Casual Smokers and lungs of steel

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Casual Smokers and lungs of steel
Ben Caplan commands
crowd with ferocious
vocals at Van Gogh’s
Ear
Gogh’s Ear Nov. 20 in support of him to take the act on the road.
his newest Ben Caplan and the CaCurrently co-headlining a
sual Smokers studio album, In the tour with Toronto-born, MonTime of the Great Remembering.
treal-based indie folk songstress
Over the years, Caplan’s Casu- Charlotte Cornfield, Caplan’s act
al Smokers act has borrowed the saw Cornfield take to the drums
skills of over 50 musicians. Like – an instrument she’s studied at
a force with tentacles wrapping Concordia University since 2006
themselves around every touring – while her upright bassist Kathact he meets, it’s made it easy for ryn Palumbo also stood in.
But that’s not to suggest Caplan’s philosophy is all-take and
no give.
Cornfield took to the stage
before the Halifax artist to play
material from her debut full
length Two Horses, but not without getting Caplan to fill in on
some keyboard and some of his
Casual Smokers to perform other
instrumental duties before he left.
After that, the stage – or room
– was Caplan’s.
When Caplan broke a string on
his guitar, he improvised by picking up a banjo and pumping out a
rendition of “I Got Me a Woman.”
Fueled with whiskey and never
shy in front of the mic, Caplan
sought to inject some of his charisma and spirit into the crowd.
Instructing the audience members to imagine they were in
Marianne Pointner
a mortuary and tasking them
Ben Caplan is borrowing skills from current co-headlining performer Charlotte Cornfield and her upright with waking the dead, Caplan
greater majority of his face and
neck, Ben Caplan might not come
across as the most stage confident
musician frequenting the stage
speakeasy. The truth is quite the
contrary; Caplan is no cowardly
Tom Beedham
lion. Leaving the comfort of his
Halifax home – and with it his
With thick-rimmed glasses and infamous living room open mics
an even thicker mane hiding the – behind, Ben Caplan visited Van
bassist Kathryn Palumbo on tour in support of his latest Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers album In
the Time of the Great Remembering.
synchronized
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Sitting in for student space
Beth Purdon-McLellan
The Ontarion interviewed Drew
Garvie, CSA communications and
corporate affairs commissioner,
about the issues of student space
on campus. The CSA is planning a
student “sit-in” on Dec. 1 to advocate the need for more student
space.
The Ontarion: What are the main issues surrounding student space on
campus and what are some of the
solutions the CSA has proposed?
Drew Garvie: We think that
most students are well aware of
the main problems with student
and study space on campus. In
terms of study space, it’s common to walk into the library and
not find a place to study or write
Marianne Pointner
a paper. You see students in the
strangest places all over campus During exams, the library is packed with students competing for study spaces with working lights and
sitting on the floor in dimly lit cor- electrical outlets.
ners or searching for non-existent
outlets. Comfortable lounge areas TO: Have there been any initiatives with outlets. We are compiling if you’re a member of a club withfor socializing or group studying to create student space in the past? a “study guide” to communicate out office space, or just want to see
are in high demand and there just Were they successful?
existing study space effectively a more student-friendly campus,
DG: We have seen study space with students. We are also in- you should participate!
aren’t enough spots available. As
we move towards having more being incorporated into new stalling another microwave in the
Don’t change your routine for
commuter students on campus, buildings on campus, specifi- CSA owned Bullring for students the day, just show up to the Unithe need for places to unwind cally the engineering expansion to use, as well as working with the versity Centre and get studying.
and work grows. In general, it’s and the Science Atrium. These are library to get more microwaves.
We’ll be busting out the chairs,
a case of not having enough study welcomed additions to campus,
tables and extension chords to
space, as well as the space that’s but students are still expressing TO: What are some of the barriers help out. The idea is to have a
available not meeting the needs further need. What is in high de- preventing the creation of student large visible presence, solicit
of students, such as outlets, fur- mand is general inter-disciplinary space?
feedback from students towards
niture and lighting.
study space, especially for arts
DG: The main obstacle to the the “campus master plan”, and
Also, student controlled space and social science students.
creation of student space is pri- to have a symbolic reclamation of
continues to be a growing problem
As for student-controlled space, ority. This is why united student common space for a day. Talk to
for students. The CSA and other we are conscious of the history action is so important, as it shows your friends and bring them out
student run organizations are surrounding the University Cen- the University of Guelph where to study together. This is meant
crammed in the second floor of the tre. In 1966, students decided to student priorities lie.
to be a reminder that universiUniversity Centre. With around pay $10 a semester to construct a
Another deeper problem is ties are here to serve the needs
one hundred CSA clubs and fifteen “student union building”. Then governmental funding. Ontario of students.
offices, there is constant competi- a series of unfortunate events now has the lowest per-student
tion for rooms. Other campuses followed, including provin- funding in the country. More and TO: Why does the CSA feel like this
have large student union build- cial funding being offered and more funding is based on specific is an effective way to advocate the
ings that are student controlled withdrawn, the student union infrastructure projects for specific need for student space on campus?
and allow students to organize collapsing, and a separate UC ad- programs, and not general interDG: It is important to campaign
their space democratically based ministration being set up through disciplinary money. In general, now on behalf of students as the
on their needs.
a law suit brought by students funding is going into programs “campus master plan” is being
Solutions to the current sit- against the University. The fact that can attract corporate and pri- discussed. United action shows
uation rely on the University’s remains that while students paid vate funding and research. This common needs, and it is a meswillingness to meet the needs to create the building, and still has a deep impact on the Univer- sage to other students that it is
of students. Currently the Uni- pay to maintain it, the space we sity’s prioritization. So there are possible to affect decision makversity is updating its “campus directly control is limited to the systemic problems that need to be ing in our interests.
master plan” which looks at in- second floor. This is not a sus- addressed in terms of the future of
If you’d like to be involved with
frastructure and space all over tainable situation and we need the post-secondary education as well. the campaign, if you’d like to volcampus. Now is the time for the university to provide more stuunteer for the day or if you have
University to make meaningful dent-controlled space to students. TO: What is the purpose and the any feedback please email your
commitments. This could include
The CSA is committed to tak- idea behind the “sit-in” planned HR&O Commissioner Josh at csaextending hours at the library, ing action ourselves, with the for Dec. 1?
[email protected].
DG: The “student space sit-in”
upgrading available space to in- limited power we have, to make
On December 1st, let’s take
clude proper lighting, furniture space student-friendly on cam- will take place next Thursday on our studying out of the nooks
and outlets, and increasing the pus. The UC second-floor “airport the last day of class. If you’re tired and crannies all over campus and
space controlled by students in lounge” is study space that the of searching for study space, sit- come together in the UC to send
the University Centre.
CSA has provided and upgraded ting on the floor to find an outlet, a clear message!
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PEI abortion protest
Over 350 pro-choice demonstrators assembled in Charlottetown
on Nov. 19 to protest PEI’s abortion laws. Members of the PEI
Reproductive Rights Organization protested in front of Province
House while supporters of PEI
Right to Life looked on. PEI is the
only province where abortion is
not available. Women seeking the
procedure must travel to Halifax or
Fredericton, and PEI will only pay
for abortions with the recommendation of two doctors. The debate
is ongoing, and both pro-choice
and pro-life organizations plan to
speak to the PEI provincial government this week (CBC).
Engineers create world’s lightest
substance
American engineers have created
the world’s lightest material. The
substance, which is 100 times less
dense than Styrofoam, is 99.99
per cent air. It is made of a network of interconnected tubules,
each a thousand times thinner
than a human hair. The substance
(unnamed as yet) absorbs large
amounts of energy. Applications
could include sound-dampening
devices, thermal insulation, or
battery electrodes. Researchers
from the University of California and the California Institute of
Technology developed the lowdensity material. (BBC).
Teens dress up to hunt predators
In Vancouver, the RCMP recently
shut down a trio of 17 to 18 yearold vigilantes, dressed as super
heroes Batman and the Flash, who
were setting up sting operations to
reveal and humiliate pedophiles.
Posing as 15 year-old girls online,
they struck conversations with
sexual predators and arranged
for them to meet in public places.
They then dressed up and came
to accuse the man of pedophilia
while recording the incident,
which they would post on YouTube as part of a series called To
Troll a Predator. The RCMP found
the act to be highly reckless and
would not encourage people to try
it. (The Toronto Star)
Russian Soyuz capsule lands
The Soyuz space capsule from
the International Space Station
safely touched down in Kazakhstan, carrying astronauts Michael
Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa, as
well as cosmonaut Sergei Volkov.
They were seated in chairs and
wrapped in warm blankets to help
them adjust to the gravity of Earth
after four months in space. The
two remaining astronauts on the
station, Dan Burbank and Anton
Shkaplerov are due to return in
March. A launch next month will
send more crewmembers to the
station. (The Globe and Mail)
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and Lucien Cortis
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Meeting seeks to continue Occupy movement beyond the occupation
Divinus C Caesar
Under the banner of Beyond Occupy, about 75 people met on
Friday Nov 18 at 10 Carden Street
to discuss the future of the occupation movement in Guelph.
When the event was originally
planned, organizers Kevin Sutton and James Gordon had no
intention of building a group that
would supplant the group of demonstrators living in St. George’s
square.
“I was really just hoping to provide a space, and put a few tools
together in people’s hands for
having a conversation that might
lead to something, and feel like
everyone was heard,” Gordon
said. “And felt like acknowledging
what was happening here with the were structured with the intenoccupation movement, and glob- tion of maximizing the sense that
ally, and how we are affected by it, individual messages were heard,
and how we can contribute to it.” rather than to facilitate debate.
