Volume 36, Issue 14

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volume 36, issue 14

Nov. 24, 2015

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EDITORIAL

City of Montréal

W-League Shutdown

In this city everything is done twice—in French and in English. A look into the state of bilingualism in Montreal. P. 3

Following the shutdown of the longest serving pro women’s soccer league in North America, what’s next for female soccer players in Quebec? P. 8

Women in Sports

INSIDE:

Why we need to invest more money and time into women’s sports, and why you should care P. 15

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#JFOWFOVF Ă‹ .POUSĂ?BM WJMMF CJMJOHVF BY MARIE BRIĂˆRE DE LA HOSSERAYE @MBDLH “Everyone is so bilingual, that’s what makes me embarrassed about my accent,â€? dit Susan Edey, ajoutant qu’elle n’est pas assez Ă l’aise pour s’exprimer en français. Pourtant Edey a fait toute sa scolaritĂŠ dans un ĂŠtablissement francophone en Alberta, influencĂŠe par “l’ère Pierre Trudeau.â€? Sa famille est anglophone d’origine, mais elle avoue qu’elle se dĂŠfinirait en tant que francophone n’importe oĂš au Canada. Sauf au QuĂŠbec. Vivant dans le Plateau, elle dit ĂŞtre trop complexĂŠe par son accent anglais en français pour faire plus ample connaissance avec ses voisins. Il lui serait moins pesant de vivre dans une ville comme QuĂŠbec, oĂš tout le monde n’est pas aussi parfaitement bilingue qu’à MontrĂŠal, dit-elle. Dans la pièce du cafĂŠ bistro le Fixe, chacun prend la parole pour faire part de son expĂŠrience avec la langue, dressant un portrait colorĂŠ de MontrĂŠal et de ses diffĂŠrentes facettes. Des anglophones parlent des difficultĂŠs Ă pratiquer le français Ă MontrĂŠal, les services de la ville passant automatiquement d’une langue Ă l’autre en percevant un accent dans la voix de leur interlocuteur. Languages shape experiences and environments. A unique feature of Montreal’s identity is bilingualism. Despite the obvious cultural richness that it brings to the city, it also creates a dual reality. “Montreal is a place where languages meet,â€? said Jimmy Ung, moderator of the discussion “Living Language in Montrealâ€? that took place last Thursday. The discussion was presented by University of the Streets CafĂŠ, a bilingual conversation group giving a voice to Montreal’s diversity. It offers a welcoming space for students and citizens to debate in French or English. The last meeting explored the unique linguistic specificities of living in Montreal. The topic of the conversation came from within the setting of this series of talks, where everyone could express themselves in their language of predilection, said Kit Racett, a regular attendee who initiated last week’s theme of conversation. “This is so wonderfully Montreal,â€? Racett said. According to Statistics Canada, there were nearly 2 million bilingual people in Montreal in 2011. Young Quebecers have a high rate of bilingualism, set at 80 per cent.

Even though bilingual people make up a majority of Montreal’s population, other groups do coexist in the city. Around a million people are unilingual francophones and there is a growing number of allophones, people whose mother tongue is neither English nor French, that move to Montreal. Statistics Canada data also demonstrated that an increasing number of immigrants become bilingual by learning French, and not English. This leads to new dynamics in the cohabitation of the two groups in the city. Élisabeth Couture and Gail Marlene Schwartz are members of Promito Playback Theatre, a troupe which puts on plays where the audience is encouraged to share their stories and interact with the comedians. For Couture, being bilingual and growing up in a multicultural family was a painful experience and a source of conflicts. “Ce qui est dĂŠchirant est d’avoir un pied du cĂ´tĂŠ francophone et anglophone simultanĂŠment,â€? she said. The two cultures are separated, they coexist but never blend together or embrace each other. Couture witnessed the language situation evolving in Montreal throughout the years but said she thinks the divide between the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the city is still as present as before. She added that the way people perceive their environment is determined by their cultural origin, and this is why she felt the need to highlight the challenges of the complex situation in Montreal. Couture and Schwartz created a community called Crossing the Main. Struck by how the artistic communities of the city were divided by language, they wanted to create a safe space for each to share their experience with language tensions. Couture explained the goal of the project was to initiate a dialogue between the two communities on the subject of language and culture, in order to facilitate understanding. Crossing the Main organized three performances, one in English, one in French and one bilingual. Schwartz expressed how surprised she was to realize most of the audience for all three performances was made up of immigrants. Many anglophones attended the bilingual performance. After the show, the feedback she received from them was unsettling. They felt they did not have the space to participate, she said. This episode highlights how language is a source of tenthelinknewspaper.ca/news t /PW

sion in the city. One attendee at the talk, Jordan Levinson, said there is a historical context that we need to keep in mind—the issue is more political than linguistic. Raised in the U.S., he explained that there is much more to the world than just the English language, and that it is enriching to learn to live and coexist with French people who think and approach issues differently than him. He quoted Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-British philosopher—“the limits of my language are the limits of my world â€?—asserting that Montrealers need to keep some connection to the place in which they live. “As anglophones, we need to respect the boundaries the French set,â€? he added. “They have their world that they have been protecting from the English imperialism for years now.â€? Schwartz recalled her first encounter with Montreal when she moved to Canada years ago from the States and she first heard a “casual reference to the language police,â€? which she found extremely offensive. “The language policeâ€? is the way some Montrealers refer to the Office quĂŠbĂŠcois de la langue française. The OQLF regularly intervenes in the city to insure their rules are respected, such as the one requiring French text to be larger than English text on signs. Schwartz understood later how existing within a predominantly English country is a source of tension for the French community of Quebec. As an American Jew, she related to Quebecers’ fear of loosing their fragile francophone culture and compared it to her own experience with Yiddish, which disappeared in her family over two generations. D’autres langues sont en voie de disparition. Ă€ MontrĂŠal, ville ĂŠtablie sur le territoire KanehsatĂ :ke, la rĂŠalitĂŠ linguistique n’est pas que double. Les populations autochtones se battent pour prĂŠserver leur hĂŠritage culturel. Le groupe MontrĂŠal Autochtones offre des cours de langue Innu, Cree et Mohawk, et les classes sont en sureffectif. Pendant la conversation au cafĂŠ le Fixe, francophones et anglophones partagent leurs expĂŠriences, rĂŠpondant Ă une langue dans une autre. L’existence mĂŞme de ce dĂŠbat bilingue reprĂŠsente l’essence de l’identitĂŠ montrĂŠalaise, bien que chacun se prĂŠsente d’abord par sa langue d’origine. La discussion permet de mettre en lumière les difficultĂŠs des diffĂŠrentes communautĂŠs de la ville qui rentrent parfois en confrontation.

