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The Argosy www.argosy.ca 17CENTREFOLD

It was what is known as a “Mountie

Day” in Sackville on Saturday, and the

Football Mounties did not disappoint the

Homecoming crowd. In sometimes rainy,

sometimes sunny weather, the Mounties

won their season and home opener 19-6

against St. FX in front of an enthusiastic

crowd at MacAulay Field.

ere were many question marks

surrounding the Mounties’ defence

heading into the game, with a new

defensive coordinator at the helm and

some players moving around within the

defence itself. However, all questions

were answered as the

defence allowed

only two

f i e l d

Mounties win season opener

Wray Perkin

Sports Writer

goals and not a single rst down or

point in the entire second half.

e biggest question regarding the

defence was its front seven, which

stepped up big time, not allowing any

runs and putting lots of pressure on

the quarterback.

Stats for the game were unavailable,

but as anyone who saw the game

would tell you, the visiting X-Men

did not have very many o ensive stats

at all.

Defensive coordinator Scott

Annand’s game plan to bring the

heat paid o as the Mounties got to

X-Men quarterback Andrew Hickey

multiple times, sacking him and

forcing a couple of fumbles. Ryan

Downe and Akwasi Antwi stood out

on the defensive line while all three

starting linebackers, Davy Robinson,

Luke Ekoh and Ben Halpern were all

consistently around the ball and in

the back eld.

Corner Bradley Daye had an

interception for the Mounties and

safety Callan Exeter played a strong

game in his return to the CIS, with

a pair of rst-half knockdowns

that could have gone for

interceptions.

O ensively for the

Mounties, quarterback Jake

Hotchkiss looked strong in only his

second Sackville start, constantly

throwing good passes and showing

good elusiveness from the pocket,

scrambling away from pressure and

for rst downs on multiple occasions.

Hotchkiss spread the ball around

as well, getting the ball to all four

starting receivers in the rst half.

e main attraction, 2009 AUS

MVP Gary Ross was relatively quiet,

not scoring or going for any huge

plays, but did rack up some good all-

purpose yards with a couple of long

punt returns and hando s.

e Mounties scored their points

o of ve eld goals, two singles,

and a safety. Freshman kicker John

Szilagyi had a busy debut, going

5-for-7 on eld goal attempts, tying

a school record. e two kicks he

missed went for singles while St FX

conceded a safety to round out the

scoring.

e Mounties got o to a good

start o ensively, scoring two eld

goals on their rst two drives, while

the X-Men were unable to score more

than another eld goal after their rst

drive which ended in three points.

Another point of emphasis for

the Mounties’ faithful was that the

running game had to be improved

in 2010. While the Mounties were

unable to break any big runs, they

managed to pound the ball down

the throat of the X-Men defence late

in the game when it mattered most,

grinding out most of the fourth

quarter. Veteran Matt Pickett and

newcomer Alonzo Howell were both

impressive while getting relatively

even playing time.

e win marks the rst victory in a

season opener for the Mounties since

1999, a sign that Head Coach Kelly

Je rey has turned the ship around

and that 2010 is a di erent season for

the Mounties.

In the other AUS game this past

weekend, the Acadia Axemen “upset”

the number four-ranked Saint Mary’s

Huskies 17-7 in Wolfville.

is Friday the Mounties travel to

Sherbrooke in the only interlock week

of the season to take on the Vert et Or.

Other interlock match ups are Acadia

at Bishop’s, Montreal at St. FX and

top-ranked Laval at Saint Mary’s.

e Mounties return to New

Brunswick on September 25, where

they take on the Saint Mary’s Huskies

in Moncton as part of the CFL’s

Touchdown Atlantic weekend.

Defense dominates in emphatic rout over 13th-ranked St. FX

Queen’s University and the University

of Western Ontario.

Mount Allison has been celebrating

homecoming for over thirty years.

It has always been centred around a

Mountie football game, but has at

times featured other sports such as

soccer.

Homecoming weekend is

something Mt. A students look

forward to every year. Students put

on their garnet and gold, paint their

faces, and take part in a series of

pre-game “pump-ups” throughout

campus. Homecoming parties are also

often hailed as some of the best events

of the year. is year's celebrations

even included a pre-game concert by

Mt. A alumni In-Flight Safety.

e Mt. A football team has played

their homecoming game against St.

Francis Xavier University for the

past few years, causing the creation

of an intense rivalry between the two

schools.

Most recently, on this pasthomecoming weekend the Mt. A

Mounties took an impressive lead in

that rivalry by beating St. FX 19-6.

Mounties will try and defend their

lead when they play the X-Men at

the St. FX homecoming on October

second.Photo Credits: Lea Foy, Ainslie Moss, Rob Burroughs

ng 101h Americantradition



HUMOUR September 16, 2010 [email protected]

10. ey wear their lanyards around their necks at all

times, even when heading to a formal event.

9. ey actually own and paid money for lanyards.

8. ey try to pick ghts with Dr. Majithia.

7. “Wait, I can have pizza AND hamburger? Meal hall

Top Ten Ways toIdentify a FreshmanGeoff Hutchinson

Humour Contributer

is AWESOME!”

6. ey have no qualms about jumping into the S wanPond fully clothed at a welcome barbeque.

5. ey attend Mount Allison Football games, even afterHomecoming.

4. ey travel in packs…like lions.

3. ey’re always fully showered, dressed, and wearing

full make-up, at, like, 6:30 am…on a Saturday.

2. “A four page paper? Oh, man, this is going to take all weekend!”

1. ey still have that look of hopeful innocence in theireyes.

a touch of grace by Erik Fraser

what the frack? by Lindsay Laltoo



The Argosy www.argosy.ca 19HUMOUR

Ask theExperts!

with Geoff and Sean

Q: How do I meet peopleoutside of my residence?

A. Geoff Hutchinson: e great thing about Mount Allison isthat there are just so many ways to meet new friends. You could attend theSACtivities fair, or say hi to the pe rson beside you in class, or even start yourown cult! e following are just a few possible activities to help you expand

your social circle:

- Try hanging some posters around campus, asking people to email you if they want to be your friend, and detailing how i ncredibly NOT pathetic you are.

- Attend a party o -campus hosted by a friend of a friend. I know it’s tricky togo to parties fully clothed, but try to make an e ort to keep your pants on, for

all of our sakes.

- If you’re feeling particularly adventurous, follow a group of students intoanother residence on a Friday night, and then roam the house, walking into any random room you nd and joining in the festivities. When asked who exactly

you are, and why you’re pouring that ne scotch into the shbowl, pretend notto speak any English.

ese are just a few ways that you can nd a new friend, acquaintance, rival, orarch-nemesis around campus that doesn’t live four rooms down.

A. Sean Baker: e search for good ways to meet people outside of residence is one of the great unsolved university mysteries. Psychologists,sociologists, and miscellaneologists have strived for years to come up w ithan answer, without success. is may be because many of them are otherwiseoccupied with answering that other age-old q uestion: what compels peopleto jump into the S wan Pond? However, I am pleased to report that I haveundertaken my own research in this eld, and while I have not yet met success,I would suggest trying my newest method: e Snare. I haven’t tried it myself

yet, but feel free to test it out. Set up a rope trap that hoists people into their air

by their ankle. Once they’re dangling without an escape route, run over to them,introduce yourself, ask them some questions, and voila! You’ve made a new friend. If you decide to try this method for yourself, please let me know how it

works out.



ENT. September 16, 2010 [email protected]

Christina Martincan too

Rachel Gardner

Political Beat Writer

Singer delivers message of perseverance with release of new CD, I Can Too

Rebecca Che

of Martin, designed the cover to iden-

tify with the theme of perseverance

through diculty that pervaded the

song.

In a recent article with e Coast,

Martin expresses that “the song basi-

cally runs through very personal expe-

riences where somebody told me that

I couldn’t do something. I remember

my father telling me when I was young

Christina Martin visited George’s

Roadhouse this past Saturday night to

showcase the songs from her recently

released album I Can Too, bringing a

unique blend of classic rock and coun-

try twang to the audience. Her bold

sense of humour was contrasted by

the openness and vulnerability Mar-

tin brought to her songs, melding to-

gether to ignite a warm and receptive

audience.

It is hard to tell that it has been only

eleven years since Martin began play-

ing and writing songs, after quitting

school and moving to Austin, Texas at

twenty years of age. “After that, I went

to Germany, did some soul searching,

liked singing, and just started doing

it,” said Martin.

