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Manor documentary
to open largest
documentary festival
in North America
Tom Beedham
If you’re heading to Toronto this
April for the 20th edition of Hot
Docs, North America’s largest
documentary festival, don’t be
surprised to catch a naked portrayal of Guelph strip club The
Manor.
With The Manor, strip club
manager-turned filmmaker
Shawney Cohen offers viewers
an inside glimpse at what goes
on at the film’s family-owned and
-operated namesake in a directorial debut that focuses a lens on
a cast including a “motley crew
of patrons, staff, drug-addled
tenants, strippers, and extended family members,” according
to a press release. The documentary will open the festival of over
205 films from 43 countries on
April 25.
But it probably won’t be what
you expect.
“Very little of the ‘strip club
movie’ takes place in a strip club,”
Cohen told The Ontarion in an
interview following a Hot Docs
media release that saw widespread media attention given to
the idea of the documentary as
a film about a strip club. “I think
that frankly a film about a strip
club would be a little boring.”
Courtesy Shawney Cohen
Told with humour and frankness, Cohen’s documentary The Manor is an intimate portrait of four people
struggling to call themselves a family.
Rather, Cohen insists his film is the beginning,” Cohen admitted. those vulnerabilities – specifically
about his family.
“I think it was eye-opening for me those relating to his family. Upon
“It’s an intimate portrait of my because it was a life I wasn’t used returning home to Guelph after
family running a strip club and the to and now – five years later – I working in Toronto, he found his
consequences of our livelihoods,” kind of love it.”
father grossly overweight at 400
said Cohen.
“For me it almost feels like liv- pounds and about to undergo
Cohen was six years old when ing in a Bukowski novel,” Cohen stomach reduction surgery, while
his father bought The Manor, added. “I kind of appreciated the at the same time, his 85-pound
though he spent ten years working lifestyle and I think a lot of the sto- mother was refusing to acknowlas a computer animator follow- ries that come out of there were edge her relationship with food.
As a result, Cohen says his film
ing undergraduate studies before kind of vulnerable and beautiful,
becoming a part of his family’s and I found that in many ways just has a lot to do with “body image,
business five years ago.
as beautiful as stories you see in weight, and addiction.” To him,
“I was way more on the fence literature and film today.”
The Manor is more of an intriguing
...se e the ma nor pag e 8
about [working at The Manor] at
Cohen says his film is more about
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170.11 ◆ march 28t h, 2013
In three minutes or less
Graduate students
at Guelph compete
in a research
communication
competition Three
Minute Thesis
The talks covered a diversity
of subjects, from neurology and
mathematics, to cancer research
and human rights violations.
The only rules were the threeminute time limit, and that each
presenter was limited to a single
supplementary image.
The winners received cash prizJordan Sloggett
es (to go towards their tuition),
with first place winning $1000,
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a and second and third winning
competition developed by the $500 and $250 respectively. The
University of Queensland, Aus- top two will go on to represent
tralia. The competition involves Guelph at the provincial finals at
masters or doctorate-level stu- Queen’s University in April.
dents working on a thesis, and
The first place winner was Mary
judges who evaluate competitors Anne Smith, whose presentation
based on which one of them can was titled “Bridging the Gap Bebest convey their research in an tween Science and Policy.” Smith
exciting and informative way in is a PhD Candidate in the Departthree minutes.
ment of Food Science, who came
to the University of Guelph for
her undergrad in the hopes of becoming a dietician. During her
studies she became passionate
about the problems in health care
research and is an advocate of
reformation of current policy.
Smith’s presentation began
with the statistic that on average,
there is a 17-year gap between
breakthroughs in health research,
and treatment. She wants to
know how this process can be
Allison Rostic
sped up to improve the healthcare of everyone. Her research The finalists for the competition prepared to present their
focused on tracking a specific thesis work in a short amount of time, and in an interesting yet
piece of legislation, Bill C3-98, understandable way.
which advocates restaurants in
Canada to include dietary infor- changes in gene expression due on the most difficult aspect of
mation on menus.
to mechanisms other than the condensing his research down to
Second place went to Krista DNA sequence.
just a three-minute presentation.
Mitchnick, whose research inThe best presenters were the
“I think that basically, sumFrom March 19 to March 21 volves the neuroscience behind ones that excelled at conveying marizing it in three minutes, but
last week, graduate students memory formation. Mitchnick’s their research to a general audi- not dumbing down your ideas
presented their thesis work. The talk, “Where Did I Leave My ence, without dumbing down the is important,” said Castroverde.
top three winners of each heat Keys,” discussed how different complexities of their work.
“It’s such a fine balance, what’s
presented again on March 22 in drugs inhibit epigenetic effects
Third place went to Christian too jargon heavy, or what’s too
a newly renovated lecture hall in on the memory formation of field Dave M. Castroverde, whose talk pedestrian?”
the Richards building.
mice. Epigenetics is the study of “How Do Plants Defend ThemThe judges of the competition
selves?” looked at Castroverde’s included several members of the
research in transferring disease Guelph University library staff
resistance to tomato cultivars. He and faculty. One of the judgintroduced a specific gene Ve1, es, Alan Filewod, a Theatre and
from a cultivar resistant to Ver- English professor, offered to help
ticilium wilt, into a non-resistant train the two finalists to improve
cultivar.
their presentation skills before the
Rafaela é,
Castroverde shared his thoughts provincial finals.
“It’s such a
fine balance,
what’s too
jargon heavy,
or what’s too
pedestrian?“
– Christian
Dave M.
Castroverde
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See-Through Pants on Recall
The popular black Lululemon pants
have been pulled off the shelves and
online. The Vancouver-based company found that the pants’ sheer
material showed a little too much of
their customers’ assets and had to do
a recall. This is the second product
quality issue for Lululemon in the last
year and puts the company in danger
of losing some of its loyal fan base to
cheaper athletic wear companies.
The company insists that nothing
has been changed about the yoga
pants’ specifications and the problem
is with the manufacturer or suppliers (who deny any responsibility).
Lululemon’s stock price dropped
more than five per cent on March 19
and has cut its revenue range of $350
million to $355 million down to $333
million to $343 million. Any costumers who bought the recalled pants
can return them for a full refund or
exchanges. (CBC News)
Earth Hour Losing its Power
Canadians struggled to pull through
for Earth Hour this year. Although
lights were still turned off from coast
to coast between 8:30 and 9:30 on
Saturday night, there has been a
noticeable dwindle of Canadian participation since the first event in 2008.
Thirteen million Canadians joined the
global event last year, but Toronto
had a 6.8 per cent drop in power use,
a dip from the 15.1 per cent reduction in 2009. Although, a high note
for Canadians this year was the city
of Vancouver being named the capital
of the 2013 event, receiving a unanimous vote from the jury. The event
organizer is the World Wildlife Fund,
who recognizes that the event is
symbolic and won’t actually reverse
climate change but instead aims to
create “political space and demand
for the large-scale change that will.”
This event still manages to spark new
interest year after year with Rwanda,
Palestine and Galapagos, among
others joining the global movement
this year. (CTV News)
$338 Million Powerball Jackpot
Winner
The 44-year-old Dominican Republic
immigrant, Pedro Quezada has come
forward to receive his $338 million
Powerball lottery jackpot. The ticket
was confirmed as bought at a New
Jersey liquor store and the earning
will be $152 million after taxes. This
makes Quezada the fourth-largest
Powerball jackpot winner with the
largest ever jackpot being $587.5 million – split between two tickets back
in November of this year. Quezada
and his family live in an apartment
in the working-class suburbs of New
York City where the entire block
is reportedly happy for the family.
Described as a hardworking family
man by his neighbours, Quezada says
his first priority will be helping his
family. The chance of winning the
jackpot is about one in 175 million.
(Global News)
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Bodies – accessibility, identity, and community
Every Body Conference
welcomed Loretta Ross
and Mia Mingus
our bodies,” Ross told The Ontarion. “The human rights framework
is a much more expansive way to
not only talk about ownership over
one’s body, but in many ways, likeColleen McDonell
ness of one’s body.”
Ross was one of the first AfriFor most, the average weekend does can American women to direct the
not always include the repertoire of first rape crisis center in the United
sex work and the law, acupuncture, States in the 1970s. Human rights
and herbal methods of transitioning became especially important to her
through top-surgery.
when she was sterilized at age 23,
The Every Body Conference was and consequently she was one of
held at the University of Guelph the first black women to win a suit
from March 22 to 24, and was hosted against the manufacturer of the Dalby the Guelph Resource Centre for kon Shield that sterilized thousands
Gender Empowerment and Diver- of women worldwide.
“It’s not just a manner of owning
sity (GRCGED). With a diverse set
of speakers, the conference sought one’s body, but ensuring that you
to address “systemic barriers” that live a life worthy of human dignity,”
prevent people from having auton- Ross said. “That’s why the human
omy over their bodies, “while also rights framework is so important.
exploring grassroots movements It goes beyond privacy.”
that are working to reclaim that
Ross is a founder and the nationpower.”
al coordinator of the SisterSong
Workshops covered a wide range Women of Color Reproductive
of topics such as prisoner health, Health Collective, the founder and
gender performance, migrant and former executive director of the
health justice, trauma, childbirth, National Center for Human Rights
natural contraception, and activi- Education (NCHRE), and co-directies such as a medicine walk, yoga, tor of the 2004 National March for
meditation, and live theatrical and Women’s Lives in Washington D.C.,
musical performances.
the largest protest in U.S. history.
Keynote speaker Loretta Ross held
“I think it’s hard for us to make
a workshop on “Reclaiming Our an inclusive movement, so that
Bodies Through the Human Rights people who are trans, people that
Framework,” during which she dis- are female-bodied, people who are
cussed the eight global human rights women, [and] people who are raand how to address the difficulties cial minorities all can work together,
and diversities in making human so that we are no longer the dividrights claims.
ed and the conquered,” explained
“Normally, we talk about privacy Ross. “It’s really important to view
as the way to claim autonomy over the human rights framework so that
we can… not necessarily work at
odds with each other, but work together using a shared framework.”
Mia Mingus, also a keynote
speaker, spoke on “The Magnificence of Taking Care of Each Other,”
which focused on collective care
within the community. Mingus discussed the challenges that come
with disability.
“It’s important for us to talk about
the complexities of our identities
and experiences, especially how
we can be both oppressed and
privileged by the same identity,”
acknowledged Mingus, who identifies as a queer, physically-disabled
Korean American transracial/
transnational adoptee. She currently serves as a core-member of
the Bay Area Transformative Justice
Collaborative (BATJC), and was cofounder and co-executive director
wendy shepherd
of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now.
Mingus spoke on our misconcep- Sunny Drake performs Project X, a multi-genre show on the body
tions of access for disabled people. and consumption at the Every Body Conference on March 23.
“Access for the sake of access is
not necessarily liberatory…access Instead of focusing on indepen- to make anyone else feel?”
to the burning house is not nec- dent ideals, Mingus suggests that
Like Ross, Mingus recognized
essarily liberatory. So what, we interdependence can better our the urgency for oppressed communities to work together and
want disabled people to have ac- communities.
cess to the same shitty jobs that we
The “magnificence” in each of build alliances for liberation. The
all have? So that they can get sex- us was a reoccurring theme of the two speakers, among all the conually harassed on the job, or that workshop, and Mingus asked us ference speakers, were incredibly
they can make under minimum to analyze what we think is ugly.
inspirational, and without a doubt
wage? That’s not what we want,”
“We all run from the ugly, and the attendees left with more answers
Mingus said.
farther we run from it, the more we about bodies, but perhaps more
The activist spoke on the “myth stigmatized it and the more power importantly, were prompted to
of independence” in society, point- we give beauty,” asked Mingus. question how bodies operate within
ing out how connected everyone “What would it mean to acknowl- the community.
is, as it was a stranger who made edge our ugliness for all it has given
our clothes, harvested our food, us, how it has shaped our brilliance
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Taking home the silver
U of G engineering
students win at
national competition
Alicja Grzadkowska
Winning second place in a national engineering competition
sounds like quite the success, but
not being aware of the competition weeks before taking the
prize? That’s exactly what happened to Kyle Montgomery, Steve
Davis, Evan Fitzpatrick and Thomas Shoniker, a group of second year
engineering students at the U of G
who participated in the Canadian Engineering Competition from
March 7 to March 10.
The students met with The Ontarion to discuss their experiences
at the competition, and how they
went from working on design projects for school, to winning in the
local, provincial, and finally, national divisions of the competition.
“We kind of just stumbled into
this,” said Shoniker. “We didn’t
really think much of it, we just
heard there was a design compe- biological system and device that
tition and [thought], let’s just go we had to build, that was definitely
for it, and then we won and we just a huge challenge because we don’t
kept winning.”
really know much about arteries
The national event was held in and blood vessels,” added Shoniker.
Ottawa, and as competitors in the
The team had to spend the first
junior division, the students were part of their allotted time just figpresented with a design problem uring out how a blood vessel works
that they were given four hours to before attempting to figure out a
solve. They then presented their solution.
solution before a panel of industry
“That was definitely the bigprofessionals.
gest hurdle we had at nationals,”
“We had to design and create a said Shoniker. However, the studevice that would travel through dents had worked together before,
an artery or blood vessel to remove which gave them the advantage
plaque from the outer walls,” ex- of knowing everyone’s strengths
plained Shoniker.
and weaknesses as they tackled
And while the four students had the unique problem.
worked on design projects before,
While the stress of the competithe problem was related to biolog- tion might not sound like fun, the
ical engineering, with which they process of coming up with the andid not have significant experience. swer to a complex system helped
“We had done two competitions, the students hone soft skills.
one in Guelph and one at McMas“It definitely helps you with your
ter, so we kind of knew what was presentation skills,” said Davis.
going to happen, but we had no The students also worked on their
idea what the problem was going teamwork and problem-solving
to be,” said Fitzpatrick.
abilities.
