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    The Caper TimesFebruary 11th, 2009 Volume 30, Issue 10

    In This Issue:

    Election Coverage (Pgs. 2-5)

    Taken Review (Pg. 6)

    Battle of the Bands (Pgs. 8-9)

    Marion Bridge Leaves Many

    Wanting More (Pg. 10)

    Short Story Series (Pg. 11)

    Capers Coverage (Pgs. 12-14)

    Letter to the Editor (Pg. 15)And Much More!!!

    The Caper Times is:

    Editor-in-Chief:

    Chris LawrenceAssociate Editor:

    Griffyn Chezenko

    Business Manager:

    Marisha BandaratilakaDistribution

    Manager:

    Misty MacPhee

    Writers:

    Brittany Harnum

    Kenny McClean

    Sean ONeillLeslie Yorke

    The opinions expressed in this paper are not

    necessarily the opinions of CBUSU or the

    Caper Times Editorial Board.

    If you do not agree with something in this paper,then do something about it. This is a student and

    community paper, and both the university and

    local community are encouraged to be heard.

    Have something that needs to be said or just want

    to say something? Contact the Caper Times at

    [email protected].

    What Is Your Final Answer?Get Out and Vote on February 12 and 13

    ?

    Pictured above are the candidates running for positions in the upcomingCBUSU elections.

    All photos are courtesy of Chris Lawrence.

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    The Caper TimesPage 2 /// Commentary

    Tis the Season Once AgainCommentary from

    Chris Lawrence

    Tis the season once

    again. Not THAT season

    again, but an important

    one nonetheless. This is

    the time of year when we

    make the decisions that

    we have to live with, of-

    cially, for 365 days. In

    reality, however, the deci-

    sions to be made on Febru-

    ary 11th and 12th are ones

    that should affect CBU fora long time to come.

    We have an election

    this year. Unlike previous

    years, where its either a

    yes/no vote or there is only

    one good candidate, this

    year we have three tick-

    ets to choose from. Yes,

    thats right, we actually

    have three. Up until the

    time of this publication,however, there only seem

    to be two tickets campaign-

    ing. I have not met with or

    discussed policy with the

    third team so they will go

    relatively unmentioned in

    this opinion.

    Up on the block this

    year, for your discretion,

    are the teams of Ricky and

    Francis, and Suzanne andAdrianne.

    Both of these teams

    seem to have a clear, com-

    mitted outlook on how theStudents Union should

    be executed from the time

    they take ofce and there-

    after. For the preparation

    of this piece, I had asked

    both teams to meet with

    me, on their time, and al-

    low me to ask them a few

    questions about their poli-

    cy and their visions.

    Well start off with the

    similarities. Both teamsare experienced, capable,

    and would make a good

    choice (lets get that out of

    the way). Both teams have

    a strong work ethic and a

    fairly precise idea of what

    they want to do with their

    time as executives. They

    both have good working

    relationships between the

    President/Vice-presidentbefore entering the race.

    The dynamics between the

    Presidential candidate and

    their VP are similar, in

    that the President is the

    negotiator and policy mak-

    er, while the VP leans more

    towards personal commu-

    nication and relations, and

    both teams want nothing

    but the best for CBU stu-dents.

    This is where things

    begin to differ, however.

    Granted, some of their plat-forms are similar. Both

    agree that updates need to

    be made to current union

    communication systems,

    and that more advocacy

    and lobbying must take

    place. But their ideas on

    achieving these goals are a

    bit different.

    The Ricky/Francis

    ticket seems to be a more

    in the now campaign.Everything they seem to

    be shooting for would affect

    students who will be voting

    for them. Their main con-

    cern is making the 2009-

    2010 years experience as

    good as they possibly can. I

    get the impression, howev-

    er, that the Suzanne/Adri-

    anne ticket wants its main

    priority to be lobbying tox problems that will affect

    students now and in the

    years to come. To me, the

    choice seems to be between

    the union we currently

    have, with added lobbying

    and a union of lobbyists

    with community events

    taking second place.

    Other than this pri-

    oritizing, the intent of bothgroups is the same. Make

    the union better. It is up

    to you, the voter, to decide

    on whose personality youlike more, who you nd

    more accessible. You have

    to decide who you think

    will be more approachable

    to you, the student. Both

    teams will spend many

    long nights working for

    you, the student. You have

    to decide whether you want

    them to spend that night

    preparing rally speeches,

    tracking down contacts andnetworking, organizing a

    big concert, or working on

    programs that will better

    dene and benet our uni-

    versity.

    Unfortunately, there

    are more aspects of this

    than I can possibly cover

    with one article. It is up to

    you, the voter, to decide who

    you like more for president.Both teams are suited, but

    you have to have your say

    to pick the face you want

    to put on our hard-working

    union.

    xxxBe sure to cast

    your vote in the

    CBUSU Election!

    Feb. 12 & 13!

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    My name is Andrew

    Letson and I am running

    for the position of Busi-

    ness Representative on

    the SRC. This is my rst

    year at CBU and I am in

    my third year of business

    studies. Not only do I want

    to represent the Shannon

    School of Business at SRC,

    but every CBU student

    as well. I think being in-

    volved with your school is

    a very important thing and

    provides the opportunity tohelp improve student life.

    I am from Saint John,

    New Brunswick, and com-

    pleted the Business Ad-

    ministration: Marketing

    program at the New Bruns-

    wick Community College. I

    enjoy being part of the stu-

    dent body here at CBU and

    look forward to hopefully

    serving all of you on SRC.Thank you.

    *****

    Hey Guys! My name

    is Erin Taylor and I am

    running for the Bachelor

    of Arts and Community

    Studies Representative

    for next years SRC. I am

    currently co-president ofthe Save the Children soci-

    ety. I love being involved in

    the society so I decided that

    I wanted to be even more

    involved in the school next

    year. I think Cape Breton

    University is a great school

    and I want to help make it

    even better. So vote yes to

    Erin on February 11th and

    12th! Thanks J

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    A Message from

    Suzanne and Adri-

    anne

    We are excited to

    put our names forward

    for candidacy for Stu-

    dents Union executive,

    and to offer a strong

    voice of change and new

    leadership on our cam-

    pus. We have a mix ofthe experience needed,

    as well as the fresh in-

    sights and new ideas,

    to advocate strongly

    for the interests of the

    entire student body.

