If I had a choice of deciding to learnEnglish, than French when I was younger,I might have taking the opportunity. But,unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way.This annoying accent of mine will stickwith me for the rest of my life. It seems I'malways on the wrong team, and I have totell the 90 per cent of you, it sucks.

The other thing is that I’m having anidentity crisis: I’m not the same person inthe “English world”. If you know me as aFrench speaker, you must know that I havethings to say and I talk ALL the time. Butif you know me as an English speaker, I'mas silent as the monk in the wheelchair in

The Hangover: Part II. If I want to saysomething in English, it has to be worth it,because otherwise, I don't talk. Ever sinceI'm in Dawson, I'm a GREAAAAT lis-tener and unfortunately, it affects my par-ticipation grades in most of my classes.

Maybe I’ve been complaining a lot here.I aware I’m in an Anglophone cegep. Iknow what I signed up for. Every Fran-cophone in this school have their own rea-son to be here. Mine is that writing inEnglish comes easily to me than in French.There are so many grammar rules to learnthat still today I don’t speak always cor-rectly in my maternal language. From mypoint of view, speaking English is easier,and that’s why I want to improve it.

Since Wolfe won his battle againstMontcalm, the French language has beenin danger of disappearing. I see this dan-ger coming closer and closer. In theirMarch issue, L’actualité magazine releasedan article about the future of the Frenchlanguage in Montreal. Apparently, the sur-vey proves that the Francophones’ battleto save their language is essentially lost.

That being said, this whole "Vive leQuébec libre" and the loi 101, I don't be-lieve in it. Francophones have to speakEnglish, even if they have to learn the ba-sics. We will not survive without knowingit. Being served in stores will be compli-cated, and finding a job will get harder andharder if you don’t speak both English andFrench.

We live, after all, in a non-official bilin-gual city, which I still don’t get, becausewherever I go, I hear people speaking Eng-lish. Why is Montreal’s official languagestill French?

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I am Français.

Montreal, we need to talk.

Montreal, we need to talk.It’s been a while, and I understand

things haven’t been great between us as oflate. You seem angry, about a lot of things.Occupy movement was a little spat, butthen there were brutal anti-brutalitymarches, harpings about Harper, not tomention the student protests (and protestsand protests). If I see any more red squareson historic monuments, I’ll scream.

What’s gotten into you, city? You’ve al-ways had a habit of standing up for your-self. It’s one of the things I love about you.Sure, we’d get into little scrapes once in awhile, a little hockey riot here and there tokeep things interesting, but you’ve hit awhole new level of “crazy” over the pastyear. It’s not if there was a conflict, it waswhere. Can’t someone walk down St.Catherine’s without getting tear-gassednow-a-days? Is it so much to ask, thatwhen I get off the metro, I don’t walk intoa warzone?

“But it’s the police’s fault!”I’ll be the first to admit that Montreal

Police can be a bit … strong-willed, to saythe very least. They have to be to put up

with you. And yes, they probably pushedit a bit too far.

But you guys brought a gun to a knifefight. Throwing rocks at police? Bricks onthe metro? Smoke bombs? Setting build-ings on fire? How is any of this supposedto help your cause? How can you not ex-pect police to go full-force, when you’reforcing yourself into the Palais? (Besides,it really doesn’t help that one of the“peaceful student organizations” refuses todenounce what’s been going on. Stayclassy, CLASSE!)

I was watching the news recently, andthey were speaking about the uprisings inthe Middle East. To paraphrase, they sug-gested that to win a battle, to change aregime, you have to have the people onyour side.

Guess what, Montreal. You’ve lost us. Occupy accomplished nothing. We

know we hate Harper, we’re Quebec fromgod’s sake, it’s our job, but we have a cou-ple years of him left to go. The police canbe brutal, but when you start flipping cars,they need to be. And if you’re going tothrow rocks, metal rods, and try to crash ametro car, then guess what? The policearen’t the enemy. You are.

I don’t know what you’ve become, but Idon’t like it.

To be honest, I’m scared of you, Mon-treal. You’ve become a violent caricature

of the city I knew. I don’t want to drivedown the Ville-Marie waiting for rocks togo through my wind-shield. I don’t wantto spend half of my work-shift cleaningred paint. I don’t want to walk out into thestreet and worry about batons and bloodon my way home anymore.

