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Target’s turned its target on the Royal City Target debut in Guelph is met with excitement and uncertainty   The recent opening of Target on March  sparked citywide curiosity as shoppers traveled to explore the grand opening of the American shopping chain’s pilot stores.

Being one of the first Target store locations in Canada, Guelph was inundated with what this new arrival could mean for existing businesses.

Ranging from groceries to clothing, Target seems to have it all.

However, not everyone is convinced that Target is as big as it seems.

Eveline Adomait, assistant professor of Economics at the University of Guelph stated, “I’m not really sure what the impact will be.” Adomait mentioned that the existing land used to have a Zellers, which Target acquired the leaseholds for back in . As a result, the company is simply replacing an existing comparable store.

“It doesn’t strike me that it

should be a big worry. There is already a Wal-Mart in town, and other big box stores, that I don’t think the impact of Target coming to Guelph would be huge,” added Adomait.

“Downtown always has unique items.

It has things you cannot find in a Target or anywhere else.”

– Rhonda Alan Situated beside large chain grocery stores and Stone Road Mall, Target seems to fit well into the environment. Scott Lester, a third-year University of Guelph student and allegedly the first

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The store opened last week, bringing with its American-only goods a sense of uncertainty about the effects of the giant on Guelph’s economy. person to purchase an item from need anything besides groceries, Rhonda Alan, the owner of SecTarget views, sees both the pos- I will likely check out Target to ond Look on Quebec Street. She itive and negative benefits to see if they have any good deals,” maintains a lack of concern about the company’s introduction to added Lester. the grand opening, likening the Guelph, from a student’s point However, Lester will not be the opening to that of Wal-Mart sevof view. company’s personal mascot any- eral years ago. “[Target] is in a great location time soon, stating, “Will I be an “Downtown is always special, so and offers a wide range of prod- avid shopper at Target... no, most I wouldn’t be worried,” says Alan. ucts, which makes shopping likely not.”

There are however many simquicker and easier. Time is of the As for the effects of Target on ilarities between Target and essence for university students downtown, Adomait said that Wal-Mart. so a business that caters a wide “[it] is a different niche market “Target is basically the exact range of products is likely to be anyways, so I’m not sure Target same thing as the Wal-Mart in enticing for students,” said Les- is going to be a competitor.” Her Guelph, just in a more practical ter. Lester notes that he will most opinion is just one of many re- location with respect to the unilikely only be purchasing grocer- ceived by the downtown core. versity population,” said Lester. ies from the chain store, which is Filled with a plethora of con- Additionally, Adomait pegs Walquite unlike his initial purchase of signment shops, cafes, restaurants Mart to be Target’s competition, a Disney Tarzan DVD. and specialty stores, Downtown commenting, “I think Wal-Mart is “As a student, what I shop for Guelph has its own market. the one that is going to be worried.” the most is groceries. Most of my “Downtown always has unique However, only time will tell purchases throughout the year are items. It has things you cannot find if Target will benefit or hurt the at No Frills and Metro. Now, if I in a Target or anywhere else,” said Guelph community.

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Global to Local: Students, staff, and faculty on international and national news

Focus on sexual assault during U of G’s SAFE Week   A t-shirt contest, pinwheels, and a dramatic performance typically have little in common, except when brought together by a good cause.

From March  to , the Wellness Centre and the Awareness of Sexual Assault and Prevention Committee (ASAP) are holding Sexual Assault Free Environment Week (SAFE), an annual campaign to spread aware-

“I think it’s important to note that this isn’t [happening] just at the University of Guelph, but globally.”

– Melanie Bowman ness on the issue, and help students become informed about their personal safety, the topic of consent, and what constitutes a respectful relationship.

“The stats on sexual violence are not going down. I think it’s important to note that this isn’t [happening] just at the University of Guelph, but globally,” said Melanie Bowman of the

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Pinwheels on Branion Plaza were a symbolic part of sexual assault awareness raised during SAFE Week.

Wellness Centre about the importance of sponsoring the event each year.

Several events took place at the start of the week including an informative board demonstration in Branion Plaza, where the Wellness Centre distributed t-shirts to interested students with the statement, “Ready  Lovin’? Ask First.” Students are encouraged to collect signatures on their shirts, and garments with the most signatures will be awarded with prizes at the end of the week.

Pinwheels were also handed out and according to a campus bulletin, represented “statistically the number of undergraduate students who could be affected directly or indirectly by sexual assault.” Finally, from March  to , The Rose Project, a theatre performance about a survivor of sexual assault, will take place in Lower Massey.

Many topics related to sexual assault will be addressed during the

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week, but Bowman says that consent is the theme of this year’s SAFE Week.

“I feel like that’s much needed, people understanding what consent is,” said Bowman, adding, “We do have sexual assaults on campus so it is important to raise the awareness.”

And though some might assume that SAFE Week and sexual assault campaigns as a whole only target women, Bowman says that this is not the case. In fact, Bowman explained that, according to Statistics Canada, one in  men will be the victims of sexual assault. “[SAFE] does target both men and women, with an emphasis on women as in  per cent of the cases it is violence against women by men. I think it’s [also] important to note that it happens in same-[sex] relationships.”

The rest of the school year does not pass without information on sexual assault being distributed to students.

Bowman described the efforts of the

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From March  to March , the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSW) is taking place in Austin, Texas, and will engage, according to the Toronto Star, many “brilliant thinkers, technological innovators and entrepreneurs [from around] the world.” Ben Rayner, a reporter sent to the conference, published an article on March  about the main focus of the conference for this year, or at least, what seems to be a recurring theme so far: cats. A panel held on March  titled “#catvidfest: Is This the End of Art?” discussed how Internet cat videos are making a place for themselves in modern culture, while the Internet sensation Tardar Sauce, otherwise known as Grumpy Cat, had a whole booth dedicated to him, where fans could take photos and “meet” Tard. According to Rayner, “Hundreds of people lined up outside a small tent near the Austin Conference Centre for a chance to pose with Tard, […] all weekend long, but Sunday went completely out of control – the queue ran longer than two Austin city blocks by  a.m.” The Ontarion spoke to a U of G student about the news story, and the Internet obsession with the most majestic of all creatures in the animal kingdom.

Wellness Centre to continue sexual assault programming during both semesters, besides the ongoing programming of SAFE. “We have an ASAP committee, and it is several campus partners that come together to look at programming initiatives for campus,” explained Bowman. “As well, we start the year off by bringing in a high-profile guest speaker Mike Domiritz from the Date Safe Campaign, and he does a presentation during O-Week in collaboration with Housing [Services].”

The purpose, says Bowman, is so that first-year students get training on sexual assault and consent.

This year, SlutWalk Guelph will be The Ontarion: What are your happening the same week as SAFE thoughts on technology compaWeek, though the Wellness Centre nies discussing cats so heavily at does not organize the event. How- an international conference? ever, Bowman says that the centre Hannah Green (second year Engsupports SlutWalk, and thinks it’s lish student): I think it’s a little “great” that the two are happening ridiculous, I mean if it’s a [sciencerelated] conference, you think at the same time. they’d be talking about more important things. I understand that they’re touching upon in the Internet phenomenon [and] how things get kind of crazy and really popular. But, I think it’s ridiculous that they had a whole cat-themed seminar.

The Ontarion: Does the huge interest in cat videos interest you, in terms of it being incorporated into news stories like this one?

HG: No, I’m a dog person, so not at all. I’m not really interested in any of that. Not a huge fan of cats.

Thanks to the participant for this week’s interview. If you have something to say about international or national news, and would like to be contacted for future issues, or if you want to see a particular news story covered here, contact News Editor Alicja Grzadkowska at onnews@ uoguelph.ca.

4   .      .   On the catwalk Students strut their stuff on the runway for the College Royal fashion show   College Royal has been an annual tradition in Guelph since , and what better way to celebrate than to watch students embrace their inner super models.

College Royal is an entirely student-run festival that involves over , volunteers. On March , a group of these volunteers took their duties one step further and added modeling to the list of their obligations.

And so, the annual fashion show began.

Clothing stores all over Guelph donated their fashions for the event, including Dino’s Athletics, Art of Denim, and Tip Top Tailors. On top of these brand names, students also modeled the latest thrift finds from Value Village.

However, in no way was this a run of the mill fashion show.

Students not only marched up and down the runway, but also

showed off their dance skills while modeling the clothes.

“I was expecting to see colourful outfits, but what I actually got was a show,” said University of Guelph student Valmy Assam.

In addition to the fashion show, there was also a beard growing and trouser patching competition. Students had since late January to perfect their beards and have them judged during the intermission of the fashion show. Contestants were judged on a variety of categories including best colour, sideburns, and shape. Soon after being awarded for their beard-growing efforts, the participants had just enough time to be cleanly shaven for the College Royal Ball.

A new event held during the show puts students’ sewing skills to good use. The competition consisted of teams of two, with one team member in charge of patching a hole in the other teammate’s pants. Teams were judged on flare, best sewing job, and fastest time, to name a few categories.

“There was never a dull moment the entire night,” explained Assam. “Where else can you find

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A few enthusiastic participants showed off their model poses at the fashion show on March 8. fashion, beards, and ripped pants all in the same evening?”

It is because of these features that the College Royal fashion show is one of the most unique and entertaining events held at the University of Guelph.

The fashion show was just one

among many events being held by the College Royal Society. The festivities are held over a -day period from March  to  and among the highlights include the Kick-off Pub, College Royal Ball and the Open House Weekend held on March  and .

Not a single audience member left the show without a smile on their face and an eager anticipation for the remaining College Royal events to come.

And while this is true, it is surprising to see that Bloomberg’s attempts to ban soda drinks has not made a marked impression on anyone, really.

In such an apparently health-conscious society, a drastic ban like this one would spark more discussion and receive more notice, like the attention that public smoking bans have been getting.

Despite the lack of focus on the topic, the article and the issue in general bring up important points.

For one, people’s perceived beliefs of their civil liberties to extend to their diet, even if they are indirectly killing

themselves by eating or drinking certain foods. Even with the best intentions, the state is met with resistance when it tries to exert some control over what we put into our mouths.

Two, if this ban eventually passes through the court, the future of unhealthy food might be bleak. What’s to stop a ban on McDonald’s Super Size meals, which really should be removed from the market for the good of our waistlines, if -ounce sodas are no longer sold? Maybe we should all gorge ourselves now before it’s too late.

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Newsology: Sucking it in New York City’s valiant attempts to pull 16 oz. sodas from stores   The world seems to have lost an interest in recognizing how bad fast food is for its consumers. Seven years after Eric Schlosser’s exposé on the horrors of McDonald’s, Burger King, and American hamburger chain Jack in the Box in Fast Food Nation, and the top headlines for the week mentioning fast food are, “The American

Fast Food the World Loves” in Forbes reported that, hours before the ban and “Secret menus boost buzz at was to be implemented, the New Panera, Taco Bell, McDonald’s” in York Supreme Court blocked it from USA Today. passing, to the cheers of those who Sure, people seem to be more con- called Mayor Bloomberg’s plan a way cerned with health. A look at the to turn New York City into a “nanny number of products at your local state.”

Zehrs that advertise themselves as The main issue, according to the being organic,  per cent natural or article’s sources, is the fact that sodas low in fat, sodium, cholesterol, and are not the worst drink out there for the never-ending list of “things that you anymore, and banning just one are bad for you” is evidence enough. group in the bad-for-you drinks inThen why is New York City hav- dustry is not enough to counteract ing so much difficulty passing the the high rates of obesity in the city, ban on sugared sodas larger than  now collectively called the “obesity ounces? On March , Time magazine epidemic.”

