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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Issue No. 175.5
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Guelph’s mayoral election:
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Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
Open House Carnival showcases
McLaughlin Library
NEWS
3
Upcoming events
Oct 2: Why Gardens Matter: An evening talk with Harry
Jongerden at the Arboretum Centre. 7 p.m.; admission
by donation.
Oct. 2: CFRU annual Raise Your Voice Fundraising Drive
begins; ends Oct. 31
Oct. 3: CSA By-election Campaigning/Voting closes
Oct. 4: Slutwalk, Downtown Guelph, 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 6: Blood Donor Clinic, Peter Clark Hall, all day
Oct. 6: Mental Illness Awareness Week Begins
The Library showcased the many useful tools and services available to students at the
interactive carnival.
Library offers
students a
study break
and stress
minimiser
EMILIO GHLOUM
This past week, the McLaughlin
Library hosted a two-day Open
House Carnival for University of
Guelph students. The event was
held in the UC Courtyard on
Sept. 23 and in the Library Foyer
on Sept. 24., which generated
great interest from many students.
The Open House Carnival
concept was structured around
numerous activities and a passport card. After completing each
activity provided by different
resources in the library, the student received a stamp on their
passport card. After completing
all of the activities, the passport
card was entered into a raffle draw
where the winner would receive
a $50 gift card to the University
Bookstore. Attracting students
with the scent of freshly-popped
popcorn and cotton candy, this
unique event held by the Library
gave students the opportunity to
relax during a stressful time of the
year.
Often, new students consider
the Library merely a place to get
books and study. However, events
JAMES JOSE
like the Open House Carnival
offer students the opportunity
to learn about all the different
resources available for free in the
Library, including Writing Services, Learning Services, and the
Archival Services, to name a few.
The open concept carnival interacted with students in such a way
that provided crucial information
while engaging in fun activities.
While further information
about the Library’s services are
available online, the following is
a brief summary of some of a few
resources the McLaughlin Library
has to offer.
Learning Services
Offering workshops and individual appointments, Learning
Services provides students with
academic strategies for efficient
and effective studying. The skills
emphasized by Learning Services
include presentation skills, time
and project management, dealing with procrastination, and
concentration methods. Learning
Services is extremely accessible
for students and teaches crucial
skills for academic success.
Writing Services
With one-on-one consultations
and drop-in appointments available throughout the semester,
Writing Services strives to provide
engaging and informative writing help to students in all levels
of study. Through a facilitative
approach, writing consultants
teach valuable writing strategies
that will benefit students from
any discipline. Writing appointments are available online and
in person.
IT Desk
If you are having any troubles
with your computer, Gryphmail,
CourseLink, or even your cellphone, IT Desk is always willing
to help you resolve any technology-related issues you may be
experiencing. Rushing to hand-in
assignments at the last minute
can be very stressful, so make
sure your technology is functioning safely and up to date with a
drop-in visit to the IT Desk.
Research Help
This crucial Library service provides students with research
assistance through one-on-one
appointments and research-skill
sessions. The Research Help team
offers in-depth research assistance
for all kinds of assignments and
projects. If you have a research
oriented project coming up,
you can book an appointment
with Research Help through the
Library website.
Ask Us Desk
Located centrally in the Library
foyer, the Ask Us Desk provides
the wandering student with a safe
and informative place to visit and
ask questions. The Ask Us Desk
is extremely accessible, offering their services through online
chats, e-mail, and telephone calls.
If you are ever lost or seeking
more information about the variety of resources the Library has to
offer, the Ask Us Desk will provide all the answers needed.
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NEWS
Under the US Attorney General Eric Holder resigns
Radar
Vatican pedophilia scandal
Former Vatican archbishop Jozef
Wesolowski has been accused of
pedophilia after more than 100,000
child porn photos and videos were
discovered on a computer in his
office at the Holy See diplomatic
compound in the Dominican
Republic.
Wesolowski, 66, was arrested at
the Vatican at the end of September. Charged with sexual abuse
of minors and child porn possession, Wesolowski faces up to seven
years in the small Vatican prison.
Wesolowski is the first top papal representative to receive a defrocking
sentence, and the highest-ranking
Vatican official to be investigated
for sexual abuse.
Approximately 160 videos and
86,000 photos were discovered on
the computer in his Santo Domingo
office, and authorities believe that
another 45,000 photos were deleted.
A second collection was found on a
laptop that Wesolowski used when
travelling.
Wesolowski was recalled to Rome
last year, after being found guilty
of sex abuse in a canonical court in
the Dominican Republic. He has
been placed under house arrest in
pre-trial detention at the Vatican,
awaiting trial set to start in January.
Australian terror laws enable
Internet monitoring
Under a new Bill passed through
Australian Senate on Thursday,
Sept. 25, whistleblowers could face
up to 10 years in prison for disclosing classified information.
The National Security Legislation
Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 is set
to pass through the House of Representatives. Under the new laws,
journalists, whistleblowers, and
bloggers who “recklessly” disclose
“information … [that] relates to a
special intelligence operation” will
face 10 years in jail. An authorized
officer of ASIO, a domestic spy
agency, can declare any operation
“special.”
The bill also gives ASIO the ability to copy, delete, or modify data
on computers with a warrant for
monitoring, as well as to disrupt
target computers and use thirdparty, untargeted computers in
order to access targets.
While the bill passed through
Senate with 44 votes to 12, some
have expressed dissent. Senator Scott
Ludlam, of the Australian Greens,
expressed that the passing of the bill
could be “a scary, disproportionate
and unnecessary expansion of coercive surveillance powers.”
-Compiled by Alyssa Ottema
Possible
replacement
remains
uncertain
LUKE FUENDLING
Thursday, Sept. 25, just before
5:00 p.m., US Attorney General
Eric Holder announced his resignation after six years.
In an address delivered at the
White House State Dining Room,
with President Obama at his
side, Holder proclaimed that he
is proud of what he has accomplished in his term, and that he is
happy to leave the Department of
Justice in such a strong state.
During his term, Holder fought
organized crime, cases of terror,
and corporate crime. President
Obama, in his speech regarding
Holder’s resignation, said that
Holder “rooted up corruption and
fought violent crime.” Obama
also revealed that in Holder’s
term, crime rates and incarceration rates dropped by 10 per cent.
“Eric has done a superb job,” the
President held.
Holder assured in his address
that he would continue to serve
his country and strive to make
the United States a “nation even
more true to its founding ideals.”
Holder confirmed that he would
stay on until his replacement has
been decided, which is now, of
course, the foremost concern.
Heading in to the last two years
of his second term, it is safe to say
that President Obama will most
likely choose a replacement he is
comfortable with. Because of this,
current speculation hovers over
the idea that Holder’s replacement
will likely be someone close to the
president.
A very likely candidate is Deval
Patrick, the current Governor of
Massachusetts. Governor Patrick
is a close friend of the President, but there are other reasons
for speculation about Patrick’s
appointment.
During the Clinton administration, Governor Patrick assisted
the Attorney General in the Civil
Rights Division of the Justice
Department. Patrick is also not
seeking re-election in Massachusetts, and will thus be looking for
a new job. The only interjection
is that Patrick may be looking further into the future than Attorney
General, as rumors circulate of his
potential campaign for President
in 2016.
A second, very plausible decision would be current California
Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Harris may face trouble with
Senate confirmation, especially if
the Republicans re-gain control
of the Senate in the upcoming
#SecureBedroomSelfie
Canadian
politicians
respond to
recent threats
from ISIS
GILAD
KENIGSBERG-BENTOV
September has seen a number of
countries congregate to discuss a
solution to the growing number
of atrocities committed by The
Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham
(ISIS). Inevitably, these countries
decided to join forces with the
U.S in its campaigns against the
radical group. One of the many
countries to make the decision at
the end of the month was Canada,
which has seen some of its citizens
commute to Syria to join the terrorist group.
“This situation...with a terrorist caliphate occupying in the
open wide...slaughtering
and
threatening to slaughter hundreds...
this phenomenon is a direct threat
to the security of this country,” said
Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a
recent statement, declaring that the
Canadian military will be deploying
CF-18 jets in upcoming airstrikes on
the area.
Of course, ISIS did not stand
by quietly as this made headlines.
Following Harper’s declaration to
support the U.S in the fight, ISIS
uploaded their latest video, in
which Abu Muhammed al-Adnani,
a masked militant, is seen shouting, “You will not feel safe in your
bedrooms” – a threat which has left
many in a state of fear.
Al-Adnani also protests the alliance of Canada with the United
States, urging all jihadists to kill
disbelievers.
“Rely upon Allah, and kill in
them in any manner or way however it may be. Do not ask for
NORTH CHARLESTON VIA CC BY-SA 2.0
Eric Holder, the first black Attorney General of the United States,
recently announced his resignation after six years of dedicated
service heading the Justice Department.
midterm elections, due to her very
liberal political policy. However,
with a presidential term structured around diversity, a female
African- and Asian-American is a
very likely candidate.
Kathy Ruemmler is a third credible option. Ruemmler has served
as White House Council for the
past three years and is very close
with the President. However, her
position as the President’s personal
lawyer is said to raise question as
to the independence of a Justice
Department with such loyalties to
the Presidential Administration.
Regardless of any speculation as
to what the decision may be, the
process of assigning a new Attorney General will likely take the
remainder of 2014, if not several
months into 2015.
anyone’s advice and do not seek
anyone’s verdict,” said al-Adnani.
“Kill the disbeliever whether he is
civilian or military, for they have
the same ruling.”
Now that ISIS has posed a
direct threat to Canada, police
forces have been reportedly monitoring radicalization in cities
such as Calgary and Scarborough,
where accounts of Canadian citizens leaving the country to fight
with the terrorist group have been
recorded in recent weeks.
feeling, one particularly clever
Canadian politician has come up
with a humorous solution.
Michelle Rempel, Member
of Parliament for the Calgary
Centre-North riding, tweeted a
picture of herself in her bedroom,
captioned, “I’m feeling pretty
secure right now - b/c of hard
won freedoms #securebedroomselfie.” While Rempel may not
have realized she just sparked the
next big social networking trend,
a number of other Canadian citizens took part in the MP’s twitter
phenomenon – among them,
the Liberal Party strategist Alise
Mills.
As amusing as the trend may
be, the ISIS issue should not be
taken lightly, considering recent
action from the group. However,
social media appears to be a popular avenue for banding together,
as many Muslims have also begun
fighting against the group via
social accounts, such as “Muslims_against_ISIS” on Instagram.
“You will
not feel
safe in your
bedrooms.”
In face of the threats and the
fear that many Canadians are
Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
NEWS
Fiery exchange in the House of Commons
following the incident, Scheer
quoted one of his predecessors:
“It is not for the chair to decide
whether the content of a response
is in fact an answer. As we have
heard many times, that is why
it is called question period, not
answer period.”
Questions arise
on the efficacy
of Canadian
government
“...he does
not have the
authority or duty
to force someone
to answer a
question.”
ASHLEY STREET
On Tuesday, Sept, 23, Canadians
witnessed an unusually stormy
exchange in the House of Commons during question period.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair
asked the Conservatives about
Canadian involvement in Iraq
and was repeatedly met with
what can be best described as
non-answers.
“...his
impassioned,
albeit completely
irrelevant, reply
was eventually
met with
enthusiasm.”
When Mulcair asked, “Will
the Conservative government
confirm that the 30-day Canadian commitment in Iraq will
indeed end on Oct. 4?” Paul
Calandra, Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, and, ironically, secretary
7:00 PM
5
MATT JIGGINS VIA CC BY 2.0
Questions have arisen about the efficacy of Question Period after the recent face off between
Mulcair and Calandra.
for Intergovernmental Affairs,
responded to Mulcair with questions about a two-month-old
Facebook comment made by Alex
Anderson, who identifies himself
as an NDP fundraiser.