In recent years, this musician with

a simple start has developed into a

celebrated and well-known artist on

the east coast. Her recent album, Two

Hearts (2008), recorded with musi-

cian and recently announced ancé,

Dale Murray, won her Pop Record-

ing of the Year at the 2009 East Coast

Music Awards, as well as two Nova

Scotia Music Awards for Female Art-

ist of the Year and Pop Recording of

the Year in 2008.

With inuences including Tom

Petty, Wilco, George Harrison, Roy

Orbison, and the Wilburys, Martin

brings a blend of musical diversity

to the stage, conjuring up nostalgic

memories of the swing and sway of

Roy Orbison and guitar-sliding of

George Harrison. e headline song

of the album, I Can Too, however, was

the highlight of the night.

“ e song was written out of frus-

tration with people saying you can’t

do this or do it this way,” says Martin.

When questioned about why the al-

bum featured a pictured of a boxer on

its cover, she responded that In-Flight

Safety band member Daniel Ledwell,

a Mount Allison alumnus and friend

–he was angry—and he just exploded

and called me an ungrateful bitch.

He said that I would never have love

in my life or that no man would ever

put up with me.” I Can Too starts with

the quiet strumming of Martin’s gui-

tar, adding in her soft and raw voice,

layering on slowly with the electric

guitar, piano, bass, and drums of fel-

low band members. e song builds up

and gains volume throughout, relating

a message of building character from

the hard times and places in our lives,

and ghting for what we believe in.

With a sweet sound, inspirational

lyrics, and a scandalous sense of hu-

mour, Christina Martin is one musi-

cian you don’t want to miss. Check out

her new album, I Can Too, released in

stores and online now.

Mount Allison’s rst class bash was

hailed last week with award winning

East Coast hip hop mogul Classied,

accompanied by the soulful ddle mu-

sic of e Colin Grant Band, and

Prince Edward Island’s e Danks.

In spite of the last minute relocation to

Convocation Hall, due to poor weath-

er conditions, the show was as lively as

it was eclectic.

e Colin Grant Band, whose sec-ond studio album is to be released this

year, started the evening o with some

down to earth Cape Breton ddle

music driven by a rhythmic sensibility

more akin to rock and roll than folk.

Fears that the venue change would put

a damper on the evening dissipated as

the audience drew up to the stage. e

Colin Grant Band delivered their set

with a lot of enthusiasm and a good

healthy stage presence, impelling the

audience to dance (which sometimesthey would) or at least clap along.

e Colin Grant Band are talented

musicians who beckoned the night in

gracefully.

e Danks played next, shifting the

atmosphere from roots to garage rock.

e Danks are akin to e Strokes, ex-

cept from Charlottetown, Prince Ed-

Becky Martin

Entertainment Writer

First Class Bash ‘lights up’ Convocation Hall ward Island. While what they deliver

may not exactly be original, they have

a good swagger and deliver their hook-

laden garage rock with style and pro-

ciency. Lead singer Brohan Moore,

who had the best swagger of all, com-

mented that the audience could use a

bit more beer but later remarked (true

to form) “you guys are really cool, you

know?”

As more crowds piled in for the lat-

ter half of the evening, the anticipation

for headliner Classied was palpable.

Amidst the chatter of the audience

you could hear excited fans discussing

their favourite songs and past concert

experiences. After a long period of

expectancy, Halifax rapper J-Bru took

the stage with a cover of Toronto MC

Drake’s ‘Over.’ e crowd came to life

and surged to the front. Girls danced

on chairs and fans pumped their sts;

you could tell everyone was really into

it. After another quick song dedicat-ed to those who “love their sneakers

more than their girlfriends”, Classied

came out accompanied by his younger

brother and fellow performer, Mic

Boyd and DJ-IV.

Classied, a native of Eneld, Nova

Scotia born Luke Boyd, delivered

his verses with energy and a strong

A dynamic group of performances brings in the coming year with a surprising twist.

Internet Photo/Exclaim

If you don’t smoke weed,don’t start. If you smoke weed, smoke weed.

Classied

Rapper

punch. Among other subject matter,

he rhymes about his experiences grow-

ing up in a small town and not relating

to the tourist-marketed stereotypes of

Atlantic Canada.

Another favourite subject is mari-

juana. During one song called ‘Smoke

Weed’ he o ers up the sound advice “If

you don’t smoke weed, don’t start. If

you smoke weed, SMOKE WEED.”

is song featured one of the more

eyebrow raising stage gimmicks of the

night in which Mr. Lucas Boyd lit up

and passed around a joint on stage in

Con Hall. To clear up any confusion,

this stunt was NOT endorsed by the

SAC, though Classied apparently

asked in advance if was permissible

and went ahead with his plans without

approval.

Mary Jane aside, stage moments

were abundant. In another instance,

Boyd answered the call of e Danks

for ‘more beer’ and threw one out into

the crowd.

is year’s rst class bash was de-

nitely an event to be remembered.

e diversity of the acts was a little

bit like the evolution of pop music as

shown through a pair of Maritime-

tinted goggles. It began humbly with

e Colin Grant Band’s lively kitchenparty ddle music and worked its way

up to the somewhat juvenile antics of

headliner Classied. Maybe someday,

if you put your nose to the grindstone

and make a name for yourself, you too

can smoke it in Convocation Hall.



The Argosy www.argosy.ca 21ENTERTAINMENT

A nostalgic Friday night of music

Mystery, intrigue, and blood-rousing

music will be invoked this month at the

Vogue Cinema. On September 16,e

Girl Who Played With Fire , the sequel

to e Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is

the rst lm to premier in Sackville.

is Swedish sequel is adapted from

a series of thrillers by Stieg Larrson.

It follows a woman on the run from

the police after being suspected of

three murders: the deaths of two

researchers articling sex tracking,

and of her former parole ocer who

sexually assaulted her. She may have

been wrongfully convicted, but you

will have to show up next ursday to

nd out.If action thrillers are not your taste,

or if you just want to see the Arcade

Fire put on a memorable show, come

out the following ursday, September

23, for Miroir Noir . Director Vincent

Morisset captures the live art of

AF’s music, and the inner workings

of how they combine orchestration,

lyrics, and vocals so elegantly. A lm

in partnership with the FICA lm

festival, this one is a must for indie

music bu s or Canadians proud of our

charming export.

e organizer of this array of

cinema, Fine Arts Department

professor addeus Holownia, nds

it “interesting how subjects and

topics come forward into the lm

world,” this term. Many of them are

unconventional next to Hollywood

blockbusters. Such lms involve ideas

relating to environmental crises (e

Cove ), portrayals of dysfunctional

families (Kids are Alright ), or dark

comedic views on death (Get Low).

Besides the experimental shorts set

to be shown before a few of the lms,

Holownia is most “excited about some

of the [biography] documentaries . . .

in the schedule this term”. You can delve into the life of the

world’s most famous playboy when

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and

Rebel debuts in early November.

Besides his tumultuous career, Hefner

was a passionate civil rights activist. He

fought the colour barrier by inviting

African Americans on Playboy TV in

a time when racial prejudices were the

norm.

On December 2, the female side

of the entertainment spectrum will

be realized. You’ll see rst-hand the

constant rejection from show biz of

a woman driven to make a name for

herself past her prime in Joan Rivers:

A Piece of Work . Seventy-seven year-old

Rivers is a comic genius and shows no

self-pity, rather she impassively exposes

the many aws of the rich and famous.

I can tell you now that not even a new

episode of Jersey Shore, though very

alluring, would be able to keep me

from watching this documentary gem.

e Vogue Cinema is located on 9

Bridge Street. Ticket prices are very

reasonable at $6 for members and $8

for non-members. You can purchase

a membership for $8 on lm nights,

but show up early to beat the lines.For the lm line-up this semester you

can visit the website at http://www.

voguecinema.ca/sackvillelmsociety .

All you need ispopcorn and a dateSFS kicks o the school year with a line-up aimed to thrill

Michelle Cielen

Entertainment Editor

Pat, David, and Corey rock George’s Roadhouse in front of their hometown following

Top: Corey Isenor, playing the acoustic guitar, fills theroom with ethereal melody. Bottom: David Simard

strums his guitar while displaying souful vocals. Right: Pat

LePoidevin basks the crowd in a harmonious atmospherewith his affluent violin-playing skill.

All photos by Ainslie Moss



22 September 16, 2010 [email protected]

e fall television season is upon

us. Here’s a look at two new shows

to watch out for, and one returning

favourite.

Undercovers: NBC, premieres

Wednesday, September 22 at 9:00

pm Producer J.J. Abrams’ (Alias, Lost,

Fringe) newest show is about married

ex-spies (Boris Kodjoe and Gugu

Mbatha-Raw) who are convinced

by the CIA to return to active duty

when a former colleague goes missing.

