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Welcome to our special arts Issue!

We have redesigned this issue to celebrate artistic talent in all forms, including graphic design. We hope you enjoy the new layout.

The 91st annual College Royal at the University of Guelph featured many staples of the popular event, including a pancake flipping competition and livestock show.

UNDER THE RADAR

POLICE CHIEFS IN TUNISIA FIRED FOLLOWING MUSEUM ATTACK Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired six police chiefs in the days following the deadly attack on the country’s famous Bardo Museum.

The Prime Minister’s office said in a statement that several security deficiencies were noted on a recent visit, leading to the recent onslaught of layoffs.

Prime Minister Essid noted that “shortcomings” in the country’s security system prevented police services from being “thorough enough” in their protection of the museum.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the museum in the country’s capital, Tunis. 22 people – mostly European tourists – were killed.

The attack is the deadliest that Tunisia has seen since 2011, when the country was taken by the uprising that led to the overthrow of long-term ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Security forces, the President of Tunisia revealed in a statement, killed two of three suspected gunmen.

“He won’t get far,” President Beji Caid Essebsi said of the third man involved, who is not thought to have been involved in the actual raid of the museum.

Other suspects are also said to have been arrested in connection with the attack.

The gunmen are said to have trained with ISIS in Libya. Two of the attackers were identified, in footage released by the interior ministry, as Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui.

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Ennadha, the country’s moderate Islamist party, believes that Tunisia will continue feel the threat of attack so long as Libya – which shares a border with the country – remains unstable.

Ghannouchi told the BBC that even if ISIS could not establish a foothold themselves inside Tunisian borders, young men such as those involved in this attack, armed in Libya to easily cross borders, would become difficult to control.

In recent years, according to the BBC, Tunisia has been the largest exporter of jihadists in the region.

Many who leave the country end up fighting alongside ISIS in Syria.

-Compiled by Alyssa Ottema

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH HOSTS 91ST ANNUAL COLLEGE ROYAL Huge turnout carries Guelph tradition into its ninth decade -Jack Hinds For the 91st year in a row, the University of Guelph played host to College Royal, an open house and celebration of the university’s agricultural heritage. The event took place from March 21 to 22.

College Royal has been plagued over the years with questionable weather; this year, the event saw every type of weather possible, from rain, to warm and sunny, to flurries, to cold.

In spite of strange weather, the weekend’s events were well-attended by young and old alike. College Royal has always had a distinct appeal to young children and their families. Many of the events educate children on the life of the modern-day farmer while also being entertaining and exciting, promoting thought about the agricultural community and the impact it has on their lives.

Saturday started off the pancake flip competition; the morning was cold and rainy, so those that had managed to make their way to campus early were relieved to find a warm pancake breakfast waiting for them. Arguably more important than the pancakes was the entertainment that accompanied them, with alumni and student groups dressing up and acting as flamboyant as possible when working near a hot griddle with impatient pancake-eaters waiting for their feed. Their antics were an effort to impress the judges, who needed to be wowed not only by the taste of the pancakes being flipped, but the gusto with which they were being served. It all made for a very entertaining way to have breakfast.

Across the rest of the main campus were demonstrations and information booths set up by the various on-campus clubs and organizations. A large number of current students typically attend the open house, as it offers a fantastic way to connect with new people on

campus. The atmosphere is, as it always is in Guelph, energetic, laid back, and welcoming.

Moving across Gordon to the OVC, attendees were greeted with a much more agriculturally-oriented show.

Old Mac’s New Farm showed off the latest and greatest in agricultural research and technology. Venturing inside, it’s always impressive to see just how big the barns can be, and how much information they can cram in. The staff are always knowledgeable and helpful, and many of them are involved in the exhibits personally, lending a warm and personal edge to many of the speeches.

One certainly cannot pass by the OVC and not stop in to grab a milkshake prepared by the food science students. In addition to the usual chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry options, each year, the students create a milkshake themed around their graduating year’s theme colours. This year happened to have silver, managing to incorporate the hue into a milkshake. The result was deemed a “mystery” flavour, which made me skeptical; however, it was delicious, and I haven’t died yet, so way to go, food science students.

The livestock show was also well attended by patrons of all ages. Cows, pigs, sheep, and horses were judged in a building specifically built for the purpose; onlookers were able to visit with animals not being shown and ask questions their owners.

Sunday featured more student-oriented events, including the dog-and cat-show held in Rozanski. The cat show proves itself particularly entertaining, as most felines don’t take kindly to being paraded around in front of an entire hall of people. I’ve taken my own cat before, and I can tell you: not a popular event amongst the contestants. The crowd of students and young families, however, thoroughly enjoyed the show.

All in all, it was a very successful year for College Royal. There were tons of student events that took place, and as always, the Royal served as a fantastic way to meet new people and embrace the culture and heritage on campus.

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RELAY FOR LIFE

On Friday, March 21, the University of Guelph hosted its annual Relay for Life event at The Field House, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Relay for Life is a community fundraising event at which participants walk and run together, passing a baton like a traditional relay race, though Relay for Life is not competitive.

Participants raise at least $100 in pledges in advance of the event, though continued fundraising is encouraged. At this year’s event, the University of Guelph raised almost $30,000 dollars for cancer research and educational resources.

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HARPER MOVES TO EXPAND ANTI-TERROR ACTION Conservative government l o o k s to ex te n d o n - g ro u n d mission against ISIS - Et h a n Pa n k h u r s t With plans of expanding the mission against ISIS, the Conservative government is attempting to play to its strengths of security. So far, the mission has consisted of sending 600 Canadian air force personnel to take part in air strikes against ISIS, and sending another 69 special forces personnel to train Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. The joint coalition of which Canada is a part has had limited success thus far. Those on the ground have managed to stop the advancement of ISIS fighters and provide air support for Kurdish fighters who have taken back much of the land lost; however, now

that the Kurds have successfully taken back their land, there is less motivation for them to continue advancing against ISIS in the rest of Iraq and Syria.

With the Conservative government planning to extend and expand the mission, the party has opened themselves up to a great deal of attacks – pending the success or failure of the mission – from the Liberals and the NDP, both of whom have raised serious questions about the mission.

The mission so far has cost over $120 million, as well as the life of Canadian Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron, who was reported to have been killed by friendly fire after having been mistaken as the enemy by Kurdish fighters. What started off as a one month mission has lasted six; though the current action is set to end April 7, the passing of an extension could lead to more time on the ground for Canadian forces.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg,

and it is believed that they will discuss the situation in the Middle East with ISIS, as well as rising concern over Russia. Though it is important to remember that the coalition against ISIS is not lead

by NATO, the advice of the Secretary General will still surely be welcomed.

Though the media frenzy surrounding ISIS has diminished in the past months, there have still been cases of Canadians being radicalized to fight for the group. However, the threat to most Canadians is minimal, especially so long as the passports of those who have left are revoked so they cannot return to Canada to carry out attacks. Many people are losing faith in the mission, and those who were at the greatest risk from ISIS, such as minority groups in the region, have either fled or have already been killed. So long as there is not another impactful terrorist attack like the one in Ottawa or at Charlie Hebdo, ISIS is likely to remain off the minds of most Canadians.

THE SECRET TRIAL 5 AND BILL C-51 New documentary looks at c o n t ro v e r s i a l n e w a n t i - te r ro r legislation -Zina Bibanovic Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making one of his most controversial moves yet as he attempts to pass the infamous “anti-terror” bill, Bill C-51. Supporters tote the bill as a comprehensive and effective method for dealing with unprecedented security issues that come from a diverse and often polarised global community.

Focusing on preventing terrorism, rather than dealing with consequences, the bill gives power to “investigators” to intervene when there is reasonable belief that a suspect may commit an act of terror.

Previous legislation has limited action to reasonable belief that a suspect will commit an act of terror.

The bill grants Canada’s Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) “disruptive” powers. The agency, which has previously merely spied on the general population, may now act on its suspicions. These actions are limited only by the disallowance of bodily harm, death, and violation of the suspect’s sexual integrity.

The bill’s critics – of which there are many – are concerned about these vaguely defined “powers,” as well as the broad description of the “threat of terrorism.” Some also express concern that, under this change, CSIS would be able to directly interfere with people’s lives and detain people in secret.

The bill also extends the number of days a suspect can be detained without trial from three to seven. Canada’s “no-fly” list will also be amended, with the public safety minister obtaining the power to add anyone they see fit to the list in a process substantially more secretive than before. Additionally, the bill allows for sharing of information on citizens between federal institutions to widen the scope of government intelligence. Information will be gathered on anyone deemed “anti-government,” which could include political and First Nations activists.

The bill has faced wide criticism, as some believe that it places security before civil liberties – and greatly restricts them by so doing.

The Secret Trial 5, a documentary by filmmaker Amar Wala, screened at the Bookshelf March 21.

Through the eyes of four Canadian men, arrested and imprisoned for a combined 50 years without trial or presentation of the evidence against them, Wala shines a light on the governments existing “security certificate” regime. The “security certificate” targets immigrant populations and essentially allows for any

ambiguously defined “suspect of terrorism” to be imprisoned on the basis of evidence they are never shown.

In the film, one of the men’s lawyers described the ludicrous nature of the situation: “Imagine that you’re charged with murder. You don’t know who you killed, where you killed them, and when you killed them – and you’re asked to defend yourself.” This is a reality for some citizens whose only crime seems to be identifying as Muslim and having gone to Afghanistan once.

The documentary brought home the human impact of legislation, often drowned out by a disassociation between everyday life and the long, tedious bills passed in the House of Commons. Throughout the documentary, Wala asked the audience to own up to this false separation and understand the drastic consequences such a mentality can have on society.

“Bill C-51 won’t affect the regular, apolitical, lawabiding Canadian,” said Wala in a Q&A session following the screening. “It will affect already marginalized social groups and political activists. Just because it doesn’t affect you, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care.”

The Secret Trial 5 highlights the disastrous ramifications of the government placing security before the rights and freedoms of its citizens: the potential for systematic racial and religious bias that should be of grave concern to every Canadian.

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STUDENT LIFE AWARDS BANQUET University of Guelph students a w a rd e d f o r c o n t r i b u t i o n to campus and community life - S a m e e r C h h a b ra On March 19, Student Life held a banquet to honour community-minded students for their engagement in the Guelph community.

The evening began with an introduction from Jan Sherman, an integral part of the Aboriginal Resource Centre on-campus. Sherman led the hall in a rousing Aboriginal welcome prayer.

“If it wasn’t for [the students present], we wouldn’t have the sense of community [that we do],” said Sherman. “We can make powerful changes.”

University President Franco Vaccarino welcomed all present, commending the University of Guelph community on its passion and inclusiveness.

“Community’s such a big part of this event,” said President Vaccarino. “I can’t stress enough the importance of student life […] These awards give us an opportunity to recognize individuals for a range of opportunities.”

Mark McKinnon, Ward 6 Councillor, then offered brief words. McKinnon emphasized the celebration of student and campus achievement, “so we can bring out the best in others and bring [community] into the future.”

Jessica Carter, Coordinator of Student Engagement at the university, explained that all Student Life Awards are “part of a nomination process.”

“An award committee is assembled each year to review all nomination packages,” said Carter. “To nominate someone for an award, there must be a letter from the primary nominator, as well as two additional letters of support.”

Excluding the Liz Honegger Award, overseen by the Student Support Network, and the CSA Teaching Excellence Award, overseen by the CSA, each award is overseen by a Student Life committee.

“Each have their own process,” explained Carter.

Carter emphasized that it was a privilege to review the many nomination packages that were submitted, in spite of the challenge of choosing only one or two recipients.

“This is one of my most favourite times of the year, because it reminds me […] why I have chosen to remain a part of the Gryphon community,” concluded Carter. “So many individuals who make up this vibrant campus and city are change-makers, and I get a front-row seat to what is happening annually with the awards process.”

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The University of Guelph hosted the annual Student Life Awards banquet on March 16. Pictured above are Corey Alexander, Oliver Cook, Lee-Jay Cluskey Belanger, Jessica Huntingon, and Laurie Schnarr (Director of Student Life), the winners and presenter respectively, for the Be The Change award.

The evening concluded with a farewell prayer delivered by Sherman.

Listed are the awards, presenters, and winners for the 2015 awards: Emilie Hayes Award for Community Partnerships was presented by the award’s namesake to Kate Vsetula and Lisa Needham. The award recognizes a community member and/or a non-profit organization that has provided an outstanding learning opportunity to students.

Kishaadigeh Aboriginal Student Award was presented by former recipient Cynthia Hoy to Kevin King. The award recognizes an Aboriginal student engaged in co-curricular activities that enrich their educational experience.

R.P. Gilmor Student Life Award was presented by Carter, a past recipient, to Anita Hayes, Coordinator of Support Programs on-campus.

The award recognizes an individual, student group, or a staff member who shares a commitment to improving the student experience. Hayes was surprised by her selection as the award’s recipient.

Roberta Mason Award was presented by Natasha Smith to Patrick Beaudry. The award recognizes a student who has become involved in the campus community for the first time.

Accessibility Award was received by Lynda Slater from Counselling and Student Accessibility Services. The award recognizes any individual or group who has contributed to accessibility oncampus.

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Be The Change Awards were presented by Laurie Schnarr, Director of Student Life, to Jessica Huntington, and Farm to Fork creators Corey Alexander, Oliver Cook, and Lee-Jay Cluskey-Belanger.

The awards honour individuals or groups who continue to affect positive change in the world.

Erin Angus Graduate Student Engagement Award was presented by Adina Bujold, Graduate Student Association President, to Elke Eichelmann.

The award honours a graduate student who has made significant contributions to graduate life.

