The Ontarion - Issue #175.10

Thursday, November 6, 2014

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State of Homelessness in Canada 2014 report published Comprehensive report seeks to broadcast homelessness numbers in Canada SAMEER CHHABRA As part of a joint study compiled by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the State of Homelessness in Canada report has attempted to annually compile a comprehensive analysis of homelessness in the country since 2013. This year’s report, published last week, provides both a quantitative and qualitative look at homelessness in Canada.

Using research gathered from the past 25 years, the report attempts to illuminate the full extent of homelessness in Canada, and it offers a list of possible solutions to the growing problem.

According to this year’s study, an estimated 250,000 Canadians experience homelessness every year, while 35,000 Canadians are homeless on any given night. 13,000 to 33,000 are chronically or episodically homeless.

Furthermore, homelessness costs an annual $7 billion on the Canadian economy, which is a figure that includes the cost of emergency shelters, social services, health care, and correctional services.

To eradicate homelessness, the report suggests housing benefits to assist those facing severe affordability problems, a new affordable housing tax credit, and investments in Aboriginal housing both on and off reserves.

The report further suggests raising the per capita investment to

$106 per Canadian annually, which would lead to the development of 8,800 new units of supportive and affordable housing annually.

Two University of Guelph professors, Marion Steele from the Department of Economics and Jane Londerville from the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, were asked to assist with the report.

Together, Steele and Londerville were asked to quantify the number of housing units that would be needed to eliminate homelessness.

They were also asked to develop recommendations for programs and policies that would produce the necessary units.

“Marion Steele and I were asked to prepare the background report for the State of Homelessness report,” explained Prof. Londerville. “We started last spring and completed the work over the summer.”

The report is important because it also touches on the damaging

effects an increasing population is having on a nation unable to keep up with unmitigated growth.

According to the report, Canada’s population has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past 25 years, while annual national investment in housing has decreased by over 46 per cent.

“Nearly one in five households experience extreme housing affordability problems,” explained a statistic from the report. “Meaning that they have low incomes and are spending more than 50 per cent of their income on rent.”

Londerville explained that all levels of government advocate “Housing First” solutions. Housing First refers to the idea that the first step in solving the homelessness problem is providing individuals with a roof over their heads.

“However, for Housing First to work, there need to be housing units available to place the homeless into,” said Londerville. “Guelph has the second lowest vacancy rate

Income splitting proposed by Tories Addition to the family agenda has stirred controversy KATIE SULLIVAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced a complete overhaul in taxation for two-parent families. On Wednesday, Oct. 29, the Conservative Party of Canada added to the “family agenda,” publicizing a plan for income splitting that would allow families with

children to receive a tax break.

The plan, set to be applicable for the 2014 tax year, would allow families to transfer money from one parent to another in order to avoid high tax brackets. This is estimated to create up to $2,000 in savings for families with children under the age of 18.

It has been suggested that the income splitting proposal may be a “vote-getter,” strategically hoping to make a positive impression on Canadians that are planning on hitting the polls in the upcoming elections.

However, there is still much debate on whether the change will be positive or negative.

Jim Flaherty, former Minister of Finance, was one of the first to voice

his concern about the announcement before his death several months ago, suggesting that those that would benefit from the tax break would be a very small minority, making the cuts too costly for the outcome.

Flaherty was not the only one to raise questions about the proposal.

David Macdonald, Senior Economist for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), also shared major concerns, stating that “this is income inequality by design, purposefully making Canada a less equal place.”

In response to the backlash, Harper has capped the benefit at $2,000 a year.

“Concerns have been expressed that too much of the benefit of that would

go at very high income levels,” the Prime Minister said. “That’s why we limited the benefit under this and also expanded other benefits to Canadian families to make sure that all Canadians across the income spectrum benefit from those measures.”

Regardless of the capping, one thing is still clear: this proposal is not for the single parent. The tax benefit would not be available to them, which makes income splitting fundamentally exclusive.

While concerns over the proposal continue to be voiced, suggestions, like lowering the age of eligibility, have been made to improve the program.

Currently, the families covered will be any family with children under the age

in Ontario, and a long wait list for social housing – Canada needs more safe affordable housing stock built.”

Londerville has taught Real Estate and Housing at the University of Guelph for 20 years, and her experience chairing the Wellington Guelph Housing Committee has allowed her to advocate for affordable housing.

“I have a long history of research and consulting in the housing area,” explained Londerville. “Marion Steele has decades of research experience in housing – most recently, she completed a design for a housing benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank.”

The State of Homelessness in Canada report is freely available for all to read online.

“The key point is – we can end homelessness in Canada,” the report concludes. “This requires an investment, but one that will pay big dividends for all Canadians when we can finally say that homelessness is no longer a problem in our country.”

of 18. If that age were to be dropped to 12, the proposal could be framed as an affordable day care plan, rather than income splitting.

Conservative Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott has also suggested that the income splitting should be gradually phased in, starting with families with younger children. This would allow a complete assessment of the fragility of the budget as time goes on.

It has been suggested that if the goal of the income splitting plan is to help families, then a better proposal may just be reducing personal income taxes or increasing the Child Tax Credit, both of which would be more inclusive to the diversity of the Canadian family.

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Under the Controversy of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red Radar display

Toronto man seeks Canadian for free trip Jordan Axani, 28, from Toronto, Ontario, has offered free plane tickets for one lucky Canadian citizen to fly “around the world.”

The requirement is that this citizen’s name must be Elizabeth Gallagher.

In March of 2014, Axani and his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked a trip around the world for Christmas. When the couple recently broke up, Axani took to reddit, a popular website, to attempt to give the tickets away.

Rather than cancel or attempt to change the name on the tickets, which wouldn’t be “worth the headache or money,” Axani asked fellow redditors named Elizabeth Gallagher to contact him directly.

Axani listed a few other requirements, noting that any interested traveler must have a Canadian passport, be “sane, smart, and (hopefully) interesting,” have the desire to travel with a lack of funds or opportunity, and be prepared to pay it forward. The lucky Elizabeth Gallagher, however, does not need to travel with Axani at all.

Several Elizabeth Gallaghers have come forward since Axani posted on Sunday.

“Among, those, I’m sure we’ll find someone that will enjoy the trip who also perhaps isn’t able to see these countries otherwise,” Axani concluded in an email.

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Thailand Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, also known as TiAMO, was subject to an international warrant after being convicted by Swedish court of aiding copyright infringement in 2009. Neij, 36, was discovered in the northeastern town of Nong Khai.

Neij was given a one-year sentence and ordered to pay $3.6 million in damages, as were three others. He fled while out on bail five years ago.

Neij had been residing in Laos since 2012, and was detained when caught trying to cross into Thailand, where he had a house on the island of Phukat.

Pirate Bay is one of the world’s most visited sites, offering expansive access to pirated content.

Another co-founder, Gottfrid Warg, was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to three and a half years in prison for the same conviction.

-Compiled by Alyssa Ottema

London display prompts questions on remembrance JOANNE PEARCE As the month of November arrives, one might begin to see red poppies pinned to jackets, as Canadians begin the yearly ritual of commemorating the losses and sacrifices made in armed conflict. The Canadian population is not alone in this reflection. This year, Britain has created an art display to mark one hundred years since their first full day involvement in the First World War. Beginning Aug. 5, 2014, London has been displaying Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which has been filling the grassy moat surrounding the Tower of London slowly, but steadily. The progressive addition of the red ceramic poppies setting was designed by Tom Piper, and the creation of the poppies themselves is credited to ceramic artist Paul Cummins. With the total number of poppies set to reach 888,246, the ceramic art pieces have begun to fill the moat, each hand-made and representing an individual British fatality during World War One. Established in 1066, the Tower of London offers a haunting setting for the display, which has proven to be quite popular. Hundreds of people have begun to line up around the perimeter of the tower, even across Tower Bridge, in attempts to catch a

JOANNE PEARCE

The Tower of London’s surrounding moat currently displays Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, a collaborative work of hand-made ceramic poppies representing British fatalities during World War One. glimpse of the installation. The crowds have grown so much that the city is announcing expectations of delays, and even closures, to the Tower Hill tube station nearby.

The overwhelming success of the installation has lead to fear of overcrowding. On Sunday, Nov. 2, the Historic Royal Places posted on Twitter to advise people to “postpone their visit to the Tower until after half-term if possible, or to visit earlier in the day, before 10am, or later in the day, after 6pm.”

However, amid the excitement of the installation lie some objections, making the art display a somewhat controversial topic. Jonathan Jones,

from The Guardian, is particularly noted in his critique of the display as “fake, trite, and inward-looking.”

Jones writes that “it’s disturbing that, 100 years later on, we can only mark this terrible war as a nationalistic tragedy.” Jones goes on to describe how the display has become a spectacle that creates this image of the First World War being noble, when in reality “war is not noble.” He further writes that the moat should rather be “filled with barbed wire and bones,” should it want to meaningfully and accurately depict the realities of war.

Some have raised their voices against Jones, while others have agreed. One Londoner remarked that “the way the

Burkina Faso: a story of unrest Protests sweep the West African nation ALEXANDRA GRANT Burkina Faso – meaning the “Land of the Upright Men” – has only had two different leaders since 1984. Thomas Sankara, a Marxist advocate of the people, was the first of these men, and is often referred to as the “Che Guevara of West Africa.” Current President Blaise Compaore is the second. Compaore has been President of Burkina Faso for the past 27 years, and at the beginning of his rule, he was assisted by former President, and friend, Sankara, before the authoritarian “Godfather” of West Africa had Sankara killed.

Since the death of Thomas Sankara, the people of Burkina Faso have been kept in a constant state of underdevelopment. With poor infrastructure, lack of employment and economic opportunities, and high food prices, citizens have been growing restless as time continues to pass. Thankfully, for the unhappy citizens of the West African nation, the end, until recently, seemed near. After 27 years, the rule of Compaore was to come to an end in November of 2015.

Having waited patiently for the end of his rule, citizens of Burkina Faso were outraged when Compaore and Members of Parliament began discussions to extend Compaore’s rule.

People took to the streets in Souleymae Ouedraogo in protest of the continuation of Compaore’s time in office.

The protests of citizens resulted in the burning of at least two homes of

Members of Parliament, as well as the burning of the Parliament building in the city. At least five are dead, and several others injured, as smoke, fire, and gunshots have been everywhere during the civil unrest.

Spurred on by the Leader of the Opposition, Augustine Blaise Hien, these protests are the people of Burkina Faso’s attempts to force Compaore out of office. Ultimately, the goal of the protestors is to attempt to install a true democratic government in his wake.

Compaore declared a state of emergency in Burkina Faso, and asked for assistance in controlling the protesters and the violence that swept the nation.