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Join Me on the Bridge March to celebrate International Women’s Day   Around the world on International Women’s Day, women and men joined on bridges to create a unified, powerful voice for peace.

On March  at noon, a large crowd gathered on the Heffernan footbridge downtown Guelph to raise banners and balloons and dance together to celebrate in the international Join Me on the Bridge event.

“Join Me on the Bridge” commemorates the Women on the Bridge campaign that began in . Women from both Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo joined together on a bridge connecting their two countries, which were on opposing sides of war, showing that they could build the bridges of peace and hope for the future.

In Guelph, about  women and a few men crowded onto the bridge to join in a collective dance, cheer to the powerful voice of women around the world, and raise one finger to symbolize the One Billing

Rising movement.

“I feel like this is an important event because we haven’t gotten to the point where this type of event is not needed,” said participant Rachel Schooley. “One Billing Rising is an international event, so [being part of this] felt pretty good.

Obviously, it’s needed on an international scale, but also in Canada, and in Guelph, so I felt it was pretty important to be here.”

After gathering on the bridge, participants gathered in St. George’s Church Hall. Mayor Karen Farbridge spoke, highlighting that although Guelph is considered very safe by Statistics Canada, it’s important to understand that those numbers do not necessarily reflect the experience of everybody in our community.

“While we can be proud and grateful for that statistic and that knowledge, I think what makes us more proud in the community is we’re not complacent until everybody experiences the same level of safety,” said Farbridge.

Roya Rabbani, Executive Director of Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington, generated an appreciative uproar when she suggested that International Women’s Day be a holiday for women. On a more serious

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Attendees of Join Me on the Bridge celebrated International Women’s Day on the Heffernan footbridge in downtown Guelph. note, Rabbani also pointed out the to a woman in Canada. a number of different women’s The event was sponsored by the groups in the city in one spot,” importance of understanding the different experiences of women Zonta Club of Guelph, Canadian Zonta president Judy Brisson said.

Federation of University Women “It’s exciting that we’re together and around the world.

“We do not know how difficult it (CFUW), Guelph-Wellington doing this as one group of women.” is to be a woman,” she said on the Women in Crisis, Guelph Gogo hardships a woman in an Afghani- Grandmothers, and other groups. for web-exclusive photo Reel stan village would face compared “We’ve brought together quite

Ontario Liberals propose tanning bed ban for youth Legislation tabled earlier this month will prohibit those under 18 from using tanning beds   The Ontario Liberals have tabled legislation which would see tanning beds banned for those under the age of , force salon owners to ID anyone that looks under , and prohibits advertising to people under the age of .

Health Minister Deb Matthews, with support from Ontario Premier, Kathleen Wynne, are taking charge in this legislation, but realize that with a minority government, they will need support from one of the opposition parties.

It is likely that the NDP will be the support the Liberals are looking for as they tabled a bill similar to the present one in  that got scrapped when former Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued government.

Members of the health community, and specifically, Dr. Samir Gupta of the Ontario Medical Health Association, support the ban.

“The evidence has been unequivocal over the last several years that

regardless of age.

Community response to the new legislation from around the province has been a mixed bag. Some are praising the legislation as a necessary step to help prevent youth from over-tanning and potentially lower future healthcare costs from cancers such as melanoma.

Both libertarian and medical perspectives are representing the opposition to the ban. Some opponents are saying that from a young age they’ve been advised to do some light tanning before going on vacation to prepare their skin for the intensity of the sun in more southern climates. Others are citing the growing volume of reports noting the vitamin deficiencies many North Americans suffer from along with the possible harmful toxins within popular sunscreen brands.

CASSIE MURDOCH The libertarian-minded critics take an adamant stance that the Wave goodbye to your fake golden glow, at least if you are under 18 years of age. government should not legislate tanning bed radiation is linked to and British Columbia have plans to studies produced by national and someone from their own ill-logic skin cancer,” said Gupta. Gupta pass similar legislation to the one international organizations, like or outright stupidity and that prowent on to state his hope that one tabled here in Ontario. the statement in  by the World hibition is never a solution for any Government intervention in the day, tanning beds will be banned Health Organization, which read problem – education is. for everyone.  billion, ,-plus salon indus- that tanning bed radiation had been However, the protest of the opIn Ontario, Oakville became the try in Canada is also seeking to make put into its highest carcinogenic risk position is likely to fall on deaf ears first city to ban those under  form it mandatory for tanning beds to category along with smoking and as Wynne has expressed she is “very using tanning beds and across the come with health warning stickers asbestos. keen” to work with NDP health critcountry, Nova Scotia has similar on them – very similar to the ones Since then, France, Germany and ic France Gelinas. legislation for those under . Mani- used on cigarette packages today.

Australia have banned young people “I am very much looking forward toba’s law prohibits those under  The international community from using tanning beds while Bra- to us being able to find a common from using tanning beds. Quebec has been acting on the scientific zil has banned tanning beds outright cause on this.”

6   .      .   Reading as recreation New collection for leisure reading at McLaughlin Library   Reading for entertainment may be the last thing on students’ minds as they finish up midterms, papers, and start studying for upcoming exams.

But summer is right around the corner, and the season provides an opportunity to stray from course syllabi and get back to reading – for fun.

This summer, U of G’s McLaughlin Library is starting a collection dedicated to leisure reading, and is currently asking students for help in choosing a name. The potential names are: Popular Reading, Great Reads, Leisure Reading, Recreational Reading, Gryph Reads, or UGuelph Reads. There are voting stickers on the News and Events board on the first floor of the library, where students can place a sticker under the name they think best fits. The name will be announced on April .

The idea behind the collection is to focus on reading for fun, as opposed to reading material strictly for

academic and scholarly study, Pamela Jacobs, Information Resources Librarian explained.

“We also thought it was a really good idea of promoting literacy and lots of different kinds of reading. So we want to include a lot of different things in the collection,” Jacobs said.

Books will be added to the collection on an ongoing basis based on what is most popular. The collection will include both newly purchased books, as well as drawing books from the existing collection. There will also be an eBook component.

“One of the ideas too was to pull on some of the strengths at Guelph, so the Better Planet Project, so books about food and community, and health and environment, and see how those books circulate versus popular fiction books, versus graphic novels, all kinds of different things we’re going to try,” Jacobs said.

The collection is set to launch in July and there will be an official opening in the fall semester with events planned around it, Jacobs explained.

“I think part of it too is to just sort of build community. We have the academic town square here, so we have

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Students will soon be able to take a break from heavy textbook reading, and enjoy popular books from their favourite authors in the library. speakers that come in, we sometimes have art shows, we have a lot of different things and one thing that we don’t have is any books on the first floor.”

Jacobs added, “And reading is such a big part [...] of academia, but I think sometimes people say it’s not fun anymore because they’re always reading just in their subject area. So

I think it’s partially to promote [...] lifelong learning, so that people get those skills and they find that it really is [fun], and they learn to love to read.”

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Cassettestival : Cassette culture revival Guelph bands perform to celebrate retro revival of music on tape   Forget records, CDs, iPods and the Internet – when was the last time you listened to music on cassette tape? Local bands and music fans gathered at Ed Video on March  for Guelph’s third cassette periodical, Cassettestival. The event celebrated local talent while shining a spotlight on the antiquated analogue format.

Cassettestival included a set of six releases, with new tapes by Milk & Honey, The While, The Re-Bops, Scrutineer, and David Suzuki. The event began with a screening of Cassettestavision Vol. , a VHS compilation of new music videos by a variety of Guelph’s musical talents.

The night featured live performances by Milk & Honey, Dan Paille and The Re-bops.

Peter Bradley, station manager at CFRU, organized the festival. Bradley has been involved with Guelph’s music community since , and over the years has witnessed the decline of CDs. This prompted Bradley to start periodical tape release shows, to give local musicians a

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have practical appeal as well; they are cheap to produce.

Bradley said, “Records cost a ton to manufacture, you need to make at least  of them usually, and tapes are just these cute little machines, they’re kind of incredible, like your music is a machine.”

Some critics claim that cassette tapes are an obsolete novelty that people indulge in for their ironic appeal (an article in last week’s The Ontarion has incited some online debates about the merits of tapes).

“I think it’s easy for people to criticize the tape revival – which is not just happening in Guelph; it’s happening all over the place – as ironic,” said Bradley.

“I do take umbrage to the idea that it’s an ironic thing. People take their music seriously, and today celebrates the eleventh to sixteenth STACEY ASPINALL releases on Cassettestival in the last The third installment of Cassettestival at Ed Video on March 8 saw six local bands release recorded year. Sixteen local bands have chosen to put out their music on tape material on cassette tapes. instead of through other formats. showcase for their work. there be a tangible representation idea that music should always sound That’s not irony, that’s making a Cassettes act as physical artifacts, of the music people have made,” the same, that once something is practical and artistic decision.” providing an alternative to the de- Bradley said. recorded, that’s it, that’s the be all It’s a decision that Guelph’s music tached and impersonal experience of This materiality also shapes a role and end all of that recording and it community seemed to extol, as they purchasing, downloading or simply in how we listen to music, as each will never sound different – that’s enjoyed performances in a room tape is unique. streaming music online. kind of boring to me,” Bradley said. decorated with swirls of the shiny “The bands want something to “I enjoy the variations that can While there is an undeniable ele- black tape, with endless stretches remember their time doing this. I come with having a tape and listen- ment of nostalgia behind the recent strewn across the floor. Tapes are think it’s still really important that ing to it in different machines. The resurgence of cassette tapes, they back.

Turning up the GAIN GAIN Music Festival fills Van Gogh’s to the brim

of music and community.

The first floor’s festivities highlighted Guelph’s folk rock scene, with Odd Years, The Medicine Hat   and The Cardboard Nationals playing rocking songs with distinctive GAIN Music Festival, held at Van and personal folk sensibilities.

Gogh’s Ear on March , was a near- Also among the night’s highlights ly five-hour long showcase of some were post-rock inspired Toronof the best and brightest talents in to/Guelph band Adverteyes, who Guelph and the surrounding area. rocked the second floor with shoeAll three floors of Van Gogh’s were gaze atmospherics fully equipped filled to the brim with a bouncy, with fog machine and trippy ecstatic audience, and bands rang- lighting effects. The second floor ing from folk-rock to metalcore to also featured Kitchener-Waterbrass-orchestrated hip-hop, each loo’s Will Currie and the Country adding up to an exhilarating night French, whose Beatles and Elton John inspired piano-centred pop was a surefire hit with the audience. To close the night’s second floor festivities was Toronto’s My Son The Hurricane, a unique piece hip-hop group. Eight of the band’s  members are horn players and created massive, funky beats to back up MC Jacob Bergsma, and the dance floor was as jumping as their killer grooves.

Van Gogh’s third floor was dedicated almost entirely to metalcore and hardcore punk groups.