Where’s the place I fell in love with?Where is the random music on the street,

or the lazy Sundays on Mount Royal? Imiss being able to walk to the Palais deCongres, if only to play hop-scotch in theshadows of the coloured window panes.Now, I find only broken glass, red paintand battle cries.

We can fix this. I’m fine with you stand-ing your ground, but now you’ve lost theground to stand on. I can’t, in good con-

science, say that any of this is right. I don’teven know what you’re fighting for any-more.

So, let’s take a break, Montreal. Seeother cities for a couple of weeks. I’ll popback in in the summer. Maybe some sunnyweather and a Sunday on Mount-Royalwill cool your head.

If not, well … I hear Vancouver is nice.

This is our purrty city.

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Comrades

Dear Committee of the Lyne that isBeauchamp,

You most ridiculous with claims againstthe CLASSE of students who are mostpissed off. Bitch please! You say condemnviolence, they condemn violence.

Then you get pissed off that they noonly break secretary’s glasses but not con-demn civil disobedience .

This is hard to doing because your peo-ple have told police that it is most accept-able to beat shit out of innocent studentwho is wearing red square because sup-porting boycott is now civil disobedience.

It is most nice that you have decided tositting down with unions because you notwant to lose elections.

Make sure you no fuck up because ifyou act like you always do, say most gra-cious goodbyes to your position in govern-ment!

Yes, student Proletariat will storm gov-ernment ministries and raise the red flagover the National Assembly! Long Live thestudents!

Now back to shitting on your face. Pray to your God everyday that student

are running after you and not the wholeinfrastructure that tell you what to do.

They think you have all power. How stu-pid they are! Do they not know that it is anetwork of department directors and sous-ministre that run your most liberal corruptgovernment.

If they only knew truth...Your Provinceof the Quebec would be in flames and itwould be run by people with a one halfbachelor.

If I were you I would call up PremierCharest and libertarian party, includingYouth wing, and tell them that it is time tostop treating province like fiefdom and re-member that you are elected to serve peo-ple.

If not, we will gladly take over. Goodluck tit Lyne!

Yours Sovietly,

Commissar Anton Plakov

Girls, listen up. There is no differencebetween “hey” and “heyy” and “heyyy”. Ipromise.

I’m talking, of course, about texting.That’s how everyone communicates thesedays, and so, it comes as little surprise tothe male population that women have feltthe need to make it more complicatedthan a Quentin Tarrantino movie.

Girls dissect and analyze text messageswhen there is absolutely nothing to ana-lyze and dissect. They look at every mes-sage sent from a guy as if it is someelaborate National Treasure type clue intothe deep recesses of his mind.

Please stop for a second and think aboutwho you’re dealing with. Guys are stupid.You say so yourselves all the time.

Do you think we sit in front of ourphones for 10 minutes, wondering whatyou meant with that extra emoticon?

Do you think we sit there sweating, con-templating the potentially drastic results ofputting a smiley face or a teeth-showingsmiley face, or putting one “p” at the endof our “whatsup” or two?

We don’t. We’re probably thinkingabout lunch, or sex, or both.

If a guy says he’s excited to see you,guess what? It means he’s excited to see

you. If you know what the words “excited”and “see” mean, then you should be ableto decipher the meaning of the message.

Don’t think I haven’t done my researchon this crazy female behavior. I know mostof you do it, so don’t even pretend other-wise.

I’ve had a friend of a friend (girls ofcourse) ask me why I’ve been text flirtingher friend.

First off, why are you telling your friendabout our conversation, and second, Iasked you how your day was, not howmany karats to put on your ring.

I’ve even heard a female friend of mineask another friend, in real, non sarcasticdistress, if she should put an exclamationmark, a happy face, or neither at the endof her text.

This matters so little, Mary Kate andAshley Olson called and they want their ir-relevancy award back.

The ball’s in your court now, girls. It’stime to stop writing your little hidden mes-sages where we’re supposed to magicallyunderstand that when you said “I like cau-liflower” it really meant “let’s go on adate”.

You wouldn’t say to a dog, “oh, Spot, Ijust cleaned the floor”; you’d tell him to get

the fuck out of the house and shoo him offbecause he was dirty. The same thing goesfor men. Tell us exactly what you meanand what you want, and I promise we’ll bereal with you in return.

