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t feels like just yesterday we were putting out our April Issue here at Absynthe Magazine, cramming for finals and looking out the windows of Bata, longing for summer vacation. I think regardless of whether you went home for the summer or stayed in Peterborough, crammed in summer courses or spent your days sleeping or working, it's safe to say “Where did the summer go?!” For all of you who are back for your second, third, fourth... or fifth year, I offer you a hearty Welcome Back! For the students who have just arrived for their first year I say Welcome to Trent! We may be a small community but we are certainly a great one, and regardless of how long you have been here, if you allow yourself, you'll have an incredible journey. As the year starts we are all likely to make the same promises of homework completed in advance, and doing course readings as they are assigned instead of waiting until the days before the final. Many of us, myself included, will tell ourselves that this year will be different! I challenge you to keep that promise, at least until after midterms so that it looks like you're making a solid effort. That's better than no effort at all, right? Don't be that person sitting outside your profs door perfecting the “ugly cry” because you “forgot” you had an assignment due. We all know you missed the deadline because you realized that there's a bar called Shots, and why would you spend your time doing homework when you could be making that place your version of “Cheers”? I probably lost most most of you with that reference. * sigh * . Pay attention to deadlines, get your shit done and have fun! Before you know it it'll be over. P.S. Please make sure to read the 10 Commandments of Transit. I will be one angry Editor if I have to throw elbows to get on and off the bus this year.
Editor-in-Chief
(Aug 22 - Sep 22) You’re going to clash with your
Virgoroomate early this year. I suggest hiding your
valuables...like your grandmother’s crystal vase, your favourite shot glasses or your pet rabbit. (Sep 23 - Oct 22) You should take up photography. Or biking. Maybe Snowboarding.
LibraPerhaps shuffle board. Or curling. Options are what made you a hobbyless freak, aren’t they?
(Nov 22 - Dec 21) Dude. The 23 - Nov 21) It’s as Sagittarius Scorpio(Oct clap is running rampant bad as you think it is.
Be cautious.
around this campus. Condoms are your friend. Or soon you’ll have another less pleasant friend.
Dec 22 - Jan 19) If you were a Spice Girl, you’d be Boring Spice. Come Capricorn (out of your room, talk to human, I swear they don’t bite. They just think
you’re a creep.
Jan 20 - Feb 18) You should get a cat. Cats - Mar Aquarius (are Pisces (20Feb) 19I know looking great for you this month. They’re
cute, and cuddly, and they won’t desert you. Unless you die... then they’ll eat you.
Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) The next time you hold up the bus by not moving all the way to the back, all the way up the stairs, you will sprout boils. Consider that. Stay boil free.
that you obsessively watched Orange is the New Black this summer... but you will not be having that much hot sex this winter. Not. Even. Close.
Apr 20 - May 20) Don’t (May 21 - Jun 21) Those dreams that Taurus(wait Gemini until New Years you’ve been having about your boss
guilt gets you down. Start working out now and if you’re lucky, by December that rattle in your lungs will be gone.
could seriously work to your advantage. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. You’re not that good at your job.
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Cancer
(Jun 22 - Jul 22) Grab life
by the proverbial balls this month. If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do...do it! You will not regret it.
Jul 23 - Aug 22) You’re kind of a Leo (terrible person. That’s going to
come back to haunt you this month. I suggest taking responsibility for your mistakes...for once in your life.
