Hip-hop homecoming for Canadian jazz trio
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Hip-hop homecoming for Canadian jazz trio
charlatan the Vol 42•Issue 2 • June 28 - July 25, 2012 carleton’s independent weekly - since 1945 Hip-hop homecoming for Canadian jazz trio p.10 cover by Fraser Tripp INSIDE: Protestor holds red square tattoo-a-thon p. 4 • ONLINE: Concordia creates Jun Lin fund and award see charlatan.ca News 2 June 28 - July 25, 2012 News Editors: Adella Khan and Holly Stanczak • [email protected] CU forced to explain $15M donation by Avery Zingel Carleton is being criticized after giving the Canadian Press a redacted version of its $15-million donor agreement with Calgary multi-billionaire Clayton Riddell for a political science graduate program backed by Reform Party leader Preston Manning. The donation is the largest program gift in Carleton’s history, helping establish a school that existed only as an idea for years, according to a document created by the administration. The graduate program will “improve the quality and effectiveness of democratic governance in Canada,” the document said. The university initially refused to provide the Canadian Press with the donor agreement until it was ordered by the information commissioner’s office to do so. They issued a redacted agreement with blacked out sections including “naming considerations” and “administration” which involve securing government approvals, and funding commitments. The sections were blacked out to protect Riddell’s privacy and confidential information, said Beth Gorham, Carleton’s manager of public affairs. “If we decided to go ahead and disclose confidential and personal information, I don’t think the donor would be very happy,” Gorham said. ON THE WEB Khomeini conference causes controversy Carleton administration has come under fire after issuing a redacted version of its $15-million donor agreement to the Canadian Press. || photo illustration by Pedro Vasconcellos The information may become available at some point if the privacy commission decides the administration must release more information, but it is “routine” for administration to protect the private and confidential information of donors, Gorham said. The graduate program in political management is the first of its kind in Canada and is expected to provide the groundwork for young adults to enter politics, according to Gorham. The program took its first students in September 2011 and these students are now doing 10 weeks of wide ranging internship placements — from the Prime Minister’s Office and Democracy Watch to polling firms and working with New Democratic Party MPs, Gorham said. The administration released a document outlining the intentions of the program, and addressed public concerns about political spin in program curriculum. A committee report delivered in 2009 cited in the document said, “The proposed program had to be avowedly trans-partisan,” and that the objective of the Clayton Riddell graduate program is to “prepare its graduates for productive employment in leadership, management, and administrative support positions with elected officials, political parties and NGOs.” The degree proposes methods for young people to have “a rigorous professional formation so that they will be sought after by different political parties and organizations, and go on to leadership and senior roles in the various corridors of political contest in Canada.” Carleton administration said it has studied the ethical implications and provisioned committees and reviews to ensure course material will be presented without partisanship. “Under no circumstances will we build a program that takes on any specific political colouration,” the administration’s document said. The three adjunct professors who will teach the program have yet to be chosen, according to the document. q CUSA rejects CFS campaign Carleton hosted “The Contemporary Awakening and Imam Khomeini’s Thoughts,” hosted by the Cultural Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian Cultural Association of Carleton University June 2, according to Carleton’s website. “The conference was about Imam Khomeini, several dimensions of his thoughts and his legacy, Islamic Awakening as well as Islamic Governance,” said the president of the Iranian Culture Association of Carleton University, Ehsan Mohammadi. Khomeini was the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 and acted as the Supreme Leader of the country, according to Mohammadi. — Miriam Katawazi CU becomes hub for immigration research Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has signed an agreement with Carleton to establish a new independent home for a research network that deals with migration, diaspora, and refugee studies. Howard Duncan, the executive head of the research network Metropolis Secretariat, said the project began in 1996 and was intended to be an experimental and temporary project. — Dessy Sukendar For the full stories, visit charlatan.ca CUSA voted against supporting the CFS anti-homophobia and transphobia campaign at a CUSA council meeting June 18. || photo by Pedro Vasconcellos by Adella Khan Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA) voted against supporting the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) campaign to challenge homophobia and transphobia on June 18. The motion, presented by Sarah McCue of Carleton’s GLBTQ Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity, was met with no discussion and failed with 11 votes for and 13 votes against. Carleton student Arun Smith motivated the motion and said that although he wasn’t surprised by the result, he was disappointed with CUSA’s response. “How 13 Councillors and Executives can reject a campaign built for and by students . . . providing a toolkit for customization to suit particular campus environments, that is supported by the GSA, the Administration, and members of the GLBTQ+ community, without even looking at the material objectively, baffles me entirely,” Smith said via email. Michael De Luca, CUSA vice-president (finance), who voted against supporting the CFS-run campaign said that CUSA already strives to ensure campus is a safe place with policies against discrimination like the promotion of “homo/bi/transphobia.” “I do not believe in supporting a campaign run by an organization (the CFS) whose primary goal, as a corporate entity, is to generate a revenue from Carleton students,” De Luca said via email. “The CUSA Executive cares and is pas- sionate about the issue that has arisen on our campus and we have been responsive to it by initiating a CUSA-run campaign that will debut this fall.” Smith said that CUSA is adopting a “father-knows-best” attitude to combatting homophobia and transphobia that is not working for students. “It is this sort of over-politicization that is undermining the ability of students to participate in and to trust their student union,” Smith said. “This says very clearly that queer and trans student issues are not a priority for this Executive and their allied councillors.” Despite lacking CUSA support, Smith said the campaign will continue to work with other organizations on campus. q June 28 - July 25, 2012 charlatan.ca/news Frosh Week gets Folked up Great Big Sea will be one of the bands playing at Ottawa Folk Festival on Sept. 8 when students gain entrance through Orientation Week. || provided by Nikki Gladstone Students starting their first year at Carleton this fall may feel a little more inclined to purchase an orientation week package when they discover Carleton has teamed up with Ottawa Folk Festival. On Sept. 8, incoming Carleton firstyears will gain entry to the festival, which includes over 20 performances with bands like Yukon Blonde and Great Big Sea, said a fall orientation coordinator with the Student Experience Office (SEO), Grace Valentine. The decision to work with Ottawa Folk Festival as a part of Fall Orientation Week was made by the SEO in conjunction with the Carleton University Students’ Asso- ciation (CUSA) vice-president (student life) Tomisin Olawale said via email. Adding the additional concerts will help “open [students] eyes to some of the things Carleton and CUSA can do for them, and also what the city has to offer,” Olawale said. Valentine echoed these sentiments. “[The] orientation program seeks to benefit the incoming students and create the best first year experience possible, and by collaborating with the Ottawa Folk Festival we are able to add value to our Fall Orientation programming,” Valentine said. Even with the new collaboration, Valentine assured students that traditional aspects of Carleton orientation week, such as the yearly outdoor concert, will remain. “We are not changing the programming, [just] simply adding to [it],” she said. In addition to attracting a larger group of students to register for orientation week, Valentine thinks the collaboration will encourage greater student involvement overall. “This allows the students to better foster relationships with each other through additional activities and programming,” she said. According to the Ottawa Folk Festival website, the festival was first established to showcase Canada’s folk traditions through music, dance, storytelling and crafts, was first introduced in 1994. The festival is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization that plays host to some of the world’s best folk artists. q 3 New program to focus on global and local health issues Carleton will launch a unique interdisciplinary graduate health care program this fall that will seek solutions to health concerns on a local and global scale, according to program director Susan Aitken. Housed in Carleton’s new Institute of Health: Science, Technology and Policy, the Masters of Science degree in Health: Science, Technology, and Policy (HSTP) will draw from different faculties, including business, arts and social sciences, public affairs, engineering and design, and science. “When we consulted with employers and asked what’s missing, they said there are scientists, researchers and people making policy, but they can’t communicate [with each other],” Aitken said. Replacing a historical model with a program that bridges multiple disciplines will allow Carleton to “fulfill a mission in the marketplace and address big questions,” she said. Group-based research and hands-on learning will be used to tackle issues as diverse as vaccinations for infections like H1N1, to the engineering of wheelchairs and its effect on the lives of Canadians living with disabilities, Aitken said. The program includes two graduate diplomas aimed at both