However, with the downtown After each person made their
occupation just newly abandoned, statement, another would volthe focus of the meeting shifted to unteer to express, in their own
trying to envision a future for the words, what they understood
movement in Guelph that actual- the speaker had been trying to
ly did go beyond the occupation. express. If the original speaker as“Now that the occupation in sented to the interpretation, the
Guelph has ended, this is kind of discussion would move on to a
going to be carrying on the mo- new speaker. This tended to move
mentum of what has happened in along faster than expected.
Guelph,”Sutton said.
After an hour of these small
After a short introduction and group discussions, the larger
video presentation, participants group came back together to allow
separated into smaller groups to the smaller groups to present their
discuss their feelings about the ideas. In notes ranging from tramovement and hopes for its future ditional bulleted lists to picture
direction. These group discussions covered mind maps, the groups
had recorded an array of ideas withheld. “People just love orthat pointed more toward a gen- ganizing things.”
eral unease or dissatisfaction with
As it stands, the plan for the
the direction and current state of next meeting sounds like it could
society, than a unified critique or be interpreted as a step in either
direction.
programme.
In the discussion which folSutton says the meeting will
lowed, attendees’ opinions varied take place in a “big room with
as well on whether this was a stations and facilitators at them
strength or a weakness. Some that deal with core issues, and
expr essed a desire for future then people can wander back and
meetings to focus on hammer- forth popcorning ideas in towards
ing out a clearer message, while creating tangible actual goals, and
many expressed worries that the next steps and strategies.”
direction of the meetings could
“The next steps come from the
too easily lead to the calcifica- next meeting.” Sutton continued,
tion of the movement into an “I think that’s kinda how it goes.”
organization.
“I’m afraid it’s going to be
too organizational,” said meeting participant Dale, last name
Scientifically Inclined: Faster than the speed of light?
A second experiment
confirms what
physicists have been
both dreading and
hoping for: Neutrinos
are travelling faster
than the speed of light.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Unbeknownst to many of us, the
field of physics was turned on its
head last September, perhaps irrevocably. Physicists the world-over
have been alternating between
pulling their hair out and jumping
for joy, all while pinching themselves to make sure they aren’t
dreaming. This is because of an
experiment that demonstrated
that neutrinos, very light subatomic particles affected only by
gravity and the weak force, were
moving faster than the speed of
light. This assertion has shaken
the very foundations upon which
post-Einstein physics rests and
could lead to a physics revolution.
Before going any further, however, here’s a physics primer to get
us all up to speed (pun intended).
Most of us are familiar with Einstein’s famous equation E = mc2,
in which “c” is the speed of light
Courtesy
(299, 792, 458 m/s). This equation
demonstrates that, as the ener- UK, published a letter stating that 20 neutrinos that had travelled
gy of an object increases, so does there must have been a mistake in a distance of 730km in 2.43 milits mass, thus causing it to resist the clock synchronisation con- liseconds, about 60 nanoseconds
acceleration. Now, according to vention the OPERA scientists had faster than light, with a margin of
Einstein’s theory of relativity, an employed.
error of 10 nanoseconds. This time
object can never reach the speed
“If the OPERA results were the results were robust enough to
of light. Renowned physicist Ste- confirmed, it would be truly make the scientists, who had prephen Hawking explains this in his earth-shattering. However, the viously refused to sign their names
book, A Brief History of Time, community at large, while re- to the paper, reconsider.
by stating that in order for an ob- spectful of the OPERA team and
Do these experiments prove
ject to attain the speed of light, its their procedures, remains skep- Einstein wrong? Not yet. More
mass would have to become infi- tical of the implications of the tests needs to be done, this time
nite and the energy needed to get result,” commented University by a group of researchers indepenthere would also need to be infi- of Guelph physics professor Dr. dent of the OPERA collaboration
nite– an unlikely scenario to say Paul Garrett. “Relativity has been and hopefully using different
the least.
so well tested over the past 100 equipment and data. In addition,
So when the OPERA collabora- years that people are not yet will- there are many possible sourction, an international group made ing to abandon it.”
es of error– most of them having
up of about 200 physicists from 13
The many objections, combined to do with the synchronisation
different countries, declared in with their own doubts, motivat- of the time reference– that need
September of 2011 that they had ed the OPERA collaboration to to be eliminated through further
clocked neutrino speeds exceeding conduct a second experiment in experimentation. In the meanthe speed of light, the ensuing up- which they would refine their time, the resulting collective loss
roar was deafening. Scientists the analysis of the data. The results of of sleep that will be experienced
world over denied the possibili- this experiment, which were re- by the global physics community
ty of particles moving faster than leased on Nov. 17 2011 as a preprint is probably the only part of this
light and questioned the science for the Journal of High Energy saga that need not be questioned.
that had led to this result. For ex- Physics, confirmed the original
ample, physicist Carlo R. Contaldi findings. In this second experi- Arielle blogs about science at
of the Imperial College London, ment, the researchers detected www.salamanderhours.com
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Guelph research may help develop future ovarian cancer treatments
Biomedical Sciences Professor Jim
Petrik has made huge advancements in Ovarian Cancer research
here at the University of Guelph.
Petrik’s research is significant because it has the potential to create
new treatment options for ovarian
cancer patients.
Ovarian cancer is often referred
to as “the silent” killer, because
unlike other cancers there are no
symptoms that would specifically
indicate the presence of a turmour.
The danger for women with ovarian cancer is that abdominal tumors
in can develop to advanced stages
before they are detected.
“Women that are suffering from
ovarian cancer typically have
symptoms such as nausea, bloating, abdominal discomfort– which
is not specific to ovarian cancer,”
said Petrik. “It’s part of normal
reproductive function for women.
So there’s nothing specific to say
that something is going wrong.”
In order for tumors to grow to
clinical size they have to recruit
blood vessels to get enough nutrients. In his research, Petrik has
isolated a small fragment of a naturally occurring protein that targets
the abnormal vessel associated
with tumour formation.
“The current problem with
chemotherapy for women with
ovarian cancer is that the ovarian tumors have such a poor blood
supply that the chemotherapy drugs can’t access inside the
tumor,” said Petrik. “So they don’t
get to place that they need to be.
If we prune back the abnormal
blood vessels [… ] chemotherapy
drugs get inside the tumor very
efficiently and cause the tumors
to completely go away.”
This could potentially allow
doctors to decrease the amount
of drugs used in chemotherapy
because the drugs will be taken
up more efficiently by the tumor,
making chemotherapy a more effective treatment. Lowering the
amount of drugs used in chemotherapy will lower the side effects
of the treatment.
“So far, we’ve seen no side effects,” said Petrik. “We’ve seen
no toxicity associated with it, because we’re not using a synthetic
compound. We haven’t created a
drug. We’ve isolated a fragment
of a naturally occurring protein
in the body.”
Right now, research is being
done exclusively on animals. So
far Petrik conducted his research
on a mouse model, but he hopes
to design a phase one clinical trial
for women in the near future.
Should the phase one trials prove
successful, this treatment has the
potential to be a treatment option
for other solid tumour cancers.
Marianne Pointner
Jim Petrik has conducted breakthrough research that may help
treat ovarian cancer.
CSAHS rep creates blog to Sharing work skills for a better planet
keep students informed
Until recently, if students went to
the CSA website, there wouldn’t
have been much information available to them. Due to high turn over
in the CSA, the website didn’t offer
any up to date information. Despite
the lack of resources, Amy Bronson,
board representative for the College of Social and Applied Human
Sciences (CSAHS), remained dedicated to her constituents. As the
elected board member for one of
the largest colleges at the University of Guelph, she created a blog so
that she could be informative about
her participation with the CSA and
create dialogue with students she
represents.
“The idea of this blog is that at least
there’s some ability for people to
see what I’ve been doing or kind of
the way I’m approaching things,”
said Bronson. “They actually have a
way of getting in touch with me and
commenting on what I have been
doing through the blog. Because it’s
just not feasible for me to just somehow actively represent the opinions
of thousands of people.”
Updating the CSA website will be
a massive undertaking. Already improvements have been made such
as contact information and current
events. However, Bronson suggests
that the CSA should consider expanding the website and what it
offers.
“If you go on any other student
union’s website –
that I’ve been on
– you can get clear ideas of who is
doing what,” said Bronson. “Usually most executive committees
have blogs where the individual
Amy Bronson
executives would keep a blog as well
and communicate that way.”
Bronson pointed out that many
universities are not only required
to make information accessible to
the public, but also to explain that
information to the student body.
This active kind of communication
makes students less removed from
their student government.
“Through the blog, I’m trying to
fill in what I think are the gaps in
the CSA website, while also keeping
myself transparent and accountable,” said Bronson. “Documenting
some of the positive things that are
going on is important. Hopefully, I
can just get people aware that they
have representatives and if there’s
something going on they can come
to talk– and it’s not just the executives. There are other people on
the CSA.”
Regardless of what changes are
made to the CSA website, Bronson’s
blog will still be there as a resource
for students. The blog not only offer
a method of communication, but a
way of downloading board packages.
You can check out Bronson’s blog
@http://csahsatlarge.wordpress.
com/
On Nov. 22 as part of the Better
Planet Speaker Series, university
faculty and staff spoke about their
experiences with the Leave for
Change international volunteer
program. Leave for Change is an
initiative run by World University
Service of Canada (WUSC), where
staff of participating organizations can apply their professional
skills to an international development project.
Among the presenters was
Linda Watt, who works with
Learning Development and
Consulting Services at the
University of Guelph. Watt’s
placement took place in Malawi,
where she worked with the Ministry of Education, science and
technology and the department
of school health, nutrition and
HIV/AIDS, and helped develop
an implementation plan for over
300 initiatives.
During her time in Malawi, Watt got to know her own
strengths as a professional. With
very few resources, she was
forced to be creative in the way
she went about her work. She
shared the end of a desk with one
of her co-workers, and went everyday to the local hotel to access
the Internet so she could conduct
her research.