Brian D. Sullivan Award was presented by Rich Appiah, a past recipient, to Devon Barnes. The award recognizes a graduating student who has made significant contributions to student leadership at the university.

CSA Teaching Excellence Award was presented by Peter Miller, a CSA executive, to Matthew Vickaryous. The award recognizes an outstanding instructor in the university community.

Liz Honegger Student Volunteer Award was presented by Joban Dhanoa, current Student Support Network Team Leader, to Danielle Mihok. The award recognizes a student who has contributed significantly as a Student Support Network volunteer.

Dr. Andre Auger Citizenship Award was presented by Galen Fick to Laura-Jane Weber. The award recognizes a student who has consistently demonstrated a sense of personal responsibility towards their community. Weber was surprised by her selection.

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The re-election of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party has sparked global debate on the future of IsraeliPalestinian relations and their international implications.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: SOLDIER TURNED PRIME MINISTER A p ro f i l e o f t h e re c e n t l y re e l e c te d I s ra e l i l e a d e r - M a t te o C i m e l l a ro Benjamin Netanyahu, known in Israel by the nickname “Bibi,” is an interesting figurehead – militant, and arguably further right leaning than most Republicans. For better or worse, Netanyahu recently won his fourth election in Israel, putting him in a position to become Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister.

All Netanyahu must do to make history is retain leadership of Israel for the entire four-year term for which he has been elected. This has proved an elusive task for many in the past – Netanyahu not excluded.

Born in Tel Aviv, Bibi was born one year after the inception of the Jewish state on October 21, 1949.

In 1963, Netanyahu and his family moved to America for his father — a historian and Zionist activist — to an academic post. At 18, however, Netanyahu returned to Israel to begin his five-year military career, during which he served as a captain in the elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal. Natanyahu’s combat experience includes a 1968 raid on Beirut’s airport, as well as time on the ground in the 1973 Attrition and Yom Kippur wars.

Bibi’s brother, Jonathon, also fought for the Israeli military, but in a tragic end, Jonathan was killed

leading a 1976 raid to save 100 Israeli hostages on a hijacked airliner in Uganda. Jonathon is still widely regarded as a national hero.

After his military service, Netanyahu returned to the United States for school, receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

In 1982, Moshe Arens, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, named Netanayhu his Deputy Chief of Mission to Washington. Netanayhu’s political career was officially launched, and by 1984, he was appointed as the permanent representative of Israel to Washington.

In 1988, Netanyahu returned to Israel and became involved in domestic politics; he won a seat in parliament and became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Netanyahu positioned himself politically in the Likud Party; after a loss for the party in the 1992 election, Bibi won the party leadership.

In the 1996 election, Netanyahu had his first victory, becoming Israel’s first directly elected Prime Minister. Upon entering office, Netanyahu became the first Prime Minister to actually have been born in Israel.

Netanyahu’s prime minister-ship would be shortlived, however. Early elections were called in 1999 over controversial dealings with the Palestinians and militaristic tensions with Lebanon, as well as accusations of “corruption and insider trading” that was “never brought to court,” as reported by The Guardian.

In 2009, Netanyahu won his second prime minister-ship at the helm of the Likud party, and he has retained his leadership for the past six years.

Netanyahu’s somewhat controversial 2015 reelection has stirred debate internationally. In the years since his 2009 win, Netanayhu has become increasingly militant. He has been extremely harsh to the Palestinians, which has led to multiple conflicts between Israel and the Gaza strip. In 2014, conflict between the regions lasted a few months and left over 2000 Palestinians – many of whom were women and children – dead.

Netanyahu also takes a strong position on Iran’s nuclear program and a hard stance on Palestinian relations, vowing never to dissolve the Israeli state in favour of a two-state solution, which he purports to be irrelevant due to the increasing rise of militant Islamic groups throughout the Middle East.

In a country situated in close proximity to historical enemies, Netanyahu embodies the Zionist desire for a single, unified, militarized Jewish state.

Critics of Netanyahu have accused him for supporting an apartheid state, but the Prime Minister continues to present himself as protective the Israeli state — even if that means oppressing the Arab people in his country or contradicting Obama in a speech to the American Congress in March of 2015.

ISRAELI ELECTION RESULTS SPARK GLOBAL DEBATES Many question meaning behind L i k u d p a r t y ’s l a te s t v i c to r y - G i l a d Ke n i g s b e rg - B e n to v Following a few heated months of Israeli politics – with a sense of optimism steering towards a brighter future – fear triumphed over hope on March 17, and newly founded dreams were cast aside once again.

The reigning victor of the recent Israeli governmental elections is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, which in Hebrew means “the consolidation.” The Likud party was conceived in 1973 by Menachem Begin; it was and remains secular, with a heavy reliance on Zionists and nationalist values. The party’s decisive victory in the 1977 elections marked two very important movements in Israeli politics: the first time a right-wing party ruled Israel, and the first appearance of Israel on the financial map of the world due to the party’s capitalist amendments.

The Likud ideology is fairly simple, but divisive nonetheless. Their platform emphasizes national security policies backed up by a robust military force, particularly during times of persistent hostility towards Israel – which is most of the time.

Based on the party’s 1999 charter, Likud emphasize Israel’s right of settlement, noting that “the Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values.” As such, settlement of this land would be “a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel,” constituting “an important asset in the defence of the vital interests of the State of Israel.”

The party’s economic standings are also reflective of its ideologies: free market capitalism with a liberal agenda – emphasizing the role of large multinational and domestic Israeli corporations in the promotion of Zionist ideals – are core to the party’s economics.

The Likud party’s controversial schema regarding the Palestinian people is much more straightforward, “flatly” rejecting any “establishment of a Palestinian-Arab state west of the Jordan river” and

noting that “the Palestinians can run their lives freely […] but not as an independent and sovereign state.”

Gill Troy, professor of history at McGill University, elegantly portrayed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “the defining character of this phase of Israel’s history,” deeming this “the post-founders generation.”

Son of a prominent Zionist scholar and brother of national hero, Benjamin Netanyahu is a walking, talking, ambition machine – though, according to some, one not suited for the state in which Israel currently resides.

Many believe that hostility towards Israel, both from within and from the world at large, will only strengthen Likud’s stance. Some raise concerns regarding the party’s most recent win at the polls, as many Israelis do not agree with the majority of Likud amendments, and neither living standards nor Palestinian-Israeli relations have been bettered under the Likud government.

As internal tensions continue to increase, a rather gloomy shadow may have been cast on the future of Israel, as citizens have come to fear the very thing that differs the nation from many of its neighbours: democracy.

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Deftly directed and inspiringly acted, Anne Marie Macdonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) was brought to hilarious and subtext-heavy life by the University of Guelph’s Mainstage Productions.

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GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET) University of Guelph Mainstage p re s e n t s p l a y b y A n n M a r i e MacDonald

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Last week, the School of English and Theatre Studies staged an existential crisis that changed the way I watch Shakespeare.

Students from production and performance classes brought to life the play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann Marie MacDonald.

Although the title would imply that some knowledge of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet would be necessary, that was not the case.

Kennedy Thompson, who played the main character, Constance Ledbelly, and the rest of the cast made the audience laugh until we had to squeeze our knees together.

The play snatches the protagonist, Constance, and places her in the world of Shakespeare. Before she was the protagonist, she was an assistant professor at Queens University. All the tri-colour in the world could not help her gain a better station in her career or within the heart of the professor she worked for. Very quickly, it’s made clear that this is not the world that the Bard of Avon created. For comparison, the play shows the same events multiple times, once through a traditional lens and then through the mind of Constance. With her interpretation comes the quirky and emotional projection of her own thoughts and feelings. Desdemona, who was brought to life by Gracie James, is suddenly more powerful and carries an air of dominance.

While her character in Othello, it is clear that these qualities are nonexistent.

This piece embraced the script, but directors Scott Duchesne and Sarah Bannister brought their own additions to the original.

“I think there is a tendency towards farce, we just amped it up,” said Duchesne, one of the co-directors. “My tendency is to… try and find every funny moment that you possibly can. If there is a moment that can be funnier, that’s great [...].”

If you are a fan of Monty Python and farcical comedy, you could enjoy this play as a rowdy treat even without the humanist subtext. Akin to Shakespeare’s plays, you have the option to opt in to see the greater themes of feminism, sexuality, and duality, or take the laughs at face value and go with it.

Unfortunately, this play, because of the added level of farce and antics, makes it less appealing to opt in. Themes are plenty and there is much to critically perceive, but trying to build an understanding of how the play is about personal liberation is difficult when you’re laughing through tears. Alexander Wight was just too funny. Wight should drop out, start his own Python-esque troupe, and call it a day.

Gordon Harper is the real one to worry about in this play. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is famed for having only five cast members and 16 characters. Harper, who plays Romeo, Iago, Chorus, and Ghost, succeeds with great zeal by splitting his entirety and augmenting each character. He is practically the horcruxed Lord Voldemort of stage play, all the while balancing buckets of disgusting. Each character stands alone with their own personality and creepy motivations.

None of the antics or office awkwardness would have been possible if it wasn’t for the brilliant set design, props, and costumes. Nearly explosive turtles,

accurate timepieces, and a head that appears from a garbage can, were a few effects that brought the show together.

Past all of the comedic fare offered by this production is a story of equality and liberation. In this world, Juliet is a personification of Constance’s own sexual frustration and needs. Juliet was expertly played by Elizabeth Richardson, who delivered the dirtiest jokes from the youngest character. She brought out the true spirit of an almost-14-year-old.

Brace yourself, parents, but your young teens talk about sex all the time, even if they have no idea what they are talking about. It is this same pent up and juvenile longing that resides inside of Constance. The 37-year-old relativist succumbed to the pressure and was about to hop in bed with Juliet. If that’s wild in Constance’s mind, then look out for the continuing Juliet suicide joke. Alas, this was all (suicide jokes excluded) a step towards Constance’s own personal, sexual liberation.

“We started the play with the idea that the entirety of the show is like The Wizard of Oz. Even though it might have happened in my head, still the journey was real to me,” said Thompson, about her portrayal of the character Constance. “All of the characters represented different elements of my subconscious”.

Thompson was able to take Constance and imbue her with qualities of her own person. This equated to a very real and honest representation of Constance. Even when it felt like the comedy was impeding the undertones of play, Thompson shone through with her down to earth character portrayal and quirkiness. Constance is a relatable character; sometimes, all we want to do is finger eat Velveeta and live out our days with our cats, but we must find our own liberation.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: N a ke d C i t y – N a k e d C i t y A d r i e n Po t v i n

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A landmark in experimental music, the debut album of alto saxophonist John Zorn’s Naked City project is a maddeningly intense potpourri of grindcore, noise punk, jazz, surf rock, and pretty much any other genre bastardization one can think of. In 26 gut-punch songs, the group interprets songs as broad as Ennio Morricone and Georges Delerue film scores, the 60s Batman theme song, and various other popular tunes and originals, all with a certain sense of self-aware humour throughout. Initially conceived as a New York City workshop for experimental musicians led by Zorn, the band came into its own as Naked City with this self-titled 1988 LP. With the grating, screamed vocals of Yamantaka Eye, Bill Frisell’s barelycontained guitar freak-outs, and the transcendent squeals of Zorn’s alto sax, Naked City certainly isn’t for everyone, but give it a spin if you’re looking for your weirdo art-jazz freak-out fix.

THE WEEKLY SCENE: TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 1 D i s a p p o i n t i n g - d i s a s t ro u s downright-dismal-drudge out of 4 - S a m e e r C h h a b ra There are bad movies in this world. There are disappointing features, there are depressing films, there are unsettling screenings, and there are bad movies in this world. There are movies that I’d streamed on Netflix that have made me reconsider my subscription. There are short films by aspiring filmmakers on YouTube that have made me want to reconsider my stance on internet commenting. There are Slamdance, and Sundance, and Cannes, and Telluride, and Toronto film festival features that have left me worried about the state of the film industry.

In spite of all of these films, I have attempted to remain professional and cordial; I’ve attempted to maintain dignity in my reviews, and I’ve attempted to ensure that class and sophistication can shine through.

However, Michael Bay’s latest film in the Transformers franchise might just be the straw that breaks this camel’s back. Thankfully, the film has its redeeming qualities, and it is only due to the three or four things that Bay does right that I am able to prevent myself from launching what would only be called the review that ended my career.

Picking up shortly after the third film in the franchise, Age of Extinction tells the story of Texan inventor Cad Yeager – no doubt a descendent of the legendary Chuck – and his family’s interactions with the eponymous Transformers. During a routine dumpster dive at a rundown theatre – where Bay attempts to salvage what’s left of his career by offering witticisms on the state of the pop-film industry – Cad finds the dishevelled corpse of Autobot leader Optimus Prime.

Through a series of mishaps and blind-luck draws, Cad, his daughter Tessa, Optimus, the Autobots, and the Decepticons become embroiled in a millennia-old battle for the Earth.

Much like every film in the franchise following the inaugural showing, Bay attempts to retcon facts and details from the rest of the franchise in Age of Extinction. To Bay, time is a fluid concept in the loosest of terms, and history – both fictional and otherwise – is muddled through outside influence. Over the course of four movies, Bay has offered a convoluted history

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- Incline/Decline presents Anamai (dark folk) and Gavin Noir (synthpop). Jimmy Jazz, 10pm. No cover.

- Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Student Soloist Day at 12 noon in MacKinnon 107

March 27

- Mip Power Trio (folk rock) and The Namedroppers (post-punk) – Jimmy Jazz, 10 p.m. No cover.