In the face of this request, the military, which supports Blaise Hien’s ideology, took the country over, and Compaore fled to Ivory Coast.

This did not lead to the end of the problems in Burkina Faso. The

poppies spill from the battlements into the moat will remind many of William Blake’s poem London.” Either way, it seems that the discussions that have arisen on the topic mirror the reflections many will experience as Nov. 11 approaches. Whether one views this display in a positive or negative light, the installation itself brings about the question of how one should commemorate the deaths and sacrifices made in war, while also remembering the horrors of battle– and the importance of the consideration of whether they are ever truly separate.

The display will continue until Nov. 11, Armistice Day, when the final poppy will be placed amongst the rest.

military force and action taken was not necessarily positive, as people continued to protest on the basis that the regime change to a true democracy had still not been accomplished. The United Nations was also not pleased, and they threatened sanctions against the military powers of Burkina Faso, if they did not rectify the situation.

Burkina Faso’s constitution states that, if the President is no longer in power, the President of the Senate is to temporarily take power until an election can be held. After more protests and deliberation, the military has finally relinquished its hold on Burkina Faso, and will be installing a transitional government until further decisions can be made, and proper elections can be held.

There is no current set date for elections, nor candidates selected or nominated as of yet.

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Tensions escalate between Israel and Palestine Palestine sees Israeli actions as “declaration of war” SAMEER CHHABRA Amid growing tension in the Arab world, Israel prevented access to a sacred site in the Old City on Thursday, Oct. 30. The site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, was closed after an Israeli counterterrorism unit killed a Palestinian man suspected of attempting to assassinate Yehuda Glick, an American-born Israeli rabbi calling for increased Jewish access to the site.

Glick is a political activist whose campaigns for expanded Jewish control and access to the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary have elicited criticism from Palestinian officials. He was shot in the chest four times on Oct. 29, after delivering a speech at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre in Jerusalem. He is currently in serious, but stable condition.

The site is considered the holiest place in Judaism, and contains the al-Aqsa Mosque – the third holiest place in Islam.

A spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called the closure a “declaration of war.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for calm, implying that Abbas was responsible for the increased tension.

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“We’re facing a wave of incitement by radical Islamic elements as well as by the Palestinian Authority chairman…who said that Jews must absolutely be prevented from going on to the Temple Mount,” said Netanyahu in a statement to Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper.

Entrances to the holy site in Jerusalem were reopened on Friday, Oct. 31, but authorities said that Muslim men under 50 would not be allowed to pray. Israeli police officers were also out in force, attempting to maintain a delicate peace.

In the past few months, Israel has added 1,000 police officers in an effort to prevent a third Palestinian uprising.

The holy site is not just an important place of worship for Jews and Muslims; Jordan’s king – Abdullah II – is the site’s custodian, and Israel’s actions have incited a reaction from the Hashemite Kingdom as well.

“Jordanians feel the latest actions taken by Israel are directed against Jordan this time, not only against Palestinians,” said Jawad Anani, a former Jordanian foreign minister, and former deputy prime minister.

“His Majesty [King Abdullah II] is reflecting the anger domestically.”

“If anything happens to al-Aksa under his guardianship, there will be huge consequences inside and outside of Jordan, so there’s a lot of pressure.”

Though Israel has frequently closed the site to both Jews and Muslims on certain days, last Thursday’s shutdown was the first since 1967, when Israel seized the

Temple Mount, along with the rest of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

This news also came at a time when the Swedish government officially recognized an autonomous state of Palestine. On Oct. 30, the Swedish government became the first member of the European Union to officially recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation.

Though Sweden’s actions are unrelated to the political turmoil in Israel, the actions of Sweden’s newest Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, have elicited criticism from Israeli officials during this turbulent time.

“The Swedish government must understand that relations in the Middle East are more complex than one of Ikea’s flat-pack pieces of furniture, and would do well to act with greater sensitivity and responsibility,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 30.

As a result of Prime Minister Lofven’s statements, Israel has recalled its ambassador to Sweden back to Jerusalem.

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OWEN’S CORNING, a fiberglass plant currently based in the

city, is set to move a significant portion of its production to Mexico in 2016. The move will cut 70 per cent of the factory’s work force, paring the Guelph plant down from a staff of almost 200 to a staff of 50. Peter Cartwright, the General Manager of Economic Development for the City, has reached out to the company to see what can be done to aid in the transition for employees expected to lose their jobs. The City will make significant efforts to connect cut staff with new employment opportunities over the next year and a half. Guelph MPP Liz Sandals has also said that the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities and the Ministry of Economic Development will be made available to those losing their jobs in attempts to provide training where it is needed.

Upcoming events Nov. 6: Recruit Guelph Career Fair, UC Courtyard, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 7: • Random Acts of Kindness Day, Raithby House, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Life Choice - Silent No More, allowing informed decisions for women in crisis pregnancy. 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in MCKN 116.

Nov. 11: Remembrance Day. Nov. 12: Imaginus Poster Sale, UC Courtyard, two days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Triple Header at DSTRCT on Halloween weekend Upstairs venue hosts musical performances CONNOR ARSENAULT On Saturday, Nov. 1, Pinball Sessions and Eleven hosted a lively Halloween show at DSTRCT. The venue was decked out with all sorts of Halloween decorations, and masked individuals made their way through the audience, some even up onto the stage. Up first was First Base, hailing from Toronto. They played a punk-oriented set, with lots of grimy power chords and songs that were short and sweet.

At this point in the show, what the crowd lacked in size was made up for in spirit. There weren’t many people around, but you could tell they were really enjoying the music. Between songs, there were requests shouted left, right, and center. Classic guitar riffs reminiscent of The Ramones, and steady, heavy drum beats, were enough to get everybody in the crowd rocking out to the music.

After an action-packed set about 10 songs in length, the band took to the crowd, replaced on stage

by Wicked Witches, also from

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DSTRCT hosted three punk bands to celebrate the Halloween weekend. Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs turned up to eleven with a high energy set.

Toronto. This band was made up of many instrumentalists, including a tenor saxophonist, whose smooth riffs perfectly complimented the rest of the band.

The musicians had superhip, rustic-looking instruments that delivered sounds as beautiful as you would expect from instruments of their nature. The

band had great stage presence and, towards the end of their set, a few band members started changing instruments as the keyboard came into focus. The lead guitarist, who doubled as the group’s singer, had a wide vocal range and was a capable player.

Their spooky, psychedelic music perfectly suited the Halloween

decorations on the walls and ceilings of the venue. The place was grooving to the music, although their set seemed to end all too soon.

After an energy-filled performance with solid contributions from all band members, Wicked Witches stepped down to make way for the third band of the

evening, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs. Originally from Kitchener-Waterloo, but more recently based out of Toronto, this band had matching jackets, and they worked well together – as to be expected from a bunch of guys with matching jackets.

Just like First Base, they played a punk show to a lively crowd. The sheer amount of beards and tattoos on stage leant the group its appeal, as they played music that any sailor, biker, or punk-rocker could appreciate.

Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs were energetic, and even had the gusto to play the oft-dreaded “10 minute song.” In their case, it worked out well, and the crowd did not fall out of step one bit during the performance.

They played a number of crowd favourites, and at one point the stage was swarmed by fans who belted into the microphones right alongside “the lungs.”

The show put on by these three bands was enjoyable for everyone in attendance. There was a great deal of camaraderie between bands, and the crowd was as involved in the music as can be.

DSTRCT, in collaboration with Pinball Sessions and Eleven, has done it again, and hosted a show that those of us in the crowd will not soon forget.

Talking Zavitz Equal Parts of Unequal WILL WELLINGTON This week, Zavitz Gallery features “Equal Parts of Unequal,” an exhibition of sculptures and paintings by Maegan R. Mehler. It opened on Nov. 3, and runs until Nov. 7. I wandered through the gallery with Kush Patel, a first-year Biomedical Science major, talking about the work. This is a selection from our conversation: Kush: I’m searching for these themes, and I feel like they are reoccurring.

Will: So the titular themes are “equality” and “inequality.” And maybe “parts.”

Kush: For some reason, I feel like this part that has been cut off is the same as this. Everything seems to fit together.

Will: It looks like it should fit together, but it doesn’t fit

together. And there’s this pineapple up here. Any thoughts about the pineapple?

Kush: A dark pineapple. A black pineapple. It almost seems like this clear blue sky is trying to engulf this darkness, and keep it away and let us have a bright day. In order for nature to be balanced, there must be both a disastrous side and a calm side, and that keeps everything in balance, and it’s all about balance.

Will: So there’s something going on in this show with balance, then. Balance of colours, balance of shapes, balance of design.

Kush: This piece made me think of our Earth and our star, the sun.

And now it stands out because the other sculptures are really irregularly shaped, while this one is a perfect semi-circle and a perfect circle.

Will: And then this portrait is totally out of sync as well. There’s nothing else that’s representational in that way.

Kush: I’m just trying to see anything that’s related to symmetry.

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Maegan R. Mehler’s Zavitz exhibit, Equal Parts of Unequal, is a work preoccupied with subtle alterations of symmetry, balance, and wholeness.

Our faces and our bodies are symWill: The dark and the light. calming. You’d love to see ocean metrical, of course, in terms of Kush: Again, I’m thinking water that colour when you go to proportion. And it seems like the about the balance of the dark and an exotic beach. And then it gets lighting is coming from this side, bright sides of nature. When I darker, and then really dark navy so this side of the face is brighter look at these, they look like yoga blue, which almost seems like a than that side, which might make mats—maybe they are. But this is stormy ocean. it unequal in terms of the balance. more like a baby blue, it’s more

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Silence screens classic German silent horror flick VOC Harmonic performs live scoring of 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ADRIEN POTVIN Horror cinema has had a fascinating history, packed with political, social, and artistic facets that are intrinsic to reading the horror movie form itself. Early films like Nosferatu, The Man Who Laughs, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, are known for their abstractions from early cinema forms and conventions. As many silent films and early sound films felt simply like stage plays set to a camera,

a handful of horror pictures from the early 20th century truly felt like films proper, with a film grammar established that only a camera can translate in full.

Robert Weine’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, released in 1920, is one such film, and on Saturday, Nov. 1, a full house at the Silence venue was treated to the proper way to view a silent film. The Kitchener-based VOC Silent Film Harmonic performed a mostly improvised score for the film; a score that integrated contemporary classical and atmospheric jazz forms to set the tone perfectly for the film’s themes.

The film, which Roger Ebert called “the first true horror film,” uses a frame narrative, one of the first of its kind in cinema. The main character, Francis (Friedrich Fehér), recounts his story to an old man, and the film’s narrative is told through this recounting.