Abrams’ inuence is clear in the

preview, which shows interesting

characters, smart dialogue, and the

slightest hint of a mystery. e show

isn’t just action, though; the leads’

romantic chemistry is sure to draw

viewers. e mix of spy action and

hot romance, combined with Abrams’reputation for innovative, successful

shows, makes Undercovers one of this

season’s most interesting o erings.

No Ordinary Family: ABC,

premieres Tuesday, September 28 at

9:00 pm

is super-hero show stars Michael

Chiklis ( e Shield) and Julie Benz

(Dexter) as married police sketch-

artist and scientist who, along with

their teenage children, discover that

they’ve developed superpowers after

their plane crashes in Brazil. While

it remains to be seen if No Ordinary

Family can distinguish itself from

Heroes or e Incredibles, the show’s

intent to focus on family relationships

in extraordinary circumstances,

Chiklis’ and Benz’s previous success

in choosing good projects, and the

concept’s potential to produce a great

story all make No Ordinary Family

worth checking out.

e Big Bang eory: CBS, returns

ursday, September 23 at 9:00 pm

After great third season ratings and

an Emmy Award for Jim Parsons,

the sitcom that’s helping to bring

geekdom to the masses returns for

its fourth year. is season, we’ll see

more of Amy, who appeared at the

end of last season’s nale as Sheldon’s

female counterpart. It’s unclear exactly

what kind of relationship Sheldon and

Amy will have, but it doesn’t look like

Sheldon is going to unexpectedly show

romantic tendencies anytime soon; forthose worried that the character would

y o the rails, breathe a temporary

sigh of relief. Also this season, keep

an eye out for Apple co-founder Steve

Wozniak, and a potential reappearance

from Sheldon’s arch-nemesis, Wil

Wheaton.

On the September 20, 2010 the fth

annual Polaris Music Prize will be

awarded to the Canadian artist or

group who produced-- according to

a grand jury of musical journalists,

broadcasters, and bloggers-- the best

album of the past year. Based on ar-

tistic merit, a short list comprised of

the ten greatest accomplishments in

Canadian music was released on July

6 and the countdown is on to the date

when lucrative bragging rights, and

a $20,000 cash prize will be handed

out during a live gala on CBC Radio

3, both online and on Sirius Satellite

Radio. e short list includes:

Artist: e Besnard Lakes

Album: e Besnard Lakes Are e

Roaring Night

e Montreal band’s third album dis-

tinguishes them as an orchestral pop

standout with guitar-rock tenden-

cies. ough these two styles could

easily cause the band to sound out of

sync to the listener, they seamlessly

marry the sounds on tracks creating

dreamy, fragile harmonies that expose

the showmanship and knowledge the

band has gained from their two previ-

ous e orts.

Artist: Broken Social Scene

Album: Forgiveness Rock Record

For a band with a revolving door of

Canadian collaborators, the new al-

bum is refreshingly tight and much

more commercial than prior attempts.

More cuts veer away from the heavy

instrumentals of previous e orts to a

more uid song-based archive of hits,

while still managing to retain the ele-

ments that have made them staples in

Canadian music for the last decade.

Artist: Caribou

Album: Swim

Caribou’s Dan Snaith follows up

2007’s Polaris winning album Andorra

with a compilation of tracks that re-

tain the warmth and texture that had

made earlier e orts so successful.

Yet, with his latest e ort, the preci-

sion is greater with an album whose

darker tones, lyrics, and atmosphere

are sometimes overlooked due to the

pop-friendly appeal of the sonic beats.

ey are sure to dive into your ear and

rest there while you ponder the rela-

tionship indecision present lyrically on

this album.

Artist: Karkwa

Album: Les Chemins De Verre

Montreal-based, and Quebecois fa-

vourite Karkwa are breaking out of

the connes isolating French music to

the French-speaking population. e

band’s fourth studio album blends Ra-

diohead-esque progressive rock with

traditional

Francophone folk to create a critically

acclaimed musical masterpiece that

never tries too hard and still manages

to maintain a painstakingly e ortless

cohesiveness.

Artist: Dan Mangan

Album: Nice, Nice, Very Nice

ough Dan Mangan could have eas-

ily fallen into the sea of Canadian folk singer-songwriters and been forgot-

ten, his masterfully absurd lyrics, that

remind us not to take life too seri-

ously, elevate him above the rest of the

pack. Like Caribou, Mangan man-

ages to mask darker tones in cheery

instrumentation. His graveled voice

is matched with pianos, violins, and

guitars causing a soothing emotional

experience that is perfectly exposed on

standout track “Road Regrets”.

Artist: Owen Pallett

Album: Heartland

e string-arranger for Arcade Fire

produces a slightly unconventional

album with Heartland. e vio-

lins, drums, and electronics present

throughout much of the album give

it an absurd sound-- like you’ve just

entered the theatre to watch a classi-

cal musician play in a performance of

Alice in Wonderland. e lyrically

high concept pop songs are arranged

beautifully and, though odd, are ear-

candy at its best. You’ll nd yourself

humming along to these tunes and

their repetitive hooks.

Artist: Radio Radio

Album: Belmundo Regal

e sophomore e ort from Acadian

trio Radio Radio sees the hip-hop act

returning with sometimes indecipher-

able Chiac raps. Chiac is a mixture of

Acadian-French and English which,

when paired with robotic electro pop

beats, sets the stage for a unique, and

at times seemingly satirical sound.

Occasionally, songs run the risk of be-

coming more novelty than truly listen-

able musical hits, yet there is no doubt

that Radio Radio bring something dif-

ferent to the table with their humorous

eighties inspired lyrics and p roduction.

Artist: e Sadies

Album: Darker Circles

Toronto-based e Sadies are strik-

ingly di erent from the other choices

on the short list, producing an alterna-

tive country and folk mix with some

psychedelic-rock tendencies for a retro

sound. Being veterans in the Cana-

dian music scene, by now the band hasestablished a distinct sound and style

that is consistent on this new work.

e album’s heavier tones are more

deeply appreciated when it is listened

to as a whole, with few tracks having as

great an e ect when they stand alone.

A Preview of the Polaris Music Prize Nominees

e ten best in Canadian music

David Lemesurier

Argosy Contributor

Prime timefavouritesreturning

this fall

Sean Baker

Argosy Contributor Internet Photo/bcscene

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Lead Singer of Caribou, Dan Snaith, is already a 2007 Polaris winner.

Twin duo Tegan and Sara expose emotional growth within Sainthood.

Folk singer Dave Mangan is a leading favourite among music critics.

Undercovers, NoOrdinary Family,and e Big Bang eory are appear-ing this season

Artist: Shad

Album: TSOL

Shad claims his own territory away from similar Canadian hip-hop artists

k-os and K’naan with his third studio

album. His rhymes are playful and

tight, and are never overshadowed by

the instrumental accompaniment that

serves to reinforce the catchy hooks.

is album is a step-up lyrically and

has a witty and smooth ow that

proves Canada has a place in hip hop

music. e theme and attitude present

on the album is perfectly exposed by

the rst line of the single ‘Yaa I Get it’

: “Maybe I’m not big cause I don’t blog

or twitter/Dawg I’m bitter”.

Artist: Tegan And Sara

Album:Sainthood

ough after the rst listen, the glar-

ingly obvious di erences from 2007’s

e Con are worrisome, the familiarity

of memorable lyrical hooks and rhyth-

mic mastery shine through the heavier,

more robotic tracks on the duo’s sixth

LP. e introspective lyrics about

relationships, life, and love are ever-

present in the thumping synth beats

on Sainthood, specically in the rst

single, ‘Hell’. It is also the rst time the

duo has attempted writing together as

a team, though none of the tracks they

produced made the nal cut. Just as

the girls are growing up, their music

is becoming more adult with excellent

results for the listener.

Standouts: Tegan & Sara’s Sainthood Caribou’s SwimDan Mangan’s

Nice, Nice,Very Nice

Weaker points:Radio Radio’sBelmundo Regal e Sadies’Darker Circles

Dark Horse:Shad’s TSOL



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ATTIC TRANSMISSIONSSEPTEMBER 16, 2010 EARLY CHILL EDITION

RELEASED FROM THE EAST

Whether you are a recent transplant to the east coast orhave lived here all your life, it is likely that there is a wealthof great music before you that you have never heard, readyand waiting to be discovered and adored. There are toofive. These are not necessarily the five best (though I wouldargue one of these bands is the best band in the Maritimes,if not the country), but they are bands that the reader willhave numerous opportunities to experience live and who areto the bands.