Ridiculous that I don’t have my grades for things I did over a month ago. It’s a 6 week course what are you doing? #TrentUProblems via @Kris10Mo
When your graduate course offerings consist of stats, stats, reading course #somuchvariety #TrentUProblems via @amberpeverley
Just saw my class locations for fall semester. I can’t do LEC to DNA in 10 minutes. CC to DNA took more #TrentUProblems via @emilyhunt8 All I want when I move in 3 days is to know my placement! Is that to much to ask!? #TrentUProblems via mel_anne7
Too many cars are asking me where orientation tours are: classic Trent providing little to no information #TrentUProblems via @mollmoloney
Being registered for a 4th year applied molecular genetics course when you’re an English major #wrongtimetable #TrentUProblems -@megannrobb
How does a prof lose the scantron and the sheet she wrote my mark down on AFTER she marks it? #TrentUProblems via @daaniellecooper
Andrea Meeks
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We are a smaller school. I cannot count the amount of times when I was a first year getting lost on campus during my first couple weeks when I thought “boy, am I ever glad I did not pick a bigger school or I would really be lost right now!�. Being a part of the Trent community is really something special. With Trent's smaller size, clubs and groups on campus are really open and welcoming - I was in quite a few, and my university experience would have been really dry and boring had I not joined anything! What is especially unique about Trent's smaller size, that you would not
class I took was about six people, 've had the pleasure of attendand it was great to have the oping Trent for the past three years, portunity to get to know the proand I will soon have the pleasure fessor on that level. Our small of hanging my honours degree class sizes give us a great edge in from Trent on my wall as I graduthe world when we are done our ate this month. I am super proud degrees at Trent - we have been to have gone to such an amazgiven so much more opportunity ing school, and it has always to learn and to connect and these grinded my gears to hear people skills translate greatly. I am redisregard Trent as a lower-scale membering a talk I went to last school. That age-old saying "Try year with Trent alumni, entitled a Real Education Next Time" is "What Can You Do With a Trent something that all Trent students Liberal Arts Degree?" and the anhate to hear. If you are not super swer, based on the opportunities proud to be a Trent student, here we have been given going to a are some reasons why you should smaller university, was anything be. - and that will stick with me forever. So whether ...whether you are new to Trent, or returning, and whatever your you are new to program, be proud that you go to such an amazing university. Trent, or returning, and whatever your program, be proud Trent is beautiful! Not get at a larger university in, say, that you go to such an amazing too many other universities have Toronto, is how personalized university. Get out there, enjoy a river running right through their your education can become. We the beautiful campus, join some campus. We are not a concrete are lucky that there are many op- clubs, and get to know your projungle crammed into a downtown portunities to get to know our fessors - make use of the time core. We can hike the drumlin, professors, and that we are not you have here at Trent. Finally, see wildlife running across cam- just another student number. In never let anyone tell you to Try a pus, and there are plenty of great my last year at Trent, I loved Real Education Next Time! â– spots outdoors to take in the how small the fourth year classes beauty between classes. in my major were - the smallest
Ryan Knowles everything. These brave men and eople of the United States women are unfortunately missing of America, it gives me great in action, but we can only specupleasure to announce that we late that there is a possibility of no longer need to live in fear of them returning to be decorated as nuclear disagreement. The ar- war heroes. guing with explosives is over, There is one other thing my fellow Americans. We have that I would like to explain to you. done it. The Russian have been During the glorious operation, pacified, along with the Chinese, several of the nuclear payloads the Vietnamese, the Koreans, the from other countries happen to Japanese, and the Arabs. Any have found their way onto native country that has ever posed a soil. I can assure you that it was threat to our bright and beautiful a lesser amount than we released, country has become complacent and I am almost completely certo our wishes. Nuclear argument tain that none of the countries is obsolete, because now we have with which we have had less than lasting