- Barry Prophet, cheryl o, and Ben Grossman. Improvised music at Silence, 46 Essex. 8pm, $10/pay-whatyou-can

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Save for some well-executed action sequences, Age of Extinction is cloying, derivative, and obnoxious. Michael Bay’s fourth installment to the Transformers series is yet another sensory attack that insults the viewer’s intelligence.

of Earth’s interactions with the Transformers. In Age of Extinction, Bay attempts to revitalize the franchise by suggesting that Optimus, Megatron, and their mechanical siblings are all descendants of a higher power. Transformers were created – obviously – but not by a robotic deity, but by unidentified organisms of an extraterrestrial origin.

If my synopsis seems in any way interesting, I apologize for injecting vitality and intrigue into a stale, disappointing plot. Ehren Kruger’s script reads like a veritable disaster of science fiction tropes and clichés, and while the overarching “creation” plot would have made a far more interesting feature, Bay and his associates seem far more interested in sexualizing Tessa than building a coherent narrative.

Far be it from the film to only exploit underage girls, Age of Extinction is also obsessed with exploiting all of the merchandise provided by its army of sponsors. This is a Transformers movie, which means that American automobiles, beers, television manufacturers, flag makers, and even Beats electronics are all given screen time in a film that would have benefited from a reduced runtime. With Age of Extinction, a nonsensical third act set in China further allows the film to pander to Chinese corporations. At one point, the film even of-

fers shameless praise to the Chinese Central Government, portraying the politicians in charge of protecting the Chinese people from fictional robots as the kind of quick-thinking, wise leaders Americans would more than love to have in charge.

In spite of all of my criticisms, I cannot deny that Michael Bay has learned from his previous stylistic attempts at making a good Transformers movie. All of the action is deftly framed, and though the camera occasionally insists on needlessly shaking, Bay’s direction is steady, as every punch, kick, and jump is comprehensible. Furthermore, Amir Mokri – in charge of cinematography – ensures that each frame is well-lit and colourful. The film’s palette is full of bright reds and oranges, and the dull browns and greys of the previous films are thankfully absent. Certainly, Bayisms – a needlessly static camera full of triumphant sweeps, pans, and raises – are present. However, the film succeeds from a stylistic perspective because this movie about alien robots fighting on Earth is made better by unnecessary triumph.

Overall, this film is a veritable disaster to watch, and most of the plot and dialogue is intolerable. If one is absolutely forced to view the film, rest assured that, at least, Bay frames his scenes in an interesting manner.

- College of Arts & SOFAM present University of Guelph Concert Winds Ensemble with Conductor John Goddard, 8 p.m. at Guelph Youth Music Centre, 75 Cardigan St.

- College of Arts, SOFAM & University of Guelph Choirs with Conductor Marta McCarthy presents “Still I Rise: Songs of Freedom,” 8 p.m. at Harcourt Memorial United Church, 87 Dean Ave. - Auditions for Guelph’s new Momentum Show Choir! Sign up at momentumguelph.com.

- Suzuki String School of Guelph Music Fair, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. Instrument petting zoo, crafts, group classes, used CD/book sale and more!

March 28

- “Not Strictly Comics:” a 24-hour collaborative comic book project marathon. Publication Studio (46 Essex St.), from 2 p.m. Sunday to 2 p.m. Monday. All text genres/mediums welcome.

Drop in for a bit or stay for the whole thing!

Free admission.

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WHY SO BRUTAL, GUELPH? I s a n y o n e e l s e a p p re c i a t i n g this?

- Ca r l y J e n k i n s What stunning architecture we have on campus.

Did you realize famed CN Tower architect John Hamilton Andrews built the South Residences during Guelph’s expansion in the 1960s? His love of raw concrete and angles seems to know no bounds, and though many of you might look at those buildings on the south edge of campus and wonder, “Why, Guelph? Oh why?” they are, in fact, an incredible example of the brutalist style of architecture. Tall evergreens now hide many of the most beautifully finessed angles of the residences (reminiscent of Montreal’s Expo ’67 Habitacion), but rest assured, the building’s remarkably ageless appeal is that it looked just as harsh and fortress-like when it was built as it does now.

Originally coined by Swedish architect Hans Asplund, the term “brutalism” was used to describe a new form of modernism that was a crisper and more honest use of the raw concrete, or béton brut (the beginning of the evolution to the term brutalism) modernism was known for. Swiss architect Le Corbusier is probably the most famous brutalist designer, though he is more often known for his modernism. You may know his work from the wonderful world of Lego – they have used his modernist Villa Savoye in their more adult focused Architecture collection, which includes the famed Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as the Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon.

In contrast to those bright, clean lines of modernism, brutalism feels heavy. Its weight and impact are not hidden by smoothness or curves. Instead, the buildings often feel awkward and ill-fitted to their surroundings, no matter where they have landed.

This is ever so true on the University of Guelph campus, where the historic Johnson Hall lords so elegantly from the top of the green while brutalist edifices like the MacKinnon Building look awkwardly large and cumbersome. Architect Josep Lluis Sert oversaw the brutalist buildings on-campus during Guelph’s expansion in the 1960s. Sert worked under Le Corbusier in his youth, and you can see the strong influence of those horizontal plains he uses over and over – particularly in the overpasses of the South Residences. Getting off the buses in the morning, and looking down at those three strong concrete buildings all in perfect unison, you can understand how the harsh style can be a little overbearing and dark. Even at the time people agreed.

Brutalism was not thought to be a new and exciting style – this was a style of architecture that conveyed heaviness and importance.

My favorite example on-campus is the McNaughton Building. Built in 1969 for the study of chemistry, physics, and mathematics, the building has nothing of the hippie tie-dye bursts of colour and free love that were happening that year.

Perhaps it was built in reaction to that, perhaps the university wanted to convey the seriousness of the disciplines to be studied within its angled walls. Looking at McNaughton, and how closely they have built the HVAC system for Zavitz Hall to one of its looming angles on the east side, it seems apparent that this building – this cold, harsh style – is not very respected. Have you ever pondered the hilarity of McNaughton’s down facing windows? How wonderfully angled they are?

How rich the texture on the concrete is and how perfectly the angles interplay and align? It’s quite a stunning example, and I hope that next time you are hurrying to class, you pause a second and appreciate the beauty of something so harsh.

Maybe now that spring has arrived, it’ll be easier to look at cold, dirty concrete and think how underappreciated this style really is.

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A l o o k a t t h e c i t y ’s a r t i s t i c spaces - A d r i e n Po t v i n Art can hardly exist without a space for it to exist in – be it a tangible or imagined space. Where theory and practice meet is also where audience and artist meet, and the sanctity of these spaces is where a local arts scene can flourish and sustain itself. With such a community-minded gearing, either tacitly realized or as a material, affective engagement, Guelph’s arts community offers a plethora of places to engage with a variety of artistic mediums, thought streams, and exhibits.

Zavitz Hall and SOFAM The home of the University of Guelph’s studio art program, Zavitz Hall features studios for printmaking, sculpture, and painting, as well as a gallery that features exhibits of student works and hosts receptions. Initially built in 1914 and used for over 30 years for the field husbandry program, it has since been the home of the studio art program.

This repurposing of the building itself has an interesting historical subtext, given the art produced out of the building by the studio art program. Contemporary art currents are largely about repurposing and re-appropriating, and this is certainly the case for the current works coming from the studio art program. Tto use the triedand-true adage of media theorist Marshall McLuhan, the medium is indeed the message.

The School of Fine Arts and Music (SOFAM) is responsible for yearlong programming, including the renowned annual Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art. The 2015 edition features a lecture by multidisciplinary artist Michael Snow, whose work ranges from large sculpture installations at Toronto’s Eaton Centre and Roger’s Centre, to influential experimental filmmaking and other multimedia works.

Aside from this, SOFAM hosts a variety of lectures, concerts, and countless other events such as the Thursday at Noon concert series, showcasing music performance and composition students.

The Essex Corridor: Silence, Publication Studios, and Musagetes Quickly establishing itself as an essential hub for Downtown Guelph’s arts scene, Essex Street is home to Musagetes, Heritage Hall (83 Essex), and Silence/Publication Studio (46 Essex). These organizations, in tandem, offer venues for multidisciplinary thought and art to be practiced and performed, with a general end-goal of bringing art to the community

in a meaningful, collaborative way, strengthening the public life of art and artistic thought.

Musagetes is an international, interdisciplinary arts organization, with a foothold in Guelph at the Boarding House Gallery on Essex Street. Their programming features numerous projects, past and ongoing, that seek to make the arts more central to public life, stating in their artistic manifesto that “egocentric and mechanistic values can alienate people from their own inner reality and deprive them of a sense of shared belonging to the human community.” Their ongoing projects include People of Good Will, a multi-disciplinary venture led in part by New Mexico artist collective Postcommodity, in which the project seeks to revisit the underground railroad historical narrative in Canada – Southern Ontario in particular.

Publication Studio (PS Guelph), with its printing press and drawing boards tucked away in a room of the Silence venue, is an integral part of Guelph’s diverse literary life. With its DIY focus and public-life-oriented aims, the studio is an invaluable tool for writers, thinkers, and artists in a variety of mediums to engage with a book’s production and its reception.

I spoke to Steph Yates, programmer and organizer at PS Guelph, about the organization’s history and goals.

“Publication Studio was founded in 2009 in Portland, Oregon, and since then, more than 10 other studios— each one with its own autonomous editorial team and curatorial flavour—have started up in North America and Europe,” explained Yates. “PS Guelph began almost two years ago when we opened up our bookmaking studio and shop at 46 Essex St, also home to experimental music series, Silence.”

A distinctive aspect of Publication Studio’s editorial and artistic preoccupation is its attention to the “social life” of the book. Yates elaborated on this, saying, “Reading tends to be a private endeavour, and most of us love to be alone with a good book. But we are also interested in connecting over books. Book launch events and reading groups are some ways that we call ‘the social life of the book’ into action. Guelph is a hotbed of thinkers and doers. We want to know other book-lovers, people who love to work with their hands, people who write, creative people with wild ideas.”

Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre The Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre, a joint financial and curatorial venture between the City of Guelph, the University of Guelph, the Upper Grand District School Board, and the County of Wellington, was originally a public school established in 1904. The Macdonald Stewart Foundation was established in 1973, and made an art institution by the provincial parliament in 1978. In 1980, the gallery opened to the public.

FINE ARTS AT GUELPH – A GLIMPSE AT NEW WORK S t u d i o a r t p ro g ra m w o r k s o n display at Zavitz - A d r i e n Po t v i n The annual Juried Art Show, in which the studio art program’s upper-year undergraduate students present their work to be juried and exhibited, was held this past Friday on all floors of Zavitz and in the painting, sculpture, and extended studios. Curator Sarah Robayo Sheridan, architect Marcin Kedzior, and conceptual artist Kelly Mark, juried the works.

Ranging from assemblage, video art, drawing, and sculpture, the top 10 winners were studio art students Allanah Vokes, Ryan Grover, a piece by the F***ing Young Canadian Artists (FY-CA) collective, Melina Panara, Dylan Evans, Maya Ben David, Rory Steels, Katie Owen, Katie Schulz, and Emma Carney. The reception for the exhibition will be held at Zavitz Hall on Thursday, March 26, at 5:30 p.m.

Some of the top 10 winners’ work – Alannah Vokes’s UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano, Dylan Evans’ Cyber Lovers (After Felix Gonzales-Torres), and Melina Panara’s Gingham – are presented in this week’s arts edition (see centre).

One standout installation is Maya Ben David’s video art piece, THE THREE LAWS, which mediates popular culture signifiers and tropes such as 80s and 90s cartoons, Microsoft Windows screens (the computer game Wolfenstein, XP load screens, Solitaire cards), found footage, and overlaid clips from the films Metropolis and Scanners.

The work is explained in-depth by Ben David’s artist statement, which reads, “THE THREE LAWS is a modern interpretation of Isaac Asimov’s ‘Three Laws of Robotics,’ introduced in 1942. Through collage, it shows the depiction of the hypothesized consequences of breaking Asimov’s three laws in popular media. It poses the question: what happens when machines become sentient beings, yet are still treated as objects? THE THREE LAWS is, in many ways, a portrait of theories of artificial intelligence throughout history, but particularly the emergence of 90’s internet culture that Maya grew up with and was exposed to at [a] young age.

She stretches the definition of robotics and artificial intelligence to be relevant to her personal experience with technology and machines. This includes old Macintosh screensavers, the Microsoft Word paperclip animation, and internet popups.”

On the inspiration for the piece, Ben David says, “The work began with a scene from the movie The Brave

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GUELPH’S ARTISTIC LIFE – AN OVERVIEW

While the building has undergone some massive overhauls, it’s not done yet – come September 2015, with the front façade renovated over the course of this summer, it will be known as the Art Gallery of Guelph, further strengthening its status as a renowned public art institution.

I spoke to executive director and curator, Dawn Owens, about one of the current exhibits, Kate Wilhelm’s Yes these bones shall live. The photo series, Wilhelm’s first solo exhibit, focuses on the domestic lives of various members of the Royal City Roller Girls, Guelph’s local roller derby team. “[Wilhelm] was interested in photographing [the Roller Girls] in their traditional domestic environment – sort of what would happen when you transplant the theatrical persona into an environment where she [the Roller Girl] doesn’t normally perform in that way,” explained Owens.

“She performs in different ways within the home […] mother, lover, wife, sister, friend, all the hats we wear in our homes.”

The subjects, identified by their team pseudonyms, range as far as lesbian couples, Mennonites, and various other “renegades in the community,” to use Owens’ words.