COUSINSStraight outta HFX, this band continues the proud tradition of two musicians making more noise than a collective of four ormore. Cousins have seen some line up changes over the past Mangle on drums and vocals and Patrick Ryan on guitars hasfound the group moving toward a punk rock sound that waslargely absent on their debut album, Out On Town. Earlier in

the year they released a split cassette with Duzheknew whichshowcases this new sound and, as Aaron mentioned to mein a summer interview, is indicative of the direction the bandmind since then.

IT KILLSThis is one of the more unique East Coast bands playingat the moment. Featuring former members of the Halifaxband I See Rowboats, It Kills is a three-piece, sometimesas much as six-piece, that makes beautiful orchestral indierock occasionally featuring vocal flourishes that perfectlycompliment the guitar, piano and cello which make up themajority of sound. There is a level of intensity in themusic of It Kills that is rare in bands that primarily performwhile seated in abandoned churches. Many audiences havebeen left on the edge of their seats during their performanceswaiting to see and hear what comes next. The band has justreleased their debut self-titled EP and things, I predict, willonly get better from here.

SHOTGUN JIMMIE

hero himself, Shotgun Jimmie . Jimmie is a former member of the (sadly) defunct band Shotgun & Jaybird , but since theirbreaking up Jimmie has begun to make a name for himself with his increasingly excellent solo albums. His newesthas been touring in support of the album on a regular basisfor the past year and the tour has taken him not only acrossCanada, but also across large portions of Europe where several foreign fans. Jimmie is a s taple of the Sackville livescene and in the process of finishing a new album, so newresidents will have several chances to acquaint themselveswith the man and his music.

GIANNA LAURENfestival Gianna played at the Vogue Cinema as part of with that title. Gianna sings quiet songs of love, loss, and

life in general while strumming an electric guitar and it iseasy to get lost in the music she creates. Her newest record,the coming months and it is at the same time a continuationalong the way.

ADAM MOWERYFormerly of the Port City All-Stars, Adam Mowery is apower-pop master whose recorded work has a lo-fi charmto go along with its undeniable catchiness. Adam hasrecently been focusing on his punk rock influenced bandThe Wooden Wivesversatility. The man can play in punk bands while makingsome of the catchiest pop tunes around in his solo work andalso act as the high energy rock and roll soundtrack to aroller derby/wrestling event (this actually happened and itThe WoodenWives right now, a band who if I had more room wouldhave likely been given their own section of the article, butmany, myself included, are patiently waiting for his next soloeffort. I suspect it will be worth the wait.

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SCI & TECH September 16, 2010 [email protected]

e Crabtree building was bustling

with some of Mount Allison’s nest

young academics last Wednesday

evening as it played host to the eighth

annual Summer Undergraduate

Research Fair (SURF). SURF is an

entirely student-run initiative aimed

at allowing students who participate

in summer research the opportunity to present their work to an audience,

and to also provide some friendly

competition.

SURF has been held every year

since 2003 when it was conceived

of by, then rst year undergrad, Kyle

Hill. SURF has seen consistent

Matt Collett

Science and Technology Writer

SURF a Success

Geek Chicof the WeekSeptember 16, 2010:The iPad’s biggest rival: Adam

What can thirty- ve dollars buy you? While Canadians can unfortunately

only answer this question with answers like a new pair of discount jeans or

Blu-ray movie, if you live in India, a tablet PC could soon be yours for a mere

thirty- ve dollars.

From the nation that brought Asia its rst two thousand dollar car, India is

once again reasserting its dominance in engineering a ordable and accessible

technology. Unveiled in late July, the government-designed, touchscreeninterface, handheld computer could soon be giving Apple’s iPad a run for its

money once it hits the market.

e device, which looks remarkably like an iPad in its minimalist design,

will operate on a Linux-based operating system and carries many of the

features found in similar tablets. Among these are video conferencing, video

playback, audio playback, web surng, and word processing. Because of the

open-source nature of Linux there shouldn’t be any problems developing and

distributing software for the device. Indian Human Resources Development

minister Kapil Sibal also added that plans are for the device's cost to drop to

twenty dollars and then ultimately to ten dollars if sales are successful.

An ocial release date has not been set as production has not yet commenced.

However, the Indian government says that it plans to begin distributing the

devices to educational institutions as soon as next year. ere is no word yet on

the ocial name of the device or whether it will be available outside of India.

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Mount Allison Math and Computer

Science professor Dr. Andrew Irwin

was awarded a grant by NASA this

summer, allowing him to study the

e ects of climate change on ecosystems

in the Antarctic. e $750,000 grant,

funded by NASA's Earth Observing

Program, allows Irwin, along with his

collaborators, to use NASA satellites

to monitor organisms on the ground.

Using satellites Irwin is able to

remotely and accurately monitor

temperatures, ice cover, wind speed,

and even chlorophyll distribution inthe ocean.

Irwin's study looks at two very

di erent, but linked organisms:

penguins and phytoplankton in

the Antarctic. Photosynthetic

phytoplankton is a food source for

zooplankton and krill, which in turn

feed penguins. As climate change

has raised temperatures over the past

fty years, the changing conditions

have changed when and where these

organisms are found. In turn, the

changing location of their food supply

has altered where the penguins can be

found.

e e ects of climate change

in Antarctica have been profound

over the past fty years. Surface air

temperatures have changed by six

degrees Celsius, perennial sea ice has

vanished, and the length of time that

ice covers the coastal waters is ninety

days shorter than it was fty years ago.

Traditionally, taking

any scientic

measurements

in Antarctica

has been

l a b o u r -

intens ive .

P l a n e s ,

survey ships,

and plenty

of researchers

have been needed totravel to the Antarctic

to gather samples and

take measurements by

hand. Water samples

must be taken to analyze

phytoplankton, and $6,000

satellite phones must be

xed to penguins' backs to

track their movements.

Even with all of this e ort put in

to taking samples, the data obtained

is only applicable to that particular

region of the Antarctic, or to the

specic group of penguins to whom

you attached a phone. To gather

more widespread measurements, even

more work is required, as researchers

must track down and x phones

onto penguins from several di erent

locations; a dicult proposition since

penguins are quite elusive.

is is one area, beyond their

previously mentioned uses where

satellites can come in useful. From the

satellite images, researchers can look

for areas that look like they would be

good penguin habitats –the right ice

cover, temperature, and availability

of food – and check for penguins in

those locations when they travel to

Antarctica.

ere is, says Irwin, a fundamental

di erence between the kinds of data

you can obtain by satellite, and the

kind of data you can gather in situ.

Satellite data gives spacial resolution,

global coverage, and can span over

years. Data gathered in situ means that

you can measure many di erent things

at once, and bring back samples to look

at under the microscope. However, the

samples only pertain to the specic

location where they were gathered.

Dr. Irwin's main interest is,

surprisingly, not in the cute

and fuzzy penguin side of

the experiment, but rather

in the phytoplankton. He

explains that phytoplankton

concentrate carbon in the

carbon cycle, and that half of

photosynthesis on earth is done

by phytoplankton in theocean.

Says Irwin, “To

know what's

happening with

the carbon

cycle, you must

know what's

happening with the

phytoplankton.”

e NASA funding means that

Irwin and his collaborators can now

embark on a long term study, watching

the progression of climate change in

the Antarctic from their warm oces

here in North America.

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Susan Rogers

Science and Technology Editor

Studying the Earth, from spaceMount Allison professor uses NASA satellites to study climate change on earth

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participation ever since. In its rst

year, nine oral presentations and ten

poster presentations were featured at

the fair. Participation has grown since

then with this year’s fair boasting

fteen oral presentations along with

eleven posters. Despite the technical

nature and eld-related jargon of

the presentations - some with titles

that would be daunting to most -

attendance was also notably high

compared with years past.

is year’s conference was

organized by Kevin Alexander,Monica Firminger, Kate Hughes, and

Sarah omas. Each presenter was

allowed ten minutes to speak before

an audience and a panel of judges if

doing an oral presentation. Poster

presentations were given in the foyer.

Many of those participating expressed

that the opportunity to present their

work before an actual audience gave

them real-world experience that they

otherwise would not have witnessed.

e cash prizes awarded to the

top presentations provided enough

incentive for others.

is year’s Science Oral

Presentations were cleanly swept

by the Biology department with

Nicole Robichaud taking rst prize

for her work titled “Histone H1 and

Wolbachia interactions in Drosophila

melanogaster”. Her supervisor was Dr.Vett Lloyd.

Second place was a spiny dogsh

shark studded tie between Nathan

Walker and his presentation

“Physiological e ects of chemical and

molecular chaperones following hypo-

osmotic stress in the spiny dogsh

shark, Squalus acanthias” and

Ashra Kolhatkar for her research

titled “Can sharks take the heat?

e role of trimethylamine oxide

and heat shock proteins following

heat stress in the spiny dogsh shark,

Squalus acanthias”. Both were

supervised by D r. Suzie Currie.