peace and harmony in the cordial relationships with no loncountry and the world. No lon- ger have the capacity to send any ger do we have to duck and cover more. Although we all know the while our adversaries execute dangers of nuclear payloads, esoperations on us. No longer pecially after they have detonatwill our brave soldiers have to ed, I must stress that there is abpass away because of our adver- solutely no need to panic. Most sary’s instruments of destruction. of the immediate effects, such as We have won the disagreement, pacification and removal of life, through courage and bravery. have already taken their course. The operation that won us I am pleased to tell you that any the physical debate was very dar- other effects of a nuclear payload ing. Two hundred of our finest have been nullified, so we can all pilots took to the skies in planes continue on in our new world of armed with nuclear payloads. peace and tranquility. Now, I ask Each of these was dropped on a all to rise for the playing of our country of the world (with some national anthem. Oh say can you extra ones for the Russians) suc- see… ■ cessfully pacifying anything and
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Caitlin Jones It's early September and campuses everywhere are filling up with students as Frosh Week, better know at Trent as ISW, commences. What that means is that university campuses will also be filled with the sounds of various summer anthems for the duration of that week. Undoubtedly, “Same Love” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will be in heavy rotation, likely accompanied by the song “Thrift Shop”. Recently there has been a lot of talk about Macklemore and whether or not the queer community should be thanking him for bringing attention to the cause. Most of the sup-
producing great music right now. There are real problems with the appropriation, glorification, and commodification of a culture that is often criticized, devalued, and destabilized by patriarchal cultures. While this is nothing new (Elvis, I'm looking at you), that does not give Macklemore a pass, nor does it mean that his privilege should be ignored. Aside from producing music that will almost certainly become popular at weddings, and family reunions, Macklemore has been able to capitalize on a genre of music in such a way that he is developing an identity as a
many other people do: that rap is inherently homophobic (which is a misconception that is largely problematic because it's akin to the criticism that black communities in general are more ignorant, and thus more homophobic), and also that rap is not about consciousness. The problem here is that the other issues that rap artists are raising aren't important to people like Ellen DeGeneres. The assumption that there is no one else in hip hop who is trying to bring queer issues to the forefront largely overlooks the growing number of black, queer, hip hop artists who are working at the moment. Whether the erasure of these artists is due to sheer igno Whether the erasure of these artists is rance, or the fact that some of their music may be experidue to sheer ignorance, mental, is irrelevant. or the fact that some of their music may be port of Macklemore comes at the socially conscious rapper. His ac- “experimental”, is irrelevant. It complete disregard for the com- colades have come from people has come about while a man who plicated nature of gender, race, such as Ellen DeGeneres who in- does not belong to either commusexuality and class. And more troduced Macklemore and Ryan nity is given the podium to speak than that, what it means to speak Lewis by saying “Here’s why you about issues that he has not, and about an issue when you are sig- need to care about our next guest. will not, ever have to face. To nificantly outside of it. This is not No other artists in hip-hop history complicate matters further Mary to say The criticism of hip-hop as have ever taken a stand defending Lambert, who sings the hook in a whole ignores that large number marriage equality the way they “Same Love,” is also a spoken of Homo Hop and queer identi- have.” DeGeneres's introduc- word artist. Spoken word, like fied artists who are working and tion assumes the same thing that hip hop, is a tradition rooted in
black culture much like hip hop. The fact that three white people- two of whom are cis, straight, men- who are all using art forms that have previously been in response to white supremacy and discrimination should raise some red flags. Despite being lauded as socially aware Macklemore seems to miss the problems and in “Same Love” says this: “If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me/ Have you read the YouTube comments lately?/ "Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily/ We become so numb