“From a photographic perspective, they are very traditionally photographic. So, compositionally speaking they’re highly formal, there’s no fancy photographic trickery, it’s very straightforward image-making. […] I think that very tightly controlled lens is a sort of contradiction when you see the actual women who are posing for the portrait,” Owens said of the composition aesthetic in most of the works.

In addition to Wilhelm’s exhibit, Kelly Richardson’s Terrene is also on display until March 29. The exhibit, and its companion book, published at PS Guelph by MSAC and the Ed Video Media Arts Centre, showcases early video art works such as Ferman Drive, her Supernatural series, and her latest piece, the breathtaking Orion Tide.

Another room features a donated collection of over 70 pieces of Native beadwork, spanning from the late 1800s to the early-mid 1900s. The artifacts are a crucial part of Canada’s cottage industry history – white families would vacation in cottage country, and the Native communities in these places would make these beadworks to sell to them as souvenirs, placing these artifacts in a fascinating and vital socio-economic context.

To conclude, Guelph is defined in many ways by its vital cultural life, and a visit to any of these institutions offer a salient glimpse into just how vital it is. Be you a literary buff, a chin-stroking philosopher, or a little bit of every kind of artist or enthusiast, there’s always something to be inspired by in our amazing little city.

Little Toaster. In the scene, the air conditioner goes on a melancholy rant about his existence as a machine stuck in the wall and ultimately becomes so upset he explodes and dies. This scene really stuck with me.”

On the dark sense of humour pervading the video collage, Ben David said “I think humour is a great tool for making uncomfortable subject digestible, but also for creating tension with the viewer. Humour and playfulness, I think, is a lot more present in art then you may think. If you look around the room in the top 10 show in Zavitz right now, I would say that all of the works are playfully exploring and taking apart the conventions of the mediums they are working in.”

Also taking up nearly a full wall of the Zavitz Gallery is Art (Tentative Title), by the FY-CA collective, an assemblage piece that seems to make material the pervading sense of irony and cynicism of internet culture in a sometimes playful, sometimes striking way. The “FY-CA wall” collage, as it is colloquially known, is eye-catching and reactionary enough as a whole, but getting into the particulars of the material used, its arrangement and the political procedures found in this arrangement, the viewer is invited into a sort of materializing of mash-up culture, and the work draws on a number of socio-economic codifiers such as pizza boxes, images of Drake’s face, and other tongue-in-cheek texts and images.

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ALANNAH VOKES I am in my fifth year of studio art and I work in drawing, collage, and sculpture. My recent work explores themes of public and private, disguise and exposure, focusing on revealing or obscuring information or imagery that is charged, discomforting, or intimate.

I use careful strategies of dissection, analysis, and reconstruction to conceal and complexify graphic sexual imagery or violent actions.

UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano (above): A close-up of a recently completed drawing in which I tracked the motion of the feet and fists of mixed martial artists Ronda Rousey and Cat Zingano in UFC 184, a brief but fascinating fight. The blue lines represent Zingano, the red lines Rousey, and the silver shows the octagonal ring in which they fight.

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ART Miss January ’91(right): One of a series of collages in which I took Playboy magazines, sliced them into thin strips, and reconstructed them in a geometric configuration. The configurations are based on 3D models of dodecahedra that were glitched using information given about the Playmate in their interview with the magazine.

DYLAN EVANS

My name is Dylan Evans, and I’m currently in fourth-year in the studio art program.

I suppose the focus of my work is based in technology and the internet, and the dynamics of development that arise with these two things. My inspiration at the moment is derived mostly from the internet, but also from technology and its similarities with nature.

Scan #1, (2014): This photograph is from a series derived from a performance piece that I did last winter, where I took my printer/scanner outside and pressed it against trees, foliage, bushes, etc. This was a way for me to create a direct link between the natural world and the digital/technological.

Cyber Lovers (After Felix GonzalesTorres), (2015 work in progress): Cyber Lovers is a rework of an artwork

by Felix Gonzales-Torres, a portrait he made for two alike people, that symbolized love and togetherness between individuals. My updated piece references this work, but the circles do not actually touch, referencing the personal disconnect between individuals who have relationships through technology.

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FAREWELL TO A CANADIAN HERO S te v e N a s h – o n e o f t h e g re a te s t to p l a y t h e g a m e - M a rc B e r n a rd o Steve Nash, the greatest Canadian to ever play in the NBA, announced his retirement on March 21, calling it quits after 18 seasons. Nash last played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

A native of Victoria, British Columbia, Nash went on to play college basketball at Santa Clara University in California. Nash had his number retired from the Santa Clara Broncos following four seasons with the team. In the 1996 NBA Draft, Nash would be selected in the first round by the Phoenix Suns – the team he would call home for his first two seasons before being traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

Nash began earning league-wide respect for his playmaking abilities; however, Nash’s career never quite erupted until he returned to the Suns via free agency in 2004. Nash headlined a great core of young players in Phoenix, and the team won a league high 62 games in his first season. Nash averaged 11.5 assists per game with high shooting percentages to become the first Canadian player to win the NBA’s MVP award – success that the Canadian star would repeat one year later, earning his second consecutive MVP title.

Nash averaged both double-digit points and assists per game in seven of the eight seasons he would spend with the Suns. Nash moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012 in an attempt to wrap up his decorated career with an NBA Champi-

onship. The decision highlighted a team that would feature three proven superstars with Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant playing alongside the Canadian star.

The experiment in the Golden State never truly flourished, however, as Nash’s health hindered the remainder of his career. At the age of 41, injuries would be the reason for Nash’s abrupt departure from basketball. Over the course of three seasons under contract with the Lakers, Nash would only play 65 games during an injuryriddled stretch.

While Nash managed two MVP awards, eight all-star game appearances, and third all-time in assists, his legacy may be more impactful in the years to follow. Despite being one of the most prolific passers in NBA history, his contribution to Canada may be his greatest achievement. The Lou Marsh award, awarded to Canada’s top athlete, would be an honour given to Nash in 2005. With that, and his remarkable career, the point-guard brought hope to Canadian basketball.

Nash is the catalyst for a new era of Canadian basketball, giving hope to young Canadians to pursue their dreams of being in the NBA, and results have backed up the claim. The last two NBA drafts have had Canadians as the first overall picks – Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins respectively. Meanwhile, the Toronto Raptors have enjoyed a resurgence in play and support from the entire country. Canadian basketball is growing to levels that have never been imagined, with many active NBA players as well as NCAA prospects playing significant roles with their teams.

“We The North” has taken flight in Canada, and Steve Nash, the greatest Canadian player of all time, should be thanked significantly.

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10) Super Mario 2008 Down two against the University of Memphis with 2.8 seconds left to play – and future NBA MVP Derrick Rose at the free throw line – all appeared lost for Mario Chalmers and the Kansas City Jay Hawks. After Rose made one of two free throws, the scene was set for Chalmers. With only 2.1 seconds left, Chalmers’s three-pointer tied the game, leading to an eventual 7568 victory for Kansas in overtime.

9) Big Bill goes to town In what many basketball pundits have cited as one of the greatest individual performances in Final Four history, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) centre Bill Walton scored 44 points, shot 21-for-22, and had 13 rebounds, to lead the Bruins to their seventh straight title in the 1973 final over Memphis State.

8) Zero to hero For Indiana Hoosier Keith Smart, it only took one shot to become a March Madness hero. Smart’s 16foot jumper over Syracuse’s Howard Triche with five seconds left gave Indiana a 74-73 win – and the legendary Bobby Knight his third national title. Smart had been benched earlier in the second half, but returned in the second to score 12 of Indiana’s final 15 points.

7) George Mason makes Final Four There are many inspiring underdog stories in the tournament’s history, but George Mason’s 2006 run to the Final Four takes the cake. The team took down powerhouses Michigan State, North Carolina, and Connecticut to reach the Final Four as the first mid-major team to do so in 27 years, and the second No. 11 seed ever. The team remains the only Colonial Athletic Association team to advance to the Final Four.

6) Stephen Curry goes for 40 On March 21, 2008, a then-unknown Stephen Curry began his NCAA tournament run with 40 points to lead Davidson over Gonzaga in the first round. Now one of the NBA’s premier players, Curry led Davidson to its first NCAA tournament win since 1969, scoring 30 secondhalf points and hitting eight of 10 three-pointers. It was the beginning of an Elite Eight run for the Wildcats, who beat Georgetown and Wisconsin before eventually falling to Kansas.

5) Johnson vs. Bird In a prequel to one of the NBA’s most beloved rivalries, Michigan State’s Magic Johnson and Larry Bird of Indiana State faced off in the 1979 championship game. The sheer star power and budding competition between the two made for the most-watched college game in television history. Johnson stole the show with 24 points, seven rebounds, and five assists in the Michigan State win, while Bird finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds.

4) Chris Webber’s timeout While Chris Webber has enjoyed a sterling career in the NBA – and rave reviews as a broadcaster – he will likely never escape the infamy of his botched timeout call in the 1993 championship game. Trailing 73-71 against North Carolina, Webber gobbled up a rebound and, dribbling up the court, tried to call a timeout near the Michigan bench with 11 seconds to go. Unfortunately, Michigan was out of timeouts. A technical foul was called, clinching the national title for the Tar Heels.

3) The shot Known simply as “the shot,” Christian Laettner’s iconic fade-away jumper to beat Kentucky in the 1992 East Regional final is one of the most well-known and endearing March Madness moments. Down 103-102 with 2.1 seconds left in overtime, Duke’s Grant Hill threw a Hail Mary pass three-quarters the length of the court. Laettner caught it inside the free-throw circle. The rest is history.

2) History is made, 1966 On March 19, 1966, college basketball changed forever when the all-black starting lineup of the Bob Haskins-coached Texas Western beat the all-white Kentucky Wildcats to win the NCAA title, marking the first time an all-black lineup won the national title.

1) North Carolina State wins 1983 championship game An underdog beats a powerhouse: with the score tied at 52 and only seconds remaining, guard Dereck Wittenburg secured the ball and launched an air ball from about 30 feet, connecting with Lorenzo Charles for the miracle put-back dunk as time expired to bring N.C. State over the University of Houston Cougars.

N.C. State coach Jim Valvano’s stunned and joyous celebration was one for the ages.

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YOUR METABOLISM: HOW DOES IT WORK? Lo o k i n g a t s i x metabolism myths - L a ra H a i n e s - Lo v e

When it comes to the body’s health, few topics are more misunderstood than the concept of metabolism. The reality is that there are more myths out there about metabolism than there are about Area 51 and Bigfoot put together.

Myth No. 1: Metabolism is entirely about burning calories and breaking down digested foods.

Metabolism can be divided up into two categories: catabolism – the breaking down of molecules to obtain energy – and anabolism – the creation of compounds needed by cells. Both processes are equally important, and a balance is required for optimum health.

Myth No. 2: Celery is a “calorie negative” food because digesting them causes you to burn more calories than the body gains from eating them. (True/False) It is true that your body burns calories in order to digest, absorb, and transport food; however, one rib of celery has about six calories and you burn about half a calorie digesting it. Research has shown that “calorie negative” foods are nothing more than fantasy. Celery is a healthy snack. It contains fiber, which fills you up, and phalides, which reduce blood pressure.

Myth No. 3: Drinking caffeine doesn’t affect your metabolism.

If you love your cup of joe, it’s time to celebrate! A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that those subjects who drank regular coffee burned more calories than those who consumed decaf through an increase in their metabolic rate.

Myth No. 4: Thinner people have faster metabolisms.

Everyone knows one of those lucky people who seem to be able to eat whatever they want whenever they want and not gain a pound. Despite popular belief, smaller people tend to have slower metabolisms than larger people simply because there is less of them. Metabolic rate has more to do with body composition than body size. Your body burns only about two calories a day per pound of fat. On the other hand, your body burns about 14 calories a day per pound of muscle. So if you are looking to give your metabolism a boost, building muscle through strength training is the best way to go.

Myth No. 5: If you cut calories, your metabolism will not change.

Your body’s natural tendency is to conserve calories and your metabolism does slow slightly if you starve yourself of calories. You burn two to 10 less calories a day for every pound you lose.

If you lose 15 pounds, you now have to eat 30 to 150 fewer calories per day to maintain that weight. The metabolic rate decrease is small, so that, if you became more active, you can easily offset the effects.

Myth No. 6: Eating grapefruit helps speed up your metabolism.

Grapefruit has no effect on your metabolism, but it has been known to help people lose weight.

According to a study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, eating half a grapefruit before meals helped subjects lose four pounds in 12 weeks. Why? Grapefruit contains a ton of fiber and water, which fills you up, making you eat less later on in the day.

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On March 27, the Guelph Storm will begin the quest for backto-back titles in the first round of the 2015 OHL Playoffs, as the defending champions face off against Midwest Division rival, the Owen Sound Attack.

OHL PLAYOFFS: STORM VS. ATTACK F i r s t ro u n d p ro m i s e s a c l o s e match-up - S te p h a n i e C o ra t t i It took the complete 68-game schedule to do it, but the Guelph Storm secured fourth place in the Western Conference on March 22. As a result, the Storm gained home ice advantage for the first round of the 2015 OHL Playoffs.

Guelph concluded the 2014-15 regular season with a 38-26-2-2 record for 80 points, earning their 23 consecutive playoff berth – the longest standing postseason appearance record in the OHL. On the other side of the ice will be Midwest Division rival, the Owen Sound Attack, who put forth a strong challenge for home ice advantage in the series through the final stretch of the season, but fell short with a 35-24-2-7 record for a total of 79 points.

The teams met eight times throughout the 2014-15 campaign, with the Storm taking the season series with a 5-3 advantage.

Promising an interesting first round, through those eight season match-ups, five of them were decided by one-goal differentials, with three consecutive games requiring a shootout resolution.