“None of us are in biological engiBesides the academic aspect of
neering, so when they gave us this the competition, the group got to
Brigitte Babin
Thomas Shoniker, Steven Davis, Kyle Montgomery and Evan
Fitzpatrick (left to right) won second place at the Canadian
Engineering Competition held in Ottawa.
meet other engineering students
from across Canada, and there
were many networking opportunities for the participants.
“You get to meet a lot of new
people from other schools, a lot
of engineers, and kind of what they
go through at their schools,” said
Fitzpatrick. And, the experience
of being in Ottawa was another
benefit of the competition, the
students agreed.
The team hopes to participate in
more competitions in the future.
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Giving back to the community Honouring local women
Members of the Guelph
community come
together for 18th
Annual Women of
Distinction Fundraiser
Gala
Lindsay Pinter
vanessa tignanelli
The Moksha Yoga studio in Guelph raised money for one of its teachers, Lorri Medill, through completing
108 sun salutations in one practice in an effort to send positive energy her way.
Moksha holds events
for employee fighting
breast cancer
Sabrina Groomes
Moksha Yoga Guelph (MYG) is a group
that works to make a difference in the
community of Guelph through the
teachings of yoga – open to all levels
of experience – that focuses on health
in all aspects of life mind, body, spirit,
and environment. Furthermore, MYG
strives to make meaningful connections and help build compassionate
communities, as well as giving back
to others and the community in any
way that they can, according to Marielle Camozzi of MYG.
This time, the MYG is hoping that
the community will give back to one
of their own. Lorri Medill has been a
teacher at Moksha since the opening
According to Camozzi, both events
of the studio. Moksha has also been were a great success, and were fun,
an active teacher outside of the stu- challenging, and heart-warming.
dio. Medill is known for her beautiful The event on March 19 was led by
voice, nurturing nature, compassion, Debbie Kinlin-Hynes as she painted
and exuding qualities of peace and over 20 people with body paint. The
compassion, said Camozzi.
event on March 23 was similar, and
The MYG held two events on focused on positive energy. In fact,
March 19 and March 23 to raise a March 23 yoga class involved the
money for Medill, who has been di- use of black lighting and body paint
agnosed with breast cancer, and help to bring in the spring equinox.
with her everyday expenses while
With these two events, MYG raised
she fights this battle back to health. over $300, on top of the already genThe MYG’s website explains that, erous donations made through their
“The word ‘Moksha’ means Free- Karma Classes, said Camozzi.
dom. A regular Moksha practice
MYG says that the generous supgives us the chance to explore what port from the community has been
this means for each of us.” Through overwhelming and humbling.
the help of the community and their
“The Guelph community continpositive energy and donations to ues to impress me in their continued
Medill, the MYG community hopes warmth and support in helping oththat Medill can find freedom from ers in their community while dealing
financial stress while battling breast with the tough times that life has to
offer,” said Camozzi.
cancer.
On May 2, the YMCA and YWCA are
holding the Women of Distinction
Fundraiser. The women who are
nominated are fellow citizens of
Guelph, mothers, sisters, daughters who have all demonstrated
achievements and contributions
to help the Guelph community and
surrounding area.
“The Women of Distinction fundraiser is important to have in the
Guelph and Wellington County
Community because it gives us a
chance to recognize the outstanding efforts and contributions made
by local women,” said Cara Ziegler,
supervisor of marketing and communications for the annual event.
Ziegler also discussed the history
and development of the Women of
Distinction awards, which originated in Winnipeg.
“Initially starting as an event to
promote gender equality amongst
women and men, the event has
progressed, as women have progressed in our communities,” said
Ziegler. “Ultimate success of the
fundraiser would be to raise the
profile of women to complete gender balance – in board rooms and
executive offices, so there would
be no need to promote solely the
promotion of women, but of all
community members.”
The nominees at this year’s
awards will be presented awards
based on their skill, innovation,
involvement and enthusiasm in
helping others in the Guelph community under certain categories.
The categories include Public Service, Arts and Culture, Business,
Labour, and Professionals and Entrepreneurs, among others.
Ziegler says that the nominees must have achieved several
successes in their designated categories, particularly, that they
“have contributed significantly to
the advancement of women and
the quality of life in Guelph or Wellington County, have represented
their category through formal recognition or related activities, have
enhanced the lives of women and
girls through her work on women’s
issues, have been a role model in
the community, and have made a
positive impact in her community.”
The nominee reception, held at
the MacDonald Stewart Art Center on March 21 by the Women of
Distinction Alumnae was a success, recognizing and announcing
the women who would be honoured at the upcoming gala. All
the proceeds will go towards the
YMCA-YWCA of Guelph’s Teen Age
Parenting Program (TAPPs). TAPPs
offers resources and groups directed to anywhere from fathers,
toddlers, and new moms. There
are also groups under this program available to help teens with
their homework, daycare, as well
as groups that provide teens with
recreation opportunities with the
family.
“TAPPs is a program provided for free to local pregnant and
parenting teens ages 14 to 20, to
provide information and resources to help young teens and their
families reach their full potential,”
explained Ziegler.
The YMCA’s Women of Distinction Fundraiser Gala tickets are now
on sale for the event.
on ta r io p olic e r e m e mb e r c oll e ag u e
On March 21, the City of Guelph held
a public funeral for Constable Jennifer
Kovach, who lost her life while in
the line of duty. Thousands of police
officers as well as some notable
politicians attended the funeral. The
service was held at the Sleeman Centre
in Guelph, and the procession made its
way through parts of the city.
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Newsology: Vlogging the top stories
Popularity of video
content use in news
reporting
Alicja Grzadkowska
It’s no secret that the popularity of YouTube has only gone
up since the domain name was
activated in 2005 by three former PayPal employees. And
while viral videos are one of
the claims-to-fame for the
video-sharing website, the
consistently high amount of
viewers that news vloggers are
getting affirms that yes, people
are still interested in getting
news, but in “quicky” packages
that provide more entertain- successes of DeFranco, and p ay i n g a t t e n t i o n t o n e w s
ment, and are more accessible, other news vloggers like him, stories.
than TV news channels.
the main benefit of YouTube
More serious media sources
Phillip DeFranco is one of “reporting” is that it encour- are taking note of the poputhese vloggers, uploading vid- ages younger people to actually larity of news brief videos for
eos Monday through Thursday get informed about the news. reporting stories. In fact, it’s
for his self-titled news show, Between DeFranco’s “Sexy- difficult to find a news website
a n d a d d i t i o n a l v i d e o s o n Time News” briefs, which that doesn’t include video conweekends for his book club typically feature a “hot” in- tent for it readers. Almost every
and movie reviews. He’s also dividual who was recently in a well-read magazine, newspaper,
one of the highest paid You- revealing photo shoot, and his and popular news source has a
Tube stars, and currently has opinionated humorous rants YouTube channel, and updates
2,458,616 subscribers, and over about political and social is- it regularly, making it clear that
one million views on his news sues, viewers get a summary there’s a need for the quick and
channel alone (other DeFran- of what’s going on in the world accessible news material that
co channels are PhillyD, with without the commercial breaks, news vloggers produce.
over 710,000 subscribers and dull presenters, lack of access
The downfall for this style
SourceFed, with approximately to an operating TV, and gener- of reporting is obvious; while
795,000 subscribers).
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the updates to the political situation in Iran or whatever crazy
declaration involving nuclear arm North Korea decides to
make that week, the generation of people who are growing
up with “quicky” video news is
getting accustomed to just that.
Finding out the news stories
for the day is now something
that’s fit in between watching
the latest stunt-gone-wrong
viral video on YouTube and
tweeting a photo of what you
ate for dinner. News doesn’t,
or can’t, hold our interest long
enough to make us actually
think about what we’re seeing.
Oh well, at least now it’s fun to
watch, right?
170.11 ◆ march 28t h, 2013
arts & Culture
Sikh students promote awareness
Student group allows
others to try on
turbans
Nick Revington
As a university community, Guelph
is home to students of many diverse backgrounds. But despite
the prevalence of other cultures,
opportunities to learn about the
customs of others can be rare. The
Sikh Student Association on campus decided to host an event to
provide such an opportunity. Sikh
Awareness Day took place in the UC
courtyard on March 21, with members of the Sikh Student Association
on hand to answer the questions of
passersby.
“We as the Sikh Student Association in Guelph, for our first year
we wanted to try to do something
to educate people. So this is our
first time we’re doing this,” said
Preetam Singh. “We did Dastaar
day. Dastaar means turban, the
Sikh turban. And so we’re basically just tying turbans on anyone
who wants one.”
Throughout the day, many opted
to try on a Dastaar, which is one
of five mandatory articles of faith
that form the external identity of
the Sikhs. The event also featured
informative posters and pamphlets
about the faith.
Aside from the turban, “There is a
small comb that we keep in our hair
to take care of our hair, and then
there is the iron bracelet, and the
kirpan, which is the iron dagger,
and then there is the kachera which
is the undergarments,” said Singh.
“The basic concept is try to find
union with God through meditation, prayer, and a strict religious
lifestyle. So basically just following
every edict of the Guru. So when
the Guru gives us an edict, we follow that with full devotion,” said
Singh.
The Guru is regarded as the embodiment of God on Earth.
“There are four things we have
to abstain from at all times,” said
Singh. “The first is cutting our hair,
or disrespecting it in any way. The
other is having any relations outside of marriage. Thirdly, to have
any intoxications, alcohol, any type
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Sukhman Singh Dulay
The Sikh Student Association invited fellow students to try on a Dastaar, or Sikh turban, in the UC
courtyard on March 21.
of drugs. And then to eat meat.”
Singh added that being a visible
minority provides opportunities
to educate others about the faith.
“If we walk into a room, everyone
is looking at us because we look
very different. So right away people are thinking questions in their
heads,” said Singh. “The way we
carry ourselves and what we say or
do gives us a way to make people
learn about our religion. People ask
questions all the time, so [this event
is] a really good way to give people
information and give education.”
Bridging the arts and sciences
ASCI course to publish
anthology
Garry Go
From Math and Studio Art, to Political Science and Biology, a unique
combination of minors are what set
apart the arts and sciences students
from the other students here at the
University of Guelph, especially the
students in ASCI*4020, the Arts and
Science Interdisciplinary Research
course.
The students of this class are
planning to publish an anthology
entitled Crossing Hemispheres:
Cultivating Connections Between
the Sciences and Humanities for
Human Welfare in which each student will interpret a question posed
by naturalist, researcher, biologist,
theorist, and author E. O. Wilson in
his book Consilience: the Unity of
Knowledge: “What is the relation
between science and the humanities
and how is it important for human
welfare?”
Wilson believes that every university student should be able to
answer this question by the time
they graduate.
Caroline Tarjan is a student in the
fourth year Arts and Science Interdisciplinary Research course.
“For most of us in the Arts and
Science (ASCI) program, this is our
final semester, and we are each attempting to answer this question in
our own way, using interdisciplinary knowledge we have acquired
throughout our studies,” said Tarjan.
The articles that can be found
within the anthology are a mix of
various subjects.
One student explores “how the
culture of our education system
is depriving students from perceiving the world around them.”
Laurie Manwell, the professor
of ASCI*4020, will discuss “how
“We live in a
society that
tends to focus
on field-specific
details, but
often fails to
see the ‘bigger
picture.’” –
Caroline Tarjan
the humanities and sciences can
work together to uphold Articles
25 and 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Another
student critically assesses the differences between the sciences and
the humanities and considers “the
necessity to reform the structure
that dictates the focus of scientific
progress.”
“I suffered a traumatic brain injury a few years ago, and my essay
is a personal story about the accident, my time in hospital, and my
recovery,” said Tarjan. “I discuss
the possibility of how brain plasticity may have helped heal me,
and I discuss other recovery tactics I used that can be applied to
people with head injuries where
they may not have access to medical care.”
“The importance of interdisciplinary thought cannot be stressed
enough. We live in a society that
tends to focus on field-specific
details, but often fails to see the
‘bigger picture,’” explained Tarjan.
“All relevant issues that society
faces need to be examined from
more than one discipline, and
representatives from each discipline must ‘bridge boundaries’
to communicate effectively with
each other. For example, our class
has been discussing the biological,
chemical, and social factors that
contribute to addiction.”
The project’s objective is to raise
awareness on the importance of
interdisciplinary thought – from
education to medicine, to business, and to research. Proceeds
of the book will go to the Roméo
Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative,
which is committed to ending the
use and recruitment of child soldiers worldwide.
Further information can be
obtained by emailing [email protected] as well
as on Facebook and Twitter.
8 w w w.th e on ta r ion . c om
Shenkman Lecture: Dave Hickey
Views on art and
academia unsettling
yet thought-provoking
Nadine Maher
It’s not like we didn’t have it coming. This year’s Shenkman Lecture
with Dave Hickey was titled It Takes
A Village To Make Bad Art and had
been promoted all year as a certain
spectacle under the preface of the stir
Hickey created by announcing that
he was retiring from the art world
back in October.
It became apparent after some time
that this lecture wasn’t for me, really.
Not in that it didn’t seem entertaining to my cluster of undergrads in the
back rows of War Memorial Hall, but
Hickey wasn’t speaking to us. Maybe
he was talking to himself. I heard
someone afterwards liken Hickey
to your crazy, slightly racist and misogynistic uncle who says things that
make you slouch a little in your seat,
but he’s getting older and there’s
no point in talking to him about it
because you only see him once at
Christmas anyways.
While we’re on the topic of audience, many felt that Hickey was
speaking from his American background without taking into account
the differences between Canada and
the U.S. And why should he? Maybe
Canadians are outside of his target
audience, too. Amusingly, Hickey
made reference to universities that
are located in the middle of nowhere,
populated by farmers, and stated,
“If you see a cow, don’t sign up!” If
he had realized the irony of making this statement to us just a block
away from a building called the Dairy
Barn, I think he might have played
it up even more. As he said in question period, “If I seem insulting, it’s
because I meant to be.”