Mulcair was asked if the
coarsely worded comment “F***
the IDF and all who supports
them. I am sick and tired of the
media bulls***, trying to sell lies
and hide a f***ing genocide” was
representative of the party’s position on Israel. When Calandra
first said ‘Israel’ instead of Iraq,
there was audible laughter in
the House, but his impassioned,
albeit completely irrelevant,
reply was eventually met with
enthusiasm.
After his first question was
disregarded, Mulcair responded,
“Mr. Speaker, I can understand
the confusion. We are in the
Middle East and we are under
the ‘I’s, but we are talking about
Iraq.” After that slightly derisive comment, he asked about
the number of troops in Iraq
and again received an irrelevant
response which centered on
Anderson’s Facebook post.
Unable to obtain clear, definitive answers about the Canadian
movies and more
noon
involvement in Iraq, Mulcair
turned to the arbiter to try and
force Calandra to respond, asking
about the status about any commitments. When the Speaker,
Conservative Andrew Scheer, did
not force Calandra to respond to
Mulcair’s question, the disgruntled NDP MP replied, “Well Mr.
Speaker, that does not speak very
favourably about your neutrality
in this House.”
The Speaker was not neglectful of his duties; he does not have
the authority or duty to force
someone to answer a question.
In a response delivered the day
Calandra, after enduring three
days of public ridicule, tearfully
apologized to Mulcair and the
House on Friday, Sept. 26, saying,
“This was my response. I take full
responsibility and I apologize to the
leader of the Opposition, to you
and to all my colleagues.” However,
Tuesday’s events should still have
Canadians paying just a bit more
attention to our government.
The government should be open
and transparent within itself and
with the Canadian people, especially in the House of Commons.
The actions of Canada’s armed
forces should be made known to
the Canadian public, and it raises
concerns when questions about
such an important topic are met
with evasiveness. The questions
that this type of exchange raises
about the efficacy of parliamentary discourse are an issue for
all Canadians.
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Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
ARTS & CULTURE
Talking Zavitz
Zavitz gallery
features
“Apropos”
WILL WELLINGTON
This week, Zavitz Gallery features
Apropos, an exhibition of paintings by Emma Carney. It opened
on Sept. 29 and runs until Oct. 3. I
wandered through the gallery with
my friend Susan Winters, a Geography major, talking about each piece
in turn. This is a selection from that
conversation:
Susan: At first glance, I’m not
crazy about them. I feel like, at
least in my mind, more abstract,
modern things have this almost
Scandinavian principle of being
clean and crisp and precise. This
is kind of taking that structure,
but then it’s not any of those
things and it seems really messy.
I feel like it should be hanging in
a Starbucks.
Will: [Laughter] Fighting words!
Susan: And now I feel bad. It
doesn’t really seem like there’s a
purpose for these lines except to
be controversial in some kind of
way, which I guess it kind of is.
Will: What do you think about
the relationship between the different elements in the painting?
The harder lines and then the
backgrounds?
Susan: I feel like they contradict
each other. It looks like a jail to
me.
Will: If you could characterize
this painting as a kind of person,
what would you say?
Susan: I feel like it’s the type of
JULIA NOEL
Two adjectives can be used to
encompass the life of a teenager
– dazed and confused. Richard
Linklater’s 1993 cult classic is a
tribute to the clueless carefree
days of being young and reckless
in a small town with nothing to
do. Although it’s set in the suburbs of Austin, Texas in 1976, the
circumstances in which the characters find themselves are all too
familiar to the modern teenager
– except perhaps with a different
soundtrack.
The movie opens with a lastday-of-school montage, as all
the students plan their explicit
activities for the evening. The
charismatic crew is introduced,
each with their own eccentricities; the friendly neighborhood
stoner, the bully, the entertainer,
the hippie girlfriend, the unsuccessful ladies’ man, the friendly
quarterback – the gang’s all there.
“Alright, alright,
alright...”
The cast showcased a generation
of up-and-coming young talent,
such as Matthew McConaughey,
Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, and
Jason London. As the seniors
take on their task of “hazing” the
incoming freshmen, party plans
are also being concocted. Pink
(Jason London) is confronted by
his football coach and asked to
sign a form which would prohibit
him from using drugs or alcohol
over the summer, so as to not
jeopardize the outcome of the
1 of the 101
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person that is very vibrant on the
outside and outgoing, and tries to
put out this image of being deep
and tortured and whatnot, but
on the inside they’re just kind of
boring. Do you know those people
that are all about the front? And
when you get down to the nittygritty, they’re not boring, they
just don’t have their s*** together.
I feel terrible. I feel like she’s
going to read this and say, “This
girl doesn’t know s***.” I think
she’s got a good idea, she just
doesn’t have it developed enough
yet really to run with it. It’s like
how for The White Stripes, Get
Behind Me Satan is like the warmup to Icky Thump. I feel like when
you listen to that album, you can
tell Jack is really trying to get at
something there, but he doesn’t
quite hit it. She’s got this good
idea whirling in the back of her
head, but she’s still refining it. So,
good effort. Just wasn’t feeling it.
WILL WELLINGTON
Emma Carney’s “Apropos” exhibit uses minimal space and lines
to contradict each other and create visual dissonance.
Movie review: Dazed and Confused
A stoner cult
classic that
never gets old
7
next championship season. Pink
symbolically refuses and continues his night the way he wants to.
Plot lines intertwine when
good-guy Pink invites freshman
Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins)
to the senior party. Meanwhile,
at the female freshman hazing,
young and innocent Sabrina
(Christin Hinojosa) befriends the
beautiful and popular Jodi Kramer
(Michelle Burke), who invites
her to the same party. They soon
discover that Pickford’s (Shawn
Andrews) end-of-school party has
been sabotaged by his parents,
and turn to the night for entertainment. They go for a drive and
end up at the Emporium, a place
of food, friends, pool, and creepy
Matthew McConaughey as David
Wooderson.
The next fifteen or so minutes
of the movie consist of various
groups of characters in cool cars
driving around, eating fast-food,
and waiting to hear of something
COURTESY PHOTO
to do. During this time, McConaughey’s
famous
“Alright,
alright, alright…” line was born,
in a scene where he woos the
unsuspecting, intellectual red
head Cynthia (Marissa Ribisi)
into going on a date with him.
During the film’s 102 minute
run-time, nothing extraordinary happens, but it doesn’t get
boring either. The gang ends up
at an impromptu keg party in the
middle of a forest, where Mitch
and Sabrina are given a taste of
what high school parties are like.
The cult comedy reputation is
held up by the painterly eye and
writing talent of Linklater, who
skews stereotypes and knows how
to make a crowd laugh.
There is no imposing plot and
no tragic or exciting ending—just
some honest moments of truth
that portray the theme. It’s a
coming of age story about friendship and boredom. The characters
are constantly looking for “something else out there”, refusing to
settle for the present. Dazed and
Confused is, overall, entertaining and a worthy choice if you’re
looking for a few laughs and not
much to think about. So if you
haven’t seen this movie, “it’d be a
lot cooler if you did.”
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ARTS & CULTURE
Local Music at DSTRCT
Tear Away Tusa
tears up the
stage
JULIA NOEL
A band of Guelph music students
called Tear Away Tusa has been captivating the Guelph music scene for
a while now, and they’re only getting
better. After seeing them perform on
the Johnston Green during Orientation week, I made it a personal goal to
see them again. The powerful female
presence backed by a band of diversely
talented musicians was captivating
to watch, especially on the unique
outdoor venue under the stars. Three
weeks later, I conveniently met the
bassist of the band on campus, who
was handing out posters and stickers
and telling people about the upcoming show at DSTRCT, downtown on
Friday, Sept. 26. I was excited to catch
a glimpse of the local music scene in
Guelph as I heard there are always fantastic bar bands to see. Being 18, I don’t
have many options, so I was stoked to
hear about this one.
A couple friends and I arrived at
DSTRCT unfashionably early to
a very open and uncrowded room.
Opening for Tear Away Tusa were
Better Weather, who were in the
middle of a sound check, and London’s OL’ CD following. About an
hour later, the Windsor-based Better
Weather started their set for a sparse
crowd. The beginning of their set
seemed somewhat nervous and a little
slow. The light show at DSTRCT is
very aesthetically pleasing, so it made
them look as cool as any other band,
but the music was lacking something.
About halfway through the set, the
singer said something along the lines of
“Thanks for listening to our sad music,
now we’re going to pick it up a bit,”
and that’s when the show really started.
The guitar melodies and the singer’s
talent shone through, and they ended
up putting on a pretty good show. At
this point, more people were showing
up, and the set got progressively better
and more alive.
OL’ CD, haling from London,
Ontario, were the second openers of
the night. This band kicked up the
energy one-hundred per cent and got
the girls dancing. They were completely uninhibited performers, and
the entire set almost seemed like a jam
session. The raunchy guitar riffs and
integration of multiple singers gave the
band a super-cool 70s feel. The group
kept the crowd entertained indefinitely, and introduced their songs with
snarky comments like “This song is
about going to Newfoundland and
getting drunk because there’s nothing
else to do there”.
By the time Tear Away Tusa was
onstage, the entire bar was full of people
who were very happy to be there. It was
such a sociable atmosphere, it seemed
like the entire crowd was a big group
of friends. Then the music started,
and a large majority of the attendees
were singing along. Singer Erin Tusa
has no shortage of personality, and
unquestionably defines the band with
COURTESY OF TEARAWAY TUSA
Tear Away Tusa offers raw, dynamic set for DSTRCT, courtesy of
a solid band and energetic singer.
her unique voice and commanding
stage presence. A solid band backs her,
including a groovy bassist and a horn
section that brought a particular class
to the stage. **Read interview with
Tear Away Tusa at theontarion.com.**
The Jam Space: musings on sound and culture
The surprise
album release a few thoughts
ADRIEN POTVIN
If you have ever been on the Internet,
you’d be hard pressed to forget the
year of Beyoncé.
Back in 2013, Beyoncé released
her fifth studio album, Beyoncé,
with no prior promotion, singles,
or marketing. The public went nuts
as expected, and Beyoncé enjoyed
unprecedented success, both critically
and commercially, for an album with
no prior promotion or even a radio
single.
More recently, at the beginning
of August, Michael Cera (of Superbad and Arrested Development fame)
dropped a surprise indie album on
Bandcamp titled true that. On Sept.
27, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke
released Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes for
a mere $6 on BitTorrent.
There’s so much to be said about
the logistics of keeping such projects under wraps, and the multitude
of platforms in which they can be
released, but for now I’ll stick to
the obvious. Can this method work
for all musicians, mainstream and
Gotham: Pilot Review
Successful pilot
promises bleak
look at Gotham
City and its
denizens
LUKE FUENDLING
FOX premiered their new Monday
night primetime drama Gotham,
on Sept. 22. As the title suggests, the
premise of the show is built around the
beloved jurisdiction of DC Comics’
darkest vigilante, Batman.
Gotham, however, is not a Batman
story, but a story of the city itself,
which boasts some of the most feared
and notorious villains in the DC Universe. Within the series premiere, we
are already introduced to the likes of
the Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) The
Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, even a
subtle hint at the Joker.
If we are still hungover from Christopher Nolan’s gloriously dark, chilling
trilogy, Gotham may be the hair of the
dog. Bruno Hellar, creator of Gotham,
has a similar take on the grim world.
Instead of the masked hero himself,
the show focuses on Detective James
Gordon (Ben Mackenzie) who most
underground?
Probably not. It’s clear enough
that Knowles, Yorke, and Cera are
household names but, for me, that’s
only part of the equation. More
importantly, one needs to consider,
“How many times can this be done
before the novelty wears off, regardless of mainstream success? What are
these artists trying to say through this
release platform?”