Guelph natives Mandroid Echostar and Arkham Awaits, and Toronto’s Partycat, blasted it out with heavy and melodic music, and maintained a steady mosh pit throughout. Each group had

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Guelph band Mandroid Echostar was among those bands performing at this year’s musically diverse GAIN Music Festival at Van Gogh’s Ear on March 7. an intense and energetic stage festivities in their entirety, the evpresence (at one point Partycat’s er-shifting audience between the frontman hung from the rafters three stories indicated otherwise. while addressing the crowd), and The festival was a great success in was more than appreciative of terms of reflecting Guelph’s diverse their audience, who very clearly musical community; young and old returned the favour with intense came out to enjoy the shows, and moshing and headbanging. the merchandise seemed to sell Although the use of the multi- fairly well. The night’s audience ple floors could have detached the very obviously returned the favour

of the music with uproarious support and overall happiness. With something for literally everyone to enjoy, the night was one of great energy and a sense of community that the Guelph music scene is so dearly known for. for web-exclusive

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ARTS  CULTURE 8   .      .   Sunparlour Players kick off Guelph residency Band to play Van Gogh’s every Wednesday   It was a night of harmonious country and hard-hitting rock n’ roll at Van Gogh’s Ear on Wednesday, March . Toronto bands Union Duke and Sunparlour Players drew a solid, dancing crowd for a great weeknight of music.

Union Duke played the first set of the night to a hoedown crowd, playing songs about good old working men, the great outdoors, and lost loves. The five-piece band has a classic instrumentation of banjo, guitars, bass and harmonica, but their drum set is a interesting twoman operation with frontman Matt Warry-Smith helming the hi-hat and tambourine, and bassist Will Staunton stomping the kick drum.

The musicianship displayed was as thrilling as their stage presence and heartfelt vocal harmonies. Between the chicken pickin’ of guitarist Rob McLaren and Jim McDonald’s chugging banjo rhythms, the band demonstrated wicked musicianship

with heartfelt honesty and a distinctly visual narrative style.

“I think country is cool again, and I also think there’s this seedy underbelly of alt-country especially growing around Toronto that’s especially cool. So I think there’s been a sudden resurgence of people into that, so it’s not hard for us to find shows. Even if we are on the alt-side of things, it’s pretty happy, it’s pretty light, it’s easy to get into. There’s something about us finding an easy middle ground between that grungy alt-country and happy folk that people seem to connect with,” said Warry-Smith, the quintet’s lead vocalist and hihat player.

Sunparlour Players took the stage immediately after and opened with wailing, intense Delta blues riffs.

This was their first of a month-long residency at Van Gogh’s Ear, and the group will play every Wednesday night of the month.

Frontman Andrew Penner said, “A couple years ago we played for a month at the Albion, and that was super fun. We played Hillside that year, and it was great. We like this town, and it’s a nice feeling for us to play here. We toured a ton last year

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Union Duke opened for Sunparlour Players on March 6, with Will Staunton (left) and Matt Warry-Smith splitting drum duty by each taking one foot pedal. and we wanted to play at a fixed place again so we thought ‘Let’s just do it,’ let’s just do a month-long thing again. We toured so much and we just wanted to reconnect with people again.”

Airtight drumming and jangly guitar work characterized their music, which seemed at times to be a blend of everything rocking, from The White Stripes to U. The group’s highlight was perhaps

drummer Michael “Rosie” Rosenthal, who remarkably balanced drumming, banjo, bass and xylophone, sometimes at the same time.

Overall, it was a great way to spend a Wednesday evening.

Celtic orchestra sets mood for St. Patty’s Day Weekend concert showcases traditional Irish tunes

A traditional instrumentation featuring a large fiddle section, guitars, accordion, mandolin, recorder, whistle, and double bass filled the handsome, old church   room with joyous tones and rich auditory narratives, as indicated The Guelph Celtic Orchestra per- by the enthusiastic and supportformed a lovely, laidback set at the ive audience of mostly seniors out Knox Presbyterian Church on Sun- for a show after Sunday mass. The day afternoon, March . orchestra is on its second season Performing renditions of clas- as a unit and has played in vensic Irish jigs and reels, the songs ues across the city over the past ranged in tone from dramatic and two years.

The hour-long set featured foot visceral to bouncy and celebratory.

stomping and singing along from listening to the jigs and reels native the audience, and some Irish danc- to the region. It also seems fitting ing courtesy of bandleader Fiona that the music was performed in a McCariley’s young daughters. The church; however, bandleader and set’s entirety beautifully reflect- fiddler Fiona McCariley maintains ed on the rich musical culture of that spirituality or landscape imthe British Isles with impeccable agery may not have been the intent musicianship and a laid-back, un- when these traditional tunes were assuming stage presence. written, sometimes hundreds of Some of the more dramatic music years ago. wouldn’t be out of place in film it“I don’t believe spiritual music erations of the The Lord of the Rings was the intention. I think it was or The Hobbit, and one can’t help just more for the people to play in but visualize the rolling, emerald kitchens at parties. It’s party music. hills of Ireland and Scotland when And a lot of the music is based on

dialect more than landscape, so Scottish music may take rhythms from different regions of Scotland, and Irish music the same. So, it’s more based on the way people spoke rather than imageries.”

It is indeed perfect party music for any age, just in time for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day festivities.

It was overall a wonderful and breezy way to spend an hour on a Sunday afternoon, especially in the enjoyable and very welcomed -degree weather in Guelph that day.

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Lucas Stagg Band comes to town

ago, with a fellow named Paul MacLeod, who plays here Monday nights. [MacLeod] used to play in The Skydiggers and him and I used   to go on tours – well we still do, but just more infrequently than we On March , Jimmy Jazz was host to used to – so we’d be on the road, a full evening in the company of the and the songs two years ago … he’d Lucas Stagg Band. After an acous- get up on stage and play a bunch tic set drawn up from the band’s with me,” said Stagg. “So when latest album, Good Things, came we got back from this certain tour, a few harder-hitting bluesy rock I had some studio time booked so and roll sets. The tone of these lat- we just went in and popped off the ter sets oscillated between a Rolling tunes. It’s taken way too long to get Stones-esque classic rock and roll finished, but here we are.” feel and a more country-influenced Good Things, and the opening sound reminiscent of Blue Rodeo. set it spawned, features a few upThe similarity to the iconic beat numbers like “She’s a Ghost” Canadian band is no coincidence; and “Bittersweet,” alongside softer drummer Cleave Anderson was the ballads such as “Tulum,” though a original drummer of Blue Rodeo, certain melancholy feel pervades appearing on their first two albums, the whole thing. In this way, it ’s Outskirts and ’s Dia- made sense for the band to permond Mine. form its contents as a separate set “We’ve got a good little unit from the rest of their material. Ingoing, I think. [Anderson] wasn’t stead of mixing material between the original drummer in the Stagg sets to provide variety, the Lucas Band, but I had been playing shows Stagg Band chose to emphasize the with him in Toronto, with differ- continuity within their bodies of ent musicians. But he joined the work. This tactic proved particuband once my other drummer went larly successful in the absence of an away,” said Lucas Stagg. opening act; in effect, they opened Indeed, Anderson did not play for themselves. It also made an exon Good Things, which has been cellent antidote to the stresses of in the works for a long time. the preceding week. The first set “I recorded the album two years made for easy listening to relax to

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Lucas Stagg’s songwriting draws comparisons to Blue Rodeo, so it’s no surprise original Blue Rodeo drummer Cleave Anderson is part of the band. after the work week, before the later sets provided a danceability to really let loose to, if one felt so inclined.

While Good Things was available at the Jimmy Jazz show, the official Guelph release of the album will take place next month.

“I had this gig booked for a while,

so it just so happened tonight the CD was available,” said Stagg. “Tonight was going to be the [release party], but it didn’t really fall in line with what the club wanted to do, so it’s going to be at the Cornerstone next month.”

Even though Good Things is hot off the press so to speak, the band

isn’t easing up.

“We’ve got a new record actually recorded, with the three of us. We’re mixing that,” said Stagg, adding that it would bear more resemblance to the band’s rock and roll side. for web-exclusive

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Rock band USA! USA! USA! played old and new material alike at Van Gogh’s Ear during their visit to Guelph on March 9. for web-exclusive

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10   .      .   From A to Zavitz Exchange students   For the past few years, students in the Studio Art programs at Guelph and at the University of Waterloo have participated in an art exchange.

Monday, March  saw the culmination of this effort at Zavitz gallery, as well as The Artery gallery at the University of Waterloo.

Like a mini travelling exhibition, The Artery curates a selection of artwork sent by Guelph students, and likewise, Zavitz displays the work received from Waterloo students.

What makes this interesting is the opportunity to see the work being produced by students at another school, as well as how it compares to the artwork of our own.

One thing is for sure, Guelph can most certainly be proud of the work sent to The Artery this year. Cleo Reinink and Karmin Smith from the Fine Arts Network received about  submissions from Guelph students,  of which were chosen to send for display, while they received  pieces from Waterloo.

Even though The Artery’s gallery space is smaller than Zavitz,

Waterloo curators Holly Bordman and Russna Somal did a great job fitting the sizable paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, and everything else Guelph had to offer into the gallery.

Both galleries hosted an opening on the same night, but this year there was a free opportunity for any students to visit the opening at the other school. “The bus was something new, they hadn’t done that before,” said Reinink.

Unfortunately, with each opening only lasting from - p.m., there was only a small window to take the bus to Waterloo with enough time to get back before Zavitz had been closed.

Also, unfortunately, the artworks from Waterloo had been submitted by younger students with essentially no pieces from upper year students.

By virtue of this fact, the works displayed in Zavitz were smaller and much less ambitious than the works in The Artery, many of which were from fourth-year Guelph students and those in the specialized studio program. Zavitz just ate them up.

There were some visitors from our Waterloo neighbours who had taken advantage of the free bus. In true

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Students from the University of Waterloo had their work on display in Zavitz gallery this week. Guelph students’ work, meanwhile, was shown in Waterloo.

Guelph fashion, Reinink made sure they had a rich and full art experience while they were here.

“I directed a group of the Waterloo students to the Janet Morton sculpture in the sculpture park. One of

them had had [Morton] as a teacher at some point, so it was nice they were able to see her piece as well as experience some more of Guelph’s art scene,” said Reinink.

All in all, the Zavitz/Artery

exchange was a great way to bridge the artistic student communities of Guelph and Waterloo. Hopefully, there will be many more exchanges and the work will only get better and better.

typically only noticeable at the beginning and end of songs.

Another consideration is cost. An individual reel of half-inch tape – such as that used by Charles – costs about , and while it can hold up to  minutes of music, it will usually only be used to record one song at a time, for organizational purposes.

Minute-for-minute, storing digital recordings is far cheaper.

These days, many artists will use a combination of both techniques. Each instrument will be recorded using tapes to keep the analogue sound, and then converted to a digital format for editing and mastering.

Charles doesn’t consider any technique superior to another.

“When it comes to digital recording or analogue recording, neither [is] better. They’re both completely different, I think. It’s all about preference, and what you’re going for, really. It’s about sound, genre, and who’s playing.”

What the Tech?

The old debate…   The rapid advancement and adoption of new technology in music often raises the debate as to which is better: analogue or digital. For example, this very column ran an article last semester on whether electronic music – by using digital samples instead of conventional instruments – is “cheating.” Another angle by which to consider this debate is that of recording technology.

Jon Charles, a member of local band From East to Exit, owns and uses an old eight-track tape machine and an accompanying console mixer. Charles hopes to one day open an analogue recording studio. Charles’s interest in analogue recording stems partly from an interest in the hands-on approach required for working with older technology.

“I’m into old technology, but overall it’s simplicity, right? It’s a lot different than having your computer and preamps and interface,” said Charles. “Plug and play, it’s simple.”