Watt reflected that her job at
the university has regimented
accountability that can be extremely stressful. During her
placement, Watt learned to let
go of some of the pressures of
the workplace and realize that
“It’s not just
about the time
that you’re there,
but the kinds of
things you want
to do because you
are there and the
commitments
you make as you
move forward in
you life.”
Linda Watt
a “scheduled” workday does not
necessarily make it efficient.
“They still got work done, despite not showing up at certain
times. They still managed to do
things,” said Watt. “When they
got you in front of them they took
advantage of every moment, instead of saying ‘you have to be
here at this time’.
Of all the things that Watt
experienced on her Leave for
Change, the children at the
Chankhomi Public School moved
her the most. After a speech made
by one of the students, Watt committed to raising the funds for
a school library. In less than 10
months, Watt raised $22, 000,
and has signed a contract with
UK organization called “Building futures in Malawi” for the
library’s construction.
“This is an example of how
building a better planet can
come out of something like a
three week leave for change,”
said Watt. “It’s not just about
the time that you’re there, but
the kinds of things you want to
do because you are there and the
commitments you make as you
move forward in you life.”
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arts & Culture
A river runs through it
Upcoming multidiscipline performance
benefit fueled by
concern for resource
benefit the Wellington Water
“We spent a lot of time out in activists – and by activists I don’t Way will feature over 25 artists,
Watchers and the North Duffer- the landscape,” Kingsbury said. mean people who are kind of mar- including performances from
in Agricultural and Community “We thought that it was all about ginalized that way, I mean people modern dance troupe Fall On Your
Task Force (NDACT).
trees, but being out there we kind in our community who are really Feet Dance Collective improvisReflecting on the time she and of realized that we couldn’t take interested and concerned with ing around the theme of water;
Smith spent back in the woods water out of it. It’s inseparable.” water issues.”
an aerial silk routine; storytellTom Beedham
at Martin Creek, Kingsbury di“We were so inspired by the flow
For Kingsbury and Smith, ing from Jan Sherman; visual art
vulged some of the inspiration of the water through the land- benefiting the Wellington Water by Janet Morton; a scene from A
scape and – in particular – the Watchers and NDACT was a natural Midsummer Night’s Dream by acShannon Kingsbury and Sue behind Water Way.
Smith aren’t your typical percreek, which had been dammed decision. Kingsbury is particularly tors Jane and John Watson; a piece
formance organizers. The last
up,” Kingsbury said.
concerned with the looming issue from spoken word artist Kevin
We thought that it
event they organized sought out
Since those meditations in Mar- of Highland Companies’ grasps to Sutton; the poetry of Doug Bell,
an intimate wooded setting in the
tin Creek, Kingsbury and Smith place a mega-quarry in Melanch- Wendell Berry, Robert Frost, and
was all about trees, have
forest at Ignatius College’s Martin
felt compelled to do some- ton Township.
Gwendolyn MacEwen; designs by
Creek site as a locus for a commubut being out there thing that gives back to that “Eventually Highland stated that Barbara Bryce; and choral pernity artist fundraiser to benefit
essential element of nature.
they filed an application to create formances by Ondine Chorus
we
kind
of
realized
the Plant an Old Growth Forest
Although the resource they Canada’s largest open-pit lime- (co-directed by Shannon KingsProject. With weather cooling
that we couldn’t intend to defend is becoming an stone mine 2135 acres in size with bury and Sue Smith) and Evenine
down, their latest undertaking,
limited resource, a perimeter of over 30 kilometers Chorus.
take water out of it. increasingly
the two didn’t have to look far and they’re planning to manage
Water Way, is set to be a multiFor more information about
discipline performance event
about 600 million fresh liters of Wellington Water Watchers
It’s inseparable. for support.
that will take place indoors at
“I think water is a really hot water per day for perpetuity,” visit http://www.wellington–Shannon
topic
these days, especially Kingsbury noted. “Obviously it’s waterwatchers.ca/. For more
the University of Guelph’s George
Luscombe Theatre on Nov. 27. All
information about NDACT, visit
Kingsbury around Guelph,” Kingsbury said. a huge concern.”
proceeds from the evening will
“We have a great community of
Exploring ideas of water, Water www.ndact.com.
Raquel Walker
Sam Layton
(left) and Dana
Schiemannon on
stage during the
recent production
of Rose, a retelling
of the Snow White
fable which ran
at the George
Luscombe Theatre.
The performance
was put together
by a team of 42
students from
two classes in the
theatre studies
program, both led
by Jerrard Smith.
arts & Culture
List Service: Four
uberly self-referential
Pixar choices
Tom Beedham
Marianne Pointner
Touring her debut full length Two Horses, Charlotte Cornfield stopped by Van Gogh’s Ear on Nov. 20.
cornfield CONTINUED
managed to manipulate an initially sing-along hesitant crowd into
assisting him in rendering “Conduit” as a chantey fit for a pirate
crew embarking on a pub crawl
through New Orleans’s smokiest
blues houses.
At one point, Caplan even abandoned his station at the mic and
showed how much his act could
do without the device. Trudging through the mostly seated
crowed, Caplan’s ferocious voice
dominated the downtown Guelph
bar until he reached a saxophone
he had stationed at the back of the
lounge, surprising everyone with
a solo he insisted was entirely improvised. He revealed after the
song that he knows not a single
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One of the things that makes any
Pixar-involved project so special
is that so many of them were figured out at an infamous lunch
back in 1994. At that lunch alone,
plans were made for characters
and storylines that would later
morph into Toy Story, Finding
Nemo, WALL-E, A Bug’s Life,
Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and what followed is some
of the most brilliant viral marketing ever launched in film history.
note on the instrument; he saw it
sitting in a friend’s apartment and
asked to borrow it for the night’s
show.
Caplan and Cornfield are cur- Book titles in Toy Story
rently wrapping up their Ontario “The Adventures of Andre and
tour dates, with Cornfield’s last Wally,” “Red’s Dream,” “Tin
performance in Windsor on Nov. Toy,” and “Knick Knack” are all
24. Caplan will continue on to short films that Pixar produced
Montreal, and end his tour back before Toy Story. They appear
home in Halifax on Dec. 4.
on the spines of books on a shelf
in Andy’s room in a scene where
Woody is addressing the rest of
Andy’s toys.
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in Cars 2 the company is alluded to in several places, including
an advertisement featured in a
Tokyo scene. In WALL-E, the title
character also picks up a lighter featuring the company’s logo.
John Ratzenberger
The voice of this famous Cheers
actor has been featured in every
Pixar feature film created thus far.
He voices Hamm the piggybank
throughout the Toy Story franchise, P.T. Flea the Machiavellian
circus leader in A Bug’s Life, the
Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc., an entire school of
fish in Finding Nemo, The Underminer in The Incredibles, Mack
in both Cars films, Mustafa the
waiter in Ratatouille, John in
WALL-E, and Tom the foreman
in Up. John Lasseter, director and
chief creative officer at Pixar and
Walt Disney Animation Studios
views him as a good luck charm
for the franchise.
Pizza Planet
First featured as the home of
those alien claw lemmings that
say “Ooo, ahh” in Toy Story, the
fictional pizza restaurant chain
has been confirmed to be referenced – usually in the form of
the chain’s delivery vehicles – in
every Pixar film to date, except
The Incredibles. There are even
rumours claiming the truck will
make an unlikely appearance in
2012’s Brave, what appears to be
a medieval adventure film set in
the Scottish Highlands.
Marianne Pointner
The ever-popular Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival graced the courtyard of the University Centre on
Nov. 23 with a preview to their upcoming annual performances. The finale featured three dancers who
wowed the crowd with their break dancing skills.
Dinoco
The fictional oil company that
fueled that epic car pursuit at
the end of Toy Story is also featured in Cars as a sponsor of the
Piston Cup and veteran racecar
Strip “The King” Weathers, and
Courtesy
Animated world
Flicks from around the
globe shown at 11th
Waterloo Festival of
Animated Cinema
length animated films are commonly shown in movie theatres in
Asia, but are rarely seen on the big
screen in North America.
“I wanted this, you need to be
able to see these films in 35mm,”
Andrea Connell
said festival organizer, Joseph
Chen. “It’s so rare to get these films
For the past 11 years, Waterloo, here. It’s a cult following, but it’s
Ont. has been the host of a very cool.” Chen is passionate about the
unique and little known festival – art form and the festival is his lathe Waterloo Festival for Animated bour of love.
Cinema (WFAC). This year’s event
This year’s festival included new
took place from Nov. 17-20, at the films from South Korea, Japan, a
Chrysalids Theater on Ontario St. Spain/U.K collaboration, Denmark,
in downtown Kitchener.
Czech Republic and U.S.A. Fans of all ages arrived to watch
The festival opened on Thursday
some of the best animated films night with Full Metal Alchemist:
from around the world. Feature The Sacred Star of Milos directed
by Kazuya Murata, the Japanese Stone. The film did not disappoint. detail were gorgeous. The story is
blockbuster hit of the summer. It had the humour and soft-core a mixture of romance and fantasy.
Fans know Edward and Alphonse violence Full Metal fans expect. It A mercenary pilot is hired to fly
Elric from the Full Metal Alchemist was so popular it enjoyed a surprise the empire’s princess out of their
TV series. The series focuses on the second screening as the audience city under siege to safety, 12,000
price the boys paid for attempt- choice to replace a last minute film miles away. The pilot is of the lowing to perform a forbidden human cancellation on Sunday.
est social class and – under normal
transmutation on their dead mothMy favourite film of the weekend circumstances – would not be in
er. It sounds complicated, but it’s was the Japanese anime The Prin- the presence of a woman of such
worth checking out the series on- cess and the Pilot, by Jun Shishido. high standing. The three-day misline if you aren’t familiar with it.