Got it, girls?Perfect.Bye.That’s right, bye, with no extra e’s and

no smiley face. That’s it.

KThanxBaiDANIEL

SAILOFSKY

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Check dat phone.

Another major part of the friend zone,and ladies this is for you…getting bro-zoned. You know when you meet a guyand you are not trying to be those prissygirls they say they hate and then you endup getting put in the friend zone as soonas they say “You’re so chill, you’re like oneof the guys.”

And for the women, I will have to admit,from personal experience, it is kind of ourfault. We don’t really realize that there is alimited amount of fucks guys actually give.We women analyze way too much every-thing. We’re all like, “OMG, his hug wasextra-long today!” and guys are like“Okay.”

It is true that we’re insecure in variousways but really guys don’t care about thatshit. If you like him, you might as well goup to him and be like “Hey, I kinda likeyou.” And he’ll either be willing to give ita shot or not. And if not, at least you triedand you can stop pondering over what youthought you could’ve had.

There is no secretive way or subliminalmessage we can give them to show themhow much we like them unless we tellthem. Straight up. Honestly, what I’velearned is that they do not care about thesesmall things we women look at. They donot. So we should stop trying to makethem see it because the only people we arehurting is ourselves.

But people in the friend zone, there isone thing that we must learn how to cope

with. And that is learning how to growballs, being patient and being able to moveon.

Sometimes, being in the friend zone alsorequires you to be…the dreaded thirdwheel. “Come join us to the park,” theysaid. “It’ll be fun,” they said. In your headyou’re like, “NO! Fun for you while youfrolic in the park with your significantother holding hands while I sit therewatching.” You say.

It isn’t the worst thing in the world beingthe third wheel either. I mean at least itmeans your friend-zoner is at least think-ing about your feelings and eventually willpiss off their temporary other half. Butthat is likely to happen so what I suggest?Politely decline, fulfill to your friend zoneduties and try to move on to the next one.

With over seven billion people on thisEarth I guarantee you that it is probablyimpossible for you to be forever alone. Imean cupid probably has some fucked upplan to make you feel all miserable whileeveryone around you is happy and in 10years you’re the only one married with the2.5 kids and white picket, wisteria lanehouse.

In reality, if we are just ourselves andlive our lives one day at a time, and notthink about being friend zoned and tryingto escape it, and maybe grow a pair in theprocess we might not end up like the pres-ent day How I Met You Mother’s TedMosby.

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Here’s what you missed on Glee...every-thing. Well, that’s the situation I am cur-rently in.

I cannot remember when I last watchedthe hit FOX TV show that swept the na-tion two years ago, creating a school choirphenomenon. Just a year ago I was sohooked that I found the time to watch theepisodes despite my busy schedule. LatelyI haven’t even been bothered to take thetime to watch any of them, even when Ifind myself with some free time. I thoughtit was only me, but I’ve asked around, andthe feeling is fairly mutual among manyformer Gleeks.

The show obnoxiously took over theworld when it first debuted in 2009. Itbrought new meaning to the musical andcomedy genre, especially because it wasaired on prime time television. While theshow was never actually praised for itswriting, it had dynamic song and danceroutines, cheesy yet compelling plot linesand love octagons, and a really good mar-keting team.

Everyone became self-proclaimedGleeks, and the popularity of school choirsjumped. Even those who hated the showwere always talking about it so it garneredeven more publicity from the non G-leev-ers.

But now what? I honestly don’t care

what happens to Rachel and Finn, Quinnor Puck. They are all horribly daft charac-ters. The only person I care about is troutlips Sam and I don’t even think ChordOverstreet (Yes, that is his real name) iseven part of the regular cast anymore.

I was curious to understand why I lostinterest so quickly. I haven’t changed allthat much in the past year and I am stillwatching most of the same shows I did be-fore. So I decided to do a little research,especially after I found out that FOX re-newed the series for a fourth season.

When typing in the words Glee andRatings in the Google search bar (yes, thisis A+ journalistic research) almost everyarticle that appears contains the words alltime low, or shedding viewers, or just sim-ply, drop. According to an article writtenfor The Wrap.com back in December,Glee, at that point in its season, had lostnearly a quarter of its viewers. This is wor-rying for a show in its third season. Morerecent articles from the past few weekshave Glee in the red zone as well, steadilydeclining in viewers each week, often dur-ing the hour it is airing.