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CSU DAYCARE AND NURSERY

COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH EXCHANGE (CURE)

ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION

BY JOSH FISCHLIN @FISHYNEWSWATCH

BY HÉLĂˆNE BAUER @HELENEVBAUER

BY VINCE MORELLO @VINNYMORELLZ “Do you as a member of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) agree to adopt an accessible education position for the union positions book, as outlined below?�

“Do you as a member of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) agree to create a Daycare and Nursery service for student parents through the re-allocation of the Union’s membership fees as follows effective Fall 2016?�

“Do you agree to pay 8 cents per credit to the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE Concordia), for the creation of a new Fee-levy group effective Winter 2016?�

The question asks students to give “support for high quality, universally accessible postsecondary education as a human right,� and oppose “any increase in tuition fees and obligatory institutional fees for all students, whether Quebec resident, out of province, or International.� Since 2012, the CSU has been opposing the tuition hike proposed by the Quebec government, while advocating for a tuition freeze. In the past three years, tuition fees for all students in Quebec have been raised. However, the tuition hikes have been more significant for out-ofprovince students and international students. The position is in response to the deregulation of tuition fees for international students in six different programs in Quebec, according to CSU president Terry Wilkings. “What we’re seeing is a historic change in the way that Quebec is charging tuition to international students, where they’re becoming completely deregulated,� he said. In 2008, the Quebec government deregualted tuition fees for six programs. Deregulation means that all supplementary fees paid by international students would go to the schools and not the province. Therefore the government would not be able to subsidize international students in the deregulated programs, and as a result, the tuition rates have to be raised. “[The tuition hikes] can be seen or interpreted as a pilot project to further deregulate post-secondary education in Quebec and we feel that it’s important to take an emphatic position against that deregulation,� Wilkings added.

The idea for CSU’s daycare project began in 2011, after a university study revealed that 81 per cent of undergraduate student parents felt that family obligations were either major or minor obstacles to academic achievement. A CSU referendum in the 2014 by-elections also indicated that 87 per cent of undergraduate students supported the initiative. The daycare will have space for 52 children, and will be able to serve up to 70 families, according to Marion Miller, VP of Academic and Advocacy at the CSU and the head coordinator of the project. This referendum question is meant to balance the CSU’s daycare budget. Revenue for the center is projected at $441,438, with $605,766 in expenses. This would leave a $164,328 budgetary deficit—a major barrier for the project. The referendum, if passed, would see a fee-levy reallocation of $0.24 from the Student Space, Accessible Education and Legal Contingency (SSAELC) Fund to a Daycare-specific fund. The SSAELC fee-levy will then see a change from $1.00 to $0.76, and the new daycare fund will be $0.24. “Student-parents have numerous barriers that add difficulty to achieving academic success, and the CSU has a mandate to support students as much as we can—especially those who are marginalized within the community,â€? said Terry Wilkings, president of the CSU. If passed, he says the daycare project will be rendered financially sustainable. thelinknewspaper.ca/news t /PW

CURE provides the opportunity for students from all faculties to work with grassroots non-profit organizations. When signing up for a project through CURE, students will be able to step outside the classroom environment and collaborate on innovative projects with local communities. “The skills and knowledge that students learn at the university have the capacity to do so much good out in the community,� said Cassie Smith, CURE coordinator. “CURE is the opportunity to use those skills and make those connections.� Until now, CURE has been a project of another feelevy group, the Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia (better known as QPIRG), a resource centre for students and community research that strives to raise awareness and support for grassroots activism around social and environmental justice issues. As of October this year, CURE has been a separately incorporated non-profit within QPIRG, but they’re looking to branch out completely from the organization in order to have more mobility and funding, according to Smith. With the fee-levy money raised each semester, CURE hopes to expand its community project database. There are about 50 projects now and Smith says the group wants to offer more opportunities for students in the near future. CURE also wants to host more workshop events, conferences and round tables with faculty and students to brainstorm creative ways to integrate community-based initiatives at Concordia.

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ASSOCIATION FOR THE VOICE OF EDUCATION IN QUEBEC (AVEQ) BY JONATHAN CARAGAY-COOK @HIIMBIRACIAL “Do you as a member of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) agree to affiliate with the Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec (AVEQ), a provincewide student association that represents, mobilizes, and conducts research to advance the pedagogical, political, social, and economic interests of the university student population in Quebec, and pay $3.50 per semester indexed to inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index, effective Winter 2016?â€? Mobilizing against austerity measures and protecting the environment are two of AVEQ’s main concerns, according to Gabriel Velasco CSU VP External. Roughly 33 per cent of the collected fee-levy will go toward student initiatives like research, mobilization, lobbying, committee budgets and creating a student-run journal. The student movement in Quebec tends to be dominated by white francophone males, Velasco said. He added that AVEQ will promote racial and gender parity within its executive team, as well as bilingualism. AVEQ aims to be a more relevant provincial representative for students than the soon-to-be-dissolved FĂŠdĂŠration Étudiante Universitaire du QuĂŠbec, CSU President Terry Wilkings said. “Our students don’t really know what FEUQ is,â€? Wilkings added. Last month, the CSU council passed a motion to assist in FEUQ’s official dissolution, as it currently isn’t collecting a fee-levy from its members since becoming inactive last semester. A coalition of student leaders split to begin forming two new organizations—AVEQ and the Union ĂŠtudiante du QuĂŠbec (or UEQ). The executive team, which has six coordinators, will accumulate 21 per cent of the total money collected from its membership. This will go towards paying “minimum wageâ€? for 40-hour weeks, according to AVEQ’s website. Twenty-two per cent of the collected fee-levy will go to a staff of five people to make a “living wage.â€? The five staff positions are executive advisor, accounting technician, office technician, translator and graphic designer. The $3.50 fee per semester will be tied to the Canadian Consumer Price Index. FEUQ partly failed because of a lack in funding and an inability to raise its fee-levy, Wilkings said. Having the fee-levy tied to inflation will act as a safeguard to prevent any future crisis, he believes. According to Velasco, the other universities that will vote to join AVEQ by the winter semester include the UniversitĂŠ du QuĂŠbec Ă Chicoutimi, UniversitĂŠ du QuĂŠbec Ă Rimouski, UniversitĂŠ du QuĂŠbec Ă Trois-Rivières, McGill and the education faculty at UQAM, among others. In comparison FEUQ: 10-person executive team, four staff members, $2.50 fee-levy Association pour une solidaritĂŠ syndicale ĂŠtudiante (ASSÉ), which the CSU left in 2004: seven-person executive team, $1.50 fee-levy UEQ: 10-person executive team, $4.50 per semester

SOCIAL ECONOMY INCUBATOR BY SARAH LOZINSKI @SARAHLOZI “Do you as a member of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) support the CSU employing its resources, including a portion of the Student Space, Accessible Education, and Legal Contingency Fund, to establish an autonomous Concordia-based solidarity economy incubator that will primarily engage students through the support, development, study, and promotion of democratic enterprises?� “Incubation,� in its entrepreneurial context, describes a process of nurturing and supporting a business. The CSU wants to know whether students conceptually support the idea of money going to “democratic enterprises� on campus. An example of this type of enterprise would be the Hive Cafe Solidarity Co-op: a bottom-up business model. “[The question] is asking if students would permit using money from the [student space fund] for the purposes outlined in this question,� Benjamin Prunty, former CSU President and current councillor explained. “If the money were to be used for purposes other than those expressed directly in the bylaws that govern this fund, it would have to go to referendum again with an explicit amount and with an explicit purpose.� In essence, students still have full control over delegation of expenses, whether this question passes or not. Prunty explained that there are representatives from various businesses and organizations on campus working on a proposal related to this question, which would be put forward at a later date. Delegates from The Hive, Burritoville, Concordia Food Coalition and HOJO are involved in this proposal. If this referendum question passes, Prunty said they would return with a proposal “to see if students are in favour of materializing a project that has to do with incubation.� “This isn’t opening any kind of Pandora’s box of possibility, it’s really just asking students if they support further exploration in this direction,� Prunty said. thelinknewspaper.ca/news t /PW