existing Carleton students and professionals working in the field. According to Aitken, the Institute of Health: Science, Technology and Policy has attracted learning and networking opportunities with external organizations like Health Canada, The Ottawa Hospital, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The new program will be launched in the fall alongside the new PhD of Social Work and PhD in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies. — Haley Ritchie Kielbergers receive honorary degrees by Cassie Aylward Carleton’s senate awarded honorary doctorate degrees to several notable Canadians in June, including the youngest recipients ever, Craig and Marc Kielberger, according to university media representative Chris Cline. Craig, 29, founded the international development charity Free The Children when he was 12 years-old. Kielberger was inspired to start the organization after reading a story in the Toronto Star about a murdered 12 yearold who had been a child labourer since he was four, according to Free The Children’s website. His brother Marc, 36, was also involved in the founding and continuation of the organization. Craig said receiving an honorary degree is an “extraordinary honour.” “Education is really the cornerstone of our international development model,” he said. “Education is something that’s so important to the work we do, and something that we so greatly honour and treasure.” Craig also holds a Peace and Conflict Studies degree from the University of To- Marc and Craig Kielberger were the youngest-ever recipients of honorary degrees at Carleton. || provided ronto, and executive masters of business administration from York University’s Schulich School of Business. Craig said he hopes being the youngest recipient of the honorary degree sends a message to the class of 2012. “I hope it underscores that we’re never too young to make our impact in the world,“ he said. He said Free The Children has worked with several Carleton students, particularly with international service trips. Craig also praised Carleton’s international business program, whose first round of graduates are receiving diplomas this year. He said the program is helpful for those wanting to do work similar international development work. “It’s not just the question of having the intention to do good, but also the skills, and the training to ensure that intention is grounded in effective action and effective leadership,” he said. “I’m really an admirer of the leadership that’s emerging from [the program]. It’s unprecedented in Canada.” Cline said in an email that the university was “honoured” to present the Kielbergers with Doctors of Laws. “Craig and Marc Kielberger have shown exemplary leadership in the promotion of rights of the child, ethical living and social responsibility,” he said. Honorary degrees were also awarded to politician and Aboriginal activist Elijah Harper, engineer and astronaut Julie Payette, and fiction writer Elizabeth Hay, among others. Kielberger said he hopes after receiving the award, himself and Free The Children will strengthen their involvement with Carleton. “We hope to spend more time at Carleton, and we hope to get more students involved as volunteers,” Craig said. “We certainly won’t be strangers to the university.” q National 4 June 28 - July 25, 2012 National Editor: Marina von Stackelberg • [email protected] CFS: Lib tuition grant falls short by Emma Paling The Liberal 30 per cent Ontario Tuition grant has only been given out to one third of undergraduate students, despite having been touted to benefit five out of six post-secondary students, according to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and Teresa Armstrong, New Democratic Party (NDP) critic for Training, Colleges, and Universities. The 200,000 students who have received the grant represent 60 per cent of eligible students, according to Gyula Kovacs, senior media relations co-ordinator of the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. This would mean that only a little over half of all 600,000 Ontario undergraduates are even eligible for the grant. Once the program is fully fleshed out, 300,000 students are expected to receive the grant, Kovacs said via email. A list of exclusions, including being out of high school for more than four years, studying part-time, or taking a professional The Education of Charlie Banks For more coverage . . . Drinks and sexual orientation Nine scholarships and grants, including the Queen Elizabeth 11 Aiming for the Top scholarship, have been cut in order to pay for the new 30 per cent grant, according to the Canadian Federation of Students. || photo illustration by Pedro Vasconcellos program like law disqualifies nearly half of all undergrads. The Liberals aim to “support all middle-class Ontario families” with an “across-the-board” tuition grant, she said. During last year’s provincial election, the Liberals ran on a platform of reducing tuition by 30 per cent, but not giving out a grant to select students, said CFS-Ontario chairperson Sarah King. Nine other scholarships and grants, including the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top scholarship and another for students living in low-income housing, were cancelled in order to fund this program, King said. Simply lowering tuition across the board would have saved money on the administrative costs related to sorting through grant applications, King added. Kovacs did not specifically say how much money was allocated for this grant, or what will be done with the leftover funds since the grant has only been given out to 200,000 students. Quebec protestors put red square in ink A new study says students who don’t identify as straight or gay are more likely to abuse alcohol, Nikki Gladstone reports. Concordia University creates Jun Lin fund Melissa Novacaska writes about a new fund and award created in memory of Jun Lin. York defrauded $1.2 million Melissa Novacaska reports on two former York U employees who allegedly charged the school for goods and services it never received. BFA reinstated As Melissa Novacaska reports, Queen’s has brought back its fine arts program. Roy organized the tattoo-a-thon to show the movement’s permanency. || Provided Guaranteed grad by Juanita Bawagan Tatiana von Recklinghausen describes a new initiative that will pay extra tuition if students are unsuccesful. Education in Canada needs improvment Melissa Novacaska details how Canada’s post-secondary education needs improvement according to an OECD report. charlatan.ca She said $1.1 billion has been given out in student grants, including the Ontario Tuition grant, in the 2011-2012 year. “The number of students that have got it when we implemented this within two months, quite frankly, of getting elected, was extraordinary,” said Glen Murray, Ontario minister for Training, Colleges, and Universities in question period at Queen’s Park on June 4. Kovacs said five-sixths of students who are within four years of graduating high school should be eligible for the grant. However this condition disqualifies the most students, including all mature students, automatically leaving out about two-thirds of college students, King said. Carleton student Megan Tessier didn’t qualify for the grant because she took a year off between high school and university to earn money. Tessier said she’s frustrated because her need for the grant is essentially why she wasn’t eligible. “I worked about 60 hours a week for a year to save up enough money to go [to university],” said Tessier. “Even though I paid just as much in the last four years as everyone else, I somehow didn’t warrant the extra financial help.” Tessier said the grant would have been very helpful to pay off her student debt of approximately $50,000. q Cassie Hendry explains the cutting of the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top scholarship at charlatan.ca Behind every tattoo is a story. This holds true for the 107 people who had Quebec’s infamous red square permanently inked on their bodies during a tattoo-athon in Parc Émilie-Gamelin in Montreal June 19. For some it represented an international journey, for others, the plight of students but for Montreal blogger and organizer Gabriel Roy, it was more of a joke. When politicians made statements that the Quebec protests would disappear soon enough, Roy said he organized this event to show the permanence of the movement. “It was just a big ‘fuck you’ [to politicians],” he laughed. The tattoo-a-thon is the most recent one of Roy’s comical protests. He has also organized the first nude protest and a flash mob protest. It’s not all jokes for Roy. As he points to the red square tattooed over his heart and explains his sleeve (there’s a tattoo for each of his daughters), he also points to his rib cage. He said this was where his ribs were fractured after being beaten by four police officers during a peaceful protest. Instead of responding with violence, he said, he chose to produce a mocking online video. “The best answer is often the funniest,” he said. The tattoo event’s Facebook page is flooded with photos of students sporting the red square tattoo on their backs, their chests, their legs and even their hips. Students from colleges in Montreal and Quebec, according to their Facebook accounts, leave comments of solidarity as their tattoos heal. The red square itself dates back to 2004 student protests, according to the Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté (Collective for a Poverty-Free Quebec). It stems from the phrase “carrément dans le rouge,” meaning students were squarely in the red because of the debt situation. For some, the tattoo has nothing to do with students at all. “I did the tattoo for a different reason than all the demonstrators,” said Chico Peres, the production manager at CUTV, Concordia University’s campus and community television network. Peres received a grant from the Portuguese government to work at any network in the world and said he chose CUTV. He started working in July 2011 and the protests have been a defining part of his work. “I got [the tattoo] to mark the moment we are in right now,” he said in the CUTV newsroom. He added that it’s symbolic of all of his time at CUTV and his journey to Canada. “I’m here. I give my heart and soul and I want to immortalize it.” Peres’ tattoo on his wrist wasn’t done properly and the resulting scar will remain there forever. He said he doesn’t mind so much as it contributes to his changing definition of what the tattoo means to him. No matter what the story behind each person’s tattoo of the red square is, they all seem to be inspired