Hickey’s main problems lie with
the hierarchy and bureaucracy of
academia. He says that MFA programs exist to train their candidates
for teaching jobs in the university,
where they will rarely continue their
art practice and can’t think or act
for themselves under the oppressive
university establishment.
Of university faculties, Hickey
exclaims, “I deal with these people,
they’re idiots! Uh... present company
excepted” (to widespread chuckles).
In contrast, very few decide to try
to “make it to the pros” and become
a successful full-time artist. The reason that anyone makes art, according
to Hickey, is to receive the small dose
of attention that comes with showing
work to someone. But while working as a professor, Hickey says “the
university gives you just enough attention so you don’t work.”
This may be true, although it is true
for anyone who gets any job to support themselves when art itself won’t
do. I have been advised on multiple
occasions to treat art like it is my fulltime job, and only get a part-time job
to make ends meet, never enough to
buy a flat-screen TV and get comfortable. I also don’t know where
Hickey plans on acquiring professors to teach if they’re all off playing
in the pros, unless he is proposing
that we do away with the university art education entirely. But it’s not
like art schools are a new invention.
Hickey has ideas of what professors should be doing that I can get
on board with. At some point he lists
two rules: One, no group critiques.
Hickey asserts that these settings
only privilege the losers, not the
winners. A person doing well gets a
thumbs up but those that struggle are
talked about at length, meanwhile
everyone else is trying to demonstrate how much they can suck up to
the professor. Rule Two is “if you’re
not sick, don’t call the doctor.” If
you’re confident in what you are
doing, you don’t need someone to
come by and pat you on the head, or
conversely talk you down from your
convictions. Teachers, like doctors,
should aim to do no harm.
Hickey sees himself not as a teacher but as a coach: “I can’t tell them
how to make art. I tell them to make
more art. I tell them to get up early
and stay up late. I tell them not to
quit. I tell them if somebody else is
arts & Culture
Bill Wittliff
Dave Hickey delivered a controversial but thought-provoking talk
on art education at the university level for this year’s Shenkman
Lecture on March 20.
already making their work. My job is
to be current with the discourse and
not be an asshole. That’s all I wanted
in a professor,” he said in a 2007 interview with The Believer.
Like any musician, Hickey played
his hits. The lecture was charismatic – and abrasive. In the wake of its
storm I have come across a number
of concerned responses in regards
to Hickey’s ideas and language
surrounding them. But being challenged at the points of our strongest
convictions can only serve to either reconstruct them or reinforce
them. It’s worth it to be made uncomfortable occasionally if only to be
reminded of why and how we operate and act the way that we do.
Plus I’ve never before heard so
many people eager to discuss an art
lecture so long after it’s finished.
“[There’s] a sign that says
setting than an actual subject in ‘Guelph.’ That’s the only indication
his documentary. “I found that to that you know you’re in Guelph.
be an interesting juxtaposition.”
For me it was important to stick
In the midst of all this, his to two locations: The Manor, and
younger brother Sammy was my parents’ house. And maybe the
struggling to run the club.
hospital.” said Cohen.
The entire project required
The Manor will not receive a thebetween two and three years of atrical release in Canada until May
filming, a process Cohen says in- 10, and has only so far been showvolved close to 80 or 90 days of cased at film festivals around the
shooting.
world. As a result, the film has yet
“I think films of this nature… to receive a rating.
you really need to film a lot,” said
Among many more, other films
Cohen. “You also wanna get peo- announced on the Hot Docs docket
ple comfortable with the camera, include Gus Holwerda’s The Unso it’s important to film a lot and believers, a film following the
eventually have the camera be a fly studies of evolutionary biologist
on the wall so that when you’re in Richard Dawkins and theoretical
your hundredth hour of footage physicist Lawrence Krauss; Marta
people aren’t aware of it.”
Cunningham’s Valentine Road,
It’s a film about Guelph, but about an eighth-grader that fadon’t expect to see much of the tally shoots an LGBTQ classmate;
Royal City in The Manor, Cohen Penny Lane’s Our Nixon, toted as
says.
a “revealing look at one of the most
controversial presidencies in US
history”; and Charles Wilkinson’s
Oil Sands Karaoke, a story of oil
sands workers that kill time off at
their local karaoke bar.
The festival runs April 25
through May 5.
...th e m anor con tin ued
“For me it
almost feels
like living in
a Bukowski
novel.”
–Shawney
Cohen
9
Yukon Blonde’s West Coast cool draws crowd at eBar
170.11 ◆ march 28t h, 2013
arts & Culture
Tour in support of Tiger
Talk ending soon
Stacey Aspinall
Yukon Blonde’s performance at the
eBar on March 21 sure seemed consistent with the notion that blondes
have more fun. Bad jokes aside, the
band’s ’70s inspired tunes, signature vocal harmonies, and overall
West Coast-cool vibes all added up
to an enjoyable night for all who attended. Songs like the upbeat track
“Stairway” had the audience moving, and this excitement carried
throughout the night. English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose opened
for Yukon Blonde and warmed up
the crowd.
Vancouver-based Yukon Blonde
is finishing up a tour of Canada in
support of 2012’s Tiger Talk, the follow up to 2010’s self-titled release,
drawing comparisons to other ’70s
inspired acts such as Fleet Foxes and
The Sheepdogs.
Jeff Innes, guitarist and vocalist, spoke about Tiger Talk and the
band’s experience touring. Having
never interviewed a band before, I
admit to some apprehension – but
it’s impossible not to feel at ease with
Innes as he recounts being similarly
star-struck when meeting Canadian indie band Stars, and shares an
anecdote about the album’s name.
Tiger Talk is a reference to a
“Not a lot of bands tour from the
tongue-in-cheek “fake band” West Coast. As a result there are
named Fucking Tigers, a group of these big booming local scenes in
demos on the go for “this crazy elec- the West Coast – that’s kind of how
tronic punk project that I wanted we got started. And in Ontario, evto do, just really abrasive kind of erybody’s sort of driven to get out,
like stuff that you’re having a hard so there’s just a different sort of
time listening to but you want to vibe.”
listen to [...] and just sort of shrill
Though the band was initially
conscious of these different atand weird,” said Innes.
When putting together the album titudes, their experience touring
for Yukon Blonde, these demos were has changed since the release of
mixed together with material for Tiger Talk. They’ve played at major
the band and tracks entitled “Fuck- festivals such as SXSW, Osheaga,
ing Tigers,” “Breathing Tigers,” and and Edgefest, and toured with The
“Six Dead Tigers” surfaced, causing Sheepdogs. They will be playing Niconfusion (and hilarity) in the stu- agara-On-The-Lake with City and
dio. But many of the names ended Colour, Metric, Jimmy Eat World
up sticking, said Innes.
and Serena Ryder in June, a show
Yukon Blonde are now finishing Innes is looking forward to. It seems
up touring for Tiger Talk this spring. that they now find an eager audi“We’re touring across Canada ence in whichever city they play.
with Grounders, who’s playing to“I feel like that’s all changed for us
night, and the amazing Zeus – like now anyways – like now when we
Zeus is one of my favourite bands, play, people are excited, and they’re
so that’s really crazy. So this is the there to see us, whereas before [...]
last tour for this record, and then they had to sit and watch us, and
we do some summer festivals, and we were privileged to play for them.
then we start working on a new re- And now I feel that still, the privcord,” said Innes.
ilege to play for everybody, but I
When asked about the differences feel like there’s more of a mutual
between playing shows in British understanding between us and the
Columbia versus Ontario, Innes audience.”
said, “I feel like when we startThe massive turnout and synergy
ed playing there was a lot more of between the band and the audience
a difference [...] it’s kind of hard in Guelph is indicative of a band that
to say because it’s kind of a ‘feel’ has come into their own in the Canadian music scene.
thing.”
vanessa tignanelli
Jeff Innes led Vancouver’s Yukon Blonde to a packed eBar on March
21 as part of the band’s tour promoting their album Tiger Talk.
Musical avant-garde showcased at MSAC
Riverrun plays
experimental gallery
show
Adrien Potvin
Toronto-based avant-garde group
Riverrun performed at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre on March 22
with a wide variety of musical adventures and a unique instrumentation
that was exciting and intriguing to
watch. Ranging from experimental
jazz along the lines of Eric Dolphy and
Sun Ra to traditional Cambodian and
Vietnamese timbres in a context of
modern chamber music, the band’s
two sets were a showcase of exciting
and unpredictable compositions and
refined musicianship.
The show was part of Guelph’s Silence series, an ongoing showcase of
the area’s contemporary composers
and groups. This quintet in particular
was led by composer Tom Richards
on the electric piano and was supported by bassist Jim Sexton, bassist
and electronics man Scott Peterson,
clarinetist Peter Lutek (who played
his clarinet through a whacked-out
electronic set-up), and Jake Oelrichs
at the drums.
Among the evening’s highlights
was an original Richards wrote while
travelling in Cambodia. “Battambang” was an experiment in fusing
Oriental timbres and musical dialect into a modern chamber music
setting, and produced a gorgeous,
cinematic texture and fascinating
musical discourse between the players. It is reductive to consider their
music just “jazz” or “contemporary chamber” music, but the most
jazz-inspired piece was “Confluence”
– featuring Peterson and Sexton in a
“duelling basses” scenario while Oelrichs kept the drums steady for Lutek
and Richards to improvise.
A rare cover for the band came in
the form of a movement from Olivier
Messaien’s seminal 1940 composition
“Quatuor pour la fin temps” (“Quartet
for the end of time”), a piece famously
composed and first performed when
the great French composer was in a
Polish prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. The prophetic and
apocalyptic piece was translated into
a modern chamber setting with electronic atmospheres and electric piano,
all culminating to a thunderous and
chaotic finale, with Oelrichs taking
apart his drum kit while playing and
making all sorts of entertaining noise
in the process.
While this kind of music can be
extremely difficult to compose –
let alone rehearse – composer Tom
Wendy Shepherd
Riverrun melded together experimental jazz, chamber music, and Southeast Asian influences to create
a cinematic texture at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre March 22.
Richards has unequivocal faith in the
musicians he plays with, providing a
fun and cohesive creative process for
him and the band.
“[The process is] collaborative in
the sense that when I bring a tune, I
have complete trust in the musicians
and what they’re going to do with it.
I have a fully formed idea in my head
and on paper as to what the concept of
the piece is. There’s a structure on the
paper and some tunes are very highly
composed (every note written down)
and some tunes are just suggestions.
But the collaborative process comes
in when I bring it in and we play,”
Richards said. “The great thing for
me about this band is that I’ve played
with these guys for a long time and
we have good relationships, so it’s all
about the interaction and the knowledge that when I bring something in
they’re going to do something different with it. And they know they
have license to interpret anything
they want to as long as it’s serving
the music.”
arts & Culture
10 w w w.th e on ta r ion . c om
Electronic music scene embraces Guelph acts
Free n Losh and
Northend find success
locally and globally
Harrison Jordan
The sudden emergence of a global mainstream electronic dance
music scene has meant young, determined music producers who
have spent hours in their bedrooms
toiling away on their computers have discovered new-found
fame both online and throughout
the world. From Toronto’s Zeds
Dead to Vancouver’s Excision and
Datsik, Canada has no shortage
of exports to the electronic dance
music (EDM) scene – and Guelph
is no exception.
Lee Freedman and Myles
Schwartz, both students of the
University of Guelph, are seeing
tremendous success online releasing their jazz-influenced electronic
beats under the moniker Free n
Losh. Their latest release, a mellow
hip-hop take on Led Zeppelin’s
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” has
been played over 43,000 times
on their Soundcloud page, a play
count that even established DJs
in the scene could only wish for.
The duo are taking a grassroots approach to their promotion which
seems to have paid off.
“We’ve been releasing all of our
music independently so word of
mouth is key,” Freedman said.
“Lyrically, it’s a pretty relatable
song so that helped for sure. As we
build, more blogs are showing love
and we’re grateful to everyone.”
These music blogs are among
the largest ones online, including Earmilk, Dancing Astronaut,
and Pigeons and Planes, all of
whom have highly praised the
two producers.
The two Guelphites aren’t alone
in their sudden rise in the EDM
scene. Daniel Wagner Cash, another University of Guelph student,
“History
classes […] give
you a better
understanding
of the
progression
of music as
a whole, and
I think it’s
important for
musicians to
have a sense of
their roots.”
– Lee
Freedman
produces music as Northend and
has toured extensively across Canada. His latest release, a track with
Toronto producers Stereotronique
entitled “Reverence,” was given its
world premiere on the podcast of
Giancarlo Basilone
Some University of Guelph students-turned-DJs have had considerable success in the electronic dance
music scene, including Free n Losh and Northend, who have shows in town in April.
David Guetta, arguably one of the
“I’ve taken quite a few music better understanding of the promost popular mainstream DJs in classes during my time in Guelph gression of music as a whole, and I
the world.
that completely altered my per- think it’s important for musicians
Freedman and Schwartz say their spective on music,” Schwartz to have a sense of their roots,” said
time at the University of Guelph explained. “The most important Freedman.
Guelph’s EDM exports have no
played a role in their success.
of the bunch was History of Jazz
“I would never have met [Freed- and Topics in Jazz and Improvisa- signs of slowing down. Wagner
man] if it wasn’t for Guelph,” said tion, both with Professor Spring. Cash is completing a tour with
Schwartz. “He was already making These classes opened up a whole funky house stalwart TJR while
beats when I met him in first year new world of ideas and concepts planning a North American tour.
and I had always wanted to. We that really impacted our music in Schwartz graduated from the
talked about music a lot and I was a strong way.”
university in December and now
One of the favourite courses of works at Epik Productions while
interested in what he was doing so
one night he got me to try it out. the duo was the history-centric continuing to make beats with
During the following summer, I Electronica: Music in a Digital Age, Freedman. The three haven’t forgotten their roots; both acts have
got serious with it and we started Freedman said.
collaborating early second year.”