    We need a stronger

    and more effective Stu-

    dents Union. Rather

    than the status quo,we need to enhance the

    unions lobbying and

    activism on behalf of

    the interests of all stu-

    dents on our campus,

    improve the services

    the Students Union

    provides, and work

    with the administra-

    tion and our university

    faculty and staff to cre-

    ate a student-friendly

    institution.

    Our experiences in

    various types of cam-

    pus-based as well as

    community activism

    and advocacy have

    taught us valuable les-sons. It is a steep uphill

    climb to secure even

    the smallest of victo-

    ries. One of the most

    important lessons that

    we have learned in re-

    cent years is that there

    is strength in numbers,

    and that when students

    are united, people in

    positions of power haveno choice but to listen.

    The current three-

    year provincial gov-

    ernment agreement to

    freeze tuitions is an

    immediate example of

    gains that can be made

    by unity and solidarity

    on our campus, as wellas with the broader

    students movement

    throughout the prov-

    ince. Student activ-

    ists across Nova Sco-

    tia mobilized in large

    numbers and engaged

    in concerted lobbying

    campaigns to win the

    current tuition freeze.We are commit-

    ted to working towards

    extending that freeze

    and going beyond it

    to winning gradual

    tuition reductions and

    improvements in pro-

    vincial government

    funding for the Uni-

    versity of Cape Breton.

    Tremendous amounts

    of student debt are

    an issue we hear from

    students about daily,

    and we need a Stu-

    dents Union Executive

    which is committed to

    working now on strate-

    gies to reduce studentdebt loads, includ-

    ing increasing federal

    government transfer

    payments as well as

    provincial government

    contributions.

    Its the job of the

    Students Union work

    with the Administra-

    tion of CBU to achieve

    a student-centered ap-proach to running this

    institution. Its also

    our job to remind our

    elected ofcials at all

    levels of government

    that investing in stu-

    dents and education

    improves our society,

    and that valuing edu-cation means making

    our university fully ac-

    Suzanne and Adrianne Want Your Votes

    The Caper TimesPage 4 /// Students Union Elections 2009

    cessible. But we cant

    depend on governmentto see the value in edu-

    cation, we have to ac-

    tively lobby for it, orga-

    nize people in support

    of it, and when needed,

    actively ght on stu-

    dents behalf for it.

    We all pay into the

    Students Union bud-get through our fees,

    and one of the most im-

    portant things we do as

    fellow union members

    is support each other

    through our unions

    services and program-

    ming. Our platform

    (which is accessible on

    our website at www.

    unitedcbu.ca) con-

    tains ideas and com-mitments that would

    reinforce and improve

    such services as tu-

    toring and emergency

    bursaries. The tutor-

    ing program provides

    much-needed services

    to members of our cam-

    pus community and animportant area of em-

    ployment and income

    for students on the

    campus. Improved ac-

    cessibility, a competi-

    tive salary for tutors,

    and simple renovations

    to the tutoring room

    would make this im-

    portant program evenmore successful.

    Communicat ion

    between the Students

    Union leadership and

    the rest of the student

    body is crucial, which

    is why it is a key plank

    in our platform. No one

    has legitimacy to speak

    on behalf of students

    if no attempt, or only

    weak and half-hearted

    attempts, are made to

    engage with and listen

    to student concerns, or

    to let them know what

    is going on. An open

    door policy is useless

    if you dont know wherethat door is, or if you

    dont feel comfortable

    approaching an ofce

    space that often seems

    like a clique and social

    club. We commit to

    reach out and engage

    with the entire student

    body, including estab-

    lishing a booth in the

    cafeteria to make infor-mation and resources

    more accessible and to

    do our part to meet stu-

    dents in a more physi-

    cally accessible place

    and to actively solicit

    a breadth of opinions

    from throughout the

    campus community.A functional and ef-

    fective Students Union

    is not just a handful of

    people sitting at desks

    in ofces. The Union

    is all of the students,

    and its the duty of the

    executive to make sure

    all voices are heard. We

    have heard from manyof the students on this

    campus of the need for

    change in leadership,

    and for a leadership

    that will be passionate

    and committed to act-

    ing on behalf of all stu-

    dents interests.

    When you vote for

    usSuzanne and Adri-

    anneyou are voting

    for a team that will

    work passionately in

    solidarity with you, not

    hide from you in our of-

    ces. You will be vot-

    ing for a team that is

    committed to enhanc-

    ing communications,improving infrastruc-

    ture, and making ad-

    vocacy a top priority.

    You will be voting for

    signicant change, not

    an ineffective status

    quo.

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    Students Union Elections 2009 /// Page 5February 11, 2009

    Experience Matters

    A Message from

    Ricky and Francis

    Hi Everyone! We

    are very proud to intro-

    duce our team to YOU,

    the students. As the

    polling dates approach,

    we will be campaigning

    throughout the school.

    Our focus right now is

    to try to get to know asmany students as possi-

    ble and get their opinions

    and suggestions on what

    they may like to see from

    their Students Union in

    the upcoming 2009-2010

    year. Leading up to this

    election, we assembled

    our campaign team with

    fteen very motivated

    and driven students.

    They have been there ev-

    ery step of the way and

    have really gone above

    and beyond anything we

    could have asked from

    them. We are looking

    forward to the days to

    come and wish all candi-

    dates the best of luck!

    Ricky is a local stu-dent from Glace Bay. He

    is in his 4th year, nish-

    ing up an Arts degree,

    concentrating in psy-

    chology, and beginning

    his BBA. Ricky is a big

    fan of the local sport and

    music scenes. He has

    enjoyed being a volun-

    teer in the union throughShinerama, Love Africa

    week, and Frosh Week to

    name a few. After spend-

    ing a year keeping stats

    for the Capers varsity

    sports teams, organizing

    intramurals for Cam-

    pus life, and becoming

    a dedicated volunteer in

    the Students Union, he

    decided to he had some-

    thing more to give toour school. Along with

    Matt Stewart, the cur-

    rent President of the SU,

    Ricky ran for Vice Presi-

    dent-Academic. This has

    been a great learning

    experience and we feel

    more than condent that

    Ricky is ready to lead the

    students of our school tonew heights. Being Vice

    President this year has

    really been an incred-

    ible experience; howev-

    er, there is more that he

    feels he would like to ac-

    complish. As President,

    Ricky is ready, willing,

    and able to give the stu-

    dents of this university,

    the effort and determina-

    tion that they deserve.