by transforming moments with echoing impacts. Roy didn’t even wear a red square at first because it only boosted the premier’s popularity and the protests did a disservice to the student movement, he said. However, with the violent responses, the creation of Bill 78 and the ongoing protests, he said it’s too late to turn back. Roy will be the first to admit that not everyone who got the tattoo thought a lot about it, he said. Still, he said he hopes his tattoo will serve as a reminder to him if he ever stops believing in all that the red square stands for: fighting corruption in the government, exposing police brutality and pushing towards a better future for his daughters. “C’est pour qu’il n’oublie jamais,” his daughter said, meaning, “It’s so he’ll never forget.” q June 28 - July 25, 2012 charlatan.ca/national 5 U of T to get full-time Muslim chaplaincy by Sammy Hudes Muslim students and alumni at the University of Toronto have established the first-ever program to fund a full-time, paid Muslim chaplain on a Canadian university campus. The Muslim Students Association (MSA) at U of T founded the Muslim Chaplaincy Program last year with the goal of raising $70,000 by this September, in time for the upcoming fall semester. The project was born out of the need for a long-term presence on campus to serve and support young Muslims with respect to their educational, counseling and faith-related needs, according to Ruqayyah Ahdab, chair of the board for the program. In a recent promotional video, Muslim students depict some of the challenges they face, such as being told by strangers to go back to their country. One of the students in the video said she had to sit through an entire lecture listening to her professor explain to the class that Islam degrades women. Others explained they often question their faith, or that there is something about mosques that make them uncomfortable. “The situations that the students were going through and who they were trying to turn to for help [made us] notice there was a void,” said Ahdab, who estimates that there are 3,000 to 3,500 Muslim students at U of T. “They would seek help or assistance from their community leaders, imams or their parents, but sometimes it didn’t feel like there was a culturally relevant or agerelevant stance that these people could put themselves in, to really give advice that meant something to these young Muslims.” Until now, an imam has served as a part-time, volunteer chaplain on campus but is nearing retirement. Due to his many other commitments, he was often unable to provide full services for students in need of religious assistance, U of T MSA president Aisha Raja said. Hiring a full-time chaplain will create a chaplaincy office, which Raja said will be able to provide “an inclusive space for Muslim youth to address issues of identity, public education and special needs, and to try to create a safe community on campus where they can go to on a regular basis to talk about issues they’re having.” Raja noted that the chaplain won’t necessarily be an officially recognized religious leader. “It’s going to be a person who has a religious background in education but also has a background in counseling and therapy,” she said. Much like the Christian and Jewish communities, which each U of T will be the first university in Canada to offer a full-time Muslim chaplaincy program for its students. || photo illustration by Pedro Vasconcellos fund their own respective chaplaincies at U of T, Raja says the MSA is hoping that Toronto’s Muslim community will help fund their program. Due to the university’s status as a secular institution, it cannot provide funding for the program. Nevertheless, both Raja and Ahdab say that U of T administration — through the university’s MultiFaith Centre and the Campus Chaplains Association—have been very supportive. “There is just a sense that there really was a need, both in terms of providing spiritual religious care but also community development,” said the Multi-Faith Centre’s director, Richard Chambers, noting that U of T has 30 full-time and part-time chaplains in total. “The Muslim community, which is much smaller than the Christian community on campus, is nevertheless very well-organized, very visible and is a significant size unto itself.” Throughout the past year, the MSA consulted with U of T administration and other chaplaincies on campus and abroad in order to develop the project. Among many others, they turned to Omer Bajwa, coordinator of Muslim life at Yale University’s chaplaincy office. After advising the MSA at U of T on ways to structure their program, Bajwa said the project has plenty of potential. “It’s very exciting and promising if a university of that caliber and that size whose students and alumni can put together a project like this. This can hopefully develop into a wonderful, thriving position,” he said. Ali Abu Alhawa, president of Carleton’s MSA, said he would be pleased to see the program make its way over to Carleton as well. “It would be easier for Muslim students to encounter their problems or any questions that they have, especially for Muslim students who come [from] abroad as international students,” Abu Alhawa said. “[When] they’re new to the country and the city and they don’t have any family or friends here, they could come ask the chaplaincy on campus.” q U of A shooting raises questions Marijuana seminar over emergency notification system could come to Ottawa by Peter Mazereeuw The University of Alberta is facing criticism for not using their emergency notification system (ENS) to notify staff and students immediately following fatal shootings on campus June 15. Social media was abuzz with complaints from students and staff who felt the school should have used the system. “@UAlberta Surprised that as #ualberta staff I did not receive something through the emergency notification system…?” @KristanMorin tweeted. “@UAlberta if this doesn’t constitute an emergency fit for a notification, I don’t know what does,” tweeted @fvaughanj (Fay Vaughan-Johnston). University of Alberta officials did post regular updates on the school website and Twitter, but chose not to use the school’s emergency notification system. That decision was based on information from Edmonton police that the shooter was no longer on the campus and therefore did not pose a threat to staff and students, according to a message by U of A acting president Carl Amrhein on the school’s website. The way the ENS system was used in the shooting will be part of an “incident debrief” by the school, Amrhein wrote. Some were upset that the school chose to use Twitter instead of the ENS. “@UAlberta how can you tweet and not send out an emergency text ?! It’s finals & I was on campus studying & I bet I’m not the only one,” tweeted @jennnboo. “#ualberta didn’t want to alarm 50,000 students”, sorry #ualberta, but social media gen knows before you do. alerts should be sooner. #yeg,” tweeted @jole (Joel Adria). In case of a crisis similar to the one at U of A, Carleton’s department of safety would likely activate its own ENS, said director of university safety Allan Burns. However, Burns pointed out that the ENS’ purpose is to instruct people on things they have to do in an emergency. “It’s not a system we use to inform people about what’s happening unless it directly involves them. We would use the internal Carleton communication system to keep people updated in terms of what’s happening,” Burns said. Only about 3,500 staff and students have signed up for Carleton’s ENS, Burns said. There are nearly 27,000 full and part-time students at Carleton, and roughly 2,600 staff, according to the Carleton website, which means only one in eight people would be warned of a crisis on campus through the EMS, something Burns identified as a weakness. “One of the problems is trying to convince students to sign up for it,” he said, pointing out that the system is voluntary. Carleton’s ENS includes a text message component, Burns said, as well as emails sent to anyone with a Carleton account and a “screen capture” pop-up on computers registered with the school. Students can sign up for the ENS through Carleton Central. q For a timeline from Peter Mazereeuw of how the shooting unfolded, visit charlatan.ca by Peter Mazereeuw A seminar on how to grow medical marijuana may be coming to Ottawa this fall. Greenline Academy is hoping to hold a weekend seminar in the capital on the ins and outs of growing medical marijuana legally, according to Greenline founder Don Schultz. Greenline Academy is a private company that has hosted a number of similar seminars across Canada in the past year. A team of experts teach registrants about three aspects of growing medical marijuana: cultivation, medical benefits and chemical composition, and complying with Health Canada regulations, Schultz said. Greenline has opened online registration for a seminar in Ottawa. If 100 registrants and a venue can be found, the seminar will likely be held in late September, Schultz said. “My ideal student is a patient that really needs the medicine, who can grow it for themselves or can get someone to grow it for them,” he said, adding medical professionals also attend many of Greenline’s seminars. “My main concern is about the patients, and I try to stay away from illegal growers,” he said. Greenline’s seminars are open to anyone willing to pay the $330 fee. However some compassion clubs question the lack of restriction on registrants. Compassion clubs are organizations that sell marijuana to patients in need of specialized strains of the drug. They are technically illegal operations, according to Health Canada. “Unless they’re checking that each person that goes in to take the course are MMAR [medical marijuana access regulations] card holders, then there’s really no way of telling who is taking those lessons,” said Issac Oommen, communications co-ordinator for the British Columbia Compassion Club Society. MMAR card holders are people who have successfully applied to Health Canada for access to medical marijuana. For the rest of the story, visit charlatan.ca Features 7 June 28 - July 25, 2012 Features Editor: Oliver Sachgau• [email protected] Get a Hobby: your ultimate summer guide This month, the charlatan explores activities and passions to try this summer The Reel Deal: making a movie by Hilary Roberts Do you want to be rich and famous? Or do you have an idea that you think people would love to see? A filmmaker can do all that when they make a movie. Whether you’re the future Scorsese, Cronenberg, or Tarantino, it’s time to make your Hollywood dreams come true. With HD video