“Since electronic music explod- upcoming shows in Guelph, with
They say their time in the class- ed a lot of people have this notion Northend performing in town on
room influenced the way they that it happened over night. His- April 5 and Free n Losh showcascrafted their tunes.
tory classes like that give you a ing their tunes on April 20.
From A to Zavitz
To Look is to Labour
provides a space of
observation
Angel Callander
Aryen Hoekstra’s show in Zavitz
gallery March 18 to 22, entitled To
Look is to Labour, afforded the opportunity to view MFA (Master of
Fine Art) work. It also provided a
much different environment than
what is generally expected. The
exhibition consisted of only two
pieces: “Out of Focus” and “Single
Projection Movements.”
Even with minimal pieces, Hoekstra’s exhibition carried
very challenging concepts. “Out
of Focus” was placed in the very
centre of the gallery, consisting of
three slide projectors, each with
a lens filter of a primary colour
and one blank slide. The projectors were positioned next to each
other pointed at one screen, placed
with its back to the entrance.
Hoekstra explains that each projector is set to auto-focus, but with
no image on which to focus, they
are infinitely searching for something they will never find. The
projectors adjust themselves constantly, creating a reverse prism
effect. A white rectangle is created
that changes its dimensions and reveals overlapping colours around
the frame.
“Single Projection Movements”
is a series of 24 perspective drawings on Cinefoil, which is the black
aluminum material used to block
lights in film and theatre. The
number of drawings parallels the
number of frames in one second
of film, arranged like disassembled
pages of a flipbook. The shapes of
the drawings are all assorted uneven rectangles, like screens in a
dark space.
On the surface, Hoekstra’s work
has its roots in the traditions of film.
“I’d say my main influences are
experimental filmmakers like Paul
Sharits and Tony Conrad,” said
Hoekstra.
Beneath these obvious associations, Hoekstra’s interests seem
very much attentive to human relationships with the image. Each
part of “Out of Focus” is meant
to be a sculptural object, something that we understand to walk
around and experience spatially
while keeping a distance.
“The impulse to pass [between
the screen and the projectors]
disrupts the image even more. It
reveals the multitudes of perspectives,” Hoekstra explained.
In a way, each individual part
of “Out of Focus” is anthropomorphic. The projectors are
Cyclopean, standing on three
legs each, staring forward at a
screen. They are three bodies involved in the arrangement of the
image. They search internally for
stability, just as people stand in
front of an artwork searching for
its fixed meaning.
Both “Out of Focus” and “Single Projection Movements” help to
study the viewer’s orientation in
space and how one interacts with
the works.
In preparing for the MFA thesis
show at the end of the semester, Hoekstra decided to choose
these two pieces because they
present work that has been completely resolved, physically and
conceptually.
“I wanted to show work here that
I was comfortable with… but being
uncomfortable is okay. It’s part of
showing your art. It encourages
the conversations,” said Hoekstra.
Overall, To Look is to Labour
investigates the literal labour of
the machine to focus unsuccessfully, but also forces us to perceive
the ways in which we “labour” to
interrelate with the art object. It is
a show that definitely encourages
conversations.
“The impulse to
pass [between
the screen and
the projectors]
disrupts the
image even
more. It reveals
the multitudes
of perspectives.”
– Aryen Hoekstra
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Improvisation rules at Community Music house show
170.11 ◆ march 28t h, 2013
arts & Culture
Guelph Community
Music Collective
attracts packed crowd
Robyn Nicholson
The Guelph Community Music
Collective has been an on-again,
off-again assembly dedicated to
promoting and enabling local musicians to showcase their work for
an audience of their peers. The
newly reignited effort has seen an
increase in activity in the community as of late, and successfully saw
an absolutely packed house show
on March 22.
“There was
an undeniable
feeling of
harmony not
only within
Manatee, but
within the entire
crowd.”
Opening the evening was Toronto native Callan Furlong. Without
a band for the evening, Furlong
treated the already crowded living room to traditional country
ballad fares, including a cover of
legend Hank Williams’s “Cheating
Heart,” as well as infusing aspects
of folk, honky-tonk and even a little blues into a short but sweet set.
Furlong’s dreamy and consistently
seamless vocals complimented effortlessly clean guitar work and
made for a reserved yet warm start
to the evening.
Episteme Ensemble were quick
to set up and were soon capturing the audience fully with
their unique blend of traditional jazz, funk, and experimental
free improvisation styles. All
four members are familiar faces
in the music department at the
University, and the virtuosity of
the quartet was readily apparent.
Erin Tusa (also the singer of Tear
Away Tusa who regularly appear
all around downtown Guelph),
despite feeling under the weather, was endlessly captivating as
a vocalist, easily switching between straightforward melodies
and skillful jazz scatting. Drummer Josh Kesterberg’s fluidity,
when paired with bassist Oren
Cantor’s expert precision, made
for an equally solid and yet still
creative rhythm section, while
guitarist Sam Schwartzbein both
supported the ensemble and
showcased dexterity and artistry in solos.
The Ensemble’s set opened with
a raucous and unhinged cover of
Jimi Hendrix’s “Crosstown Traffic,” where their signature was
indelibly heard, and the mood
of the room was considerably
shifted from the quiet appreciation of Furlong’s set to a more
participatory cheering. A twopart Neil Young medley took the
tempo down a notch, but provided one of the most memorable
performances of the night as the
Ensemble ingeniously re-imagined the folk-rock troubadour’s
hits “ The Needle and the Damage Done” and “Heart of Gold”
into jazzy down-tempo ballads
Robyn Nicholson
From left to right, Oren Cantor, Erin Tusa, and Sam Schwartzbein of Episteme Ensemble performed a
house show March 22 under the banner of the on-again, off-again Guelph Community Music Collective.
oozing with smouldering emotion. collective shifts in tempo and have warranted a bigger space,
Finishing off the set with a con- timing, making for a fascinating the unique quality of the Guelph
siderable helping of improvisation demonstration of mass impro- Community Music Collective’s
by all four members, the Episteme visation and musical teamwork.
latest house show may have owed
Like Episteme Ensemble, Man- its charm to being in a living room
Ensemble left a lasting impression
on the still-growing crowd.
atee featured many familiar faces and not in a bigger, colder venue.
Manatee launched into the final from the music department, and The intimacy could not possibly be
set, after having waded through their lively performance invoked replicated in such a space, and to
the near-bursting audience with excited and ecstatic responses experience a nine-piece Afro-beat
their equipment. Boasting a nine- from attendees who were now ensemble where you’re standing
plus member ensemble – half of filling every possible pocket of mere inches away from that blastwhich made up a robust and var- space in the living room and out ing horn section is unforgettable.
ied horn section – the small living into the kitchen and entranceway While many may not be aware of
room space was absolutely and ut- of the small home on Neeve Street. these community shows, they are
terly enveloped in joyous sound. There was an undeniable feeling of a great opportunity to experience
Self-described as an “Afro-beat/ harmony not only within Manatee, live music like nothing else and
free improvising ensemble,” Man- but within the entire crowd, and also witness the unbridled talatee’s nearly-entirely improvised there was the distinct impression ent of so many musicians in our
material was infectious. Various that something incredibly special own community. To attend one of
hand motions from lead guitar- was happening, and we were all these shows should be on everyone’s “To Do Before Graduation”
ist Dan Kruger along with the experiencing it together.
rest of the ensemble saw seamless
While the crowd size may lists.
c ivic m u s e u m
Community arts projects were
presented at the Guelph Civic
Museum as part of Fourth Fridays
March 22. Ed Video’s Angus
McLellan presented the 60 Seconds
of Beauty project, for which over
70 participants submitted videos of
personal examples of beauty. Angela
Keeley presented her OCAD Masters
Thesis project Art Con Guelph, an
exhibition that celebrates the ability
to be creative without judgment.
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Kelsey Coughlin
While to the naked eye, it appears
to simply be a wet, transparent
liquid, water is one of the most important and abundant compounds
on earth.
This is why World Water Day is
held annually as a means of focusing attention on the importance of
freshwater, and advocating for the
sustainable management of freshwater resources. This year marks
the 20th anniversary of World
Water Day.
On March 23, as part of the celebrations, the School of Engineering
teamed up with the City of Guelph
and the Ontario Centres of Excellence to hold the first ever H2O Go
Festival. The festival served as an
engaging celebration of all things
water, and took place at City Hall.
It has become more and more
clear in recent years that water is
not an infinite resource. Without
proper management and maintenance of those resources, the
substance as we know it now will
face a new depleting reality.
“The event is an excellent opportunity for the university to work
with the city and bring forward
an issue that is of vital importance
to so many people, but which so
many people do not think about,”
said U of G engineering professor
and organizer of the event, Khosrow Farahbakhsh.
The H2O Go Festival included
an array of family-friendly activities, and interactive displays and
workshops. Among the highlights
“The event is
opportunity for
to work with the
forward an issue
importance to so
– Khosrow F
Water
makes a
n Guelph
included a Rainwater Harvesting
workshop, a Water Efficient Landscaping workshop and a Greywater
Reuse workshop.
The children’s activities included
face painting, puppet storytelling,
storm water pinball, and a ‘test
your water knowledge’ trivia game.
Each event had the aim of addressing the importance of water
conservation.
“It’s important that an event
like this become popular. Water
is the most precious and valuable
resource we have, and if we don’t
start showing more compassion
towards it now, we never will,”
said University of Guelph student
Andrew Wood, who attended the
event.
A main component of the event
was to show that there are many
do-it-yourself and cost-effective
ways of conserving water. Anything from collecting rainwater
runoff to being conservative with
respects to watering your lawn
can make a big difference in the
long run.
With the low rainfall and high
temperatures Guelph has witnessed in the past, it is no surprise
that organizers want community
members to make water conservation a way of life.
Every year, a different aspect
of the importance of water is addressed for the United Nations’s
World Water Day. This year, in
addition to the H2O Go Festival,
University of Guelph faculty discussed the importance of drinking
water and how not enough of it is
actually fit to be drank.
The next time you turn on the
tap and drink a cold glass of water,
ask yourself what you’re doing to
ensure water conservation becomes a new reality.
s an excellent
r the university
e city and bring
e that is of vital
o many people.”
Farahbakhsh
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arts & Culture
album reviews
The 20 / 20 Experience
-Justin Timberlake
Comeback album
deserves all the hype
Alex Howie
The third solo album from Justin Timberlake has kept us waiting for almost
seven years. The teasing classic blackand-white filtered performance at
the Grammy’s with the full 10-piece
Tennessee Kids and Jay-Z only added
to the hype. On March 18 The 20 /20
Experience delivered, proving it was
well worth the wait.
Taking ’90s R&B and modernizing it for 2013, Justin leaves no room
for disappointment with a 10-track
album running a whopping 70 minutes and 20 seconds. Not selling out
to radio stations stressing about fiveminute songs, Justin stays creative
with only one song staying under the
five-minute mark.
Setting the tone for the entire
album, Timberlake opens with the
eight-minute masterpiece that is
“Pusher Love Girl.” Pop’s golden
boy makes his comeback with this
massive in-your-face track, sounding straight out of an old Hollywood
movie. Known for his signature twopart songs, Justin goes from a soulful
falsetto, smooth layers of horns and a
string section in part one to shameless, upbeat rapping in part two. The
transition is effortless and cool – regardless of the fact that Justin’s rap
compares his lover to a drug pusher, he manages to keep it classy and
refreshing. “Mirrors” is the other two-part song
on the album and comes near its end.
This one is a throwback to vintage JT,
and the next clear hit single. Starting
with a mid-tempo pop production
with layers of synths that will be stuck
in your head for days, the track makes
an effortless transition into a smooth
confession with lush harmonies. This
is how you do a love song.
The 20 /20 Experience is different from any pop album out right
now, even staying clear of traditional dance tracks. The main dance
number is “Let the Groove Get In”
which is a modern Latin funk mashup. No doubt this is partly due to the
veteran producer Timbaland, who
successfully produced JT’s second
solo album, Future Sex/Love Sounds.
No surprise Timbaland produced
this album and even makes an appearance in the solid track “Don’t
Hold the Wall.” A mixture of tribal
drums, synths, and a classic Timbaland production makes for a unique
club track.
Although catchy, “Don’t Hold
the Wall” as well as the electronic
“Spaceship Coupe” – a song about
having sex with aliens, moans included – and the sulky “Strawberry
Bubblegum” are all too stretched out
and unnecessarily repetitive. They
would be more deadly if shortened
by at least three minutes.
The same can be said about the first
single “Suit & Tie,” with its thick
opening. But the collaboration of
rich symphonic instruments and
the slick rap verse from Jay-Z make
up for any previous concerns. This
power duo has obvious chemistry,
and recently announced its Legends
of the Summer Tour, which will kick
off in Toronto July 17.
The clear centerpiece of The 20 /20
Experience is the ambitious “Tunnel
Vision”, which overcomes all length
issues in other songs. Sounding like
the ancestor of “Cry Me a River,” the
song is both sensual and obsessive.
Timberlake plays with his lower register and adds an addictive futuristic
sound to create an intriguing story
line. Being one of the shorter songs
on the album (just under seven minutes) it still manages to capture and
maintain attention for the whole
track.
The other standout song “Blue
Ocean Floor” interestingly ends the
album in a Frank Ocean mixed with
Radiohead sound. The opaque lyrics
allow the slow ballad-style music to
convey the story of loss and mourning. Unlike all the other tracks, this
song incorporates imagery and metaphors with Justin singing lyrics like,
“Under the water you scream so loud
but the silence surrounds you.”