BYLAW CHANGES BY JONATHAN CARAGAY-COOK @HIIMBIRACIAL “Do you as a member of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) approve the proposed by-law changes as presented in the supporting documentation at the ballot station?� If students vote yes to this question, then the CSU will no longer have a president or vice-presidents. Instead, the union’s eight-person executive team will be officially titled as “coordinators.� President Terry Wilkings will become the “general coordinator,� the VP Finance becomes Finance Coordinator, and so on. “It may assist in removing the ego aspect of the executives,� Wilkings said. “In the past, sometimes it could get to your head.� With the changes in title come slight changes in responsibilities. For example, the Academic and Advocacy Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the Offcampus Housing and Job Bank, while the sustainability coordinator will act as the liaison within all sustainability groups at Concordia. Wilkings says changes like these reflect the type of work the executives have already been doing, and having the duties mandated will provide a better blueprint for future teams. If this question passes, the positions book normally found within the CSU standing regulations will be implemented into the bylaws. Wilkings says this is part of their goal to have more institutional memory from year to year. He believes standing regulations are more for day-to-day operations. Council can modify standing regulations, but bylaws can only be changed through a vote by membership in a referendum question, he adds. Another major change is that members can call for an “information general meeting� with a petition signed by 250 members. The petition must detail exactly what information is requested. The meeting has to be held within 30 days of receiving the petition.

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PHOTOS COURTESY GUILLAUME BELL

Partygoers let loose at POMPe at Katacombes.

Inside the Volcano

POMPe Offers Queer-Centric Haven BY DAVID EASEY @SIBERIANDAVID On a dreary, rainy November evening, rumors circulate that an underground queer dance party is taking place somewhere within the city, drawing all sorts of characters out from their hideouts. My curiosity tempts me to investigate this phenomenon, so I throw on an itchy Christmas sweater and take off into the night. “Do I have the right address?� I whisper nervously to myself as I stand outside Katacombes on St. Laurent Blvd., a venue which traditionally showcases heavy metal acts. I anxiously analyze the graffiti that lines the walls outside of venue as if deciphering hieroglyphics, and watch for any signs of life. Soon, I notice a small sprinkling of people trickling inside, with bursts of music igniting the street corner each time the door swings open. Casting my fears aside, I muster my courage and enter this forsaken temple. Just as Alice falls through the rabbit hole, I find myself immersed within a whole new world. My pupils dilate and my heart rate quickens as I try to absorb my new

surroundings. It’s clear that individuality thrives within this space as I immediately pass a rainbow array of avant-garde outfits you’d rarely see in daylight. This is POMPe, a monthly queer dance party that attracts people from all walks and summons them to the dance floor for a night of passion and debauchery. This is the last one of 2015 until it relaunches in January at a brand new venue, ending an extensive residency at Katacombes. One individual catches my eye, appearing to be dressed in a full unicorn ensemble, including a towering horn and a bright hair extension glued to their chin. “There’s a kind of release in nightlife, a place where you can create a parallel universe. A place where you are anyone you want to be,� explains Laura Boo, also known as DJ Like the Wolf, and one of the creators of POMPe. “[There are] a lot of queers who still don’t feel like they fit in with the mainstream,� she adds. “I want POMPe to be home to weirdos and freaks, affordable enough for activists and artists who have leveraged their whole lives to pursue change.� The cost to enter is a mere $5, echoing the sentiment about POMPe being affordable for all. Although the event is labeled queer by nature, it appeals to a wider audience

including those from the gay and transgender community who are looking for something more than a generic evening in the Village. “POMPe is fucking amazing!� screams reveler Riccardo Galvaldes over the bombastic beats. “I get to play dress up for one night a month,� he adds, pointing to his carefully applied eye makeup, echoing this sense of freedom and selfexpression. I met him on my way to the washroom, and was immediately stricken by his choice of white t-shirt and jeans, coupled with the thick visage of makeup. Following this encounter, the music cuts and Laura Boo makes an appearance on stage to introduce rapper Marshia Celina, who electrifies the crowd and provides a change in pace with some live music. The event has long been a place where queer artists can take the stage, and showcases underground acts that would otherwise struggle to find mainstream success. “We have musicians, drag artists, video artists, burlesque and lots of indescribable stuff,� adds Boo. “Folks that defy categorization.� It’s demonstrative of just how diverse the monthly lineup can be. POMPe is not the only queer dance party to hit the scene—there is a litany of queer-themed events around Montreal. Monthly parties are held at Notre Dames Des Quilles and also at Le Belmont under the title of Mec Plus Ultra, to name just a couple. As the clock strikes 3 a.m. and the crowd disperses from the dance floor, I watch three ethereal drag queens gracefully enter a taxi and drive away from paradise, back to reality. Although partygoers now must wait almost two months until the next POMPe event, which resumes in January at a new venue called Felix, the evening was clearly a success. I make my way to the dreaded night bus and ponder, feeling elated that I got some insight into this scene, and proud that Montreal is host to such diverse and accepting nightlife. For upcoming queer-themed events, search for Jeudi POMPe Thursdays on Facebook.

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FRINGE ARTS

Sesame the Bagel holds court in the streets of Montreal as the mascot of St. Viateur Bagel.

Giant, Foamy, and Lovable

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On Sesame, The Largely Unsung Hero of St-Viateur Bagel BY ZACH GOLDBERG @ZACHGOLDBERGG