cameras tucked inside iPhones and teenagers with stars in their eyes hosting their own YouTube channels, almost anyone can create their own film. Digital cameras, video editing software like Final Cut Pro, and video-sharing websites such as YouTube and Vimeo have helped filmmaking more accessible, said Pixie Cram, the workshop co-ordinator for Ottawa film co-operative Saw Video. “I’m of the mentality that it’s not the tool, it’s how you use it,” Cram said. “People can do really beautiful work with very basic video cameras. It’s got to do with how you compose the shot, the lighting, but also what you’re communicating.” There’s no one set process used to make a film, she said. One filmmaker may start with a script, while another may jump right in without a script. In general, however, Cram said making a movie can be divided into three stages: preproduction, production and post-production. If desired, the entire process can be completed by the filmmaker alone. Making the movie The preparation period before shooting the film is called pre-production. “[It’s] anything to do with scriptwriting or storyboarding. If you’re doing a documentary, it’s making a treatment, researching, identifying locations, or subjects if it’s a non-fiction film. Writing grant proposals, breaking down your script into a shooting schedule,” Cram said. Depending on the type of film and the size of production, an indie filmmaker may also want to use a writer, a storyboard artist, a location scout to find the best settings, a production manager to take care of the logistics and scheduling, and a production designer to make the film look good, Cram said. When it’s time to get the camera rolling, the film is in its production stage. At this stage, the cast and crew film the movie, Cram film on a video-sharing website. Cram said she recommends Vimeo over YouTube. Posting videos to a blog is another option, she said.The filmmaker may also choose to enter a festival. Many film festivals have student categories, and some will award cash prizes, Cram said. “The festivals are a really good stepping stone because, if you can get into one, then [the film] gets seen by a number of people,” she said. But watch out for those charging exorbitant entrance fees, Cram said. Some festivals are “out to exploit,” she said. “Be careful about spending $100 on an entry fee and having to buy an airplane ticket and go to Palm said. If working with a crew, Cram said she would recommend having a separate sound technician and cinematographer to get the best possible audio and video quality. For those with a bit of money to splurge, Cram said she also recommends spending a bit more money on an external microphone. Editing the raw footage into a final film is called the post-production stage. Separate audio and video editors can be useful, Cram said, and some student filmmakers may have a composer working on the music and another editor to insert titles. Springs to attend the opening. It’s not necessarily gonna be the thing that breaks you in your career.” Local film festivals are a great option because many are free to enter or only charge a small fee, she said. The Ottawa Animation Festival, for instance, is free to enter, pays entrants a screening fee and has specific prizes for students. Cash prizes aren’t as common at Canadian film festivals as they are in the United States, Cram said, but winning a prize is one way of recouping some of the costs involved with making a film. Films can be made on the cheap with a consumer-grade digital camera, she said. Using video editing software on a personal computer can also keep costs low. Another option is to apply for grants from film organizations, such as government bodies Telefilm Canada and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). But some of these grants come with restrictions. The NFB offers cash and technical services grants, but the organization also retains some or all of the copyright to the film. Marketing your movie Once post-production is complete, the filmmaker may want an audience. An obvious distribution option for students is to post the The Canada Council for the Arts offers grants for “emerging artists,” but undergraduate students aren’t eligible. Some filmmakers have turned to the Internet to ask for donations. On a website called Kickstarter, aspiring creative types can ask donors to help fund their artistic projects in exchange for “rewards,” which the website defines as “things like a copy of what’s being made, a limited edition or a custom experience related to the project.” Doing it all on a budget Unfortunately, most student films are funded by the filmmakers themselves, Cram said. One way of keeping costs down is to join an indie film co-operative, such as Saw Video or the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa. Filmmakers can pay an annual fee membership fee and rental fees to access professional filming and editing equipment. At Saw, anyone wishing to rent equipment also has to take basic the co-operative’s basic classes, Cram said. The cost of making a film will vary widely, Cram said. As a very general estimate, if using volunteers and free local settings, a short film could be made in about a week and cost about $500 using Saw’s filming and editing equipment. Cram said her best recommendation is to start out small by making a short film. “Don’t expect too much of yourself,” she said. “It’s good to start with low expectations, that this is a learning experience to begin with. And [...] take risks, too. Just do it.” S — graphics by Marcus Poon Rolling In Style: cycling by Aaron Nava There are many different kinds of cycling and just as many reasons why people like it. However, if you’d like to start cycling (or would like to cycle more often), there are some important basics to consider. “We think that anyone can get on their bike and ride,” said Peter Tregunno, president of the Ottawa Bicycle Club. “But there are a couple of tips and tricks that you learn from these things, these types of courses, or from people, and you can get on, you can ride, and you can survive.” “The first thing I ask people is ‘what do you want to get out of this?’ because there’s so many different facets to cycling that there’s not an easy answer to that question,” Tregunno said. “How you get started depends on what you want out of it.” As such, novice cyclists should consider what kind of riding they want to do. “Is it paths, or longer rides, or if it’s road riding, or even a recreational short ride?” said Stephane Bigras, who is the manager of local sports store Fresh Air Experience. “We ask all these kinds of questions when somebody comes in, so we narrow it down to a few choices.” Getting a bike that suits the kind of ride you’re going on (and fits you properly) is useful, if you don’t already have one. However you ride, though, it’s important to have the right gear. “You’re touching the bike at three places: your feet, your butt, and your hands. And if you’re uncomfortable in any of those three, you’re going to give up and you’re going to toss your bike into the canal,” Tregunno said. “Expect to spend some money, or borrow some equipment, for a pair of cycling shoes, a decent pair of cycling shorts . . . A cycling jersey is [also] typically nice, or a breathable top, [and] a helmet.” If you plan to bike regularly, you’ll also need some gear—and training—available to deal with a flat tire, which might otherwise leave you stranded. To fix one of those, you’ll need to carry an extra inner tube, tire levers, and a pump, according to Tregunno “Go into any bike shop if it’s not a busy time, and if you have a flat, watch as a mechanic fixes it, and they’ll show you the tricks to get it done. There are also a number of good YouTube videos on what the tricks are,” he said. Ottawa has many bike paths available for the discerning cyclist. Local cycling stores carry maps of these paths, as does the City of Ottawa. Google Maps has also been updated with the latest Ottawa bike routes. Perhaps the best resource for cycling information, though, is the Ottawa cycling community itself. For one, all of the bicycle stores in the city may be businesses first, but cycling enthusiasts usually run them. “If you’re buying a bike or buying an accessory and you have a question, they’ll usually know, and if they don’t know, there’s someone in each one of these shops, guaranteed, every day, who does know,” Tregunno said. The best way to find out more, according to Tregunno, is to go to the people who cycle themselves. “The best people to talk to are people who are doing it,” he said. r Hell on Wheels: roller derby by Brianna Harris There is something to be said for being able to hit other people on fourwheeled roller skates, and then blaming it on your alter ego. In roller derby, that is exactly what happens. Roller derby has been emerging as a more mainstream sport the past few years. Roller derby is a (traditionally) women-only contact sport, said Melanie MacGuigan, the director of administration at Ottawa Roller Derby. “I think the appeal of roller derby is the aggressive nature that isn’t offered in more traditional sports for women,” MacGuigan said. There are two teams composed of five members on each. Of the five team members, there are four blockers and one jammer. The jammer is the person getting points for her team by lapping the rink as often as she can. She gets a point for every girl on the opposite team she passes. This is called a jam and lasts two minutes, MacGuigan explained. A match in roller derby is called a bout, which can be anywhere from two twenty-minute halves to two thirty-minute halves, depending on the league. The first half is broken down into a series of jams. There is also a lead jammer position, which carries with it more strategy, she said. “One girl has to break through the pack on the first time around. The first time she breaks through the pack, she doesn’t get any points, she’s just establishing the lead jammer status. That lead jammer can call off the jam whenever she wants. It’s a strategy position really. So you really want to get that lead jam,” MacGuigan said. One thing people don’t know about roller derby is that it is a very intense sport, according to MacGuigan. “Everyone was first attracted to it for its badass girl in fishnets and coolsounding tough name, but first of all it’s a sport. We work out really hard. We have to skate for a long time, we have to skate and get hit by other girls for a long time, so it’s a great cardio sport that way,” she said. In order to protect themselves, players wear knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, a