Just like the old women who lived in a shoe, | honestly am at a loss for what I should do By Stephanie Trembath, Life and Style Editor and balancing work, students gain experience and life skills that they would otherwise never attain, or miss out on while blissfully living at home. For some, moving out may not be a choice, or maybe it was a decision you will look back and regret, but for me personally, finding a place of my own has transformed into an elaborate love/ hate relationship. I will elaborate; I lived at home with three younger sisters to only move out into a house of six women. My room, which was missing an entire wall and door, is now fully furnished with private entrance after spending way too many weekends at Ikea. While I value my privacy and the fact that I can leave my door open without my scavenging sisters and mother stealing my clothes, I am slowly beginning to realize that renting has a ton of negative downsides. For one, I have been stuck in the middle of a turbulent dispute between the owners of the house I am living in; adding that to a cat who continuously misses it’s respective bathroom place (which also happens to by the same toilet I use) and a houseful of women who don’t care about cleaning as much as I do (I am a bit of a neat freak), I have begun looking for a new home. Considering that the first time I moved out it took me four hours on craigslist and the following Saturday afternoon (I was really lucky and somewhat hasty in my decision), I did not realize just how exhausting and tedious finding a place to live actually is. Coupled with the fact that living expenses here in our lovely British Columbia are ridiculous for anyone to manage on their own, never mind broke students, I am stuck between moving into a smaller, less accommodating, apartment with no ensuite laundry or parking stalls, or another large house with roommates I have yet to meet. Ah, the life of a student, glorious isn’t it? I mean, on top of studying and memorizing tedious bits of information we will realistically never use, writing essays on material we possibly didn’t read, and working for a minimum wage at jobs we will probably have little or nothing to do with in the next ten years, for those of you who moved here from another province or country, or have moved out for other reasons, trying to find a place that suits your basic needs le moving out while battling books but also provides a sense of comfort is increasingly difficult. So far, I have chosen a sub- penthouse with a spectacular view of the city; two bedrooms, laundry, two bathrooms, and large den and kitchen area. Oh how I dream. My current budget is tight enough already, and I am paying a mere $300 a month. Update on my detoxification situation: my social life has taken a drastic turn for the worse as I have been skipping out on dinner dates, social outings, and parties with friends, but on the bright side I am saving money and getting back in to shape as I have spent almost every night at the gym. Thanks to SFU gym memberships being included in student fees, so whether I like it or not, I may as well use what I am already stuck paying for. As well, my studying is progressing nicely and I have gotten into the habit of writing short fictional stories once again; next J.K. Rowling perhaps? Then I will never need to detox. Alas, the shopping front has always been my greatest weakness, and I have completely given up on ridding my life of coffee. Some battles are just not worth fighting. Last week I charged a beautiful charcoal grey, silk dress by T.Babaton for a shameful amount of money to my American express. In justifying my own actions, I have three upcoming events that I require a black-tie outfit, however, I have a perfectly functional dress that I have worn only a handful of times that would have saved my wallet. Step by step right- I mean there are twelve steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous handbook, so looking at it from this point of view, I am slowly working my way to recovery and relinquishing my bad habits one at a time. When fashion gets lfFE ana SCYIE ugly: Dior designer John Galliano arrested and fired for anti-Semitic rants re By Sharon Miki he cat’s out of the fashion bag; British designer John Galliano is an anti-Semitic racist lunatic and is being punished for it in multiple ways. The trouble began for the fledgling designer last week with the online release and viral distribution of a homemade video of Galliano in a French café, in which he belligerently pronounces his love for Hitler, insults random strangers at the adjacent table and declares that they wouldn’t be around today because “your mothers, your forefathers, would all be Ta" *3** gassed.” While the taped incident shows Galliano’s moral fabric in great detail, it is not the first occasion in which he has been publically hateful. Following the taped incident’s release, French prosecutors have revealed that Galliano will stand trial for at least one of two other recent confrontations in which Galliano exhibited publically audacious and disturbing behaviour; uttering racist and anti-Semitic slurs, bizarrely calling women ugly and insulting their outfits and hygiene, and " screaming identifying details like “I am the designer John Galliano.” Because hate speech is illegal in France, Galliano could face prison time and monetary fines if he is found guilty. If Galliano is not concerned about the legal ramification of his tirades, it seems that there are already professional consequences to his racism. Galliano was fired on March 1 from his long-standing position as the creative director and designer of the Dior fashion house. In addition, many celebrities are publically taking a stand against the designer. Most notably, actress Natalie Portman— who is of Jewish descent and is a Dior spokesmodel—has openly denounced Galliano and refuses to be associated with him in any way. Although this incident highlights how people can be rich, famous and talented whilst simultaneously being terrible people, the reactions of the French authorities, Dior executives and celebrities like Portman show that sometimes people are willing to put their beliefs above the bottom line: a little sparkle in an ugly situation.