truding from the sides of his delicious sesame lion photos,� Radack mused. “What’s really body, are coated in blue spandex and end in funny is that for the longest time I smiled in comically large white sneakers and two four- the photos, but no one can see my face.� “The rules are, make everyone happy, and finger gloved hands. His name is Sesame. Radack quickly shot to the top of the masyou’re not allowed to speak.� I had heard tales of Sesame, but had never cotting pole, becoming the go-to man for It’s hard work being a giant loveable foam seen him. I knew I had to find the man St-Viateur’s events. bagel. But goddamn it, someone has to do it. behind the mysteriously silent, and yet totally “They made me the official mascot. WhenJust ask Charley Radack. enchanting, bagel idol. And so I did. ever there was an event or anything, they’d call “You’re the first person to ever ask about the mascot.� Saul Restrepo, manager of St-Viateur Bagel’s original location, explains while laugh- “I never speak. People get so angry sometimes. ing when I ask him about the bagel bakery’s Kids not so much, they understand that bagels resident massive anthropomorphic bagel head, who, until recently, could be seen doling can’t speak, but parents sometimes really out high fives and hugs in total smiling silence want to say something to me, and I just won’t up and down St. Viateur St. W. respond. They’re like, are you serious? And I “People think bagels in Montreal, or in Canada. First thing on their minds is St- just nod my head. Bagels don’t speak.� Viateur bagel.� This is how Restrepo describes the long— Charley Radack, former St-Viateur Bagel mascot time bagel bakery. A staple of the Mile End, St-Viateur has been serving bagels 24 hours The man inside the semi-disconcerting me. I’ve been on Lonely Planet, Eat St., both a day, seven days a week for over 50 years. giant bagel is Charley Radack, 21-year-old aired on the Food Network. Some random JapaEstablished by Polish Holocaust survivor native Montrealer and mechanical engineer- nese shows,� Radack added. “It was really cool.� Myer Lewkowicz in 1957, three generations ing student at Concordia. He’s also a DJ, the However, it wasn’t all roses and high-fiving of owners and millions of bagels have come career that magicked him away from his children. Sometimes, the mascot can really through St-Viateur’s doors. storied history as St-Viateur’s greatest incar- bring out the animal nature in people. In fact, The franchise now boasts six separate loca- nation of Sesame. what originally attracted me to this story was tions in Montreal alone. Lewkowicz died in “It was the summer of 2011, that’s when I the news of Radack/Sesame being attacked by 1994, and was replaced by long time partner started,� Radack said. “It was my first day, a teenage ruffians in a park. The costume is, straJoe Morena, who eventually passed on the stupid hot day in June, and nobody wanted tegically speaking, totally defense-incapable—a bulk of bagel-duties to his three sons, who to be the mascot, so they figured, hey, let’s let giant weighted disk that only allows the wearer’s each oversee various bagel-concerns across the new guy do it. arms to extend straight out to the forearm, and Montreal. Almost 60 years after its humble “Then I did such a good job, because I have absolutely zilch in elbow-bending capabilities. founding, St-Viateur Bagel continues to hold a background in music and dancing, so I just “Some of the older kids, they obviously know an unabashedly firm grip on the Montreal applied a bunch of funky dance moves, and I’m not a bagel person. So since my elbows are bagel game. I got the job.� to my side and my arms are out, the kids stick But you knew all that. Everyone knows all In describing the nature of his work, Radack their hands through my armholes and twist my that. was all excitement. Though he admitted it’s dif- nipples,� Radack said. “And as they’re doing What isn’t on most people’s minds with ficult work, hoisting a “probably 50 pound� suit that, they’ll team up, because they’re dogs runthe words “St. Viateur Bagel� is a huge foam onto his body to dance and jump around in, ning in packs, so two of them will be behind bagel mascot. He is around six feet tall, made he couldn’t recall the experience more happily. me, and start turning me. So they’re turning of foam, with two huge googly eyes and “You’re in the costume, walking up and me in a circle, and I can’t pull my arms back raised eyebrows, culminating a permanently down the street, giving high fives to children, in, and they’re twisting my nipples.� surprised expression. His arms and legs, pro- taking countless pictures. I must be in a milA harrowing circumstance indeed. Radack thelinknewspaper.ca/fringe t /PW

also spoke of being pushed by excited strangers, even dry-humped by groups of fundraiser attendees. Despite these isolated incidents, however, Radack doesn’t think it’s the fault of the costume, so much as the performer. “To a degree, yeah [it brings out the animal in people], but I get the people going too, I kind of feed it. I jump around, shake my hands. It’s kind of 50/50, but I definitely feed it,� he explained. Radack has since moved on from Sesame, now a full-time student and DJ, but he looks back positively on his time as St-Viateur’s greatest mascot. He expressed adamantly that if ever the owners were to call and ask for him to suit up one last time, he’d be back as Sesame, no questions asked. “It’s such an amazing job. Even though some awkward things happen here and there, it’s always worth it to just have kids tell me ‘I love you bagel man.’� Radack said. “It’s a struggle, but it’s always fun, just to be able to make kids happy, and great exercise if you want to lose five pounds in a day.�

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ANOTHER CASUALTY IN A TOUGH REALITY The future of women’s soccer in Quebec is uncertain without the W-League or alternative pro leagues.

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$MPTVSF PG 8 -FBHVF #SJOHT 8PNFO T 4PDDFS %PXO UP #BSF .JOJNVN BY TRISTAN D’AMOURS @TRISTANDAMOURS Women’s soccer in Canada suffered a blow last week as the W-League, a second-tier division women’s soccer league with teams operating in the United States and Canada, shut its doors. It was the longest serving professional women’s league in North America, founded in 1995. On their website, a simple press release confirmed the folding of the league, and indicated that a 2016 season would not take place. Jean-Pascal Ladroue, general manager of the Quebec Dynamo ARSQ, got the news a full week after the press release was posted. “The manner in which they did it was a little cavalier,� said Ladroue. “[This season] went well in our conference and from what we knew from the other teams, they were up for a new season.� For the league’s two Canadian teams, the Dynamo and the Laval Comets, the recent news means that plans for next year have become much more complicated. “[The W-League] was belittled because it was a league that didn’t last long, but now we’re under the impression that it creates a big gap,� Ladroue said. “For a league that was belittled, I find it interesting that everyone is trying to find a solution for this.� Currently, Ladroue and his team are not sure whether they will be able to play soccer next season. One option for both Quebec teams would be to join the other second-tier league of North American women’s soccer,

the Women’s Premier Soccer League. “It’s one of the options that we are studying at the moment,� said Ladroue. “They also have teams that act as reserve teams for their [North American first division] affiliates, so it could be an interesting product.� Jerry Zanelli, commissioner of the WPSL, admits to having discussions about incorporating the two teams into the league, but doesn’t think it will happen this year, stating: “we just didn’t have enough time to digest the whole thing.� One of the biggest challenges for the WPSL is travelling. Zanelli hinted the possible formation of a WPSL Canada, involving Canadian teams only, and recalled receiving interest from Calgary to join. He had to refuse because of distance—they were just too far away. A positive for the Quebec teams is the relative proximity to the WPSL’s Northeast division, which features teams from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Joe Ferrara, former Northeast division regional commissioner and owner of the New England Mutiny says he’s been in discussion with the two Canadian clubs about “future plans,� but warned that they need approval from Canadian Soccer Federation before they could join the league. “We’ve petitioned U.S. Soccer to write a letter on behalf of the Canadian teams, to see if there is possibility that they could be sanctioned to play games in the United States, and that our teams could play in Canada,� Ferrara said. “The conversation with Canada all starts with approval from the federation.�

Closer to home, the commissioner of League1 Ontario, Dino Rossi, who as of last year started their own women’s league, admitted to having conversations with his colleagues in Quebec. He would be open for top programs in la belle province to join his league. The distance aspect would be an issue with teams having to drive to Ontario more than 13 times every season, but he thinks the costs related to it could be divided to keep them to a minimum. “We would love to see them start a league but, barring that, we are definitely open to considering the possibility of inviting top programs from the province of Quebec under the League1 umbrella if the situation is feasible,� said Rossi. “It’s something that would pose some challenges but provide some great opportunities and so we’re open and we will have those conversations when the time is right.� For Canadian women’s soccer in general, a high profile option would be a look at the North American first division, the National Women’s Soccer League. Many teams in the NWSL are associated with men’s clubs from Major League Soccer and national federations. They often share their facilities with their affiliated team and are provided with opportunities to play top-level soccer. Rhian Wilkinson, who played in four different World Cups for Canada, including the 2015 tournament on home soil, expressed dismay that she can’t play professionally in her own country. “I’m such a proud Canadian, I love play-