Throughout the whole album,
Timberlake’s vocals remain soulful, sexy, and coy from one line to
the next. There is no possibility of
sitting still with this album playing
– the smooth beats and suave lyrics
will have you out of your seat in seconds. Justin is making it clear that
he is back and here to stay. Timberlake announced at his intimate
album release party on March 18 that
this is only part one. There are rumors about a fall release date this year
for The 20 /20 Experience sequel, but
the date has not been confirmed by
Justin himself. Hey, we waited seven
years for part one, a few months for
part two is manageable.
Delta Machine – Depeche Mode
New wave band
introduces new sound
Tom Beedham
That in their 33rd year as a band, Depeche Mode open their 13th album
with a song called “Welcome To My
World” might seem like an ironic
gesture, but it’s anything but insincere. With Delta Machine, Depeche
Mode put forth an album that serves
up some familiar lyrical themes that
fit in with the band’s standard fare,
but the encompassing sound follows
a concept the group’s never pursued
before.
Offering up some easily discernible blues guitar drones on tracks
like “Slow” and “Goodbye,” the
group pursues a loose theme that
sets delta blues up against some of
the modernity-exploitive electronic and alterna-dance components
that Depeche Mode has relied on
throughout their career to arrive at a
hybrid sound that explains the Delta
Machine heading pretty directly, and
the result is an album that is dark and
contemplative at once with its musical as well as its lyrical subject matter.
Not short on surprises, the band
doesn’t limit itself to the title concept
and risk putting out a piece of contrived art, but instead allows itself to
branch off from it as well as the contextual framework the band chiseled
itself into over the past three decades.
With dark and damaged swamp
gospel vocals coupling a throbbing
electronic pulse and perforated with
an atmospheric chorus, “Angel” is
an intelligent inclusion among the
melancholy of an album that boasts
blues-entwined techno. It’s an obvious choice to precede “Heaven,”
the album’s only single released so
far. The latter is an emotional rumination of longing and a call for
a meditation (if not a satire) on ivory
tower isolationism that – with a minimalist glitch accompaniment that
at first sits in the background but
eventually blossoms to stave off and
silence Dave Gahan’s (here notably
restrained) vocals – could operate as
(perhaps cliché in alternately folkpurist contexts) commentary on
the state of an increasingly technologically-involved culture that also
signals how self-aware the group
had to become before exploring some
new avenues for artistic direction.
Contrastingly, “Soothe My Soul”
seems like more of a crowd pleaser
with its dark alternative dance and
guitar work on the chorus that is not
dissimilar to the chords Martin Gore
wrote for “Personal Jesus” in 1989.
If anything counts against Delta
Machine, the offering does come
off a little long, and perhaps some
of the material would fit better on
a standalone effort. However, how
much can we blame the guys? Delta
spiritual validation that’s the clear Machine marks the end of a trilogy
flag bearer for the album. Togeth- of records Depeche Mode has been
er these tracks insure fans craving working on with producer Ben
some material that progresses from Hillier, so maybe some of the incluthe group’s traditional lyrical con- sions arrive more out of respect than
centrations on spiritual frustrations necessity.
will remain satisfied.
If a little long, Delta Machine reWhile the band appears to make mains one of Depeche Mode’s most
an effort to appease what might be impressive records – even more so
less open-minded fans, this labour considering how late it comes in the
doesn’t seem to come without a bit group’s career.
of sarcasm. “My Little Universe” is
Rating: 4.5 /5
Comedown Machine – The Strokes
Comedown Machine
avoids the publicity
machine
Stacey Aspinall
The new effort is less garage-rock,
more 80’s new wave/synth-pop. The
album overall is reminiscent of Casablanca’s solo album, Phrazes for
the Young (2009), in its unabashed
80’s influences, with one track titled “80’s Comedown Machine.” The
single “All The Time” is catchy and
In 2001, The Strokes’s debut album
Is This It cemented their status as
leaders of the garage-rock revival in
New York City, finding widespread
success and critical acclaim while
also somehow managing to remain
just outside of the mainstream – an
enviable position.
The Strokes’s fifth album, Comedown Machine, was released on
March 26. This album feels more cohesive than their previous release,
2011’s somewhat fractured Angles,
which is perhaps the result of a more
coherent production style. Angles
was reportedly pieced together definitely hooks the listener; “One
from separately recorded fragments, Way Trigger” is almost cartoonishprompting the press to speculate as ly bouncy and is one of few tracks
to whether the band members’ re- that includes Casablanca vocally exlationships were strained. This time perimenting with a strange falsetto,
around, the band got back to basics that recurs in “Chances;” “50/50” is
and booked studio time at icon- a fast-paced with rough, distorted
ic Electric Lady Studios to record vocals recalling their debut album;
Comedown Machine.
“Happy Endings” is sleek and slick,
and is followed by “Call It Fate, Call
It Karma,” which closes the album
on a mellow note.
While Comedown Machine ultimately isn’t as sharply focused and
inevitably lacks the forward momentum of earlier albums, the album
does build upon their previous work,
incorporating recognizable stylistic
elements and exploring them in the
context of ’80s influences.
The current release, while gaining
attention, is in some ways remaining under the radar; the band is
bypassing the press that typically
accompanies an album release, and
there has been no news of an upcoming tour.
The music video for “All The Time”
includes a compilation of video
clips from throughout their career;
it’s unclear at this point whether
Comedown Machine indicates that
it’s time for back-cataloging nostalgia. But given the lack of press
interviews thus far, and reported
plans to abstain from touring, it’s
understandable if some fans are left
disoriented while “coming down”
from the initial excitement of the
new release.
170.11 ◆ march 28th, 2013
sports & Health
Athlete’s Brief
Professional athletes
pledge support in
challenging bans on
gay marriage
Chris Müller
At the 2013 NFL Combine in February, news leaked that some players
were being, or had been asked in
the past, the nature of their sexual
orientation. While it wasn’t necessarily a formal document that
had to be filled out, the concern
over whether or not a potential
professional liked girls, boys, or
otherwise provoked the general
public and, fortunately, many professional football players as well.
As the Supreme Court of the United States is debating the legality of
same-sex couples, it’s been refreshing to read about players pledging
their support to the LGBTQ community. Athlete’s Brief is the collective
effort of athletes like NFLers Brendon Ayanbadejo, Chris Kluwe, Scott
Fujita, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Adam
Podlesh, and Alex Mack. It’s not just
football players that have signed
on, but other prominent figures in
professional sport like Sean Avery,
Rashad Evans, Cheryl Reeve, Rebekkah Brunson, and Michelle
Marciniak.
The group is firm in their support
of equal rights for the LGBTQ community, and the leadership of Chris
Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo
has produced a short document
submitted to the Supreme Court
showcasing that support.
“For far too long, professional
sports have been a bastion of bigotry, intolerance, and small-minded
prejudice toward sexual orientation, just as they had been to racial
differences decades earlier,” reads
the statement.
The document goes on to describe
its interest in correcting the actions
of Proposition Eight, including a
direct appeal to the court system
believing that the proposition acts
fundamentally against the constitution of the country.
The mobilization of professional
athletes on this issue is important as
it acts as a sign of progress in American popular culture in relation to
the LGBTQ community. The world
of professional sport may be moving
towards a culture where individuals
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courtesy
Many professional athletes have pledged support in their opposition to homophobia in professional
sport, a step forward for equality rights for the LGBTQ community in professional sport.
can feel comfortable with their sexuality, regardless of orientation.
It’s shameful to suggest that only
now is the appropriate time to address the issue of homophobia in
sport, but reasonable, intelligent
athletes like Kluwe and Ayanbadejo
are paving a path for further equality on the playing field and in the
locker room. Given the cultural value attributed to professional
football players by fans of the game
in the United States, this could be
an important first step in correcting
public misperceptions on the right
to marriage that all free people enjoy,
regardless of age, sex, gender, orientation, or otherwise.
two victories came against Mc- each, ending the championship
Master and Western, proving that in dramatic fashion with a 9-7
Guelph was the strongest repre- comeback victory. It was the secsentative from Ontario.
ond time in just over 24 hours that
The tournament boiled down to Alberta lost to Manitoba in the final
an intense final between Manitoba end. It was the first time since 2010
and Alberta, with the undefeat- that a team from outside Ontario
ed Manitoba Bisons getting the won the final.
last rock. Heading into the ninth
On the men’s side, Waterloo
end, Alberta led Manitoba 7-5 and held off a late surge by the Alberit looked as if the Alberta Pandas ta Golden Bears (Alberta’s athletic
would avenge the last-end loss programs go by two names, the
to Manitoba the day before in the women’s team dubbed the Pandas
round-robin. That effort collapsed and the men’s the Golden Bears) to
in the ninth and tenth end, with earn the victory, crowning them
Manitoba scoring two points in the 2013 champs. Guelph did not
participate in the men’s side of the
tournament.
The Gryphons return home
empty handed, but with cause for
optimism at the provincial level.
Guelph’s victories over McMaster
and Western should help locate
Guelph as one of the premiere
curling teams in the Ontario university circuit. All is not lost for
the members of Guelph’s team, as
several team members also compete at the club level outside of
the university, and plenty of opportunity awaits the Gryphons in
the coming months.
Tough trip for Gryphons
Women’s curling earn
tough 2-5 record at
national championship
Chris Müller
After a promising provincial tournament the Gryphons travelled to
Kamloops, B.C. for the 2013 CIS/
CCA University Championships.
The tournament ran from March
20-24 and the Gryphons struggled against the nation’s premiere
curling talent.
Team members Jaimee Gardner,
Katelyn Wasylkiw, Heather Cridland, Erin Jenkins, and Emilie
Metcalfe travelled to Kamloops
through fundraising efforts from
the Guelph Curling Club and a
generous donation from the Egg
Farmers of Ontario. Coached by
Jason Rice, the team was outscored
53-44 by the opposition, hardly a
blowout in any case.
The tournament pitted teams
from Thompson Rivers (Kamloops),
Saint Mary’s (Halifax), UPEI Panthers (Charlottetown), Alberta,
Manitoba, Western, and McMaster against the Gryphons. Guelph’s
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You put the lime in the coconut
Coconut water vs.
brand sports drinks
Colleen McDonell
In 1966, scientists from the University of Florida tested a special
formula on the school’s football
team – the Gators – and they developed a popular workout drink.
Appropriately named “Gatorade,” the mixture of sugar, water,
and salt became popular among
athletes, and afterwards similar
sports drinks emerged, such as
Powerade.
Jeremy Snider, lacrosse player at
the U of G for the last four years,
says that he and his teammates
generally drink Gatorade or Powerade during training or games.
“I’ve been drinking it my whole
life after sports,” Snider said of the
two brands.
However, the appeal isn’t necessarily about replenishing those
electrolytes.
“I think it’s more of a flavour
thing than anything. I know that
water would probably do the trick,
but I like to have flavour after [a
game],” he said, noting his favourite is Green Squall Powerade.
Many health enthusiasts have
recently switched to using coconut water, claiming that because
it is natural, potassium-rich, and
super hydrating, it provides a good
alternative to sports drinks.
“I wouldn’t say there are many
proven benefits, except for hydration,” U of G dietician Lindzie
O’Reilly said on the nutritional
value of coconut water, responding to the fact that it lacks many
trace nutrients.
Coconut water
can be good
to hydrate
[your body] if
you’re engaging
in moderate
activity” –
Lindzie O’Reilly,
dietician
“Coconut water can be good
to hydrate [your body] if you’re
engaging in moderate activity,”
explained O’Reilly. “But if you’re
using it in the heat, or an endurance event, you’d actually be
better off with Gatorade or Powerade that has more carbohydrates
and more sodium, which needs
replenishing during intense
exercise.”
Consumers should also be aware
that coconut water as advertised is
not always pure, and some brands
only have 10 per cent real coconut
water in the can. Additionally, this
beverage option is expensive and
“not always realistic” on a student
budget, says O’Reilly.
Although certain sports drinks
have been known to receive bad
raps because of their association
with sugar, they can be very beneficial for athletes.
“There’s a lot of research put
into the products and they actually have a really good amount of
carbohydrates and amount of sodium,” O’Reilly said of Gatorade
and Powerade. If you are looking
for a better sports drink alternative, you can also mimic such
brands and make your own concoction of honey or maple syrup,
and salt.
However, the dietician cautions
on consuming sports drinks outside of their intended contexts.
“I’ve seen a lot of people who are
recreational exercisers that use
them that don’t need to, or who
drink them during that day just
as a beverage,” said O’Reilly. “In
that case, water is your best bet.”
sports & Health
natasha reddy
Coconut water has been presented as a potential substitute for
athletic beverages like Gatorade. How do the two measure up
against each other?
Survey says….
Canadians want the
government and
the food industry to
collaborate in reducing
sodium levels
Chris Müller
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology recently released a study that
showcased the public’s consensus
that the federal government needs
to take action on reducing the
amount of sodium in commercially
available food products. About 80
per cent of the sodium Canadians
consume is found in pre-packaged
soups, sauces, canned vegetables,
and bread.
The survey of 2,603 Canadians found that about 80 per cent
of the sample group wanted the
government to work with the
food industry to reduce sodium levels, and more than 80 per
cent supported a sodium cap on
meals served in daycares, hospitals, schools, and other publicly
funded facilities.
The study notes that the average Canadian consumes upwards
of 3,400 milligrams of sodium
per day, more than double the
unprocessed foods are the ideal avenue for reducing salt intake. Fresh
or frozen vegetables instead of the
canned variety can be a simple
fix for avoiding salt in vegetables,
while seasoning food with herbs
instead of salt can also alleviate
the level of sodium one ingests on
a daily basis. High sodium products like salami and bologna are
often available in reduced sodium varieties, as are traditionally
salt-heavy products like olives and
pickles. Regularly high levels of
sodium in the body can contribute
to kidney disease and undesirable
fluid retention.