It seemed like it had burnt out
before it even really started. Backtracking to February, Kid Cudi
followed Beyoncé’s suit with the all
but dreadfully boring Satellite Flight:
The Journey to Mother Moon, to a
lukewarm reception by the public and
critics. The same thing happened with
Skrillex’s Recess LP (incidentally, his
first full-length record), and nobody
seemed to care, which is all the more
striking considering Skrillex’s mainstream success.
But I’ll focus on Yorke for now. A
surprise release of Tomorrow’s Little
Boxes is hardly unexpected, considering Yorke’s recent discourse on free
music and P2P sharing. So, is the
release method more interesting than
the music itself? Choosing to release
it on BitTorrent, while innovative and
easy to use, certainly has a political
dimension to it that is characteristic of Yorke’s devil-may-care attitude
towards commercializing his music.
He does, after all, renounce the radio
success of “Creep” fairly consistently,
and refuses to perform it to this day.
The same goes for Queen Bey.
The feminist politics present on the
record, while ill-informed at points,
clearly resonated as loud and clear as
her ballsiness for releasing such an
album with zero prior exposure. So,
does the success of the surprise album,
like any other album, depend on what
it has to say? Even what it has to say
about its own release method?
Either way, it’s easy for Knowles and
Yorke to want to release their music
on the cheap, and through a low-key,
publicity free method, when they’re
far from starving over their work.
would recognize from the Batman
story, along with his partner Harvey
Bullock (Donal Logue).
We are immediately exposed to
the melancholy of the gritty Gotham
streets. Though this is not the story
of Batman, we are not deprived of
the fan favorite detective fiction. The
pilot begins with the murder of two
of Gotham’s most important citizens,
Thomas and Martha Wayne. This
leads us to the introduction of a young
Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), who is
traumatized from the incident. What
happens to be Bruce’s most critical
moment on his path to heroism is
also Detective Gordon’s first case in
Gotham City.
Though it is early, the show has a
lot of potential. Mackenzie and Logue
seem to have great chemistry, and as
stated before, the dark, ominous tone
of the cityscape setting is filled with
sentiment.
Robin Taylor’s portrayal of Oswald
Cobblepot is absolutely riveting.
Those who remember Danny DeVito’s rendition in the 1992 film Batman
Returns may be expecting a twisted,
sarcastic fool. Though twisted, Taylor’s
portrayal is suited more for the Nolan
trilogy’s nature. The episode ends with
Oswald murdering two innocents,
who mock his believable penguinlike walk. He is threatening as well as
menacing, with a vendetta to make
Gotham crumble. Well done, Robin
Taylor.
It will be interesting to see how
the show handles introducing all the
beloved (or hated) villains from the
Batman series, where their demise will
be decided by Batman in the future.
Though as a viewer and fan, seeing
more of the Batman characters is
something I always want, I worry
about how these backstories will affect
their legacies. So long as the show carries on as a dark cop-drama, set in the
overcast shadow that is Gotham, I will
keep on watching. While uncertain at
first, half-expecting another Marvel’s
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, I am now
excited for Monday nights.
Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
ARTS & CULTURE
Vocamus Press holds first annual “Book Bash”
Local writers
and publishers
meet at first
annual local
mixer
MOHAMMAD MELEBARI
Vocamus Press’ book bash celebrates the writers, new and established, who make up Guelph’s
unique literary scene.
whose translation of musician Lê
Quan Nihn’s book Improvising
Freely: The ABCs of an Experience
was released earlier in September
during the jazz festival.
David J. Knight, general editor
of Vocamus and author of Sound
Guelph, sat down to speak about
his new book Guelph Versifiers of
the 19th Century.
“Guelph Versifiers of the 19th
Album of the Week
Century is basically an anthology
of all those writers ofverse - that
includes poetry and also long
verse - who were being published
in Guelph in the 19th century.
I thought I would be lucky if [I
found] twenty, but there was 44
of them. Some of those names,
like obviously John McCrae we
all know, James Gay we probably know, John Galt, [Guelph’s]
founder, wrote some poetry, [...]
I was able to identify all books
that were published in Guelph in
the 19th century, so there’s eight
appendices of book­m aking, publishing, bookstores, newspapers,
and reading/writing culture of
Guelph. It was a hot place, it was
a happening place!”
Knight also remarked on his
work as a general editor with
Vocamus Press: “What’s nice about
being in the position now, as general editor of Vocamus Editions,
is that we can start to blur and get
rid of the mythological distance
between the local community
and the university community.
There shouldn’t be a division
of any kind, [because] this new
wave of literary life and culture
in Guelph is really exciting.”
At the end of the evening’s “speeddating” conversations, I had a
chance to speak with Jeremy Luke
Hill, owner and editor-in-chief of
Vocamus Press.
“John [Jantonen] and I started
doing this unofficially a long
time ago. Probably almost four
years ago, where we saw each
other at a baby group. Our kids
were running around, and I had
a novel with me. [...] We started
having this conversation about
books [...] we were both serious
about it, although neither of us
had been published at that point.
[...] I went looking for self-publishing options, and all of them,
basically, whatever you gave them
Upcoming events
Oct. 2: Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents
Mauro Bertoli, MacKinnon room 107
Oct. 3: Wilderness of Manitoba with Grey Lands. eBar,
10 p.m. 19+
was what you get, and that’s kind
of how self-publishing works.
The quality you give is the quality you get back. So, I was really
unhappy with the quality of the
typesetting and all that.”
“...part of what
we were facing
as novelists or
as writers was
trying to get
that next step.”
ADRIEN POTVIN
In a casual, conversational, and
friendly atmosphere, Vocamus
Press hosted its annual “Book
Bash” at eBar on Sunday, Sept.
28. With musical accompaniment
by The Rolling Blackouts and
Mo’ Kauffey, the evening was an
illuminating celebration of the
city’s thriving literary talent.
A slew of authors spoke about
their books, in what MC Dan
Evans (host of CFRU’s Books for
Breakfast program) described as a
“speed-dating” setup. Each author
spoke for about five minutes, discussed their work without giving
much away, and raffled off a free
copy of each book to lucky ticket
holders.
Among the writers present were
University of Guelph Latin American literature professor Stephen
Henighan, local slam poet Amelia
“Meme” Meister, science fiction
author Matt Payne, and philosophy professor Karen Houle,
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COURTESY PHOTO
In 1994, Rush drummer Neil Peart rounded up 17 different rock and
jazz drummers to take a turn recording with the Buddy Rich Big
Band. A tribute to Buddy, one of the greatest drummers of all time,
the stellar line-up included Max Roach, Steve Gadd, Joe Morello,
and more. A must listen for anyone who enjoys plenty of energy
and great drum solos.
Oct. 4: Jessica Ackerley Trio (NYC) with Brent Rowan.
Silence, 8 p.m. Pay what you can.
Oct. 4: Expressions 2014 reception. Studio 404, 404
York Rd, 12 p.m.
The two then started editing,
typesetting, and critiquing each
other’s work. Hill said, “I noticed
our quality was better, and we
thought ‘At some point, we need
to do this more broadly. More
people need this.’ [...] We basically realized that part of what
we were facing as novelists or
as writers was trying to get that
next step, and that having a platform made it easier. We wanted
to offer that to other authors. So
we started doing it with other
people, and I was doing typesetting for money, but also we were
doing all kinds of promotion and
whatever came up.”
As made clear by the abundance
of local talent present, Vocamus
Press plays an important part in
Guelph’s unique and diverse literary scene. By offering a kind
of “stepping stone” in publishing and promoting the work of
local authors, the press supports
new writers to the scene, bridges
the gap between the academic
community and the public,
and anthologizes works from
Guelph’s extensive and important
literary past.
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SPORTS & HEALTH
Mental health & wellness
An open
letter to
Anxiety
ALYSSA OTTEMA
Hello. I mean, hi. I mean, good
day. No, actually, we’ll stick with
hello.
This is for all of the time I
have spent worried about people
hating me. This is for the time I
was still nice to that girl in the seventh grade even though she had a
“secret” Piczo account dedicated
to how much everyone hated me.
This is for the homework I did
for people just so they’d let me eat
lunch with them. This is for all of
the times I drove people around
so that they would hang out with
me. This is for the money and
energy and years of my life spent
trying to get people to like me.
This is for of all the times you’ve
made me doubt myself. This is
for all of the tryouts I didn’t go
to and jobs I didn’t apply for
because I assumed someone else
would get the part or the job.
This is for every time I played a
wall or a door or a tree or a wheel
or the CN Tower in Improv class
because I didn’t think I was funny
enough to actually talk. This is
for all of the stories I’ve written
but never showed anyone. This is
for all of the things I’ve started
but never finished for fear of not
doing each of them perfectly. This
is for all of the reasons in my head
that justify holding myself back.
This is for all of the times I’ve
not been able to focus until my
bookshelf was alphabetized. This
is for all the hours I’ve spent
cleaning just so I can study,
because I couldn’t possibly learn
anything on a messy desk, in a
messy room, in a messy apartment. This is for all of the times
I’ve colour coded my closet, just
so I could feel like I had control
over something in my life. This is
for all of the times I had to check
to make sure I locked the door,
and for all the bottles of hand
sanitizer and packages of bleach
wipes and empty Tide 2 Go pens.
This is for all of the times I
have assumed the worst. This is
for every time I thought someone was dead because they didn’t
respond to my text message in a
timely manner. This is for every
time I’ve convinced myself that I
forgot to turn off my hair straightener and, therefore, that I must
have burned down the apartment
building. This is for all the time
I have spent worried about what
I did to piss someone off when
they are more tired or hungry or
distracted than usual. This is for
every time I have apologized for
something that has nothing to do
with me, hiding behind the guise
of “empathy,” but really covering
all of my bases, just in case it all
really was my fault.
This is for all of the times
I’ve broken down because I said
the wrong thing, and convinced
myself that someone hates me,
and didn’t finish what I said I
would finish, and let the apartment get too messy, and decided
that I’ve done something to
grievously offend my boyfriend
or my mom or my best friend or
the cat. This is for every time I
have let things build up until I
just couldn’t take it anymore and
took it out on the smallest, silliest
little problem that was not worth
the tears and the anger and the
expletives I threw at it. This is for
all of the times that I desperately
wanted to but couldn’t control
the panic in my mind and the
pressure on my chest.
Mostly, however, this is my call
to collect, dear Anxiety. I’m calling to collect on all of the fun
I’ve missed, all of the places I
didn’t go, all the people I didn’t
meet, and all the things I didn’t
see. I’m calling to collect on all
the minutes and hours and days
and weeks and years I have spent
in your clutches. I’m calling to
collect on everything I might
have been and might have done
if I hadn’t been so worried about
my kitchen being clean, and what
I did or did not earn, and what
people thought of me. I’m calling
to collect, Anxiety, but I’m also
calling it quits. I’m done with
you. It’s not me, it’s you. I hope
we will not still be friends.
Goodbye.
Researchers discover schizophrenia is eight separate diseases
Complex
origins of
disease
revealed
SAMEER CHHABRA
At the core of the psychiatric dilemma has always been an
inability to directly view the inner
mechanisms that cause a person to
act a certain way. Physical nicks and
scrapes are visible, and their direct
effects on the body are easy to chart
– psychiatric disorders and illnesses
of the mind are less simple.
To its credit, psychiatric science
has come a long way.
Researchers at the Washington
University School of Medicine
(WUSM) in St. Louis, Missouri
recently discovered that one of
psychiatric medicine’s most notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat
illnesses – schizophrenia – might
just be the amalgamation of eight
genetically distinct disorders.
The team was led by Dr. C.
Robert Cloninger, the Wallace
Renard Professor of Psychiatry and
WUSM. Their findings were published in the American Journal of
Psychiatry on Sept. 15, 2014.
The study analyzed 4200
individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, 3800 control subjects, and
almost 700,000 single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) within
the genome.