For the Science Poster

Presentations, rst place

was awarded to Paras Satija

for his work on free radical chemistry

and green solvents; he was supervised

by Dr. Khashayar of the Chemistry department. Second place went

to Andrew Nelles, a mathematics

student, for his work titled “Numerical

and Statistical Characterization of

Phytoplankton Niches”. He was

supervised by D r. Andrew Irwin.

Although massively outnumbered

by their scientist peers, Arts

and Social Science student

researchers also competed at this year’s

SURF. Music and Drama student

Landon Braverman was awarded rst

prize in the Arts Oral Presentationcategory for his project “Democracy

Ltd. –Writing Musical eatre

Comedy”. English student Hannah

Allen received second place for her

research titled “Victorian Prostitution

and the Fallen Woman in the Writing

of Female Victorian Poets.”



The Argosy www.argosy.ca 25SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A: To start, we have to set one fact

straight. Sugar all by itself does not

cause cavities.

Bacteria live all through your body.

A lot happen to live in your mouth.

While most bacteria in your body

help out with the functioning of the

system, some of the ones in your

mouth, like streptococcus mutans,

grow as a sticky biolm that builds up

on your teeth. ese bacteria form a

layer over your teeth along with their

wastes and foods.

is is the same layer you’ve seen if

your parents ever made you use that

pink dye that shows all the stu you

missed when you were brushing your

teeth.

e biolm

can get

quite thick

– up to

hundreds

of cells

thick if you

are a slob

about your

oral hygiene

– eventually

hardening on your teeth. e

bacteria growing

in these lms consume

sugars like glucose, fructose and

sucrose – all of which are sugars

commonly found in your diet, and all

of which are sugars that are present

even more in junk food and candy. e

waste product of the metabolism of

the bacteria that are eating all of this

sugar is an acid – a corrosive substance.

Bacteria that are cozied up to your

teeth release this acid and it starts to

corrode your teeth. e acid dissolves

the minerals in your teeth, a process

called demineralization.

If you are pretty good

at the whole dental

hygiene thing, then

this demineralization

process is balanced out

by the fact that your

saliva can neutralize

the acid produced

by bacteria, and

your body is able

to constantly addminerals to your teeth.

Fluoride toothpaste can

also help with this problem,

since the uoride gets incorporated

into your enamel and helps to

strengthen it. is, plus brushing your

teeth which mechanically breaks up

and moves around all the plaque in

your mouth, stopping it from rmly

attaching to your teeth, means that

your teeth will probably be in pretty

good shape.

If you aren’t that great with dental

hygiene, then the demineralization

will continue unchecked, and the acid

produced by bacteria will eat away at

your teeth, breaking through the hard

layer on the outside of your teeth, to

the soft layer inside. e bacteria will

keep producing acid, the acid will keep

corroding your teeth, and sooner or

later, you’ll wind up with a hole in your

tooth – a cavity.

So the more sugar you eat, the more

you are feeding the bacteria in your

mouth. e more the bacteria eat, the

more acid gets made. All this acidcauses a drop in pH in your mouth,

and the acidic environment starts

dissolving the minerals out of your

teeth.

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WINNIPEG (CUP) - David Levin

and Richard Sparling have been

collecting Tim Hortons cups for more

than just what’s under the rim - they’re

converting the cups into biofuel.

e two University of Manitoba

professors are looking for bacteria

that can eat cellulose chains directly,

breaking them into smaller sugars and

eventually hydrogen or ethanol.

Because the research focuses not

only on how the metabolism of the

bacteria works, but also on what the

bacteria should be fed, co ee cups

became a viable option to try. Prior

to using the Tim’s cups, they used

easily available hemp and ax from

Manitoba.

“But it occurred to me one day as

I was passing by Tim Hortons . . .

that this would be a perfect substrate

for our bacteria to eat,” said Levin,

an associate professor of biosystems

engineering. “Plus, (you) can’t recycle

them.”

He doesn’t know how many cups

are sold daily on the University of

Manitoba campus, “but I bet it’s a lot.”

Sparling, an associate professor of

microbiology, said the idea started by

just buying a co ee and rolling up the

rims.

en, he said, “Instead of throwing

our Tim Hortons cup, we actually put

it in a medium . . . and then asked,‘Will it degrade?’ ”

Sparling said that the two were

originally unsure whether the cups

would break down because of the

colours used to dye them, as well as the

plasticized liners that prevent the cups

from leaking.

But, he said, “it worked quite well.”

e two researchers looked into

using both Tim Hortons and Starbucks

cups - however, it appears the bacteria

works on the Tim Hortons cups more

e ectively.

“ ere’s something in the Starbucks

cup that’s more inhibitory, and that’s

one of the things we want to nd out,”

said Levin. “What is the di erence

between the cups, and what’s the best

way to process them and what can we

make out of them?”

e bacteria did degrade the

Starbucks cups, but they worked

more e ectively with those from Tim

Hortons.

“I think it has nothing to say about

Tim Hortons or Starbucks, as opposed

to di erent companies will be using

di erent suppliers,” said Sparling.

“What it tells us is strictly regarding

Roll up the rim to recycleResearchers look to break down Tim Hortons cups to biofuel

Samantha Lockhart

The Manitoban (University of Manitoba)

Internet Photo/Tree Hugger But it occurred to me one day as I was passing byTim Hortons . . . that this

would be a perfect substrate for our bacteria to eat. Plus,(you) can’t recycle them

David LevinUniversity of Manitoba

our bacterium. I would not infer one(cup) is more biodegradable than the

other.”

Sparling was surprised that the

Tim Hortons cups are not recyclable

and said their research “is a way of

recycling, in the sense that we are

taking a product that is of low value

and it is converted into a product that

we hope is of value, meaning biofuel.”

e researchers said that the Tim

Hortons headquarters in Oakville,

Ont. has contacted them, saying they

heard about the project and were very

interested in helping support it. In the

coming weeks, they hope to discuss

with the company what the next steps

will be.Currently, Levin and Sparling are

doing small scale testing on a lab

bench but they hope to scale up to a

bioreactor in the coming month.

“As we scale up into to the higher

concentration,” said Levin, “we’ll be

able to get a good idea of actually how

much . . . fuel we can make.”

“ en we could do that calculation

and say that ‘OK, if we took all the

cups sold in Canada in a year and put

them into bioreactors, we might make

enough ethanol . . . to run your car for

a year,’ or something like that. We can’t

do that yet, but that’s the kind of thing

we want to get to,” he continued.

Sparling said that this research

could be one of many ways to reduce

dependency on fossil fuels.

“I don’t think that we would be

able to replace the Alberta oil wells

with Tim Hortons cups,” he said, but

“recycling and biofuel productions

from Tim Hortons cups would . . .

hopefully capture imagination.”

“Imagine if every household were

to make sure that their newspaper or

other products were also converted to

biofuels.”



SPORTS September 16, 2010 [email protected]

On the back of three consecutive

wins by the Mount Allison Rugby

and Football teams, condence was

brimming in Sackville in anticipation

that the Soccer Mounties would

complete a clean sweep over the

weekend.

e women kicked o the rst of

When the Mounties travel to

Sherbrooke this week for a Friday

night tilt against the Vert et Or, there

will be a familiar face patrolling the

opposition’s sidelines .

Sherbrooke defensive coordinator

Marc Loranger spent just over seven

years at Mount Allison, including a

tenure as Head Coach from 1991-

96. He is the man responsible for

recruiting such household names as

Eric Lapointe and Phil Girard, both

of whom had lengthy CFL careers,

and a strong supporting cast which

included Matt Gauthier, Chris Begley,

and Jason Pudwill.

Loranger was brought to Mount

Allison in 1990 by then-head coach

Jacques Dussault, and took on the

role of defensive coordinator. e

Mounties nished second in the

conference in 1990, and the following

season Loranger took on the mantle of

Head Coach.

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Marc Loranger

Defensive Coordinator,Sherbrooke

Sports Writer

Argosy Correspondent

In only his second season at Mount

Allison- and rst as Head Coach- the

Mounties won the AUFC and made

it all the way to the Vanier Cup, the

championship game for the CIS.

e Mounties lost the game 25-18

to Laurier, and has yet to make an

appearance in the championship game

since.

“We had a great number of leaders

on that team,” Loranger said in an

interview conducted via email. “We

also didn’t turn the ball over on

o ence while creating many turnovers

defensively.”