When Francis and his friend

Alan (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski) are competing for the affection of the lovely Jane (Lil Dagover), they accompany her to a fair, where they meet the strange and compelling Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). Caligari has a “somnambulist” named Cesare (Conrad Veidt) stowed away in a cabinet. Cesare, in his perpetual sleeping state, knows every secret and can tell any future. When Alan asks, “When will I die?”

Cesare replies that he shall die at dawn, and here is where the film really picks up.

Alan is murdered as part of a string of mysterious killings with identical circumstances, and Francis and Jane follow up by investigating the mysterious Caligari. Caligari orders Cesare to murder Jane, but fails and collapses from exhaustion, subsequently dying. Upon further investigation of Caligari, Francis and the police discover that he is

not exactly who he claims to be, and this leads to one of cinema’s first twist endings – Caligari is actually the director of the asylum that is being investigated.

And, in turn, the entire ordeal took place in Francis’ mind, and he is institutionalized at the end of the film.

“...the first true horror film...”

-Roger Ebert The VOC Silent Film Harmonic, the six-piece group from Kitchener-Waterloo, did an absolutely sublime job scoring the film’s music. Laying back when the narrative lays back, and picking it back up when the film does, the

group, led by bassist Ted Harms, improvised on roughly-sketched visual themes from the film.

Gentle guitar flourishes, played in tandem by Michael Mucci and David Hunsberger, perfectly complimented the creepy harmonium/synth tones played by Neil Ballantyne and the eerie reeds of Wade Whittaker. Drummer Bradford Nowak kept the whole thing together with subtle, artful drumming that was never too sparse or too overbearing.

Traditionally, silent films were screened almost exactly like this.

Without a simultaneous audio track to be synced to the images on screen, movie theatres would often gather a small harmonic of musicians to play arranged or improvised music for the audience. With this in mind, Silence and the VOC presented a silent cinema experience as authentic as can be, and just in time for Halloween, to boot.

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American Horror Story has garnered many positive and negative reviews throughout its three previous seasons. Produced by FX, the show has been known for its chilling, gruesome plot lines, and its refreshing storytelling within the horror genre.

The fourth installment of the show, titled “Freak Show,” is centered on a small group of people in one of the last remaining freak shows in America. Set in the town of Jupiter, Florida in 1952, the rustic, charming setting of the show is permeated by evocations of horror and bewilderment.

As if clowns weren’t scary enough, one of the most memorable scenes from the première focuses on a tormented clown on a killing spree within the town.

The show does a phenomenal job in weaving the narratives of each individual character- including their complex backstories and personalities – which is indicative of the skillful ability of show creators

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

Although the season has many characters who feature prominently in each episode, the main protagonists are Bette and Dot Tattler (played by Sarah Paulson), who are conjoined twins. They share thoughts, organs and one body, but have two heads on their shoulders. Alongside the brilliant special effects required to realistically film a person with two heads, the complex and visually stunning cinematography only emphasizes the show’s sublime production.

After the Tattler sisters have gained attention, they become a huge attraction and commodityspecifically for Elsa Mars (played

by Jessica Lange), who runs and operates the struggling freak show.

Lange’s character is brilliantly portrayed, showing signs of obsessive vanity, an undying quest for stardom, and a German accent. The relationship dynamic between Mars and the conjoined twins becomes a materialist one, signalling the underlying themes of human value and treating humans as commodities.

Perhaps what is most intriguing about the show is the delineated storylines between seasons. For the American Horror Story series, each season tells an entirely different story. Often taking place in unique and historically rich time-periods, the landscapes and

refreshing cultural images allow for a breadth of masterful storytelling. Furthermore, a lot of the same actors have been used throughout all four seasons of the show. This allows for an actor to showcase their talents, portraying a wide variety of characters, each with deeply developed personalities and complexities.

This current season looks very promising, and, so far, has delivered on its previous successes.

Showcasing elaborate sets, creepy make-up and special effects, as well as a few musical numbers, American Horror Story is consistently proving that the show is a must-watch.

If the horror genre is not your ideal kind of entertainment, this show is worth watching solely due to its complex character development and the interpersonal storytelling that projects themes of stardom, vanity, comradery, and jealousy.

While a majority of the characters introduced in the beginning of the show have been crucial towards the ongoing storyline, there are a few guest appearances that add further intrigue to this new season. Specifically, it has been confirmed that Neil Patrick Harris will feature in the final two episodes of the season – yet another reason to watch and follow the complex and enjoyable story telling of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

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Jam space: musing on sound and culture Why do “bad” people make such great art?

ADRIEN POTVIN As consumers of music and art, we seem to get easily disillusioned when our artistic heroes do something reprehensible.

Whether it’s influential Pink Floyd and Beatles producer Phil Spektor shooting his wife in cold blood, jazz visionary Miles Davis’ pre-rehab pimping and heroinpushing career, or film director Alfred Hitchcock’s obsessive, abusive treatment of actresses like Kim Novak and Tippi Hedren, we have a difficult time listening to their music or viewing their art the same way when it’s made clear that certain artists aren’t people we’d like to hang out with.

“...Hitchcock clearly had some deeplyrooted issues with women...”

In the wake of Jian-Gate, I felt it appropriate to make this month’s edition of Jam Space about some

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This month’s Jam Space focuses on artist’s personal lives, and what is lost or gained from distancing them from their work. reputedly “unsavoury” people, and how the much publicized errs in their personal lives dictate the reception of the art they make.

Now, I’m not ready to strictly defend or condemn the people I’m about to discuss. That would take much more room than I’m allotted here, and I’m certainly no lawyer. This article simply aims to consider why we should or shouldn’t separate a creator from their creation, as well as what kind of dimensions can be gained or lost from doing this.

John Lennon is a prime example. For a person whose music is

so preoccupied with world peace, and with the discourse on his work so preoccupied with this as well, Lennon was admittedly aggressive and domineering for much of his adult life. So, does this detract from the music itself, or the messages in the subtext?

I think more so the latter – the Lennon/McCartney catalogue is, aside from overwhelmingly huge, some of the most influential music ever recorded. Debating that is difficult. However, Lennon’s personal life encourages us to really read into his music’s subtext, especially in his reactionary

Album of the Week: Dr. Dre’s The Chronic

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Dr. Dre’s debut album, The Chronic, was released in 1992 and completely transformed West Coast hip-hop. This album slammed Dre with the reputation of being the pioneer of G-Funk, or Gangsta Funk, a subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged in the early ‘90s. With its compilation of clips of hilarious commentary by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, the album’s cinematic vibe paved the way for the use of comedic voiceovers in rap music. The Chronic was also responsible for introducing Dr. Dre’s discovery, Snoop Dogg, into the rap world. With hits like “Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang,” which arguably defined the G-Funk sound, The Chronic is still one of the greatest rap albums of all time.

hipster phase before his death.

Did he, in truly antithetical and opportunistic fashion, just put money in the bank from promoting “peace?” Or did he really take himself to be some kind of conflicted global saviour? Either way, the man battered every woman he was involved with, and often found himself at odds with the darker side of his nature. Just listen closely to the lyrics in “Run For Your Life” or “Don’t Let Me Down,” and this darker side seems to speak for itself.

I mentioned Hitchcock, one of the most indisputably important

filmmakers of the 20th century.

Vertigo and Rear Window established a film grammar of interior psychology never seen in North American cinema before, and his films changed the game forever.

But Hitchcock’s artistic practice took him to some twisted places – like launching live birds at Tippi Hedren while filming The Birds, and giving loads of unwanted attention to both Grace Kelly and Kim Novak. Ask anybody he worked with – he wasn’t really concerned with artistic and personal boundaries.

In a case like this, we can take Hitchcock’s actions off-screen to read further into the narratives he weaves for the screen. There’s a reason there’s hardly any strongwilled, independent women in Hitchcock’s movies – Hitchcock clearly had some deeply-rooted issues with women, and, again, a close reading of Psycho seems to affirm this more clearly than I could in this given space.

Saying “everybody is flawed” does not absolve these people of their wrongdoings. In fact, it does the opposite – it probes us, as consumers of culture, to consider the motivations of the final product the creators create and, furthermore, to consider how much of the creator is present in the final product. In the cases of Lennon and Hitchcock, two very different artists in very different mediums, perhaps there is more of them in their artwork than we credit them for, in all the wrong ways.

Upcoming events Nov. 6: Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Daniel Cabena and Stephen Runge, MacKinnon room 107 Nov. 6: Military Lecture Series Part I: “The Bridge too Far” at Wellington County Museum and Archives, 7 p.m.

Nov. 7: Run with the Kittens at Jimmy Jazz, 10 p.m. Free show.

Nov. 8: Richard Laviolette with The Weather Station and Baby Eagle at Silence, 8 p.m. $10.

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The Weekly Scene: The Cabin in the Woods 3.5 Artificialscenariosdesigned-formonsters out of 4 SAMEER CHHABRA Horror movies have gone downhill in recent years. Perhaps this all began with the Saw franchise, or perhaps horror movies were never that compelling to begin with, but horror movies just aren’t what they used to be. Of course, “what they used to be” is violent, spectacularly misogynistic, and insistent on pandering to humanity’s more basic instincts, so maybe there wasn’t much there to begin with.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the biggest fan of horror movies. I get scared easily, so they make me jumpy.

I’m not the biggest fan of blood and

gore, so I avert my eyes for most of the movie, and they’re never really written well, so I don’t get a kick out of writing about them. In all, horror movies just don’t do it for me.

Thriller movies, on the other hand, are what scare me. Circumstances and people are scary, not monsters jumping out from off-screen. The scariest movies are the ones with the darkest characters and the most malicious editing – violence occurring off-screen, leaving me to imagine the horrors that lurk in the depths of the human soul.

I digress, however. The Cabin in the Woods is a horror movie. It has jumpscares and gore, it’s got misogyny and violence, and it’s about a bunch of university students slowly dying for something they each did wrong. There are three male characters – a fool, an athlete, and a scholar – and the only two possible female characters in horror – the “whore,” and the virgin.

They take an RV to spend a weekend at a strange cabin in the woods. They get settled in, they drink, they gallivant,

and eventually, they get picked off oneby-one by a zombie redneck torture family.

There’s a twist here, and I’m going to spoil it. Everything that happens to the students is determined by a group of scientists in a control room. The students have no control over their lives – all they can do is choose how they die. That’s not the twist, this is: The Cabin in the Woods is satire; it’s a parody of the horror genre, and it subverts every possible horror movie cliché imaginable while simultaneously invoking genre staples. It’s not a love letter to horror film fans, it’s a love letter to those who despise everything the horror film genre has become.

In recent years, horror movies have become less thriller and more torture porn. Audiences turn up in droves to watch young, good-looking people gallivant, get naked, and die in spectacularly violent fashion. We’re no longer scared by the simple, and very real, horrors of our world – illness, corruption, prejudice – and so we need a new elixir to whet our palates. What The Cabin in the Woods does is critique

the state of horror movies by suggesting, and creating, alternatives.