INTVGENE VIA CC BY-SA 2.0
Like a puzzle, schizophrenia is made up of eight different pieces that are genetically distinct
disorders. Dr. C. Robert Cloninger conducted a study and published said results on Sept. 15, 2014.
“Genes don’t operate by themselves,” said Dr. Cloninger, in
a WUSM press release. “They
function in concert much like
an orchestra, and to understand
how they’re working, you have
to know not just who the members of the orchestra are but how
they interact.”
Schizophrenia is known to
cause auditory and visual hallucinations, as well as feelings of
paranoia and delusion. However,
not every patient diagnosed with
the illness shows every possible
symptom. About 80 per cent of
the risk for schizophrenia is known
to be genetic, but medical science
has been unable to isolate the
individual genes that produced
the illness. Up until now, medical
experts assumed that the disease
manifested itself in different ways,
with certain patients experiencing
different symptoms.
By studying individual cases of
schizophrenia and comparing the
genes of those suffering with the
disease to those not diagnosed
with the illness, Dr. Cloninger and
his team were able to isolate symptoms with a percentage certainty
of schizophrenia. For example,
some patients with hallucinations
or delusions had genetic variations that created a 95 per cent
certainty of schizophrenia. Others
had genetic variations that created
a 100 per cent certainty of schizophrenia, and so forth.
“What we’ve done here, after a
decade of frustration in the field
of psychiatric genetics, is identify
the way genes interact with each
other, how the ‘orchestra’ is either
harmonious and leads to health,
or disorganized in ways that lead
to distinct classes of schizophrenia,” explained Dr. Cloninger.
In all, Dr. Cloninger and his
team isolated and identified 42
clusters of genetic variations that
increased the risk of schizophrenia.
“In the past, scientists had been
looking for associations between
individual genes and schizophrenia,” said Dr. Dragan Svrakic,
co-investigator and professor of
psychiatry at WUSM. “When one
study would identify an association, no one else could replicate
it. What was missing was the idea
that these genes don’t act independently. They work in concert
to disrupt the brain’s structure
and function, and that results
in illness.”
Once the team was able to isolate clusters of variation, they
were able to categorize and divide
patients according to the type and
severity of their symptoms. The
results showed symptoms that
correlated with eight genetically
distinct disorders, all rooted in
genetic causes.
Dr. Cloninger and his team’s
results are exciting for two distinct
reasons. First, for those suffering from “schizophrenia,” this
research is a step towards better
treatment and management of the
disease. Finally, for those suffering
from any type of mental illness,
the team’s research is indicative of a strong need to rethink
the way mental health is studied
and researched.
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Guelph’s Mayoral Election
Monday October 27, 2014
Guelph Mayoral candidates debate at U of G
Candidates vie for
student vote
SAMEER CHHABRA
Six of the seven Guelph mayoral candidates met on Tuesday, Sept. 30 for a debate
geared towards student issues. With the
sole exception of Nicholas A. Ross – who
has yet to make a formal public appearance – Jason Blokhuis, Andrew Donovan,
incumbent Mayor Karen Farbridge, Councillor Cam Guthrie, John Legere, and
Joseph St. Denis exchanged remarks at the
University of Guelph’s University Centre
in an event hosted by Student Life’s Community Engagement and Global Citizenship
division.
Each candidate was given one minute for
opening and closing remarks and afforded
two minutes to answer questions, as well as
an additional 30 seconds for a formal rebuttal
if any candidate was singled out. Additional
time was decided upon by moderator Galen
Fick.
In all, candidates debated two broad-panel
questions. Once both questions had been
answered, Fick opened up the floor for community questions targeted at specific candidates.
During opening remarks, each candidate
took time to restate their platforms, and
separate themselves from their competitors.
Most of the candidates shared similar views,
expressing the need to reduce wasteful government spending while increasing public
involvement in the governmental process.
“The make or break issue is a choice,”
explained Farbridge. “A choice between
building a smart and sustainable city and
abandoning everything we’ve built in favour
of privatization and slash-and-burn tax cuts.”
Of particular interest were John Legere
and Joseph St. Denis, whose platforms,
while tackling the issue from different perspectives, focused on the need to restructure
the way formal government is run.
“The reason I’m coming to this election is
the fact that I’m trying to change the way we
do government,” explained Legere. “I have
one main point [and that’s] the fact that the
power of government is not in [our] hands.
We pay the government to do things we
don’t decide, and we’re given the idea that
this is what we wanted.”
St. Denis, a local icon popular for refusing
to wear shoes as a sign of protest against childlabour in developing nations, addressed the
topics of government corruption, as well as
low voter turn-out in previous elections.
“I’m glad [each candidate] has started by
thanking everyone for coming out,” said
St. Denis. “[This gathering] is a small smattering of people; a cornerstone of our own
ideology is citizen participation in government. Some might call record low turnouts a
catastrophic failure.”
According to data from the City of
Guelph, 34 per cent of eligible voters decided
to cast a ballot in 2010’s mayoral elections.
For students at the University of Guelph,
however, voter turnout was a less notable
concern. Instead, the two most important
issues raised by students were transit deficiencies and the importance of maintaining
Guelph’s green space.
“In a survey that we conducted at the University of Guelph, the most predominant
issue was transit,” explained Fick. “Priority
number two is green space.”
Tackling the issue of privatizing transit, Farbridge and Guthrie clashed. The
incumbent mayor remained adamant that
privatization was absolutely out of the question. Donovan and St. Denis agreed that
consulting experts would be the first step in
any of their plans, while Legere suggested
allowing wealthier members of the community to shoulder any necessary costs.
Blockhuis agreed that public services should
remain public, but argued for the need of an
advisory council that takes voices from the
transit union into account.
Tackling the issue of maintaining environmentalism in Guelph, every candidate
argued that future generations should not
have to be burdened by a lack of green
spaces. St. Denis answered first, and stated
that he did not have a specific plan but that
he would work alongside experts to tackle
the issue.
Donovan echoed St. Denis’ remarks, while
Farbridge, Blockhuis, and Guthrie argued
the economical merits of maintaining green
spaces. Yet again, Legere argued for a reduction in government centrism and an increase
in allowing communities to work together to
solve problems.
The City of Guelph is also making an
increased effort to stimulate on-line voting.
A recent poll stated that 52 per cent of
voters would cast a ballot if online voting
was offered. Voters will be able to sign up
and vote on-line from Oct. 7 to 24, while
advanced in-person polling begins on
Wednesday, Oct. 15.
For unsure students looking to vote,
names can be added to the voting list up
until election-day on-line, by email, post,
or by phone. While voters can sign up at
the polls on Monday, Oct. 27, it is recommended to sign up as soon as possible to
avoid delays.
What some would call a career student with four university degrees (and quite the seasoned traveler, to boot), Blokhuis is running for Mayor in order to break up the perceivable two-man fight
between Farbridge and Guthrie. Though some close to him have questioned his sanity after throwing his hat in the ring, Blokhuis is running to ask questions and point out issues that others have
not mentioned or have barely considered. His focus is on a smaller, more efficient city government,
responsible and sustainable development, and an end to property tax increases. Blokhuis’s platform
is centered on policy and projects and the needs of the City of Guelph, instead of, as he puts it
himself, “vote for me because of my name,” or “vote for me because I am already your Mayor.”
a n d r e w d o n o va n
Donovan, the son of a fire fighter and grandson of a police officer and veteran, wants to continue
the family tradition of serving the community by becoming Mayor of the City of Guelph. This
University of Guelph grad (originally from Bolton, Ontario) studied Political Science when he
attended Guelph. Donovan’s focus for his campaign is to address the City’s debts of $118 million
through strategies such as the privatization of the transit system and a freeze on all public sector
wages. Donovan also looks to increase transparency and communication between the citizens
and government, creating an “Open Source Democracy,” and publicizing all public sector wages
in order to build trust with the people of Guelph.
Karen Farbridge
Driven by a strong belief in community, responsibility, and hard work, Farbridge, the current
Mayor of Guelph, is running for re-election to continue working for the people of Guelph,
who make the city caring, green, and prosperous. Farbridge believes that “[the people] deserve
more than slash and burn tax cuts. [The people] deserve value for [their] hard-earned dollars.”
Farbridge also believes that together, the community is building the city it needs for today and
tomorrow – for this generation and the next. Farbridge is proud of Guelph, as it boasts high
value from taxes, great services for families, and one of the lowest crime rates in Canada. Farbridge wants a vote from you to help continue her journey to strengthen this trend.
Cam guthrie
A father, coach, and an ever-present member of the community, Guthrie is running for mayor to
create a “Better Guelph.” The plans for this Better Guelph include limiting taxes by controlling
excessive spending, delivering cost-effective and efficient core city services, and creating a transparent government that avoids costly mistakes. Guthrie also wants to work towards eliminating
the “Guelph Factor” by changing the culture at City Hall, rebuilding trust, and valuing business,
as well as supporting downtown without the use of a punitive tax levy while promoting development that ensures all corners of Guelph are equally respected. Guthrie’s message to voters is that
“[he’s] running for Mayor because [he’s] running for you.”
John Legere
With a strong focus on introducing a “truly representative government,” not only for Guelph
but Canada as a whole, this 40-year-old business owner and father of three believes that we as
a people have the ability to govern ourselves. Legere wants to promote a government where
the majority of opinion would rule, rather than the opinion of a selected few. By changing to
this style of representation, Legere can build trust between the government and the people of
Guelph, as well as promote transparency. Legere is thankful that he lives in Guelph and for “the
ability to represent” its people.
niChoLaS a. roSS
With no website, no real signage, and a phone number listed only for texts, Ross seemed to be a
mystery candidate. But on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Ross made a trip to The Ontarion to share a picture
for our election issue, and to share a bit about why is he running for mayor. Ross said the main focus
of his mayoral campaign is “building apartments for the disabled and homeless,” this is an important
issue for Ross, as he has been homeless since May of this year. “There’s more to [my plan] but time is
flying. Talk is cheap [and it’s] more about action.” Ross explained, “I tried to fundraise, but that didn’t
work out.” Ross concluded by stating, “If I [ran] this city…the people can just come up to me and say
[their] thoughts because, I am not a ghost. I’m a human just like you.”
Joe St. deniS
St. Denis, who more frequently goes by Shoeless Joe, is a self-made philosopher who wants to “bring
the beard back” to politics. Known for his advocacy on the abuse of children and workers in the shoemaking industry, St. Denis is a grassroots, for-the-people candidate that believes we should be involved
in our political lives. While he has ideas for taxes and transparency, St. Denis is more focused on life-long
political education, increasing voter turnout (which in the last election was an appalling 33 per cent), and
the City’s issues with hard drugs and narcotics distribution and abuse. Shoeless Joe wants to identify real
issues that are affecting the people and do something about them, in hopes of inspiring the population
to get involved and participate. Only then, believes St. Denis, can Guelph boast a “healthy democracy”
and proper representation.
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Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
SPORTS & HEALTH
Top Ten: Defining moments of 2013-14 NHL season
STEPHANIE CORATTI
drama by trying to rush the Calgary
dressing room between periods.
Before jumping into the always-anticipated NHL season set to begin on
Oct. 8, we’re taking one last look at the
season that was. Defined by big trades
and gut-wrenching downfalls with no
shortage of inspiration, the 2013-14
NHL season is one worth a second
look.
10. Steven Stamkos breaks his leg
(Nov. 11, 2013)
The image of the humble superstar
squirming in obvious discomfort and
holding the hand of teammate Sami
Salo is one that will have hockey
fans cringing for a long time. Stamkos slid straight through the net after
being upended, resulting in a broken
leg that would keep him out of the
Team Canada Olympic line-up.
Stamkos, however, still accomplished
a remarkable comeback months later,
prompting many to assume superhero
status of the Markham, Ontario native.