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ing in Canada, and there’s nowhere for me‌there’s not even amateur soccer,â€? said Wilkinson. “I’m sad. I know there’s a lot of people like me who want to play soccer at the highest level, and who want to play at home because we love our home. “I’m in my thirties, I want to be able to play the sport I love, and do the job I do,â€? Wilkinson added. “I want to be able to start a family and live in my country and it’s just not a reality.â€? Wilkinson currently plays for the Portland Thorns FC. Having played in both Europe and North America, Wilkinson is convinced that women’s soccer, and women’s sports in general, are on the rise. “Just look at a men’s game from the 1960s and look at one now, and then look at a women’s game from the 1960s and look at one now,â€? said Wilkinson. “The trajectory of women in sport is straight up and the levels are getting better.â€? The Pointe-Claire native believes the businessmen who own soccer teams are attached to the idea of quick revenue for the dollars they invest. It’s her opinion that they should invest in women’s soccer for the long term. “I want Canada to step up. I don’t have enough money to do it myself and there’s a lot of people who do,â€? Wilkinson said. “I would like to affiliate with men’s teams, but if not, there are some amazing women out there who have made a lot of money as good businesswomen. “I hope that they see that there is an opportunity here to do something in Canada and to leave a lasting impression in sport.â€?

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Alex Tessier was named to the RSEQ 2015 All-Star Team.

the women’s rugby team since 2005. He jumped on the opportunity to lead a team to the nationals—the men’s league is limited to provincial competition. According to him, it’s been amazing to have both athletes on the roster. “Knowing somebody out there, or two people who are out there can win a game by themselves is pretty impressive, so I think when it gets tough, people always look to them,â€? McGravie said. “I think there’s a confidence that’s strong from playing with those people. You see them in practice the same way they are in games, so I think people take inspiration from that.â€? According to Tessier, much of their everdeveloping chemistry has been thanks to their training—they have spent time working out together, running and weight lifting. Wednesday, they will be going to England with Canada’s national team where they will be paired up again. “We’re actually going to be roommates, and we tend to be roommates on every single trip we go on, which is a bonus ‌ when you connect off the field and on the field, it’s great,â€? said Rajotte. “Obviously, it’s nice to have a fellow Stinger because we know what’s it like. We work together day in and day out.â€? Tessier remarked that representing PHOTOS COURTESY BRIANNA THICKE Canada is already a memorable experience. “I would say you feel so much pride,â€? Tessier said. “You represent everybody who supported you. It’s special. I’m having trouble describing it. It’s like every time you wear that jersey, you deserve to wear that jersey because you worked so hard.â€? While Rajotte’s first experience was at the 2013 U20 Nations Cup—where Canada became the only other nation champion apart from England—Tessier made her national debut for rugby sevens in 2012 when she participated in the World University Championship in France. However, she attributes the 2014 edition in Brazil, where her team won the championship, as her real start. “After that, my first senior appearance was this summer at the Super Series in Calgary,â€? said Tessier. “I earned my first cap against New Zealand and then after that we played the U.S. and England. It was a good opportunity for me to start at that level.â€? McGravie is hopeful someone will be able to put up the game in England on a live webcast, notably a link via Twitter. He has been nothing short of amazed by both athletes, whom he qualifies as great people. “They train hard, they are committed to the sport, they are committed to their teammates,â€? McGravie said. “It makes them easy to coach, it makes them easy to play with, [and] it makes them hard to play against. I can’t say enough good things about them.â€? As the players continue to make their families proud, the focus is now about making an impact for Canada’s national team, who will face England in the first days of December on the Maple Leaf tour, made up of with hopes of one day making the World Cup team. “I think we just need to keep up the chemistry and then bring it up to that level. It’s going to be fun,â€? Tessier said. “It’s going to be challenging and I think we both enjoy challenges, so I can’t wait to play against England and play with all the other amazFrederique Rajotte was named RSEQ ing athletes at that level.â€? MVP in 2015.

A DYNAMIC DUO 4UJOHFST 8PNFO T 3VHCZ .71T 4FU UP .BLF *OUFSOBUJPOBM *NQSFTTJPO BY ERIK TRUDEL @ERIKTRUDEL27 The dynamic duo centering the Concordia Stingers women’s rugby team, FrĂŠdĂŠrique Rajotte and Alexandra Tessier, is set to establish their incredible chemistry in England for two test games against the host nation with the Canadian national squad. It has been a winding road for the student athletes, who both started in a different sport before settling on rugby. Rajotte was born in Montreal but moved at a young age with her family to Markham, Ontario. In grade nine, she was introduced to rugby and decided to join the team. “I was a soccer player before I started playing rugby,â€? Rajotte said. “The kind of contact area fit in with me because I was a bit of an aggressive soccer player, so I ended up quitting soccer and then joined rugby full time. I started playing [in a] club afterwards.â€? After starting her first year at Concordia University and playing with the Stingers during the 2012-2013 academic year, she left to go to Victoria, B.C., to play on the national team. Elsewhere, a busy Tessier, hailing from Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, was playing basketball at Dawson College when she incorporated rugby into her routine during her second year. About half a season into her math and statistics studies at Concordia in 2013, she decided to commit strictly to rugby. She has never looked back, and has earned several recognitions for her dedication, including

the 2013 RSEQ Rookie of the Year. In 2014 the pair would start blossoming. Rajotte made her way back to the Stingers and her communication Studies. In the past two seasons, the duo has made quite the impact. Tessier was named RSEQ MVP last year, while Rajotte recently earned the honour for 2015. “I was in shock,� Rajotte said. “I wasn’t considering myself at their level particularly, so I’m really happy that my hard work paid off. I have to credit my teammates because it’s a team sport, and it was huge for us to go to the nationals.� Both Rajotte and Tessier were also named to the RSEQ all-star team, holding the two centre spots. It’s an honour Tessier is thankful for. For Rajotte, it’s still sinking in—the aspiring sports broadcaster can only praise her teammate. “She’s amazing,� Rajotte said. “She’s a hard worker [and] I don’t think she gets enough credit for it. She’s obviously a shy person off the field, but on the field she has such a huge presence and I always tell people that she makes me look good on the field because we have a good connection when we play.� Tessier expressed the same sentiments. She added that it was fun for her because there is so much confidence and trust between them. “I knew she was there and I could focus on my job,� Tessier said. “We just connected. She was really good out there. It just makes the game so much fun and you can try more things.� McGravie has been the head coach of

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Shona Watt encouraged shoppers to look at ingredient list before buying a cleaning product at a workshop held at Concordia’s Greenhouse earlier this month. PHOTO HÉLÈNE BAUER

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The first eXXpedition sailed across the Atlantic ocean on Nov. 16, 2014 with a crew of 14 women.