Loranger gives some of the credit

for the instant success he found at

Mount Allison to the people already

there. “We had some great players

who were already at MtA when I

arrived, but the recruitment of top-

notch athletes from the Maritimes,

Ontario and Quebec was the key to

our success.”

While enduring a couple of tough

seasons in the early ‘90s following the

Vanier season, Loranger held strong

and in 1995 Eric Lapointe touched

down in Sackville. Lapointe was

selected in recent years as the greatestCanadian university football player of

all-time.

“Laval had only just started a

football program,” says Loranger, “and

we had a good core of players from

Quebec who were very helpful in the

recruiting process.”

1996 found Loranger in the middle

of a scandal; after the Mounties’ fourth

game, their fullback Ben Goyette

tested positive for steroids. In a

mysterious turn of events, Loranger

was red as head coach. In a move of

support for Loranger, many players

he had recruited such as Lapointe

and Girard quit the team. ey

would return to the team after some

convincing, but their show of support

for Loranger shows how much respect

he had from his players.

To this day nobody knows for

sure what the exact reasons were, but

many people connect the dismissal

of Loranger with the beginning of

the decline of Mountie football that

saw them struggle severely in the

early 2000s. e “Quebec Pipeline”

of recruiting that Loranger had

diligently established was broken, and

as Loranger points out the beginning

of the Laval football program didn’t

help much.

“I really don’t know how much of an

e ect it had on the football program,”

says Loranger, “but combined with

the emergence of Laval it probably

a ected the recruitment of student-

athletes from Quebec a great deal.”

Following his dismissal from

Sackville, Loranger spent three seasons

coaching at the prestigious CEGEPschool Vieux Montreal, and then seven

seasons from 2000-2006 as defensive

coordinator at Bishop’s University. He

has held his current post as defensive

coordinator and assistant head coach

at Sherbrooke since 2007.

“We have a very good p rogram that

will be one of the best in the CIS in

the near future,” Loranger insists. “We

are o to a poor start this season (0-2)

but we have been very competitive.”

When asked what he knows of the

1-0 Mounties, Loranger responded

“ ey are a much-improved team with

very fast special teams and a good

defensive secondary.”

Charged this week with the dubious

task of trying to contain ight #80

Gary Ross, Loranger says “We have to

stop speed with speed, or double team

him. If we can’t do that we will be in a

lot of trouble.”

Loranger has had continued,

constant success in the CIS coaching,

but has yet to reach the peak of success

he found at Mount Allison those rst

two seasons. “I love coaching in the

CIS, particularly in Sherbrooke,” the

1991 AUS Coach of the Year says.

“My only goal is to win a Vanier Cup

at Sherbrooke.”

With all his success and ambitions

with the Vert et Or, Loranger says

leaving Sackville wasn’t fun. “I had

a few very good friends at Mount

Allison who were always there in good

and bad times.” e Mounties and the Vert et

Or kicko at 7pm Eastern time at

Sherbrooke this Friday night.

two games at UNB’s Chapman Fieldin Fredericton and started brightly,

which is no surprise, considering their

promising pre-season campaign. It has

been strength to strength over the last

twelve months for the Lady Mounties,

who were led on Saturday by the

domineering presence of goalkeeper

and captain, Elissa McCarron, along

with centre back Allie MacLean,

the team's MVP from last season.

Together, the team quickly settled

into the rhythm of the game, moving

the ball around comfortably in a tight

rst half that produced only one

opportunity when forward Megan

Spicer dragged a snap shot wide from

the edge of the area.

As the game opened up in the

second half, the Mounties continued

to threaten to score, with Kat Fraser

coming close twice. On one occasion,

given time and space outside the

box, the feisty midelder drilled her

shot onto the crossbar. en in the

frantic nal minutes, with UNB

panicking, Fraser yet again let loose

from twenty yards. e Varsity Reds

keeper just managed to get a glove on

it, forcing the ball onto the underside

of the crossbar. Meanwhile the Lady

Mounties denied UNB so much as

a sni at a goal, with MacLean and

her defensive partner, Trissa Dunham

(who earned herself a Player of the

Match award), in imperious form.

It was a signal of intent from the

Mounties, who so famously broke theirscoring luck last season with a urry

of goals early on. On this Saturday,

however, the Lady Mounties could not

nd the back of the net. ey know

how to score and have the talent to do

so - as evident in their 6-0 pre-season

demolition of a Maine university.

Based on this weekend's performance,

they have set the standard for this

season and we can only imagine that

it is a matter of time before they start

banging in the goals.

e Ladies usually are a hard act to

follow for the men's team, yet despite

conceding an early goal, captain Travis

Sandberg & Co. did not disappoint.

Within two minutes of this weekend's

second match on UNB's Chapman

Field, the Mounties found themselves

a goal down after a

loss of concentration at the back endgave UNB a corner and resulting goal.

e Varsity Reds upped the tempo

and perhaps in years past, theoodgates

might have opened. However, this

game proved to be di erent. e

visiting Mounties contained the rush

excellently, with the impressive Alex

Zscheile and Adrian Crace at the

heart of the defense. So composed was

their handling of the situation that

they enabled the Mounties to catch

their opponents on the counter attack.

Breaking on the left, Chris Vizena

rounded his marker on the outside

and crossed low into the penalty area.

Who better to be on the end of that

cross than hometown hero and Mount

Allison 2009 Rookie of the Year, Pat

Burtt. Burtt raced up to tap in his rst

AUS goal of the year and leveling the

scores.

Finally, as the Mounties settled

into the game, the back four grew in

condence and started to use the ball

wisely, allowing the mideld to dictate

the ow of the match.

Some say it’s the beauty of the game,

others call it a curse: all it takes is one

slip in concentration, one lapse in

judgment and you could nd yourself

chasing the game. Just as the Men

were starting to look comfortable, a

poor header o a long throw gifted

UNB with a chance they could not

miss. And they didn’t, throwing the

Mounties back into the mire they

found themselves in at the o set.

Minutes before half time, MTA was

chasing the game again.

Once more, the Mounties rallied

together, battling the entire second

half. Perhaps the closest the Men came

was when the ever dangerous Connor

McCumber broke clear and knocked a

hopeful ball to the far post, where an

outstretched Chris Vizena could not

make contact. It was a chance gone

begging for both the winger and the

team to earn a deserved point. But not

this weekend.

Instead, the men in garnet will

have to settle with disappointment

in knowing they deserved a point. ey battled hard, they created, they

challenged, proving to themselves

that they were capable of competing

within their division. ey came out

in the second half a goal down but

played with "purpose and strength

of character", said head coach, Barry

Cooper. e Mounties team-oriented

work ethic has made them very hard

to score against, but two mistakes cost

them dearly today.

"What we hoped for was two wins,"

Cooper commented after the match,

"which did not happen today. Yet the

feeling [today] is positive." It was

certainly a positive start this weekend

for the Mounties, despite not yielding

the results they wanted. Next weekend

will present two big tasks at hand. e

Lady Mounties can most certainly

continue from where they left o this

weekend while the Men will have to

learn from these mistakes and play

with the same steely determination

next weekend.

e Mounties travel to Acadia on

Friday and host St Mary's on Sunday

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Mount Allison RFC returned to

campus Labor Day weekend as

defending ACAA men's and women's

champions, and the club has a simple

agenda for the 2010 season: another

matching set of his and hers rugby

banners.

e last several years have seen

a continuance of the strong rugby

tradition leading to Mt Allison’s

RFC ascendancy to the top spot in

Maritime college rugby, and the club

has no intention of resting on their

laurels. Both men and women have

extended challenges to a number of

schools currently competing in the

AUS, with tests against Acadia and

UPEI slated for the near future.

e women opened the clubs’ season

taking to the pitch last weekend versus

CIS rugby powerhouse, defending

AUS champions, and national title

nalist St. FX, in a true ‘Danielle’

versus Goliath exhibition matchup.

To anyone unfamiliar with what St.

FX has accomplished in Women's

university rugby over the past decade,

they are nothing short of one of the

nest rugby teams in North America

entering their season ranked 3rd

nationally, elding a veritable who's

who of national team players and

prospects. Taking this match, not to

put too ne a point on it, would belike our football Mounties accepting a

challenge from Notre Dame.

From the kicko the result would

never be in question, but nor would

the resolve of our women, who would

punch above their weight class for

eighty minutes. e inspired e orts of

veterans like anker Sarah Visintini,

who led from the front all afternoon in

all phases of play, would be infectious.

She was joined by Calgary sophomores

Lauren and Michelle Hutchinson,

who both put in a yeoman-like e ort

in the back line organizing the defence

and making the best of attacking

opportunities - which, against a side

like X - were hard earned.