    Francis is an Inter-

    national student all the

    way from Zimbabwe. He

    came to Canada to at-

    tend CBU and has never

    turned back. He is in his

    4th year of a Business

    degree with a concentra-

    tion in marketing buthas decided to return to

    broaden his area of study

    to nance. Francis is al-

    ways keeping busy. As

    a Residence Director in

    06-07, he helped provide

    students on residence

    with a safe and enjoy-

    able place to live. In

    2007, Francis decidedhe wanted more respon-

    sibility and ran for Vice

    President of the Interna-

    tional Students Society.

    This was a great year for

    the society and Francis

    is still a big part of the

    society today. He is now

    the Assistant Manager

    Ricky McCarthy and Francis Mvere 2009-2010of Caper Convenience

    and is a proud father of

    his daughter Lindsey.He now feels he wants

    to make one last mark

    and provide students

    with a VP Academic it

    deserves.

    There are many is-

    sues facing the Students

    Union and our university.

    Together we have come

    up with a solid platformthat has several attain-

    able goals. We will lobby

    on tuition, with or with-out ANSSA, depending

    on the results of the Ref-

    erendum in March. We

    personally believe it is in

    our students best inter-

    est to join this group as

    they represent an over-

    whelming majority of

    the post secondary stu-

    dent population in our

    province and effectively

    lobby the Provincial

    Government. We will

    also question the Admin-

    istration of our school on

    parking issues, wireless

    internet, and the lack of

    internships and CO-OP

    programs in schools oth-

    er than business. Not to

    mention the possibility

    of receiving credits forthese programs like they

    have at other Nova Sco-

    tia Universities.

    Our team has had

    numerous discussions

    on where exactly priori-

    ties should lie within the

    CBUSU. We both feel

    that our main purpose

    as a Students Unionshould be to provide our

    students with the best

    possible experience while

    attending this univer-

    sity, whether it is ensur-

    ing high-quality academ-

    ics, organizing campus

    events and concerts, or

    providing students with

    on-campus career expos

    to aid in nding careers

    both on and off the Is-

    land. It also very impor-

    tant that we remember

    our campus is lled with

    rst year students that

    have yet to reach the age

    of 19 and we will ensure

    that it will be a priority

    to increase the amount

    of events and activitiesfor all of these students.

    There are always

    those things that can be

    done quick and smoothly,

    but there are also those

    that may take some

    time. We refuse to make

    false promises and will

    work diligently to ensure

    we carry out as many ofour campaign ideas as

    possible. Things we are

    going to work incredibly

    hard at, but may take

    some time, are the idea

    of a healthy selection

    in Caper Convenience,

    developing an online fo-

    rum, and continuing the

    increase in trafc on the

    CBUSU website. Tradi-

    tion is something we feelis extremely important

    for a university campus

    and improves the overall

    atmosphere of the stu-

    dent population. Over

    the past few years, we

    have noticed the cam-

    pus tradition here grow

    dramatically. Student

    crowds at Capers Ath-letics games have in-

    creased, volunteer fund-

    raising has never raised

    more money, and the

    pride felt when wearing

    a CBU ring is increasing

    every year. This is why

    we will do our best to

    bring back this Universi-

    tys Ring Ceremony, and

    attempt to increase the

    unity of our students.

    Please remember,

    our ideas do not just sit

    in this all-encompassing

    campaign platform. We

    want your suggestions,

    opinions, comments,

    questions, and anything

    else you can throw at us.

    We have set up an emailaddress, rickyandfran-

    cis_2009@hotmail .

    com, and will be around

    campus and visiting class

    rooms for the next few

    days. Feel free to email

    anything that may be

    on your mind or stop us

    in the halls to question

    us about our campaign.We look forward to this

    election process and will

    do our absolute best to

    become your next Presi-

    dent and Vice President

    of the Cape Breton Uni-

    versity Students Union.

    Thank you all for your

    time and your Vote!

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    Celluloid and Cynicism - TakenBy Kenny McClean

    Its easy to sit back andpick apart bad movies. Its

    a lot easier to gloat about

    plot holes and poor acting

    than it is to keep things

    in balance. For every plot

    hole you could drive a truck

    through, Taken had a

    scene or a line that made

    up for it, until about half-

    way through the movie,

    when it became a brainless

    action lm that would havesuited Steven Seagal in his

    prime.

    Well start with the

    good, because itll be over

    quickly. Liam Neeson is

    not a bad actor. Every oth-

    er person in Taken hams

    it up like a high school pro-

    duction of Hamlet, but Nee-

    son at least put forward a

    halfhearted attempt. Its agood thing, too, because he

    and his wrinkles take up

    the screen 95% of the time.

    Neeson takes up most

    of the screen time, and af-

    ter the plot is taken care of

    (about 20 minutes in), he

    spends the remaining hour

    and 10 minutes of the mov-

    ie running people over and

    hitting them in the throat.Thats all ne and good for

    an action movie. The prob-

    lem I have is thus: Liam

    Neeson is 56 years old. He

    is of retirement age and

    showing it. Hes of the age

    that he should be put out to

    pasture, not playing secret

    agent/white knight. There

    is no way a man of his age

    could run around France

    kicking ass and takingnames in such an egregious

    fashion, no matter what

    kind of training he held.

    Putting this aside,

    Neeson does as best a job as

    he could with the storyline

    he was playing a part in. If

    any middle aged man could

    take on a Bulgarian gang

    singlehandedly and win, I

    am convinced it would be

    Liam Neeson. I vote we

    send him to end the con-ict in the Middle East: by

    all appearances, hes bul-

    letproof and some sort of

    ninja.