This film was just released in Jap- sion draws them together and they
In The Scared Star of Milos, the anese theaters on Oct. 1, 2011 but fall in love. The aerial scenes feaboys, now state alchemists, stum- Chen managed to get it here in time turing futuristic flying ships and
ble upon a tiny country in the midst for the festival.
small fighting bi-planes are the
of a rebellion against the military
“This is one of the most beautiful best I have ever seen.
oppressor that has annexed their pieces of Japanese film, on the big
I’ve been converted to the genre
land. The boys are drawn in and screen,” said Chen.
after seeing six of the 10 films availcome face to face with the mythical
It absolutely was. The anime able this past weekend. I cannot
and dangerous red Philosopher’s was fantastic, the colors and wait until festival number 12.
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sports & Health
Gryphons men’s basketball in a word: scrappy
Fans get a glimpse of
Gryphon sparkle at
men’s basketball home
opener
out less than a minute earlier, the
Gryphons trailed by a single point.
The final buzzer rang, following
a disheartening dunk by the Rams
and a lot of missed opportunities
by the Gryphons. The Rams had
Sasha Odesse
won 66-68.
“We didn’t have any energy,
On Nov. 18, with the Gryphons didn’t stick to our game plan [in
trailing in the first half of the game, the first half] and really just played
it looked as if the result would be on our heels and allowed Ryerson
dismal. Following halftime, the to do some of the things that they
team, led by Daniel McCarthy, do well,” said head coach Chris
brought a burst of energy to the O’Rourke. “Then we regrouped
court, catching the Ryerson Rams at half time and played with more
off guard and giving fans a glimpse energy in the second half and deof that golden Gryphon sparkle. In fensively changed it up a little bit
the last two minutes of the third and forced [Ryerson] to play against
quarter the Gryphons scored con- the zone. Certainly [McCarthy’s]
secutive baskets to lead the game play the whole game was key to
47-45.
our comeback. “
The Gryphons were neck and
The Gryphons returned to the
neck with the Rams for the ma- W.F Mitchell Centre on Nov. 19
jority of the fourth quarter, with to play the Toronto Varsity Blues,
McCarthy racking up 28 total points whom they defeated with a satisin the game. With 15.2 seconds left fying 89-71.
in the game and McCarthy fouled
“Any time you lose, how you
respond the next day is a statement of the team’s character,” said
O’Rourke. “I think that we came
out with a lot of energy and played
the way that we’re capable of on
both ends of the floor. Defensively,
[we] did most of the things that we
wanted to and took Toronto out of
their offence and wore them out,
and then had an explosive third
quarter offensively, which helped
put the game away.”
So what can Gryphon basketball fans expect of this year’s team?
“We’re definitely an inexperienced team with a lot of new guys,
but we do have some key veteran
guys, McCarthy and Adam Bering,
and I’m expecting a lot out of Kareem Malcolm and Zachary Angus,”
Victoria Martin
said O’Rourke. “Our goal is to be a
scrappy team that works real hard Sheriff Wiredu of the Gryphons, jumps up for the rebound in their
and is disruptive defensively, and game against the Ryerson Rams
hopefully offensively we can get
more consistent shooting the ball. The men’s and women’s basketball The Ontarion will be looking for
I think we’ll certainly be an enter- teams play again on Friday Nov. 25 Fan of the Game.
taining team to watch.”
against the Carleton Ravens, where
Victoria Martin
Fan of the Game
Sasha Odesse
Gryphon Athletics
The Gryphons men’s hockey game against
UOIT on Nov. 19 marked the fourth
annual Hockey Day in Gryphonville event.
Although the team dropped the game, 2-3,
alumni and players gathered to honour
the 1978-79 and 1979-80 OUA men’s
hockey Champions, while also celebrating
the history of Gryphon hockey dating all
the way back to the OA-VC Redmen.
Sporting a Gryphon sweater
and the popular Gryph coloured
striped socks, Daniela Banda
Marin, a first year marine biology
student, watched the Gryphons
men’s basketball team at their
home opener against the Ryerson
Rams on Nov. 18.
“I’ve only been to the football
game [during O week,] so I decided
to come to a basketball game just
to check it out, see how the team
is and have fun. “
Marin noted that she was enjoying the game despite the Gryphons
slow start in the first period.
“It’s pretty good. At the start we Gryphons fell short of a basket,
were kind of slow but now we’re allowing the Rams to claim the
getting more points and we’re get- Guelph home opener as their own.
ting better.”
The Gryphons played again on
Marin would not be disappoint- Nov. 19, winning against the Toed, as the Gryphons stepped up the ronto Varsity Blues.
pace in the second half of the game,
leading by a mere, but nonethe- Stand up, stand out and cheer
less thrilling basket going into the for the Guelph Gryphons and you
final period.
could be Fan of the Game. The
On their feet, Gryphon players winner receives two free tickon the bench and Gryphon fans ets to another Gryphons varsity
in the stands watched in anxious home game!
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on the clock ticked towards the Follow @TheOntarion on Twitter
final buzzer. Unfortunately, the to find out when we’re looking
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The importance of cheering
With Guelph having
claimed four CIS and
two OUA medals
already this season,
what’s not to cheer
about?
Sasha Odesse
The University of Guelph has some
seriously good varsity teams. This
season alone the Gryphons have
won three CIS titles for women’s
rugby, men’s and women’s cross
country; one CIS bronze for field
hockey; OUA silver for women’s
lacrosse and an OUA bronze for
men’s rugby. As well, the women’s
hockey team is currently second
in the OUA, while the men’s volleyball team sits in third.
Having support from fans is
extremely important for varsity
teams, especially at home games.
So whether you’re a sports fan or
not, as long as you’re a Gryphons
fan, your presence and your voice
is crucial at Gryphons events.
Cheering is one of the easiest
ways that you can support your
favourite Gryphon teams at home
and away games. There’s a number of different ways to go about
cheering at game, besides the obvious chanting of Guelph cheers
and repeating cheers initiated
by the team’s themselves. It’s all
about throwing it back; they play,
you cheer.
Let’s pack the
gym Gryphon
fans, and show
just how proud
we are of our
Gryphon athletes
“I think it’s huge when you have
home [support]. When you go on
the road and [the opposing team’s
gym] is full and the fans are yelling at you and it’s loud… We would
certainly like to see our home court
like that,” said men’s basketball
head coach, Chris O’Rourke.
One memory of Gryphon
pride sticks out for me. At one
of Guelph’s homecoming games,
last year’s sports and health editor and all-star quarterback Justin
Dunk, ran to the bench following
a Guelph touchdown, jumped on
it and facing the crowd, threw his
arms up in the air, sending Gryphon fans into a frenzy of cowbell
ringing and excited screams.
Aside from cheering, noisemakers is an effective way to
cheer on your Gryphons while
also distracting the opposing team.
Cowbells have become a signature of Guelph fans, and can be
purchased in the Atheltic Centre
for a relatively low price. On the
other hand, vuvuzelas (the bull
horn looking things popularized
recently by the World Cup) and
thunder sticks (the inflatable sticks
you bang together to make noise
resembling thunder claps) are also
great ways to make noise while
sparing your voice at events.
Bringing pots and pans to games,
Marianne Pointner
while it may be considered a dated
way of cheering, is nonetheless
effective and cheap. Simply bring
old pots and pans with a wooden spoon and pound away. MIA
recently, a pots and pans squad
has been known to attend Gryphon games, sitting behind the
visiting team’s bench and making their coach’s attempted pep
talks and time-out strategies
incomprehensible.
If you’re not really into the
more obnoxious forms of cheering, painting your face, making
cheer boards or even just wearing
Gryphon colours will do.
Let’s pack the gym Gryphon
fans, and show just how proud
we are of our Gryphon athletes.
Go Gryphons Go!
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he University of Guelph celebrated its 37th year
of Fair November, a one-of-a-kind craft show held ann
ually in the UC. From Nov. 17 – 18, the university welcomed
artists from all over Ontario to set up booths. From jams to
clothing and jewelry to pottery, the UC showcased creativity
in every possible form.
“People just know about it because its been going for so
long,” said Sam Baijal from University Centre Programming.
“And the nice things that happens, is that the building trans
forms itself. And people come from all over the place.”
The craft show is organized by University Centre Program
ming in conjunction with University Centre Administration,
and every year they do an excellent job coordinating the event.
Their dedication to Fair November has earned the university
a reputation that rivals Toronto’s One-of-a-Kind craft show,
and has many artists returning year after year.
“I love this atmosphere; it’s friendly, cozy,” said Nancy
Hilborn from Hilborn Pottery. “The show is very well run.
There’s even the ‘magic people’ that help you at the begging
to unload your van and pack it back up.”
The ‘magic people’ Hilborn refers to are actually volunteers.
Staff, students and community members all work to provide
artists with everything they need and make sure that the craft
show runs smoothly.
Fair November is a craft show that attracts the best of
the best. Artists submit examples of their work to be viewed
by a jury, who determine which vendors will be admitted to
the show. The jury process makes entry into Fair November
competitive, and ensures that only the most skilled examples
of craftsmanship are showcased.
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november
by Beth Purdon-McLellan
Photos by Marrianne Pointner
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Artist Profile:
Catherine Mambourg
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his year was Catherine Mambourg’s seventh
year at Fair November, and her experience as a
jeweler is reflected in the quality of her work. Mambourg
cuts and polishes her own stones, and offsets these with
organic materials. This year, her work incorporates bone
into many of her pieces. It shows a high level of skill and
creativity.
“The philosophy is that I am doing this for my own
freedom of expression, and imagining that other people
that were receiving the jewelry were receiving some benefit
from it,” said Mambourg.
Mambourg is truly a one-of-a-kind artist. Although
she has a steady clientele, she continues to create unique,
original pieces.