Now, I know the Neilson ratings systemisn’t perfect. It only takes into account cer-tain households, and Canada has no playin it. However, it is amazing how quicklythe hype for the show died down. Are we

that fickle? Do we give up that easily? Inaddition to the fact that a lot of the stu-dents I know who don’t watch it blame iton their busy schedules, I also think theshow’s writing is quite inconsistent, and Ifeel this plays a large role in why peoplegot bored.

The show was never meant to be a silverscreen masterpiece (at least I hope not) butthe writing has gotten a lot worse. Theepisodes are all over the place and I don’tneed to be a Cin/Vid/Com student to tellyou that the characters themselves aren’twritten properly. It’s like they are all suf-fering from their own type of multiple per-sonality disorder. To cover all that up, thewriters throw in random song and dancenumbers. Sure, it’s great when they fit thescene and blend in well. It’s awkward ashell when it is squeezed out of a scene, likethey are grasping at straws to try to makeit work. Oh no, Rachel’s cell phone isn’tworking...let’s sing Telephone by LadyGaga. Slushie to the face? Cut to scene ofMr. Schue being extremely unprofessionaland creepy, another scene, oh no, no moretater tots in the cafeteria, better sing aMichael Jackson song. Sometimes I won-der if a group of squirrels write the show.

That aside, the actual cast has benefit-ted greatly from being a part of this show.Lea Michele, Corey Monteith, Darren

Criss and Chris Colfer, to name a few, haveall become house hold names, receiving alot of media attention and singing deals formovies and Broadway shows. In fact, ourlovely former Editor-in-Chief and PlantLurker Dahlia informed me that Colfer’smovie premiered at the Tribeca film festi-val last week.

Michele starred opposite AshtonKutcher in the cheese fest that was NewYears Eve, and Mark Sailing (Puck) andMatthew Morrison (Mr. Schue) both re-leased albums in the past year. They arepretty horrible to say the least, but hey, atleast they actually got to release them.

Oh how low the standards have fallen.My point here is even if FOX will ride

out Glee and let it die a slow and painfuldeath, instead of doing it the British wayand ending the series while it still has somedignity, the cast has reaped the benefits ofbeing on a show which sparked a world-wide phenomenon. Keep riding the waveguys, because the music won’t keep play-ing forever.

Another important point to make, Dar-ren Criss is possibly the best thing to hap-pen to this show. His talent isindescribable, with his voice, smile andpink ray bans impregnating women allover the globe. This is all according to afairly reliable source. (Happy Dahlia?)

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SkanksMy boyfriend gets really jealous when

my dog jumps on the bed during sex.Help.

-Frustrated

Oh girl... This is seriously fucked. Youneed to tell your boyfriend he needs tocalm. the fuck. down. It's a dog. Not an-other man. Is he off his rocker? In mypersonal point of view I would run awayfrom that boy as fast as I could. Hesounds like a psychopath. If he's jealousover a DOG then what do you think he'sgoing to do if another man talks to youwhen you're out with your girlfriends?Sounds like way too much trouble foryou to deal with. Especially this youngin life. I say ditch him and then you andyour dog can cuddle all you want in bed.Remember, you're a strong independentwoman who don't need no man.

I have a huge secret obsession withDanny Devito and I accidentally yelledout "Danny!" during sex instead of myboyfriends... Now he's really pissed andthinks I'm cheating on him... Whatshould I do?

-Devito Lover

Dear Devito LoverThis sounds like quite a pickle you

have yourself in. I can see how yourboyfriend could easily misinterpret thatfor something much worse.. especiallybecause it's hard to explain you got athing for the Devito... (seriously? Devito?I'm not one to judge fetishes or anythingbut that is one of the weirdest things I'veever heard...)

All I can really say is try sitting himdown and explaining your secret crushand hoping he's understand. If thatdoesn't work then I'm sorry babe butyou're pretty screwed and have to justwait until he cools down and sees thelight and that you're a good faithful girl-friend (I'm assuming.)

