Jan, 2001.
Volume 43, No. 15

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The Carillon brings you the weekly news from the University of Regina.

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• Energy costs eat students' funds
  As of December 1, students who pay utilities have been carrying lighter wallets.
  
• Really real reality
  Everyone knows about Reality TV. The fascination all started with the pioneer Real World on MTV, and the interest of the public has been swept along to another season of Survivor.
  
• Students cynical about spin- doctored numbers
  The NDP and the Saskatchewan Party have recently released contradictory figures regarding job creation in the province, supposedly obtained from the same source.
  
• The debate continues
  Everyone has his or her own opinion on how to create jobs for the people of Saskatchewan. So where will the next wave of jobs for graduates come from?
  
• Keeping fit in fat winter
  After stuffing our faces full of turkey and egg nog, many students are trying to carry out their New Year's resolutions of keeping fit.

• Tegan and Sara
  There's a chance that you've never heard of Tegan and Sara; that's understandable, since the duo, comprised of identical twin sisters from Calgary, have only been Tegan and Sara for a few short years.
  
• Blood, sweat and big pants
  "I've always liked a smaller, kind of sweaty club. There's an intensity in a place like that that you just can't get in front of 30,000 people in the middle of the day [with] the sun shining...being in a small club and just feeling the heat coming off the crowd and you're sweat dripping all over the crowd."
  
• OLP brings spirit of live show to fans
  Our Lady Peace's recent club tour found them at Regina's own The State in December. After a stellar set to a packed house of fans who went the distance to get into the show, the members of the band sat down to discuss their new album, Spiritual Machines.
  
• Traffic
  The movie Traffic has been critically acclaimed, as have the performances by Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Benicio Del Toro. It has a compelling story, fascinating subject matter, and hard-hitting scenes. So, it's a shame that a lot of people won't like this movie at all.

Sports

• Cougars ready to dive in
  University of Regina athletic director Dick White has done a tremendous job the last couple of years.
  
• Yes Greg, there is a Santa Claus
  Santa must have received my letters and turned a blind eye towards my past year because Christmas was good to this sports editor. I got what I have truly wanted for a few years, a resurgence in the stability of my favorite league, the NHL.
  
• Get out the dustpan
  Itıs a bit of an understatement to say that the Cougar menıs basketball team has been struggling of late. This was a surprise considering the return of Ashley Yeaman, injured early this season, and Vanier Cup-bound Chris Warnecke. But prior to the past weekend, the Cougs had dropped eight straight games and were in need of some serious work.

Opinions

• Will money solve the "brain drain"?
  In an attempt to reverse the alleged brain drain, the Quebec government has decided to offer a five-year income tax holiday to professors who move to the province from outside of Canada, including ex-patriate Canadians.
  
• My Quarter-Life Crisis Explained
  By the time you read this, Iıll be old. Well, thatıs neither true nor untrue, since itıs a relative term, but as of last weekend, I turned 25.

Feature

• It was like a party, a fishing party!
  When Richard Meltzer's The Aesthetics of Rock appeared in 1970, nobody had ever dared to write so seriously and passionately about rock 'n' roll music. Since then, Meltzer has supposedly given up on rock several times, writing about ugly buildings, golf, and boxing, even producing a novel. But 2000's A Whore Just Like the Rest: the Music Writings of Richard Meltzer, which showcases the best (and worst) writing of Meltzer's 30-odd year career, brought him back to the limelight in the world of rock-write. And with rock 'n' roll (and culture in general) in a state of complete awfulness, his presence and insight might be needed now more than ever.

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