helmet and mouthguard. Each player also gets to choose a nickname to skate under. These “roller derby names” help players build an alter ego, which is especially important for women who aren’t as enthused about the aggressiveness of the sport, MacGuigan said. “By creating this alter ago for themselves, they can say ‘Well it’s not me being aggressive, it’s my alter ego being aggressive’,” MacGuigan said. She said that players are encouraged to have fun with their names. “A lot of names are nicknames that friends have given them, and some come up with something that’s incredibly creative. Half of the fun is coming up with your roller derby name,” she said. In her case, she said she started with her first name, Melanie. “I was thinking Melrose, like Melrose Place. I turned it into Hell, I thought Hellrose sounded tougher than Melrose. I turned it into a double entendre, a pretty flower from hell or the syntax of hell rising up, hell rose,” MacGuigan said. For people who want to get into roller derby, or for those who are just starting, the first thing MacGuigan said they need to know is that everybody falls while skating. “One thing we always try to tell our girls is don’t be afraid of falling. If you fall, all we ask is you get back up,” MacGuigan said. “I had never been on wheels before in my life the first time I went and the next morning, I was so black and blue and sore I could barely walk,” said Carleton student Paige Mueller, who has been playing roller derby for two years. “But I didn’t give up and now, I realize that sticking with it was very worth it,” she said. Everybody has a reason they like to play. MacGuigan said she got started with roller derby while looking for a “different” sport to play, she said. She was looking for a sport that had contact and wasn’t something everyone else already did. Mueller said that the best part of the sport for her are her fellow derby girls. “A bunch of normal everyday women transform into their badass alter-egos a couple nights a week and get together to kick each others asses and cheer each other on on the track.” “It’s amazing the team work and camaraderie that this sport fosters,” Mueller said. f 8 charlatan.ca/oped CUSA councillors far from “lazy” I am disappointed with how the decision to remove the summer committee meeting requirement has been portrayed. It makes councillors out to be “lazy” and “uncommitted,” which is far from the reality. The requirement was removed such that extremely busy councillors could live without the fear of being removed from their duties for something as small as missing a committee meeting. The reality is that, in only a month, councillors and executives alike have almost literally moved mountains in reforming this organization. We’re working harder than ever to reform CUSA and introduce new measures to ensure accountability, transparency, and real democracy. All the initiatives you may have heard about recently are the product of collaboration between our council and executive and dedication by our distinguished student leaders. We’ve already announced “CUSA Live,” a service to live stream everything to do with CUSA and its council, increasing accountability and accessibility to unfathomable levels relative to previous years. The executive is in the process of reinventing the entire web presence of CUSA, including its website, Facebook and Twitter accounts, and other forms of electronic and social media. This is an unparalleled commitment in pro-active disclosure, and communication with the average student. Even the electoral process has been reimagined. I have personally undertaken, with a few of my colleagues and friends, the burden of rewriting our antiquated, out-ofdate, and ineffective electoral code. Instead of clinging to a process that doesn’t work for anyone, we’ve put in an exorbitant amount of time, energy, and effort to develop a selfsustaining and forward-thinking model for our campaigning and polling moving forward. In short, we’re doing things differently. We’re actually working hard day and night, weekday, evening, and weekend, to bring CUSA into the 21st century. Keeping with our new mantra of going above and beyond, I will be not only tabling the new electoral code to the Council, but I will also be bringing the changes before the Constitution and Policy committee meeting within the next week. This is an unheard of move at our university, and one that serves to better study and better understand all every decision made by Council. Next time, before you judge a decision to be “lazy” and to be made by “uncommitted” councillors, check your facts and actually talk to your student representatives. We’re working harder than ever, and this minute change simply ensures that we can continue to do so without fear of excessive punishment. RE: “Red square should go cross-country,” May 31-June 27, 2012 The scope of what has been unfolding in Quebec recently is astonishing. Smoke bombs are set off in the Metro. Students are forced to leave classrooms while protesters storm their campuses and harass them. All of this in protest to a $325 increase per year, for five years, to the lowest tuition in Canada. Astonishing. Once these strikes are finished, Quebec students will still be paying one of the lowest tuition rates in North America. As an Ontario student, this fact alone makes these strikes incredibly difficult to relate to. The most confusing part of this entire spectacle is how in some circles, the red square appears to be catching on across the country. Let’s keep it simple and look at Ontario. A petition has recently surfaced with several Carleton University students’ names on it. It is addressed to the Canadian Federation of Students (surprise!) and it calls on them to bring a strike vote to Ontario this fall. Several things are wrong with this picture. First of all, it assumes that the approach in Quebec has had success worthy of cross-country application. This is simply not true. All the Quebec protests have done is irritate the general population trying to go about their daily lives, physically and —Justin Campbell, CUSA representative for computer science Don’t knock “voluntourism” We’re about midway through our summer holiday and many university students are using the time to do X good deed in X foreign country. Fill in the blanks with your own Facebook friends’ status updates and photo captions: Here I am “painting a school in Ecuador,” or “caring for orphaned elephants in Thailand,” or “delivering medical equipment to hospitals in Ghana.” The specifics don’t really matter and, in my eyes, it’s simple math: whatever X equals, it’s generally a positive. But not everyone agrees. My Facebook newsfeed, it seems, is Windsor Star reporter Claire Brownell’s worst nightmare. In an April Ottawa Citizen opinion piece she didn’t just advise twentysomethings against going to Africa, she advised against anything other than “stay[ing] put and work[ing] on fixing problems at home.” Hers isn’t the only argument I’ve heard against “voluntourism,” trips that combine travel with community service. In fact, a feature in the October issue of the Charlatan explored the topic with a largely critical article titled, “Too Many Volunteer Heroes?” Umm . . . I’d expect this type of dissuasion from my bitter and jaded grandparents, not my fresh-faced, ambitious peers. Isn’t it up to us to prove we aren’t as apathetic and self-serving as the cynics make us out to be? Brownell herself looks like she’s in her late 20s or early 30s — not as out-of-touch with Gen Y as one might assume. It’s time for an attitude adjustment. On a recent trip to Israel, I volunteered at Save a Child’s Heart, which provides urgent life-saving cardiac surgery to infants and children from under-privileged countries at no cost. My group and I played with Beware the red square children who were about to undergo, or had already undergone, their heart surgeries. We didn’t cure their illnesses or improve the quality of health care in their countries, but we gave what we could to an organization doing just that. Individuals’ minor roles add up. Would it be so terrible if “voluntouring” increased someone’s sense of tolerance or compassion? Doesn’t self-growth become mass progress once more and more people experience it? Perhaps we could improve international communication or break down the “us versus them” dichotomy. It’s much more powerful to stare global issues like poverty, injustice and disease right in the face than it is to write a cheque. This power can ignite a strong spark in someone and take them beyond a summer or semester long project. It can turn into a lifelong mission, and a highly successful one at that. Of course, the system isn’t perfect, and not all organizations are equal. It’s obvious that prospective participants must thoroughly research any charitable organization before soliciting donations for it or traveling to the third world with it. As I write this, I’m at home, where Brownell prefers me. I’m unemployed due to the crappy economy, just as she suspected. Contrary to her suggestions, I don’t have plans to “start a community garden,” “start a business” or start Occupy 2.0. Maybe I should, but I won’t, especially not before school starts up again. Frankly, I’d be of better use in Africa bottle-feeding chimpanzees. At least I’d be contributing something. —Ilana Belfer, fourth-year journalism verbally attack fellow students, shut down post-secondary education for the year, and outright reject, on ideological grounds, any of the honest concessions offered by the Charest government. So, why would the CFS play such an active role in pushing these strikes beyond Quebec? It’s simple. If the strike moves beyond Quebec, it presents a huge financial opportunity for the CFS to profit from student associations across the country purchasing materials, produced by the CFS, that are related to the strike. The CFS would then use this money to pay off their staff members, who have yet to produce any real results for students and continue to put corporate interests before student interests. Lobbying and campaigns can be effective when done correctly and carried out by competent people. The student “strikes” in Quebec have only proven to be destructive and sensationalist, while accomplishing very little. It is clear that we need a unified stance in Ontario. If you want to graduate on time and with as little debt as possible, then I urge you: beware the CFS and beware the red square. For the rest of this letter, visit charlatan.ca —Sean White, CUSA public affairs councillor Overheard at Carleton (At the bookstore) Girl 1: I want this paperweight! Girl 2: How