Recording with digital software can be confusing at times because the processes operating inside the computer are more abstract. Computers can also be prone to crashes.

“I’ve been in studios where things always go wrong with

computers, but rarely anything goes wrong with an analogue machine unless it’s really old and not maintained,” said Charles.

That said, there are distinct advantages to recording digitally.

“Overall, digital recordings are a lot easier to track and edit, because it’s all in front of you. You’re kind of actually seeing the wave forms [onscreen]. To edit [analogue recordings], you have to really know your song; you have to be focused to edit analogue,” said Charles, adding that editing volume levels digitally can be as simple as pressing a few buttons, whereas analogue recording requires manual operation of sliders on the mixing console.

Other than process, one of the main differences between analogue and digital recording is the sound, with many characterizing the sound of analogue recordings as being “warmer,” though digital recordings can come across as “cleaner.”

“I think it’s more for the person recording it […], because sometimes you can really tell if something’s been recorded to tape, and sometimes you can’t. Usually when I do my own recordings I can just tell. There’s usually a slight hiss,” said Charles.

Charles added that the tape hiss does not detract from the music, because it is usually inaudible while the music is actually playing. It’s

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The 7th Annual Creative Music Symposium took place March 6-8th, presented by the Music Student’s Association and faculty. The Keynote Guest Scholars were Dr. Susan McClary and Dr. Robert Walser (Case Western Reserve University). This year’s invited Guest Artist was multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger Glen Hall (above), accompanied by Joe Sorbara, Ken Aldcroft, and Jim Harley.

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Oh, the humanity!

Cards Against Humanity brings shock value to card games   Self-described as a party game for horrible people, Cards Against Humanity is the funniest card game that has yet to bless our existence. The game is a take on the Apples to Apples formula wherein one player draws a black card which features a question or a fill in the blank statement. The other players respond by drawing a white card from their hands, and whoever gives the best response wins. In games like Apples to Apples, the questioning card would ask players to “Name something sharp” to which players might respond with “scissors” or “Stephen Hawking,” and everyone would chuckle softly to themselves, feeling clever. In Cards Against Humanity, the black card may ask “In the new Disney Channel original movie Hannah Montana struggles with ____ for the first time,” to which

players may respond with “, volts straight to the nipples,” “Poor life choices,” “A thermonuclear explosion,” or “My genitals.”

“My genitals” won that round.

Any game that features phrases like “Flying sex snakes” and “Testicular torsion” is bound to be a classic for boozed up nights on campus. Just gather some friends, some beers, and put on some complementary music; I recommend “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell”

by Das Racist, the National Anthem of the USSR, or He-Man’s cover of “What’s Up.” Ten-hour versions of any of the above are practically required for the complete experience.

The game is not for the easily offended, but players can include a burn box: a discard pile for the cards that people don’t want to play. More often than not, cards tend to be funny on their own rather than for sheer shock value. A personal favorite remains “Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, open the doors and there’s all you can eat shrimp for .!” – a combination which shouldn’t offend all but

the most uptight players.

It works in that it brings about the best humour in whoever plays it. Find a good crowd and soon inside jokes will be springing from the floorboards.

People will be bringing up “that thing about the snake and the corn flakes.” A set of cards proclaiming that “For my next trick I will pull tangled slinkies out of grandma” will lead to players discussing scratching out the cards with “the blackest crayon,” in order to spare their memories. It’s freaky, disgusting, and hilarious fun.

The best part is, it’s free.

Cards Against Humanity can be downloaded and printed for free, assuming you’re willing to pick up some card stock and put about an hour into making it. A  professional version is also available, with two expansions costing  each. A Christmas expansion was also sold online, where shoppers could pay whatever they wanted, with the , profit going to the Wikimedia foundation. People who paid nothing for it were of course called an asshole in the postage, and

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those who paid less than fifty cents your friends,” the game quickly earned were told to “keep the change you almost four times its , goal. Since filthy animal.” then the game has been downloaded The idea came about when Max and purchased thousands of times, Temkin and Eliot Weinstein, along known across campuses as the ulwith their university aged co-writing timate university game.

To make the game, head to a print friends, decided they needed a game shop with the PDF available from the to entertain people at a New Year’s Eve party. The original cards were just Cards Against Humanity website, and printed from a Word document, not have them print it on card stock. Then nearly the quality of the version they enjoy cutting out the  or so cards. sell today. Soon the project turned into Alternatively you can order it directly a free download, and when enough from the site, wherein you will receive people asked for a professional version a few extra Canadian-themed cards as the friends turned to the commun- a bonus. Then crack open a few beers, ity funding site Kickstarter. With the load up some ridiculous music, and promise that the game would be “as ask your friends, “Why am I sticky?” despicable and awkward as you and

ALBUM REVIEWS

Reverse Shark Attack – Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin Indie it-boy reissues early garage-punk   Ty Segall has been a whirlwind this year. Segall has released a handful of albums since January alone under various different pseudonyms, keeping him just enough under the radar to surprise unsuspecting listeners.

Collaborative work with partner-incrime Mikal Cronin, affectionately titled Reverse Shark Attack was initially released on vinyl only on the Kill Shaman label back in , long before Segall was experiencing anything near the hype that he is now.

Hailing from San Francisco, Segall is a tireless multi-instrumentalist who has gone under a number of different names – Fuzz, Traditional Fools, Epsilons, Party Fowl, and The Perverts, to name a few (not to mention being billed occasionally as simply Ty Segall

Band). Barely breaking the quarter quickly after the five-minute mark, Fast forward through “Drop Dead but giving the vocals a wilder and century mark, Segall has amassed an sharing only the non-comprehen- Baby,” “High School,” and “Ramona,” more insistent feel. Culminating in a impressive amount of work, notable sibility of any sort of lyrics, which all tracks which continue building psychedelic freakout, a tempo change, not only for its size, but for its variety eventually turn into tortured wails and shaping the jaunty lo-fi clatter, and a devastating pounding build to and its virtuosity as well. anyway. with increasingly more control than the final notes, the track is undeniReverse Shark Attack is loud, Abruptly at the six-minute the opener, and we reach another ably driving and powerful, right until rowdy and fuzzy all over. Heavy ef- mark, however, the song shifts to highlight original track “Bikini Babes.” the very last repeated lines proclaimfects and reverb cover every inch a “Misirlou”-worthy surf-rock in- Fittingly, the album progresses fur- ing “I’m alive!” of the record, crafting an infectious strumental, distinctly echoing that ther into retro nostalgia, and “Bikini All mixed together, these tracks, romp through surf-rock ’s psyche- slightly sinister, entirely fun-loving Babes” – although clocking in at only along with the ten-minute masdelia merged with the authentic and sound that made Dick Dale and his a minute and thirty seconds – packs terpiece title track, Reverse Shark unhinged garage-punk that forms Del-Tones unforgettable to an ear- a mighty ’s grunge punch, all the Attack is a complex piece of garagethe roots of Segall’s signature beachy lier generation, and what made Pulp while maintaining Segall’s punky wail rock artistry and yet it remains completely accessible to the averCali sound.

Fiction so sonically unforgettable to echoing over top.

The title track, “Reverse Shark At- the next.

By far the most surprising and per- age listener, and manages to remain tack” is over ten minutes long. In its Rewinding to the opening of the haps the most freely joyous track on simply fun in its delivery. No overoriginal release, the track formed the album, “I Wear Black” could very eas- the album is an early Pink Floyd cover. analysis is required. It’s an album that entire B-side of the vinyl. In compari- ily be interpreted as a reference to the A favourite cover among more rau- goes well with a beer or a long drive, son to the rest of the album, the track “Man in Black” Johnny Cash, not in cous garage-rock bands, “Take Up and makes you wish you could surf or is almost conservative in its tameness. musical style but in attitude. The track Thy Stethoscope and Walk” is a stellar board if you don’t already, and yet it A jingle-jangle percussion section ac- is unapologetically uproarious as it piece of Syd Barrett-era Floyd, which is richly crafted and endlessly layered companies Segall’s laid-back warbled stomps through the consciousness, is disjointed, rollicking, and charm- with expert lo-fi, as contrary as that may sound. Perhaps this is what has vocals and steady beach-rock guitar saturated in reverb and other such ing all at once. work. Billed as the album’s center- effects. A menacing good time, the Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin do it made Ty Segall such a sensation – a piece, the track slowly morphs from track provides an immediate appeal plenty of justice, remaining endlessly genuine mastery of the art of garage bouncy surf-pop to a wash of noise to Segall and Cronin’s sound. loyal, instrumentally, to the original, rock noise. Effortlessly paradoxical.

‘Til Your River Runs Dry – Eric Burdon New album moves beyond The Animals   While the name Eric Burdon might not sound familiar to some, Burdon’s voice is often mimicked in karaoke bars everywhere as “The House of the Rising Sun” plays on. This song is by far the best known song sung by Burdon,

who was lead singer of ’s British In- man and had the voice to prove it. At On the other side of the spectrum, vasion band The Animals. The Animals age  however, this youthful pitch is some of Burdon’s songs perpetuate an became famous for their legendary hard to come by. Even so, a fair num- entirely new sound. From falsettos in covers of blues and rock numbers and ber of the tracks on Burdon’s new CD “The Devil and Jesus” to a soulful chant Burdon has taken much of these influ- are recorded with those tones, which in “The River is Rising,” it is obvious ences along with him whilst recording makes it all the more impressive. Most to the listener that this CD is in fact his latest CD ‘Til Your River Runs notable is his song paying tribute to a method of personal expression for Dry. Burdon’s latest album, howev- the infamous rock and roll pioneer Bo Burdon. This does appear to mean a er, boasts something that many songs Diddley. Whether intentional or not, more simple set of lyrics generally, but Burdon has sung cannot – they are “Bo Diddley Special” is a suitable com- one must pick their battles when it originals. panion to the other songs Burdon has comes to the greats. The track “Water” In his heyday, Burdon was a young recorded about Bo Diddley in the past. has been credited by Burdon as being

his own personal stand in the promotion of water conservation.

While The Animals and Burdon himself are known for a more upbeat blues standard, this CD keeps things relatively low key. Burdon has come a long way from The Animals days of screaming his voice raw and having others find it musically stunning. A new chapter for Burdon entails a softer sound generally, but boasts original lyrics and a more personal touch.

The brew review’s st. a brief history of beer & brewing chris müller Beer is fundamentally water, barley, hops, and yeast. The brewing process releases fermentable sugars from the barley (and other cereal grains like wheat, corn, and rice) and these fermentable sugars interact with the yeast culture to produce ethanol – the version of alcohol that can be safely ingested in small doses. Hops are used for flavouring. Despite the crude simplicity I’ve painted in this picture of beer production, that’s essentially all beer is – the fascinating part is how varied the results are from nation to nation, town to town, and tap to tap.

Like most 7,000-year-old things, the details on beer’s emergence are appropriately wobbly.

Chemical tests on ancient pottery vessels suggest fermentation occurred through cereal grains exposed to airborne active yeast in what is now known as Iran. Call it a happy accident if you will, but a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicts several people drinking from a communal bowl in a festival. The first recorded recipe of beer can also be traced to the Sumerians, with a 3,900-year-old tablet describing the process of making beer through the barley found in bread. For beer’s first few thousand years of existence, it was largely made at home for domestic use – a far-cry from today’s landscape of multi-national brewing corporations.