While regular excess in sodium can cause harm to the body,
the onus ought to remain on the
individual to select healthy food
options. It seems to be a bit of a
stretch to suggest that the federal
Robyn Mackenzie
government intervene in the use
of a seasoning compound; yet the
Eighty per cent of Canadians support the federal government intervening in the amount of salt used
in food products. Should the onus lay in the hands of the government, or in the hands of an informed
public seems to be clamoring for it.
consumer?
With the widespread availability of
sodium-reduced and sodium-free
recommended daily consump- released guidelines for the food sodium intake? Other than avoid- alternatives to the problem items
tion of 1,500 milligrams for people industry’s use of sodium in food ing fast food altogether, some of canned soups, sauces, and vegaged nine to 50. The survey also products, but many claim these choices during your next trip to etables, it seems that an informed
found that about 60 per cent of re- guidelines are too loose and allow the grocery store could help re- consumer and not federal legisspondents were actively trying to for some wiggle-room in the duce sodium intake.
lature should be the solution for
reduce their sodium intake.
amount of sodium.
Since salt is used extensive- reduced sodium in the Canadian
The federal government has
So how can we reduce our ly in canning and preserving, diet.
170.11 ◆ march 28th, 2013
sports & Health
Achieving your fitness goals for summer 2013
Fitness Program
supervisor Lynne
Skelton-Hayes
provides the facts on
pursuing a healthier
lifestyle
Andrew Donovan
As the weather improves, the sun
begins to shine more, and the layering of clothes becomes less and
less of an occurrence, some come
to the realization that summer is
around the corner and the time to
shed those few pounds of winter
weight is imminent.
I interviewed Lynne SkeltonHayes, Fitness Program Supervisor
in the Athletics Department at the
University of Guelph, spoke about
the ways in which we can incorporate health and fitness into a
lifestyle that promotes healthy
weight loss and muscle building.
The Ontarion: Is there a benefit in
diversifying your workout? For example, if you are cardio heavy and
are looking to lose weight, would
a switch over to weights be a good
idea? Lynne Skelton-Hayes: Absolutely. Getting fit is about constantly
challenging your body and working slightly beyond what you are
currently used to. What you do
needs to be specific to what you
want to achieve. For example if
you only do cardiovascular training, you will only improve your
cardiovascular fitness. You will not
increase your strength/endurance
or flexibility unless you specifically challenge yourself by weight
training and stretching. In other
words, “do the same thing, get the
same result. Do something different, get a different result.”
In reference to decreasing body
fat or losing weight, the best
approach is a combination of cardiovascular training and weight
training. Weight training improves
your metabolism by increasing
your percentage of lean muscle
mass. Muscle mass is metabolically active therefore allowing you
to burn more calories at work and
rest. Cardiovascular training is
how you expend (burn) the calories. Very simply if you have more
muscle, you burn more calories
while doing cardio. Both are imperative to success with respect
to this goal.
O: What do you recommend as
the best way to become more in
shape as the spring and summer
approaches?
LSH: There is no best approach
for decreasing body fat or losing
weight. A combination of cardio
three to six times a week, strength
training two to three times a week
and proper nutrition is the best
approach. What you should do
within these ranges (guidelines),
should be recommended to you
by a personal trainer based on age,
fitness level and current health
status (part of a personal training assessment). Working within
these guidelines, a healthy and safe
rate of loss is one to two pounds
per week. Keep in mind, everybody is different and every body
responds to different equipment
and training protocols differently. The best exercise is one you will
do and stick with. Consistency of
workouts is also critically important to success.
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O: How important is diet to the of the time. To this point, I always
process of getting your body in tell our members to remember
shape? Will all be lost if you go out “it is not what you eat and do bedrinking on the weekend?
tween Christmas and New Years
LSH: Diet is crucial. Certainly you but more so what you do and eat
can lose weight/body fat by exer- between New Years and Christcising alone but you are limited in mas that matters!”
how far you will progress if you
don’t incorporate healthy nutri- O: What are your thoughts on High
tion into your plan. Additionally, Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
the importance of healthy nutrition as a means to getting lean?
and exercise goes far beyond just LSH: HIIT is an amazing way to
body fat composition and weight maximize your time and accelerate
loss. You are predisposing yourself your impact on body composition
to many health risks by not doing changes and weight loss and careither as well. At the end of the day diovascular fitness. The goal of HIIT
changing body composition and training is to increase the metaweight loss is all about calories in bolic effect. In other words, when
versus calories out. So if you are you do HIIT training you achieve
exercising and eating healthy, you an increase in your metabolism for
are going to reach your goals that a longer period of time after your
much more efficiently than if you workout. The result is, you burn
don’t incorporate both.
more calories during the workIn regards to “is all lost if you out but also for a longer period
go out and drink on the weekend,” after the workout is done. Postnot if it is once and while. Modera- exercise burn is the highest with
tion is key. No one can be perfect HIIT. Caution: it is high intensi100 per cent of the time. Knowing ty interval training therefore this
this will take some pressure off. If protocol is NOT recommended for
you don’t realize this, you are set- someone new to exercise (less than
ting yourself up to fail. The key is six months of consistent exercise
to do the right thing the majority experience).
Healthy bones
Understanding
osteoporosis and its
potential impact on
you
at any age, equally in both sexes.
Throughout childhood, bone mass
usually increases until mid-20s
before remaining constant until
35, when it begins to decrease.
Usually, by the time osteoporoJustin Mac
sis is diagnosed, significant bone
loss has already occurred. The reaAlong with the United States, son it occurs later on in life has to
Canada has cause for concern do with the aging process. Nutriwhen it comes to the increasing tional requirements are actually
rates of osteoporosis. Osteoporo- higher in elderly populations for
sis is a disease where loss of bone nutrients like calcium, Vitamin D
mass can lead to a higher risk of and protein. However, decreased
fractures. It occurs most often in smell, taste, saliva production,
elderly populations, affecting fe- and dentition contribute to less
males 10 times more than males. nutritional intake than is required.
In healthy individuals, bones
naturally undergo remodelling Statistics
in response to growth, injuries One might wonder why we should
or increased need for calcium. bother about a disease that won’t
Similar to a home renovation, affect many until their later stages
old bones are broken down by in life. Why fix something that is
cells called osteoclasts, which not broken? The answer is that
then recruit cells called osteo- osteoporosis is a pressing issue that
blasts to “finish the job” and build has been growing here in Canada.
new bone structure. For various Although similar to rickets disreasons, this cycle may become ease, osteoporosis differs in that a)
disrupted, causing bone to be bro- it is more common, and b) it can
ken down faster than it is built. be attributed to a wider variety of
Eventually, levels of bone tissue causes. It is estimated that one in
decrease, causing the structure three women will develop osteoto become brittle and increas- porosis, as well as one in eight men
ing risk for fractures, even upon over the age of 50. Studies have
the slightest impact. The result is provided findings on preventative
osteoporosis, which can be diag- measures, which have been found
nosed in different forms. Primary to be most effective in youngtype is the most common form er populations. Research shows
found in post-menopausal women that vigorous exercise does help to
and elderly populations whereas slow rate of bone degradation, but
secondary osteoporosis can occur its influence may be due to other
reasons than first thought. It is the
hope that these populations, including university students, will
consider lifestyle changes that will
minimize the risk of developing
diseases like osteoporosis.
Vitamin D also has positive effects
on calcium levels and although inconsistent by itself, Vitamin D in
combination with calcium intake
has been shown to help reduce
risk for hip fractures. Vitamin
K has also shown promising effects on osteoporosis resulting
Nutrition
Nutrition is important in treat- in its upgrading to Level B status
ing osteoporosis at a molecular by the World Health Organizalevel where calcium, a major part tion, meaning enough evidence
of bone structure, is critical to has allowed clinicians to discuss
maintaining bone health. The daily it with their patients, when aprecommended intake of calcium is plicable. Increased protein, fruit
1000 mg/day for younger adults and vegetables are also recomand 1200 mg/day for women and mended for persons with or at risk
men over the ages of 50 and 70, of bone loss. Excessive intake of
respectively. These values would alcohol, caffeine, and sodium are
approximately equal just over associated with decreased bone
three cups of milk a day. Calcium health and should be limited to
supplementation has been found moderate intake levels, with alto have positive effects on bone cohol being potentially beneficial
mineral density, thus helping to in moderation.
prevent osteoporosis. Vitamin D
is also important in maintaining Prevention
bone structure. The recommended A review of studies done by redaily intakes are 600IU/day and searchers at the University of
800IU/day for men and women Washington found that the effect
over age of 70, respectively. Un- of exercise on bone structure is
fortunately there are few sources found to be highly dependent upon
of Vitamin D, with supplementa- the age at which it occurs. Exercise
tion and sunlight being the two influences growth of periosteum, a
major ones. Dr. Meckling, a pro- layer outside of every bone, which
fessor with Human Health and is seen as having the most impact
Nutritional Sciences department on strengthening bone. The maat the University of Guelph, gave jority of cases reporting periosteal
a colourful picture of how even growth has occurred in younger
sunbathing naked on a roof during populations undergoing exercise.
months of October to April would Although it is not entirely futile
produce insufficient intensity of in elderly populations, exercise
sunlight to synthesize Vitamin D. has a diminished effect due to
reasons including decreased ability for physical activity and effects
of bone loss due to aging. Thus, it
is a good idea to keep exercising
while you still can.
The review also indicates how
treatments involving supplementation in combination with
exercise can be beneficial particularly in elderly patients.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is
known to increase numbers of
osteoblasts which helps to rebuild
bone mass. Human recombinant
PTH looks promising and has recently been approved for clinical
use in the United States.
Further research is vital in assessing current and potential
treatment methods. The review
at University of Washington also
showed preclinical trials in mice
showing potential benefits of substance Cyclosporin A in helping to
maintain bone periosteal remodelling. Although further research in
humans is needed, it presents a
future possible treatment. Along
with additional studies that address treatments for bone loss such
as PTH, paths have been laid out in
order to continue research. Many
will question the effort and cost
needed to further pursue these
sometimes controversial treatments for osteoporosis, however,
we must consider that the cost
might not even measure up to the
price we may pay when it is we
who are affected.
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: A bigger picture
Three plans for
essentially the same
thing
Nick Revington
Most students are familiar with
the changes to the bus routes
made just over a year ago. Love
them or hate them, the changes
have been heavily discussed and
further tweaks have been made
to the routes and schedules since
– most notably a return to 20-minute rather than 15-minute peak
service. What students may not
realize is that the original reworking of the routes was part of the
city’s Transit Growth Strategy that
aims to drastically increase ridership and improve transit service in
the long term.
The city also has plans to increase the share of trips made by
bicycle within the city. Last month,
city council approved a plan to add
280 km of bike lanes to the city’s
streets by 2022, and to pave another 30 km of off-road trail for
cyclists. To further facilitate bike
use, the plan also calls for more
bike racks and shelters as well
as locker and shower facilities at
public and institutional buildings. Over this time period, the
city hopes to achieve an ambitious
threefold increase in the number
of bike trips. This so-called Cycling Master Plan means on-street
parking will be removed to make
room for bike lanes on a number
of major roads in Guelph: Downey Road, Eastview Road, Grange
Road, Starwood Drive, and Stevenson Street.
With this in mind, it might strike
some as ironic that on the very
same day, the city announced that
it was initiating a Parking Master
Plan study for the downtown area.
“Parking impacts all residents of
Guelph and is one of the biggest
factors in achieving a successful
urban area. Too little parking can
affect visitation and business viability; while providing too much
parking is expensive and can delay
our plans to grow the City more
efficiently and sustainably,” Allister McIlveen, manager of Traffic
and Parking, said in a press release
Brew Review:
A Pilgrim’s Progress
vanessa tignanelli
Planning for one mode of transportation will inevitably have
repercussions on other modes of transportation, so it’s a wonder
their planning is not more integrated.
Inside Farming:
OSPCA strikes again
Group of farmers say
Human Group “Out Of
Control”
Chris Müller
Despite many valiant efforts,
many beer drinkers continue
to guzzle down discount brews
as the de facto option for enjoying the beverage. So when a
friend brought over an undisclosed number of beers to an
undisclosed location at an undisclosed time, I was surprised
to see a lone 473 ml resting
peacefully atop the cardboard
box housing the swill. Progress
is good.
The can proudly displayed its
maker, Granville Island Brewing.
If you happen to be planning a
trip to British Columbia (and
you should), plan on spending
some time on Granville Island.
The island is a unique cultural
hotspot in the greater Vancouver area and is accessible by a
ferry that takes you from the
mainland just offshore to the
island. Entertainment facilities,
cultural events, and fresh markets dominate the island, and
the cobblestoned streets and
old-world feel lend a great presence to the locale. Vancouver,
much like Southern Ontario, is
experiencing a craft beer revolution, and Granville Island is
as good a place to enjoy western Canada’s brewing culture
as any. The brewery is open to
the public, and offers all of the
brewer’s offerings on tap.
posted to the City of Guelph
website.
Of course, the streets that currently stand to lose on-street
parking are not downtown, but
this scenario still raises an interesting question. Essentially, the
city has divided planning for one
thing – transportation – into three
separate processes for three different modes of transportation.
It’s potentially problematic because all three are linked. If more
people are cycling, there may be
less need for parking. If there is
less parking availability, people
may be less likely to drive provided
a substantive infrastructure promoting cycling and transit use.