black people who are being murdered by police (29 at last count for this year). There needs to be some acknowledgment of the space that Macklemore is taking up in genres and struggles that are not his own. And the ways in which the media and straight, white people, are consuming these issues, but ignoring so many others. Despite speaking out against racism Macklemore has not got*” in “Same Love,” a word taken the opportunity to cite queer that he is unable to reclaim as a rappers of colour, or even taken straight, white, man. If he is trythe opportunity to feature one of ing to condemn the word, then these talented artists on his songs he, as a straight man, should have where he uses their expeThere needs to be some acknowledgment of the space that rience for his own comMacklemore is taking up in genres and struggles that are not modification. His voice should not drown out the his own. voices of people who are actually experiecing these to what we're saying/ A culture things. Are white audiences more the consciousness to realize that founded from oppression/ Yet we receptive to what Macklemore he can talk about words like that don't have acceptance for 'em/ has to say because they are able without actually inciting those Call each other faggots behind the to remove themselves from howords. He follows that verse with keys of a message board/A word mophobia by placing the blame another in which he says “and a rooted in hate, yet our genre still on black artists in hip hop? certificate on paper isn’t gonna ignores it.” He conflates the Civil Check out these incredible solve it all, but it’s a damn good Rights movement with Queer queer hip-hop artists of colour: place to start,” once again he Rights, without acknowledging Le1f, Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanspeaks for a community that he is that he is not a part of either of co, House of LaDosha, Me'shell not a part of. Black queer people these movements, and does so in Ndegeocello, Big Freedia, Las are largely overlooked in cama way that suggests that hip hop Krudas, Skim, Thee Satisfacpaigns for Gay Rights, and this is his own form- not one that he is tion, Mz Jonz, Miz Korona, creates an erasure of the intersecborrowing. He also assumes that Tori Fixx. Yo Majesty, Deep tional issues faced by black queer race and sexual orientation are Dickollective, Last Offence. people. For many black, queer, separate issues used for compariindividuals in the United States, son, rather than fully intertwined *the word “faggot” is not centhere are problems that are more identities for many people. sored because this author does important than marriage; like Macklemore has been not believe in censoring hatethe high instances of murders of a vocal critic of homophobia ful words. The censoring of said trans* people of colour, or the rate in hip-hop, however, he has no words does not strip them of powof incarceration for black men, or problem using the word “fager. the growing number of unarmed
1. Leave your door open if you live in residence (of course, only when you are there) 2. Eat at every cafeteria – including the Seasoned Spoon 3. Join something! A group, a team, a Frisbee circle 4. Participate in ISW…you only have one 5. Get downtown…check things out 6. Meet your professors 7. Go to class (from time to time at least) 8. Check out every residence 9. Don’t be a residence snob…there are hotties in EVERY residence 10. Learn to play poker 11. Learn how to take multiple choice tests 12. Keep fruit stocked in your mini fridge 13. Go dancing (and by dancing I mean drinking…if you are of age, of course) 14. Go hiking on the drumlin behind LEC 15. Find out what LEC stands for 16. Go to the basement of the library 17. Dip your feet into the Otonabee River 18. Wander through the DNA building 19. Participate in a study 20. Check out the tipi behind Gzowski 21. Find out who Peter Gzowski was 22. Figure out how to pronounce Gzowski 23. Talk to strangers…often
24. Don’t go home every single weekend 25. Sit beside someone new every lecture 26. Check out the local eateries 27. Check out the local museums 28. Ride a bus other than the Trent Express 29. Go to HOTT 30. Find out what HOTT stands for 31. Go to a Ceilie night 32. Rock a toga 33. Have a snowball fight 34. Party with your Don 35. Party without your Don knowing 36. Get caught partying by your Don 37. Change your sheets weekly…okay, at least monthly…seriously…that’s gross! 38. Clean your toilet too! 39. Call your mom… 40. ...but claim your independence 41. Get familiar with the freshman 15 42. Make a budget 43. Enjoy splurging 44. Be nice to the Aramark ladies…it isn’t their fault 45. Grow your hair 46. Shave your head 47. Submit an article to Absynthe 48. Stand up for yourself 49. Speak at your seminar…yes you… the shy one…you…do it!