The next great move for beer was in the eight century A.D., and beer’s subsequent placement in the monastic tradition of European monks.

Part of the move of beer into the clergy’s hands was its use during monastic fasts at various points in the religious calendar. Unable to consume solid food, monks utilized a high-grain content to produce a robust and filling style of beer. The high grain content emerged as a result of the church’s tax collections through agricultural products in lieu of a cash economy in some locales, and the resulting brew helped monks fast for weeks at a time, consuming only a high-carbohydrate and grain protein enriched brew for the duration of the fast. Monks soon learned to commercialize the style’s emerging

popularity amongst the laypeople and turned monasteries into the world’s first beer stores.

In Germany, perhaps the most important beer law in history was passed – the Reinheitsgebot in 1514. Translated as “the Beer Purity Law,” the Reinheitsgebot mandated that beer be produced exclusively from water and barley. The law was later modified to include the use of hops in brewing and mandated an aging session of several weeks before selling to

“Why we are here: to tremble at the terrible beauty of the stars, to shed a tear at the perfection of Beethoven’s symphonies, and to crack a cold one now and then.”

– David Letterman

the German public. Foreigners however, could still be sold premature beer.

By 1602, beer was packaged in glass bottles with a cork stopper, not unlike a modern wine bottle.

The Industrial Revolution that vaulted Great Britian and continental Europe closer to modern brewing techniques was the next great transition phase for beer and brewing.

Industrial technologies led to brewing beer on a scale not seen before, and society’s thirst was ever growing. In this period, brewing moved

away from the household and into the factory, a movement championed by hugely successful British brewers such as Arthur Guinness, the founder of the Guinness brewery and brand at St. James Gate in Dublin, Ireland in 1759.

Near the end of the eighteenth century, Joseph Bramah invents a hydraulic press that becomes the basis of draught beer dispensation systems. Pub-goers the world over felt their pocketbooks lighten as draught beer produced a fresher quality beer for use at drinking establishments. If you’ve seen Tarantino’s Django Unchained, then you’ve seen this system in action. The draught beer system doesn’t receive any major overhauls until carbon dioxide (CO2) is added in the early 1900s, and later developments led to the use of nitrogen gas.

Nitrogen gas creates the creamy and smooth head of many draught beers produced in the United Kingdom, and is seeing increased use in North America as well.

By the turn of the nineteenth century, brewing was a worldwide phenomenon, with the import and export of particular brands begetting trade systems that lay the foundation for further trade networks between European powers. Significant railroad developments (including an underground transport network at St. James Gate) were also bolstered by the beer industries requirements of moving product over land and sea. The travel of beer also required a process of keeping it fresh and safe from souring, enter Louis Pasteur. In 1857, Pasteur developed the process of pasteurization that killed unwanted microorganisms in beer in order to keep it drinkable over long voyages. Pasteur learned through beer and the yeast processes that occur within it, and later took his knowledge to other areas of scientific development.

The first known picture of (in this case) men drinking beer at a pub is from Scotland in 1844

by Hill & Adamson. Since then, the picture has been recreated the world over on a nightly basis, as earth’s pubs and watering holes are full of people enjoying the beverage that connects us to thousands of years of human tradition.

SOURCES: WEB • brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/facts • theindependent.co.uk/life-style/history/did-a-thirst-for-beer-spark-civilization-1869187.html • statisticbrain.com/beer-industry-statistics/ • brewers.ca • thebeerstore.ca PRINT • How to Brew, John J. Palmer. (This book is an absolute must-have for beer enthusiasts.)

. paddy’s day special: beer in mythology & theories of human history cool beer facts Per capita consumption of beer (2010): 1. Czech Republic (132 litres per capita) 2. Germany (107) 3. Austria (106) 4. Ireland (104) 5. Australia (98.08) 23. Canada (68) Top 5 beer-producing countries (percentage of world total) 2009-10: 1. China (25.3per cent) 2. United States (13.7per cent) 3. Russia (10.8per cent) 4. Brazil (6.3per cent) 5. Germany (5.9per cent) As of April 3, 2012, brewing in the United States produced $196 billion in revenue. The entire GDP of Columbia is $196 billion.

Each year, brewers purchase 360,000 tonnes of Canadian, prairie-grown barley for use in the brewing industry. In Canada, the brewing industry accounts for 1.2 per cent of the GDP, creates 205,000 direct and indirect jobs, and generates $4.3 billion in tax revenue. Canada is one of the top ten beer exporting countries in the world, with exports totaling 17 per cent of the total Canadian beer production; a great majority of that 17 per cent goes to the United States.

According to The Beer Store, the top ten selling brands of beer in Canada are as follows: Coors Light, Canadian, Budweiser, Labbat’s Blue, Bud Light, Carling, Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale, Lakeport Pilsner, Busch, and Heineken. It’s no coincidence none of these have been featured in The Brew Review, it’s all about expanding horizons, fellow enthusiasts.

Since beer is a largely agricultural product, cultural traditions have made connections between beer, the land, and the supernatural.

The Finnish poem “Kalevala” was written in the 19th century but emerged from the nation’s oral tradition. “Kaleyala” devotes more lines to the creation and enjoyment of beer than it does to the creation of the world.

According to Czech legend, the deity Radegast (not the wizard from The Hobbit), the god of good hospitality, invented beer. Further references to gods associated with the brewing process are found in Egyptian mythology, the Sumerian tradition, and even Norse mythology – including a brew-kettle made by Thor (dibs!).

Beer has roots that extend far back into civilization, and as archaeologist Patrick McGovern suggests, could be the very reason for the beginnings of civilization. In a work of historical research we can all support, McGovern suggests that the desire for beer, and the agricultural products required to produce it, required human beings to establish agricultural societies, with good beer as the initial motivation for settling down.

Whether or not beer exists as the fundamental reason for settling into civilization, the fact remains that beer is a fundamental element of human culture — one that is responsibly shared between nations, factions, and generations.

the craft-brewing revolution It’s always fascinating how history finds a way to repeat itself. Just as beer used to be produced on a smaller scale for a smaller audience, craft brewing has emerged in North America as one of the fastest growing industries in consumer products in North America. The desire for good craft beer stems from the theory that large breweries are centrally concerned with profit and not concerns on the taste of the beer. Recently, AB InBev, the company that owns Budweiser and Coors Light among other big name brands, was accused of watering down their beer in the United States as a means of selling more product at less production cost. While this accusation has not yet been settled, the concern remains prominent to craft beer enthusiasts, who prefer their beer to come from local breweries that use higher quality ingredients and no substitutes to create a better beer. For the non beer-drinker, it’s the equivalent of going to The Woolwich Arrow for dinner instead of McDonalds, a fundamentally

different approach to beer than the Natty-Light “frat lagers” that dominate a beer culture that values quantity over quality. Because of this, craft beer values responsible drinking over mass consumption, and craft beer sells without the extensive advertising campaigns of major corporate brewers that involve minimally-clad women and overt representations of American masculinity.

In a sense, beer drinkers figured out that beer should be about one thing: the beer itself. Make no mistake, craft brewing is still established as a money-making enterprise, but people are looking to spend their beer-dollars on locally sourced and crafted beers, thereby supporting local economies and forgoing the multi-national corporations. It’s this trend that led U.S. beer sales on an overall downward trend of 1.3 per cent and 1.2 per cent sales decreases in all beer sold in the United States, but an increase by 13 per cent in 2011 and 15 per cent in 2010 in the sale of craft beer.

14   .       .   SPORTS  HEALTH ENerf Speculation: U of G Nerf Club Explored Yellow sponge whips through the air every Wednesday night   I made my way into the bowels of the university gymnasium, eventually coming across the door I’ve been looking for – the Range Room. There was no light emitting from the room, yet I heard loud screams and the occasional war cry as I entered.

Two flashlight beams became visible, illuminating dozens of intricately arranged cardboard boxes of all shapes, sizes and stacked height. Someone on my right giggled.

This is the University of Guelph Nerf Club at their most stealthy.

The Nerf Club has always been somewhat of a mystery to many students who have heard about it through the grape vine. It is hardly comparable to other sports clubs on campus that most are familiar with, such as basketball and hockey. However, Nerf Club President Jessie Dyke says he gives everyone with this mentality the same answer: “Just come out and watch what we do.

Most people get sucked in.”

The club meets once a week

on Wednesday evenings for two solid hours to play different style Nerf matches. The “arena” is set up first, utilizing the immense amount of uniquely decorated cardboard boxes the club has at their disposal, followed by the making of teams depending on what game the club is playing that day. A popular game type is “Zombies” where the objective is survival.

A wall is set up for the “survivors” to use as cover and the “zombies” approach the wall.

Different zombies take different numbers of hits to knock out and points are awarded to survivors if they succeed in doing this. However, if a zombie touches a survivor, infection occurs and that zombie gets the points. This game type is one of many that the club enjoys.

The history of the Nerf Club is much more interesting than one might think. Initially called “The Nerf Gun Club,” the name had to be changed in accordance with school policy. Dyke mentioned that any flyers that go up promoting the club cannot feature any images of guns or their likeness. Even emails sent out by the club have to include a disclaimer at the bottom stating that the Nerf Club does not

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The enthusiastic on-campus Nerf Club poses for a group picture in the range room, the former home of the university’s gun and archery clubs in past decades. support the use of guns.

The University of Guelph has come a long way since the existence of both a rifle club and an archery club (hence the existence of The Range Room in the first place). There was even a recent push for the University to okay a paint ball club, but this request was turned down. Dyke

credits Nerf Blasters as being looking for new ideas.

As I left the Range room after more affordable than paint ball guns anyway. the interview, a lone cry of “Think paintball but with less “FOR SPARTA!” could be heard pain,” Dyke said. above the incessant clicking He credits the club as offer- noises of Nerf Blasters in action. ing a great way to de-stress The battle wages on. and meet people. He encourages open communication with for web-exclusive photo Reel his club members and is always

N E W G RY P H B U S The Gryphons now boast a school-decorated coach bus to transport the many Guelph Gryphon teams to their road games in the upcoming year. The bus was unveiled on March 8 outside the W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre.

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We’ve come a long way: Assessing Major League through Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian

by a former exotic dancer. It’s ev- use of the “dead Indian,” a version of erything that’s great about the ’s: native culture that oversimplifies and white sports jacket with blue jeans and misrepresents selective elements of a tucked in t-shirt, dated pop culture the native North American cultural references, a magnificent soundtrack, tradition (which is as varied between and sweet, sweet hair. Not to mention tribes as the cultural memory of a naTom Berenger and Charlie Sheen in all tion like Hungary to that of England). their glory.

This oversimplification of a robust and   Then I remember we’re in , well-established culture is inherently and the truly progressive thinking of an act of ideological violence against Apparently, timing is everything. So Thomas King has made me understand, the first inhabitants of this landmass. it comes with a degree of unpredict- truly, how out-of-wack the misapWhile most of the movie is harmless, ability that I would be reading Thomas propriation of native North American some of the lines fall “just a bit outside” King’s enlightening text, The Incon- imagery by corporations has become. modern persuasions of political corIn the chapter “Too Heavy to Lift,” rectness; references to “the tribe” by venient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, King points to the use of native imagery the play-by-play announcer, Harry and then follow it by watching a for- in sports clubs like the Atlanta Braves, Doyle (voiced by Bob Uecker), bormer favourite of mine, Major League. Chicago Blackhawks, Washington der on offensive. There is of course the Major League is essentially the story Redskin, and yes, the Cleveland In- whole problem with the caricatured of a rag-tag group of baseball players dians as inherently detrimental in the “Chief Wahoo” on the team’s uniform, that end up playing for the Cleveland relationship between native and non- a design element that has been part Indians whom are fictitiously owned native peoples. King is referencing the of the team’s identity throughout its

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Despite its place as a canonical sports film, Major League takes on a new perspective after reading Thomas King. history.