PHOTO COURTESY EXXPEDITION

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SOCIAL MEDIA IN TIMES OF CRISIS Why Do We Attribute More Meaning to Events with the Most Coverage? BY LINDSAY RICHARDSON

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There was a man with arms outstretched, blindfolded, posed almost motionless against the brick of the Simons building. He stood still in the cold; next to him was a quickly written sign that read “Je suis Musulman. Si vous me faites confiance, faites-moi un calin.� More striking, however, was the semicircle of about 20 people who surrounded him—camera phones poised, filtering his timely and arresting gesture in amaro and mayfair. I’ve seen him several times since, in Facebook and Instagram posts accompanied by captions like “Stop Islamophobia� and “omg so sad this is what our world has come to.� The irony was needling: in the short time I spent observing, not one voyeur approached to hug him. Taking recent events into account, this clearly wasn’t the first socio-political post to appear on my newsfeed. On Nov. 13, a series of coordinated terror attacks were launched in Paris, including hostage-taking, suicide bombings, and mass shootings. The attacks killed 130 people, and injured close to 400. The world was left in a collective state of shock, and my social media was rapidly overtaken by a barrage of posts that feigned camaraderie and benevolence. In those first hours, Facebook and Twitter were the best outlets for up-to-theminute information. In the hours after that, the tone of the posts shifted. Profile photos were changed to display the colors of the French flag. Then came the gratuitous “share this if you want world peace� or “1 like = 1 angel sent to Paris� posts. When some people caught a delayed wind of the attacks in Lebanon, there was an increase of Beirut-oriented content. All of the posts had similar implications—some were more explicit in their perturbation: how could we be so ignorant? How could we place so much importance on Paris when many people also died in Beirut? What about Syria? What about the refugees? What about the Syrian boy crying over his dead siblings?  You play for the wrong side. Your opinion is wrong. Allow me to emphasize what I think, what I have to say. And so it spiraled, at a breakneck pace, into a platform for posts with a decrease in relevance and an increase in virtual discord. We have been conditioned to immediately attribute importance to the events that receive the most social media coverage. It can be argued that the problem lies within the news agencies that angle their coverage towards novelty—towards issues, like Paris, that carry irrefutable shock-value.  However, when considering social media, it needs to be argued that we are in the midst of an audience problem. Social media lends itself to latent forms of narcissism and actually promotes petty forms of conflict that trivialize and mock the struggle of the grief-stricken parties. In times of crisis, it is not an outlet that promotes solidarity and a collective sense of grief. It is an agenda-pushing, self-aggrandizing medium that inherently pushes us to antagonize each other. Through applications like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, we have been conditioned to put precedence on the value of “I�: how I look, how I sound, how other people perceive me. We assign social capital to those who attain the most likes, comments and shares. This is where a form of contention sets in. Times of crisis should translate to times of unity and social/political communion. But like the photo of the Muslim man on Ste. Catherine St., everyone is hard-pressed to show that they are aware of and impacted by the issue, albeit superficially and without justification by action. The way I see it, the profile picture change was more of a protection than a statement—without thelinknewspaper.ca/opinions t /PW

it, anyone was privy to criticism about self-involvement. With it, even the most unsuspecting Facebook user became part of this inevitable social media pissing contest. Admittedly, there is some function to social media in times of crisis. Plugins like the “I’m safe� feature allow users in the affected areas to notify family and friends of their safety. Even then, Facebook executives had to caution users against using the feature needlessly—any number of us can attest to seeing North Americans click “I’m safe� during a crisis overseas, in either a smart-ass gesture or out of pure curiosity. Even when social media has a utilitarian function—crisis management—there are some people who put precedence on their own presence, their own statements. The reactions I witnessed among both peers and strangers stirred me. As a proponent of social media, I know it can render some pretty questionable content. Even though there’s no concrete expectation of how people should react, I didn’t expect an audience so ready to accept likes just for filtering a profile picture, or to so readily condemn one another for not focusing on the “right� issues. I did not change my profile picture to the requisite bleu-blanc-rouge; I refuse to publicly place a premium on one group’s suffering over another. I hugged the Muslim man. I refused to let anyone photograph it. My grief, my own private vigil—for both Paris and the agonizing state of our world—is not for anyone’s consumption or commentary.

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Is International Exchange Changing Concordia Students?

Studying Abroad Might Cause Students to See the World Through Rose-Coloured Glasses SHARON YONAN RENOLD @RENOLDSHARON Eager, smiling faces surround me as I walk through the atrium of the EV building on a Thursday afternoon. Several tables are lined up in two rows, each labelled with a different country. Bright-eyed volunteers motion for students to come forward and hear about their lifechanging, horizon-broadening experiences across the world. Concordia International is preparing for a new year of sending students on exchange. I observe, skeptical of whether the experience is really all it’s cut out to be. It’s no secret that students’ reasons for studying abroad are usually more culturally oriented than academic. Popular reasons include developing cross-cultural communication skills, improving foreign language skills and of course, the opportunity to travel. A study conducted in 2007 by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada asked Canadian institutions why they so heavily promoted studying abroad programs. Forty-four per cent responded that their goal was to create global citizens, 23 per cent responded that they wanted to increase international understanding, 11 per cent said it was a means to increase intercultural awareness, and 5 per cent to increase job skills and employability. Julie Triganne from Concordia International explained that the university offers

the international exchange program to give students the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of the world and have an international experience. I have gained first-hand knowledge of the world, but in a different way than an international exchange student might. I grew up in a missionary family. I am the third of five children, all of us born in different countries. The places my family has worked include Panama, Mexico, Thailand, China, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Taiwan. From a young age, I saw poverty, hunger and disease. I’ve witnessed political corruption, social inequality and systemic disadvantage. I have seen the world in a different light than many Canadian university students my age. While studying abroad might be a positive experience for a majority of university students, I believe there is a blatant lack of education concerning the disadvantaged and underprivileged on an international scale. Removing the rose-coloured glasses is a crucial part of producing an educated generation of university graduates that will fight to make the world a better place. Despite the fact that study abroad programs harvest a majority of highly positive reviews, students may not be gaining enough access to their host country beyond studying and sightseeing—something they need to see in order to truly expand their thinking. A survey conducted by the youth survey service YCONIC in 2014 revealed that the

most popular locations for Canadian students are other English-speaking countries like the U.S., Australia and the U.K. While traveling to these locations may be an enjoyable experience, students could limit themselves to creating a comfortable, sheltered atmosphere where they are almost exclusively exposed to the privileged social class to which they already belong. Heba Faoud, a current international exchange student from Egypt recounted her interactions with international exchange students coming to Egypt at the American University in Cairo. “Most of the people come from North America and Asia. Most come because they are used to the university,� says Faoud. “What they all have in common is that they’re used to the system and at the same time are interested to know more about the country.� Concordia does encourage students to expose themselves to the unfamiliar world of foreign lands. In the end, it depends on what the student expects to get from the experience and if they venture further than the university campus. “We do encourage the students to make the most of their experience and we do tell them that it doesn’t stop with the school,� Triganne said. “It’s really important to make local friends, it’s really important to get to know the culture that you’re being invited into.� Students who embark on the foreign exchange journey may forget that the exposure they receive could be that of an advantaged

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group. Depending on the destination chosen, exchange students may interact mostly with other exchange students, missing out on other experiences entirely. Josh Lalonde, a student who attended the University of Nottingham in Malaysia admits that his cultural immersion may have been slightly limited. “I was studying at a British University where, I’d say, half the students were international students, but there were some Malaysian students as well,� he says. “I did interact with them to some extent but it could have been more.� It all comes down to the individual who has chosen to go on exchange. Are they looking to broaden their cultural understanding or just to take an extended vacation? Students need to be aware of the importance of exposing themselves to more than just tourist attractions while studying abroad. At the end of the day, education is about instilling knowledge and opening people’s eyes. Studying abroad is an opportunity to broaden horizons and observe the world from a different perspective. Educating oneself on the legitimate state of a nation through direct contact with locals, exploration and observing the non-wealthy side of a community is essential to the learning experience. Just studying in a foreign country isn’t enough. If we as a generation are to change the world we live in, we need to know what it looks like—the beautiful and the ugly.