This is a movie directed by Drew Goddard, and written by both Goddard and Joss Whedon. For those who don’t know, Goddard and Whedon have history together – they collaborated on both Buffy the Vampie Slayer and Angel. This is a movie crafted carefully by two people who understand film and literature – two people who can recognize the weakness in films in order to impose strength.

Their script is tight and well-paced.

Their characters are recognizable yet fascinating. Their plot is compelling and their thesis is absolutely devoid of any fluff.

“Ask for something new,” Goddard and Whedon seem to beg of their audience. “Ask for something more, and you’ll receive it.”

The Cabin in the Woods is formulaic, both in the horror movie, and satirical, sense. This is not a weakness. The greatest way to prove absurdity is by confining oneself to the rules of a situation. Goddard and Whedon prove how absurd horror movies are by

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executing a masterful horror movie.

This means that characters split up for no reason, they drop weapons that can be used for defence, and they go into the cellar when they obviously shouldn’t. In short, the characters do everything that horror movie characters do, and they suffer because of it.

This is a film that deserves to be studied. It is an exercise in superior film-making, and it is an excellent example of how to create parody. It adheres to the rules of its genre, and, more importantly, does something special with it.

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The Drama Student Confederation hosts The Rocky Horror Picture Show DANIELLE SUBJECT On Thursday, Oct. 30, the Drama Student Federation collaborated with The English Students Society and the Philosophy Society to host a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the University of Guelph. The production was hosted in Lower Massey, which served as the perfect location for an authentic Rocky Horror experience. A makeshift screen created out of white bed sheets displayed the film, and the close-knit atmosphere of Lower Massey contributed to a cozy cinematic experience.

However, it wasn’t the location that made the atmosphere so authentic, but the fans and viewers that poured into the room to share in the experience. A giant line queued outside of the doors of Lower Massey before the event even

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U of G students were treated to a proper screening of the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with sing-alongs, props, and projectile bread. began, and as soon as the doors were opened, students piled in, and caused a rush that had people scavenging for available seats.

Most of the audience members were dressed in drag costumes to commemorate the cult classic film. Bread was distributed to throw at the screen, along with noisemakers, rice, decks of cards, party hats, and newspapers.

Productions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show are known for requiring interaction between the audience and the film, and for providing cues for the audience to react to the film’s

characters. The audience in Lower Massey did not neglect these cues, and participated in talking back to various characters throughout the film and using props at appropriate moments.

Students also sang along to every word of every song throughout the movie, including the famous “Time Warp,” which inevitably united the entire room together with a dance routine. Overall, the night was a success, filled with nostalgia and laughter that can only be recreated when people are brought together by their shared love for a classic film.

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The St. Francis Xavier X-Women took home their fourth Monilex Trophy after defeating the McMaster Marauders 43-34 in the CIS women’s rugby final on Nov. 2 at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium. The Guelph Gryphons, the host of the championship tournament, placed fifth.

St. Francis Xavier X-Women rugby captures CIS championship Tournament host Guelph Gryphons finish fifth nationally STEPHANIE CORATTI The St. Francis Xavier X-Women’s rugby defeated the McMaster Marauders 43-34 on Nov. 2 to claim their fourth Monilex Trophy as women’s rugby CIS champions at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium. The gold medal match-up was the highest-scoring CIS women’s rugby final in history, overtaking the previous record of 44 set in 2003 when

Alberta downed Western 38-6.

The gold medal contest was either team’s game in the first half, however, the X-Women took a 24-19 lead heading into the second half and never looked back. St. Francis would add another three tries – two of them converted – to solidify the 43-34 gold medal triumph.

St. Francis’ Sabrina McDaid, a native of Scarborough, Ontario, was named player of the game, along with McMaster’s Saffara Whiteley-Hoffelner from Richmond Hill, Ontario.

The X-Women, 17-time Atlanta University Sport (AUS) conference champions, advanced to 4-3 in CIS gold-medal games, with previous victories coming in 2006, 2010, and 2012. The

2014 CIS champions were perfect in three contests at the national tournament hosted by the University of Guelph. The X-Women downed Alberta 41-17 on Oct. 31, followed by a close 27-24 win over the Western Mustangs on Nov. 1.

The McMaster Marauders earned silver honours, while the Western Mustangs took home the bronze medal after defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 17-5 on Nov. 2.

The Guelph Gryphons, playing on home soil, finished fifth in the country with a 25-8 victory over Alberta. The tournament host was defeated by the Marauders 15-13 in their first contest during Pool B play on Oct. 30, followed by a 21-15 loss to the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Oct. 31, eliminating the Gryphons from medal contention.

Emma Taylor of St. Francis was awarded tournament MVP after recording two tries in the X-Women’s championship victory, and her second career CIS final. The fifth-year ended the tournament with a high of seven tries, including one gamewinning try in the final seconds against Western on Nov. 1.

The Guelph Gryphons roster featured two tournament AllStars in Shannon Spurrell and Devon Stober, while St. Francis and Western added three AllStars. The silver-medalists in McMaster had four, with Alberta also adding two players to the All-Star roster. Ottawa’s Allison MacCormack was the sole representative for the Gee-Gees.

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Devon Stober, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, was one of two Gryphons to be named to the CIS Rugby tournament All-Star roster.

Study finds link between sleep and healthy living New research explores role of sleep in protein repair LAURA CASTELLANI In a culture of over-extended students and ever-expanding to-do lists, it is no wonder that a full night’s rest has no place among the end-of-semester priorities. Still, new research exploring the role of rest in protein repair might encourage students to abandon cold cubicles and

oversized coffees once-and-for-all.

Of course, the decision to forego sleep is not unfounded. Forbes magazine, faithful watchdogs for the up-and-coming, suggest the leaders of today have already boasted a full day’s activities before 8 a.m. Guelph’s own former President Summerlee was rumored to have required merely a few hours of sleep each night, not unlike the cohort of successful musicians, politicians, and artists who lay claim to similar, unconventional sleep habits. And of course, who can forget that wise bit about the early bird and his coveted worm.

Still, though science has previously struggled to identify the role for sleep, recent research has outlined

a pertinent role for restful moments in repairing and replacing damaged proteins.

In particular, researchers have focused on the ability stressful and damaging environments on activating a sleep-like state in C. elegans, which in turn is connected with signals for protein repair.

It was found that intense heat, and the associated cellular damage, activated the ALA neuron, a nerve cell responsible for relaying sensory and mechanical information within a particular area of the brain.

In response to the heat damage, the activated ALA neuron releases signaling proteins, FLP-13-encoded-neuropeptides. Together, this

signaling cascade initiates a sleepstate in the C. elegan, characterized by both decreased locomotion and feeding.

In addition to heat stress, other environmental stressors causing cellular damage, such as severe cold and toxin exposure, activated the ALA neuron, and promoted the sleep-state suggesting a role for this restful phase in facilitating cellular recovery from stress.

Following heat stress, cells are capable of clearing damaged proteins using heat-shock proteins.

Researchers found that the ability to induce sleep following stress and cellular damage promoted recovery by heat-shock proteins. When the

ALA neuron was mutated, and the sleep state could not be entered, heat-shock proteins remained active longer, suggesting a more robust cleanup effort. Similarly, when restful states were entered more frequently, the heat-shock protein response was quicker, suggesting a more efficient clean up of damaged proteins under sleep-like conditions.

While further research is needed to tease apart the roles of sleep in maintaining health and wellbeing, the researchers are optimistic that the role of rest in protein repair is only the beginning of a larger understanding of the benefits of sleep.

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Mental health and wellness The importance of being aware EMILY JONES

This week, The Ontarion staff decided it was of utmost importance to dedicate our centre spread to the topic of mental health awareness. It is true that every one of us will encounter mental health issues at some point in our lives - whether it is personally, or through the connections we have. The topic of mental health is one that is often looked over and prejudged. It is our hope that by pursuing regular discussion of different mental health and wellness topics that we will be a part of changing and further erasing the stigma that is associated with mental health issues.

Mental health and wellness is something that affects every individual at some point in their lives, and the years that are spent as a student in university can be some of the most challenging – mentally, emotionally, and physically. By speaking up about mental health awareness, we are encouraging support in a multitude of forms, while also recognizing that no one is alone when suffering from mental health issues, even though at times it may feel that way.

Being in university, you are expected to have it all together – the pressure may be put on by outsiders, or by yourself. It’s a pretty overwhelming time in life, and finding a balance is not something that comes easily for everyone.

Finding a balance takes a lot of dedication, and planning – this planning takes time, which isn’t something many university students feel they have.

The end result, however, is so much better than dealing with the stress that can come from feeling overwhelmed.

In an article written earlier this year, I wrote about finding a balance in life between three elements that work towards personal mental wellness – I think it is time to revisit some of these ideas, as they can really help make life be more enjoyable. The three elements are productivity, leisure, and selfcare; by understanding these three basic elements, you will be able to work towards living a more mentally sustainable life. People who are recovering from mental illnesses use this structural method; it is used to enable positive lifestyle changes by use of mindful and strategic tactics.

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of Canadians are affected by mental health, directly or through a loved one.

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of those who have suffered from depression or anxiety have never gone to see a doctor.

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Let’s take a minute to understand what each of these three elements are: PRODUCTIVITY consists of things we have to do. Some examples of productivity could be: going to school or work, volunteering, daily household chores, or care giving – all of these things leave us with a sense of accomplishment. Productivity is filled with some of the most important components of our lives, but when it takes over too much of our time, it can lead to becoming burnt out. This is something extremely important to keep in mind for everyone– specifically for students, as finals will be soon approaching.

Your schoolwork is important, but so is your mental health!

Nov. 10: • Community Art Project – this event will be held in the MacNaughton lobby from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Exercise is Medicine Boot Camp – this event will be held in Peter Clark Hall – 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Nov. 11: • Stress Free Zone Board – this event will be held in the UC from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LEISURE involves the things we want to do. Some examples of leisure may be: playing sports or games, making crafts, painting, traveling, playing or listening to music, acting, dancing, or going to the theatre. Leisure can be a hard topic to define, considering it means something different to each person. Leisurely activities are all about the intention behind the motive of doing the things you love. Although it may sometimes seem like there is not enough time in a day for leisurely activities, it is crucial to make time to enjoy life outside of things that have to get done, or that we need to do.

• Noon-hour concert – dedicated to Mental Health Awareness – this event will be held in the UC courtyard from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

SELF-CARE entails the things we need to do. Some examples of self-care are: good self-hygiene, proper sleeping habits, socializing, relaxing, meditating, eating nutritious foods, drinking enough water, taking vitamins, or medications, and being kind to yourself. Self-care activities are often ones that people will neglect because they don’t feel they have enough time; students will often load up on caffeine and, although their bodies and minds are exhausted, they will attempt to pull an all-nighter to finish an assignment, or to study for an exam. Doing so is not benefiting you in anyway. It’s better to get a good sleep, and eat well, to be properly fueled for a busy day of schoolwork.