9. Teemu Selanne says goodbye
(Apr. 13, 2014)
A retirement that has long been looming in the rumour mill and one that
many still refuse to believe has actually arrived: ‘The Finnish Flash’ finally
called it. Teemu ended his career with
something he’s always been loved for:
his class. He grabbed Colorado Avalanche goaltender, J.S. Giguere’s hand,
and began skating around celebrating
both careers. The two won the Stanley
Cup together with Anaheim in 2007.
3. Rich Peverley collapses
(Mar. 10, 2014)
During the first period of a Dallas
and Columbus contest, the Stars
centre collapsed suddenly. In just
14 seconds, trainers rushed Peverley – who has been treated for an
irregular heartbeat before – into
the tunnel for care. Peverley, who is
still working towards a return, also
thanked doctors for the life saving
action.
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COURTESY PHOTO
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No. 5: Kris Letang.
No. 6: Roberto Luongo.
No. 7: LA Kings win in seven.
8. Ryan Smyth’s retirement tribute
(Apr. 12, 2014)
The Edmonton Oilers haven’t done
much right lately, but their send-off to
the always-emotional Captain Canada
was enough to make up for that.
Edmonton honoured the heart-andsoul Oiler by naming him captain for
his final game, and they also allowed
Smyth’s five-year-old son to stand
on the blueline beside him during
the anthem.
‘almost,’ taking the next four games,
eliminating the Sharks, and eventually becoming the 2014 Stanley Cup
Champions.
the ice. An incredible comeback story
for one of the NHL’s top blueliners,
Letang only missed 26 games before
returning to play 22 minutes with the
added bonus of an assist against the
Detroit Red Wings.
7. The Kings eliminate the Sharks in
seven (Apr. 30, 2014)
The San Jose Sharks took a quick,
almost guaranteed 3-0 lead over the
Los Angeles Kings, a lead that would
be squashed for only the fourth time in
NHL history. The Kings grabbed the
6. Roberto Luongo gets traded
(Mar. 4, 2014)
It was no secret: the Vancouver
Canucks and Roberto Luongo were
not overly fond of each other and the
saga-that-was finally ended when thenCanucks General Manager was forced
to send Luongo back to the Florida
Panthers.
5. Kris Letang returns after stroke
(Apr. 9, 2014)
Months after being found unconscious
by his wife on Jan. 29, Letang – who
has a hole in his heart – was back on
4. Vancouver and Calgary brawl
(Jan. 18, 2014)
Flames coach, Bob Hartley,
dressed his tough-guy line for the
opening faceoff causing Canucks
then-bench boss, John Tortorella,
to respond. Canucks defenseman, Kevin Bieksa, did just that
as he lined up for the draw against
Flames’ enforcer, Kevin Westgarth. The puck dropped and thus
ensued an old-time hockey brawl.
Tortorella followed up the on-ice
imaginable in the morning. Other
than that, I like to take my time
warming-up and getting focused on
my race instead of others around me.
and I hope to pursue a career in this
field. I also enjoy cooking and experimenting new recipes with fresh and
local ingredients.
S.C.: Where do you get your
motivation?
H.P: Part of my motivation comes
from the fact that there are no limits.
It’s always possible to push yourself a
little harder and run a little faster to
achieve a new personal best. I find it
exciting to never know what you’re
capable of until it happens.
S.C.: How do you think you’ve
developed and grown since being a
first year athlete?
H.P.: As a varsity athlete, time management is very important. My
schedule is busy with classes and
training, and I’ve had to learn how
to balance it all. In terms of training,
I’ve becoming much more in-tune
with recovery and how to prevent
injuries. It’s easy for athletes, […]
rookies especially, to push themselves
too hard early on and end up having
to sit out a season.
Gryphons Revealed: Heather Petrick
Second year
cross-country
member named
Athlete of the
Week
STEPHANIE CORATTI
Second year Gryphon Heather Petrick won the Cross Country New
Balance Vic Matthews Open with a
remarkable time of 20:42.6 – almost
a full 20 seconds ahead of second
place. The finish was part of a great
1-6 sweep for the Gryphons on Sept.
20 at Guelph’s Arboretum.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
native talked about being a member
of the Gryphons cross-country team,
her love for the sport, and more.
Stephanie Coratti: When did you
start participating in cross-country,
15
and what attracted you to it?
Heather Petrick: I started running
cross-country in grade seven. I was
living overseas in Saudi Arabia at the
time, and it was a popular school
sport. However, I didn’t start training competitively until I was in grade
11 back in Ontario. At first I was
attracted to the sport just for fun, but
now I enjoy the challenge of running
personal bests and improving.
S.C.: What’s the best thing about
being a member of the Gryphons
cross-country team?
H.P.: The team itself. Everyone works
hard and is supportive of each other.
It’s like a family. We push each other
to accomplish our goals in both running and life. In high school, I ran
and trained pretty much by myself,
so it was a completely different experience for me.
S.C.: Do you have a pre-race ritual to
prepare yourself?
H.P.: My favourite […] is a huge
bowl of oatmeal with every topping
S.C.: Who has been the most influential part of your life as a student,
and an athlete?
H.P.: The big influences on me, especially last year as a rookie, were the
veterans. They were great role models
and always had good advice […].
S.C.: What are your goals and aspirations outside of cross-country?
H.P.: Outside of running, a huge
passion of mine is nutrition. Good
nutrition is important for all athletes,
S.C.: What’s next for you following
this cross-country season and the
school year?
H.P.: We have an exciting competition schedule this fall – we’re heading
to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for
some NCAA meets, and then OUA
and CIS in Kingston and St. John’s.
2. Ben Scrivens’ 59-save shutout
(Jan. 29, 2014)
A positive goaltending headline out
of Edmonton? Something nobody
would have guessed, at least not
until Ben Scrivens arrived from Los
Angeles in exchange for a thirdround pick. The Spruce Grove,
Alberta native set a record for the
most saves in a shutout against the
offensively stacked San Jose Sharks
for the 3-0 win. The Oilers had only
27 shots in return.
1. Tomas Hertl scores four goals
(Oct. 8, 2013)
It was four goals in 11 minutes of
playing time for the Sharks rookie
in just his third NHL game against
the New York Rangers, with the
fourth tally a breakaway betweenthe-legs classic that sent the hockey
world into frenzy. Marty Biron, the
Rangers goaltender, retired after just
one more game.
RYAN PRIDDLE
Cross Country New Balance Vic
Matthews Open winner, Heather
Petrick.
It’s a high caliber of athletes we’ll be
up against this year, and I can’t wait
for our teams to perform. As for the
school year, I’m currently studying
Biomedical Science, and hope to
volunteer in some labs relating to
nutrition and exercise.
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JILLIAN DASTI
First year Gryphons Ryan Vyrostko (left), and Elise De Decker (right) battle for possession. Women’s soccer had a 1-1 draw versus McMaster and a 3-0 win versus Brock, while
men’s soccer defeated McMaster 2-1 and had a 2-2 tie versus Brock on Sept. 27 to 28.
Storm begin with one loss, one win
Defending OHL
Champions split
first two games
STEPHANIE CORATTI
The Guelph Storm kicked off
the 2014-15 season with a bit of
a championship hangover against
the Belleville Bulls on Sept. 26.
With a depleted lineup, the Storm
suffered a 6-0 loss.
Two key offensive stars Jason
Dickinson (Dallas Stars) and
Robby Fabbri (St. Louis Blues)
were away at NHL training camps,
while crucial depth players, Justin
Auger and Zac Leslie, are headed
for the Manchester Monarchs
training camp, the affiliate of the
Los Angeles Kings. The Storm had
eight rookies dressed, with one
rookie defenseman – Kyle Rhodes
– playing up front to replace spots
left open at forward.
The night began with a final
tribute to the magical 2013-14
championship season-that-was as
four banners were presented to a
sold out Sleeman Centre crowd.
Former Storm captain Matt Finn
was present to unveil the Midwest
Division, OHL Regular Season,
Western Conference, and OHL
Championship banners, with Zac
Leslie and Justin Auger on hand
for the presentation as well.
The video display board brought
Storm fans through the memorable championship run, sending
anyone in the building into an
inevitable nostalgia. The banners dropped and the crowd took
to their feet; an undoubtedly
deserved ovation for last season’s
champions.
However, the puck dropped
on the new season, and with that
came the end of excitement for
Storm fans.
The Bulls scored four goals in the
last ten minutes of the first period,
leaving the Storm in a deep hole
with forty minutes remaining. Belleville’s Jordan Subban, Niki Petti,
Remi Elie, and Stephen Harper
were the first four goal scorers.
The second period began with
Guelph’s
Matthew
Mancina
replacing Justin Nichols in net,
who would only see six shots that
period. The Storm pushed to get
back into the game, attempting
to capitalize on a 5-on-3 advantage late in the middle block but
had no luck beating Belleville’s
Charlie Graham who stopped all
31 shots for the shutout. The last
time Guelph was shutout was Feb.
23, 2013.
The last twenty featured two
more goal scorers in Justin Lemcke
and Chad Heffernan to complete
the 6-0 defeat.
Before the 2014-15 home
opener, Guelph was unbeaten in
regulation in their last six season
opening games at home.
Despite the tough loss, the
defending champions bounced
back in typical Storm fashion on
the road with a gritty 2-1 win over
the Windsor Spitfires on Sept.
28. Guelph has not lost backto-back games since Nov. 7 and
Nov. 8, 2013 against the London
Knights and Plymouth Whalers
respectively.
The Spitfires would jump out to
a 1-0 lead in the first, as Guelph’s
Adam Craievich would take a
hooking penalty, allowing rookie
Logan Brown to capitalize on the
powerplay for his first OHL goal.
The middle frame featured the
Storm’s first goal of the 2014-15
season as Ben Harpur fired one
over Windsor’s goaltender, Alex
Fotinos, in the midst of some penalty trouble for the home squad.
Tyler Bertuzzi and Stephen Pierog
both tallied assists on the tying
goal.
Both teams had 23 shots each
with a 1-1 tie on the scoreboard
heading into the third.
The Storm added some pressure
early in the final twenty with Garrett McFadden, also the first star
of the night, jumping into the
rush and putting the puck on net.
Rookie Matthew Hotchkiss would
clean up the rebound to give the
Storm the lead and pocket his first
OHL goal.
With a late call that put McFadden in the box, the Storm blocked
more than a handful of shots to
close out their first win of the
season.
Storm goaltender Justin Nichols deserves praise for his bounce
back performance as he turned
away 28 of 29 shots.
Spitfires goaltender, Fotinos,
also put on a strong display in net
stopping 32 of 34 shots.
Guelph returns home to face
off against the Plymouth Whalers on Oct. 3 at 7:30. The game
will feature a rematch of the 2014
Western Conference quarterfinals.
Storm fans will also be treated to
the return of Jason Dickinson to
the lineup.
MATTHEW AZEVEDO/THE ONTARION
Guelph’s Adam Craievich and Belleville’s Jack Hanley battle in
the corner during Guelph’s 6-0 season opening loss at home on
Sept. 26.
Upcoming events
Oct. 2: Better Sleep Program. Learn how to decrease
insomnia and fall asleep more easily. 5 session program,
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Details at www.selfregulationskills.ca
Oct. 3: Men’s Hockey Home Opener: York @ Guelph
(Gryphon Centre, 7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 4: Field Hockey: McGill @ Guelph (Varsity Field,
2:15 p.m.)
Oct. 5:
- Baseball: Queens @ Guelph (Larry Pearson Park, 12
p.m. & 4 p.m.)
- Men’s Lacrosse: Nipissing @ Guelph (Gryphon Soccer
Complex, 6 p.m.)
Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
LIFE
The disappearance of the European Honeybee
What the
problems are,
and how we
can help fix
them
GILAD
KENIGSBERG-BENTOV
There is a very clear reason to hit
the panic button sometime soon,
since no other animal species is as
crucial for the production of fruits
and vegetables as the European
honeybee. These fruits and vegetables, which keep us humans alive
and satisfied, are taken for granted
due to their vast abundance and
trivial accessibility. In the last five
years, 30 per cent of the national
bee population (in Canada) disappeared, and nearly a third of
all bee colonies in the U.S have
perished with them. And things
aren’t getting any better. The rate
of disappearance is a mindboggling
42 per cent each year, with a monetary loss of an overwhelming $40
billion a year. With heavy losses
in revenue, a primary government
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If we want to make a positive difference in the population of bees, we need to understand what it
is we can do to help.
solution will follow. The United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) has invested $3 million in
subsidies in an attempt to fight the
formidable $40 billion in losses and
the catastrophic ecological crisis
that is currently taking place.
The phenomenon, also known as
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD),
is one of the most detrimental environmental crises that the
world has seen, and yet the majority of the world’s population has
no idea about it. It is a catastrophic
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scenario that could significantly
affect our lives and alter our diets
for many years to come.
Even the grand Albert Einstein was aware of the undeniable
importance of these creatures:
“Mankind will not survive the honeybees disappearance for more than
five years.”
So what’s killing these bee’s?
The reason behind these mysterious vanishings is unclear at the
moment, though experts are relating the deaths to pesticides, one in
particular called Neonictoineoids.
As the name might already suggest,
this is an especially lethal family of
pests, it is a neuro-active insecticide
chemically similar to nicotine. In
mammals, nicotine will cause brief
stimulation, whereas in insects, the
amount of nicotine will cause overstimulation, resulting in paralysis
and death. Other factors such as
malnutrition, habitat loss, infections, and the deadly and unknown
combination of pesticides might
also lead to the increasing number
of deaths.
Alongside wild bees, honeybees
are responsible for pollinating up
to 80 per cent of all crops worldwide, and are responsible for 100
per cent of all almond pollination.
The enormous losses in revenue
have left thousands of beekeepers
around the world helplessly wondering what’s killing their bees.
This has sparked an urgent race to
find an eco-friendly solution to the
issue, whether it’d be an alternative
to the pesticide, or an abrupt halt to
its manufacturing. As recent as this
phenomenon may seem, the root
of the problem may have occurred
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in 1987, when Monsanto and other
large chemical manufacturers
began selling genetically modified
insecticides in order to fight off
the parasitic invasion of the Varroa
mite on the bee populations worldwide. Though the quick, easy-fix
remedy seemed efficient at first
glance, the process only weakened
the bees’ natural defence against
the parasite. The pesticide, called
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), causes
malnutrition in bees through the
breakdown of their stomach’s inner
wall, preventing the bees from
eating, and ultimately leading to
the spread of bacteria. Due to the
heavy lobbying power of these
companies, refusal to use these pesticides has seen little impact, and
has therefore only reached the public’s attention recently. Monsanto
has continued to sell these chemicals uninterrupted by protesters.
This vicious and deadly routine has
been making bees more and more
susceptible to these minute obstacles posed by nature, but as history
might suggest, when humans intervene with nature or try to alter it,
bad things tend to happen.
“...when humans
intervene with
nature or try
to alter it, bad
things tend to
happen.”
We cannot simply refute these
chemicals because farmers make
a living by growing crops, and it
is the amount of crops they grow
each year that enables them to live
comfortably. These massive agricultural multi-nationals, as terrible as
they may be to the environment,
provide plenty of jobs and make
foods accessible to us. So for now,
what can we do to prevent the complete annihilation of this wondrous
species? Support local farmers who
refrain from using pesticides, support and donate to research on the
matter, and next time you see the
black and yellow creature buzzing
about endlessly, don’t engage in the
hysterical flailing dance that is the
swapping of bee. Let it be; it has
earned its wanderings amongst us.
Maybe we should feel fortunate to
have even come across one, soon
enough, we might never even get
to see a single one.
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LIFE Science Avenue: Solar Panels
The power
of the sun
harnessed
into tiny metal
wafers
SAMEER CHHABRA
What are Solar Panels?
To say that life is dependent on
the sun is an understatement of
cosmic proportions. Without the
sun, without its nurturing rays,
its illuminating contribution to
our solar system, our planet –
and our entire existence – would
be nothing more than a speck of
dust in a vast expansive universe.
Our ancestors realized the
power of the sun early on. Before
the first humans stepped out of
darkness and embraced the light,
sunlight enabled the development of the basic photoreceptors
that would evolve into the complex configuration of cells and
receptors we call eyes. Our atmosphere – the one that seems like it
was made just for us – developed
because of the perfect distance
between our planet and our sun.
“...entire
civilizations
grew to worship
the sun...”
Eventually, entire civilizations grew to worship the sun as
a source of fertility, knowledge,
and power. Before coal and before
CHRISTINE VIA CC BY-SA 2.0
This week’s Science Avenue column focuses on solar panels, what they are, how they work, and
the importance of what they do.
natural gas, solar power was the
single most powerful and useful
source of energy for our planet.
In that vein, solar panels are
metal wafer-like panels that
harness energy from light and
convert it into useable electrical
energy.
How do Solar Panels Work?
Even though the sun is special,
the light it emits is not the only
kind in the universe. At the core
of every form of light is a simple
adherence to a predetermined list
of radiation. Light as we know it
is nothing more than a form of
electromagnetic radiation as a
result of the wavelike movement
of particles called “Photons.”
Light is special because it has
properties of both a particle and
a wave, which means that light is
actually a physical phenomenon.
The sun itself emits almost every
kind of radiation on the spectrum, but what we call sunlight is
a combination of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light.
The term solar panel is a misnomer, because the sun isn’t the
only light source that can be used
on a panel. Solar panels work
through a principle known as
the photovoltaic effect. Absorbed
light causes an excitation of the
electrons in a metal panel until
the electrons become excited
enough to jump into an external
source to produce energy.
An example can be shown using
a simple solar-powered phone
charger connected to a mobile
phone. The charger absorbs sunlight using metallic solar panels;
the electrons in the panels get
excited and jump into the cell
phone, and the cell phone charges
because of the electricity generated by the circuit.
Much like a desk that can only
be moved by using two hands
instead of two fingers, the electrons in a panel can only be
moved if the right amount of light
energy excites electrons. I mentioned earlier that solar panels
can be activated using non-solar
light, but that’s only true as long
as the non-solar light is enough
to excite the electrons in a panel.
Why are Solar Panels
Important?
We’ve reached a point in our technological evolution where coal
and natural gas have become synonymous with energy. We need
energy to power our phones, our
A look at the evolution of advertising
What else could
they be getting
wrong?
JESSICA MILTON
The charismatic Don Draper of
Mad Men may have helped to
shed a bit of light on how the
advertising industry worked in the
1960s but much of how it works
today remains a mystery to most.
Looking over advertisements from
the last seventy years, it’s quite
obvious how much has changed.
One ad from 1948 recommended
the cigarette brand smoked by
doctors. Another one from 1969
thought they were doing us a
favour by recommending sugar as
a way to curb appetite and eat less.
Both these ads seem alarmingly
inaccurate to the health mentality
recognized today, yet they served
as reputable recommendations at
the time. Knowing that, it begs
the question: what could we be
getting wrong now?
One doesn’t even have to go as
far back as the 1940s to see there
has been a major change in the
focus of food advertising. Ads from
1988 recommending “the freshness
of frozen orange juice, from concentrate” have since been replaced
by phrases like “never frozen, not
from concentrate, organic natural ingredients,” which suggests a
shift in what we see as healthy and
what we now know not to be. The
idea of organic, natural, vegan,
and vegetarian foods are all very
popular in advertising currently.
However, after previously getting it so wrong with things such
as smoking, skepticism about the
validity of claims posed in today’s
ads is understandable.
A major reason for the shift
towards new and improved
healthy food in advertising is the
growing knowledge about the
necessity to make big changes
in order to combat increasing
rates of obesity. It may be interesting to learn that many health
professionals see that unhealthy
advertisements marketed towards
children is a leading cause of
unhealthy food consumption, and
part of the problem behind the
growing obesity numbers. A Time
Magazine article even goes as far
as saying that obesity is a larger
problem than the risks of tobacco,
computers, our cars, our schools,
and our universities, and to do so,
we’ve been burning harmful fossil
fuels.
Coal and natural gas, due to
their lengthy regeneration periods, are non-renewable forms of
energy. Unlike solar power, which
will be abundant for the next 20
billion years, our coal and natural gas reserves will most likely
expire by 2050 at our rate of
consumption.
In recent years, there’s been a
slow, gradual shift towards using
other forms of renewable energy.
Solar panels are important
because they utilize a perfectly
renewable form of energy – the
sun. They don’t damage our
environment, they don’t cause
harmful emissions that lead to
debilitating health defects, and
they make it possible to step outside on a July afternoon without
having to worry about smog.
What is the Future of
Solar Panels?
In comparison to coal and natural gas, which work on a simple
“burn and reap energy” basis,
solar panels are horribly inefficient. Most solar panels are
between zero and 16 per cent efficient, and are all but useless on
cloudy days. Not to mention, for
many homes, the cost of installing solar panels can be enormous.
As such, solar panels already are
an absurd possibility. However,
I’m looking forward to a future
reliant on renewable forms of
energy working together in perfect harmony. Most importantly,
the cost of solar panel production drops every day. There will
soon come a time when the economic benefits of solar energy
will outweigh the financial costs
of production.
and recommends substantial governmental policing.
It’s clear that as consumers we
need to be more informed about
what we purchase instead of relying on the information displayed
to us by advertising firms. After
all, the main focus is to sell a
given product. It will be interesting to see if in the future, similar
tactics will be employed to curb
junk food sales similar to the ones
used to curb cigarettes. Perhaps
images on the sides of pop cans
depicting the horrible affects of
high fructose corn syrup are on
the horizon.
Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
LIFE
Dear
Elann...
Working towards positivity
Ten ways to feel
better about
yourself
MAKENZIE ZATYCHIES
You may want to skip over this article,
but wait! Sometimes the corniest seeming things can be the things that should
make us think the hardest. Don’t those
things often come from that friend
who is really happy and confident,
making us doubt every word of it?
With the amount of things finding
their way onto our to-do lists, it can
often be hard to stop for a moment,
pull back, and reflect on you. You
know; check in, make sure you’re doing
well, you’re happy. Often times when
we do have that reflection, the weight
of all we’ve been doing and rushing for
falls upon us and it can be terribly overwhelming. So here are a few proposed
ways to help you deal with it.
1. First and foremost,
love yourself.
It can be easy to fall into a rut when
you are constantly being evaluated;
whether it is school, your parents, a
sports team or a club you participate
in, even the dating scene. The pressures
are enough to wear you down, but
still many of us feel the need to push
ourselves harder and faster without a
break. It’s not about forgetting these
things; it’s about not forgetting yourself
in the bustle.
2. Stay positive.
The bus was late, your printer wouldn’t
work, and your roommate used
the last of your milk. These small
inconveniences can all wreck your day
if you let them. It’s so important to just
put it in perspective, pick up, and keep
on with a good attitude. It makes more
of a difference than you could believe!
Dear “My Prof Hates Me!”
3. See your friends.
For any of the reasons listed above,
and for many more, it is easy to have
the period between visits with friends
grow too great too quickly. It’s important to remember that if you’re missing
them and feeling the need for support,
chances are so are they! That’s what
friends are for, so reach out when you
need them.
4. Communicate.
Just to reaffirm the previous point,
sometimes when time passes or emotions flare, it can be easy to hide from
those we love. Communicate your
needs. When you are able to do that,
everything else seems to fall into place.
5. Educate yourself.
For students and adults alike, our major
or career becomes such a sole focus that
we don’t always push ourselves to learn
beyond our field. Remember other
interests and pursue knowledge wherever possible.