Much like the general turn to a critical perspective on the use of native imagery in professional sport, viewing the film with the future’s perspective gives the expressions that highlight the team’s “Indian” association an offensive tone. Inevitably, the movie can still

be enjoyed in its own right, but modern sympathies betray the ignorance that made cheap jabs at native culture acceptable to past generations. Clearly, we’ve come a long way.

Thankfully, the baseball humour in itself remains inoffensively hilarious, even if it is “just a bit outside.”

Men and Women find podium at CIS Championships Track & Field concludes a dominant university season   The Gryphon track and field squad travelled to Edmonton, Alberta for the  CIS Championship March -. The Gryphons earned an impressive overall medal total, medaling in  events over the course of the three-day meet.

Hosted by the University of Alberta, the Gryphon men entered the third day of competition trailing the Windsor Lancers in the overall standings with only four events remaining. Gold medals by Tim Hendry in the shot put and Anthony Romaniw in the -metre were assisted by a silver and bronze in the ,-metre to clinch the overall victory, eventually defeating Windsor by  points. The final point totals on the men’s side were Guelph with , Windsor with , and Western and York tied at  for third place. Ottawa rounded out the top five, effectively cementing Ontario as the premiere province for track and field. Four of the top five teams on the women’s side of the tournament were also from Ontario.

Gold medal winners were Tim Hendry (shot put), Anthony Romaniw (-metre), the x-metre relay team of Tommy Lecours, Rob Jackson, Yves Sikubwabo, and Anthony Romaniw, and Steve Holmes (,-metre). Silver

medals were achieved by Romaniw (,-metre), Jorg Ahne (long jump), and Yves Sikubwabo (,-metre). The men rounded off the podium by collecting two bronze medals from the efforts of Ross Proudfoot in the - and -metre events and one from Hendry in the weight throw.

The women’s division of the team finished third overall behind Calgary () and Toronto (.), totaling . points over the course of the meet.

The lone Gryphon gold medal on the women’s side can be attributed to Andrea Seccafien in the ,-metre. Silver-medal performances were had by Julia Wallace (long jump, triple jump), Carise Thompson (,-metre), and Seccafien (,-metre).

Thompson added a bronze to her collection for her efforts in the ,-metre, and Rachel Aubry procured an individual bronze in the -metre before teaming with Seccafien, Lydia Frost, and Aubry for the x-metre relay.

Dave Scott-Thomas, the mastermind behind the Gryphon track and field program, was once again named the CIS coach of the year on the men’s side of the tournament. Romaniw and Seccafien were named the Gryphon athletes of the week, and the OUA named Romaniw the Pioneer Energy Athlete of the Week.

And so concludes a dominant university season for the men and women of the Gryphon track and field team. Here’s to many more years of athletic excellence.

16   .       .   SPORTS  HEALTH New concussion guidelines for young students Guidelines developed

by McMaster University  

The press release from CanChild points to the need for tailored treatment of concussions for children, as children face a greater risk for addi-

New research out of McMaster University suggests the guidelines provided for adults when returning to activity following a concussion are insufficient when used towards a child’s recovery from the same condition. The efforts of a combined research study from CanChild and McMaster Children’s hospital resulted in the release of some new guidelines for young people affected by concussions.

Identifying concussions as dangerous injuries to the brain is of great importance to the research, as the symptoms are listed in the informational pamphlets. Concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries, can be caused by a direct or indirect hit, blow, or force to the head or body. Symptoms of a concussion (both in adults and children) are sleep disturbances or drowsiness, headache, nausea and vomiting, poor balance, dizziness, vision problems, tional injury and symptoms if they sensitivity to light, mental fogginess, return from the injury too soon. and a difficulty in concentrating. Available through the CanChild webIrregular irritability, sadness, and site, some interesting suggestions nervousness are also listed. emerge as to the effective treatment

“While some of these measures may seem extreme, a child’s brain is undergoing rapid stages of development that a concussion, if untreated, can cause serious harm to.”

for a child to return to both school and physical activities.

In pursuit of a return to school, the guidelines follow a five-step program with a loose timeframe. Stage one is considered “Brain Rest,” where the child remains home from school for at least one week, is not to be exposed to television, video games, texting, or reading. This stage should last no longer than two weeks. Stage two begins the slow process returning to walking,  minutes of screen time twice a day, and a gradual reading schedule. This stage lasts a maximum of two weeks. Stage three, which can last anywhere from a few days to several months, recommends attending less stressful classes, no tests, a maximum of  minutes of homework, and the avoidance of the cafeteria and carrying heavy books. Limits are also imposed on screen time and taking the bus. Only when the symptoms of a concussion have passed can the young student advance to the next stage. Stage four serves as the interim period before a full recovery at stage five, where only one test per week is allowed and the option to return to a five-day class schedule lies on the shoulders of the student’s family.

Start to finish, the program looks like it could easily span over two months, and that’s only for a return

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New concussion guidelines for children have been identified by researchers from McMaster and CanChild. to academic pursuits, not athletic. A return to athletic endeavors could be prolonged by additional weeks of recovery and doctor visits to ensure the patient is  per cent symptom free.

While some of these measures may seem extreme, a child’s brain

is undergoing rapid stages of development that a concussion, if untreated, can cause serious harm to. These recommendations err on the side of caution, believing that the child’s long-term health supersedes the desire to return to normal after the injury.

Canadians outdrink other nations New study serves up a tall, cold glass of truth   A recent study done by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health claims that Canadians drink a lot more than other nations of the world – and we’re not talking

about apple juice.

On average Canadians drink . litres of pure alcohol per person annually. On the list, Canada exceeded countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and even the United States, a country whose population is significantly larger than that of Canada’s.

“It’s surprising, I guess,” said psychology student Jason

Morgenstern. “You would assume people in the States drink more based on how [the] media portrays the States. It’s not really shown here.”

One of the main reasons as to why Canadians’ alcohol consumption rate is so large is that there is only a small population of Canadians that don’t drink alcohol. It has been reported that very few Canadians consume alcohol with meals and that binge drinking has been found to be a problem in Canada.

“I can see the logistics in Canadians consuming more alcohol than anyone else in the world,” said Felix Aleobua, a third year microbiology student. “Canadians really celebrate hockey as their national sport, so drinking is sort of tied together with that. If everyone is behind a sport, watches the sport on a frequent basis, goes to the games, buys the merchandise and what not I can see how drinking can play a part in all that and add to the whole vibe of it.”

According to the study, Canadians consume  per cent more pure alcohol than what the entire world does on average, as globally the average is . litres per person.

“I find that a bit excessive,“ said MacKenzie Brown a fourth year Applied Nutrition major at Guelph. “I think a lot of it has to do with the alcohol laws. It is a lot more restricted

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Canadians drink more than Mexico, Brazil, and the United States on a per-person basis. Fear not, we’re not even close to the levels of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia. here so maybe that increases people’s desire for it. I also think it’s terrible that there is not a lot of knowledge or awareness around about over drinking. Guidelines for spacing out the way that you drink, rather than binge drinking all at once, would be beneficial because studies show that having a drink everyday is actually beneficial to

your health versus having twelve in a night which is detrimental.”

Populations in North Africa, South Asia, and Middle East were reported to have consumed the least amount of alcohol with the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Russian Federation drinking upwards of  litres of alcohol per person.

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Gryphon curling set for Kamloops The Gryphons will compete in the 2013 Canadian University Curling Championship   The women of the Gryphon curling team will travel to Kamloops, British Columbia for the  Canadian University Curling Championships.

The championship will occur on March - at the Kamloops Curling Club. The Gryphons will face a collection of teams from across the country, including the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (BC), the Saint Mary’s Huskies (NS), The UPEI Panthers (PEI), the University of Alberta Pandas, the Manitoba Bison. Fellow Ontarians from McMaster and Western are also travelling to the tournament.

The small team of five is composed of University of Guelph students Jaimee Gardner, Katelyn Wasylkiw, Heather Cridland, Erin Jenkins, and Emilie Metcalfe.

The team is coached by Jason Rice.

It was no easy task for the team in generating the required funds for a trip across the country, but the team was able to pull in just

enough to make the trip out west.

“Because we’re a self-funded team, we have to run all of our own fundraising, and [in that respect] the Guelph Curling Club has been really supportive,” explained Katelyn Wasylkiw. The team has utilized 50⁄50 draws and raffles at the Guelph Curling Club, and the Adopt-a-Gryphon program through the athletic department has helped in their efforts. A significant donation from the Egg Farmers of Ontario helped give the Gryphons the required funds, and all that’s left to do is prepare.

Before the team leaves for the coast, they’ll play an exhibition match against the men’s team from Waterloo, who is also travelling to Kamloops for the championships.

The Gryphons are no strangers to the national spotlight, as teammates Cridland and Wasylkiw competed as members of team Ontario at the junior national championships earlier this year. In the tournament, team Ontario lost in the semifinal, but posted a - overall record in tournament play. That experience should prove useful in dealing with the pressures of a five-day

tournament that will test both the physical and mental endurance of the team.

Part of the excitement of the tournament is the expanding media coverage of the sport as a whole, and the recent successes of young curlers at major tournaments is casting the media’s attention to the younger players, a move that can only benefit the popularity of curling amongst those who haven’t been exposed to the sport. As Gardner points out, curling is poised to take off in popularity.

“You’re seeing a new wave of curling coming in, people that are really dedicating themselves to it,” said Gardner.

Gardner and the rest of the Gryphon squad cite the increased media exposure and the sport’s recent transition into an increased focus on fitness as contributing factors to the growth of the sport.

Curling is unique in that there are very few professional curlers, and despite the increasing profile of the sport, even elite curlers are forced to balance their pursuit of international competition while still working regular hours in order to support themselves

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The women’s curling team will travel to Kamloops, British Columbia for the 2013 University Curling Championships. financially.

Despite the current limitations of curling as a professional endeavour, the team is determined to put on a strong showing at the university championship. The Gryphons have earned second

and third-place finishes in recent events, but are still looking to strike an elusive gold medal from the competition.

Perhaps the change of scenery is all it will take, and where better than British Columbia?

18   .       .   How to survive St. Patty’s Day   There is something about St. Patrick’s Day that strikes a chord for all of legal drinking age. Some see it as a chance to be excessively intoxicated all day and socially accepted at the same time. Some enjoy getting together with friends and listening to good music over a pint. Regardless of your reasons for loving St. Patrick’s Day, here are some key tips and tricks to get you through your day without turning too green yourself. ) Wear green. Perhaps the most obvious tip on this list, wearing green is an essential for anyone celebrating the day or not. Otherwise, be prepared to be enthusiastically pinched by every drunk person you encounter. ) Make a plan. While many prefer to just let the day go as it may, it is a good idea to have a rough idea of who you would like to spend your time with and where you would like to be.

Being the one that’s stumbling around downtown in search of lost friends is funny to everyone but you. ) Eat up. Since St. Patrick’s Day is an all day event, it is a good idea to have a nice hearty breakfast with your first beer.