Nov. 12: • “Helping a Friend” Workshop – this event will be held in MACK 234 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Ontarion has made it one of this year’s mandates to make room for a weekly mental health and wellness column that discusses different issues that affect the lives of different people. We introduced the column in May of 2014, and has steadily held a voice within our publication. The weekly column was developed to have a rotating authorship since the scope of mental health is so wide, and since perspectives come from so many different places. Anyone who feels a desire to write an article that they believe would help other people feel connected and heard, is welcome to propose an idea for the column to be published in upcoming issues. In next week’s issue, we will be featuring an article that explains the blood-brain barrier, and potential ways to bypass its tight security – which is a recent scientific development that utilizes ultrasound waves to help treat mental illness.

Additionally, the University of Guelph has so many services available to students who are struggling through, or dealing with mental illness and mental health issues. This is a movement that will only continue to get stronger, so let’s talk about these issues openly, and become a part of creating great change in society.

Beginning next week, the 1 in 5 committee will be presenting Mental Health Awareness Week. The committee is based out of The Wellness Education Centre – they are working with multiple on-campus groups to provide a dynamic week that is dedicated to promoting mental health awareness, and management of personal wellbeing.

Nov. 14: • Men’s’ hockey game – Guelph VS. Nipissing – 7:30 p.m. start time.

• Stress Management Workshop – this event will be held in UC 441 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

• “Stretch Your Mind” Yoga – this event will be held in the Range Room at the Athletic Centre from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Zumba – this event will be held in South Residence Eccles from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Nov. 13: • Let’s Talk Mental Health Panel – this event will be held in RICH 2520 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS

The Wellness Education Centre - The Wellness Education Centre is a resource that provides information on alcohol consumption, body image, eating disorders, drugs, smoking, human rights, LGBTQ issues, mental health, sexual health, physical health, nutrition and spirituality.

Student Support Network - The Student Support Network is an after hours confidential, non-judgmental listening and support service program that is offered by Counseling Services which is managed by a professional and delivered by a team of dedicated students that receive extensive training.

Counseling Services - Counselling Services offer individual counselling sessions to help students who are struggling with personal issues that are having an effect on their livelihood and their ability to do well at school.

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Storm split Eastern Conference match-ups

OHL debut, recorded his first OHL point with an assist on the go-ahead goal.

Storm defenseman Garrett McFadden would be called for interference at 12:49 of the first, followed by Dickinson getting two in the box for a check-frombehind nine seconds later, to give the Colts a 5-on-3 advantage of their own. The Colts capitalized with Kevin Labanc putting one past Nichols, tying the game up at one.

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Justin Nichols was remarkable between the pipes for the Storm in both their 3-2 shootout win, turning away 29 of 31 shots in Barrie in Nov. 1, and again the following afternoon on Nov. 2 with 36 stops in the team’s 3-2 loss to the Ottawa 67’s.

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Guelph now 8-5-0-1 after weekend win and loss STEPHANIE CORATTI The Guelph Storm had some less-than-familiar opponents in back-to-back Eastern Conference match-ups against the Barrie Colts and the Ottawa 67’s.

On Nov. 1, the Storm travelled to Barrie to face-off against the former team of 2014 NHL first round selection, Aaron Ekblad.

Guelph’s Robby Fabbri would score the game winner in the shootout, while goaltender Justin Nichols was perfect on three Barrie attempts to take home the 3-2 victory.

The first 20 minutes of the game featured a total of 24 penaltyminutes, including three 5-on-3 advantages for the Storm. The visiting squad, however, would be unable to capitalize on the power play, scoring the first goal of the contest early in the period at even strength. Pius Suter, reaching a career-high in goals, with ten on the season, would hammer home a rebound off a Jason Dickinson shot to give the Storm a 1-0 lead. Luke Burghardt, making his

“Nichols was rock-solid between the pipes for Guelph once again...”

Both Nichols and Colts’ 16-year-old netminder, Ruan Badenhorst – playing in his first OHL game – would be the story for most of the second period until the 18:27 mark.

Tyler Bertuzzi would be given a five-minute major, and a game misconduct, after a hit on C.J. Garcia of Barrie. Garcia, who needed assistance off the ice after the play, returned to the bench at the start of the third period.

15 seconds into the power play would be all the Colts needed to take advantage, as Andrew Mangiapane put the home team up 2-1.

Marc Stevens, with his first on the season, would even up the score for the Storm in the third period, a goal that would force overtime, and, eventually, a shootout.

Fabbri was the lone scorer in the shootout, pocketing a nifty backhand-forehand game-winning goal.

Nichols was rock-solid between the pipes for Guelph once again, turning away 29 shots on the game. Rookie Badenhurst put forth a remarkable performance in the crease as well, stopping 38 of 40 shots including 21 of 22 faced in the first period alone.

The following afternoon in Guelph provided a similar storyline with a different – and disappointing – ending. On Nov.

2, the visiting Ottawa 67’s would steal a 3-2 win in the final minute of the third period to hand the Storm their fifth regulation loss of the season.

Just five minutes into the game, Dickinson would capitalize for the 1-0 lead off a rush with Suter and Burghardt. The assist recorded by Burghardt would be his second in two career-OHL games, and his first at home at the Sleeman Centre.

The first period, however, provided the foundation for an obvious goalie battle early on, with both teams reaching double digits in shots. Nichols and 67’s goaltender, Liam Herbst, faced a combined 24 shots in the first frame.

Ottawa came out flying in the second period, getting results from their offensive pressure at the hands of Ben Fanjoy who put a wrist shot past Nichols to tie the game.

“Ottawa came out flying in the second period, getting results from their offensive pressure...”

With 2:16 remaining in the second, the 67’s took the 2-1 lead as the OHL’s 4th leading goal scorer, Dante Salituro, beat Nichols’ glove hand.

The Storm would tie the game up at two in the final 20 minutes with Suter netting the goal.

Dickinson and Fabbri recorded the assists.

Looking as though the Storm were headed for their second overtime in two games, the 67’s would capitalize with just 41 seconds remaining on the clock.

Ottawa’s Ben Fanjoy capitalized from the hash marks, pocketing his second of the game to steal the 3-2 win.

The loss snapped an eight game win streak for the Storm versus the 67’s, and saw their season record drop to 8-5-0-1.

Guelph heads to London on Nov. 6 to face off against the Knights.

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Gryphons Revealed: Ross Proudfoot Cross country runner named CIS Athlete of the Week after claiming individual title STEPHANIE CORATTI Ross Proudfoot was named CIS Athlete of the Week after outracing 92 competitors to win the 10-kilometre race by 11 seconds with a time of 30:15:00 in Kingston on Oct. 25.

Proudfoot was awarded OUA First Team All-Star honours, named OUA MVP, and OUA Athlete of the Week.

The fifth-year human kinetics student is looking to win his first CIS individual title on Nov. 8 in St. John’s.

Proudfoot took the time to talk about initially getting into the sport of cross country, his time spent as a Gryphon, and what’s ahead.

Stephanie Coratti: How long have you been a Cross Country athlete?

Ross Proudfoot: In high school is kind of where I would have started training, so the first time I ran club as a sport outside of school would’ve been grade ten cross country. But I had been running it, like, in grade five when you got those days off school. I’ve been running cross for a while.

S.C.: Was there anything specific that attracted you to the sport?

R.P.: In elementary school, getting a day off was cool (laughs). I think basically, I was an overall athlete as a kid, so me and my friends kind of decided to go for it, because it seemed like something completely athletic. Basically, just knowing I was good at working hard and aerobically and other sports, I just thought this would be something that I would be good at.

S.C.: What’s the best thing about being a member of the Gryphons’ Cross Country team?

R.P.: The Gryphons’ Cross Country team specifically has to be

Writing Tune-up: Grammar Part 5 Going Beyond Basic Grammar Attend this session to learn about some of the writing errors that affect clarity, meaning, and tone.

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winning. We have really cool experiences because we finish so well, and we get to train every day against the top guys. Getting to go to Wisconsin this year to compete against NCAA Division 1 teams and stuff, too. You wouldn’t get the chance to do that anywhere else. That is definitely the top thing for competing with Guelph.

S.C.: Is there anything that’s challenging?

R.P.: We have a really high standard so to even be on the team or make the travel squad is kind of hard. You have to show up every day and train the hardest in the CIS, as well as you’re always going head-tohead with the other competitors.

When we go to practice, you know you have to beat the guys around you to win and everyone has similar goals, so just managing inner-squad competitiveness and then obviously working our ass off every day are kind of the hard points for Guelph specifically.

S.C.: Who has been your biggest influence to date, if anyone?

R.P.: Ultimately just the coaching

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staff that got me involved and influenced me to keep going […] My support system – family, friends – people that just supported me running at a university level, and then my high school club coach in helping me get to where I’m at to make Guelph’s team.

S.C.: You’re heading to St. John’s to go after your first individual CIS title. Is there any extra pressure there?

R.P.: I’ve gone into CIS a bunch where it’s just another race, and I’ve been in the mix since about second year for possibly winning an individual title, so I’ve always had that experience. But I think this year is a little bit special it being my fifth year and I still haven’t won Cross Country individually for CIS. So, it’s definitely my last shot. I think I’m going to head into it with a little bit of a different mindset, and really try to focus on getting it done this year, and making sure it’s the biggest race of my collegiate career yet.

S.C.: Any additional goals and aspirations?

R.P.: This year is the Pan Am

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and World Champs year. I run the 1500 here in the summer for track so it’s a bit of a distance change, but I’m gonna be in Guelph the next year and a half and doing summer seasons up until 2016 to try to qualify for [the Olympics in Rio], so this year immediately would be the Pan American championships in Toronto, and then the World Championships in Beijing, China.

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When a winter storm hits and you need to know if the University is open before setting off for school or work, the best information sources are the local media and U of G’s website. If the president decides to close the University because of bad weather or an emergency before normal working hours, every effort will be made to communicate that decision by 7 a.m. The campus switchboard will also have a recorded message.

For more information, see Guelph’s hazardous weather policy at www.uoguelph.ca/hr/hrmanual/512.htm

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SPORTS & HEALTH

Top Ten: World Series storylines CONNOR HEWSON

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Paul Rudd, Royals most famous fan

10. Paul Rudd Most MLB teams boast at least one celebrity fan, however, you’d be hard pressed to find

one more affable and charming than Kansas City Royals fan Paul Rudd. Whether leading a rousing seventh-inning stretch, or inviting fans to a celebratory “kegger” at his mother’s house in a post-game interview, the K.C. native was a notable figure during the World Series, whose presence brought humour and humility to an already exciting final.