6. Do things you enjoy.
If you love going to the movies, go
to the movies every once in a while.
Whether it be with friends or alone,
something as small as this can fall off
the radar, but make one so happy. Join
an intramural team, try out for the play,
cook and bake – don’t forget to mix
pleasure in with life’s responsibilities.
7. Splurge.
For many people, budgeting is just a
reality to live by and doesn’t have to
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Be sure to take time to explore what makes you happy. It’s a busy
world we live in, and we all need to take time to treat ourselves kindly.
be a negative. Living a cost-efficient
lifestyle is a good thing, with it being
possible and important to treat yourself for all the hard work you do. Go
out to dinner, buy something you’ve
been eyeing a while; occasional treats
can turn even the worst days around.
8. Be Kind.
When you are kind to yourself, you
remember to be kind to others. Step
outside of yourself and reflect on how
your words and actions are affecting those around you. The smallest
kind gesture can completely change
someone else’s day. Kindness leads
to happiness for the self and those
around you.
9. Love the little victories.
Don’t lose the little victories to the
big picture. They are still something
you’ve won – something you’ve
earned that should brighten your
day. Happiness is a day-by-day process, and each little victory adds to
that goal.
10. Surround yourself with love.
Whether it is the things, activities, or
people… Whatever it is that brings
you happiness, makes you feel kind,
positive or strong; these should
be the fixtures of your life. If you
remember to love, and to be loved,
then you will live in a kinder world
that you’ve created.
Simply authentic: diary of a local foodie
Delicious and
hearty apple
crisp
EMILY JONES
Last weekend, as usual, I made my
usual trip to the Guelph Farmer’s
Market in search of fresh flavours to
use in the kitchen. I spent my entire
weekend cooking and found myself
really welcoming the fall weather (and
the fall recipes). I made a roast chicken,
with new potatoes, fresh carrots, onions
and garlic, and stuffing. Stuffing, oh,
homemade stuffing - it was delicious
(I’ll be sure to include the recipe for it
in next week’s Thanksgiving special).
I then decided, since apples are out
in full force, to purchase some of my
favourite kind (honeycrisp) to snack
on and make my first ever apple crisp
- how it is possible that I have never
made one before, I do not know.
It was a lot easier than I realized to
make, proving, as usual, that simple,
fresh ingredients make the most delicious meals. I began by washing, then
peeling, 8 to 10 apples. Once they were
all peeled, I got out a 6 x 6 glass baking
dish and greased it lightly with butter
(salted, or unsalted - they both work
just fine!) I also got out a glass mixing
bowl. I cut up the apples and poured
them into the bowl, generously sprinkled them with cinnamon and a bit of
brown sugar, and stirred them until
they were well coated. I then poured
the apples into the baking dish and
prepared to make the oat mixture.
For the oat mixture, I used the same
19
glass bowl, poured in a cup-and-a-half
of quick cook oats (these are ideal for
baking), a few tablespoons of almond
meal (instead of flour, but you can
use either), a couple of tablespoons of
ground flax seed, and cinnamon. I then
softened (but didn’t liquefy) a quarter
brick of butter, and added it to the
dry oat mixture. I then used a whisk
(you could use a potato masher just the
same) and mashed the butter into the
oat mixture. Once the oats and other
dry ingredients were mixed in well and
appeared clumped together, I poured
the oat mixture over the apples in the
baking dish.
The last step is to sprinkle a generous
helping (close to half a cup) of brown
sugar on top of the oat mixture. Then,
the preparation is done! Preheat the
oven to 350 degrees, put in the baking
dish and bake for approximately an
hour. Soon you will smell the deliciousness. Serve warm or cold, with
vanilla ice cream, or a dollop of greek
yogurt. Enjoy!
Shopping list:
- apples
- rolled oats
- butter
- cinnamon
- ground almond meal,
or flour
- ground flaxseed
(optional)
- brown sugar
Whenever I get a letter like this so
early in the semester, I have to preface my advice with
“Your Prof doesn’t know you
well enough to hate you.” It may
be intimidating to meet with your
Prof one-on-one. When you left
high school a few months ago,
you were quite comfortable as a
senior. University may seem a bit
overwhelming, by contrast. Professors are experts in their fields; they
are researchers and writers. Their
strength is mastering knowledge,
but teaching is only a part of their
role. They value your inquisitive
search for information and perfection. Be proactive in getting to know
your Profs a bit better. Invest some
time and energy in preparing for
class and presenting well-thoughtout questions. When you need extra
help, make an appointment. Even
though office hours are posted,
it can be more time efficient if
you request a specific time with
the purpose clearly stated. Your
request could read, for instance,
“Dear Professor X: The topic we
were discussing on Tuesday, regarding [blank], was very enlightening.
Could I meet with you during
office hours to inquire about other
authors on this subject?” If you do
drop by during office hours and feel
less-than-welcome, maintain a professional attitude. You could write,
“Professor X, I would like to review
a few points with you regarding
[blank]; when would you be available for about 15 minutes?” You
will discover that professors are real
people who are interested in your
success and may be valuable references in your future.
Elann
Email: [email protected]
for advice and help.
520 OPINION
The Weekly Emma Watson and the United Nations
Yank
A speech that
A message
to students
from a Guelph
alumnus
WILL TAYLOR
Where did the time go? Jimmy will
turn six in a week and a half. He’s
got his mother’s eyes, and I just
can’t look at him without her staring back at me. How the f*** did
I forget a condom? I was drunk;
that’s no surprise. I was drunk all
the time then. I guess I still am
now. I’ve got to get through another
silent dinner somehow. I wonder
if she’s f***ing that guy she introduced me to at the Christmas party.
At least then I’d have a reason to
leave. I wouldn’t know how to
tell Jimmy. I’d see him on weekends. He’s got his mothers eyes.
Shit. It’s been twenty-five years
already. I mean, I used to love her;
at least I thought I did. I wanted to
be an astronaut when I was young.
I guess somewhere along the line
you lose track of that childhood
spark. During my university years, I
was the king. I was everyone’s weed
connection; I meant something.
I left Guelph with a BA, and my
future wife (ex-wife, if she’s f***ing
Todd) and I thought it all meant
something. But time tarnished my
memories, and now I’m at the job
I thought I wanted, thinking about
the woman I thought I wanted.
Hold onto these years, Gryphons;
they’re the best you’re going to get.
woke up the
world
EMILY DERRY
For those of you who haven’t
heard, Emma Watson delivered a
pretty epic speech at the UN last
week addressing gender equality
issues and the misconceptions of
feminism. After being appointed
a Goodwill Ambassador for the
UN, the Harry Potter star helped
launch the HeForShe campaign
and was met with a standing ovation and thunderous applause.
While it’s obvious that Watson’s
fame would generate ample
attention for the cause, it was
her passionate and knowledgeable speech that really made an
impact.
The first of many important
things Watson talked about was
how the definition of feminism
has trailed off-course and become
synonymous with “man-hating.”
As Watson points out, feminism
is, by definition, the belief that
men and women should have
equal rights and opportunities.
Why should a woman be labeled
as too aggressive for wanting to be
a manager when a man wouldn’t?
Why is it not right that men and
women be paid the same wage for
the same job? Simply put, in order
to progress, we have to remember
that feminism is strictly about
equality and not superiority.
One of the things that made
Watson’s speech particularly
unique was the way she invited
MARCO BOND VIA CC BY 2.0
Emma Watson’s speech, delivered at the UN, addressed issues of gender equality, and feminism
and helped to launch the new HeForShe campaign.
men to share responsibility in the
fight for gender equality. While
many of us might think equality
is a strictly female issue, Watson
touched on how that is not the
case. She said:
“Men, I would like to take this
opportunity to extend your formal
invitation. Gender equality is your
issue too. Because to date, I’ve seen
my father’s role as a parent being
valued less by society despite my
needing his presence, as a child,
as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen
young men suffering from mental
illness, unable to ask for help, for
fear it would make them less of
a man.”
For all the possible limitations that still exist for women
today, there are also a multitude of restrictions and ideas on
what men should be and how
the perception of “being a man”
can be a limiting one. The idea
of both genders participating in
the battle of equality is not only
a logical concept, but one that
will also naturally benefit us all.
Watson addressed this in her
speech, saying:
“We don’t want to talk about men
being imprisoned by gender stereotypes
but I can see that they are. When they
are free, things will change for women
as a natural consequence. If men don’t
have to be aggressive, women won’t
be compelled to be submissive. If men
don’t need to control, women won’t
have to be controlled.”
Whether or not you consider
yourself to be a feminist or a crusader of equality, there is much
to be taken away from Watson’s
speech. It is the idea that unity
is paramount, and equality is freeing. If you want to help make a
change but have doubts about
your ability to make an impact,
Watson posed a powerful question
at the end of her speech addressing
those concerns. She asks:
“If not me, who? If not
now, when?”
HPV vaccine said to “promote” sexual intercourse
Catholic leaders
go too far in
attempting to
stop
premarital sex
EMILY JONES
In recent news, a Calgary catholic
school board is sending home letters to parents with information
from catholic leaders who believe
the HPV vaccine is not the answer
to lower cases of cervical cancer.
It is appalling that these leaders
would prefer young people to risk
the chance of contracting the HPV
virus than be protected against it
when they do choose to engage in
sexual activity.
I personally do not believe that
getting a vaccination for HPV
would cause young people to go
out and have sex earlier than they
normally would have on their
own; it only serves to protect them
from any possible harm that could
occur in their futures when they
are sexually active. Young adults
are going to engage in sexual
activities regardless of whether or
not they received a vaccination
- not all young adults, but those
who would do want to have sex.
Some who want to wait to have
sex until after marriage, whether
they have chosen or have been
forced to practice Catholicism,
will still do so; they will just be
better prepared and protected in
their futures.
The catholic leaders have gone
too far in this case, as they have
in countless others. Why would
anyone who claims to care for the
youth of today, and the adults of
tomorrow, stand in the way and
attempt to shame people into following their orders? If their orders
would actually benefit the health
of people, and be a realistic way
to live, then yes, I could respect
it. But pretending that all young
people who attend catholic school
will never have premarital sex and
will never marry someone who has
already engaged in sexual activity
with someone else is absolutely
absurd. I am not saying that this
doesn’t ever happen, I am sure it
does - but every time? No.
Wouldn’t it just be best to allow
the health care professionals,
and scientists to make decisions
on what is helpful and what
isn’t when it comes to preventing a sometimes-fatal disease?
Shouldn’t parents need to help
their children make proper decisions that could logically help
them stay safe and healthy? If
religious leaders really wanted
what was best for the youth, they
would do whatever it takes to
prepare them for their futures,
regardless of the type of behaviour they wish to engage in.
There comes a time when religious authorities need to take a
step back and recognize that it
is time to step into the modern
age, recognize that things are
changing, and science sometimes
trumps religious dogma.
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Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
FEATURE
21
Climate Summit 2014: Bringing forth the need for action
and dialogue
Examining the
implications
and impact
of the UN’s
Climate Summit
EMILIO GHLOUM
The economy and industry of
modern-era civilizations has
created a mass increase in the
amount of global carbon emissions polluting the atmosphere
and our environment. Two days
before the UN Climate Summit
was held, approximately 310,000
protestors peacefully marched the
streets of New York in the name
of climate change. This historic
march was the largest demonstration for environmental change
the world has seen; undoubtedly, the awareness of citizens
across the world has expressed the
need to rise up and take action
against climate change for future
generations.
“We are
not here
to talk, we
are here to
make
history.”