“I did some lines of jewelry that people really liked,
but then it got to the point where I’d done so many of
them I couldn’t do any more of them. So it forced me to
change,” said Mambourg. “I’ve done quite a bit of custom
work so then its incorporation of my customers’ ideas
and my ideas, so sometimes that pushes me beyond to
do something else. I do quite a bit of mixed metals. It’s
usually one off pieces.”
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Lynda Carr – L Carr Designs
Kristin Ross –K. Ross Creations
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ristin Ross and Lynda Carr are new to
the show business– although you wouldn’t know
it from their wide selection of accessories on display at
Fair November. Ross and Carr create unique lines of jew
elry from recycled materials. Carr’s line features button
necklaces made from celluloid, plastic or rhinestones.
Ross is a silversmith, and creates her work by melting
down old pieces of silver, like serving trays or cutlery.
This was their first year at the Fair November, and both
were excited to be at the event.
Since they make their products from recycled
materials, it is hard to determine when they will be
able to find the items they need and in what quantity.
It’s important for artists like Ross and Carr to have
a large back stock of silver. However, despite the
inconvenience, it is the recycled aspect of their work
that has opened up a niche in the industry.
“This line has been out for four years, and this
is the line that I wholesale across Canada, and I’ll
“It’s compared to A-One-of-a-Kind,” said Ross. be going to the States,” said Ross. “It’s because of
“It’s a huge thing, to state that the show must be that the recycle feature and it’s affordable art, but its still
wonderful.”
very fine silver and that put me into that market. It’s
The artists have the best of both worlds: while they because it has that recycle, eco-friendly edge to it.”
both create one-of-a-kind jewelry, they also have a
While making jewelry is her business, Ross’ hasn’t
successful wholesale business. Since they hand craft lost her love for silver that got her introduced her to
all of their jewelry, the biggest concern is having jewelry making in the first place.
enough product to meet the demand.
“I take one day at a time, and appreciate it for
“You have a schedule,” said Ross. “We have orders what it is at the present moment too. I don’t really
that we need to fill and it’s 24/ 7. You’re constantly put a lot of expectations.
making and building your stock to have enough to
get you through everything.”
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sports & Health
Much in store for synchronized swimming team
The team will be
hosting the Eastern
Tournament next
semester
Duncan Day-Myron
The synchronized swimming club
here at the University of Guelph
is having a big year. The club is
headed by Kelly Koscielak, president of the Guelph team and also of
the Canadian University Synchronized Swimming League (CUSSL),
and Carly Shewen, vice president
of the Guelph team, who have a
combined 30 years of swimming
experience between them and
both swim for the senior team.
The synchro team didn’t waste
any time getting back into the
swing of things this year.
“We had a meeting the very first
day of school this year, just to
get numbers and decide what we
were going to do,” said Shewen.
“And then practices started that
Wednesday.”
The team had over 20 interested
girls show up to that first meeting, and has stacked their roster
enough to split itself into two separate teams, a junior team and a
senior team. The junior team is
made up of seven first year girls,
while the senior team is made up
of six swimmers who have been
with the team in previous years.
Although both are part of the
same club, the two teams compete
against each other in competitions,
including a recent invitational
tournament at McGill University,
which was the kick-off to their
competition season. In addition
to the two teams, there are also
two duets– performances by just
two swimmers– in competition,
both made up of members of the
junior team.
And next up for the team? The
Eastern Tournament, which will be
taking place on Jan. 14 right here
at the University of Guelph.
Although the competition
schedule for this year’s tournament hasn’t been finalized, last
year 16 teams competed from Ontario and Quebec, and almost every
university in Ontario has a synchronized swimming team.
In addition to the prestige of
being the host, the tournament
will also help raise funds for the
group, who, as a club, aren’t funded by the Department of Athletics.
“Because we’re hosting Easterns
with CUSSL, they give us half of
the proceeds,” explained Koscielak. “Every person that comes to
watch us, of the admission money
that we get, half of it will go to us
and half of it will go to the league,
and that pays for registration and
all that. Other than that, it’s strictly us advertising and fundraising.”
Teams competing in Easterns
may then have the opportunity to
move onto Nationals, which take
place in February at the University
of Calgary, where they will compete against teams who competed
in the Western Tournament. But it
doesn’t end there.
“Nationals is the end of our competitions, but Guelph has College
Royal and the Guelph Synchronized Swimming Team for the city
of Guelph puts on a water show,”
Duncan Day-Myron
The synchronized swimming club’s senior team is one of the two
teams that will be competing at the Eastern Tournament at the U of
G in January.
said Shewen. “Last year we swam
at that. It’s mostly just to keep
training afterwards.”
“It also helps us recruit,” added
Koscielak. “A lot of people who
have applied to Guelph in October
find out in March if they got in, so
a lot of them come to the school for
a preview day. I’ve actually found a
lot of girls who came to the general
meeting this year came to College
Royal to see all the sports and clubs.
So it helps us. We’re showcasing
and recruiting.”
It’s apparently been an effective
tool for the team, because its roster is certainly growing.
“This is the biggest that [the
Guelph team] has ever been. It’s
good this year,” said Koscielak.
Vitamin C still a treatment Gryphons look to rebound after
for the common cold?
loss at home
Divinus C Caesar
For several years now, there’s been
reason to believe that vitamin C,
one of the favoured weapons in
the war against the common cold,
has been firing blanks. Many people have carried on unaware of this
shift in understanding, running
out at the first sign of a cough to
stock up on supplements, oranges, and sauerkraut. Others have
interpreted spotty results in clinical trials as a total condemnation
of the vitamin, treating users like
wild-eyed grandfathers burying stacks of wet pennies in their
garden to prevent volcanoes:
laughably old fashioned.
The case for and against Vitamin
C has been made by individual trials examining its usefulness before
and after contact with the virus, in
interesting subgroups of the population. Any one of these studies
is enough to inspire a newspaper headline or fuel a debate, but
meta-studies, reviews and evaluation of the literature, are what
allow a more complete and balanced picture to emerge. The latest
meta-study, released by the Cochrane Collaboration, a respected
and independent medical review
organization, continues the trend
of giving credence to the anti-vitamin C side of the debate, but does
point to some hope.
The most important finding of
the study is further confirmation that loading up on vitamin
C post-exposure has no effect.
Several trials have examined this The women’s hockey
possibility and found the vitamin team’s four game win
wanting. The sad truth is cold sufferers have been choking down streak came to an end
delicious oranges and grape-fla- last week with a loss
voured chewable vitamins for no to the Laurier Golden
reason.
Vitamin C has also failed to show Hawks
evidence as a preventative for the
average user. Widespread supple- Chris Muller
mentation hasn’t resulted in the
hoped for reductions of cold inci- The Gryphons have been firing on
dence that Linus Pauling, the Nobel all cylinders lately, rightfully earnprize winning original advocate of ing their second place position in
the vitamin, once predicted. There the OUA standings. At 10-3-1, the
is a glimmer of hope here though: Gryphons sit two points behind
for the non-average user, specifi- Laurier for first in the division.
cally children and super-soldiers
The push for first place was evitraining in subarctic temperatures, dent throughout the beginning of
vitamin C does appear to be a useful November, which saw the Grypreventative measure. However, phons maintain a four game win
these are both groups with a higher streak going in to the rematch
incidence of infection, and supple- game against Laurier with wins
mentation just appears to bring against Laurier, Waterloo, York,
them back down near the average. and Brock. With the Brock game
Where vitamin C offers real hope, going into overtime, the exhausted
however minor, is in its ability to Gryphons dropped only their secslightly reduce the symptoms and ond game of the month.
duration of the cold, if taken before
Interim head coach Carly Hagcontraction. Doing so can result gard is thrilled with the play of the
in a significantly lower “mucus team so far this year.
weight”, and a reduction in the
“As a team, we have been playduration of symptoms by 3-12 per ing really well,” said Haggard. The
cent. That doesn’t amount to much, winning streak has been a combibut researchers note that there is nation of great goaltending, and
evidence that dosage levels modify the success of struggling forwards
this effect, and hope for studies in putting the puck in the net.
Over the four game win streak,
the future to examine whether the
the
Gryphons won twice in overmega-doses Pauling once celebrated might restore some of the luster time, the game-winners were
of vitamin C in the war against the scored by assistant captains Jaccommon cold.
alyn Sollis and Erin Small.
Marianne Pointner
Gryphons team captain, Tamara Bell assisted Erin Small to the only
Gryphon goal in their rematch against Laurier, falling 1-4, after
defeating them in OT on Nov. 6.
“They’ve been stepping up in key
moments and really leading our
team,” said Haggard.
Traditionally, Laurier and
Guelph have been the powerhouse
programs in the OUA. Over the
last eight years, Laurier has won
the OUA Championships seven
times; the Gryphons have placed
second for the past four years in a
row. The loss at home on Nov. 17
was a revenge mission for Laurier, having lost to Guelph earlier
this season.
The Gryphons will take on the
UOIT Ridgebacks on Nov. 25 in
Oshawa, and have learned to not
take the 5-8-0 team too lightly,
having lost to them earlier in the
season, 3-4.
“They work hard, and some
teams have taken them lightly, and
I think we did as well the first time
we played thm,” said Haggard. The
Gryphons lost 4-3.
With only two games remaining
on the schedule before the winter
break, the Gryphons hope to go
into the holiday season on a high
note, and with games against UOIT
and Queens, they’ll have a good
opportunity to do that.
The Gryphons resume with their
regular season on Jan. 14 by hosting Western (6-7-0) in what is sure
to be a spirited tilt.
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Sex Geek: Testicular cancer
Shireen Noble
Judging by the number of oh-sounfortunate looking ‘staches I’ve
seen around campus this week, it
seems that Movember has taken
Guelph by storm. The important
thing to remember about Movember is that it’s not simply about
raising money for prostate cancer. It’s also about starting some
discussion and raising some awareness about men’s health issues. The
dialogue has been a little shallow
when it comes to other aspects of
men’s sexual health. Allow me to
now attempt to address this: gentlemen, let’s talk testicles.