    The other problem I

    had with Taken is that

    none of the characters are

    likeable. I was not able to

    sympathize with the plight

    of Maggie Grace as a kid-

    napped rich white girl, nor

    was I able to empathizewith Liam Neeson as the fa-

    ther who refused to say no,

    had his spoiled 17-year-old

    daughter run off, and then

    had to commit atrocities to

    rescue her from her own idi-

    ocy. Famke Janssens char-

    acter is unlikeable at best,

    and a shrill, bitter harpy at

    worst. Perfectly content to

    give Neeson the cold shoul-der at rst and then send

    him to do the wet-work

    when things go bad, her

    character has no redeeming

    features or qualities, much

    like her acting job.

    Acting and plot aside,

    Taken owed quickly in

    the grimy, washed out un-

    derbelly of Paris, a world

    that most denitely ex-ists. Theres more to Paris

    than the Eiffel Tower and

    the Louvre: poverty, cor-

    ruption, and misery exist

    everywhere, and Taken

    took this to heart.

    Director Pierre Morel

    has assembled a cast of un-

    likeable characters playing

    out a preposterous plot line

    ripped from a Tom Clancy

    novel, without the slickproduction values of movies

    such as The Hunt for Red

    October. Nearly devoid of

    merit and seemingly lack-

    ing in any member of the

    production crew who cared,

    Taken is bound to be a

    steal in the 2-for-$10 bin at

    Wal-Mart by this time next

    year.

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    News /// Page 7February 11, 2009

    Why high voter turn-

    out at St. FX wont be

    an annual occurrenceBy Danielle Webb

    The Xaverian Weekly

    (St. Francis Xavier Uni-

    versity)

    ANTIGONISH (CUP)

    Were going to stick it

    to St.FX, proclaimed an

    ambitious University of

    Ottawa Elections Bureau

    radio host on his campussradio station last Monday

    morning.

    Theres plenty of

    praise for the record-shat-

    tering voter turnout for

    last years student union

    election at St. Francis

    Xavier University in Anti-

    gonish, N.S.

    Conversations with

    student journalists acrossthe country conrm it: Ev-

    eryone is in awe of the 50

    per cent turnout feat, and

    their respective students

    unions are scrambling to

    beat it all of them fail-

    ing.

    For years, St. FX was

    just like every other uni-

    versity across Canada,

    struggling to get students

    to vote. Students unions

    were accused of corrup-

    tion, scandal, over-spend-

    ing, self-indulgence, and

    the list goes on. Partici-

    pating in union elections

    felt like trying to get the

    big kids to let you play

    ball. Disconnect was syn-

    onymous with studentpolitics.

    Last year, a strong,

    competent and visionary

    elections ofce, combined

    with an engaging execu-

    tive, managed to convince

    almost every student that

    their vote mattered and

    that nobody was truly dis-

    enfranchised from student

    The failure of 50.4%politics.

    Democracy was alive,

    the gloves came off, andfor the rst time in stu-

    dent union history, we

    gave a damn.

    But last years efforts

    will all be in vain. Last

    years enthusiasm and

    engagement are virtually

    non-existent.

    Compare the number

    of posters that campaigns

    have raised across cam-pus. Compare the num-

    ber of buttons, advertise-

    ments, and discussions.

    Compare the major issues

    on every students lips.

    How many people are even

    aware of the election, let

    alone whos running?

    What about the sim-

    ple fact that not a single

    senate or senior classpresident candidate has

    been announced? Or, that

    the unions chief return-

    ing ofcer resigned on

    Tuesday?

    On the heels of a

    landmark campaign that

    raised St. FXs prole

    across the country, when

    the eyes of student govern-

    ments from coast-to-coast

    are upon us we seem

    destined to disappoint.

    Last years vote

    handed this years execu-

    tive the condence of most

    students on campus. All

    they had to do was keep

    relations on par, and who

    could fault their work?

    But things haventbeen on par, and union-

    student communication,

    or lack thereof, has been

    the biggest factor.

    Take Drive U for ex-

    ample. This program that

    offers safe transportation

    home for students was one

    of the better, more plausi-

    ble ideas that came out of

    last years election. It was

    one of the rst promises

    the new president and

    vice-president followed

    through on. But, its been

    failing miserably because

    students dont even know

    it exists.This election is suf-

    fering from that same lack

    of publicity.

    Ive seen two, count

    em, two posters on 8.5 x

    11 computer paper ad-

    vising students on how

    they can submit their

    names for candidacy.

    The Student Federa-

    tion of the University of

    Ottawa largely in its

    efforts to beat St.FXs re-

    cord put together such

    an extensive recruitment

    campaign this year that

    they have ten candidatesrunning for board of gov-

    ernors alone.

    Now thats engage-

    ment. Its the kind of en-

    gagement we had last

    year and its the kind of

    engagement thats been

    tossed out the window

    this year.

    Students need to

    know you care about them,

    even after youve been

    elected. Unless something

    drastic happens in the -

    nal days of the campaign,

    voter turnout will de-

    crease dramatically, justlike old times.

    If the University of

    Ottawa wants a ght,

    were ready to hand them

    their victory. Our stu-

    dents gave it 50.4 per cent

    and the union hasnt been

    able to even meet us half-

    way.

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    All Photos Courtesy Chris Lawrence /// CTBattle of the Bands@ the Pit

    Here are some of the highlights

    from the rst few performances.

    If you want to check out some of

    the bands live, the Battle rages on

    for several more weeks. Perfor-mances run on Thursdays at the

    Pit.

    For more info, check out the Bat-

    tle of the Bands Facebook Group.

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    By Brittany Harnum

    Another day, another

    drama. You might recog-

    nize these words from Brit-

    ney Spears song Piece of

    Me, and Im going to be

    brutally honest with you

    (which may or may not be

    a good thing). Those words

    were how I felt when I was

    assigned to write this ar-

    ticle. There was nothing

    against the Playhouse, the

    editing staff, or my bossat the Caper Times; but

    I just wondered what an-

    other play could offer me?

    (Editors Note: Brittany,

    youre fred!) What if this

    was just another play with

    a depressing but warm

    tone about families coming

    together. Yet again, there

    isnt anything wrong with

    that; I was just unenthu-siastic because I believed

    that it had nothing to offer

    me.