Keeping your stomach full of food as well as beer helps you to keep up your stamina. Eating throughout the day also helps for this reason. ) Drink up. Not just beer, but

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water as well. Unless you are one of those extremely lucky people who don’t ever get hung over, you’re going to have to take some precautions. Drinking water throughout the day will help prevent the dreaded morning after monster, but if all else fails, enjoy a nice greasy breakfast, some electrolytefilled sports drinks, and pray for a safe recovery. ) Avoid driving. We’re all mature and intelligent individuals who would never drink and drive, but the same cannot be said for everyone on the road. If at all possible, take public transit or a cab from one place to another. That, or have yourself a nice little walk. In any case, be wary of cars whilst getting around throughout the day and if you do spot someone who has obviously been drinking and driving, call police. Some believe that St. Patrick’s day is a get out of jail free card when it comes to drinking and driving, but it is doubtful that those who have lost family and friends to drunk drivers would feel the same. ) Find a designated driver.

Even if you don’t intend to be going anywhere that day, find someone you know who isn’t drinking as a safety precaution. This way, if something does come up and you are in dire need of transportation, you have it. ) Have a final destination. Regardless of if it is your own bed or a friend’s couch, it is always a good idea to have some idea

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With St. Patrick’s Day fast approaching, take the time to plan out your evening so that your face doesn’t match your shamrock sweater the next morning. as to where you want to end up after all is said and drank. As a side note, make sure you are always carrying something on you with your address in case others need to get you home safe. ) Stock up early. Leaving things until the last minute might be exciting in hockey, but not on St. Patrick’s Day. It falls on a Sunday this year, which means even shorter hours of operation than usual for liquor stores. It is much safer to take a trip on Thursday or Friday and buy what you want than rush over on the Sunday grabbing

at whatever is left when the smoke clears. ) Know your limits. This applies both in the financial and alcoholic sense. Take out the money you want to spend that day ahead of time and trust your credit card to a friend. You may regret this decision whilst in the bar that day, but the relief you will feel upon checking your bank account the next day will make up for it.

regardless of the bar one is at.

On St. Patrick’s day, most people are blissfully at this level of intoxication. The trouble starts when one starts being disrespectful. It is one thing to have a good time, it is another to ruin someone else’s time in the process.

Regardless of what St. Patr i c k ’ s D ay m e a n s t o yo u , everyone is out to have fun.

Grab a pint, grab a friend, and above all else, take care.

) Don’t be that person. On a normal weekend, there is that one really intoxicated person that always seems to pop up

P E T OF T H E W E E K Skye is an 8-month old purebred Border Collie who lives next door. He bolts towards everyone he meets, including baby carriages and other dogs, much to his owner Judy’s chagrin. He loves to play soccer, walk to the park, and hang over the fence barking until the neighbours come out to see him.

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Nearly every career expert will tell you that knowing who you are and what you need, as well as conducting diligent research on your target career opportunity, are factors which affect every stage of your career job search.

Nowhere are these functions more important than in negotiating your job offer.

Before we discuss these factors in more detail, you may be wondering about the necessity of negotiating. It is definitely wise to evaluate and negotiate every offer even if there seems to be very little “wiggle room.” It is not just about the money; it is how you are perceived by your new employer.

The way candidates handle this stage of the process often reflects how they will function in the job. You do not want to appear like a “wallflower” or a “door mat.” Most employers come to finalizing the contract with some room for negotiation. You want to come across as standing up for what you value (including yourself) in a professional and diplomatic way. If you have been out of work for several months, you may be very grateful to be hired into a good career job. At the same time, no one is going to change their mind about hiring you because you made a reasoned effort to negotiate a better offer.

In fact they will likely respect it.

While there is more to think about than salary, it is important to remember that every merit and cost of living increase is usually a percentage of what you are currently earning. This means that what you gain in negotiating your initial salary results in a multiplier effect on all future increases. Even a small increase can be thousands of dollars over several years of employment.

Once you decide to negotiate, you may wonder how knowing about yourself and the position can make a difference. If you know what you need, it gives you a strong platform to evaluate the offer and negotiate effectively.

From a financial point of view, it means having a very clear picture of your current financial situation and what you hope to create for yourself in the future.

This means creating a personal budget for when you are in your new position. This includes the major expenses such as student loan payments and other debts, communications, housing, heat, hydro, food, child care and other lifestyle needs. It is particularly important to know what your budget is for healthcare needs, medications, and dental care. It is also important to know how

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far you are willing to commute to work and how much it will cost. If a move will be part of the process, calculate its associated expenses.

While retirement may seem a long way off, you would be wise to take at least  per cent of each paycheque in addition to whatever your employer contributes.

This should be an important part of your budget.

Once you understand your estimated outgoing expenses, you

“Some jobs and employers are so prestigious that having it on your résumé will help you get other, more lucrative offers.”

– Tara Weiss then know the lowest amount of money you can possibly accept in an offer without giving up something.

In addition to understanding your financial situation, you need to know the factors that will make you successful in a job. This means understanding the kind of work environment where you will thrive and if you work better as part of a team or on your own. The same kind of thinking can apply to the kind of management style you need, the type of workspace where you are most productive, and the values you

are looking for or can’t accept employers that have exemplary in an employer. records, when it comes to profesAs work and home life are be- sional development and work/life coming less distinguishable, be balance. Some jobs and employsure to consider the costs and ers are so prestigious that having benefits of being able to work it on your résumé will help you from home, as well as flex time get other, more lucrative offers,” considerations. said Weiss.

Other factors include desired The next step is the negotiavacation allotment and knowing tion itself. Most of the time many your professional development things are not negotiable, so the interests for your career goals. task is not as complicated as it Understanding your needs and seems. In these cases, your most hopes gives you a way to measure important task is to listen and what the employer has to offer. ask questions.

Next there is the research you Once they have decided that need to do on the career oppor- they want to hire you, take the tunity. In order to make your time to understand what they argument for a better offer you are offering. You do not have to must know what others in simi- decide right away. The employlar positions are earning. er will likely explain the wages, If your field research included and benefit package which can asking about salary ranges, when be compared against your preyou conducted your information- negotiation research. al interviews, you will already It is not unreasonable to ask have this information. Otherwise, for five per cent more than what you can conduct web research, they have offered (unless you find talk to your field research con- the salary surprisingly high). If nections, or visit your university the salary is firm, it is to your career centre to get some help. advantage to see if vacation, proYou can also speak with some- fessional development, moving one doing a similar job at another expenses are negotiable. It’s company. This involves explain- helpful to approach it positiveing your situation, inquiring ly. A useful phrase is “I am ready about their job, and then seeking to accept the offer but according their advice on salary negotiation. the research I have conducted, Now you know what you are people in this field are making hoping for in terms of benefit and (state your range). I am just wonsalary and you know what oth- dering if you can bring the salary ers are making in field. You can closer to this range?” In tackling now create the salary range that non-salary issues you can say, “I you think is reasonable and you was hoping for another week of should know where you would vacation. Is there room to negoplace yourself in that range. You tiate?” You can also ask for more can now develop your arguments information on issues by asking, and you are ready to negotiate, “Can you tell me more about the but as Tara Weiss points out in pension plan?”

It’s a great idea to talk with a a recent Forbes blog, there is an career professional about salary exception when the position has negotiation.

It is not a skill that so much to offer that it should not be refused even if your analysis many people are used to using, indicates otherwise. and yet, every future increase “That’s true for programs that you receive is a percentage inwill teach you unique skills or crease on this negotiated figure.

Impeachment; The President Summoned to Appear at the Bar of the Senate The successor to Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, is described on the White House’s historical site on American presidents as “the most unfortunate” of the U.S. leaders. The Radical Republicans in Congress quickly ganged up against the representative of the “common man,” unhappy with his program to reconstruct the south in post-Civil War America. The Republicans even passed legislation on refusing to seat any senator or representative from the old Confederacy over Johnson’s veto, marking the first time that this had happened in the U.S. government. However, some good came out of the power struggle between Johnson and the radicals. The group ended up also passing the Civil Rights Act of , “which established Negroes as American citizens and forbade discrimination against them.”

(The New York Times – March , ) Pop industry is given  months to comply with refillable rulings Long before the CSA was campaigning against plastic water bottles on campus, Environment Minister William Newman sternly told Ontario’s soft drink industry to “start using more refillable pop containers or face legislation.” The statement was a continuation of discussions that began in  on the environmental impacts of throwaway pop cans and bottles.

Newman aimed to reverse the trend of purchasing throwaways, particularly in the Metro Toronto area where the environmentally unfriendly bottles and pop cans made up  per cent of the market. Newman also added that consumers would simply be given the option of buying refillable containers as it was against their democratic rights to ban the throwaways completely. Environmental groups lobbied alongside Newman’s campaign to introduce refillable containers by setting up demonstrations and information booths around the city. (The Globe and Mail – March , ) Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent America wasn’t the only place of major anti-war protesting during the late s. On this day in , , people demonstrated outside of the United States embassy in London following a rally in Trafalgar Square.

While the atmosphere at the rally was described as calm, protestors got increasingly worked up as they marched to Grosvenor Square, where the embassy is located. As is typical with angry protests, hundreds of people were arrested, and some did not leave unscathed. Eighty-six people were treated for injuries and  were taken to hospital, half of which were police officers. (The BBC – March , ) Compiled by Alicja Grzadkowska

20   .       .   World War III Otherwise known as dirty dishes   It’s not the loud partying, or the toilet paper rolls that never seem to be replaced whenever they’re empty. What really grinds my gears in a shared house is dishes that wait to be cleaned for long periods of time.

Many student households struggle with such a basic concept of everyday living – addressing the dirty, unusable dishes.

What is it about cleaning up after cooking and eating a meal that’s so difficult? Are students too busy with homework, or did they never get in the habit of cleaning up after moving out of Mom and Dad’s house?

“I used to have a roommate I called ‘Dishes.’ I called him that to give him the idea to do his dishes, because he never did them,” said political science student Alyssa Penny, who also joked about leaving said roommate’s dishes in his bed to remind him to wash them.

Dirty dishes are not always a laughing matter. A dispute over dishes seriously injured a college student a few months ago.

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Bonkowski, , confessed to Michigan State Police that she poisoned her roommate, -year-old Emily Joseph after the two of them had an argument over dirty dishes. Bonkowski sprayed Joseph’s iced tea with bleach, which sent her to the hospital for treatment.

“I used to have a roommate I called ‘Dishes.’ I called him that to give him the idea to do his dishes, because he never did them” –Alyssa Penny Obviously, this is an extreme case of hostility manifesting as a response to dirty dishes. I’ve had roommates who let pasta-sauceencrusted pots sit for more than a month and grow a thick layer of green mold, and I’ve had others

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Some university students run into issues when their shared housing becomes a haven for dirty dishes. who forgot which plates or cups deadline be set,” is advice that can they used, and so they never be found on the Apartment Ratwashed the items. Over time, I ings website. “Your goal is not to learned how important it is to ad- antagonize your roommate, but to dress the sticky situation before create a better living environment tension builds. for both of you.”

“Rather than demand that Some houses plan weekly chores, your roommate wash all dish- while others adopt a “one-for-one, es immediately after using them, and one for all!” philosophy where gently suggest that items should you clean whatever you’ve used. be placed in the dishwasher right Whatever your household’s reaway (if you have one), or that a gime, make sure that dishes are not

coming in between good friends.