Having only a weekend of training

camp to gel, one had to be impressed with the composure demonstrated

by the Mountie pack in the set piece

against such stout opposition. e

e ort of the Lady Mounties showed

6th year coach Andrew MacDonald

had prepared his scrummagers well in

camp, employing some skullduggery

in the line-out, catching X napping

e rubber hit the road for the 2010

campaign for both men and women

last Friday night in rematches of last

year's ACAA nals, in what recent

years has become a erce rivalry with

King's College. e women would kick

o the double header in an unrelenting

rain that would pound the belligerents

for eighty minutes, dictating the

tempo of the match and favouring the

side who could retain possession in the

unforgiving conditions.

e Lady Mounties would open

the scoring halfway through the rst

frame with inside centre Megan

MacDonald, who made a darting

break across the gain-line and forced

a King's defender to pinch in to make

the tackle - opening a gaping hole

in the line which y-half Lauren

Hutchinson, after taking the o -load,

exploited with a run deep into King'sterritory. Hutchinson would be hauled

down close to the try-line but not

before dishing the ball to Bethany

Toczko, who had made the trip upeld

in support and was rewarded for her

e ort with the try. King's would strike

back with ve of their own to level the

score before halftime.

e second half would open with

King's pressing the defence and

pounding the ball with their wing

forwards but some erce counter

rucking by Mt. A would yield a

costly turnover for King's and with

their back-line pressing up to attack

they were caught atfooted by a

clever chip and run orchestrated by

fullback Michelle Hutchinson, who

sailed past her opposite number and

would eventually recover the ball

for the go-ahead score. Scrum-half Abby White would also nd the try-

line, playing like a woman possessed,

sniping from around rucks and set-

piece alike, organizing a multiple-

phase possession resulting in the score.

King's would keep it close all game,

and on their last try of the match

Michelle Hutchinson would be lost

to a broken collar bone for the bulk of

the season after executing a big tackle.

e whistle would blow with our Lady Mounties leading 15-13 and sealing

their rst win of season.

e second match would open to

the sounds of bagpipes leading the

men onto the eld against the King's

Blue-Devils in a rematch of last year's

overtime nail-biter championship

tilt: and it was evident there would

be no love lost between the sides. e

defending champs were determined to

impose their will on the visitors from

the opening kicko and proceeded to

do so for eighty minutes in all phases

of the game. Mt.A’s scrum would be

led by Man of the Match Stew Miller

who from the loose head prop spot

anchored the scrums, rucked the ball

with reckless abandon and contributed

with a try of his own. e scrums would

continuously provide the Mounties

with plenty of opportunities to attack,

stealing throw-ins, spoiling Blue

Devil put-ins and King's reeled from

the attack that would run through

over and around them all night. Not

to be outdone by the pack, the half-

back tandem of Josh Davies and Luc

Boyer would vex the King's back line

defence, crashing the ball at will then

spinning the ball wide to a back line

with speed to burn - resulting in scores

all night. Tempers would are late in the game with King's obviously frustrated withtheir inability to answer the Mountieattack and failing to mount any serious threat of breaking the shutout. e match ended with the score infavour of the home side for 31-0. Atrst glance both Mt.A RFC teamslooked like they may continue the

winning tradition here for the 2010season and see the ACAA bannerscoming through Sackville. So get outand support the club and see what allthe fuss is about!

Women’s

Men’s

15

13

31

0

Mount Allison RFC set to defend ACAA crown

Rugby Mounties kick o season with exhibition vs. St. FX, pair of wins versus King’s

Members of the Rugby team look on as their teammates overcome the harsh weather to rout K ing’s.

Rob Burroughs

Callan Field

Blair Langville

on a few occasions with sleight of

hand and solid execution. Scores

notwithstanding, the overall feeling

had to be an optimistic one as the

Mounties left the pitch.

When asked about the experience

and the prospects for the season y-

half Michelle Hutchinson highlighted

the positives: "No one likes to lose,

but to leave the eld against a side

as accomplished as X with heads

high showed mental toughness and

patience,” both qualities needed

to move forward with a team thatgraduated many players from last years

championship squad.

Hutchinson was also quick to heap

praise on her teammates and was

impressed with the play of fellow back-

elders Megan MacDonald - last years

Co-rookie of the year- and fth year

PEI native (and competitive sprinter)

Stephanie Sobey who, although new

to the game, showed great promise.

e women will take their show on

the road next month, traveling to our

nation's capital to compete against

Carleton University, another club

side seeking opportunities for sti er

competition. e two schools will

meet in a two game series as part of

Carleton's homecoming weekend.

is fall the women and men ndthemselves in very di erent positions

this year in regard to the number of

returning players from their 2009

Championship campaigns e women

are facing a rebuilding season, having

lost nine starters from last year's

rst XV. e men’s rst XV however

enters the 2010 season with the team

virtually intact, seeing ACAA MVP,

y-half Josh Davies and league All

Stars: anker Chris Clements, eight

man Ben Lass and inside centre Sean

Robertson returning to action.

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Hello again and welcome to

the CFL Report for the fourth

consecutive year. It’s an exciting time

in Canadian football as attendance

and viewership continues to soar,

talk of expansion is rampant, and

even Moncton is getting a real,

regular season game in just over a

week. e famed Labour Day classic

games have come and gone, as have

their rematches, and suddenly the

Canadian league is once again itself

— it’s competitive, exciting, and

unpredictable.

Here’s the lowdown, starting from

the West, where the B.C. Lions

hosted the Toronto Argonauts in an

epic battle of lousy sports cities. e

game was a comedy of errors, but

the struggling Lions regained their

hometown ‘pride’ (no pun intended)

by nally winning at home by a

margin of 37-16. B.C. improves to

3-7, and the Argos fall to 5-5.

Notwithstanding Henry Burris’

seemingly unbreakable habit of

throwing interceptions and holding

the football in an unsafe manner,

the Calgary QB managed to leadhis team to another victory over

the struggling Edmonton Eskimo

squad. e Eskimos, once the

league’s most consistent team, fell

to 2-8 after the 36-20 loss. Calgary

received yet another ego boost (not

that they needed it), and stands a top

the league at 9-1. e Stampeders

remain unbeaten in the West.

e press room in the basement of

the Staples Centre was buzzing with

excitement over the L.A. Lakers title-

clinching win during game seven of

the NBA nals when Ron Artest

burst in, pointed at the rows of writers

perched behind laptops and screamed,

“Acknowledge me!” Moments before,

on national television, he said “I

denitely want to thank my doctor…

my psychiatrist. She really helped me

relax a lot. I knocked down that three

[to clinch the win], just like she told

me [I would]! Check out my [rap]

single “Champion”- I recorded itlast June, and now I’m a champion!”

Later, we found out that Artest had

a psychiatrist travelling with him on

road games to keep him in check, and,

all things considered, it wasn’t really a

shock.

By the time he and the Lakers were

e Mounties Lacrosse season is here,

and there’s reason for optimism. is

year the roster has lost a few veterans

from the past season but in return has

picked up some very promising new

rookies that have been making their

presence known both in practice and

during the rst game of the season.

e 2010 season will see Ali

Rehman, Kevin Isherwood, and Dave

Ferrone joining the mideld squad.In the defensive squad the Mounties

picked up Andrew Conrad and on

the attack end of the eld Bryan

MacEachern. With both Isherwood

and MacEachern scoring some

Moving on to the city of

Winnipeg, where a driven team

of Blue Bombers had apparently

done all the prep work necessary to

steamroll the visiting Saskatchewan

Roughriders. Former Saskatchewan

QB Steven Jyles led the Winnipeg

team to a 31-2 victory over the

struggling Riders. e game,

christened the Banjo Bowl, pulled

the Riders down to 6-4, while the

Bombers attempted to reclaim their

season by jumping to 3-7. e only

redeeming factor for the Roughies

was the toughness of Saskatchewan

boy Chris Szarka, who managed to

shake o a bone-crunching hit that

would have put me up in York Street

cemetery.

e Montreal Alouettes visited

the Hamilton Ti-Cats, in a game

that was predictable and ironic, but

also surprising. It was predictable

that the Als would take this one

home, winning 27-6, and ironic in

that Arland Bruce got angry with

the Alouette show-boating (pot, this

is kettle; kettle, this is pot). What

was surprising was the courageous

Steeltown cheerleading squad, who

ran onto the eld in an attempt to

break up the massive brawl resulting

from Arland Bruce’s anger. e tactic

seemed to work, for reasons best leftunarticulated. Montreal sits at 7-3,

and Hamilton at 5-5.

is weekend, the Calgary

Stampeders visit the Roughriders

in Regina, e Tiger-Cat squad

traverses the great Canadian expanse

to visit Vancouver, Winnipeg travels

to Toronto, and Montreal hosts the

Eskimos.

world champions, we had all pretty

much conceded the fact that Artest

is…unique. Okay, he’s bat-shit crazy.