9. Game One (Oct. 21) While it ended in blow-out fashion with a 7-1 victory for the San Francisco Giants, Game One of the World Series marked the first time in 29 years that the Kansas City Royals had played in a World Series game. To put that number in perspective, that same year saw Ronald Reagan sworn in for his second term as U.S President, and the band Wham! dominated the charts with smooth singles like Careless Whisper.

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Series, proving that hard work and determination really do pay off in the end.

5. Madison Bumgarner dominates Game Five (Oct. 26) Bumgarner, the big lefty, utterly dominated the Royals’ offense in Game Five, striking out eight batters for the complete game shutout, lowering his 2014 postseason ERA to a minuscule 0.56.

The win gave the Giants a 3-2 lead on the series.

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8. Game Two (Oct. 22) Those who foresaw a closepitching, low-scoring matchup between teams that finished 12 th and 10th in team ERA respectively during the regular season were wrong, with Game Two being no exception. Tied at two apiece in the bottom of the sixth, Kansas City exploded for six runs in the inning, including a two-run homerun off the bat of second baseman Omar Infante, giving the Royals their first victory in a World Series since 1985.

7. Hunter Pence Perhaps dwarfed by the gargantuan performance of teammate Madison Bumgarner, Giants right fielder Hunter Pence quietly had a monster World Series, batting a collective .444 with one homerun, and five RBIs in seven games. Mixing in some solid defense in right field, Pence was the anchor in the Giants’ offence whose bat seemed to come alive at the right time.

6. Jeremy Guthrie It seems that every World Series needs a Cinderella story. The 2014 World Series had the Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie. Having never pitched in a post-season game in any of his 11 MLB seasons, the 35-year-old Guthrie found himself starting in Game Seven of the World Series. Though his team would lose, and Guthrie would last only 3.1 innings, the Stanford alumni offered one of the nicer stories of the World

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4. Royals win Game Six (Oct. 28) Following their lackluster shutout loss in Game Five, the Royals rebounded in a big way at home in Game Six, crushing the Giants by a score of 10-0 to force the decisive Game Seven. Backed by a sublime performance from 23-year-old pitcher Yordano Ventura, who gave up just four hits in seven scoreless innings, the Royals’ bats went to work against Giants starter Jake Peavy, scoring seven runs in the second inning.

3. “Stuff and things” One of the most memorable World Series moments happened off the field in a press conference following Game Seven. After winning MVP honours, Madison Bumgarner was presented with a brand new Chevrolet Colorado by executive Rikk Wilde, whose bumbling, sweaty speech has since gone viral, and made Wilde something of a minor celebrity. Surely his line of “stuff and things,” used to describe the vehicle’s interior, has potential to be immortalized on a t-shirt.

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Madison Bumgarner, at the mound.

2. Giants win World Series In what was a very fitting end to a great MLB season and an even greater World Series, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game Seven for their third title in only five years. Decided by none other than Madison Bumgarner, who pitched the final five scoreless innings of the game in relief on only two days’ rest for the save, the San Francisco Giants cemented themselves as this millennium’s only true baseball dynasty with the win.

1. Madison Bumgarner No story can even begin to touch what Bumgarner accomplished.

Named Series MVP after going 2-0 and allowing only one run in 21 innings, with a paltry 0.25 ERA to boot, the 25-year-old was a dominating force for the Giants, whose performance has been heralded as one of the greatest in World Series history.

Upcoming events Nov. 6: Decreasing Headaches program, 7:30 p.m. Learn drug-free strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches in this 4 session program. Details at www.selfregulationskills.ca/programs/decreasing-headaches Nov. 7: Men’s Hockey: McGill @ Guelph (7:30 p.m., Gryphon Centre) Nov. 8: -Football: Western @ Guelph OUA Semi-Finals (1 p.m., Alumni Stadium) -Women’s Hockey: Queen’s @ Guelph (2 p.m., Gryphon Centre) -Men’s Volleyball: Ryerson @ Guelph (7 p.m., W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre) Nov. 9: Women’s Hockey: UOIT @ Guelph (2 p.m., Alumni Stadium) Nov. 12: STOP WORRYING workshop, 7 to 9 p.m. by the Stress Management Clinic. Identify the pitfalls that perpetuate worrying, and strategies to address them. Student fee $5. Details at www.selfregulationskills.ca

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Single in your twenties?

Don’t worry, be happy EMILY DERRY It can be easy to forget the perks of being single while you’re constantly fighting off the pressures of society’s idea of being normal, and finding the one to settle down with during your twenties. If you’re feeling left out, or lonely watching your friends getting into long-term relationships, or even getting married, don’t forget that you’re in an equally good and unique situation.

Time flies, and being young only happens once. You will spend the rest of your life with even bigger responsibilities than the ones you have now, so if you are single, enjoy every minute of it.

Take the time to travel. This is

huge. Travelling opens up a ton of new doors and you learn a million things. You get the chance to talk to amazing people and forge lifelong friendships, and you meet parts of yourself you never knew existed.

You could potentially find a country you fall in love with and eventually settle down in, or find a new career path; the opportunities are endless.

Focus on you. When you have the time to focus on yourself, soak it right up. You will never regret taking an extra course, going to the gym, or just being you without having to compromise. This is an excellent chance to reflect, improve, and get to know yourself a little bit better.

Enjoy your freedom. Yes, freedom can mean going on a bunch of dates, but it’s so much more than that. You can take a job in any city (or a country you’ve travelled to), you can decorate your place

LIFE any way you want to, and you can see your friends and family anytime you want. You can literally do anything you want to without having to consider someone else’s schedule.

Be carefree financially. This may be the last time in your life that you can truly go on a shopping spree without having to answer to someone else about spending too much money. Go ahead and go on a road trip, or buy those gorgeous shoes or that gaming system, no one is stopping you!

Expand your social circle. Now is the perfect time to put yourself out there and meet as many people as you can. You don’t have anyone to question you handing out your phone number to people you meet on a night out, so go for it. Join groups, or go out with friends you don’t see that often, and meet their friends. Put your best social skills

on display, and you’ll have new friends in no time.

You don’t have to share a bed.

This might not seem like a big one, and I know cuddling can be nice, but what is better than stretching out and having the entire bed for yourself? You don’t have to deal with snoring, blanket hogs, or sideways sleepers. You will have some of the most comfortable, uninterrupted sleeps, and wake up on the right side of the bed every morning.

If you decide to benefit from your single status, even if you aren’t initially thrilled with it, you will have so many stories to tell at the end of it all. As jealous as you may feel of your love-stricken friends at times, they feel just as jealous of you when they are itching for a little bit of your freedom. Do as much as you can with your singlehood and enjoy every minute of it.

After all, it won’t last forever!

The Fashion Weekly Fashion world mourns loss of iconic designer Oscar de la Renta DIANA KURZEJA Oscar de la Renta, who passed away on Oct. 20 at the age of 82 will be set to rest at a private funeral in New York City.

De la Renta passed away surrounded by his family and friends at his home in Connecticut due to complications from cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2006. The renowned designer left behind his wife Annette, and his adopted son Moises, who is a designer at his label.

The designer was known for dressing Hollywood stars, wealthy socialites, and even American first ladies. De la Renta has been a favourite of First Ladies ranging from Jackie Kennedy, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, to the most recent, Michelle Obama.

During his career, the Dominican Republic-born designer made a name for himself with his classic sophisticated suits with fitted jackets, extravagant dresses in flowered prints, and embellished evening gowns. He was a favourite among many actresses such as: Jennifer Lawrence, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cameron Diaz and Audrey Hepburn just to name a few. The well known names who showed off de la Renta’s gowns on the red carpet for

over 40 years, received attention by fashion critics and viewers from all over the globe.

One of the last of the designer’s projects was the creation of Amal Clooney’s wedding dress, who married George Clooney on Sept. 27. Amal Clooney, who was pictured in a Vogue photo shoot alongside de la Renta told Vogue, “George and I wanted a wedding that was romantic and elegant, and I can’t imagine anyone more able than Oscar to capture this mood in a dress. Meeting him made the design process all the more magical, as he is so warm and such a gentleman.”

It’s to no one’s surprise that Oscar de la Renta has been viewed with such appreciation and admiration, as he has perfected the style of breathtaking, intricate gowns that show off the silhouette of a woman with elegance and class. De la Renta has dazzled the fashion industry with gowns that flatter women in all the right places, and accentuate the feminine aesthetic. The designer was never one to shy away from rich colours, exquisite embroideries, and voluminous, draping shapes. His appreciation and love of the female figure has made him one of the most sought after designers, being most famously quoted saying, “The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.”

Oscar de la Renta was born in 1932 in the Dominican Republic, and moved to Madrid at the young age of 18 to study painting. He was first mentored by the well known Cristobal Balenciaga during his apprenticeship, before moving to Paris where his career truly began. De la Renta worked for Arden

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One of the fashion world’s most celebrated designers, Oscar de la Renta, passed away on Oct. 20 after a long battle with cancer. for two years, and then began working with Jane Derby in 1965, where he launched his own label. De la Renta is also known for designing haute couture for 10 years at Balmain, which has attracted the likes of fashion icons Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

In 2006, Oscar de la Renta expanded his creations through to bridal wear, something he is very well known for today.

De La Renta was not one to let his illness affect his outlook on life, and when asked about his cancer battle last June, he replied by saying, “Right now, I am totally clean. The only

realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.”

Oscar de la Renta was a master craftsman and legendary designer who was able to do what many designers could only dream of. The iconic fashion designer has shaped the wardrobes of many over his career, and has left a footprint in the fashion industry that will model future designs for centuries to come.

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On this day...

Date: November 7th 2012 ALEXANDRA GRANT On this day with SHAC, Maryland, Maine and Washington approved gay marriage. This milestone marked the first time that marriage rights had been extended to same-sex couples due to popular vote. At the time, though six states had passed new legislation on the marriage rights of same-sex couples, in more than 30 states, voters were still passing constitutional bans on the same rights and legislation. Many, including pro-gay marriage rights group The Four’s leader, Brian Ellner, were proud of the American people for showing their support of fairness and equality at the ballot box. As well as being a historical moment in the ballot sense, it also marked Barack Obama as the first American President to openly support gay marriage in his campaign.

In Maryland, the measure passed 52 per cent to 48 per cent.

In Maine, voters supported the proposal 53 per cent to 47 per cent, with 75 per cent of precincts reporting. And in Washington, a gay marriage measure was approved 52 per cent to 48 per cent. In Minnesota at this time, a vote that would define marriage as a strictly heterosexual union was voted down, 48 per cent to 52 per cent. Before this date in 2012, the idea that same-sex couples would be able to get married and be included in the rights that heterosexual unions already had was a long fought-for dream.