Surely the picture is more complex than I paint here, but this
complexity only furthers the argument for a more integrated look at
these issues. Looking at one thing
at a time seems prone to scenarios
where, in the process of creating a
plan, the realization is made that
opportunities are constrained by
pre-existing plans for different but
related issues. We might be missing the bigger picture.
life
Bruce Sargent
The can was full of Granville
Island Brewing’s English Bay
Pale Ale, the 2011 gold medal
winner of the World Beer Championship under the category of
pale ales. It’s easy to see why
it won once it’s poured into
a glass, where the toffee and
caramel coloured brew rests
beneath a smooth off-white
head. This pale ale serves as a
perfect gateway beer to those
who have not yet witnessed
the nirvana of good craft beer,
producing a stiff malt character that is balanced by a sweet
but mild floral character that
Preventing animal cruelty is a
very simple and universal goal
held by many people. Pet owners
and farmers alike care for their
animals on a daily basis and each
must maintain a standard of care.
The Ontario Society for the
Prevention of Animal Cruelty
(OSPCA) is the governing authority for protecting animals in
Ontario. The OSPCA investigates
cases and charges individuals in
court. They also operate animal
shelters in Toronto and other
vanessa tignanelli
areas of the province.
In the past four years, however,
is further improved through a some disturbing accusations have
mild hop presence. Notes of car- been made about the group’s
amel and a subtle bitterness give activities in the agriculture inthe brew a robust quality that dustry. The provincial OSPCA Act
should pleasantly surprise the gives police powers to the private
discount lager drinker.
organization with no accountIf you can find this beer on ability, no transparency, and
tap, order it. It’s the best way none of the restraints that poto enjoy this beer since the can lice officers must observe, says
robs some of the head char- Ottawa agricultural lawyer Kurtis
acteristics that give the draft Andrews. Kurtis and many other
version a great texture and fin- agriculture stakeholders met in
ish. A great starter beer for the Brussels, Ont. to discuss the renon-craft drinker, and one I lationship farmers have with
find myself ordering more often the OSPCA. The event was orgathan not. Indeed, progress is nized by the Ontario Landowners’
good.
Association.
Attaining evidence during raids
without a warrant in a police investigation is illegal, and a judge
would dismiss the evidence in
a court of law. However, this is
common practice in an OSPCA
investigation.
Another alarming point is that
the OSPCA operates off of the
fines it distributes to accused
perpetrators of animal cruelty.
The group sets the fines and can
use their profits in whatever way
they see fit, including the salaries
of their investigators.
In March 2011, an Ottawa area
dairy farm was raided by the
OSPCA to investigate accusations of animal cruelty. To this
day, the Robinson family has not
been proven guilty, but they face
$720,000 in charges, plus two
years of legal fees.
In meetings held by agricultural groups earlier this month,
Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP
Jack MacLaren stated, “It’s about
the money. They need money to
pay their wages and the costs to
run the organization. It would
be a conflict if our police officers
had to issue speeding tickets to
pay their wages and that’s what
they’re doing here.”
Why does a private organization have super police powers
and why can they operate under
a clear case of conflict of interest?
The question’s been asked, but
the jury is still out on the answer.
170.11 ◆ march 28th, 2013
life
Tag teaming your applications
This Week
in History
New ideas for the cover
letter/resume duo
Wayne Greenway
The trouble with most cover letters is that they don’t tell a hiring
manager how the writer fits with
the advertised position. They
speak to the applicant’s passion
for doing the job, as well as the
general skills they possess.
It is often the reason why
clients, who even with a wellplanned search, do not receive
replies.
Frequently the skills referenced are ones that everyone
applying for the position would
also say they possess, such as
communication, leadership, when at best there is seldom any
problem solving, and conflict time to spare. The manager will
resolution skills. Sometimes they not have time to make inferences
don’t even match the skills listed about the transferability of skill
or to conduct an analysis of how
in the posting.
Some letters also tell the reader the bullets under each job on the
all they have learned that relates resume relates to the posting.
to the job. However, the employThe cover letter has to be crafter is looking for proof that the ed so that the manager will grasp,
writer has the knowledge, ex- in a matter of seconds, the match
perience and skills that match the between applicant’s experience
requirements of the job. With- and the required qualifications
out such a match, an interview and then be reassured by corwould be a waste of time for both responding accomplishments
parties.
detailed in the resume. A concise
At this stage, the hiring man- and compelling resume reinforager is often facing a stack of 100 ces and backs up what is said in
- 200 applications and there is no the cover letter.
interest in such a list of relevant
Results from the University
or transferable skills, unless the of Toronto Career Centre’s Emcover letter and resume show ployer Resume and Cover Letter
the reader what they achieved Survey suggest that job seekers
or accomplished with these skills, should target their application
related to the posted qualifica- to the job and never send genertions. The manager’s role is to ic resumes. As well, they suggest
decide who should come for an that the content should be honinterview and who should be est, concise, clear and proof-read.
deselected. The criteria used to A clean and simple format with
make this decision is usually what bulleted points is preferred over
was carefully prepared for the efforts designed to be flashy. They
posting.
also found that most employers
This means that the applicant’s said descriptions of previous jobs
job is to write to land the inter- should include results.
view – not the job!
One of the most important
Out of 100 applications about aspects of the cover letter is
10 per cent can usually be de- that it answers the employer’s
selected because of errors, such question: How do you meet or
as no customization of the ap- exceed the requirements in the
plication as a whole, poor advertisement?
The bullets under each job in
format, no cover letter, or being
addressed “to whom it may con- the resume complement the letcern.” Another ten per cent can ter and answer questions such
be eliminated because the person as: how did you do the job betapplying has almost no obvious ter than anyone else did or than
experience and/or education that anyone else could have done?;
relates to the qualifications.
what did you do to make each
It still leaves 80 applications job your own?; how did you
for the hiring manager to review take the initiative?; how did
and not a lot of time. According you go above and beyond what
to CareerBuilder’s 2011 survey was asked of you in your job deof 2,654 hiring managers, most scription?; what special things
hiring managers spend less did you do to make a difference
than a minute screening each or to streamline or to improve
application.
things?; what were you recogUsing this guideline, the pro- nized for?; what areas did your
cess will use up nearly 90 minutes boss or colleagues say you did
of the hiring manager’s day, exceptionally well in?; and what
comic by Abhishek Mohan
are you most proud of?
The key to success is to
highlight under each job, the
accomplishments that pertain
to the posted qualifications so
that it shows the patterns of success expressed in the cover letter.
The consensus among career professionals is that cover
letters should be concise, compelling and not more than a
page long. From here, there is
less consensus on letter for-
“The cover
letter has to be
crafted so that
the manager
will grasp, in
a matter of
seconds, the
match between
applicant’s
experience and
the required
qualifications.”
mat. Most career professionals
would agree on the importance
of including an introduction,
followed by an argument that
is intended to persuade the hiring manager why the applicant
is a good fit. The letter finishes
with an effective closing. The
differences in opinion relate to
how the argument is formatted
with some authors suggesting
several paragraphs while others
are equally enthusiastic about
how short the letter must be.
We propose an adapted approach to what is outlined by
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The Five O’Clock Club, an American national career coaching
organization with a strong record of success over 25 years.
Our adaptation makes the letter more concise. We suggest a
one to two line introduction,
followed with a statement that
gives five very carefully worded and bulleted strengths. The
strengths speak to the pattern
of the writer’s accomplishments
as they pertain to the most important qualifications. The letter
is closed with a polite “ask” for
a personal interview.
There are three advantages
of this approach. It fits with
today’s style of business communication. The letter will show
exactly how the writer matches
the qualifications and it takes
only seconds for the reader to
see the fit.
This kind of letter requires
that the writer think through
what would be relevant to the
hiring manager, instead of filling the letter with long winded
arguments. The results are very
positive when each bullet shows
the pattern of the applicant’s accomplishments, around a major
qualification. It might be that
the person has a “history of
success” in the requirement; or
“recognized for” performance in
another qualification. Another
bullet might describe “extensive
experience in” a highly relevant
area. The bullets catch the reader’s interest because they fit
with their screening criteria. The
decision to interview the candidate is an easy one, if the hiring
manager flips to the resume to
quickly see that the job bullets
provide specific evidence of the
patterns described in the letter.
No method is fool proof. If
your letter and resume are getting you interviews then don’t
change the format, but if you are
not getting replies to carefully
targeted positions, then try this
method and see just how well
it works!
U.S. Radioactive Cloud is Deadly
War Weapon
If the dropping of the atom bomb
wasn’t enough to ward off any
further developments in the
nuclear weapons category, an
airplane manufacturer in the U.S.
announced on this day in 1948
that the country newly possessed
technology that could release a
radioactive cloud over a “much
larger area than … the atom
bomb.” Other bonus features of
the weapon were its ability to
stay “radioactive for an indefinite
period of time” and the fact that
it could be spread by the wind.
Glenn L. Martin, the spokesperson for the manufacturer, also
bragged to the newspaper about
the navy’s perfecting of a guided
missile with a honing device and
new bacteria weapons. Gotta love
the Cold War.
(The Globe and Mail – March 25,
1948)
Stock exchange admits women
For 200 years, since the institution’s founding, women were not
permitted to work for the
London Stock Exchange, until
this day only 40 years ago. According to the news source, “[10]
newly elected lady members entered the Stock Exchange today
on the first working day since
their election took place.” However, the newspaper noted that
the next step for activists will be
“allowing women dealers on to
the floor,” so it doesn’t seem like
the initial decision was extremely radical. The BBC echoes that
belief, stating that it would take
28 more years before “a woman
landed one of the most senior
posts at the London Stock Exchange.” (The BBC – March 26,
1973)
U.S. Forces Out of Vietnam; Hanoi
Frees the Last P.O.W.
After 46,000 soldiers were killed
and 300,000 more were wounded, the United States finally
decided to pull out of Vietnam,
patting itself on the back. One
general was quoted in the article below the headline, stating
that, “The Army leaves with its
chin out and its chest high. It’s
done a commendable job,” while
General Weyland remarked, “Our
mission has been accomplished.”
The article discussed the failures
of the Americans as well, recalling the My Lai massacre and the
effects of the fighting on Vietnamese civilians, of whom more
than a million were estimated to be causalities in the war.
(The New York Times – March
29, 1973)
Compiled by Alicja Grzadkowska
20 w w w.th e on tar ion . c om
Pit bull shit
Anti-pit bull law
doesn’t make sense
Carleigh Cathcart
Here in Guelph, and in Ontario as a
whole, we pride ourselves on being
an accepting, indiscriminate community. And for the most part, we
are. But there is one area where we
seem to have gone backwards in
a progressive society, and I don’t
mean in pay equality or overrepresentation in prisons. I’m talking
about breed-specific legislation.
The best way I can express what
is wrong with laws like the “antipit bull law” is to make a human
analogy.
Can you imagine the outrage
if citizens demanded the execution or severe limitation of certain
“categories” of people whenever a crime was committed? Oh,
that bank robber was male? Let’s
restrict all men from entering Ontario. That woman was assaulted by
a taxi driver, you say? We should
euthanize all cabbies....
You see what I mean? It would
be absolutely preposterous to punish an entire bracket of citizens for
the terrible actions of a few of their
peers. Depending on the perpetrator of the “ban-inducing” offense,
penalizing all members that share
that characteristic would swiftly be labeled sexism, racism, etc.
When it comes to the breed-specific legislation, it can easily be
called, well… breedism.
There are several problems with
a statute like this, the first being
that its targets cannot speak up
for or defend themselves. I believe it is extremely important to
act on behalf of pit bulls (and animals in general), because they
are vulnerable, and because that
vulnerability can easily extend to
other areas of society if we are not
careful. It’s the “slippery slope”
cliche. A “let’s show them we’re
doing something” government can
“if we are
the supposed
superior species
… we must
also accept
responsibility
when our pets
do something
harmful.”
be mixed with power-hunger to
make a dangerous concoction of
control. Where does it stop?
Secondly, when dogs do attack,
it is easiest to respond by focusing
on the perpetrator. And in most
human cases, that’s where the
majority of the blame lies. But we
need to make up our minds: if we
are the supposed superior species,
who possess the control over pets
opinion
to determine what and how many
we have, then we must also accept
responsibility when our pets do
something harmful. In my opinion, any owner of ANY animal that
attacks a person or other animal
should be investigated for abuse,
neglect, or the teaching of aggressive behaviour. All can be likely
factors that contribute to a dangerous animal.
The exception to this is when
an animal is provoked – a highly
under-reported factor in the stories of animal attacks. Usually (but
not always), when a dog attacks
a child, it is because the dog was
threatened by some behaviour that
may appear invisible to a parent or
unrecognized by the youngster.
As a person who spends a lot of
time with animals, I see this all
too often. And it isn’t just children,
either: many people are not aware
of the various body language dogs
give us as a warning. The animal
may be in pain, feel threatened, or
simply want to be left alone.
Thirdly, and most importantly,
pit bulls are not the only dogs (or
animals) that attack. A dog of any
breed can and will bite if it feels it
is necessary. Labs, Shi Tzus, Rottweilers, Chihuahuas - I’ve seen
markings on skin from them all.
But the truth is, if we banned a
breed every time one of their own Is this the face of a criminal?
acted aggressively, there would
be no dogs left. Because just like to rare attacks. It makes it look
not all men, or cab drivers are bad, like they’re doing something.
neither are all the individuals of And they are. But it’s the wrong
any particular breed.
thing. A piece of paper that bans
This type of enactment is the an animal based on its DNA is not
government’s knee-jerk response a proper solution. The complex,
courtesy
misunderstood factors behind uncommon attacks mean that the
problem of dog aggression will not
go away – not until we change our
approach to one that is educated
and accountable.