    Ive been writing

    about the plays from the

    Boardmore Playhouse for

    about two years now and I

    felt that there was nothing

    left to surprise me. How

    could I write a review or

    commentary on something

    that didnt offer anything

    new? Another day, anoth-

    er drama. Nothing new,

    just the standard broken

    family, three sisters, try-

    ing to make amends before

    their mother dies story. I

    expected tears and heart-

    ache, long over done, meta-

    phorical monologues and

    a bare stage. We have all

    been there: a standard

    play with a basic plot and

    little left for the imagina-

    tion. Its plays like thisthat the make you feel that

    once you seen one, youve

    seen them all...

    I was, without a doubt,

    most certainly WRONG!

    Daniel McIvors play

    Marion Bridge was more

    then I ever expected, and

    the actresses had a better

    chemistry on stage then

    I imagined. But what Ididnt expect was humour.

    I must admit that the only

    other play I read by Daniel

    McIvor was In On It, and

    I dont remember laugh-

    ing through that. So like

    a lot of us, I went into that

    theatre one chilly opening

    night thinking that one

    McIvor play was just like

    the other. A friend of mine

    tells me never to assume

    anything and I hate to ad-

    mit that he was right (but

    we wont tell him that).

    The play is in the Mc-

    Ivor fashion: a plot that

    appears simple on the sur-

    face, with as few characters

    as possible, and a stage

    furnished with only the

    necessities to emphasize

    a setting. The plot goes

    something like this: three

    estranged sisters who live

    completely different lives(one an alcoholic struggling

    actress, one a nun, and the

    other the average teenage

    girl) forced together to tend

    to their dying mother in

    the family home. Tempers

    blaze as their worlds clash.

    Emotion seeps from the

    rst monologue by Agnes

    played by Serena MacDon-

    ald to the nal blackout.What made the play

    was the chemistry between

    the three women. At rst

    I doubted whether they

    would be able portray the

    bond and convince the au-

    dience (and me) that they

    cared for each other. They

    had to prove that there

    was that relationship from

    start to nish, through thescenes that they argued

    and raged and the scenes

    in which they were sympa-

    thetic and supportive. The

    family drama played out on

    stage with little or no effort.

    The anger and frustration

    lled the stage and the ten-

    derness brought tears to

    the audiences eyes. Their

    personal struggles of accep-

    tance, understanding and

    healing were felt through-

    out the dark theatre. The

    emotional rollercoaster

    held the on-lookers in their

    seats.

    But as mentioned, I

    never expected to laugh so

    much. Perhaps it was the

    simple family bickering

    that everyone could relate

    to or something more but

    either way it was funny.

    From Agness sarcasm,

    or Theresas (Kerrianne

    MacKenzie) innocent na-

    ivety of modern world, to

    Louises (Rachael Rossiter)

    seemly oblivious nature to

    anything outside her world,

    it had me amused and en-

    tertained. In fact I was still

    talking about it in the days

    that followed (to the annoy-

    ance of my friends who hadto suffer through my enjoy-

    ment through their only

    breaks from class).

    As I think about the

    play now I realize that Im

    happy to be wrong. My

    faith in the theatre had

    been restored. I guess its

    kind of like a horror movie:

    we all go knowing there is

    going to be a ghost, an axemurderer who didnt get

    enough love from his moth-

    er, a shack in the woods,

    a group of teenagers on

    spring break, and a blonde

    that always dies rst. But

    we still see it because its

    the unexpected that brings

    us back. Im not compar-

    ing Marion Bridge to a

    grade B horror ick (itsso much better and worth

    your money), all Im trying

    to say is that its what we

    dont expect that keeps our

    faith and the seats full.

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    I guess I needed to nd

    a reason to go again and to

    write this article. After all,

    two years of play reviews

    can be kind of daunting.

    Then it hits methe rea-

    son, that is. And I cant

    take credit for it because,

    really, it was something

    some one always said to

    me.

    Mike McPhee (Di-

    rector of Marion Bridge)

    has been a dear friend for

    the last couple of yearsand used to be my drama

    teacher. After I gradu-

    ated, I tried to attend the

    local plays his students

    performed because, in case

    you cant tell, I love the

    theatre. And at the end of

    every play he would nd

    me and ask me the same

    question, Did you like it?

    and usually I did; that wasmy answer to him. Then

    he would say, Good. Now

    go tell your friends and

    get them here. And that

    would be it. It was the usu-

    al McPhee way, encourag-

    ing and to the point. It was

    endearing in his own way.

    But after all these years,

    the words left an impres-

    sion on me. So Ill try mybest and tell my friends.

    Not promising that they

    will all come but Ill try to

    try. And thats really all a

    person can do.

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    h CBU Dra Gr comg ply v,chk t hr wes.dicvr.cbu.ca/dra

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    Caper Times Short Story: Lillian (Part II)By Leslie Yorke

    Ready for a baby? Who

    is able to answer that? Are

    you the one supposed to de-

    cide whether or not you are

    capable and ready to han-

    dle a child or is someone

    else supposed to answer

    that for you?

    We are ready. The

    clock ticked slower than

    normal each day while we

    waited for Thursday. The

    day the miracle would hap-pen. We thought about

    everything; seriously ev-

    erything. We discussed

    names, baby showers,

    colors, room decorations,

    godparents, elementary

    schools, churches and even

    what food we would feed

    it. My girlfriend decided

    she didnt want to breast

    feed which is ne, but thekids going to end up with

    eczema like me and its her

    fault. We decided we would

    feed the baby half organic

    and half home made foods.

    My mother in law made her

    babies food and they loved

    it. So that was decided.

    Money was put away spe-

    cically for the baby that

    was not even in her stom-

    ach yet. My girlfriend

    even started drinking milk

    all the time just so that she

    could get in the habit so

    the little ones bones would

    be strong. All the pills and

    medicine are put away in

    a cabinet tied tightly by a

    shoelace so no infants can

    get in it. It would have a

    kind of Noahs Arc themed

    bedroom with cuddly ani-mals all over the place. All

    the details were basically

    shaken out and decided.