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Crushing on Columbine: Mental Illness and the Cult of Rampage Killers SAVANNAH SCOTT @VANZILLASCOTT In the wake of the attacks in Paris and Beirut at the hands of extremist Islamic group Daesh, it seems as though large-scale killings are only becoming more frequent. I’m reminded of the racism-fuelled shooting in Charleston, the attack on moviegoers in Colorado, and the Dawson College shooting, which injured several students and killed one. With word of mass killing sprees all over the world, I can’t help but feel like nowhere is safe—not even my own university. In 1992, a former associate professor shot and killed three professors and one department chair on the ninth floor of the Hall building. A staff secretary was also wounded. Over 25 years later, the aftermath of the École Polytechnique massacre in which 14 women were shot and killed is still being studied. Survivors of the incident suffered a variety of physical and psychological consequences. Most showed prominent signs of post-traumatic stress disorder and some even committed suicide, citing the massacre for their death. A study conducted by McGill University also concluded that 30 per cent of those present at the Dawson College shooting expe-

rienced a psychological disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, alcohol dependence and social phobia, a level which is double of the general populous. These people witnessed unimaginable violence and suffered devastating consequences on their mental health—but somehow, there are people who think otherwise. What many people don’t know is that the perpetrators of these crimes have a fan base online. They’re called “Columbiners.” These are people who collect and share information, photos, videos and personal testaments relating to the Columbine school shooting with a focus on its perpetrators, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. On these websites the mass murderers are treated as misunderstood heroes, fighting in the name of unpopular and bullied teens. Searching “Columbine” on Tumblr will lead you to countless photo spreads of Eric Harris grinning at the camera including captions about his attractiveness and disturbing Nazi imagery. Tumblr users with URLs like “ericanddylanproblems” and “mourningovermurderers” post intimate excerpts of diary pages and video footage of Harris and Klebold shooting guns in a field, and profess their love and devotion to the teens who shot

and killed 12 students and one teacher on a Tuesday morning in 1999. The most popular Columbiners, along with many other serial or mass killer fandom bloggers, have followers in the hundreds of thousands. Most people would be horrified by the details of these gruesome tragedies, but the darkest depths of the web hide a cult following who not only encourage, but worship those who commit them. Many prefer to simply label the perpetrators of mass killings as evil or sadistic. Our society is one that seeks closure through retributive justice, looking to our politicians for solutions like better gun control or security in schools. It is easy for us to blame the parents for not noticing something was wrong, or the musical influences of artists like Marilyn Manson. The truth about these tragedies is that while the killers’ motivations are rooted in hatred, many, if not all, are deeply connected to mental illness. It’s crucial for us to consider how these attacks came to be and how we can prevent them in the future. Until then, they won’t stop. Research has proven the link between violent behavior and mental illness, and a 2013 survey conducted throughout the U.S. showed that 46 per cent of the respondents

believed people with mental illnesses were more dangerous than others. The negative perceptions are only getting worse. While 63 per cent of Americans believe mental health is one of the main reasons behind these tragedies, there is still a huge stigma when it comes to addressing it. Research on the effects of labeling in the area of mental disorders shows that people with varying degrees of mental health problems are often stigmatized because anti-social behavior is thought to be linked to mental illness. Other research suggests that the media is at least partially responsible for this negative association, and potentially even the cause of more rampage killings. So where does this leave our Columbiners? If they’re only blogging and not actually engaging in these violent behaviors should we consider them potentially homicidal, or just troubled? According to an interview with some of Tumblr’s most popular Columbiners by Vice, most didn’t consider themselves violent, and justified their blogs as a way of dealing with their feelings of anger and depression. Whether or not you think these blogs are a gateway to violence, we need to reach out to Columbiners not with judgment, but with empathy.

Nah’msayin? Ban All Barbers! SHAUN MICHAUD @SHAUN_MIC I hate the man bun. This atrocity of the 21st century should be banned and its wearers forced to cut it off in a grand ceremony on Parliament Hill. In fact, people sporting hillbilly beards should also be forced to join the hair burning, and have their faces shaved, then scorched with a clothing iron for even entertaining the notion that overgrown facial hair should be trendy. And what’s up with undercuts? Men pay overpriced barbers to get a haircut that makes them look like jarheads. Basically, shave your temples and the back of your head with a clipper and you’ll get the costly monstrosity. Better yet, replace the clipper with a hot poker and you’ll get it permanently. Those trendy barbers and their throwback

razor blades should be brought to the pillory of bad taste, their shops burned to the ground. Fuck fashion if it’s going to leave nothing but lint in your pockets and skin where your hair used to be. These guys are the sworn enemy of hair, each night whetting their blades dreaming of cutting your god-given right to let it grow like a Chia Pet. They hate your follicles and will demand to shave to the skin like maniacal manscapers. Let your hair grow, guys, and let it down, or learn to cut it on your own. Only go to the little hair dictators when it is absolutely necessary. Be sure to watch their shifty moves as they inch away at your temples like keratin-hungry termites. And stay away from bleach—it makes you look like dead rotten seaweed washed away on a fake Montreal beach. thelinknewspaper.ca/opinions t /PW

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Environment and Sustainability Crossword Struggling to find a word? Reference the page number in our special issue!

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3. Opposite of invest. (pg. 5) 6. Harper loves exploiting these. They’re lucrative, but very ecologically damaging. Shoutout to the Canadian west. (pg. 14) 8. The era we’re in now—in which humans have fucked the earth. (pg. 13 online blurbs) 10. Living without jeopardizing people’s needs in future generations. Basically, don’t screw your kids over. (pg. 2) 12. â€œEverywhere-where-life-livesâ€?-sphere. 13. You are this. So is your apple. But not your plastic grocery bag. (pg. 6) 14. REDUCE! REUSE! ______! (pg. 12) DOWN

1. The best study space, above the 13th floor of the Hall building. 2. Term for the variety of organisms in an ecosystem. (pg. 7) 4. Environmentally friendly alternative to cremation or burial. (pg. 6) 5. It’s a hashtag and a movement in which people participated in a sit-in at Trudeau’s residence. (pg. 13 online blurbs) 7. A branch of biology seeking to protect the environment. Economic approaches disregard this. (basically every page) 9. Made from prehistoric biological matter (dinosaurs!), it becomes oil, coal and natural gas. 11. Fourth level in karate, judo, and other martial arts. Or, you know, an area where building is restricted. (pg. 8)

Letters VOTE YES FOR THE DAYCARE

overcome throughout a semester. Add to that the stress of being responsible for a child and needing to worry about the care that child is receiving throughout the day. Those of us who are not student-parents can only imagine! Having a quality daycare on campus, catering to studentparents, would offer them convenience, practicality and time-efficiency, thus allowing them flexibility for group projects, academic counseling and overall success—not to mention peace of mind. The proposal at hand will not have any financial impact on student fees. However, it will highly benefit fellow Concordia students who have children. Concordia University is a community in itself, and we need to stand together to promote accessibility to higher education for all current and future students. Support the CSU’s Daycare and Nursery Project by voting YES to the referendum question on Nov. 24 through 26!