Inordinate Ordnance
Chris Carr
old man, simply trying to get his
idea of New York (that he thought
What drew me to journalism, was was terrorized by a web-slinging
not Hunter S. Thompson’s uncan- crime fighter) on paper and to the
ny talent for situational reporting, general public. It was admirable
nor was it Tom Wolfe’s knack for and I appreciated that about him:
finding a story in the depths of tough and feared by normal people
even the most vacuous cases. For (if only in the world of his office).
my money, inspiration can come
Up until recently, this is the idea
from anywhere and it’s important I had in my head of editors. They
to cradle it so one day it may form were brash, unedited, and bursting
into a passion that sets fire to a ca- with anecdotes about what truly
reer that challenges and fulfills you. is news-worthy. They’d call you
For me, it came from Spider-Man. into their office, whilst drinking
It wasn’t his superpowers, or scotch, and yell obscenities about
Mary-Jane or even the universe your writing. They’d say things
that facilitates such wonder. It like, “I need 1200 words on sowasn’t even that Peter Parker and-so,” whoever that was, and
was a journalist. It was good ol’ the reporter would scamper off
J. Jonah Jamison, the cantanker- in search of the quote that would
ous, stogie chomping, old codger save their career.
that gave Peter Parker such a
But this isn’t the case. Editors
hard time. As a child of the ’90s, don’t do that. If they did, no one
I took him to be a great man, to would write for them and if no one
his peers of other normal, non- writes for them, there is no paper
spidey-sensing people. He was (or any publication, in that respect).
only lack-luster because we, the What is an editor’s – a manager,
audience, compared him to Spi- supervisor, any authority, really –
der-Man. I sympathized with the job then, if not to smoke and yell?
“Which person
would you
rather write
for, a cold,
unavailable
authority, or a
compassionate,
user-driven
content
coordinator?”
It’s to cultivate.
Recently, I’ve had this hit home
for me as some of the volunteers
for The Cannon have noted my
terse attitude toward their work.
I had been very short with my
replies to them, offering little- What I failed to create was a reto-no constructive feedback. I lationship. A relationship of
was hoping for loyalty from a de- give-and-take with the student
meanor of aloof criticism, rather body, rather than an idea of a
than sensitive care. Which person proverbial, and flawed, protecwould you rather write for, a cold, tor of the common student. This
unavailable authority, or a com- is a falsehood of journalism, as
passionate, user-driven content we here at the university are all
coordinator?
students, together in the pursuit
This is duality plaguing all peo- of education. We are all learning,
ple of responsibility and staffing. including those student elected
On one hand, I could demand re- to officiate legislature for and by
spect, while screaming at Parker you. Personally, I look to learn
to get another photo of Spider- from you, rather than speak for
Man. While on the other, if J.J. you. This is the new direction of
simply befriended Parker, he’d The Cannon. I invite you to help
have gotten the scoop long ago. us do that.
The heavy-handed approach is
simply not necessary and only Chris Carr is Editor-in-Chief of
breeds animosity. It cultivates The Cannon. “Inordinate Ordcontempt and apathy. This is a nance” publishes every Thursday
realization that any supervi- in The Cannon and in The Onsor, manager, and editor should tarion. The opinions posted on
realize.
thecannon.ca reflect those of
As the year comes to a close, I their author and do not neceshave brought up a lot of problems sarily reflect the opinions of the
with the university and cultivated Central Student Association and
a critique I hope to perpetuate for the Guelph Campus Co-op, or The
generations through The Cannon. Ontarion.
170.11 ◆ march 28th, 2013
editorial
The blame game doesn’t get us anywhere
On March 18, the Alcohol and considered legal adults, and by
Gaming Commission sanctioned extension, culpable for our acMacdonell Street bar Vinyl/ tions. It becomes the assumption
Jimmy Jazz with a 35-day sus- that we will be able to exact our
pension of its liquor licence. The best judgment when participating
suspension was issued as a result in activities permitted of adults.
of events involving the bar that Assuming Vinyl/Jimmy Jazz was
precipitated the tragic death not guilty of any infractions beof 22-year-old Guelph resident yond the one involving Saunders’s
Tonya Saunders in November acceptance onto its premises on
2011.
Nov. 18, this would imply that
As reported by Guelph Mer- Saunders – joined by a group
cury, agreed statement of facts of friends – was surrounded by
in the case state that Saunders others considered capable of exapproached and entered the bar acting their own best judgment
premises already drunk.
(and ones who cared for her) on
After entering the prem- the same evening that she susises, Saunders consumed more tained her fatal injuries.
liquor provided through the bar’s
The problematic issue with al“bottle service,” which involved cohol is that it carries with it the
paying a fee for a bottle of liquor capacity to debilitate judgment.
placed and left at the group’s table.
Vinyl/Jimmy Jazz is receiving
Saunders later “left the premises disciplinary action because the
in a very drunk state,” the agreed Ontario Liquor Licence Act places
statement of facts maintains.
legal responsibility on all estabUpon returning home in the lishments granted a liquor licence
early hours of Nov. 18, Saunders not to serve alcohol to customers
fell down stairs, suffering head who are or appear to be intoxiand neck injuries that induced cated. Still, bars are not where
a coma. Saunders was rushed responsibilities end.
to Guelph General Hospital and
That is to say that what haptransferred to Hamilton, but died pened in November 2011 was a
failure shared by more than a
the next day.
Her organs were donated to five local bar.
recipients, and a funeral was held
It is a sensitive issue, but one
in Barrie.
worth thinking (and acting) on.
Vinyl/Jimmy Jazz will serve the
These words are not intendsuspension from Sunday, April 28 ed to stir guilt nor bring further
to 2 a.m. on June 2. Lisa Murray, grief to the friends and family
a spokesperson for the Alcohol members who are and have been
and Gaming Commission of On- dealing with the death of Sauntario has stated that the length of ders. Saunders was a real person,
the suspension was determined the people affected by Saunders’s
through a consideration of several passing are real people, and they
factors, including a previous Li- are dealing with the aftermath
quor Licence Act violation.
of Nov. 18, 2011 in the ways real
In the wake of the Mercury’s people have to. The death of their
reports on these events, staff at loved one, child, peer, student,
The Ontarion have been ears to and co-worker, is not a hypovaried reactions, and we have thetical situation. These people
questions of our own: What will have been forced to endure an
the owners learn from having emotional gauntlet and we can
their liquor licence revoked for only hope that their scars will
35 days? Would a longer penaliza- heal soon.
tion be more just? How culpable
The fact stands that on the
was the owner of Vinyl/Jimmy night of their friend’s death, peoJazz in this situation? How else ple were looking out for Saunders,
could Saunders’s death have been and it wasn’t enough.
prevented?
If there is anything we can take
These questions are not being away from this story, it is that no
presented here because we have amount of care taken can be condetermined anyone to be more sidered too extreme when going
responsible for these events than out for a night of fun.
another, but rather as a method
If you’re going out, look out for
of bringing the complexity of the one another. If you think your
issues at hand to the attention of friend’s had too much of a subour readers.
stance, speak up. If you’re going
Once having reached the age out and you don’t trust you’ll be
of majority in Canada, we are able to access your best judgment,
CORRECTION NOTICE:
The student who created the mural for Hunger
Awareness Week was Shaylah Costello and not Sian
Matwey, as the photo caption under the mural’s
photo in last week’s issue of The Ontarion states.
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“All water has a perfect memory
and is forever trying to get back
to where it was.”
- Toni Morrison
Nate Blair’s Whiteface Cockatiel, Roux, has quite the
adventurous past. Having freed himself from a previous
home, he lived in the wild for who knows how long, until one
day he landed on a recess supervisor’s outstretched finger in
Collingwood. With no one else willing to adopt the bird, Nate
gladly took him in. Roux has nearly perfect pitch, and when
he’s not whistling at beautiful female passersby, he is
singing the Andy Griffith theme song.
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community listings
Thursday March 28
Dancetheatre David Earle Offers Easter Sacred Dance. 7pm
at Harcourt Church, 87 Dean
Ave. Admission by donation
with proceeds going to Chalmers Community Services Centre.
A donation of healthy nonperishable food would also be
appreciated. Reservations can
be made online or at the studio,
519-837-2746. www.dtde.ca
University of Guelph Jazz Ensemble with conductor Ted Warren.
8pm at Manhattans Pizza Bistro
and Music Club, 951 Gordon St.
$2 cover charge at the door. For
more information, visit www.
uoguelph.ca/sofam/events
Neuroplasticity and Learning Disabilities with Barbara
Arrowsmith-Young. A free, public presentation. Author of the
international bestseller The
Woman Who Changed Her Brain,
and founder of Arrowsmith
School and the Arrowsmith
Program. 7:30-9pm at Guelph
Community Christian School,
195 College Ave. W.
Interested in being a veterinarian? Animal lover just interested
in learning more? OVC Mini Vet
School every Thursday in March
(March 7-28) offers 2 lectures a
night on topics from animal welfare to anatomy! Register at www.
ovcminivetschool.ca
Boarding House Gallery Exhibition “Stranger Stranger”
Opening Reception. 2pm, 6
Dublin St. S. Exhibit runs from
March29-April 27, 2013. Boarding House Gallery Hours are
Tues-Fri 12-5pm; Sa t 9am3pm. www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/
boarding-house-gallery
Saturday March 30
University of Guelph Contemporary Music Ensemble with
conductor Joe Sorbara. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 358 Gordon
St. $5 cover charge at the door. For
more information, visit www.
uoguelph.ca/sofam/events.
Carousel presents: Poetry Open
Mic & Reading Come take part in
the literature community. Bring
original work to read and share.
Wheelchair & scooter Accessible
at the Red Brick Cafe 77 Westmount Rd.
Monday April 1
Guelph Hiking Trail Club. Ignatius
Jesuit Centre Hike. 1 of 5 2 km, 1
hr. Level 1. Slow. Catherine Donnelly Walk - Stations of the Cross
& of the Cosmos. Meet in parking lot by the Labyrinth and Jesuit
Cemetery for a 6:30pm departure.
Leader: Vanessa Hyland, 519-8215335, [email protected]
Tuesday April 2
Buddhist Meditation Class- Simple, practical methods to improve
the quality of our life and develop inner peace. Drop in class
7-8:30pm at St. Matthias Anglican
Church, 171 Kortright Rd. W. $10.
www.kadampa.ca
the paTio: A confidential, nonjudgmental group for trans,
genderqueer or questioning people
and SOFFAs (Significant Others,
Friends, Family and Allies) to meet
and share resources, stories, experiences and support. At Out On
The Shelf at 141 Woolwich Street,
Unit 106 E-mail: thepatiogroup@
gmail.com
Wednesday April 3
To celebrate Archives Awareness Week, the McLaughlin
library presents the official unveiling of the Sleeman Collection
and dedicated website. 2:30pm
at McLaughlin Library, Academic Town Square. RSVP by April
1st to [email protected] . For
more information visit www.lib.
uoguelph.ca/about.
Kazoo! Fest 2013. Kazoo! returns
for 6th annual festival with 5 days
of art and music, April 3-7. Featuring 26 musical performances,
multimedia art installations, a
Print Expo, and much more. At
venues and locales throughout
downtown Guelph. Details: www.
kazookazoo.ca
Friday April 5
University of Guelph Concert
Winds Ensemble ‘Winds of Change’
with Conductor John Goddard at
Harcourt United Church, 87 Dean
Ave., Guelph 8pm. Tickets $10
general admission; $5 students/
seniors. www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/
Saturday April 6
Action Read’s Poetry and Music
Fundraiser ‘For the Love of Words’
takes place 7:30pm at the Boathouse, 116 Gordon St. Tickets $15,
available at the Bookshelf, Action
Read and at the door. Information: 519-836-2759 or visit www.
ActionRead.com. All proceeds go
to Action Read’s literacy/numeracy programs.
University of Guelph Choirs present PARADISE FOUND with special
guests Guelph Chamber Choir and
Guelph Chamber Players. 8pm at
Church of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk
St. Tickets $15 ($10 students/seniors). Tickets available in advance
by calling 519-824-4120 x52991 or
at the door starting at 7pm.
Sunday April 7
University of Guelph Chamber
Ensemble with Conductor Henry
Janzen in MacKinnon room 107
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classified
(Goldschmidt Room). 3pm. Free
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Guelph Symphony Orchestra Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5
- Final Concert of 2012/13 Season.
3pm at the River Run Centre.
www.guelphsymphony.com/
concerts/
Saturday April 13
Dublin St. Church 19th Annual Fine
Art Show & Sale. 10am-4pm, corner of Dublin St./Suffolk St. Free
Admission. Over 30 artists. Lunch
available. www.dublin.on.ca
Habitat for Humanity Wellington
Dufferin Guelph Women Build second annual Girls’ Night Out event.
Appetizers, drinks, dancing, live
DJ, fashion show, silent auction,
zumba class, Pink Vendor Shops,
wellness services and much more!
Tickets: $40, proceeds go towards
our Women Build project. 7pm
at Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel and
Conference Centre. www.habitatwellington.on.ca/
Ongoing:
The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition Comes to Guelph
Civic Museum, 52 Norfolk St. for
two weeks from March 27 to April
11, 2013 (closed March 29 & April
1), open daily from 1-5pm.
The City of Guelph is looking for
volunteers to clean-up Guelph
roadways during the tenth annual Clean & Green Community
Clean Up taking place Saturday,
April 20. Register by April 12 to
participate in this year’s citywide clean-up. Register at
519-837-5628 x 3305 or register
online at http://guelph.ca/event/
annual-guelph-clean-greencommunity-clean-up/
Guelph Food Bank Spring Food
Drive. March 20th to April 7th.
Goal: 80,000lbs of non-perishable food items
Non-perishable donations can
be dropped off at Local Grocery
Stores, Fire Halls and Guelph Food
Bank at 100 Crimea Street.
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibitions by Canadian artists: ‘Phil
Bergerson: American Shards’ runs
until to April 14. ‘Vessna Perunovich: Line Rituals & Radical
Knitting’ runs until March 31.
MSAC 358 Gordon St. 519-7672661 www.msac.ca