In the first match-up on Oct. 4, the Storm earned a 3-2 victory that saw sophomore Pius Suter, captain Jason Dickinson, and second-year defenceman Garrett McFadden capitalize. McFadden, a native of Kincardine, Ontario, registered the game-winning goal with a highlight reel end-to-end rush.

The Attack would even up the series at one on Oct. 25 with a 3-2 shootout win. Two regulation goals and the lone successful shootout attempt for the Storm registered by Tyler Bertuzzi wouldn’t be enough for Guelph in the loss.

Continuing the close match-ups and the onegoal decision trends, the Storm rebounded in the season series, grabbing a 4-3 shootout victory.

Luke Cairns and Suter would both score in the shootout to earn the victory, while Storm netminder Justin Nichols turned aside 24 of 27 shots and denied both Petrus Palmu and Ethan Szypula in the shootout.

In the third consecutive shootout result, the Storm would come out on top in a 3-2 victory. Nichols, the game’s first star, stopped 37 of 39 shots, and went perfect through six shootout rounds, giving defenceman Zac Leslie the opportunity to score the lone shootout marker to take the game.

On Jan. 3, for the first time all season, a game between the Storm and the Attack would have more than a one-goal differential when the buzzer sounded with a 4-1 result in favour of Guelph.

Nichols, once again named the game’s first star, put on a show between the pipes as the netminder turned aside 52 shots in the win.

Owen Sound would follow suit, however, taking a 4-1 victory of their own on Feb. 21.

In a crucial match-up on March 6, the Storm would earn two very significant points with the Attack lingering just points behind in fifth in the West.

Suter registered two goals and an assist to lift Guelph to a 3-1 win.

Closing out the regular season series, the Attack would earn a significant win on March 20, downing the Storm 4-3. The Storm, who needed just a single point out of their two remaining regular season games, would still manage to secure home ice advantage, however, with a dominant 6-2 victory over the Sarnia Sting on March 22.

The teams will reignite the battle in Guelph on March 27 at 7:30, followed by Game Two on March 29.

Games Three and Four will be played in Owen Sound on March 31 and April 1 respectively.

MELINA PANARA My name is Melina Panara, and I am currently in my fourth year, final semester, majoring in studio art. The focus of my current practice is exploring materiality, while trying to play with unconventional notions of painting. I also have a strong interest in colour, pattern, trickery, and process. Artists that inspire me include Analia Saban, Angela de la Cruz, Linda Besemer, and Sasha Pierce.

MICHAEL PARRY I am a third-year student in university, working towards a biotechnology degree. As for my artistic inspirations: I have always enjoyed art because art is a way for an artist to materialize their deepest sense of being. I find photography fun, especially candid photography, because that is a person’s most natural state.

I feel like when it boils down, my inspiration for art is expressing, or finding, people’s most natural self, past all of the outward appearances, and fronted characters.

FILM Gingham (2015, acrylic on canvas): One of the pieces in my series of floppy paintings, I handpainted the gingham pattern on canvas and machine-stitched the edges. No wooden frame is present, so they take on a natural hang and I like to think of them as caricatures.

Purple Haze (photograph)

Untitled (Exposed) (2015, raw canvas, wooden frame, and zipper): This piece references the body, while also making a humorous poke at Barnett Newman’s “zip” paintings.

“To practice any art, no matter how well

or badly, is a way to

make your soul grow.

So do it.”

-Kurt Vonnegut

MIDO MELEBARI I’m a graduate student in the food science program. I started taking photos when I moved to Guelph in 2010, but I was not improving my skills and getting a professional camera to focus on photography more seriously until recently. Now, I’m on my way to start my own business through my lovely lenses and camera.

KATIE SCHULZ Katie Schulz is a fifth-year student majoring in studio art with a minor in psychology. The focus of her work involves the modification of found materials. Katie is inspired by behaviour, transportation, and machinery.

ALEXANDRE BROWN

Allomorph (right): A soft sculpture that is held by a stand. The repeated slipknot used for this material development has been achieved with a crafted metal hook.

A fifth-year tourism management student who enjoys art, travelling, and exploring this beautiful world we live in.

Time Out, Chair (left): A wall-mounted sculpture made from reconstructed found material. Its position in space accentuates the object’s negated use value.

OUR Time (2014, photograph): This photo showcases the remains of the Berlin Wall. I do it for the people.

SIMON M. BENEDICT Simon M. Benedict is a first-year MFA candidate at the University of Guelph. His work playfully explores the shifting weight of words and the ways in which language can be redefined, repurposed, misconstrued, or rendered meaningless through its very communication. Benedict often uses words from songs and films as raw material for his videos and works on paper

JASMINE REIMER In my studio, I explore the domestic sphere by rendering its objects and environments alien, strange, and sensual. I look to artists Rachel Harrison and Robert Gober, and poet Gertrude Stein, for their use of absurdity and humour and their corporeal, material sensibilities.

Horizontal Poke (2015, foam, plywood, acrylic, found objects, epoxy putty) (above)

NO RELATION (2015, ink on paper) FAKE IT TILL YOU FAKE IT (2015, ink on paper)

Untitled (2015, foam, acrylic, apoxy putty, found objects) (right)

the arts issue RED CIRCLE

F**KING YOUNG CANADIAN ARTISTS (FY-CA) The collective’s collage presented below, titled Art (Tentative Title), is a flippant, anxious materializing of mash-up culture, produced through found objects, scribbled texts, and various defacings and appropriations of capitalist iconographies.

ADRIEN POTVIN I am a fourth-year English literature major, and a poet and musician. My poetry is largely preoccupied with dreams/memories, music, films, and situational/incidental writing. In a more specific sense, my work appreciates and explicates both the mundane and the sublime – sometimes at once.

“Early Train (Field Recording #2)”: I wrote this on the VIA train, coming from my hometown back to Guelph.

I attempted to pin down the origin of a sound I had heard. Through this process of fixating (perhaps out of boredom), I muse on the sometimeserroneous nature of sensual experience, especially in such a public space.

“Red Circle”: This poem was originally the second stanza of “Early Train.”

I was suggested by a friend to take the stanza out and leave it as its own poem.

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Window watching blue creeps shy, reposed like mise-en-scène of French crime drama – I can see the protagonist evading coat-clad gangsters.

EARLY TRAIN (FIELD RECORDING #2) Faint squeal that is either business as usual, or telenovela organ whirl, or Duke at the Blue Note, or definitely earphones more obviously musical now, more aggressively bland now.

Hear the 20th Century Fox jingle from maybe a different source.

I will indeed be delayed but work can always wait insofar as what can’t be done tomorrow is more important than what is at hand right now and under any other guise I’d appear to be showing my lazy side but really that is the nature of my work.

C O V E R D E S I G N b y U n i v e r s i t y o f G u e l p h Pro f e s s o r J o h n K i s s i c k , G r o o v e f u c ke r E i g h t ( 2 0 1 0 )

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CrossFit, one of the most recent fitness trends, is put to the test when a true skeptic of the circuitbuild regimen takes an introductory class, and ends up surprised.

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CROSSFIT: A SKEPTIC’S FIRST EXPERIENCE T h e c i rc u i t t h a t c h a n g e d m y opinion -Jack Hinds I’m not one to discourage people from changing their lives and getting fit. But, as a long-standing member of the fitness community, I’ve always been pretty skeptical of CrossFit. The guiding principle of the CrossFit business model is to engage people in high-intensity, functional exercises. To me, that concept had always sounded really good on paper, but having watched people I know go through CrossFit, I had my reservations. The competition seemed quite fierce at times, to the point of being dangerous for the participant. The focus on high reps and completing the workout at whatever cost made me wary of it.

When a friend of mine approached me about attending an introductory class, I couldn’t turn it down.

My style of fitness is focused around many of the same lifts that are done in CrossFit, but I focus on high weight, low-rep work. And I work out alone, usually very early in the morning when only a few other people are at the gym. To say I was apprehensive for what I understood to be a hyper-competitive, high-rep, lots-of-screaming, volume-up-to-11

group class would have been an understatement.

As we walk in to the workshop-turned-gym, two other people were there before us, sweating, panting and looking like aspiring body builders. They were both about three metres up off the ground, racing each other to the ceiling, climbing up two large ropes suspended from the roof.

Once Mr. and Mrs. Atlas finished their workout, it was our turn.

I could have left at this point. My perceptions of this style of fitness were already completely changed. I hadn’t been prepared for the reserved intensity of this place. There’s a calm about it that is both unsettling and exciting.

My first 15 minutes were spent stretching and warming up. I hadn’t expected it, and after we were done, I felt completely confident that I wasn’t going to injure myself doing whatever had planned for us. We were then informed that our workout would include kettlebell lunges, box jumps, Russian twists (a core exercise), and dips done on gymnast’s rings.

My ego took hold and I scoffed internally. I lift things that are heavier than all of their kettlebells combined – no way this is going to be challenging.

Wrong. Eight sets, 10 reps of each exercise, in a circuit, as fast as you can. Go. By the fourth set, I was dying.

As I shut my brain off and kept lunging, jumping, and twisting, I realized I wasn’t being yelled at.

There was no screaming, no pressure to do any of this. I could just stop right now if I wanted, but I didn’t. It was the soft, quiet encouragement I was getting from both my instructor and my classmates that kept me going, and I couldn’t possibly disappoint them. I joined in too, offering with what little breath I could muster encouragement to the other two in my group – who looked to be in just as rough shape as I was.

By the end of it, we were all thoroughly spent.

There was a 10-minute cool down, and by then my mind had cleared from the exertion. I was awestruck by how different the experience had been than I had anticipated.

Though I doubt I will continue with CrossFit, I encourage any of you looking for a good way to get very, very fit – and to have fun doing it – to check it out. It would seem that the most important thing to do is to spend some time around the gyms to see which one has an atmosphere most in agreement with your personality and style. Once you’re in, you’ll end up with functional strength in spades, a portfolio of new exercises, and a sense of belonging in a fantastic and misunderstood community of people that somehow seem to be simultaneously hardcore and relaxed, all at the same time.

Me, I’ll stick to my lonely little underground gym.

But I’m at the very least, however, going to go and learn how to climb a rope.

O UA C h a m p i o n re f l e c t s o n f i r s t C I S s e a s o n , h o c ke y c a re e r - S te p h a n i e C o ra t t i Named to the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West Division All-Rookie team. An OUA Champion. Player of the Game honours with an 18-save shutout in the 104 th Queen’s Cup. A bronze medal finish at Nationals while named to the tournament’s All-Star team. Later recognized as the University Cup’s “Top Goaltender” of the tournament.

That’s quite a list.

With all of that, Guelph Gryphons’ goaltender Andrew D’Agostini still puts his teammates at the top.

“My teammates, to be honest with you,” the firstyear Gryphon countered when asked what he’s most proud of this season. “For really turning things around.”

From three wins through the first 16 games of the season, to competing for the OUA Championship against the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), there’s certainly something to be proud of.

“Just sitting back on my net, leaning up against the post, watching my team flip the puck in their zone and beat them up,” D’Agostini recalled of the Queen’s Cup game on March 7. “[UQTR] tried to bring it out, but we’d just send it back in. It was a real pleasure to watch that.”

It would be one of the highlights on the season for the goaltender.

“The crowd was unbelievable,” the Scarborough, Ontario native explained. “I’ve been part of bigger crowds than that, but I don’t know if I’ve been part of a better crowd.”

The highlights extended past a provincial championship, turning an underdog Gryphons team into the bronze medalists at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National tournament in Halifax.

“To end on a win for the graduating guys, the experience of the Queen’s Cup, and Nationals,” D’Agostini explained. “They were all highlights of the year.”

It wasn’t always about the highlights, however, as D’Agostini and the Gryphons faced early adversity – both on and off the ice.

“My roommate, Cole Hamblin, passed away within a month or so of meeting,” D’Agostini said of the hardest thing he had to overcome this season. “Then all of the losses on top of that in the first half, it didn’t help.”

“There was definitely a combination of things,” he added. “But it makes for a great story now.”

Prior to writing history for the Gryphons, D’Agostini made waves for the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Peterborough Petes. Playing five years for the Petes, a single-team OHL career feat that few accomplish, the goaltender compiled a 71-85-29 career record with six shutouts (four of which came in his final season in 2013-14).

With only 11 playoff games throughout his tenure in Peterborough, D’Agostini’s 2.84 goals-againstaverage and .926 save percentage for a 4-6-1-0 underdog run for the Petes in the 2014 postseason turned out to be the prequel to the netmind-

er’s remarkable ability to change a game, and a season.

Looking at the success of his hockey career on a grander scale, D’Agostini is quick to credit two people who have been there right from the start: his parents.

“My dad was the one to drive to rinks when I was young, take me out to watch all kinds of hockey games, meet scouts, go to interviews, extra practices, and skates,” D’Agostini said, adding that both his parents were immensely influential for different reasons. “He would give me advice, and little things that, probably looking back now, gave me an advantage over other players.”

“Now my mom, I don’t think she’s missed a game this year. She comes and cheers me on, I can always expect her to be there,” the Gryphon continued. “I’m lucky to have the parents I do.”

Holding a mentality that never fails to recognize others before himself, D’Agostini puts roots in an unfaltering “no regrets” attitude.

“There were options to move on from [Peterborough] in my last couple of years to teams where I maybe would have had more success,” the goaltender explained. “But I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Peterborough was so good to me, I wanted to pay them back by riding out my whole career there.”

“I just put my head down and go to work every day,” D’Agostini continued. “No regrets. It’s one thing I wanted to make sure I lived by.”

