Fantasy Congress

I have always been into what some call "extreme sports." Oh wait, no I haven't. I'd much rather sit at a computer and play fantasy sports or read about politics. Now I can do both at once with Fantasy Congress.

If you'd like to join in the fun, visit www.fantasycongress.com and search for the "Halifax DC" league. Email me at dsuvped@dal.ca for the password. The first draft round closes tomorrow.

DSU Now - January 29th

Click below or subscribe to the podcast to hear the latest from Chris McCluskey and his crew at CKDU. In this show, DSU President Ezra Edelstein discusses the Imagine '07 process and the fate of the Gradhouse.



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Kite Surfing

I have always been into what some call "extreme sports." Whitewater kayaking, climbing, and most recently kite surfing. Kite surfing is a fairly new sport and involves you harnessing yourself to a very large kite (12 - 20 square meters), strapping a wake board on your feet, and taking off. Usually that doesn't mean literally, but whoever had the joy of the ride in this video wasn't quite clear on that point.

DSU Now - January 22nd

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It's Up and Coming

A look at the next few weeks, and they're characteristically busy ones. A participation rate above 10 of the below (particularly those listed under DSU Events, and most specifically Imagine DSU) gets a free ice cream.

DSU EVENTS
Jan 27: Charity Ball '07 (in support of CANFAR) feat. DJ Brian Chaput and God Made Me Funky @ McInnes Room. 7PM. $25.
Jan 31: Imagine DSU @ McInnes Room. 4-6:30PM. Free.
Feb 2: Munro Day Ski Trip @ Ski Wentworth. Tickets on Sale Wednesday at the Info Desk!
Feb 4: Super Bowl XLI Party @ The Grawood. 6PM. Free.

TUESDAY ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC
*Every week at 6PM on the SUB Coffeehouse stage. Email dsu.coffeehouse@hotmail.com for more information, or pop by to relax or perform!

GRAWOOD WEDNESDAYS (LIVE MUSIC)
Jan 24: Grand Theft Bus + The Sleepless Nights. 9PM. $2.
Jan 31: Paul Murphy (Wintersleep), Jon Samuel (Contrived/Ancients) & Guests. 9PM. $3.
Feb 7: DJ Night & Guitar Heroes II Competition. 9PM. $2.

GRAWOOD THURSDAYS (TRIVIA & MELLOTONES)
Trivia every Thursday! 7PM. Free.
The Mellotones every Thursday! 9PM. $4.

GRAWOOD FRIDAYS (SOCIETY NIGHTS, OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS)
Jan 19: INDISA
Jan 26: Baywatch Night! with Andru Branch & Halfway Tree
Feb 9: Commerce Society

GRAWOOD FILM SCREENINGS
Every Friday at Noon & 5PM!

Jan 26: The Departed
Feb 1 (THURSDAY): Babel
Feb 9: Borat - The Movie

THE T-ROOM (SEXTON CAMPUS)
Thursdays: Live music! (This week: The Wild with Seth Anderson)
Fridays: Trivia!
Saturdays: Society Nights!

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Christmas Comes Late for Medical Residents

Last Monday the NS Legislature started a special winter sitting to talk about Bill 117, a bill that would change the rules on campaign financing. Of course, media coverage of this controversial bill has been all but non-existent with the constant front page stories of Minister Fage's pre-Christmas fender-bender.

Bill 117 limits contributions to political parties from unions and corporations to $5000, something that the NDP claims disproportionately benefits the Conservatives, and it allows the ethically murky trust fund of the NS Liberals to be used for certain purposes. When the bill was introduced in the fall, the NDP filibustered it calling it a Liberal-Conservative attack, and questioned the timing of the bill, coming only a few months after the NDP had their most successful election year ever.

I am sure you are wondering what this has to do with medical students doing their residency. Well, last night the NDP agreed to cut their filibustering short and allow a vote on Bill 117 as long as the Conservatives agreed to pass a bill during the spring sitting of the legislature that would exempt medical students from having to pay back their student loans during their residency.

This is a huge victory for the Dalhousie Medical Student Society (DMSS), the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA), and the DSU, and the most amazing thing about it is that out of all the things the NDP could have chosen to negotiate on they chose this one. Thank you for putting students ahead of politics.

TigerBooks.ca

Are you in the process of buying another several hundred dollars worth of textbooks for the winter semester? Do you have a stack of books from last year that you no longer need?

Be sure to check out the DSU's online used book exchange at TigerBooks.ca.

Stephen Lewis Speaks at DAL on Jan 16!

Stephen Lewis, recently honored with a Dalhousie honorary degree, returns to campus on January 16. A handful of tickets remain (as of now) and are available in the DSU Executive offices in the SUB!

East by... Even Further East...

Six Dalhousie students were among approximately 25 student leaders from across the country who participated in an all-inclusive trip to Israel from December 15 to 23 - which was not in any way paid for by the DSU. Throughout our stay, we toured the region and developed impressions as to the challenges for peace in the Middle East. Politicians were met with, journalists were questioned and holy sites were photographed. Here are some pics. If you were wondering if there are more on Facebook - you guessed correctly.

Katie McDonald and Mahdi Shams with an Israeli politician who accompanied us on our travels.

Daniel Boyle looks on with the shades at the retaining wall between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

Jason Pelley and Jess Maga pose with students on the trip.

Chris (that's me). Mt of Beattitudes on the Sea of Galilee.

Spot the DAL students. In front of the Dome of the Rock, Mt of Olives in the background.