50. Share your books and movies 51. Make a list to keep track of who has your books and movies 52. Fall in love 53. Fall in lust 54. Meet your future Best Man / Maid of Honour 55. Don’t forget about your friends back home 56. Pull an all-nighter 57. Get an essay in early 58. I would throw something funny in about the bookstore, but the truth is, there’s nothing funny about it…you’ll see what I mean 59. Drop a class 60. Take a class JUST because you are interested in it 61. Change your mind, often…you are allowed to! 62. Try not to stress too much; we’ve all made it past 1st year, and you will too! 63. Take pictures…lots of them…you will cherish these memories forever 64. Try to spend less than an hour on Facebook a day…good luck! 65. Toboggan/Snowboard down Armour Hill 66. Go to a kegger off campus 67. Go to a kegger on campus…and if you find one, let me know, ‘cause that’s crazy 68. Open your mind to new ideas and experiences 69. Um, I think this number is cool on its own for suggestions 70. Find out what makes you laugh 71. Discover what makes you cry 72. Read a book that is not assigned to you 73. Check out the intramural program… it’s pretty kick ass 74. Blur the lines between Arts and Science 75. Wait in line at the library for a computer…to check your Facebook
76. Try not to lose your ID card in a drunken rampage downtown 77. If you are on OSAP, research it meticulously; they are tricky! 78. VOTE when the TCSA offers it…believe me, it’s in your best interest 79. Keep a spare roll of change on hand for laundry and you’ll get popular quick! 80. Walk across the bridge in mid-winter and try not to shiver 81. Walk across the bridge in mid-winter and try not to fall 82. Walk anywhere on campus in mid-winter and try not to fall 83. Forget all the high school drama… University isn’t like that 84. Go on a lift-lock tour 85. Check out the hundreds of parks 86. Learn how to play Frisbee golf 87. Educate yourself about Peter Robinson College and Catherine Parr Traill College 88. Try to figure out what that white foamy stuff in the river is 89. Get lost in your thoughts staring at the river from the library window when you should be studying. Not that I ever personally do this…nope, never! 90. Take your iPod off from time to time 91. Talk to people waiting for the bus 92. Check out some live bands 93. Do Pingo once a month 94. Find out what Pingo is 95. Support our teams! 96. Join Cabinet…or at least go to a cabinet run event 97. Find out how to use WebCT…quickly 98. Write a PSYCH 101 exam in under 20 minutes, and score at least an 85% 99. Make out with someone in Wenjack Theatre during lecture 100. Remember you only get one shot at first year - make it rock!
Vanessa Lupton
September is without doubt an exciting, and busy time for most university students - moving back to the ‘Peter Patch’, navigating new classes and reuniting with old friends. Whether it’s your first year or your fourth, it’s important to take some time to actually think about the degree that you’re so diligently trying to obtain. Ideally you’ve already given this some thought prior to picking out your courses, but hey, no one is perfect. Planning your degree and paying attention to the important dates set forth by administration is vital. Remember that day planner that was given to you at the start of the year? Take a look at those pages at the front that everyone instinctively flips past. You’ll see all sorts of useful information ranging from school holidays, to course add/ drop deadlines, even fee deadline information. For those who are more electronically inclined, the online academic calendar is a treasure trove of information. Why might this be handy knowledge you ask? Let’s say it’s the fourth week of classes and as you sit in your first year Physics class listening to the Prof. talk about … well… whatever it is that Physics Profs talk about, and you think to yourself “this is SO not where I want to be right
now. I want to be dissecting things!” So you make an appointment with your College Senior Tutor for an academic advising session. You wait patiently for the opportunity to tell them that you have had the light bulb over the head moment, a realization of epic proportions. You have finally figured out what your true calling is, and now that you know, why should you spend another minute in courses that will “do nothing” for you. You sit down, a mixture of nerves and excitement at the prospect of verbalizing your plans for when you’re “a grown up”, and that’s when you hear it. Your excitement turns into a ball of broken dreams in your stomach. You have missed the deadline to drop your course without academic penalty. You missed the deadline to register for the course you need to make your dreams come true. Your Senior Tutor is apologetic and tells you that you can make changes to your winter semester schedule but that unfortunately you must complete the course you are in now in order to avoid a penalty. They also inform you that the entrance scholarship you have received is dependent on you taking a full course load, even more reasons why you must keep your dreaded current course. You leave the office, head low while the world plays you a sad song and think to yourself “if only I had known, I could have done this sooner...” “Don’t be that person who starts planning for their future only to realize that they’re a credit or two short.” Lesson learned? This issue of Absynthe was distributed the first week of classes, so take some time, and make some plans. Take a look at the program you are in, assess the courses that you’ll be taking in upper years, and the pre-requisites for those courses. Mapping out your degree required courses and your electives will help you to get a feel for whether or not you are in fact in the right program. Know when the last date is to drop and add courses, know any stipulations that might be in effect for scholarships, and think about whether or not you’re enjoying the route you’re taking. Take advantage of the resources that are available to you. You have Senior Tutors, Professors, and the Academic Skills Centre. All of which are tools that you can use when figuring out what route is best for you. By planning and being actively aware of where you are academically, it will save you a lot of stress and frustration in later years. If you’re in upper years, start verifying that you have (or will have) all of your degree requirements so that you are ready when it comes time to apply to graduate. Don’t be that person who starts planning for their future only to realize that they’re a credit or two short. For more information on academic advising contact your College office. For more information on important dates refer to your student handbook, or trentu.ca/calendar. ■
The mandate of Absynthe Magazine is to encourage constructive dialogue and critical thinking within the Trent community. As an on-campus publication, Absynthe shall strive to represent as many people of the community as possible by presenting varying views on all matters that are of importance to the community and especially the student body. In the spirit of free and independent press, Absynthe shall strive for the highest degree of journalistic integrity and excellence while providing a medium for creative and alternative expression. It will actively stimulate and concourage discussion through itself or any other means available to members of the Trent community.