No regrets: a mentality that the 2014-15 Guelph Gryphons certainly learned to embody, with No. 30 leading the way.

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SCIENCE AVENUE: VEGETABLE OILS - S a m e e r C h h a b ra What are vegetable oils?

A few weeks ago, Science Avenue published an article on palm oil. The article was intended to shed light on environmental destruction, as well as human rights violations, that result from the consumption and production of the cooking ingredient. In contrast, this week’s column will look at vegetable oil from a purely pharmacological and chemical perspective.

Vegetable oil is a rather simple compound to consider. Under most definitions of the term, vegetable oil is nothing more than a triglyceride extracted from a plant. Most people consider vegetable oils as liquids at room temperature – olive oil and grapeseed oil, for example. This definition eliminates solids at room temperatures – vegetable fats, for instance – but it is true that other broad definitions treat plant extracts in various states of matter as “vegetable oils” as well.

Regardless of the technical definition, one thing remains unchanged: vegetable oils have been a part of human civilization since the dawn of time. Our ancestors used a variety of vegetable oils for cooking, illumination, as well as for cleaning products like soaps.

How do vegetable oils work?

The modern method for vegetable oil extraction remains similar to the methods of our ancestors. While we’ve begun to use complex chemistry to produce higher yields of certain oils, the traditional method of crushing and pressing olives, grapeseeds, and avocado seeds remain in use. Granted, modern factories allow for a greater number of processes at any given moment, but, outside the realm of chemical extraction, most producers use mechanical presses to draw vegetable oil from its sources.

Why are vegetable oils important?

In recent years, a widespread cultural shift has led to the examination of the health benefits of various vegetable oils. Since the consumption of any fat has become highly scrutinized, it should come as no surprise that vegetable oils have been studied for their health benefits and potential detriments.

Should, for instance, olive oil be used to grill or fry foods? Is virgin oil healthier than regular oil?

What’s the best – and safest – oil to use when us-

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ing heat to prepare food? These are the kinds of questions that modern food scientists have asked in order to learn more about the oils humanity has used since antiquity.

Smoke point is the temperature at which visible gases begin to form when heating cooking oils. The smoke is a result of the release of potentially toxic compounds trapped within the oil. The temperature at which smoke is released differs between various oils. When individuals claim that it is unsafe to consume certain oils at higher temperatures, they are referring to the fact that harmful compounds are only released when specific oils are heated to specific temperatures.

Virgin olive oil, for instance, has a smoke point of 199 degrees Celsius. This means that it is safe to consume virgin olive oil at temperatures below 199 degrees, but, any higher and there is a chance that any toxins embedded within the oil will slowly be released. In comparison, avocado oil has a smoke point of 271 degrees Celsius, which means that avocado oil can safely be used in extreme temperature situations – like deep-frying – without potentially harming hungry individuals.

What, then, of the distinction between virgin, extra-virgin, and regular oils? In terms of oil, virginity refers to the acidity and purity of oil. For olive oil to

be classified as “virgin,” for instance, it must have a maximum acid value of 6.6. Extra virgin olive oil can have a maximum acid value of 0.6.

At low temperatures, normally reserved for salads and dips, most vegetable oils are judged based on taste. However, in the preparation of hot foods, the type of oil used can contribute to a variety of health effects, based solely on the temperature used to prepare the food.

What is the future of vegetable oils?

As food science advances, our decisions to use certain oils will be informed by our understanding of factors like smoke point and acid value. However, the issue of misattribution continues to plague the vegetable oil industry, regardless of scientific advancement. The issue of misattribution has to do with manufacturers claiming that their oils are “Virgin” or “Extra virgin,” when their products are otherwise normal variations of vegetable oils. Due to the lack of regulation over the vegetable oil industry, manufacturers are able to mislabel their products and reap the profits of their exploits.

As vegetable oil use continues, and consumers grow savvier, I believe that manufacturers will no longer be able to mislabel their products and exploit their customers.

WHEN A PARENT GETS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER Wa y s to f i n d a b a l a n c e i n a n u n c o n t ro l l a b l e s i t u a t i o n - S te p h a n i e B a l d i n No one likes to hear that dreaded word – that word that has the power to flip your life around in a matter of seconds. A word that you hear often, but never expect will apply to someone you love.

Cancer.

Every day, 524 Canadians are diagnosed with cancer. When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the whole family is affected. It becomes a challenging time for everyone. For university students, hearing that a parent has been diagnosed with cancer can be one of the hardest things we have to go through.

There seems to be a lack of available advice for those going through such a situation. Here are a few tips I wish somebody had told me when my

father was diagnosed in first year – I like to think of these tips as taking control in uncontrollable situation.

First, accepting the fact that your parent has cancer is the most important step Your life may never go back to the way it was, and denial will get you nowhere. Accept it and begin to realize it is your chance to step up. It’s time to take control of your own life and be there for your family.

Understand the severity of your parent’s cancer Knowledge is power, and understanding how sick your parent actually is can work to your benefit.

By understanding their illness, it makes it easier for you to empathize, as well as to realize why they are acting a certain way. Your parent’s personality, image, and outlook may change. It can be hard to understand what they are going through since are not the one with cancer, but you want them to feel comfortable asking for help – you never want

them to feel like a burden. Remember that this is hard for them, too.

Don’t let it weigh you down, and don’t compare your life to others’ There are going to be times when you can’t believe how unfair life turned out to be – but negative thinking will not make it go away. As hard as it may be, try to focus on the positives that life brings you.

Enjoy the time you spend with them Your parent may have cancer, but they still want to spend time with you, and they probably now have even more free time than ever before. Find an activity the both of could enjoy together.

Try not to jump to conclusions Of course, everyone’s worst fear is losing a parent. There may not be a cure for cancer, but there are treatments that can be used to fight it. Don’t give up hope, especially when sometimes it may seem like that’s all you’ve got.

Elizabeth Arden (neé Florence Nightingale Graham), 1939 (b/w photo) / Creator(s): Fisher, Alan, photographer / [Public domain], via Library of Congress

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ON THIS DAY D a te : M a rc h 2 6 , 1 9 9 9 - A l ex a n d ra G ra n t

SIMPLY AUTHENTIC: DIARY OF A LOCAL FOODIE

On this day with SHAC: a jury in Michigan found Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally-ill man. Kevorkian, who was also known as “Dr. Death,” was most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient’s right to die via physician-assisted suicide. He claims that, through his career, he assisted at least 130 patients to that end, and famously said that “dying is not a crime.”

Kevorkian was tried multiple times over the years for assisting his patients with their suicides. Many of these trials took place in Oakland County, Michigan. In every instance prior to the case over Thomas Youk, Kevorkian was beginning to gain some public support for his cause, as is evident by the defeat of Oakland County prosecutor Richard Thompson, by David Gorcyca, in the Republican primary. This is relevant due to the positions in which these two men ran, and the fact that Gorcyca was more favored by those who also supported Kevorkian. “Dr. Death” also demonstrated a flair for the dramatic, with publicity stunts, showing up at one trial in a powdered wig and, at another trial, staging a hunger strike where he wore a placard challenging the Oakland County prosecutor to bring him to trial for the death of Youk.

On March 26, 1999, Kevorkian was charged with second-degree homicide and the delivery of a controlled substance, stemming from the evidence against him in the manner of Thomas Youk’s death. Kevorkian’s license to practice medicine had been revoked eight years prior; thus, he was not legally allowed to possess the controlled substance that was used to kill Mr. Youk. As homicide law is relatively fixed and routine, this trial was markedly different from earlier ones that involved an area of law in flux, like assisted suicide. After a long trial and Kevorkian discharging his attorneys, the Michigan jury found Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder and he was later sentenced to 10 to 25 years in jail. After serving eight years, he was released on June 1, 2007.

O m e l e t te s & f r i t t a t a s – d e l i cious any time of the day -Emily Jones I’ll admit – I have always been an omelette lover. I remember early in life ordering cheese omelettes when my family and I would go out for breakfast.

I remember learning to make them on my own in my early adolescent days. As I grew a bit older, and my palette became a bit more refined, I began to test out different ingredients to see how they worked together. I have a few favourites, but today, I want to share with you one that I made for my partner and I last weekend when we realized we had some extra ingredients from a meal earlier in the week that we didn’t want to waste.

It was Saturday morning, and we decided to take our time and make a delicious brunch – we had leftover chorizo sausage that hadn’t been cooked and that we wanted to use up. This excited me. I hadn’t made an omelette with sausage in a long time. It turned out to be delicious, so I highly recommend you continue reading so you can make it yourself sometime.

First, I sliced the sausage out of its casing and placed it in a large frying pan to cook. I made sure to break the sausage apart as it was cooking – you want to do this so you are left with ground sausage. Then, I cut up half an onion, some red and green bell pepper, and rinsed a few handfuls of spinach. Once the sausage was cooked, I added in the vegetables and allowed them to simmer and soften. I then added a sprinkle of saltand-pepper.

Now, I know that a lot of people add their ingredients in the egg and then flip the egg over to

make an omelette, but I have always done it a different way. I have to admit – I think it’s way tastier.

I always add all of the ingredients first, then add the egg (in this recipe, I used four eggs), allowing the egg to coat the pan and find its way around the ingredients. Then, I cook it on low to medium heat to allow for it to cook through.

Once this is complete, I add the cheese. This time, I decided to go with an aged white cheddar, and I think it complimented the flavours of the ingredients very well. Normally, at this time, I would flip the omelette, but I decided it would be best to leave it in un-flipped state, out of fear that the weight of the ingredients might rip the egg. So, what began as an omelette ended up more of a frittata; both styles of these egg-based dishes are absolutely delicious, and they work as any meal of the day.

If serving for breakfast, serve with a side of homemade home fries, or some fruit. If served for brunch, lunch, or dinner, serve with a tasty side salad – a basic arugula, avocado, tomato salad works well, especially with a dressing made of olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic.

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YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS ON PINTEREST A p r i l Fo o l ’s p ra n k s to d i s t ra c t y o u f ro m f i n a l s s t re s s - A l y s s a O t te m a April Fool’s Day used to be fun when we were kids, but as a university-aged adult it falls at a really inconvenient time. Sorry, world, but we really don’t have time for your light-hearted jokes in the midst of our three weeks of exam and final paper hell.

This year, however, I think we should take a different approach. It seems like embracing April Fool’s Day could be the best way to relieve the end-of-semester stress that has us curled up in the fetal position half of the time.

You also only have three weeks left with your roommates before you say goodbye for a few months. You should probably take this opportunity to pull a ridiculous prank on them, because they’ll (hopefully) have forgotten about it come September.

The ol’ soap trick Paint over a bar of soap with clear nail polish. You’ll spend a good chuck of time on a seemingly small trick, but you’ll be rewarded with the satisfying sounds of confusion and frustration when someone tries to have a shower.

The classic bottle prank If your chosen target doesn’t use bar soap, you can attack their body wash, shampoo, and conditioner.

Unscrew the lid to any squeezable bottle and place a piece of plastic wrap over the opening. When you

replace the lid, cut off any extra plastic wrap to hide the evidence. Then, wait patiently for the adamant cries of, “but the bottle is full!” when someone tries to wash their hair.

Nail polish “spill” This one takes some planning and time. Get a piece of wax paper and a bottle of nail polish that you don’t mind ruining. Spill the contents of the polish bottle onto the wax paper and leave it to dry. This could take a while, so use a quick-dry nail polish if you can, and try to leave it for a day or two. When it’s completely dry, peel the wax paper off of the dried polish. Leave the “spill,” along with the empty bottle and the cap, on someone’s favourite shirt or really important final essay.

An easy res prank If two of your friends live across the hall from one another, you can easily prank both of them at once.

Grab a piece of rope and tie one end to each doorknob, leaving just enough space for one door to open. Then, knock on both doors at the same time and watch the hilarious tug-of-war that is sure to ensue.

For the lazy Of course, not everyone has the time in a day to plan and execute pranks. So, spend the rest of the week building up the crazy pranks you’re going to pull (Wouldn’t it be hilarious if I spilled nail polish all over your essay? Wouldn’t it be crazy if I wrecked all of your soap and shampoo bottles?). Then, watch everyone worry about pranks that are never going to happen.

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-Emilio Ghloum “I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire... you will use it to gain the reducto absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his father’s. I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it.”

- William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury A wristwatch is an essential tool that shapes the way its wearer experiences and perceives time. Watches can also serve as a fashion statement, a symbol of wealth, or a grim reminder of impending appointments throughout the up-and-coming day. There are multiple functions of a watch, and, throughout the years, a variety of factors have contributed to the growth of the watch as a necessary tool of everyday experience. Specifically through technological developments, the perception of a watch and its capability to measure, display, and record time for an individual, remains a unique realm of human experience.

Whether you are wearing a dollar store Timex, a Suunto Core, or a limited edition Tag Heuer Monaco, famously worn by Steve McQueen and Walter White, the wristwatch as we know it is forever changing – becoming an accessory and consequence of technology in the developing world.

“Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way.”

- Pink Floyd, “Time” Despite the various reasons one might decide to wear a watch, there are multiple underlying philosophical ideas that illustrate what a watch does.

How does a watch perform its duty? The watch, as previously alluded to in Faulkner’s quote from The Sound and the Fury, is a reminder that humans are inseparable from time. With each passing movement of a ticking hand, we are forced to confront our situation as human beings, completely and irrevocably immersed in a domain of decisionmaking. The watch, in a fascinating way, provides humans with the ability to “carry time” and become physically accompanied by it. The idea of time being something that we are choosing to carry is particularly captivating – it demonstrates the basic human desire to be alive. By situating ourselves in time, the recognition of oneself existing is possible.

thing from waiting for a work shift to be over, or a precise military operation. Having access to the precise knowledge of hours, minutes, and seconds influences and guides us towards different purposes and situations. For those who wear watches daily, they become an integral part of who they are. Certainly not in all cases, but the kind of watch you wear can definitely be indicative of your identity – or how you wish to be identified by others. A man showing up to a job interview wearing a Rolex, or a woman with a Cartier, would definitely cast a different impression than someone wearing a military watch.