However, with the successful completion of the first popular vote to pass same-sex marriage, the beginning of a new trend in marriage laws and definitions emerged, and paved the way for the equality that is seen on this present day.

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LIFE

Science Avenue: ADHD

A misunderstood illness in a world of misunderstood illnesses SAMEER CHHABRA

What is ADHD? There are children in classrooms across the world who are unable to concentrate, get bored easily, find it difficult to focus on a given task, often lose things, fail to hand in homework or assignments regularly, and cannot sit still for prolonged periods of time.

For most people, these are symptoms of a pervasive weakness in our educational systems; students are under-stimulated, teachers are disinterested, and classrooms have become places where education fails to thrive, leaving ill-equipped and educationally malnourished students in their wake.

For a segment of the population – roughly one to seven per cent – these are not symptoms of failing educational standards, but of a neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder known as ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a complicated learning and developmental disorder.

Saying that ADHD is complicated, however, is an understatement of cosmic proportions.

How does ADHD Work?

Modern medicine is still not certain as to what causes ADHD, but we are aware of three trait qualities that represent symptoms of the illness: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Furthermore, we know that ADHD is three times more common in boys than in girls, that 30 to 50 per cent of those diagnosed in childhood carry the symptoms into adulthood, and that it is notoriously difficult to precisely diagnose ADHD because of its similarities to other similar disorders.

ADD, for example, is attention deficit disorder. It is diagnosed in patients who have trouble focusing, are unable to pay attention, often lose things, and who are easily distracted.

It differs from ADHD through the simple fact that those diagnosed with ADD do not experience high normal activity. In short, those with ADD are not “hyperactive.” However, ADD is not a standalone illness.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), ADD is actually classified as ADHD-PI (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive). Simply put, ADD is ADHD that manifests with less hyperactivity, and more inattentiveness.

How does ADHD work, then? We don’t know.

While we know that vaccines certainly don’t cause it, we don’t know exactly what causes ADHD, and we don’t know how to prevent ADHD.

However, we know how to diagnose ADHD, and we certainly know how to make life easier for those with ADHD. Furthermore, there is a general consensus within the medical community that individuals must display the symptoms for ADHD for at least six months before a diagnosis can even be considered.

Why is ADHD Important?

The Ontarion has a weekly mental health column that addresses the importance of openly discussing mental health in a safe and public forum. Our culture as a whole is highly critical of the things we don’t understand, and mental health tops that list. Understanding ADHD, then, is important for a multitude of reasons – chief among them being the fact that understanding mental health is integral to treating mental illness.

For the sake of simplicity, I argue that ADHD is important because of the astonishing difficulty associated with diagnosing ADHD, as well as the harm that comes from missing a diagnosis. As mentioned earlier, individuals must display symptoms for at least six months before a diagnosis can be considered. Additionally, for a diagnosis, individuals must show that their symptoms are negatively influencing at least two areas of their life.

These areas include school, personal relationships, work, home, in the community, etc.

This is to say that, if an individual shows hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and an inability to focus for

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Michael Phelps, diagnosed with ADHD, proving that living a healthy, expressive life is possible with ADHD. six months or greater, but their lives are not being negatively influenced, ADHD will not be diagnosed.

To consider the potential harm associated with a missed diagnosis, consider that 52 per cent of those with untreated ADHD develop drug or alcohol problems, 18 to 25 per cent of those with ADHD develop personality disorders, 20 per cent of problem gamblers have ADHD, and almost 50 per cent of adolescent suicides are individuals who have been diagnosed with ADHD or another learning disability.

Technology and dating in a modern world Social media and technologyfueled communication gives way to a new world of dating MADELAINE NELSON It’s not an unpopular opinion that romance is dead. It’s also not hard to see why someone might feel that way in this day and age. Growing up with romantic comedies, and hearing our parents’ stories of dating gives an impression of romance that some

might be sadly disappointed by.

The “new world” of dating is almost unrecognizable compared to that of the one our parents experienced. Due to an influx of technology, and changing forms of communication, the rules and guidelines of the dating game have changed drastically.

The other day, my roommate actually said, “If it’s meant to be, he’ll find me on Facebook.” It’s easy to shake your head or roll your eyes at comments like this, but it actually speaks volumes about today’s dating world. While it was once up to fate to “run into each other again” if it were meant to be, today it’s a matter of some clever online searching to find someone on various social media.

If you find out her school or place of work: add it to the search refinement. If he’s on a sports team, check the online roster.

If she knows that-guy-you-hadthat-group-project-with-once, go search his friends list on Facebook. Fate has been replaced by the internet.

If romance has indeed died suspiciously then read-receipts are the primary suspect. The concept of being able to know for certain that someone has seen (and not replied to) your message is taking over. In the days of voicemail, you just had to hope that someone was too busy to check their inbox. Or maybe someone else got it and forgot to pass on the message. Or maybe it got lost in the wires. Or really, they have any excuse except ignoring you. Today, however, you send a message, and then you can see the exact time that they received and opened it.

If they don’t reply, then you can safely assume they’re ignoring you. The big problem with this is

that so many people do it on purpose to come off like they don’t care as much as you do. Hard-toget went from a game that used to involve mystery and anticipation, to a game of who can ignore the other longer.

“If it’s meant to be, he’ll find me on Facebook.”

With the emergence of Tinder and other similar apps, dating seems to have gone missing from our age group. Who would actually put themselves out there to be possibly rejected (in person,

What is the Future of ADHD? We can treat ADHD, and individuals with ADHD can lead healthy, active lives in any number of possible avenues. ADHD is not necessarily a critical life-or-death diagnosis. We currently live in a world that is still scared of those who are different, because we don’t understand what makes them different.

The future of ADHD is the same as the future of all mental illnesses.

There will come a time when we look at those diagnosed with mental illness, shrug, and say “they’re really not that different from the rest of us.”

none-the-less) when you have an app to tell you which people are already interested? Once you know that you’re both interested, you can move on to private chat where you can really get to know each other. Instead of going out to a movie or chatting over a cup of coffee, these apps can let you get the beginning stages of a relationship out of the way from the comfort of your own bed.

While it might be an exaggeration to say that romance is dead, we’re definitely experiencing the death rattle of dating. Some might argue that everything evolves, and dating is no different. The old world of dating was out-dated (no pun intended), and technology and social media gives way for the new world. Only time will tell if this new world is doomed, or if there is hope yet for the romantics.

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FEATURE

The impact of oil sands on Canadians: an overview

How crude oil shapes the Canadian landscape EMILIO GHLOUM Much has been said about the oil sands in Alberta and the issues that arise in its existence. For many, the oil sands symbolize economic potential, growth, and consistent capital, for others, it remains a harmful process that fundamentally urges human rights deficits among the Canadian people. The oil sands debate often involves the balancing act of weighing the economic benefits alongside the moral and ethical- a dichotomy which seems shallow and harmful within itself.

In 1967, Canada’s centennial year, a milestone in Canadian history was achieved. The Expo ‘67 allowed Canada to garner international attention, and begin to further develop and flourish their identity. Beyond the glamour of the worldwide exhibit, a lucrative and promising industry was unfolding in the Canadian West.

Suncor Energy (now the largest oil company in Canada) opened their first plant in September 1967- among the international spotlight of Expo 67. Just four years earlier, companies took an enormous risk and invested $250 million into the oil sands, then called the Great Canadian Oil Sands, and finally saw their investment pay off. Once the project officially began, 45,000 barrels a day were being produced from the promising, untapped reservoir of bitumen in Fort McMurray.

On opening day, Alberta Premier

Ernest Manning made a powerful statement that stands true now more than ever: “This is a red letter day, not only for Canada but for all North America. No other event in Canada’s centennial year is more important or significant.”

As Canada’s centennial year celebration came to end, the development of the oil sands stood poised to become one of the biggest and most influential resources in Canadian economics. In a way, the oil sands have become a part of national identity- growing alongside the nation while shaping and changing the landscape for better or worse.

Currently, the oil sands have become Canada’s largest economic resource, producing approximately 1.9 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2012.

The growth and prominence of the oil sands in Canadian culture is outstanding. Seemingly, the economy has been shaped in such a way that a co-dependency has formed between major oil companies and the Canadian government.

Furthermore, oil sands production is still rapidly on the rise, and shows no signs of stopping. Estimated to double its production within the next decade to 3.5- 4 million, the future of Canada is permeated by the lingering economic promise of crude oil.

While a solid amount of the oil produced is used and sold domestically within Canada, the oil industry remains at the top as Canada’s largest export industry. Exports mostly occur throughout North America, but the market has stretched across Canada towards the East coast, and even internationally in highly-populated Asian markets.

There is no doubt that the oil sands are a valuable natural resource that boosts the Canadian economy, but

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The oil sands industry is rapidly expanding, estimated to double its production within the next decade to 4-million barrels per day.

there are certain issues that need to be addressed within the discourse of environmentalism. Many concerns arise in the rapid increase of oil sands production- namely, the mass environmental harm and the expenses needed to keep production running. Approximately $30-billion per year is invested into the expansion of the crude oil industry.

Should we invest in a more futurefriendly resource, as opposed to one that is temporally limited?

Many of these questions linger among Canadians and environmentalists alike. One main idea, which would aim to amalgamate the oil sands into a more environmentally-friendly process, involves investing in sustainable methods of extraction. Once again, the issue lies within economics and capitalinvesting in sustainable technologies would be extremely costly, and would undoubtedly drain even more capital resources that could be spent elsewhere in the infrastructure.

The heavy investment into crude oil production debatably stains Canada’s environmental image. Under the Harper administration, Canada’s involvement in reducing carbon emissions has been among the lowest

worldwide. While the oil sands are not the sole contributor to these emissions, what remains constant is the lack of regulations imposed upon large corporations.

In 2009, international delegations met and agreed to the Copenhagen Accord; nations pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 2020. A new series of reports show that Canada will fail to fulfill its obligation by 2020. In fact, carbon emissions are set to increase, as more natural resources are becoming available to Canadian corporations.

The main concern for many environmentalists is the lack of institutional intervention within the oil and natural resource industries. Without any regulation imposed by the government, coupled with the visible lack of adherence to international pledges to reduce carbon emissions, it is evident that Canada is crucially neglecting key environmental issues.