It’s pretty easy to see that men
value their testicles; in fact, we
(the adrenal glands produce the
remainder). Testosterone is, of
course, the hormone associated
with any number of “manly” functions: building muscle, growing
facial hair, and the normal development of sperm. And yes,
stimulation of the testicles can be
extremely pleasurable.
Did you know that testicular
cancer is the most common cancer in men aged 15 to 35? A quick
Google search will bring up tons
of information on how to perform testicular self-examination
(or for instructions, keep reading).
Yet we keep hearing about prosare responsible for the produc- tate cancer being the big concern
tion of more than 90 per cent of for men. I know, somehow it’s
the testosterone in a man’s body not considered particularly manly
colloquially equate the (figurative) size of one’s testicles to his
manhood. Scientifically, this actually makes a bit of sense– testicles
Did you know
that testicular
cancer is the
most common
cancer in men
aged 15 to 35?
for college-aged men to express back of each testicle- this is normal.
concern about changes in their It’s also normal for one testicle to
testicles, but it’s time we started be larger than the other. If you noto change this thinking. The con- tice a change in the appearance,
sequences of ignoring testicular it’s also a good idea to see a doctor.
health are too steep to ignore: in
In the spirit of Movember,
it’s early stages, testicular cancer maybe we should all (regardless of gender) take some time
can be cured in many cases.
All men over the age of 15 should to explore our genitals. Get used
be performing regular testicular to what’s normal, so you can be
self-examinations. This should aware if there are changes (and
probably be done after a shower, make sure you talk to a healthcare
when the muscles in the scrotum professional about it). I know, this
are relaxed. Examine one at a time might seem a little dry (no pun inby rolling the testicle between your tended) for a sex column, but my
fingers and checking for swelling, goal here is to promote healthy,
bumps, lumps, or changes in the safe, and consensual sexual fun.
size of your testicles. You’ll be able And without the “healthy” part,
to feel the sperm-carrying tube it can quickly interfere with your
(the epididymis) at the top and the ability to enjoy it.
FASHION Mixing patterns and textures
Jessica Avolio
Maybe you’re already a fashion
expert when it comes to mixing
colours, or maybe you have an
eye for mixing different eras and
styles, but what about mixing patterns? People tend to avoid mixing
patterns in outfits because, lets be
honest, it’s quite difficult. But mixing patterns not only makes a less
predictable outfit, but unexpected
visual pairings add so much interest that people will be envious of
your mixing abilities. If you have
trouble knowing where to start,
keep these following ideas in mind
and you’ll be headed in the right
direction and on your way to becoming a pattern-mixing expert.
When foraying into mixing patterns, it is best to begin with a solid
foundation. Choose a clothing item
that is either a solid or neutral in
colour. This allows for ease of mixing in bold patterns and pops of
colour while keeping the rest of the
outfit grounded. To ensure that you
don’t go overboard, a solid basic
item will also break up any unusual combos. For example, your
pattern mixing can be grounded
with a pair of jeans, a basic white
t-shirt, or even a black jacket. In
addition (not to get you too confused), some prints are considered
neutrals. A subtle enough pinstripe
or tweed in a neutral colour will
often read as a neutral itself.
Always keep in mind the colour scheme of your entire outfit.
Choose one colour to act as the
main underlying thread to tie all
the pieces together. A pink and
brown polka dot shirt could be
paired with a brown and cream
tweed jacket. If the browns are
similar, it will tie the two pieces
together, creating a more unified look. In addition, make sure
the dominant colours in both
patterned items are of similar intensities (no neons with pastels) or
act as a neutral.
If you are pairing together two
items of similar patterns, just vary
the scale and weight. A medium
size plaid patterned shirt could be
paired with a small scale checkered scarf. It is always a good idea
to pair a small pattern with one that
is larger in proportion. Too many
small patterns can look really busy,
and too many large patterns can
make you appear bigger than you
actually are. You can also mix a
graphic print with an organic or
a bold pattern with a more subtle
one. The juxtaposition of hard and
soft or big and small patterns and
textures tend to work really well
together.
Lastly, don’t combine more
than two or three patterns unless
you want to look like you dressed
yourself in the dark. It is also a good
idea to include a tailored piece into
the mix to keep everything pulled
together, and stay minimal with
jewelry and accessories so your look
isn’t overwhelming.
Weekly Dog
Katie McTaggart
You know that feeling when you go into a room then forget why you went into that room? Toby’s felt
that way since 2005. He’s sort of like the absent-minded professor, but without all that professor
business getting in the way. Also, he could use a nap. Always.
courtesy
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Hand
warmers,
how do
they
work?
Dijon and dill vinaigrette
Marianne pointner
Who knew homemade dressing was
this easy? The only step is to mix all
the ingredients together, or shake
in a closed bottle. Once prepared,
this can be kept in the refridgerator
for weeks. The recipe here serves
for about 8 salads, but it is easy to
adjust proportions based on need.
1 clove garlic, minced
1 shallot, minced
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
Coarse grained salt and cracked
black pepper
2-3 teaspoons chopped fresh or
dried dill
Based on personal preference, you
may want to try some substitutions
for example regular or honey mustard in place of Dijon, or chili flakes
or spices in place of fresh herbs.
Beth’s Craft Corner
Use newspaper instead
of gift wrap
For most people, the holidays are
usually associated with that warm
feeling they get with the gift of
giving. However, for individuals
who are environmentally conscious, the holidays are more likely
to make them cringe: excessive
amounts of lights are strung over
every surface and left on all hours
of the night, trees are cut down for
the sake of holding up decorations,
and if that wasn’t enough, every
single gift is wrapped in paper
only to be torn off and put in the
garbage.
This season, make your giftgiving a little more eco-friendly
by using newspaper instead of
gift wrap. This isn’t a craft per se,
but it is a way to re-use and then
re-cycle. Of course, here at The
Ontarion, we encourage you to
read the newspaper before you
use it to wrap up that Christmas
sweater.
Although newsprint isn’t as
flashy or showy as some of the colourful prints you can get from the
store, you can give it a bit of life
by painting on your own designs.
If you do decide to go this route,
The weather’s getting colder,
and, if gloves aren’t your thing
or just aren’t keeping you warm
enough, then you may find
yourself reaching for a hand
warmer, those small objects that
heat up on-demand without the
use of batteries, electricity, or
any other kind of power supply.
The most common hand
warmers are activated by bending a small metal disk inside the
packet, which then causes the
object to warm up, generating
heat for your hands, feet, or
anywhere else you might stash
Marianne Pointner
it, for up to two hours. But how
do they work?
Well, it all comes down to an
exothermic reaction, something anyone who went through
make sure you don’t use too much high school chemistry is probapaint or it might seep through. If bly somewhat familiar with. An
you are using acrylic, you can place exothermic reaction is a reaction
a garbage bag underneath to pro- is a chemical reaction which retect your painting area.
leases energy, in this case in the
form of heat.
The solution inside of the hand
warmer is a supersaturated solution, meaning there is more of
the solute– typically a salt such
as sodium acetate– than the solvent should be able to sustain
in solution under normal circumstances. This is achieved by
heating the solute in the solvent,
which changes how they react
to each other.
Bending the small metal activator disk– typically stainless
steel– acts as a catalyst, undoing
the bonds in the supersaturated
solution, causing the salt to recrystallize out of solution. This
releases the energy that was initially used to create the solution
in the form of heat. The temperatures generated can exceed
50c and can last up to two hours.
These objects can be restored
their original solution state simply by reheating them and then
allowing them to slowly cool
back to room temperature, so
even though they’re quick, easy
and cheap, don’t get the impression that they’re disposable!
A different technological mystery will be investigated and
explained each week in “How
do they work?”
Marianne Pointner
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Making those important career-making connections
Wayne Greenway
There is nothing wrong with applying to jobs you can find on
career websites and in newspapers, but studies show that about
60 to 70 per cent of all positions
are filled through networking.
Mary, who is finishing university this year, completed a thorough
self-assessment and then targeted
5 career destinations. She had already received advice on the value
of doing informational interviews
as part of a plan to approach 200
solid contacts in the hopes of generating about seven interviews.
She realizes these meeting are
crucial to landing a position because of how they will inform her
about the industry; help her build
her list of contacts; alert her to
potential openings; leave a positive impression with whoever she
contacts; and help her target professional associations and journals
that she needs to explore.
Mary says she is quite comfortable arranging to do these kinds
of interviews with people related
to her summer experiences. She
also selected a topic for a term
paper to enable her to interview emailing the contact, she needs a day’s work, but if she is polite precious, and so she should start
some key career contacts, thereby to gather as much information and enthusiastic, it may be eas- with good questions that relate
giving her much easier access to as possible about the business she ier for them to say yes than no. to the work that the person does.
conduct the informational inter- is targeting, the role that inter- The contact may also like to help Then draw out of the contact how
view while gathering information ests her and background on the new people coming into their field. they got into the field and their
for her term paper.
person she is contacting. Once Mary may get turned down be- recommendations in the current
Mary is asking for help in know- this is completed, she could email cause of time constraints, but it environment. Ideally, Mary will
ing how to proceed when it comes the contact with a carefully tai- may leave the door open for her want to manage the conversation
to businesses and organizations lored message such as: “My name to ask if the contact could rec- so she is invited to call again if she
where she has no connection to is Mary Jenkins . I am interested ommend someone she could call. has questions. Most importantly,
the contacts.
in pursuing a career in facilitating Persistence pays off, so if one she will also want to find out the
Ka t e We n d e l t o n , p r e s i - community involvement in health door closes then she should keep names of other leads who could
dent at The Five O’Clock Club, an planning. I am currently study- calling people in that role with help make her search successful.