On September 21, the largest
rally ever put together on the
topic of climate change shook the
foundations of New York City’s
streets and shed light on one of
the most important issues of this
generation. Ban Ki-Moon, the
Secretary-General of the United
Nations, put together this Climate Summit in response to the
overwhelming scientific statistics and noticeable changes in
the environment. Ban’s opening
statement brilliantly captures the
anxieties of citizens and global
leaders regarding climate change,
addressing the importance of
action and vigilance against our
environmental destruction.
“In cities around the world,
hundreds of thousands of people
called for action,” said Ban. “They
demanded that leaders lead. That
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses crowd of world leaders during Climate Summit
2014 held in NYC.
is why we are here today. We are
not here to talk, we are here to
make history.”
This attitude against climate
change and setting a goal towards
effectively reducing global carbon
emissions has been adopted by
many world leaders and environmental activists alike. While
economic circumstances may
differ between nations, what
remains common is the present threat of climate change and
the need to combat it as a global
community. Among the speakers at the Climate Summit was
Leonardo DiCaprio, the newly
appointed UN Messenger of
Peace, who delivered a poignant
speech which set the tone for the
urgency of the Summit’s efforts.
“I believe that mankind has
looked at climate change…as if
it were a fiction. As if pretending that climate change wasn’t
real would somehow make it go
away,” said DiCaprio. “We need
to end the free ride that industrial
polluters have been given in the
name of a free-market economy.
They do not deserve our tax dollars, they deserve our scrutiny.”
Ban’s decision to name
DiCaprio as the UN Messenger
of Peace days before the Climate
Summit demonstrates the UN’s
efforts to make the issues presented by global warming more
accessible to the public and the
media. DiCaprio’s speech garnered attention from people who
normally would not be aware of
the magnitude of environmental
change on a global level.
As shown by the effort and
commitment of the thousands
of demonstrators at the march
for climate change, the call to
action for environmental change
has grown immensely and cannot
be ignored. With Ban, DiCaprio,
former Vice-President Al Gore,
and President Barack Obama as
some of the notable people participating in the demonstration,
history was made as New York
was swarmed with a message
urging environmental awareness
and a call to action.
While the US is the second
highest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (China being
the first), President Obama made
it clear in his powerful speech at
the Climate Summit that actions
will be taken. Expressing the need
to expend resources towards climate change, President Obama
communicates the long-term
consequences of environmental
ignorance for present and future
generations.
“The alarm bells keep ringing. Our citizens keep marching. We
cannot pretend we do not hear
them. We have to answer the
call. We know what we have to
do to avoid irreparable harm. We
have to cut carbon pollution in
our own countries to prevent the
worst effects of climate change,”
said President Obama.
“We have to work together as
a global community to tackle
this global threat before it is
too late. We cannot condemn
our children, and their children,
to a future that is beyond their
capacity to repair. Not when we
have the means -- the technological innovation and the scientific
imagination -- to begin the work
of repairing it right now.”
The topic of climate change has
expanded from a national issue
“...the
future once
envisioned
will not be the
same unless
present global
actions are
taken... ”
towards becoming a more communal and global challenge. The
importance of global leaders congregating for the sake of taking
action against climate change
is a priority. President Obama
continued throughout his speech
the urge other powerful nations
to act: “We [the U.S] recognize
our role in creating this problem;
we embrace our responsibility to
combat it. We will do our part,
and we will help developing
nations do theirs. But we can
only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in
this effort by every nation –developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass.”
In the larger picture, what
did the Climate Summit actually accomplish? While no major
ground-breaking
deals
were
signed by global leaders, the
implications of this meeting will
forever change the way environmental politics are perceived.
The last Climate Change
summit took place in Denmark five years ago. Since then,
unprecedented amounts of scientific research and environmental
impact reports have illustrated a
clearer picture of the environmental violence brought on by carbon
emissions. As stressed by the multiple speakers at the summit, the
future once envisioned will not
be the same unless present global
actions are taken to prevent the
degradation of the Earth and its
ecosystems.
Ban’s decision to implement the
Climate Summit after five years
was a crucial move for international discourse on environmental
change. An astounding 120 global
leaders made four-minute long
speeches about climate change at
the summit. But what importance
does this serve if no agreements
were reached?
This summit marks the awareness and recognition of climate
change as a legitimate threat. A
great number of the leaders who
made speeches have never spoken
about climate change officially
until this summit. By bringing
the discourse of climate change
into the global vocabulary, the
opportunity has risen to adequately combat the challenges
presented by industrial pollution.
The dialogue of environmental
urgency is now in full effect. With
the next summit hosted by Paris
in 2015, global leaders are now in
a position where they must draft
and meet climate change targets
to reduce global emissions before
the meeting in France’s capital.
While thinking about the effects
of climate change has helped raise
awareness, the call to action has
been answered by citizens of the
world and global leaders alike
on a verbal level. The UN’s Climate Summit has brought forth
and made present the dialogue of
environmental discourse into the
sphere of international politics,
and it will not falter until action
is taken.
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Lining up the dream with reality
STEPHANIE CORATTI
What’s your dream job?
Surely you’ve been asked that
before, or at least some kind of
variation. Maybe it was the, “If you
could do anything, what would it
be?” or the, “If money wasn’t a question, where do you see yourself in
five years?”
I consider these the classic, ironic
questions every teenager to twentysomething must face, strictly as a
right of passage. Or at least, that’s
what society makes them feel like,
anyway. You can’t grow up and
become an adult before envisioning
a life for yourself that you’ll never be
able to attain. The dream job in said
question is actually the dream life.
There’s more to it than the underlying meaning, though. The irony is
the real head scratcher. The educators, the employers, and all those
high school guidance counselors
who told us to follow our dreams,
that we could do anything we set
our minds to, just to ask, seconds
later, “But, what’s your dream job?”
I bought into it all, too. For
as long as I can remember I told
people I was going to be an English
high school teacher, and I genuinely
believed that’s what I wanted to
be when I grew up. This was back
when I thought I would hit a certain
age and suddenly become an adult;
you know, the big transformation in
your life that separates future-you
from 16-year-old-you – the moment
I now know never actually happens.
Instead, your age just keeps inching
on upwards as you feel less like an
adult and more like the confused
16-year-old.
It was my grand life aspiration,
the ultimate accomplishment of
my life. I was going to mold the
minds of future generations – do
something that mattered. But more
importantly, I was being realistic.
I was going to attend university,
become a more balanced, highereducated individual, go to teacher’s
college, get a job, and begin my life.
That’s what you’re supposed to do
when you’re a high school student
raking in the 90s, isn’t it?
You’re smart? Go to university,
get a degree, and make a difference
in the world. School isn’t for you?
Get into the trades; the trades need
people like you. Fall somewhere in
between? Well, obviously a college
diploma is calling your name.
Don’t feel left out. Society has
a plan for everyone, and as we
graduate through the ranks of kindergarten and elementary school
and on to high school, that plan is
the only thing we’re taught. That
plan is the road paved for us, and
we follow it, all while tacking onto
that imaginary world so we’ll have
an answer to, “But, what’s your
dream job?”
For as long as I believed I was
going to be an English teacher,
my response was to be a sports
journalist. They were side-by-side,
reality-versus-unattainable dreams.
The saddest part was that I actually
believed in the unattainable part;
that’s why I kept it in the dream
category. I thought that’s how life
worked. You plan realistic goals, a
realistic career, and a realistic life,
all while smiling every so often at
that person you wish you could, but
never would, be.
It’s funny how things work out,
though. I chose to pursue an English
Honours program at the University
of Guelph rather than a Concurrent
Education program geared specifically for those aspiring to be
teachers. I figured if I was going to
be a teacher, teacher’s college would
still be there waiting in four years,
and that left the pathway down the
journalism avenue open, even if just
a little bit. There was always that part
of me that refused to close the door
on the dream.
Maybe 17-year-old me somehow
knew that in three years I’d find
my spine and start going after what
I really wanted in life, or maybe
17-year-old me was really just too
scared to make a solid decision. Nevertheless, I thank 17-year-old me for
that every day.
The summer before my third
year of university, I took a jump,
and I wasn’t even really sure what I
was jumping into. I recognized that
becoming a teacher would be settling, and I wasn’t okay with that.
I interviewed for an internship –
which has given me some of the best
experiences in the world I thought
belonged to the “unattainable
dream” – and started volunteering
for The Ontarion sports section regularly. Beyond that, I simply started to
believe that it was possible to bring
the world of realistic plans and the
dream job together.
Eight months later, I was hired as
the Sports & Health section editor,
had been published in Maclean’s
magazine, and had unlocked doorways I never thought existed.
To say I’ve conquered the dream
would be a lie, and quite frankly, I
know I have a long way to go. But
when it comes down to it, the mere
attempt is often satisfactory enough.
How hypocritical, right? I ramble on
about going after what you want,
and now I’m settling for the attempt.
Paving the path you want to take,
however, is not settling. I’ve come
to realize that I might not land the
big job at the big newspaper that has
me traveling from sporting event to
sporting event, and I might not end
up working in sports at all. But, on
the other hand, maybe I will.
In the short amount of time that
I’ve been chasing down the dream,
you miss 100%
of the shots
you don’t take
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I’ve realized that the chase will lead
you towards other aspirations and
goals that you would have never had
otherwise. Chasing down the dream
isn’t about attainment; no, it’s about
becoming the person you want to be.
It’s about the journey, not the destination – isn’t that what they say, after
all?
A twenty-something chasing
down a dream sounds about as
cliché as cliché gets. It’s probably
one of the examples used for the
definition of the word, and I’m
completely fine with that. When I
tell people that I think it’s possible
to work for a living and enjoy what
you do, I’m told the usual: I’m
naive, too young to understand,
and that I’ve been sheltered by the
ways of student life.
Maybe I am all of those things;
but when somebody asks, “What’s
your dream job?” my answer
doesn’t change, and I strive every
day for it to never change. I don’t
think that’s such a bad, or impossible, aspiration.
I only hope that, when you’re
faced with life’s dreadful rite of passage, you’re lucky enough to have
your reality and dream line up.
That’s the ultimate goal in life.
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Issue 175.5 • Thursday, October 2, 2014
Across
1- Doing nothing
5- Hindu lawgiver
9- Marry again
14- Debatable
15- Algerian port
16- Tusks
17- Camaro model
18- Child’s bed
19- Compact
20- Moth repellant
23- Abbreviation of
the name Edward
24- Sprinted
25- For fear that
27- Anwar’s successor
31- Follow
33- Ethereal:Prefix
37- Bring into harmony
39- Some MIT grads
40- ___ uproar
41- Direct
44- Dresden denial
45- Cartoon dog
46- Less cluttered
47- ___ II (razor
brand)
48- Israeli statesman
Abba
50- The end of ___
51- Otherwise
53- Small island
55- Mineral suffix
58- Vision defect
64- Pulsate
66- Quickly, quickly
67- Lots and lots
68- Cowboy’s tool
69- Fork feature
70- Defense grp.
since 1949
71- Unit of volume
72- Bibliography
abbr.
73- Red sign
Down
1- Poker declaration
2- “David Copperfield” wife
3- Coil
4- ____ - a –Sketch
5- Variety of coffee
6- Out-and-out
7- Metal fastener
8- Skepticism
9- Travels on
10- Holiday start
11- Habit
12- Gaelic language
of Ireland or Scotland
13- Colored
21- Singer Lopez
22- Wrestling hold
26- Island off the SE
coast of China
27- Lacks
28- Aquatic mammal
29- Narrow groove
30- Subtle difference
32- Big name in
insurance
34- Related on the
mother’s side
35- Less common
36- Chief of the Vedic
gods
38- Exit
42- Make blunt
43- Gaucho’s rope
49- Disease of livestock
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52- Toil
54- Drive forward
55- ___ do
56- Asian cuisine
57- Formerly, formerly
59- ___ soup yet?
60- Makes brown
61- Let’s just leave
___ that
62- And ___ bed
63- Queue before Q
65- Sugary suffix
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