John Atkinson, marketing and communications student, claims his house is pretty clean. His secret?

“Don’t put it off to later – deal with the problem. You have to clean it eventually, so why not right now?” Atkinson said, adding another piece of advice for messy students: “Dishwashers, and motivation to use dishwashers.”

Detoxify your life Eight simple tricks to reduce toxins in your home   BPA, PERC, and triclosan are among some of the many common toxins found in household and personal products. These toxins get into your body through three main ways: inhalation, dermal absorption (through the skin) and ingestion. Once they have entered

your body, they are carried by the blood and may be stored in tissues or excreted. These toxins have been proven to cause harmful health effects to both humans and the environment. Here are some basic steps to reducing the toxins in your home: . Instead of chemical air fresheners, try potpourri or baking soda.

If you like DIY projects, homemade air fresheners (recipes easily found online) are a great way to personalize your home. . Plastic food wrap usually contains Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenic hormone disruptor. Use aluminum foil or reusable containers as alternatives. . Non-stick pans often contain PFOA, a likely carcinogen. There are many alternatives to non stick cookware, including cast iron and stainless steel options. . Avoid dry-clean only clothes.

Most dry cleaners use perchloroethylene (PERC) which is designated under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act as a bio-accumulative chemical toxic to the environment.

. Cosmetics, toiletries and perfumes with synthetic fragrances often contain phthalates (a hormone disruptor), so try a switch to fragrance-free products. . Anti-bacterial soap contains triclosan, a chemical that disrupts the hormonal system and is among a class of chemicals suspected of causing cancer. Anti-bacterial soap can be swapped out for regular soap and water. . If you use chlorine bleach, try switching to biodegradable, nonchlorine liquid bleach or oxygen bleach powder. . For household cleaning, a homemade mixture of vinegar and water will do just the trick, and cost a fraction of the price of store bought products.

These tips are just a start at reducing your harmful chemical exposure. A full guide to a toxicfree home, as well as a pocket guide to toxin free cosmetics can be found on the Environmental Defence website. For the health of your body and environment, educate yourself on the products you consume and take the detox challenge.

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Potpourri can be used as a non-toxic alternative to chemical air fresheners.

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EDITORIAL

To be, or not to be (gun-free)?

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In the evening of March , a -year-old man was arrested outside the Student Life Centre at the University of Waterloo. Police responded to a tip that a man was firing a handgun in the area near Cedar Grove Road. The man was eventually arrested at gunpoint near the Student Life Centre. A semi-automatic rifle and Frankenstein mask were found in the trunk of the vehicle he used.

From one perspective, this was an error in judgment on the part of the man who is now facing

“The presence of a gun near or on a campus environment strikes a note of contrast to the effect a university education ought to have on a person’s right to life and the pursuit of happiness.” weapons charges. From another, a physical boundary has been crossed, and it seems worthwhile to address it.

This is not an anti-gun rant, though it is tempting to advance in that direction.

Rather, the implications of an instrument of violence, in this case a semi-automatic rifle, intruding on the campus’s physical location ought to be of more concern to a supposedly learned community of undergraduates.

Ideally, the university is created as a place for the free* exchange of

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A line was crossed when weapons-related charges were laid at the University of Waterloo campus on March 10. Nobody was injured in the evening’s events. ideas and information, a section of society sanctioned for pursuits of the intellect – an institution of higher learning. We study theories of crime, laws of physics, principles of ecology, and the rules of grammar (though few abide).

Fundamentally, we learn the free and active pursuit of knowledge and understanding – pillars of peace and goodwill amongst our fellow human beings.

The potential for violence runs so rampant in the global political fabric, one would think that if we are “the change we wish to see in the world,” as I’m sure many of us have been told in our youth, then how can we stand idly by as events like these unfold?

The suggestion here is not to ban guns from society. I’m sure one day someone will tell me of their benefit. The suggestion is that a university must be devoid of the aggression and intent to harm that a gun so vividly symbolizes. There is no disputing what a gun represents in the hands of a masked person.

In the recent past, it’s been easy to put geographical and ideological difference between “us” and “them,” as “they” were mostly American schools that have experienced tragedy in the last several

years. This incident at Waterloo changes things, even if nobody was harmed in that series of events, effectively breaking down the barrier our psyche could create in order to provide the illusion of safety on a university campus.

Frankly, I’m not sure how that illusion ever functioned anyway, since violence surrounds us on a regular basis. Out of fairness to the realities of public life, if you put several thousand hormone-enriched young people in one area, someone’s bound to get punched in the teeth once in a while. My hope is that the potential for violence that’s set to occur on a night at the bar, a day of binge-drinking, or the disagreements that arise out of Différance is already at its greatest extent – and guns need not enter the picture as a remote possibility. The presence of a gun near or on a campus environment strikes a note of contrast to the effect a university education ought to have on a person’s right to life and the pursuit of happiness.

So while we mull over our southerly neighbours (or neighbors, as they would have it), keep in mind that on March  in Durham region, a former RCMP officer was found with  firearms in his home. Many of the machine guns,

assault rifles, smoke grenades, and pistols were altered so they would be difficult to track. Oh, and the -inch cannon and thousands of rounds of ammunition might also come as a bit of a shock. Then there’s the incident in Brampton where three women were shot at a strip club. Reference also the five men between the ages of  and  that have been killed in Toronto by gunfire so far this year.

Clearly, it’s dangerous business walking out your front door. So the impetus must rest in the minds of the young academic community to keep the university as a sanctuary for the intellect, as a place where we may dissect the intricacies of society to work towards a better world. An idealist’s perspective, I know, but the necessity of creating a better society through academia is fundamental to the university’s role in human culture, and in equal measure is fundamental to humanity’s continued existence — an existence that is challenged by the presence of an object entirely contradictory to all that higher education aims to suggest.

It’s dangerous business walking out your front door, but it should never be so when walking out of the classroom. We’re in this together, for better or for worse.

four years, it can respond by imposing across the board cuts (reducing quality across the board) or make decisions to ensure that our limited resources are directed toward services and programs that are critical to supporting our mission. This process is not about ranking programs from - but about placing programs in quartiles that will

facilitate strategic decisions regarding enrichment, reduction, reorganization or possibly the elimination of services and programs. While I agree that we need to continue to press the government to support higher education, the reality is its budget is also challenged and we are only one of many programs asking for enhanced support. A

solution is not anticipated in the short-term and it would be irresponsible to put our head in the sand and continually cut around the edges waiting for that elusive payday.

LETTERS RE: The other “P” in PPP In Denise Martin’s article on the PPP she states that the Trades staff are spread too thin, there need to be more TA’s, and class sizes are too large. These comments reflect exactly why the PPP is so critical. As the University faces a projected funding gap of  million over the next

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community listings Thursday March 14 Stratford Shakespeare Lecture Series @ Your Guelph Public Library. The GPL and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival present four thought-provoking lectures based on this season’s plays. Each evening lecture features local Shakespearean experts. 7pm, Main Library (100 Norfolk St.). March 7, 14, 21and 28. Admission free. www.library. guelph.on.ca Guelph Field Naturalists Meeting, 7:30pm at the Arboretum Centre.

All welcome. Dr. Alex Smith of University of Guelph speaking on Biodiversity.

Thursday At Noon Concert Series. Concerts start at 12:00p.m.

Thursdays in Mackinnon room 107 (Goldschmidt room). Admission free – donations gratefully appreciated. Everyone welcome! www. uoguelph.ca/so The Western Ontario Drama League (WODL) Festival at the Guelph Little Theatre, March 11-16. This region’s top-rated community theatre productions to be performed on GLT’s stage by five competing groups during March break. All performances 8pm at GLT. Visit www. guelphlittletheatre.com for details.

176 Morris St. 519-821-0270. fam/

Friday March 15 Student Print Show and Sale. Students from the School of Fine Art and Music will be showing and selling their original lithographs, etchings, and relief and screen prints. March 15-16, 10am – 5pm and March 17, noon-5pm.

Zavitz Hall, Room 207.

Saturday March 16 Guelph Celtic Orchestra. A fun, licensed, Family St Patrick’s Day event with the Orchestra, Irish Dancers and a Ceilidh Dance for young and old! Guelph Legion, 43 Watson Blvd.

Tickets $12 -available at Janus Books, Royal Plaza, Paisley Rd. Monday March 18 Career Aviators Business Career Club: Students and professionals welcome.

Mondays 7pm -9pm, Innovation Guelph (111 Farquhar Street). Strategic advice and support; guest presentations; motivation to stay on track; worldwide Information exchange. PWYC. Info:1 866 873 7633 www.careeraviators.com Tuesday March 19 Buddhist Meditation Class- Simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace. Drop in class 7-8:30pm at St. Matthias Anglican Church, 171 Kortright Rd. W. $10. www.

meditationintoronto.org/branches/ meditate-guelph/

list of workshops and events @U of G campus.

Thursday March 21 Tin Roof Global’s Water Walk to raise awareness about international water issues and raise funds for their “Roof It H20” program which brings clean water to impoverished schools in Uganda. For further details Email: tinroof@uoguelph.ca . Or visit: www.tinroofglobal.com

Thursday March 28 Dancetheatre David Earle Offers Easter Sacred Dance. 7pm at Harcourt Church, 87 Dean Ave. Admission by donation with proceeds going to Chalmers Community Services Centre. A donation of healthy non-perishable food would also be appreciated. Reservations can be made online or at the studio, 519837-2746. www.dtde.ca

From Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Guelph : BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE: March 21-24 at Woodlawn Bowl. Two hours of bowling, free pizza and pop, fantastic prizes. For more details and to register check us out on Facebook “Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2013” and online at www.guelphbowl.kintera. org.

Interested in being a veterinarian?

Animal lover just interested in learning more? OVC Mini Vet School every Thursday in March (March 7-28) offers 2 lectures a night on topics from animal welfare to anatomy! Register at www.ovcminivetschool.ca Friday March 22 The EveryBody Conference Three day conference exploring bodily autonomy and community care.

Visit www.theeverybodyconference.wordpress.com for a detailed

Ongoing: Guelph Food Bank Spring Food Drive. March 20th to April 7th. Goal: 80,000lbs of non-perishable food items Non-perishable donations can be dropped off at Local Grocery Stores, Fire Halls and Guelph Food Bank at 100 Crimea Street.

Free tutoring program run out of the Bookshelf downtown for high school students. The program runs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 3:30-4:45pm beginning on Feb 5th through to March 28th. If interested, contact bookshelftutoringprogram@ gmail.com.

Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Exhibitions by Canadian artists: ‘Phil Bergerson: American Shards’ runs

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until to April 14. ‘Vessna Perunovich: Line Rituals & Radical Knitting’ runs until March 31. MSAC 358 Gordon St. 519-767-2661 www.msac.ca Guelph Civic Museum opens’ Waist Management: A History of Unmentionables’, a new touring exhibit from the Fashion History Museum.

Exhibit runs until April 14. Open daily 1-5 pm. 52 Norfolk St. 519836-1221 ext. 2773 www.guelph. ca/museum.

Guelph Life Drawing. Tuesdays (7-10pm) and Saturdays (1-4pm).

Admission/$15 or 5 classes/$50.

Open to beginners and the experienced alike. Come and enjoy gestural drawing (Tuesdays) or a single sustained pose (Saturdays). Any medium welcome. Contact: Garth.Laidlaw@ gmail.com; guelphlifedrawing.blogspot.ca

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