Submission Guidelines Absynthe is a submissions-based magazine. Any Trent student who wishes to be published can send their work to us at trentabsynthe@gmail.com. Submissions can be any length, and can be written in any style. Submissions will be subject to editing for spelling and grammar as well as verified for appropriate content. Please include your name for publication. Photos and images are encouraged, but are required to have a minimum resolution of 300dpi. Articles may be held for publication at a later date.
If you have seen a UNICEF
logo around the Trent campus, then you have discovered UNICEF Trent. The UNICEF Campus initiative affords students the opportunity to promote UNICEF Canada and issues related to children both here in Canada and overseas on the Peterborough Campus. While fundraising, UNICEF Trent takes pride in notifying volunteers and the public that 100% of donations are sent to UNICEF Canada where it is distributed to the necessary areas. These areas include clean water, protection, and education for impoverished children around the world. Other areas are emergency relief efforts and HIV. UNICEF Trent’s mission, for each academic year, is to take on a different issue every month. In the previous school year UNICEF Trent held numerous events which raised funds and awareness about children is-
sues. For example, an event that generated the most funds for UNICEF Trent was Prof-in-the Box. This event raises awareness and funds for children education and gender equality around the world. Another popular event is UNICEF Trent’s raffle which fundraises for children advocacy rights, which focuses on the social and economic policy issues which have a critical impact on children. The most extravagant prize raffled is two-round trip tickets to anywhere where WestJet Airline flies. This raffle is an annual event usually done in the winter term, so look out for your chance to win airline tickets while making a small difference for children around the world. Furthermore this upcoming year the Trent community and even volunteers can expect few changes in fundraising events from UNICEF Trent! We aim to increase our visibility on
campus and advertise the club a lot more. The plan is to increase awareness activities, so the Trent community can truly understand issues that children face around the world. We want the public to know that UNICEF Trent does not only sit at a table and collect funds, but also distribute knowledge! Therefore we encourage you to take a closer look at what UNICEF Trent is all about and we hope that you find yourself even more interested to join the cause! UNICEF Trent can simply be added to one’s co-curricular record by completing a minimum of 10 hours of volunteer service with the club. If you would like to inquire more about UNICEF Trent, add us on Facebook (UNICEF Trent) or follow us on Twitter (UNICEFtrentu). Also, you can email us at uniceftrent@gmail.com.■
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Hey Future Stu dents!!! My na me is Lindsay Meier and I am trilled to be on e of Champlain College's Co-C hairs for ISW!! I have been a dedicated mem ber of Champl ai n College and Trent througho ut the past thre e years of my University expe rience. I am cu rrently entering into my fourth year in the Que ens-Trent Con current Educatio n program, stud ying Psychology. I can prac tically read min ds now. I have been an ISW staff mem past two years ber for the and rocked the nickname "Fire Drill" for my ex treme fire safe ty practices. look forward to I meeting new students and helping them fin d their place at Trent University. Although al l four Colleges ar e amazing and beautiful, Cham plain College is truly the best one there is to offer...so if you are reading this it is never too la , te to change yo ur affiliation ;). This year I will be rocking the "Mrs. Potato H nickname ead" ...so if you see me around campus do not be afraid to com e and say hello!!