    My best friend who

    would soon be the father

    would have endless conver-

    sations with us about how

    happy he was and how he

    would do anything for us.

    He was given us the mira-

    cle of life and I dont thinkhe realises how much that

    means to us. All the de-

    tails were nalised and

    we purchased all that was

    needed to get the job done.

    It was simple and it didnt

    take much work, just pa-

    tience and a willingness

    to continue. This was a

    commitment to all parties.

    Having a baby doesnt al-

    ways work the rst time so

    for us we all would have to

    be open to continue trying.

    Which every party agreed

    to. I should have made up

    legal documents to sign.

    The lines of a donor run

    very clearly. Of course its

    different depending on the

    case. Like ours for instance

    he would be a donor, godfa-ther and would be able to

    be there for it to the extent

    he chose. He is my best

    friend after all and I trust

    him with everything. In-

    cluding the life of my un-

    born baby.

    What is a donor? A

    donor is someone who will-

    ingly donates a part of

    themselves to help anoth-er person. Does that give

    them any right to make a

    life changing decision for

    you? Or does their opin-

    ion even matter at all on

    the subject? If someone

    has offered you something

    it should not be a prob-

    lem for that person to go

    through with it. The do-

    nor must separate himself

    from the lives of the people

    he is affecting. In our case

    we gave him the option to

    see our beautiful miracle

    as much as he chose. Only

    of course because he is my

    best friend and the God fa-

    ther after all. Is he techni-

    cally the father? Yes, ge-

    netically he is, but legally

    as a donor you give up yourright to say that it is your

    child. You gave over all pa-

    rental right to the parents

    you are helping.

    So many questions

    come up when I am talk-

    ing to people about this de-

    cision I have made. They

    ask me questions like am I

    ready? Or can I afford to

    have a child? The answersto both of those questions is

    yes. The process of going to

    a clinic in Halifax would be

    difcult and expensive; not

    that actual baby. I have

    basically been the mother

    to my sister for as long as

    I can remember and I be-

    lieve whole heartedly that

    I am prepared and ready to

    be a mother.

    I want this more than

    anything. You can have

    the clothes off my back and

    the roof over my head (not

    really I would need those

    things to raise a child) to

    have this beautiful child.

    It is a difcult road and I

    am ready to take it. I have

    a new job, more money and

    more than anything, I havedetermination. My part-

    ner of course has all these

    things also. So do we de-

    serve this baby?

    My best friend is hesi-

    tant. He is unsure. There

    is not much time before

    Thursday and it seems

    as though my hopes and

    dreams are being torn

    from me. Im not sure ifI can convince him that

    this is okay or if anything

    will change his mind. The

    clock is ticking. Will this

    be the end of our wonderful

    Lilly? She hasnt even had

    a chance yet. Can he rip

    that from her already?

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    By Sean ONeill

    The pre-game atmo-

    sphere at the Sullivan

    Fieldhouse had been the

    most palpable of the season

    on January 25. The source

    of the excitement was long-

    time rival St. Francis Xavi-

    ers trip to the Cape for amassive four-point game

    on both the womens and

    mens side of the basketball

    standings.

    Each game gave Ca-

    pers fans moments that

    they will never forget...

    and for completely differ-

    ent reasons.

    On the mens side of

    the basketball, most of theCanadian basketball com-

    munity is aware of what

    transpired at the home

    game against St. FX.

    The polarizing inci-

    dent, one that will linger

    longer in the memory than

    the astounding basket-

    ball game that was taking

    place on the court, has -

    nally come to some closure.St. FX assistant coach, and

    former X-Men player Gar-

    ry Gallimore has resigned

    from his post effective

    immediately. With 13.7

    seconds left in the game,

    Gallimore slapped a CBU

    minor ofcial in the face

    after a dispute in which St.

    FX head coach Steve Kon-

    chalski believed that the

    time-out he called was not

    buzzed-in at the scorers

    table.

    This comes after a for-

    mal complaint from CBU

    was led to Atlantic Uni-

    versity Sport, accusing both

    Konchalski and Gallimore

    of Breach of Conduct and

    written articles about the

    incident were written by

    all members of the game-

    day staff recalling what

    they saw transpire at the

    scorers table.

    Initially, Gallimore

    was suspended by St. FX

    for four games. But less

    than a week after the epi-

    sode, Gallimore resignedand issued the following

    statement to StFX Com-

    munications:

    In light of the events

    that occurred in the StFX-

    CBU basketball game of

    January 28th, I have de-

    cided to step down as as-

    sistant coach of the StFX

    mens basketball team. I

    realize that physical con-frontation with game of-

    cials has no place in uni-

    versity sport. My action at

    the end of the game was to-

    tally out of character with

    how I have conducted my-

    self through many years of

    basketball. But my action

    was unacceptable, and the

    right way to show that is to

    resign.I sincerely apologize

    and express my personal

    regret to the young man

    involved, to Cape Breton

    University, and to my alma

    mater, StFX University.

    The StFX Athletic

    Department expects and

    requires high standards of

    conduct from athletes and

    coaches, said Director of

    Athletics, Leo MacPherson.

    Mr. Gallimores resigna-

    tion reects an understand-

    ing of what is acceptable

    and what is clearly unac-

    ceptable.

    While St. FX coun-

    tered the CBU complaint

    by claiming that a lack of

    crowd control and unpro-

    fessional behavior con-

    tributed to the loud and

    boisterous atmosphere at

    the game, no logical cor-

    relation can be made be-

    tween a rowdy crowd and

    a moment of madness from

    a coach. They are two

    separate incidents, and St.

    Francis Xavier has now ad-mitted as much. Gallimore

    has taken responsibility for

    his actions, and now both

    teams, fans, and universi-

    ties can move on from this

    incident.

    Its a shame that so

    much as been written about

    this incident, because if

    it didnt take place, the

    internet and newspaperarticles dedicated to this

    game wouldnt be as large,

    diverse and profound; bas-

    ketball message boards

    would not be heating up

    with biased and un-biased

    debate; and the highlights

    of the game would not be

    taken down from YouTube

    because of derogatory mes-

    sages written beneath thevideo.