American based career coaching ing Sociology. I have one summer different organizations until an- Obtaining the contact’s consent
and outplacement company says of directly-related experience other door opens and she gets an to use their name in following up
“it’s actually best if you do not with a community health centre interview.
with these people will increase
contact the actual hiring man- and I recently completed a major
Mary also needs to be ready her chances of getting a meeting.
ager first. It’s better to get in and paper on comparative approach- with her questions, in case the Any leads on job openings that the
talk to someone else– anyone es to community involvement. I person will only talk with her over contact knows about in the field
else– and find out about how the would like to learn from you how the phone at the time she calls. would be splendid. If the person
company works and the kind of to get started in this field when Mary will want to appear ruffled is involved in a professional assopeople they tend to need. That I complete my degree this year . with such a request and be able ciation, she would be wise to ask
person could then refer you on to Would you have a few minutes to to engage the person as meaning- if there are events or projects that
the hiring manager and you will speak with me at your office? I fully as possible on the telephone. he would recommend for further
be in a much stronger position am willing to come to meet with
Mary should have a well- exploration.
than all those other “desperate” you at any time of day that would crafted “elevator speech” about
This whole strategy is not
job hunters who are only looking be convenient for you. I will con- herself. Her questions need to Mary’s style, but “stepping out”
at openings, and are not sincerely tact your office in a few days to show that she has done her re- and taking these measured risks
interested in this company at all.” see if we could arrange a time for search in the field and on the is a building block for personal
Mary’s goal will be to get a quick meeting.”
person she is interviewing. She growth. Her willingness to try
face-to-face interviews with
All of her contacts will likely needs to remember that the time something new is a promising
the targeted contacts. Prior to have more than enough to do in given to her by the contact is sign for her future career.
A closer look at The Fear Project
Katie Mae Saundercook
The small dance studio on the
third floor of 42 Quebec Street
was brought to life with a stark
and captivating performance titled The Fear Project.
The production has been running since spring 2011, and is
performed by six young women.
This collaborative piece, which
was written by all six performers, was one of the most moving
and meaningful performances I
have seen. The performers used
the small space in a way that
evoked strong emotion from the
audience; by using controversial
approaches of addressing issues
for example with the incorporation of nudity and sexuality.
With minimal use of lighting
or sound production, the sound
was mostly kinetic coming from
the actors and props, creating
a mosaic of human production.
The actors created a dynamic ensemble using their bodies as both
props and subjects of physical
and emotional expression. Tying
in real and honest experiences, The Fear Project brought to
the stage, and to the audience’s
attention, the reality of young
women’s struggles and personal
battles in contemporary western society relative to both men
and women.
This performance generates
an idea of solidarity, a topic
that is becoming increasingly
important to those involved in
a variety of social movements
that are currently taking place.
The issues touched upon in this
performance span across gender
violence, challenges of sexuality and identity, and women and
other minority group rights.
“The Fear
Project
brought to the
stage, and to
the audience’s
attention,
the reality
of young
women’s
struggles
and personal
battles.”
These diverse issues bring to
the forefront the importance of
both studying and challenging
gendered identities and experiences. As a University of Guelph
student, it brings to light the real
tragedy of the women’s studies
program having been removed
from our institution. My hope is
that productions like The Fear
Project and Vagina Monologues
will spark discussion between
both students and faculty, in
order to prioritize disciplines
like gender studies or women’s
studies (or whatever the name
may be), so we can begin to
implement them back into our
institution.
This production provides a
chance for men and women of all
ages to get out and see a live performance that is not only thought
provoking but entertaining and
extremely powerful. The Fear
Project provides a voice to our
generation, in a creative way that
allows for a subsequent dialogue
about how men and women can
come together to work collaboratively in addressing pressing
issues faced by so many. The
production calls itself “theatre
for social change”; and I hope
that it not only imparts a desire
for change in those who see the
production, but that this notion
of transformation speaks to the
importance of including studies
of gender, women and contemporary critiques of our societal
structure, at the University of
Guelph.
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opinion
A five-point plan to avoiding exam stress
Carleigh Cathcart
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”... Okay, so maybe the sky
isn’t falling - but with final exams
just around the corner, it sure can
feel that way. I may be but a mere
first year pupil (as my physics
professor would say, “You know
nothing!”), but using consultations with mentors, discussions
with my fellow victims (er, I mean,
students), and my own personal
experience, I’d like to offer some
quick tips for easing the stresses
of exam time.
Tip #1: Start early. One of the
biggest mistakes students can
make in the lead-up to finals is
delaying the start of “study time.”
Yes, there may be three weeks until
your chemistry extermination (uh,
sorry, examination) but I can assure you that waiting until there
are three hours remaining is not professor is also available for help,
a good idea. My strategy is, in the so check out course outlines or
weeks preceding (yes, weeks), to home pages to determine a suitstudy every day for a short period able time to meet.
Tip #3: Work with your peers.
of time. Doing so will allow you to
retain information is small, less- This particular strategy is often
daunting amounts, and limit the overlooked, which is unfortunate
‘overload’ effect that comes with because it can greatly contribute to
last-minute cramming.
one’s understanding, confidence,
Tip #2: If you need help, get and reduced stress. You don’t have
it. Another huge, but very com- to be in an academic cluster to find
mon, error. When you are unsure good people with whom you can
about something, or cannot un- work. For instance, the girls on my
derstand a concept, shoving it floor are in a variety of different
outside of your brain and pretend- programs, which actually broading it doesnt exist won’t help you. ens the possibilities of working
There are many resources offered together to solve difficult probfor assistance in virtually every lems. As an added bonus, working
subject area. Though I admit some with others gets you out of your
are much more helpful than others, rez room, interacting with others,
I recommend attending student and (thank goodness!) some verlearning groups (SLGs), stop- sion of a social life (hey, I’ll take
ping by a drop-in centre, or even what I can get!).
looking into getting a tutor. Your
Tip #4: Avoid overload. Take
frequent breaks. For the sake of #1). Though you’ve likely heard
preserving your sanity (which ad- it before (sorry, I’m not trying to
mittedly can be very difficult, at be your second mother), it is vital
least for me), make sure you give to make sure you are fed, hydratyourself time to refresh, and your ed, and rested. I would also like to
poor old brain a refuge from the note that no, being “fed” does not
perpetual monotony of studying. encourage scarfing down 3 cheeseIt’s great that you’re working hard burgers or relying on a large bag
and studying harder, but six hours a sour keys for fuel. (Okay, so I’m
of constant chemistry equations not doing a very good job at the
will wreak havoc on your mind.
whole ‘not being your second
Tip #5: Take care of yourself. mother’ things. My apologies).
Doing this is extremely important!
To summarize (if you’re tolerant
Let me assure you that regardless enough to have reached this far
of your intelligence, effort, or in the article), be healthy, honest,
study time, if you are hungry, fa- and hard-working. Plan, prepare,
tigued, or sleep-deprived, you will and problem-solve. It’s not always
not perform to your potential on easy, and it certainly isn’t always
exams! (Or any other evaluation, enjoyable, but you are in univerfor that matter). Staying up until sity, after all. So, my fellow pupils,
3 a.m. the night before your biol- try hard, and good luck. I wish
ogy exam isn’t a good idea, even you well.
Now, put down this paper and
if you’re doing so to fit in some
study.
last-minute cramming (see tip
Letters
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to an
article and two letters published
in last week’s paper (“A Movember to remember” by Chris
Muller, and letters from Douglas
Lusted and Paulina Cumming).
Three very different subjects,
at first glance, but still deserving of more critical attention:
one, regarding the rugby team’s
participation in Movember, the
prostate awareness fundraising
drive, and the others regarding
student behaviour, and access
to food on campus. All of them
have one thing in common: student health.
While I applaud those participating in Movember who have
also taken the initiative to actually receive a prostate and colon
check from their doctors, I feel
that this particular event can be
seen as disingenuous (or perhaps that’s just my cynical side).
To devote a portion of your page
space to showing off the rugby
team’s disgusting porn ‘staches is
proof of this: nowhere in the article did any member of the team
mention that he had received a
prostate cancer check, or that
such an action should go hand the various cafes on campus, and
in hand with fundraising for the have seen the personal benefit
event. All that was mentioned of food bank provisions. In neis “raising awareness” for pros- glecting the CSA Food Bank for
tate cancer - which is fine, except projects outside the Guelph comwhen nothing is done in the face munity, the Better Planet Project
of awareness. Men who are par- is indeed negating its claim that
ticipating in Movember should it is a “global leader” in “Food
be obligated, in my opinion, to (among other things)”.
be responsible about their own
However, in pondering these
health and undergo a screening two letters, I see a connection:
for cancer. If they do not, they where students cannot afford to
are simply participating for par- eat, they often can (somehow)
ticipation’s sake; I suppose that afford to consume alcoholic bevin itself cannot be a bad thing, but erages to the point of poisoning,
again, it ends up feeling disin- imprisonment or any number of
genuous. I can’t help reiterating other disastrous consequences.
that the event should be under- As a former student at the Unilined by cancer screenings for all versity who has been living in
participants.
the downtown core for five years,
In the Letters to the Editor sec- I have seen changes in the levtion, Douglas Lusted recounted els of student disrespect, and
his dizzying experience at the childlike behaviour while inUniversity of Guelph on Satur- toxicated, escalate to the point
day, November 12, and I couldn’t at which I avoid the downtown
help but be sympathetic with in the evening. I have to address
his plight. In his letter, Lust- my own failures in this area, as
ed recalled how in one night as I am equally as guilty as anyone
a visitor at the University, he else for occasionally making
unintentionally rescued an in- bad spending choices which retoxicated former childhood sult in negative consequences.
friend from frostbite and a torn But the experience of blowing
ACL and in the process had his through a year’s worth of OSAP
backpack stolen. Sounds unfor- in three months is not a unique
tunately familiar, in disturbing one, and most often the culprit
trends towards student apathy, is alcohol. While intoxicated, any
violence, vandalism and alcohol- individual can become more agism. I feel terrible that Lusted’s gressive, prone to bad judgment,
experience was so negative, and and generally less coordinated.
hope that others too recognize its This absolutely affects things
significance. Paulina Cummings’ like community participation,
letter was equally as inflamma- respect, theft, injury, assault or
tory, blasting the University’s abandonment, and the ability to
Better Planet Project for failing make positive judgments about
to provide adequate food to its food consumption. Students have
own needy and increasingly fi- to be aware that there are more
nancially stressed students. In positive outlets for their energy! my experience, much of what
Cummings says resonates; I, too,
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Police violence not going to end Occupy movement
Say what you will about the Occupy movement, it has fast become
one of the most significant protest movements in recent memory.