Man of the Week

Name: Richard (Rich, Richie, Richie Rich, not dick) NashmanProgram/Semester: Commerce/ 4th Semester Age: 18 going on 30Hair: Brown with a natural red stripeEyes: BrownInterested In: Clothes, shoes, cars... did I mention clothes? Favorite Movie?: The Blind SideFavorite Class at Dawson? Why?: Photography (Peter Berra + Valerie Sim-mons). The teacher makes the class. Do you believe in Love? Why or Why not?: Of course! Nobody would behere if there was no love.Program you dislike at Dawson? Why?: IS, just because.Animal you'd be? My dog a.k.a the pampered pooch, who doesn't want to layaround all day and sleep? Favorite sex position?: Any. Opinion on the Plant?: Very informativeWeird obsession?: Justin Bieber Going to University? If so, in what program and where?: Undecided... Con-cordia or Ottawa U. Either Sociology or Honors Business. .Favorite body part?: Definitely eyes.Opinion on student strike?: Bricks belong on my house and not in themetro...Where can people find you?: Starbucks in Alexis Nihon, Starbucks on Mon-kland, Starbucks in TMR, Starbucks on Sources, Starbucks on St-Jeans.

Love and Lube,

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Dawson Blues Women’s hockey teamwinger and assistant captain GabrielleDavidson’s ambition, dedication and mod-esty has taken her a long way in her drive fora spot on the 2018 Winter Olympic roster.

Davidson didn’t start playing hockeyuntil she was nine years old. Instead, shewas playing soccer and skiing. Though sheenjoyed playing both sports, hockey waswhat she really wanted to play because ofthe freedom she felt when she skated.

“I thought [hockey] was fun,” Davidsonsaid. “The skating part I think was the thingthat really got me into it, being able to skatearound and do whatever I wanted.”

Although hockey was the sport David-son really wanted to play, her parents werereluctant to let her join. With her twoother brothers, her twin Alex and youngerbrother Will, wanting to play hockey aswell, traveling to games would be a prob-lem for Davidson’s parents. However,eventually they caved and let her play, butshe had a condition to follow.

“They let me give it a try,” Davidsonsaid, “but I had to play on the same teamas my twin.”

Ever since she played on that first teamwith twin brother Alex, the West IslandAtom B Avalanche, Davidson has contin-ued to push forward and move up intohigher levels of hockey. While she contin-

ued to play with the Avalanche, she was inthe Sport-Études program at John RennieHigh School, where she continued prac-ticing with the boys because there werevery few girls in the hockey program. Afterfive years of playing on West Island boy’steams, she switched over to the West Is-land AA Midget girl’s team, a year earlierthan the normal age and played there forthree years, until she made the DawsonBlues Women’s hockey team.

Davidson, who was accepted at Dawsonand John Abbott, chose to study Com-merce at Dawson. She believed Dawsonwas the better fit because of the hockeyprogram.

“Its a very good school and there weremore opportunities hockey-wise at Daw-son,” Davidson said. “It was either Abbottor Dawson and because the hockey pro-gram was better and more successful atDawson I chose to come here.”

Her persistence as young girl who lovedto play hockey allowed her a spot on theQuebec team roster when she was 14years old and stayed there until she was 17.Her three years on the team gave her theopportunity to go to the Canada Gamesand the Nationals twice. In 2009, shemade the U-18 Canadian team and stayedwith them before she made the U-22Canadian team.

“It’s an honour to represent my country,especially because it’s a sport I’m passionateabout and love,” Davidson said. “Just thefeeling of wearing the maple leaf, knowingyour one of the few given the opportunity

represent your country is incredible.”With the amount of time she spends on

the ice, she has to find time for her schoolwork. Between Dawson trainings, TeamCanada camps and school, Davidson hasher work cut out for her. Because of herdetermination and excellent work ethic,Davidson finds a way to do it all.

“It’s more then a full time job because[I’m] constantly doing something, whetherit’s homework, studying, training at thegym or playing a game, and all of it to-gether makes [my] life very busy,” David-son said. “I think it’s a good challengethough, it prepares you for the future byhelping you work on your time manage-ment skills.”

Everything Davidson has done up untilnow has put her right where she wants tobe in her dream of one day making it tothe Winter Olympics. Next year she willbe attending McGill University where shehas received a scholarship from The “Fon-dation de L’Athlète d’Excellence duQuébec” that pays all school expenses toathletes who choose to stay in Quebec forschool. Though she had at least 15 otheroffers, including many of the Ivy Leagueschools in the United States, Davidson feltlike McGill was the best fit for her becauseof its’ reknowned Business program andMcGill Redman head coach Peter Smith.