Shawn McCarthy, a writer for The Globe and Mail, notices different representations of environmentalism in Canada. McCarthy writes: “The Harper government vilifies pipeline opponents as radicals bent on undermining the national interest,

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while environmentalists paint the Prime Minister as public enemy No. 1 on climate change. The loudest voices proclaim: ‘Let her rip’ or ‘Shut her down.’ Somewhere in between, there’s a path that weighs the economic benefits against the environmental costs, takes into account the rights of First Nations and the need for a competitive industry, and deploys capital into 40-year projects that won’t be stranded as the world moves to a low-carbon economy” The actions (and inactions) of the Canadian government alongside the voices of rightfully concerned environmentalists creates an atmosphere in which there is a clear divide. The permeating threat of environmental harm surround Canadian citizens at every turn. It is clear that Canada is not doing enough internationally, but perhaps what is most problematic is the sheer disregard of Canadian voicesthe same voices who have shaped and cultivated the land, and made it their home. While economic and capital growth remains at the forefront of governmental concern, the need for environmental action is more visible and urgent than ever.

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OPINION

The Jian Ghomeshi scandal Bringing forth more than just the story GILAD KENIGSBERG-BENTOV On Oct. 24, the Canadian music scene was silenced when beloved radio host and musician Jian Ghomeshi addressed the public via Twitter that he would be taking an “undetermined leave” from his widely popular CBC program Q. After the passing of his father, Ghomeshi claimed it was due to “some much needed personal time” that forced him to part ways with the company, but the voices of nine women – two of which had provided their names – may claim otherwise.

It was discovered later that week that these nine women had come forward to the media with accounts of Ghomeshi physically abusing them during their sexual endeavours.

The CBC was aware that this story contained disturbing evidence and, with far too much speculation surrounding Ghomeshi, CBC decided to fire the popular host without publicizing the evidence. Perhaps their intention was to avoid undermining his career and reputation.

Ghomeshi had updated the public

via Facebook that CBC had fired him because of his private life and that any allegations against him are due to a “jilted ex-girlfriend,” whether or not that is the case, there was an immediate backlash against him when these women stepped forward, especially when noted Canadian actress Lucy Decoutere publicized her name with her accusation.

Like many other scandals, this story seems to follow a distinct pattern of “stages.” First, there is the phase of disbelief and backlash.

Second, there is public debate. Third, the condemnation period , the tipping point, the ratification period.

Lastly, the cool down. Currently, the “tipping point” of the scandal is taking place, where organizations and supporters of the fight against gender-based violence are using this as an opening to start an epidemic in the public, in hopes that the terrible act is eliminated once and for all.

The past few months have seen a number of these cases, like the Ray Rice incident and others lingering around, as well as the video that went viral last week showcasing a young woman being catcalled endlessly throughout her 10 hour hike around New York City. To say the least, this has been a heated month on the subject of violence against women, and so far a cool down is nowhere in sight.

So is this tipping point fuelling a personal attack on Ghomeshi, or is

Voting; try it sometime A critique on voting turnouts ANNIE KRUEGER Let’s talk about voting. Or, more specifically, let’s talk about not voting.

Because, frankly, that’s likely what you did.

45 per cent of the citizens of the municipality of Guelph voted in last week’s election that elected Cam Guthrie. Since this is 11 per cent over the voter turnout of the previous election - which was barely over 34 per cent - everyone is thrilled.

That is a huge jump, and shows a positive trend in political awareness in Guelph. But I can’t help but be a bit disappointed. As a student, for whom percentages are what confirm that I do, in fact, deserve to be here, I look at a 45 per cent as a failure. 45 per cent is not a pass. 45 per cent is a “nice-try-not-quite-gonna-have-toretake-that-one.”

Why have we settled for a failure of a voter turnout?

Toronto’s election – in which John Tory was elected – had a voter turnout of 60 per cent, and the Toronto Star reported that “Voter Turnout Rocket in Toronto” and went on to say that “voters flocked to the ballot boxes.”

A 60 is a C-. “Flocked” is a verb that more accurately describes the reaction university students have to the words “free food” than a two-to-three voting ratio. We can do better.

So you didn’t vote. Why not?

1. I didn’t know who to vote for.

That’s easily remedied with a Google search. Do that.

2. I didn’t like any of them.

Then spoil your ballot. It says “I came for the purpose of telling you that I am not happy” and that is a very powerful statement.

3. I don’t really care, they don’t do anything anyway.

I’m sorry you feel that way. They do.

Not voting shows apathy and honestly; apathy is a political position. We have a bad case of apathy. We have a problem with laziness. We have an issue with inertia. We’re complacent and unwilling to make the effort to

it really a global fight against sexual abuse against women? This scandal has served more as firewood for the furious resentment over the mistreatment of women rather than the victimization of these women .

What Ghomeshi had done crossed many lines, but the media’s fervent desire to publically humiliate someone seems to be spiraling out of control. It is a private affair that belongs in the court and not in the public sphere; the public does not have the right to know what went on in those bedrooms, especially not the detailed accounts that these women have provided. Why are we so surprised that these cases are so difficult to deal with? How can women come forward when the they know that their stories, anonymous or not, will be shared with the rest of the world?

Though these scandals are often voiced in exaggerated undertones, this one specifically seems to have been blown way out of proportion.

What Ghomeshi has done to these women is appalling and only deteriorates the image of men in the media, but how has the public benefitted from being exposed to this messy case? Have we not experienced enough cynicism and ugliness in our everyday lives? The truth is indeed ugly, but does the public deserve to hear about what went on in the many bedrooms of this man? Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once said, “There is no

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The Jian Ghomeshi scandal has been headline news for the past few weeks, which has allowed for a greater focus on the subject of violence against women to be further addressed. place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” and it seems like a quote that is far too appropriate for this case. Once the buzz around this scandal passes, whenever that may be, we should be shifting our focus towards the bigger picture - finding a way to fight this disgraceful treatment of women and restoring, or instilling, faith in men.

So what’s next? Ghomeshi will likely never return to media again, and may even serve time in jail if these allegations prove to be true, but more importantly, I think that the space between men and women has been distended and the fight against gender-targeted violence has taken a large step forward.

perform what the generations before us considered a civic duty. It is easy not to care. Do we need a crusader for change whose charisma inspires us to care, or just someone who is clearly incompetent and forces us to vote for fear of the future?

People fight for the right to vote.

We, who have it, don’t bother to use it. Though it is clichéd to say, it is true; voting isn’t just a democratic right, it’s a democratic obligation. And currently, only 45 per cent of us can be bothered to feel obligated.

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Issue 175.10 • Thursday, November 6, 2014

EDITORIAL

The generation of followers and double-taps Where your online image is more important

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STEPHANIE CORATTI To be fair, I love social media. I’m an active user of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and I have those outlets to thank for a variety of connections and experiences I would have never made without them.

I’m also guilty of posting a couple of selfies here and there (sometimes you just have to capture the good days, am I right?), and sharing a recent accomplishment or something I’m proud of with my followers isn’t unusual.

I allow passive-aggressive tweets to be painted with my familiar sarcastic tone every once in a while (usually things only my Mom finds funny), and I even share enjoyable screenshots of conversations once in a blue moon. In fact, I believe I posted one last week.

But what happens when the number of followers you have becomes more important than the number of friends you regularly talk to? And I mean genuinely have a conversation with – I’ll even include texting under the ‘talk to’ umbrella.

What happens when you’re more concerned with how your life appears through your Instagram scroll than the life experiences you’re supposed to just simply enjoy?

We have collectively morphed into a generation that decides the quality of our lives and the people we are through the number of likes we get in comparison to somebody else. We believe a favourite or a clickedlike on a friend’s shared new job announcement is support enough. We don’t see a problem in going months without talking to one another, so long as we keep up the double-tap recognition on their Instagram photos.

Social media is great, don’t get me wrong. These outlets have allowed a friend to travel months on-end in Europe, sharing her experiences along the way all through the brilliant use of a hashtag. The same outlets also give me the chance to stay in the loop with old friends I may not have the chance to talk to regularly, and provide family members with a glimpse of what I’m up to, so catching up on those annual holidays isn’t always a start over.

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In a culture where likes, favourites, and retweets express our opinions, and hashtags are a part of our conversations, we have morphed into a generation that allows social media to define who we are, rather than us defining the power of social media.

But it’s really not the social media outlets that I have a problem with. In all honesty, it’s how we choose to use them, and, as a result, how we choose to let them reflect us.

We browse Facebook profiles of people to gain a better understanding of the person they might be, and we allow that profile to be the ultimate factor in the judgment process. We scroll through other Instagram users’ pictures, and we decide that the life we’re living isn’t nearly as exciting as we thought it was. We begin to filter and change our opinions because we let a tweet of 140 characters persuade us (who knew we were so easy to convince).

Most of all, though, we present the person we wish we were through our social media outlets, instead of allowing our Facebook profile, Twitter feed, and Instagram pictures to represent the person we actually are.

We won’t post that tweet in fear of others silently judging us on the other side, and we delete that Instagram picture that only got 10 likes (you know you’ve done it). We have to post that picture of you and the girls at the bar last night, because in all seriousness, if you didn’t take a picture did we actually go out?

We upload a picture of our delicious breakfast this morning, probably throwing the hashtaghealthy on it, without so much of a hint to that being the first breakfast we made ourselves in a little over a month.

We grab our best friend’s arm to tell her to look at us and laugh so we have a cute ‘Insta’ to post this week, obviously laying claim to the most fabulous candid friendship. What? No one has to know the whole picture was planned.

And – get ready for it – we don’t really know it’s your birthday until Facebook sends us a notification about it.

“Our perceived public image is no longer a mirror of the personal; instead it’s the image we wish we saw every time we looked in the mirror.”

Social media is, in so many ways, the world at our fingertips.

As a generation, we are the first to be exposed to these outlets, and the first to be given the opportunity to master them. Master them, however, for whatever reason, has translated into creating an online image that we have to edit and filter – literally. I mean sure, ‘Lo-Fi’ makes your eyes pop, but then we wonder why it takes

24 attempts to take a picture we can live with. We’re constantly trying to live up to this unreachable standard that is only available through the crops, contrasts, and filters of social media. We’re constantly trying to live up to the online image we have created for ourselves, an image that we feel we have to attain in order to be content with the person we are.

Our perceived public image is no longer a mirror of the personal; instead it’s the image we wish we saw every time we looked in the mirror. It’s just another pressurefilled status we’re forced to live up to daily (as if we don’t have enough of those already from parents, family, teachers, and employers). The worst part about this one, though, is that we’re the only ones responsible for it.

We let followers and doubletaps define us, when we should be defining ourselves. The amount of ‘likes’ your status compiles does not equal the accomplishment, and the number of favourites your tweet rakes in does not imply how witty you are.

Social media should be a reflection of the best you, not an unrealistic, edited you with a filter. And that doesn’t mean to snap a selfie and throw the hashtagnofilter on it. It means to allow yourself the space to reach your potential and more, and if your Instagram scroll reflects that, then you’ve mastered something we’re all still trying to figure out.

Until then, we all get a doubletap for trying.

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As a thank you to all of our valued volunteers we are hosting a celebratory party to conclude the fall semester.

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