The power of a wristwatch is apparent through the image it conveys of its wearer.

“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”

– Steve Jobs With the introduction of the Apple Watch this past September, the way individuals view and perceive watches has forever changed. As technology grows and continues to develop, the need for a watch becomes seemingly unnecessary. In a generation where, a vast majority of the population reach into their pocket for their cell phone instead of rolling their sleeve back when asked for the time, it is evident that the idea of the common wristwatch is being revolutionized. With the Apple Watch, or any smartwatch for that matter, the demographic of individuals who wear watches is diversifying. Not only will newer generations be able to tell the time, but people can also monitor their heartbeat, receive text messages, and ultimately, immerse themselves

in the world of technology. The connection between humans and technology is becoming increasingly intimate, and, through the introduction of the smartwatch, we are forced to confront our situation as beings in an entirely different and unique way. Now, on our wrists, we are carrying time, but along with it, the burden of technology remains prevalent and just as accessible.

On Apple’s company website, the Apple Watch is advertised as a way “…to make powerful technology more accessible – more relevant – and, ultimately – more personal. Apple Watch represents a new chapter in the relationship people have with technology. It’s the most personal product we’ve ever made, because it’s the first one designed to be worn.”

The Apple Watch is meant to be personal – it engages with your social relationships and provides you with an unprecedented connection to the vast world of technological experience. For some, this intimacy may be welcomed and embraced. For others, the pervasive nature of technology may be too overwhelming. In any case, the way a smartwatch engages with your daily life cannot be ignored.

Although both devices are different in a variety of ways, wristwatches and smartwatches provide a unique insight towards the way we live our daily lives. Watches hold a unique relationship and significance to the basic fundamental experience of what it means to be human. The reminder of our own personal existence, caught between the time we have and the time we don’t have, situates us as beings who have the ability to prevail when confronted by our ability to make decisions.

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- Pulp Fiction For many, however, watches are not nearly as philosophical as this article suggests. Simply put, watches perform the function of telling time.

Watches display the time to you in an accessible and convenient way, without having to measure the movements of the sun and the shadows it casts.

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SHAD TO TAKE OVER Q I n f l u e n c i a l i n te l l e c t u a l to h o s t show -Aiysha Lalva Shadrach Kabango, better known by his fans as Shad, is a home grown Canadian emcee. Raised in London, Ontario with a BBA from Wilfred Laurier University, Shad also holds a master’s degree from Simon Fraser University. Born in Kenya to Rwandan parents, he speaks on social and political issues in his four released albums. What really sets him apart is the humility that comes off both in his music and in person. Rappers are often known for being flashy, forward, and very self-confident. Shad has the confidence, minus the flash. Shad’s musical appeal is a rarity among the misogynistic, cuss-filled rap songs that have led to many a friend of mine turning up their nose upon a rap song suggestion. Major radio stations do the genre no justice when only playing songs that cover the topics of girls, booze, and cash. When comparing YouTube views of more popular rappers to underrated emcees, it’s possible to understand just how much change is needed in the genre. As an artist who describes himself as a

dreamer, Shad helps fill the void that radio rap has been creating over the past decade.

If you’re musical tastes are more about lyricism and technique than sound or beat, rap is the genre in which I’ve found these qualities. Rap produces poetry and storytelling that helps, for example, others feel the struggle of a black male in America. Rap is the sort of genre that needs to be well-researched to find artists that you really want to support. I know, for most people, what their favourite musicians do outside the studio doesn’t impact their likability, as long as they keep producing tunes. I’m the type of person who needs to know that the artist she is supporting is someone who she would one day like to have a conversation with. I’ve stayed away from many an artist upon realizing that the message of their music or lifestyles just wasn’t for me. Shad has been one of the few constants who have stayed true to his boy-next-door appeal, and his new position at Q attests to his stability as an artist and as a person.

CBC had a list of 250 possible hosts, with Shad to start his new gig April 20 for the arts and culture show Q. There undoubtedly will be challenges ahead for Shad, as he doesn’t have notable experience as an

interviewer, though he does have over 10 years of experience of stage performances. He has also taken part in CBC’s Canada Reads, where he helped Carmen Aguirre’s Something Fierce win the literary competition.

“Old Prince Still Lives at Home” is both a comical and relatable tune about the college students need to be “savin’ marvellously.” The song was written as “acknowledging peeps, that gotta track every dime usin’ columns and sheets.” This is what rap should continue to be. Shad is able to resonate with the average citizen with his storytelling skills. Shad continues his frugal ways by producing his own business cards and cutting his own hair.

With Kendrick Lamar recently having dropped a Spotify record-breaking album, Canadians need to start supporting our hip-hop and rap artists in the way that American rappers have been supported since the 80s. It’s difficult to find a Canadian version of Lowkey, A Tribe Called Quest, or Yasiin Bey, but I believe Shad has helped to fill that Canadianconscious-rapper void in my iTunes library.

Putting Shad on one of Canada’s largest platforms gives me hope that those friends of mine from middle school will decide to give rap and hip-hop another go.

CHANGING THE SUBJECT: THE NEW SEX-ED CURRICULUM Knowledge is power -Danielle Subject The new sex-ed curriculum released by the Ontario government is awesome. Children will be learning, from grade one, the proper names for genitalia, and by grade three, they will have started a dialogue around what makes a person unique, including outer and inner factors. Outer factors include physical differences, such as skin colour, while inner factors include sexual orientation and gender identity. Puberty will be addressed in grade four, as well as the risks of the Internet.

Perhaps one of the best additions to the curriculum is the mandatory discussion around consent in grades seven and eight – students will learn what it means to give consent, what it means to be in a healthy sexual relationship, and various forms of sex.

I couldn’t be any prouder of Ontario for implementing such a relevant change to our education system. With the rising awareness of sexuality and gender identity in our society, a heteronormative sex-ed curriculum is no longer useful. With an overwhelming digital presence in our lives, it is no longer relevant to use sex-ed textbooks from 1998. Knowledge is power – a simple exercise such as teaching five and six-year-olds the proper terms for male and female genitalia has the power to decrease ignorance, as well as encourage

collective respect among all genders. Learning about sexual orientation, and gender identity, in grade three will help those who feel trapped in their identity at a young age, and will hopefully decrease the risk of depression and suicide in homosexual youth – a serious problem in our society that is the result of ignorance and a severe lack of knowledge and understanding of sexuality.

The most important thing the new sex-ed curriculum will do is open a discussion. It paves the way for open dialogue, and encourages young people to feel comfortable speaking out. In the long run, if future generations utilize this opportunity correctly – and I have no doubt that they will – I think this simple change in a curriculum will open the possibility for destabilizing the heteronormative values that are still so deeply rooted in our society.

However, I have one concern with the new curriculum: who will be teaching it? I attended Catholic school all the way until grade 12, and I can tell you, it was extremely confusing being taught about sex alongside of certain teacher’s belief systems. It was “these are the facts, but you should stay chaste until marriage,” and “we aren’t against homosexual individuals, but we do not agree with the act of homosexuality,” (a statement I have yet to understand). There were many cases where certain teachers would veto an entire lesson simply because they didn’t feel comfortable teaching it.

Keep in mind, I am not speaking for all teachers, but my own experience has led me to question how well this new curriculum will be implemented. How can you ask a teacher whose use of technology is limited to the occasional work email to teach a lesson on the risks of social media and “sexting?” Or when you have religious beliefs being intertwined in a lecture about gender identity and sexuality?

The whole point of the changes to the curriculum is that children and young adults are educated on all topics of sex, and don’t have to take to the internet to self-educate. Fortunately, my parents taught me things that I was not taught by my teachers, so I was already using words like “penis” and “vagina” when other students were still referring to these body parts as “peepee.” However, it wasn’t until university that I learned the difference between “sex” and “gender” – something that, until university, all I had to educate me on the topic was Google and Degrassi.

If this new curriculum is going to be done right – and it has a lot of potential to do so – the ones doing the teaching also need to be educated. They need to fully understand the topics that they are teaching. They need to understand the concept of victim blaming and shaming – I can just hear the voices of my past teachers echoing. They need to understand the Digital Age, as well as understand the sensitivity behind what they are teaching. Knowledge is power, and if done right, this new curriculum has a lot of potential for some much-needed change.

How does it work in your life?

- Zo e y R o s s So often we hear a chorus of “Put down your phone and communicate with the world.” Our friends and parents tell us that person-to-person contact is of the utmost importance, and if we stop doing this and start texting, the world could explode.

Last week, poets flooded the University of Guelph courtyard stage to share some spoken word poetry. In attendance was Evie T, Eitan, and KT Job, among others. They were the first three to grace the stage, and each of them had a few stanzaz or more about social media, technology or the effects of digital communication. They took some time to speak about their views with me for this article. First a few lines from a poem that was presented by Eitan: “… home. That’s where we sit and feel the warm glow. Of our TV tubes. Computer screen and cellphones. Hell, no eye-to-eye communication. I want to hear your voice, no mistaking what you’re saying...”

The idea of three poets speaking for all in their craft is a sweeping idea, but the trio, who took some time to talk, expressed a spectrum of thought on the topic. To begin with, none of them were living off the grid, cursing the day social media was born.

However, none of them left to take a call, sent a message or checked Yik Yak throughout the entire 20-minute conversation. A small victory perhaps, but definitely a telling sign.

“In terms of life and technology, I think most people would agree we are very dependent on our devices,” said Eitan. “We have lots of different devices, way too many devices.”

On a practical level, some poets use technology to write and transcribe their words, but there are some who stick to paper. Eitan stated that it would be a great transition to use a computer to write his work, but he hasn’t been able to do that. “…I’m still using the old fashioned pen-andpaper,” said Eitan. “I find it helps with inspiration.

I feel really connected with the words, a little more connected than if I was to type them in a computer.”

The savvy KT Job had the most business-orientated cellphone on the market, a large-screen BlackBerry Passport. She never checked a message, but had the device in sight. Turns out, it’s one of her poetry-related tools.

“One of the reasons I like BlackBerry is the external keys, first of all…because I do write a significant amount of poetry right on this thing,” said Job. “I no longer walk around with a giant notebook shedding pages or shoving pieces of paper into it. […] There are whole poems that have never left this device…from start to finish, I have conceptualized, written, and published chat books straight from this device that never hit a computer.”

Evie T, who is a graduate from the University of Guelph, uses a plethora of mediums including paper, keyboard, and even once her cellphone to write a poem.

“[Technology] allows for me to be a really messy and not-organized person, but still allows me to make all of my meetings,” said Evie T. Of the three poets, Evie T had the most to say on the topic of how social media can affect your life.

The poem she presented earlier in the afternoon had a strong theme about the curated life one casts through social media and how that can be damaging.

“People get all sorts of attached to this media that took seconds to create, but you can watch it again and again and again and create that obsession. It’s really enhancing a lot of mental illnesses and that’s something I really disagree with,” said Evie T, in regards to her own thoughts and a study she read.

Curation was a technological idea that all three could agree on. You create the image that you want the world to see on your social media channels. Any marketing student can tell you that we are our own brands, but is knowing a brand enough to say you know someone?

“You get this mistaken sense that you know someone based on watching these things over and over again… If you see someone all the time you get the sense that you know them,” said Evie T. “The fact that we see them [entirely] online and in media, rather than having face-to-face interactions with them, we don’t know them.”

Once the poets stepped off the stage, the intensity that flamed against the social media and technology turned down to an advisory simmer: live in the real world and use technology as a tool, but only if you want to.

THE NIQAB DEBATE W h a t i s t h e re a l s t a te o f m u l t i c u l t u ra l i s m i n Ca n a d a ?

-T i a n n N a n t a i s Who knew that when Zunera Ishaq challenged the ban on wearing niqabs during Canadian citizenship ceremonies it would spark a nation-wide debate? Canada, being the multicultural country that it is, constantly sees debates about religious rights and freedoms circulating the media. But something about this particular debate has people all worked up about multicultural policies in this country.

When the Supreme Court ruled that forcing a woman to remove her veil wouldn’t stand according to Ottawa’s current legislation, Prime Minister Stephen Harper decided to appeal the decision.

Since then, Harper as well as his Conservative government, has received a lot of flack because of his stance, and the story has hit every news and social media outlet in the country.

Maybe it has something to do with the timing of the Conservatives pushing Bill C-51 and the always-shocking actions of ISIS and its related groups. With all the fear in the world right now, are people starting to doubt our multicultural values?

Conservative politicians, officials that the people of Canada elected to lead, have recently been speaking out against a woman’s right to wear a niqab at her citizenship ceremony. Recently, Conservative MP Larry Miller said that if women are not willing to uncover their faces while swearing their citizenship oaths, they can “stay the hell where they came from.”

The Prime Minister himself was quoted as saying that face veiling “is not the way we do it here,” and that the governement will not support a tradition “rooted in a culture that is anti-women.”

While Harper’s team says they are protecting the rights of women, what they are really doing is creating a culture of hate and racism in a country that is supposed to be accepting of all.

Zunera Ishaq, the woman who sparked the niqab debate, defends her choice by saying, “It is my religious obligation, from my point of view, to cover myself as much as possible. It makes me feel more comfortable, protected. I feel more dignity wearing the niqab.”