“What I like about [Peter] is his passionfor the game and his passion towards help-ing young players develop and reach theirgoals,” Davidson said.

SHAUNA ZILvERSMITSTAFF WRITER

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Hometown hero

Dawson women’s rugby player andMontreal native, Bianca Farella, known as“B” by her teammates, has been a keypiece of the Blues’ rugby team for lastthree seasons. Her speed, experience anddedication will be missed as she graduatedfrom the Pure and Applied Science pro-gram at Dawson last December.

Bianca began playing rugby in Grade 7.When she arrived at Dawson, her lightningspeed initially earned her a spot on the wing,but in the most recent season she also playedas fullback and mostly outside centre.

Having experience with the Town ofMont-Royal Rugby Club, Canadian Sen-ior Women’s 7’s team in February, U- 20Canada team and Senior QuebecWomen’s team in summer 2011, as well asthe U-19 and U-17 Quebec teams inyounger years, Farella is on the right trackto meet her goal of representing Canadain the 2016 Olympics.

Farella considers her first season with Daw-son, “my huge growing year,” and describesthe Dawson Blues rugby team as a family.

“Our coaches really instill a family feel-ing in us, because rugby is all about doingyour job, and trusting that your teammatenext to you will do hers,” she said. “[In my

first season with Dawson] I learned somuch, and grew as a player.” The youngathlete also admitted to having alwayswanted to play flanker, certainly quite a dif-ferent position to her normal spot in theback line.

Bianca said it felt great to beat the JohnAbbott Islanders in the finals last semester,especially on their home field. Bianca andthe Blues have met the Islanders in the fi-nals for the past three seasons, and takenhome the championship title the last two.

According to Farella, this year’s final feltdifferent. “I think myself and each of myteammates had a different idea going intothat game about how it would turn out. I'veheard some people say that they thoughtwe'd win by 50 points, we ended up win-ning 12-5.” She added that it really wasanyone’s game. Farella earned a spot onthe all-star team at the end of the final.

Although leaving Dawson’s rugby scene,Farella has a bright rugby future. In Feb-ruary she was invited to play with theCanada Women’s 7’s Team in Las Vegas.She praises the experience, and says shelooks up to the women who she shared thefield with this winter. “[The SeniorCanada women] were so nice and wel-coming when I was invited to play withthem […] they made my first experiencewith Senior Canada so great!”

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When it comes to exercising on theirown, many say they are at a loss aboutwhat to do to get fit. Others don’t want tospend a fortune on expensive gym mem-berships and some are just lazy and cringeat the thought of a treadmill, or say thatthey simply do not have enough time.However, exercising does not have to begiven such a bad rap; it is clinically proventhat exercising actually makes one feelhappier.

There are four components of fitness:strength/resistance training, cardiovascu-lar exercise, flexibility, and balance/coor-dination. The best way to maintain, or ifyou’re a beginner, build a healthy lifestyleis to incorporate all four aspects in a regu-lar exercise routine. One does not need anexpensive gym membership to get fit. Allyou need are a few tips and tricks!

Strength/resistance

Most people believe that resistancetraining is strictly for body builders, butthat is a complete lie. In actuality, bodybuilding is an activity for this type of exer-cise. Lifting a few dumbbells here andthere won’t bulk you up, if that is not yourgoal. It will simply strengthen your mus-cles and bones, which is vital to keep bodyfat down and create lean muscle, whichalso improves stamina. Don’t have dumb-bells at home? Grab a pot or pan from thekitchen, a vase that can fit into your hand,or fill up your school bag with lots of itemsto act like a sandbag, and voila! You haveweights at home!

Cardiovascular

Cardio is either something you love orhate. Many develop ‘runners high,’ as oth-ers hate the idea of feeling out of breathwith cramps. There is also the misconcep-tion that cardio means walking or running.Cardio exercises are actually more varied,and the most popular out of the four typesof exercise. Soccer, for one, is a popularsport. Then we have hockey, tennis, cy-cling, swimming, even boxing, or an in-creasing popular trend, dancing, such as

Zumba. All of these activities are easily ac-cessible, and even incorporate other peo-ple so one does not have to feel like theyare exercising alone turning it into a socialgathering!