Since the first marches into Wall
Street on Sept. 17, tens of thousands
of individuals have taken up the
banner of Occupy in cities on every
continent on Earth. While movements like this have had greater
participation in the past, few, if
any, have been embraced so quickly
and so thoroughly by so many different people around of the word.
Although there were reports of
initial conflict between protestors
and police from the very start, for a
while, it seemed like the movement
was carrying on without meeting
much resistance from police forces. Within weeks, however, video
footage emerged of NYPD deputy
inspector Anthony Bologna pepper
spraying two protestors at Occupy
Wall Street. Following that, drastic
breakdowns in the relationships
between protestors and police forces started to be emerge in media
coverage of the events, as attempts
contined from prev. page
I’m sure Ms. Cummings and
Mr. Muller would say I’m missing their points, but I am looking
towards a larger theme: student
health. While the Better Planet
Project is indeed an over-budgeted P.R. campaign, and while
Movember is an over-budgeted
cancer campaign, they both have
a perceived impact on student vitality, which has many areas of
application. If the rugby players
wish to make a positive impact,
they should discuss their cancer
screenings and how important
it is to get one, not how much
they are scoring and how mustaches are cool. If the CSA spent
more time addressing student
alcoholism, and how it affects
your budget and your life, there
may be a decline in the amount
of students who require services from the Food Bank (though I
wil reiterate it will not solve the
problem Ms. Cummings pointed
out, that many of the new Food
Bank clients are international
students and those with families to support). I will end by calling on the person who had a momentary lapse
of judgment when they took Mr.
Lusted’s backpack to please do
the right thing and return it, with
all its contents undisturbed. It is
sad to think that the University
that I loved so much when I began
my studies is becoming less and
less accountable for its students
behaviour and well-being. Something needs to change!
On another note, I would like
to commend the Ontarion staff
were made to shut down camps at
various cities around the world.
However reluctant we should be to
do so, putting aside the gross abuse
of power in firing on unarmed,
nonaggressive citizens– even with
non-lethal weapons– police attempts to bring the protests to an
end through such tactics likely only
serves to strengthen civilian support towards the protestors.
On Oct. 26, images of marine
and Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen
emerged showing the blood-soaked
man being carried by fellow protesters. Olsen was hit in the head
with a projectile, which fractured
his skull and knocked him unconscious. Eyewitness reports differ
in what struck Olsen, with reports of both non-lethal weapon
rounds from police and bottles and
rocks being thrown by protestors.
However, what most of the photos
capture– which throws support
in Olsen’s favour regardless of
what injured him– are the acts of
aggression by police on the protestors who were trying to remove
him from the scene to safety. They
were again assaulted with non-lethal weapons.
Days later, on Nov. 3, again
in Oakland, Scott Campbell was
shot by police with similar nonlethal weaponry. The event was
documented by Campbell himself, who was filming the officers
who fired upon him. His video account of the attack shows that it
was unprovoked.
On Nov. 16, the Associated Press
released a photo of Dorli Rainey,
an 84-year-old who stopped on
her way home at a march in Seattle to voice her support of New
York protests, which had recently
been shut down. During a stand-off
with the police, Rainey was pepper sprayed. Most accounts of the
situation refer to it as having been
a peaceful protest, and there have
been none which have indicated
any acts of aggression– by Rainey or otherwise– towards Seattle
police.
These instances are but of a few
of the many reports of assault and
injury on protestors by police, most
of which report the aggression beginning with the police. Although
it’s important to also consider the
many allegations which do not involve the police– reports of assault
between protestors are also numerous– these incidents are the
ones which demand the most attention and people like Olsen,
Campbell and Rainey become
martyrs, and having faces to put
to any cause does nothing to quell
emotion among people who are
involved. If anything, having such
ubiquitous images of such galling
circumstances of police aggression
towards the protestors deepens
the us-and-them divide between
civilians and police forces, which
won’t cause any of these camps
to go away any sooner. Disproportionate violence is more likely
to cause people, even those who
may not even have had any prior
investment in the movement,
to be sympathetic towards the
protestors.
letters
and editorial team for continu- the deep scars of the trauma they and maybe, just maybe, their scars
ally putting out interesting and were, and still are, forced to en- will heal with time.
Katherine McLachlan
informative content this past se- counter on a daily basis.
mester, beginning with the Frosh
The Aboriginal Reservation sysGuide I wish I had gotten in my tem has been described to have Dear Editor-in-chief,
first week on campus. Thanks for just as horrid living conditions as As it is nearing the end of Novemthe awesome reads!
some of the poorest areas in India. ber, I have seen increasingly more
Sincerely,
After all the pain these people advertisements for “Movember”. I
Zoe Annemieke
have been subjected to, the gov- have extremely conflicting opinernment still insists on providing ion on this. On the one hand, I am
This is cutting in my Skyrim time them with horrifying living condi- all for supporting donations to rebut has to be addressed: why do tions. Sure, status Indians receive search for cancer of any kind, so I
people insist on using the Comic benefits that include money for think “Movember” is a unique way
Sans font? The Ontarion is a great ammunition, hunting and fishing to go about spreading awareness
looking paper this year and it’s rights, tax free statuses and free of it. On the other hand though,
being crapified with ads contain- post-secondary education, but, I find it is quite unfortunate just
ing Comic Sans. It’s not a “fun” can this justify the emotional scars how many people have forgotten
font people. It’s ugly, clunky and Canada has instilled in them? No, the really goal behind “Movemsoul destroying. A feature needs to it cannot. With the first residential ber”. This is wrong; while growing
be installed along with spell-check school opening in the 1840s, and a moustache for the month of Nothat will automatically detect the last closing in 1996, the Ab- vember will ultimately help to
Comic Sans and delete it com- originals suffered abuse for over further the spread of awareness on
pletely from the user’s computer. 150 years. In 2005 and 2008 Ste- men’s health, it is sad to think that
Next time the urge hits to use it, ven Harper said he would provide “Movember” has become nothing
don’t. You’ll be amazed how much relatives of Aboriginals subjected more than a fad. This is just the
better your ad will look without it. to harm with a sum of money. Is case. Numerous men and boys
Meredith Craig
this enough? After all these years, have begun to grow moustaches
in 2009, June was named National and yet very few of them actively
Aboriginal History Month. How- care about men’s health. Are they
For years upon years Canada has ever, despite the government’s doing this to try and help a good
maltreated their Aboriginals. The slight attempt at healing, this was cause or just to make a statement
or seem cool? In my opinion, degovernment has manipulated, barely publicized.
undermined and abused its First
After the Canadian govern- spite the benefits that could still
Nations, simply brushing their ment has hid the significance of potentially be achieved through
cruel acts under the carpet for Aboriginal issues, their recovery this, the fad of “Movember” has
decades. It was only in the last 30 is nearly unattainable. The only gone sadly astray from its original
years, that Canada began provid- way to somewhat apologize for the and true mean. This is nothing less
ing these people with an ounce of immorality that has occurred is to than a travesty.
Charlotte Graham
respect. But, this will never heal continue respecting Aboriginals
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crossword
47- Egyptian deity
50- Irritable
53- Carlsbad’s river
57- Cold soup
61- Goodness! (2)
62- ...___ saw Elba (2)
63- Strong yellow-green (2)
65- Mogul capital until 1658
66- Springs
67- American SINs
68- It’s got you covered
69- Blows it
70- Enviro Sci Student Exec
Down
Across
1- “____ the night before
Christmas ...”
5- Architectural pier
9- Easy stride
13- Hoar
14- Doppelganger
15- ___ the crack of dawn (2)
16- Act of adapting
18- Uris’s “___ 18”
19- Period of five years
20- Most precipitous
22- Gastropod mollusk
23- One way to play (2)
24- Beer buy
26- Implement for cutting grain
31- Land in la mer
34- Let’s just leave ___ that (2)
37- Artificial waterway
38- Make urban
42- Deplete (2)
43- Back of the neck
44- Afternoon social
45- Stanza of six lines
1- Snares
2- Broaden
3- Appliance brand
4- Infected
5- Cockpit abbr.
6- Blasting
7- American Treasury security
8- Trojan War hero
9- Aggregation
10- Mayberry kid
11- Buddies
12- Coup d’___
14- Bounder
17- Canadian Dollar
21- “All My Children” vixen
23- Back at the track (2)
25- Little drink
27- Able to
28- Grow together
29- Take it easy
30- Zeno of ___
Last Week's Solution
31- Don of talk radio
32- ___ majeste
33- French summers
35- According to (2)
36- Liable to tip over
39- Furrow
40- Musical drama
41- Asian holiday
46- Equipment for
fishing
48- Take down ___ (2)
49- Last car?
51- Diaphanous
52- Like some bears
and icecaps
54- Salad green
55- Harbingers
56- Have a feeling
57- Equipment
58- Golden Fleece ship
59- Goose egg
60- “La Vie en Rose” singer
61- Bad start?
64- CD forerunners
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