Prime Minister Harper says that Canada will not condone clothing that symbolizes oppression of women, but what he may fail to realize is that telling a woman she cannot wear a niqab is just as oppressive as telling her she must wear the veil.

It is painfully obvious to me that a woman covering her face for religious reasons has no effect on anyone but herself. With that in mind, did this debate sprout from something deeper than just veils?

In my opinion, the debate is becoming anti-Islam rather than anti-oppression, and, as a Canadian, I am outraged that this has been allowed to continue.

With everything that has happened recently, especially with ISIS and the attack on Parliament Hill, Muslim Canadians are finding it more and more difficult to go about their normal lives. Mohsin Masood, a Markham man, says that, “Sometimes people approach me as if I’m the spokesperson for ISIS, as if I know what’s going on in their minds.”

Conservative MP John Williamson told a conservative conference, “It makes no sense to pay ‘whities’ to stay home while we bring in brown people to work in these jobs.” When elected officials are making public statements like this, it is no wonder citizens are starting to question the Muslim people of Canada.

Distasteful as the veil may seem to some, this ban cannot go unchallenged if we hope to maintain our reputation as a multicultural society.

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POETRY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY

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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR The price is not right - Ca r l e i g h Ca t h c a r t Ah, money. You can’t live with it – you can’t live without it. In the case of Guelph, you can’t do anything without first consulting it. That, my friends, is a sad, sad thing.

Of course, it isn’t just Guelph that uses finances as the major determinant of decisions in its operations. Virtually every organization or government will focus on the financial impact of all possible avenues before undergoing any changes to operations. Yet I cannot read the community newspaper without countless disappointing reminders that this city has become built not around what is best for its citizens, but around what is best for their wallets.

Exhibit A: At the corner of Edinburgh Road South and Kortright, there is the old St. Matthias church, no longer used as a place of worship. According to The Guelph Tribune, the property was bought by a development company and will be used for a sixstorey student residence. The development company is currently seeking re-zoning to continue with construction. The issue of the university accepting students in bloating numbers for its own financial gain is another issue entirely, and I will avoid that hornet’s nest for now. What blew my mind was the following sentence in The Tribune: “There were bids from other churches to buy the site, but the Angli-

can Diocese of Niagara decided to sell to the developers, who bid higher.”

Here, we have a nice, well-kept community building, in great shape and in a location lacking other similar venues. Yet instead of cooperating with those who seek to reinstate the building to a community-oriented setting, the property owners grab the fattest cheque and run. I cannot fathom how anyone would view another commercialized, corporate-run housing centre as more beneficial to the neighbourhood than some variation of a community centre, where folks of all demographics can find a place of belonging. It’s a shame.

Exhibit B: Sunday bus service cuts (proposed).

Need I say more? For anyone unfamiliar, I’ll sum it up nicely: 50 per cent reduction in Sunday and holiday bus service in exchange for $327, 000 in savings. With a proposal like that, you’d be glad our taxes don’t help pay for transit – oh wait.

Guelph in particular is renowned for its environmental initiative. I am proud to be a citizen of a green city, one with innovative garbage-collection systems and countless programs that help citizens reduce their carbon footprints. We have the ever-so-helpful bureaucrats – who, I might add, very likely have their own personal vehicles – preaching environmental awareness and heaping praise upon themselves for our city’s reputation. How easy it must be for them to declare frugality in the name of savings, when the sacrifices to do so will not affect them.

These councillors and city staff are not the ones with jobs that require work on Sundays, or shopping that must be done on said days. They are not people (such as myself) who will avoid using their own vehicles when possible in favour of cheaper and greener public transport. Saddest of all, they are not people who will genuinely reflect on why, even in the name of savings, such cuts may do more harm than good.

I did the math. Including peak hours, the average Guelph route will make a total of 47 trips per day during the week, and 20 trips on Sundays. With respective average riderships of 22, 281 and 8, 091, there is a difference of less than 70 people total using Guelph transit at any given time. With well over 115, 000 citizens in the city, that is not a significant difference.

My purpose here is not to give a lesson in statistics. What I’m really trying to say is stop. Stop letting the dollar make all our decisions. Stop thinking that all citizens care more about saving a few dollars than they do about their neighbours being able to get to work in decent time. Stop blocking out alternative options in the name of accepting the most lucrative opportunity. For goodness’ sake, stop trying to make sense with dollars and cents.

If money is the root of all evil, we’re planting ourselves a pretty big garden. Hopefully, one that will at least offset the carbon footprint of increased Sunday traffic.

EARLY RETIREMENT FOR NFL ROOKIE LINEBACKER C o n c e r n s o v e r n e u ro l o g i c a l d i s e a s e s l e d to e n d o f c a re e r - G i l a d Ke n i g s b e rg - B e n to v The Average NFL career lasts 3.3 years, with 9.3 years for first round draft picks. One-in-three NFL players is to be affected by degenerative brain diseases as a result of brain trauma during their career. This sentence on its own was enough to convince first round draft pick, linebacker Chris Borland, that it’s time to hang his pads.

Borland, just 24-years-old, justified his reasoning during an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation.

“I was concerned about neurological diseases down the road if I continued to play football, so I did a lot of research and gathered a lot of information, and to me the decision made sense.”

Walking away from millions of dollars is no easy task, it takes someone who is truly passionate about the game, not its wealth and fame ancillaries.

“This to me this is just about health and nothing else. I never played the game for money and attention. I love football and I’ve had a blast. I don’t regret the last 10 years of my life at all. I’d do it over the exact same way.”

Borland is repaying the league three quarters of his $617, 436 bonus, taking away only what he believes he earned.

There is a devastating truth to Borland’s story; football is no longer dangerous, it’s lethal. By luring these young men with million dollar contracts, public praise and a shot at the “Hall of Fame,” these young men destroy their brains day in and day out, only to discover years later that those years of gridiron glory had terrible consequence

on their mental health, and their relationships with their loved ones. NFL players are required to make an immense decision in their early 20s: pursue their dreams, regardless of any physical and emotional tolls that may occur, or turn those dreams away in pursuit of a different lifestyle.

Due solely to the fundamentals of this matter, this was one of the more sagacious decision makings I have bare witnessed to have emerged out of the sports community. This young man walked away from millions of dollars, public worship, and a prominent career, to preserve his health for the future. He chose well-being and longevity over extravagance and a fulfilment. He chose humble pursuits over a short-lived high. The trade off here is clear: an NFL career sabotages a player’s future health so significantly that he ought to reconsider whether his few years in the NFL are worth the remainder of his lifetime.

The evidence for Borland’s decision isn’t exactly scarce, simply turn to YouTube and look up “NFL Big Hit Highlights,” and evidence will come pouring by the hundreds. These hits are graphic, gruesome, and, at times, even alarming. Players are hit at frightening velocities, at times left unconscious, bodies seized up and eyes rolled back.

James Harrison, Dashon Goldson, Ndamukong Suh, and Brandon Meriweather have been on the receiving end of this fight against concussions.

They often reason their continued aggression with “I’m only playing the game the way it should be played.” The frightening facts about this sweeping phenomenon is the prevalence of prominent players who have taken their own lives, to later be diagnosed with degenerative brain diseases post-mortem. Junior Seau, who had an exceptional career as a linebacker, took his own life in 2012 – he was 43. Another tragic end was that of

Javon Belcher, a former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, whose 2012 murder of his girlfriend and subsequent suicide in front of team officials left the league and public utterly speechless.

In 2013, 4,500 former NFL players (or their estates) were listed as plaintiffs in lawsuits against the NFL for concussion-related injuries received while playing, on the grounds that their safety and health were neglected and consequently damaged irreversibly, with no medical or financial compensation granted. This list is, however, outdated and incomplete, the number is thought to be well over twice as much today.

The most abundant disease reported is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease which occurs when continuous trauma to the brain, be it repetitive mild hits or several powerful blows, results in abnormal brain function and the eventual death of nerve cells. Further research shows that 76 of 79 deceased NFL players who had been tested were diagnosed with CTE post-mortem. Dr. Ann Mckee is the director of neuropathology at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bedford, Massachusetts. In her interview with PBS’s Frontline she said, “I can say, as a fan...as a neuroscientist, when I would look at the guys with those helmets, they looked indestructible. They looked invincible. I didn’t realize those hits were causing any problems. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it was causing problems.”

As Bordland proved last week, it is either your health or your ego. Borland clearly enjoyed playing football but unlike the majority of NFL players, he has a way out of football: his college degree – something that many football players tend to forego to pursue their athletic careers. Subsequently, they only have one choice: to play the game and to face the consequences later on in life.

The one thing I wish I knew then S te p h a n i e C o ra t t i So, you’ve got it all figured out, huh? I’ll admit, you’re damn convincing. Raking in the 90s in school, early acceptances to university (including that University of Guelph sitting number one on your list), working close to 30-hours a week, playing that sport you love so much, all while maintaining a social life with friends you think will be there until the very end.

I still don’t know how you did it. Maybe it’s better I don’t ask.

I have some bad news, though: things will change (and we both know how much we like change).

You’ll go to U of G with your best friend – one of the very few people who will stick by your side through everything, by the way, so never take her for granted – and you’ll struggle. You might want to study a little more for your first psychology midterm… but then again, failing something for the first time will probably do you some good.

When you get your first English paper back, save yourself the frustration and embrace the 72.

In three years, you’ll treat it like the 90s you got in high school.

In the middle of October, you won’t be able to tough it out anymore. You’ll call your dad and he’ll pick you up after your night class, no questions asked. Next will be a breakdown at your kitchen table in front of your parents about how you think you’ve taken the wrong path – and you have, but everything happens for a reason.

You’ll learn that later.

Hating your classes won’t be something that goes away – it probably just gets stronger, actually. You’ll struggle to find your place, and there will be a stretch of time where you’ll give up without even knowing it. You’ll lose that passion, that drive, and whatever it was that kept that naive and annoying I-can-do-anything attitude on fire.

First-and second-year will come and go. You’ll get more 70s, learning that 60s aren’t uncommon either. But there’s good news. You’ll stop letting numbers on a piece of paper define what you’re

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capable of. If you ask me, that’s one of the best things you’ll take away from your first two years in university.

For whatever reason, it takes turning 20 to reevaluate some things. Two weeks after your birthday, you’ll send an email, generated by curiosity for the path you never gave a fair chance, and it’ll change your life.

You’ll head full force into a year you’ll remember forever. It starts with filming simple interviews (something I’m now convinced reignited that drive) and counting out Buffalo Wild Wings cards (you’ll become very familiar with these, I can promise you that).

You’ll be thrown right into an environment that, in the irony of it all, you’ve been exposed to your entire life, yet don’t have a clue about. You’ll embrace it, though. Actually, you’ll make it your own.

You’ll excel in more ways than I can explain (that’s something I’m still trying to figure out, too).

You’ll experience magic at it’s finest, getting to witness first hand what success truly is. Breathe in every second of this, by the way. It flies by, and no matter how hard you try, you won’t be able to relive it.

A family of sorts will take you under their wing, and they’ll treat you like gold found on the other side of the rainbow. Never forget to thank them, and several times, at that. They’re only the biggest of reasons as to why you’re finally chasing down what you now know you’re meant to do.

Don’t expect the perfect storybook ending, though. It’ll break your heart. Some people deserved that storybook ending. You’ll know that. But life isn’t perfect, or fair, and a little bit down the road you’ll recognize that they’ll get their ending eventually – one way or another. Add this to the lessons you needed to learn along the way.

You’ll head into your final year of university with a pocket full of accomplishments. Be proud of them, but don’t use them as a gauge for this year. It’s going to be about as tough as they come.

We’ll be right back to where we started, just four years later – a full course load, welcoming the approaching graduation with wide-open arms, working two time-consuming jobs, while somehow trying to find time to sleep.

You’ll have a couple more heartbreaks, and, believe me, they’ll take a toll. You’ll be questioning a

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lot of things, mainly because for the first time in your life, you don’t have the next five years laid out perfectly. Despite your colour-coded day-planner (you need this to survive this year, take my word for it), you barely have the next two months planned out.

What happens after graduation? Where will I work? Where will I live? Has it all been for nothing?

Those are just a few questions that will literally keep you up at night. You’ll go sleepless a few times, so have your Netflix at the ready.

I still don’t have the answers to these questions, either.

I’m weeks away from closing out my undergraduate degree, and I’m about as clueless as you are about what’s next for this soon to be 22-year-old.

But somehow, I’m slowly realizing that maybe going on without answers isn’t the worst thing.

While a plan is comfortable – there’s no doubting that – giving myself a blank space for the first time is just like failing that psychology midterm.

I’m learning how to live, and how to move forward, without a plan; it’s another thing I needed.

At the end of it all, life isn’t about numbers on a transcript, failures, accomplishments, or plans.

It’s about everything that happened along the way.

It’s about the person you became along the way.

The next four years will teach you more about your dreams and goals, more about life, and more about you than I can ever explain. You’ll learn that nothing can really stand in the way if you want it badly enough. You’ll learn that life isn’t going to make it easy, and you can bet it isn’t going to be fair. You’ll learn that you’re tougher than you think.

You’ll learn just what you’re capable of, and you’ll surprise yourself every time. You’ll grow up.

You’ll meet people who will inspire you, the ones who will only bring the very best out of you. You’ll lose people you once called best friends, and you’ll miss them from time to time, but you’ll know it’s for the better. You’ll care more for things than you ever thought possible. You’ll win and lose. You’ll shoot and miss – but keep going anyway.

You will live.

That’s what you should always recognize: You chose to try, to aspire, to believe in something.

Never change that. Never lose that.

Through it all, that’s the only thing I wish I knew then.

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