Flexibility

Flexibility is vital in order to functionproperly in our daily lives. If we weren’tflexible, we wouldn’t have any range ofmotion within our joints and muscles, andwould be feeling sore. One can increasetheir flexibility by simply stretching for afew minutes every day, whether it’s in themorning when you wake up or go to bed.Take 20 minutes to stretch your entirebody from neck to toes. Stretching releasestension formed from stiff muscles, so ifyou are ever stressed, or sat in a bad posi-tion, stretching will calm you down, butalso make you feel better! In addition,there are also many sports that can in-crease your level of flexibility, such asYoga, gymnastics, martial arts, dancingand many more. In fact, the majority ofsports require some level of flexibility, soby joining something like skating wouldnot only help you in becoming more flex-ible, but it would also increase your car-diovascular level, as well as balance.

Balance and coordination

It may not sound like a vital area of fit-ness, but it is. Again, this component of fit-ness is usually paired with another when itcomes to sports. However, if one wants toimprove on this section primarily, there aresports such as tennis, volleyball, baseballand archery that require hand-eye coordi-nation. Balancing sports such as yoga, Pi-lates, gymnastics and any form of sportthat calls for equipment to be balanced on,such as skiing, skating, snowboarding, surf-ing etc, are good options.

All in all, one cannot really give the ex-cuse that exercise is not at their disposal.All the necessary tools are right in front ofthem. Dawson has several sports teams,that include the sports mentioned above inwhich range in and out in accordance toall four types of fitness! The gym mem-bership is also manageable compared toother places, and students can even sign upfor fitness classes. So, take advantage andturn exercise into something fun!

Healthy habits

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DANIEL SAILOFSKYSTAFF WRITER

BARBARA MADIMENOSSENIOR WRITER

If there are any Expos fans still fumingover the loss of our beloved baseball teamto Washington, I would advise you to stopreading.

Those of you who have followed theteam to D.C, well, you can keep on smiling.

The start of this year’s MLB season hasbeen a weird one, with the Dodgers andMets off to torrid starts while the perenniallycontending Red Sox still haven’t been ableto shake off last year’s late season collapse.

But perhaps the biggest surprise hasbeen the play of the 12-5 (no, that’s not atypo) Nationals. People thought they’d begood, but not this good.

Since Abner Doubleday invented thegame (allegedly) over 150 years ago, therehas been one timeless way to ensure suc-cess in baseball, and right now, the Na-tionals are doing it.

It’s still early of course, but no one ispitching like these Nats right now. No one.

Washington leads the league in teamEarned Run Average (ERA), opponents’batting average, opponents’ on base per-centage, and are second in Walks and hitsper inning pitched (WHIP).

Some of the Nats hurlers, like superprospect and budding star Stephen Stras-burg, were expected to produce near thislevel. It is the unexpected performancesthat have made the difference.

Ross Detwiler is 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA (allstats as of April 24). Jordan Zimmermanhas a ridiculous 0.71 WHIP. Relievers Sean

Burnett and Henry Rodriguez have yet togive up an earned run over 12 innings.

Never heard of any of these guys? Don’tworry, you’re not alone.

The Nationals have won seven of theirgames by a single run, which for many is asign of warning. Some people may saythey have just been lucky, and they mayeventually be proven right if Washingtonbegins to struggle. However, the Nats suc-cess in close games is also a testament totheir bullpen.

Even with stud closer Brad Lidge strug-gling, Washington’s bullpen ERA of 2.43still ranks near the top of the league. Thisdoesn’t even tell the whole story though.The Nats have played countless closegames and pressure packed scenarios, andeach time the bullpen has seemingly beenup to the task.

Washington’s also benefited from sometimely, if not consistent, hitting, with griz-zled vet Jayson Werth and young gun IanDesmond leading the way. If All-StarRyan Zimmerman can get out of his earlyseason funk, then this offence might reallystart humming, which does not bode wellfor the rest of the NL.

They say pitching and defence winschampionships, and so far, the Nats seemto be applying this formula to near perfec-tion. Who knows, with a little added sizzleon the sticks and the same great pitching,the boys from D.C could ride this wave allthe way to October.

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