much paper do you have? Girl 1: A lot of paper. Girl 2: Is it outside? Or is there just a constant draft blowing through your house? OOO (In the Unicentre) Guy 1: He doens’t even look human, he looks like a dinosaur or something. Guy 2: What’s his name? Chris Bosh? OOO Girl: What is sex? What is that? It’s just like a number? Girl 2: Is that what you just said? OOO Guy: Is it true that girls’ periods attract bears? Girl: You’re a dick. OOO Girl: My boyfriend is coming in four hours. Guy: Wow, you’ve really got sex planned down to a tee, eh? OOO Girl 1: Look at this! (Points to cut on forehead) Girl 2: How'd you do that? Girl 1: My computer. Girl 2: You cut it on your computer? Girl 1: The computer fell onto my face. OOO OOO Girl: Don’t say dickbag. You can say a bag of dicks, though. I’m OK with that. Girl: BROLO! Bro, you only live once, so submit some Overheards. Email: [email protected] Voicebox RE: “CUSA councillors should get summer off,” May 31-June 27, 2012 June 28 - July 25, 2012 Hey voicebox! Canada Day is coming up so I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Canada Day and also ask where our Canadan spirit is at! So far this summer I’ve been doing some travelling in Europe and noticed that everyone is so patriotic in other places, especially watch- ing Euro Cup. Where is our Canadian pride? We’re so lucky to live in such an awesome country. I think we need to pick it up a notch and be proud, and not only on July 1. We need to keep the patriotism alive all year round! Happy Canada Day everybody! BLEEP! Show your pride by calling: 613-520-7500 Opinions/Editorial 9 June 28 - July 25, 2012 Op/Ed Editor: Tom Ruta • [email protected] Make students a priority Money should never be taken from students to give to other students, yet the 30 per cent tuition rebate promised by the Ontario provincial government is doing exactly that. According to the Canadian Federation of Students, the Ontario government has cut nine provincial scholarships and bursaries since October 2011. By quietly cutting scholarships like the Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top scholarship, which is awarded to students with financial need and high marks, the provincial government has been able to provide this money rebate to arguably more students. But with all of the conditions placed on the rebate, students who are too well off and students with lower incomes are often not able to get the rebate. This juggling of student funds has taken money away from those who need it the most and has given it to middle-class students. This rebate was marketed to students by the Liberal Party in a manner that made people believe funds would be created to decrease tuition rather than taken away from those who can hardly afford an education to be given to those who can almost afford it. Students should be made a real priority in politics and not just used as a voting tactic. When changes like this are being made to student resources, the government needs to be more transparent and make it clear how they plan on funding these endeavors. All Ontario students deserve to be paying less tuition, yet the Ontario government forgets that some need more help than others. q Frosh will be getting into Ottawa Folk Festival for free Sept. 8. Will they fit in? — pg. 3 Rise above partisan politics, CUSA Disney/Pixar falling short It’s no secret that Disney movies have often portrayed stereotypical characters. Check out the short film Mickey Mouse Monopoly if you don’t agree. Although this has improved over the last few decades, Disney/Pixar is still falling very short. The only time female characters play a significant role in most Disney movies are as the princesses, who are often portrayed as weak, passive and two dimensional. Even modern princesses like Mulan, who are shown to be more independent and strong, still have a significant amount of the story plot focused on their romantic relationship with a male. The new Disney/Pixar movie Brave might be breaking the mould by having a female protagonist whose story does not revolve around her chasing a guy, yet the catalyst for the film is still based on the female protagonist’s future of marriage. Furthermore, at the expense of creating a strong female character, the male characters of the film have been reduced to simplified, dumb-witted goofs. Why isn’t it possible for Disney to portray a complex female character alongside a similarly complex male character? The power of the female character in Brave is trivialized by the simplified portrayals of the male characters. This makes it seem like the only way to have a strong female character is to have dumb, thoughtless men around. Can a woman only be powerful if there are no powerful men around? It’s an insult to audiences that Disney can’t manage to make a movie where male and female characters can both be well-developed, thoughtful, and powerful. q charlatan poll Did you receive the 30 per cent tuition rebate? Vote online at www.charlatan.ca Last Issue: Should all Carleton faculty have to go through safe space and sensitivity training? the charlatan Yes: 56 per cent June 28-July 25, 2012 Volume 42, Issue 02 Room 531 Unicentre 1125 Colonel By Drive Carleton University Ottawa, ON — K1S 5B6 General: 613-520-6680 Advertising: 613-520-3580 www.charlatan.ca [email protected] Circulation: 8,500 No: 44 per cent Editor-in-Chief Jessica Chin [email protected] Production Assistant The simple answer: a blatant and somewhat unsurprising display of partisan politics. You see, the campaign was initiated by the CFS. Many of the councillors who voted against the campaign are openly anti-CFS, and have long advocated de-federation (leaving the CFS). The Graduate Students’ Association. Campus Safety. I’m not psychic, but I don’t think I need to be to connect Equity Services. Student Affairs. The entire administration. the dots on this one. Most councillors are anti-CFS. They see This is a list of groups and bodies on campus who have a CFS campaign on the table. They vote it down automaticcome out in fervent support of the Challenge Homophobia ally out of some misguided political principle. Presto. CUSA and Transphobia (CHAT) campaign created by the Can- declines to support the campaign. adian Federation of Students (CFS) in conjunction with the Now, I know what some of you will say. “How do you Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line. know they didn’t see some other problem with the camArun Smith, the victim of an online hate crime earlier paign?” I, nor anyone else publicly connected to CHAT, this year, was inspired to bring a branch of the campaign have heard one single legitimate criticism of the campaign to Carleton to educate students and help eliminate homo- itself. Nothing. All they can talk about is the CFS. phobia and transphobia on campus. Not only are these critics woefully unqualified to deWhen I look at that list, I see one glaring omission: my construct or criticize an LGBTTQ-related campaign, but it’s own student union. blatantly obvious from the lack During the last sesof substance behind anything As for the CFS connection itself, if you sion of council, Carleton that’s been said to me that they are starving and someone you dislike University Students’ Ashaven’t even bothered to read offers you a sandwich, you don’t refse sociation (CUSA) voted the campaign material. Talk against supporting the about due process. because you don’t like the person campaign (without even As for the CFS connection holding it. debating the motion, I itself, if you are starving, and might add) and I can’t someone you dislike offers you think of a single legitimate a sandwich, you don’t refuse bereason for doing so. cause you don’t like the person According to Smith, holding it. several different campaigns were considered before setAnyone with half a brain would swallow their pride and tling on CHAT. I’ve investigated them myself, and found take the sandwich. that each one of them had problematic aspects that would To councillors like Ben Diaz, Kaylee Cameron, and David hinder their application in the context, be it lack of trans- MacMillan, who, among others, voted in favour of supgendered perspective, being too online focused, lack of porting CHAT, thank you. Canadian context, not being suitable for a larger scale, or Everyone else, you succeeded in putting your own parexcessive cost. tisan political garbage before ensuring the best possible CHAT is made by students, for students, to be used in learning environment for your queer constituents. Sure, a university context. It deals with discrimination based on you might come back with some flimsy photo op event or both sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as issues campaign, but the fact remains that until you decide to chalof intersectional oppression, how issues of race, age and lenge homophobia and transphobia, you are complicit in its ability interact with issues of sexuality and gender. On top existence. of that, the CFS provides the campaign materials to students It’s like the saying goes, if you refuse to stand against opfree of charge. pression, you stand with the oppressor. It is, far and away, the best campaign available. So why I don’t know about you folks, but I don’t think that’s a did CUSA vote it down? good place to be. q Features Editor Graphics Editor Contributors Op/Ed Editor Web Editor Cassie Aylward, Juanita Bawagan, Ilana Belfer, Justin Campbell, Joëlle Dahan, Riley Evans, Nikki Gladstone, Brittany Gushue, Cassie Hendry, Sammy Hudes, Miriam Katawazi, Andrew Ko, Peter Mazereeuw, Melissa Novacaska, Emma Paling, Haley Ritchie, Jamie Shinkewski, Calum Slingerland, Alex Smith-Eivemark, Dessy Sukendar, Sarah Thuswaldner, Tatiana von Recklinghausen, Sean White, Brock Wilson, Avery Zingel Oliver Sachgau Tom Ruta Mitchell Vandenborn Arts Editor Adella Khan and Holly Stanczak Sports Editor News Editors National Editor Marina von Stackelberg Riley Evans is a second-year journalism student who says CUSA needs to look past politics when it comes to challenging homophobia and transpobia. Fraser Tripp Jon Willemsen Marcus Poon Yuko Inoue Web Guru Tyler Pearce Photo Editor Pedro Vasconcellos The Charlatan’s photos are produced exclusively by the photo editor, the photo assistant and volunteer members, unless otherwise noted as a provided photograph. The Charlatan is Carleton University’s independent student newspaper. It is an editorially and financially autonomous journal published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. Charlatan Publications Incorporated, Ottawa, Ontario, is a non-profit corporation registered under the Canada Corporations Act and