    In reality, this was

    the most energetic, dra-

    matic and exciting basket-

    ball game to be played at

    the Fieldhouse in years.

    Lead changes were plenti-

    ful; 3-pointers were being

    drained left, right, and cen-

    ter; a player on each team

    took the game by the scruff

    of the neck; and the atmo-

    sphere in the building was

    the best all season long.

    The Capers won the

    dramatic game 90-86 be-

    hind a mammoth perfor-

    mance by forward Phil Nk-

    rumah as he registered 39

    points, 18 rebounds, nine of

    which were offensive, four

    assists, four steals, and a

    block. He drained 59% of

    his eld goals and 67% of

    his three-pointers.

    X guard Christian Up-

    shaw was fantastic in de-

    feat, showing why he might

    possibly be the best player

    in the conference. Upshaw

    scored 38 points, shooting12/21 from the eld and

    9/15 from behind the arc.

    A place on the bleach-

    ers at the Oland Centre for

    the rematch on February

    26 will be the hottest seat

    in Nova Scotia.

    Two days later, the

    Capers played in a game

    that had the anticipation

    of a 50-inch snowstorm.The last-place University

    of New Brunswick Varsity

    Reds were the Capers next

    opponent, and the result

    was predictable as the Ca-

    pers won easily 91-62. Tre-

    maine Fraser led all Ca-

    pers scorers with 18 points

    and six assists. Nkrumah

    nished another massive

    game with his second dou-ble-double of the week, as

    he registered 12 points and

    15 rebounds.

    For his efforts Nk-

    rumah has won both Sub-

    way AUS Male Athlete of

    the Week and CIS Male

    Athlete of the week for the

    period ending February 1,

    2009.

    The Capers current-

    ly sit second in the AUS

    standings with a 10-3 re-

    cord for 30 points. They

    are two points behind St.

    FX for rst and a comfort-

    able eight points ahead of

    Saint Marys, who has tak-

    en all eight points from the

    Capers this year but have

    fallen off due to a surpris-

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    ing loss against Acadia.

    The Huskies have two

    winnable games against

    UNB on the 7th and 8th

    of February and two four-

    point games against Memo-

    rial on the 13th and 14th.

    These 12 points should be

    fairly straightforward for

    the Huskies, which rendersthe two games at UPEI on

    the 7th and 8th vital for the

    Capers if they are to keep

    their rst-round bye spot.

    However, UPEI is 6-1

    in Charlottetown this sea-

    son, and have added two

    players from the Bahamas

    for the second half of the

    season, in 67 forward Ga-

    maliel Rose and 62 guardJeffrey Rodgers. Rose has

    made an immediate impact

    as he has averaged 18.5

    points and 7.7 rebounds in

    the 10 games in which he

    has played.

    After the two games

    against the Panthers, they

    nish off their home sched-

    ule with two games against

    Dalhousie, on the 14th and15th of February. The Ca-

    pers split the two games

    against the Tigers at the

    DalPlex this season.

    *****

    Turning to the wom-

    ens side of the basket-

    ball, the Capers faced an

    X-Women squad that was

    vastly improved from the

    team that failed to make

    the playoffs last season.

    With former Caper

    player Matt Skinn di-

    recting them on the side-

    lines, St. FX gave CBU all

    they could handle as they

    pressed them to death and

    the game went down to the

    wire.

    Awareness, Scoring Records, National Awards

    & Tearful Good-byes

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    February 11, 2009 Sports /// Page 13 With 28.2 seconds left

    in the game, the Capers

    were up by 4 as X took a

    time-out. The X-Women

    have committed ve fouls

    in the fourth, while the Ca-pers have only been whis-

    tled for three.

    The lead is cut to one

    as X guard Ashley Stephen

    drains a three-pointer

    with 18.4 left on the clock.

    Capers forward Karmen

    Brown is fouled after the

    time-out, but makes only

    her nal shot as CBUs lead

    is now at two.Xs chance to tie the

    game is squandered as Ste-

    phen picked up her dribble

    and launched a desperation

    shot that was missed badly

    and the Capers grabbed

    the rebound. Kari Everett

    was fouled with 4.3 seconds

    left.

    Another twist in the

    tale was about to unfold as

    Everett missed both free-

    throws and St. FX raced

    down the oor and threw

    a desperation shot up as

    time expired. However,

    Elyse Hnatiuk was clearly

    fouled as she launched said

    shot from half-court as the

    buzzer sounded. The foul

    was called on the Capers

    Kelsey Hodgson, and every-

    one in the building thoughtthat Hnatiuk would go

    to the foul-line for three

    shots, needing to drain all

    three for the win with no

    time left on the clock.

    But the referees

    claimed that it was not a

    shooting foul. How they

    made this determination is

    unknown, but with a foul-

    to-give, the Capers escapedthe situation as the ball was

    inbounded with one second

    left on the clockwhich was

    not nearly enough time for

    X to get a meaningful shot

    up. The Capers won the

    game 66-64. The Capers

    survived this game by the

    skin of their teeth, and the

    X-Women should feel that

    they could have won this

    game if the refereeing deci-

    sion went the other way.

    Everett led all scorers

    on the day with 21 points,as well as ve rebounds,

    four assists and two steals.

    Stephen led St. FX with 18

    points.

    On January 27, the

    Capers rocked their brand-

    new pink uniforms for

    Shoot for the Cure day, as

    they tried to raise money

    and awareness for breast

    cancer research, when theyfaced the University of New

    Brunswick Varsity Reds.

    All of the related activities

    on the day made the game

    seem obsolete.

    Along with more than

    40 cancer survivors walk-

    ing around the gym at half-

    time to show the collective

    strength of surviving this

    terrible disease, a gym dec-

    orated in pink, and endless

    opportunities to donate

    money to the cause, the day

    was an absolute success.

    In total, more than $11,500

    was raised for the ght

    against breast cancer, and

    Capers centre Stephanie

    Toxopeus raised $1,000 on

    her ownwhich led to her

    head being shaved at half-

    time of the mens game.Nothing on the court

    could out-shine all of the

    good work going on around

    the game, but Kelsey Hodg-

    son did her best to bring

    the attention to herself.