Gzowski’s ISW theme this year is Cirque du Gzowski! We wanted to remind 2013 incoming students that nothing is impossible, so never give up trying.
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Our theme for ISW this year is Jurassic LEC. Think Jurassic Park, a wonderland of dinosaurs and an unforgettable experience! Hello everyone! My name is Sean McInnis, I'm from Aurora, Ontario and I’m one of Lady Eaton College’s Co-Chairs for ISW 2013. I'm going into my fourth year in the History program at Trent and I cannot wait for ISW this year. I look forward to working with all the amazing staff that are going to make this week unforgettable, and seeing all the new students who are going to make Trent their new home. I was on ISW staff the past two years and I was nervous but excited to take on this new role. I think ISW is important because it gives students from all walks of life a chance to connect with their peers and have some fun before the craziness of first-year starts. We’ve had a lot of responsibilities to juggle with this role, but we wouldn’t change it for anything!
Hello to the Trent community. My name is Mayra Asmar and my hometown is Marysville, Ontario. This will be my fourth year at Trent. I recently finished my Biology-Psychology joint major and I’m now entering my first year in the Compressed Nursing Program. I’m an emergency responder on the Trent University Emergency First Response Team (TUEFRT). ISW was a great experience, not only in first year, but also in second and third year as a staff member. This year, taking on more responsibility as a co-chair has been a great experience! My fellow co-chairs and I have dedicated many hours to ISW to ensure that all students have a great and memorable experience. I hope that all students recognize and appreciate our beautiful campus and become involved with their respective colleges.
My name is Rachel Artuso, from Guelph, ON. and I am going into my fourth year of the Indigenous Environmental Studies program. I am one of three Lady Eaton College Co-Chairs for this year's ISW and am extremely excited for this upcoming year! Over the past two years I have had the opportunity to be an ISW staff member. It's so exciting to see new students coming into Trent ready to start their university careers. I remember being a new student and how at home I felt because of the ISW staff members. Now this upcoming year, my fellow co-chairs and I are taking on a much larger role which has needed a lot of hard work and dedication but we know it will be worth it in the end! We are extremely excited for all new students to begin their journey at Trent and we hope you are too!
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Trent Gives is new this year and we are hoping to make it fun and enjoyable for everyone involved. charity! Our 2013-2014 campaign is raising money for the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation, and our theme is “Be a Champion” in support of the charity! Hi everyone! My name is Melissa Butler and I’m a Trent Gives Co-Chair. This my first year being involved in ISW as a cochair but in my 2nd and 3rd year here at Trent I worked as a college office staff member helping out with ISW.
Hello! My name is Collen Swift and I’m a Trent Gives Co-Chair. I’m a fourth-year Nursing student. This is my first year being involved with ISW week and I’m very excited!
My name is Emma Rockburn and I'm one of this years ISW charity co chairs! This is my first time doing this, but I've been on the OC ISW staff for 2 years. I'm a 4th year Nursing student in the collaborative program. My favourite cheer is the OC cheer "kick back".
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My name is Hie n, third year stud ent in Economics. Leavin g my country 5 ye ars ago, I have always em braced my iden tify as an international st udent and a gl obal citizen. However, ever since coming to Trent 2 years ago, I ha ve realized that nowadays all students are international, to the extent that our experie nces are shaped by interdependent forc es that originat e and perpetuate regard less of borders, languages or cultures. Tr ent and the in ternational program have been particular ly mindful of this phenomen on and the resu lt is a engaged and dive rse internationa l presence within this very close-knitted co mmunity. I am proud to be one among 70 00+ global citizens at Tren t.