If you don’t already know, the CSU is working to create a daycare. This is an amazing initiative. The daycare will be right across from the Library building and will provide an essential service that helps make education at Concordia more accessible to an important part of our community: studentparents. I can only imagine how complicated it must be to be a student, paying tuition, working around your class schedule and needing to support a child, especially if you’re a singleparent. Being able to access affordable childcare near campus is a need that has been expressed over and over by studentparents at Concordia, and I am so glad the CSU is taking action to make it happen. I urge all undergrads to vote YES to the CSU Daycare in the referendum on Nov. 24 through 26. The funding for this project already exists, but the CSU needs our votes to reallocate this money to the daycare initiative. We can all play an — Melissa Arauz, student in psychology and School of important part in supporting student-parents at Concordia. Community and Public Affairs — Cassie Smith, independent student

PRIORITIZE ACCESS FOR STUDENT-PARENTS

This week, there will be a referendum question regarding the CSU’s proposal to open a new daycare on campus, prioritizing access to student-parents. Although I am not a student-parent, I am thrilled to hear about this initiative. I know from working in a daycare for the past four years how difficult it can be for a parent to find quality daycare services. The need outweighs the availability. As students, we have many endeavors and obstacles to

VOTE YES FOR CURE

The uniqueness of this validating opportunity speaks to dissolve so many of the tensions and insecurities that currently surround the undergraduate choice. As undergraduates we can all, in our own ways, understand the combination of pressure and anxiety that is now packed into being an undergrad. The worth of our efforts is constantly being measured and put beside what our degree will mean. Too common is the feeling of powerlessness associated with our decision to be here—a decision that should fill us with a sense of pride and satisfaction as we work to better ourselves through the power and fulfillment of knowledge and experience. Now is the time to reaffirm this intention, to regenerate the strength and purpose of what an undergraduate degree should offer us, and to reconstitute how others recognize what we have to offer them after this experience. CURE Concordia, with this fee levy, can offer you experiences outside of school. Let CURE offer you credits for term papers you write from your experience; let CURE help you meet your course requirements in places where you want to see yourself. Recognize what hard work looks like outside of school by pairing up with actual grassroots not-for-profit organizations. I encourage you all to take a few minutes to look into CURE at cureconcordia.org, and make an informed decision for yourselves. Few can disagree that university is a service that is in a current state of constant devaluation. Restore how this university serves you, revalidate your experience here, with CURE.

Vote yes to CURE in by-elections—find new ways to see yourself in your undergrad. To all you undergraduates striving to attain and understand your voice as an expressive individual and as a critical thinker, the time is now. In the upcoming by-elections, we will all be given an opportunity to say YES to grant fee levy to CURE Concordia, an effort that will help you build relationships with all of the diverse, real and current community efforts that are — Julia Griffiths Nadeau, fine arts and arts and science happening in Montreal. undergraduate thelinknewspaper.ca/opinions t/PW

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EDITORIAL

We Need to Invest Money and Time Into Women’s Sports So, 2015 has proven to be a big year for women in sports. Talented female athletes in the mainstream, from UFC fighters Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm, tennis superstar Serena Williams and both the Canadian and United States national women’s soccer teams are having their day in the sun as the dominant and entertaining athletes they’ve always been. Closer to home, the Concordia Stingers women’s teams are doing their part to stand out, and no one shines brighter than perhaps the women’s rugby team. They’ve made regular appearances in the RÊseau de Sport Étudiant du QuÊbec conference final and the Canadian Interuniversity Sports National Championships. They also boast the last two conference MVPs—Alexandra Tessier and FrÊdÊrique Rajotte. Despite this success, we still have some way to go before women’s teams outside of the collegiate level are at even keel with their male counterparts, especially when it comes to support, coverage and opportunity. Male athletes, if talented enough, have ample shots at continuing their post-graduation careers in professional leagues domestically or abroad.

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Female players do as well, but prospective professional opportunities aren’t nearly as lucrative or popular. When sports fans visit mainstream sports sites such as TSN, ESPN or Sky Sports, male athletics dominate the headlines. Even on their TV networks, female athletes aren’t shown as frequently as their counterparts. Unless it’s the FIFA World Cup, the Olympics or a major tennis tournament, women are often overlooked. In a report released by Women In Sport in 2014 called “Women’s Sport: Say Yes to Success� it was revealed that only 7 per cent of media coverage went exclusively to women’s sports. While media coverage is a major issue, it isn’t the only problem. It has been well documented that women make significantly less in terms of salary compared to men. While they can live off their talent, many female athletes must take on other jobs to support themselves. Hockey players who want to continue their careers after university have opportunities in the National Women’s Hockey League and Canadian Women’s Hockey League, but won’t make much. In the NWHL, forward Kelli Stack of the

Connecticut Whale is the league’s highest paid player, making $25,000 this season. Entire teams’ total salaries are approximately $200,000. It’s still a better alternative to the CWHL, whose players are unpaid. Sponsorships sustain sports. In Stats Pack for Media, Women In Sports released information—from September 2011 to December 2013—stating that women’s sport sponsorship deals accounted for less than six per cent of the total number of sponsorship deals recorded. With the aforementioned stats, it’s easy to see why leagues and teams aren’t willing to invest in women’s sports because there aren’t any sponsors. The latter are hesitant to invest because there’s barely any coverage, and the media have no incentive to cover the leagues without major sponsorships, or sponsored athletes that will bring in ratings. This cycle is the reason why the W-League, a professional women’s soccer league in North America, is ceasing operation in 2016. What kind of future does that present to potential professional athletes, whether from the Concordia Stingers or elsewhere? It’s easy to tell everyone they should make more of an effort to watch women’s sports.

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While we all should, more effort is needed. Money has to be invested in women’s programs across the board in order to see growth. The Concordia Stingers have invested thousands into their women’s programs, such as rugby. The team’s recruitment budget is almost four times more than the men’s squad. Concordia’s women’s basketball team also boasts a slightly larger recruitment budget than their male counterparts. It’s only one way in which teams are funded, but it’s still an indicator that Concordia isn’t leaving their women’s teams by the wayside. The National Women’s Soccer League in America has also seen some growth because they’ve attracted the best female soccer players in the world—thanks in large part to Major League Soccer teams investing in women’s teams. Even Major League Baseball legend Pedro Martinez, during the launch of a girls baseball program, the BASE, in the United States, “wouldn’t doubt� the possibility of female players eventually joining MLB. There is some investment into women’s sports, but there is still a long way to go before full-time female athletes can become a reality.

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GOOD LUCK WITH Y OUR YOUR EXAMS! I wish you all the best on your upcoming exams and final projec ts. Affter the term ends – enjoy the break!!

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