    Against UNB she scored

    a school record 46 points,

    which is the second high-

    est total in AUS history

    behind Carol Turney, whoscored 50 for Saint Marys

    in 1976. Her pace helped

    the Capers beat the Var-

    sity Reds 85-61.

    Following in Nk-

    rumahs footsteps, Hodg-

    son did the AUS-CIS daily

    double as she swooped up

    both Female Athlete of the

    Week awards for the week

    ending February 1, 2009.

    The Capers currently

    sit in rst-place in the AUS

    with an 11-3 record for 38

    points. If the Capers canget a split against Dalhou-

    sie in their two remaining

    home games, they should

    be in great shape for one of

    the rst-round byes in the

    AUS playoffs, which begin

    February 27, at Dalhou-

    sie. They play last-place

    UPEI twice on February 7

    and 8, then come home for

    the nal home-stand of theseason against Dalhousie

    on the 14th and 15th as

    they look to lock-up a rst-

    round bye in the playoffs

    against the nearest rival in

    the standings.

    *****

    For the womens vol-

    leyball team, they have al-

    ready concluded their home

    schedule for the 2008-09

    season.

    On January 23, the

    Capers played a ve-setmarathon against St. FX.

    After dropping the rst two

    sets 25-18, 26-24, the Ca-

    pers rallied back into the

    match. They won the next

    two sets 25-15, 25-17. The

    fth and decisive set was

    exhilarating as the Capers

    won 15-12 to win the match

    3-2. It was a massive result

    that leap-frogged them overSt. FX in the standings.

    The nal two matches

    were also straightforward.

    They defeated UPEI 25-

    21, 25-21, 25-21. The nal

    home match was against

    Acadia, and prior to the

    opening serve, a special

    presentation was made to

    Brianne Walsh and April

    Costello as they played in

    their nal match at the

    Fieldhouse.

    Head coach Claude La-

    pre read to the crowd about

    how he expected Walsh tobecome the best player on

    the teamand did. And

    how Costello would show as

    much energy in practice and

    games as she did singing on

    the way home from games.

    He also raved about their

    commitment to the team

    and the university. Sufce

    to say, things got a little

    emotional as they were in-troduced to the crowd and

    owers were handed to the

    graduating players.

    Walsh and Costello

    walked off the Caper oor

    the nal time as winners

    as they beat Acadia 25-12,

    25-14, 21-25, 25-14. These

    three wins have clinched...

    Continued on Page 14

    Chris Lawrence /// CT

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    St. F.X. Loses More Than a Basketball Game at CBU

    Page 14 /// Sports The Caper Times

    Capers Athletics Upcoming Events

    Mens Basketball

    Saturday, February 14, 2009: Dalhousie @ CBU 8 PM

    Sunday, February 15, 2009: Dalhousie @ CBU 3 PM

    Friday, February 20, 2009: CBU @ Memorial 8 PM

    Saturday, February 21, 2009: CBU @ Memorial 2 PM

    Thursday, February 26, 2009: St. FX @ CBU 7 PM

    Womens Basketball

    Saturday, February 14, 2009: Dalhousie @ CBU 6 PM

    Sunday, February 15, 2009: Dalhousie @ CBU 1 PM

    Friday, February 20, 2009: CBU @ Memorial 6 PM

    Saturday, February 21, 2009: CBU @ Memorial 12 PM

    For scores, stats, and schedules

    Check out the Capers website!

    www.gocapersgo.ca

    Your online source for

    the latest Capers info!

    Continued from Page 13

    the Capers playoff spot,

    with a game to spare. Theyplay Saint Marys February

    7.

    Until then, Go Capers!

    Chris Lawrence /// CT

    Above Photo: St. FX As-

    sistant Coach Garry

    Gallimore is escort-

    ed out of the Sullivan Field House by police

    after an altercation at

    the time keepers table.

    Chris Lawrence /// CT

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    was quite funny.

    Thirdly, the

    article Obama

    will be a big let-down... Thank

    you! It is the

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    seen it written

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    placed him on

    such a pedestal

    that reason has

    been replaced by

    ignorance.

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    have to say. Ive

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    Letter to the EditorFirstly let me apolo-

    gize on any bad publishing

    on my part: this letter is

    being written in the CBUlibrary where I nd the po-

    sitioning of the keyboards

    quite... hideous to say the

    least.

    Being delivered to

    school quite early today,

    7 am, because the roads

    where absolutely terrible in

    North Sydney and a family

    member with 4-wheel drive

    was leaving early, I hadmuch time to dwell, and I

    remembered this Univer-

    sity had a paper! I tracked

    one down, read it, and de-

    cided to make some com-

    ments.

    Firstly, the article,

    The New Media: An

    Exercise of Vanity? was

    absolutely fantastic. Ive

    been debating my peersand others for many years

    over this social networking

    business. Im at a loss how

    it became the way to be an

    individual by conforming

    to these networks and al-

    lowing everyone to see you

    in the light you choose.

    The loss of identity

    through these mediums is

    something which alarms

    me. I know this rst hand

    because I was on Face-

    book and I had not made

    an account. My wife made

    an account on my behalf

    (without asking) from the

    United States where she is

    attending school. Not only

    can you lose an identity

    through information being

    stolen, but someone can ac-

    tually easily impersonateyou... which I nd disturb-

    ing.

    I deleted my account

    merely because I didnt

    care about who was in arelationship with who,

    who was sad, who was get-

    ting drunk... I thought it

    was absolutely idiotic that

    people felt so obligated to

    post every little insigni-

    cant detail which no one

    cares about. Although I

    found it amusing that peo-

    ple I absolutely loathed in

    high school or people whoI never spoke to added me

    to Facebook merely to have

    bragging rights about how

    many friends they had.

    I was probably the most

    unpopular person on Face-

    book: I only added two

    people in the few months I

    used it.

    Secondly, the article

    Staying tuned. If I hearGuitar Hero one more time,

    Im seriously going to write

    a public rant. I despise the

    whole overly commercial-

    ized play thing. It seems

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    tallica Guitar Hero is just

    pushing the boundaries,

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    people realize they have

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    Put the controller down

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    esque: please listen to each

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