After all, this is the same guy who

ignited the infamous ‘Malice at the

Palace’ brawl with Detroit Piston fans,

setting the NBA’s image problems

back ten years; the same guy who,

in an interview earlier this summer,

admitted that if he hadn’t been a

Laker in 2009 he would have signed

with Detroit because it “would have

been a bigger story ”; the same guy who

shaved the word "defence" into his

hair, in Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi,

because it was a good idea at the time;

the same guy who was pulled over

recently while driving around L.A. in

an Eagle Roadster (basically a mini-Indy car). Based on this and more (so

much more), there’s an understandably

widespread belief that Ron Artest is

nuts. After all, his short-lived reality

television show was called “ ey Call

Me Crazy”!

Everything changed when Artest

announced last week that he is selling

his hard-earned championship ring

in order to raise money to provide

more psychologists, psychiatrists,

and therapists in public schools

across the United States. "You work

so hard to get a ring, and now you

have a chance to help more people

than just yourself,” Artest told NBA.

com. "What's better than that?” is,

coming o a summer in which he

put down the weights in order to join

forces with Congresswoman Grace F.

Napolitano in order to ght mental

health stigma amongst youth, and

promote federal legislation HR 2531,

the Mental Health in Schools Act.

While his NBA contemporaries spent

their summer wasting our time livingout a delusional drama (see: Bosh,

Chris), Artest was using his celebrity

for good, not ego.

Does a crazy man sacrice personal

glory for a much greater cause? No. A

crazy man buys an hour of air time on

ESPN to announce that he’s destroying

an entire city so he can go party on

South Beach with his buddies (see:

James, Lebron). So maybe it’s time

we ipped the script on Artest Crazy?

spectacular goals this past weekend

and Rehman making some key plays,

it is clear that the new rookies are

going to make a positive impact on the

eld this season.

Returning players to watch are last

year’s league MVP, Matt Tweedie

playing attack along with fellow

captain Wayne Crossman, both of

whom have proven to have some

serious repower out on the eld.

On the defensive side, keep an eye

on Mitchell Bates who frequently

leaves members of the opposing team

lying on their backs and staring at

the sky. Bates is also has a penchantfor being covered in blood by the

conclusion of games, whether it be

another player’s or his own.

In the mideld keep an eye on Jake

Mundle who often takes the face

o s and then returns to thrash up

the opposing team. A poster boy for

the high intensity nature of lacrosse,

spectators will witness Mundle

seeking a substitution when nearing

death. Minding the net you will nd a

major backbone of the team, returning

goalie Tyler James making key saves

and keeping an eye on the defensive

squad.

With seven more games remaining

in the Mounties Lacrosse season there

will be plenty of chances for them

to make an impact in the league this

year. Key games against the Mounties'

main rivals Acadia will take place onOctober 3 in Wolfville and a home

game in Sackville on October 24, the

last game of regular season before

playo s.

2010 Lacrosse season preview

Re-thinking Ron Artest

Callan Field

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DexterVan Dam

Dave Zarum

A fresh look on one of the NBA’s more “unique” personalities

No. Eccentric? Sure. Decent? Most

denitely. And besides, everyone

knows that the Detroit brawl was

really Stephen Jackson’s fault.

Lakers star Ron Artest, pulled over driving his car in L.A. last week.



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To start o , welcome back to my

fellow upperclassmen and hello to

the new frosh. My rst few articles of

the year will be focused on avoiding

the dreaded "freshman ab" many

rst year students gain in their rst

few months of university - although

it applies to anyone, as I am certain

that all of us have a little room for

improvement.

ere are many reasons that

freshmen gain that weight when

they come to university. e majority

of the blame can be attributed to

lifestyle changes in die t, activity level,

amount of sleep and large increases

in alcohol consumption. Now, I am

not going to tell you to completely

avoid the desert section of meal hall,

spend four hours a day at the gym, or

go to bed at 10:00 pm every night.

Instead, I’ll discuss nding a balance

and provide tips and changes you can

incorporate into your routine to keep

that hard body hard.

Many of you probably came

from living at home, where you ate

whatever your parents cooked for you

or stocked in the cupboards. Now

that you’re here, you are probably

eating whatever you want from

Jennings dining hall or cooking for

yourself.

Use common sense when choosing

what you are going to eat and actually

take what you eat in a day and

when you eat it into consideration.Remember to eat some vegetables,

hit up that salad bar at meal hall, and

make a salad to go with lunch and

supper so you aren’t just lling up on

pizza and sweet potato fries every

night. Do you really need to havedesert with lunch and supper?

Also be sure to eat a solid breakfast.

In my rst year year I was late for

my 8:30 classes almost every day

as I refused to attend class without

rst getting some breakfast into

me, the profs may have been mad

but my metabolism was working

great because I made sure to include

breakfast. I was also much more

alert in class to notice those dirty

looks from the profs than I would

have been if I had skipped that all

important rst meal of the day.

Another meal hall consideration

is late night. However keep in mind

that if you want to lose weight or to

maintain what you have, it would

probably be better to follow that old

adage of not eating after 8:00 pm.

Late night eating doesn’t give your

body much of a chance to burn o

any of those calories and they will

instead be stored. For guys who

like to eat big, unfortunately those

extra calories won’t be stored in your

biceps and for girls it’s unlikely that

it’s all going to go to your bust and

backside. If you spent all day in class,

it’s more likely to be a story of “Oh,

well hello there little mun top/

beer gut, you are obstructing my view

of my shoes and I was wondering

if you would mind if I attempted

to tuck you into my pants?” It’s a

question that I hope none of you will

ever have to ask and if you take yourdiet into consideration hopefully you

will never have to.

Athletes of the Week

Mounties’ Akwasi Antwi has won

Mount Allison Athlete of the Week

honours for his major contribution in

a big victory over St. Francis Xavier

(19-6) on Saturday. With two solo

tackles and an assisted one, the six-foot-two, 250-lb. defensive end set

the tempo of play for the Mounties’

defense with his fast and decisive

Mounties’ Trissa Dunham has won

Mount Allison’s Female Athlete of the

Week honours for her performance

in an important 0-0 tie with UNB.

Overcoming a pre-season ankle injury

Dunham instantly found her formin Saturday’s game. At the heart of

the Mountie defense, she was quick

to read any situation, taking control

through anticipation, speed of thought

and determination. She played a

leading part in an away performance

from the Mounties that means the

team can look forward to the season

with condence.

Dunham, a second-year defensive

player with the team, was the

Mounties’ Rookie of the Year last

season. A resident of Coldbrook,NS, Dunham is a former player with

Central Kings High School and the

Valley United team. Also a two-time

soccer MVP with her former high

school, Dunham is currently enrolled

in second-year Science and majoring

in biology at Mount Allison.

actions.

Antwi led the AUS in tackles

last season with 74.5. A resident of

Toronton, ON, he’s a former player

with the Burlington Braves and a

graduate of Father Henry Carr HighSchool, where he also participated in

soccer and track. He is currently in

third-year Commerce.

Akwasi Antwi Trissa Dunham

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Mounties kicker wins AUSConference Player of the Week

Punter and place

kicker John Szilagyiof the Mount

A l l i s o n

Mounties

is the

A t l a n t i c

University

S p o r t

S p e c i a l

Teams Player

of the Week.

Szilagyi, a rst-year

player with the Mount

Allison Mounties, hails from

Winnipeg, MB, and accounted for

an impressive 17 of the Mounties’ 19

points this past weekend in a 19-6

homecoming victory over the St. FX

X-Men in Sackville, NB.

John connected on 5-of-7 eld goal

attempts and added a pair of singles

in the Mounties’rst victory since

2008. Szilagyi’s contributions

weren’t limited to the scoreboard- he

also averaged 31.7 yards on sevenpunts and 49.5 yards on two

kickoffs.

Szilagyi’s ve eld

goals tied the Mount Allison single-

game school record set by current

assistant coach and director of

football operations, Olivier Eddie

in 2008.

Szilagyi, is a six-foot-one,

1 8 5 -po u nd

f o r m e r

k i c k e r /

punter from

St. Paul’s High

School and the Winnipeg

Ries. In 2009 he was

the Special Team’s Player

of the Year with the Ries. A

University of Manitoba student

in 2009-10, Szilagyi is currently

enrolled in second-year Arts and

majoring in environmental studies atMount Allison.

Photos and les courtesy Sue Seaborn

Dexter Van Dam

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