is the publisher of the Charlatan. Editorial content is the sole responsibility of editorial staff members, but may not reflect the beliefs of all members. The Charlatan reserves the right to edit letters for length and grammar. The Charlatan officially has three nipples. Contents are copyright 2009. No article or photograph or other content may be duplicated or reproduced in any way without the prior written permission of the editor-in-chief. All rights reserved. ISSN 0315-1859. National advertising for the Charlatan is handled through the Campus Network, 145 Berkeley Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2X1: (416) 922-9392. Arts Exhibit explores impact of colonialism 10 June 28 - July 25, 2012 Arts Editor: Fraser Tripp • [email protected] by Brittany Gushue On National Aboriginal Day, June 21, Gallery 101 opened the exhibition God’s Country/Gzhe-minidoo Ki in association with the first annual Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival in Ottawa. Co-curated by Carleton graduate Howard Adler and undergraduate student Christopher Wong, the exhibition featured works by contemporary Aboriginal artists Douglas Cardinal, Frank Shebageget, Scott Benesiinaabandan, and Tannis Nielson. The show displays a various array of art media, from Douglas Cardinal’s proposed blueprint for the Asinabka National Indigenous Centre to Tannis Nielsen’s experimental video “Not forgotten.” The exhibition “showcases Indigenous artists that are dealing with how they approach legacies of colonialism,” Adler said. “The works in this show we have here all have some sort of connection to land or memory.” Frank Shebageget’s installation piece “Lodge”—which appears to be a simple recreation of a beaver dam—actively critiques these legacies through the clever appropriation of the Beaver floatplane. As one approaches the piece, they are struck with the realization that each piece of wood used to construct the dam is carved in the form of the plane. Wong explained that Shebageget hand- “Lodge” by Frank Shebageget is composed of 1672 handcrafted planes. || Provided crafted all 1672 pieces. “For him, these planes were like an army or a swarm of bees that came to colonize northern Ontario and so when he put this together he wanted to sort of de-colonize that colonization process by making it into a beaver lodge.” “This is not just the aftermath. It ‘s picking up the pieces and trying to move forward,” Wong said. “This is a beaver lodge, but it’s not made up of twigs per se. It’s made of airplanes, it’s hand-crafted using modern technological methods.” Adler said the theme of decolonization was a prominent one between the works as he described their link as “coming to grips with colonial legacies and decolonizing through art.” Architect and activist Douglas Cardinal is another example of an artist dealing with the legacy of colonialism through the medium of architecture. Cardinal spoke at the opening about the proposed plan for the National Indigenous Centre on Victoria Island in Ottawa which he said “was and is the spiritual centre of all Anishinaabe people.” Cardinal said he envisions a circular building which serves as “a gathering space where people could come and discuss in the circle which would be a forum, a gathering space for people to talk.” The visionary behind this concept was the Elder William Commanda, to which Cardinal attributes his inspiration. “He really believed that we should develop a circle where all nations and all people come together. There’s only one race and that’s the human race. When we speak from our hearts, we are all the same.” The project has yet to be realized due to a lack of funding and current government support, Cardinal said. However, he does not criticize the government but recognizes that the initiative has to come from the people. “The soft power of love is much more powerful than the hard power of force” Cardinal explained, in reference to a belief of the Elders. The exhibition runs until July 28. Adler expressed a desire for visitors “to think about colonialism and the fact that it hasn’t ended. Aboriginal people in Canada are still coming to grips with these things.” “I don’t think non-Aboriginal people, regular Canadians I guess, should be off the hook by not thinking about colonial legacies because they are implicated in that history as well.” q BADBADNOTGOOD make magic Believe Justin Bieber Island Records There’s a reason Justin Bieber exploded into stardom so fast and with such teeny pop vigour—and it wasn’t just due to his superfluously worshipped hair. What people forget amidst Bieber’s militia of boy-hungry fangirls is that there is a truly impressive array of writers and producers buttressing this image that has attained international fame. With big brother Usher himself on board as executive producer on the album and names such as Drake and Nicki Minaj attached, Bieber’s latest has the needed support to capture a very specific sound that flirts with the Red Bull-induced, Facebook-romanced, clubbing teen culture of this age. And that’s what pop music is all about, isn’t it? Right from the get-go, it’s clear Bieber and his producers had the club in mind. Starting the first track with a sophomore collaboration with Ludacris called “All Around The World,” Bieber trades in his younger melodies for deeper vocals and heavier euro-house beats. Following with his hit single “Boyfriend,” Bieber tries to engrave his new image as the player rather than the pup. The track’s slick falsetto and cool rhythms compose a song that can finally be heard on the dance floor rather than on the Family Channel. — Andrew Ko For the rest of this story, visit charlatan.ca Pianist Matthew Tavares displayed feats of keyboard wizardry June 1 at Ritual. || photo by Fraser Tripp by Calum Slingerland Having recently performed a string of tour dates in the United States, including numerous performances at the popular California music festival Coachella, Ontario-based jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD were seemingly long overdue for some stage time at home. Local Ottawa band Daughters of the Revolution opened the evening, bringing their eclectic mix of hip-hop, electro, spoken word, and punk to the stage. Fronted by former World Poetry Slam Champion Ian Keteku, the band impressed the audience with clever wordplay and abnormal instrumentation throughout their set. When BADBADNOTGOOD took the stage, the three musicians played an energetic set in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Ottawa’s Ritual nightclub June 1, their first show in the nation’s capital. Mixing elements of jazz music and hip-hop, the group treated those in attendance to a musical melange unlike any other. The show was also special for bass guitarist Chester Hansen. An Ottawa native, Hansen was welcomed to the stage with raucous cheers and applause from friends and family in the audience that evening. The trio set the tone early, kicking things off with their jazz rendition of rapper Waka Flocka Flame’s “Hard in Da Paint”. Frenetic jazz drumming from Alex Sowinski amazed the crowd, while pianist Matthew Tavares delivered some wonderfully improvised keyboard parts. BADBADNOTGOOD then moved on to cover an entirely different genre, choosing to interpret the James Blake version of “Limit To Your Love.” The crowd clapped along to Tavares’ delivery of the song’s recognizable piano line, while Hansen dazzled the onlookers with an extremely groovy, extended bass solo. Sowinski took a minute to pause and ask the crowd to “make some noise for the hometown boy” before launching right back into the feverish ending of the piece. The trio also covered another James Blake standard, “CMYK,” in which they whipped the crowd into a frenzy through energetic drumming and sheer keyboard wizardry. A mosh pit soon broke out in the crowd, and some audience members even went as far as to crowd-surf, two things you don’t usually hear about at jazz concerts. The band treated the crowd to some of their original compositions from their latest mixtape BBNG2 as well. The ever-eerie “Vices” was played, with Tavares ensnaring the crowd in the lull of his ghostly keyboard lines. “CHSTR” kept the intensity strong with more bass soloing and lightning-fast drum work, while “DMZ” made many heads spin with its constantly changing time signatures. BADBADNOTGOOD rounded out the evening with a couple of Kanye West jazz renditions, including “Flashing Lights” and an 11-minute jam to the hip-hop star’s latest single “Mercy.” With the crowd begging for more, they did an encore performance of their medley combining Tyler the Creator’s “Bastard” with Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade.” The band’s performance was essentially flawless, with each member showcasing his skills to full effect. 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The four-piece band consisting of Marissa Dattoli, Josh Given, Scott Blake and Justin Niece, recently released their first EP, Navigate. The band is currently on tour and took the stage at Ottawa’s Club Saw June 22, delivering an energy-filled set for their fans. Lead singer Dattoli may be recognized from her appearance on MuchMusic’s second season of Disband with her old band Good and Broken as well as her many YouTube videos. Crystalyne is her newest musical project in which she said she is very proud to be a part of. Crystalyne’s EP Navigate was released in June. However, the recording process, which started last fall, was interrupted by an unexpected tour. After beginning the recording process of Navigate, the band hopped on a tour with motivational organization LiveDifferent. Although the recording time was pushed back a little, the LiveDifferent tour allowed Crystalyne to introduce themselves across Canada. “We got to play to so many Crystalyne released their first EP, Navigate, in June. It explores lead singer Marissa Dattoli’s personal struggles. || provided group of kids in different places so it built an initial fan base for us across all of the west of Canada. It’s like everything came together because we had just started playing together two or three weeks before we left for the tour,” Given said. Navigate speaks about some of Dattoli’s personal struggles. “I went through a really hard breakup before the band formed and I felt like the only way I could get over it was to write these songs. So the EP is all about that,” Dattoli said. The title track “Navigate” is the one song that brings everything into perspective, the band said. “I always felt like I needed to figure out what I had to do. With my old band, for example, I was not in the right place. I felt like creatively I couldn’t say what I wanted to say. So I had to leave that and figure out what I was doing. My ex-boyfriend was obviously not the person I I always felt like I needed to figure out what I had to do. With my old band, for example, I was not in the right place. ” — Marissa Dattoli, lead singer was supposed to be with, so I had to leave that and figure out where I was going. I had to navigate around all those situations and get to where I’m supposed to be. That’s kind of the whole point,” Dattoli said. “The EP has undertones and you can take any song and change it. It doesn’t have to be about an exboyfriend it can be about God or any personal struggle.” Crystalyne’s success seems to be rising quickly. The band has already shot two music videos for their songs “Wolves” and “Weapon.” The video for “Weapon” is currently being featured on MuchMusic’s website. “For us this is just the beginning. We feel really blessed and really excited to be receiving all the opportunities we have been receiving,” Dattoli said. “The MuchMusic thing was a huge deal for us.” Dattoli explained that the next step for the band is to start writing more. Given said the band is aiming to start touring again in the fall and they hope to breakthrough into the United States in the near future. “I feel like we’re starting our sail. We know where we want to go and we have our goals in sight. You need to know how to navigate in order to get to where you want to be,” Blake said. q Fringe play anything but predictable Brave Disney Pixar Dillon reunites with his sister Amelia on a park bench in Alex Kirkpatrick’s The Boy and the Girl and the Secrets They Shared || photo courtesy of Alex Kirkpatrick by Sarah Thuswaldner When a young man reunites with his long-lost, emotionally turbulent sister, it’s obvious to the average theatre-goer how the story will pan out. It will be tearful. It will be touching. It will be tender. The Boy and the Girl and the Secrets They Shared, an Ottawa Fringe Festival play, was none of those things. Instead, it wove one sinister and shocking plot point after another into a mesmerizingly dark story. Written and directed by University of Ottawa student Alex Kirkpatrick, it was surprising, to say the least. Though a little rough around the edges, the bizarre originality of the plot and the charisma of the two actors made it a highly watchable production. The siblings, separated for 10 years by the foster care system, meet on a park bench and discuss how their lives turned out. Amelia, adopted by a pictureperfect family, is a high school dropout and leads an unhappy life. Dillon, though raised in a series of foster homes, is a thoroughly respectable university student. Though they seem very different, they share a tumultuous past thanks to their father, a convicted and psychotic serial killer. The riveting progression of their story was captivatingly disturbing, as both Dillon and Amelia are more like their father than they let on. Lewis Caunter and Jameelah Rahey played off each other very well, and kept up the energy throughout the entire one-hour scene. Dillon and Amelia, initially difficult to understand, were naturally impossible to relate to or identify with by the finale. However, this is to be expected when writing for unrepentantly evil characters, and Kirkpatrick did an excellent job of creating protagonists that garnered attention and interest rather than sympathy. While the dialogue was decidedly theatrical, as opposed to natural, it meshed well with the surreal and unsettling nature of the story. What seemed to initially be a heartfelt drama became something else entirely, and then something else again. The Boy and the Girl and the Secrets They Shared was an intense and layered story, challenging expectations on every level. q Delightful, whimsical, and magical are words that describe Disney Pixar’s new animated film, Brave. The film is a tale about a mother and daughter whose relationship has been wounded by pride, causing the protagonist, Princess Merida, to ask a feeble witch for a spell to change her mother. However, in true fairy tale fashion, the spell does not unravel according to Merida’s plan and takes the princess and her mother, Queen Elinor, voiced by Emma Thompson, on an enchanting, comical, touching journey. Brave’s standout feature is its protagonist, Princess Merida. Strong-willed, courageous, intelligent and opinionated, she is one of the few female characters Disney or Pixar has created that does not rely on a man throughout the story. She has no male at her side and depends on herself. — Alex Smith-Eivemark For the rest of this story, visit charlatan.ca Sports 12 June 28 - July 25, 2012 Sports Editor: Jon Willemsen • [email protected] Former Raven scores overtime winner by Brock Wilson Former Carleton Ravens captain Brandon MacLean scored the overtime winner that catapulted the Florida Everblades to their first ever Kelly Cup championship in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) finals with a 3-2 overtime win against the Las Vegas Wranglers. “It’s a goal that you dream about scoring as a kid and you never think you’re going to get the opportunity . . . It’s something I will never forget,” MacLean said of his overtime goal. The winning goal was MacLean’s fourth of the post-season, which contributed to his playoffhigh total of 13 points in 18 games among rookies. “He’s someone who has a big heart and puts a stamp on everything he does,” said Ravens head coach Marty Johnston. “He’s got to be considered one of the best players we’ve ever had.” As a three-time Ontario University Athletics (OUA) all-star and tallying 143 points in 108 career games played with the Ravens, it is clear that MacLean is a special hockey player who has left his legacy at Carleton. “Carleton helped me to develop a lot of great skills,” MacLean said. “They have great coaches that Brandon MacLean took advantage of a late-season professional contract with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. || file helped me become a professional and develop both my body and mind.” MacLean said he has many warm memories of Carleton, but said the one that stands out for him is spending time and growing with his teammates. “Becoming men with guys that I had been living with for four years . . . and the relationships that I will have for a lifetime is my fond- est memory,” he said. Carleton not only provided MacLean with a place to develop his skills on the ice, he said it also gave him the skills needed in the classroom to obtain an undergraduate degree in law. But MacLean said his focus right now is to continue with hockey. “In the immediate future it’s about trying to find a job at the next level in the American Hockey League, and if that doesn’t happen I have been offered a contract to go back in Florida,” he said. “The best thing about having a degree is having that to fall back on if hockey ends suddenly,” he said. Johnston said he feels MacLean has a successful hockey career ahead of him. “I think he will do well . . . it’s important for any player to get in there and get a few games under their belt, and in a very short period of time he has already put his stamp on what he can do by winning a Kelly Cup and being the overtime hero to seal that championship,” Johnston said. As for the Ravens team now, Johnston said their focus is not to replace MacLean with one player, but to work as a team to make up for his absence. “It’s about trying to fill that void offensively and as a group knowing there is a big voice lost in the room,” Johnston said. “As a group we have to try to fill that space as best we can but we’re not going to ever replace him.” q 50 years on, CIS continues to evolve by Jamie Shinkewski Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the organization that encompasses university athletic teams like the Carleton Ravens, celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2011-2012 year. According to the CIS website, the original Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) Central existed from 1906 to 1955, but was only composed of schools from Ontario and Quebec. In 1961, the CIAU was reconstituted to become an athletics association represented by universities from coast to coast. The idea was to provide Canadian universities with an opportunity for excellence in their sport programs, an increased schedule, year round coaches, and government funding. Government funding increased from $1 million in 1961 to $20 million at the end of the decade. In June 2001, the CIAU members voted to change their name and logo to the current CIS design, according to the CIS website. Now, with the recent addition of two schools, Mount Royal University in Calgary and the University of Northern British Columbia in The CIS created a commerative logo to celebrate their 50th anniversary season. || photo courtesy of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Prince George, the CIS has grown to 54 members. Regarding the half-century milestone, CIS president Leo MacPherson said the accomplishment is nice, but the task is to focus on continued growth. “Celebrating our 50th anniversary was great, but our primary focus has to do with ensuring we set out a positive path for prosperity over the next five to 10 years,” he said. Jennifer Brenning, Carleton’s director of recreation and athletics, said she believes a key to further developing the CIS is their market- ing tactics. “I think [the CIS] is a great aspect of the Canadian identity,” Brenning said. “It just needs to be advertised more to the public for it to continue to grow.” As a celebration of the 50th anniversary, each of the CIS’s 21 national championships offered a celebration featuring a reflection of the growth of the CIS, with the Ravens men’s basketball team being one of the programs who won the national championship in the celebratory season. With the return of the men’s football team in the fall of 2013, along with the women’s rugby team attaining varsity status in the 2012-13 season, the Carleton Ravens will have 10 teams competing in the CIS. MacPherson said the plan is to continue trying to reach the full potential of Canadian university sports, but that task will certainly be a difficult one heading into the CIS’s 51st season and beyond. “The sport market in Canada is crowded and we have to grow our niche,” he said. “It won’t be easy, but we are up for the challenge.” q For more coverage . . . West chooses Ravens Cassie Aylward reports on Carleton recruiting Joey West, a local veteran OHL player with the Peterborough Petes, to suit up for the Ravens men’s hockey team in the upcoming 2012-13 season. charlatan.ca