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Campus talks Men’s Issues Awareness event sparks controversy

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Hundreds of students packed into Ellis Hall auditorium Thursday night to listen to and debate Janice Fiamengo’s controversial men’s issues talk.

The talk, organized by the Men’s Issues Awareness Society (MIAS), has

been a cause for outcry from some members of the Queen’s community.

Last week, the group Opposition to the Misrepresentation of Men’s Issues and Feminism at Queen’s University attempted to have MIAS de-ratified as an AMS club.

The motion to de-ratify the club failed through a vote conducted by secret ballot.

Several AMS members, such as ASUS President Scott Mason, said prior to the

vote that they could not condemn the MIAS, as they had not run an event yet.

The MIAS, created and led by first-year student Mohammed Albaghdadi, launched the event along with their sponsor, the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE).

The talk, called “What’s Equality Got to Do With It? Men’s Issues and Feminism’s Double Standards,” featured speaker Fiamengo, currently an English

professor at the University of Ottawa.

Fiamengo spoke for an hour, addressing what she believes to be men’s issues such as child custody rights, high suicide rate and sexual assault against men.

She said that patriarchy doesn’t exist, and that feminism creates a skewed vision of a past dominated by men.

“Maybe our vision of the past, a See It on page 7

SPORTS

Vote nullified

Varsity team of the year result altered after Queen’s Athletics disqualifies team retroactively B Y N ICK FARIS Sports Editor An unspecified infraction changed the outcome of Queen’s varsity team of the year vote.

At Tuesday night’s Colour Awards banquet, women’s rugby was honoured as the top-performing Gaels varsity team of the 2013-14 season.

On March 13, however, a five-person panel voted to give the award — the Jim Tait Trophy — to men’s rugby, with women’s rugby finishing second in the vote.

The original voting panel consisted of two senior Athletics managers, two Athletics administrative employees and a Journal reporter.

Two days before the Colour Awards, the Journal was informed by Queen’s Athletics that the original vote had been nullified. The process was redone with an entirely different group of voters, who chose women’s rugby as the new winner.

According to Jeff Downie, associate director of business development and

facilities at Athletics, one Team of the Year nominee was removed from consideration due to an infraction.

Downie said Athletics then struck a new panel to reconsider the Team of the Year award.

He declined to name the team that was removed from the voting process. He also declined to comment on the nature of the infraction.

“It is our policy not to allow a team that’s on probation to be eligible for major awards,” Downie said. “This was just an administrative oversight to leave them in the pile.

“By striking the new panel, we think we took the most unbiased, transparent process to redo it,” he added. “[It’s] easier to bring in new faces, who were unaware of it and could debate the merits of the teams in front of them.”

Before the vote was redone, the original panel met on March 13 in a boardroom at the ARC to choose the recipients of Queen’s varsity team and rookie of the year awards.

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Results questioned Online voting problems plague SGPS elections

B Y S EBASTIAN L ECK Assistant News Editor

it for me, but I understand that there were several other students who couldn’t vote either,” he said.

Field said he isn’t sure how many other Kevin Wiener has been elected the new president of the Queen’s Society of Graduate students could have been affected.

“At this point I don’t intend on and Professional Students (SGPS), but the election results are now in question due to contesting unless it’s found that a significant number of students were not able to vote an online voting malfunction.

Wiener, a second-year law student, online, as there was indications that that and Sean Field, a PhD candidate in the might be true.”

Laura Levick, the SGPS’s chief department of geography, both ran returning officer, said the society received for society President.

There were 724 students who voted in 15 requests for assistance in opening the the election, approximately 18 per cent of electronic voting page. the SGPS membership. Wiener won by a “While I can’t comment on individual margin of six votes: he received 287 votes circumstances for privacy reasons, the most while Field received 281. common complications appear to have According to Field, several students involved students with multiple NetIDs couldn’t get online to vote in the election, and those who were experiencing other issues with the Registrar’s office that resulted including himself.

“It didn’t recognize me as a graduate in difficulties logging into Moodle,” she student. I contacted the SGPS, and they fixed told the Journal via email.

Levick said the SGPS posted a notice on their website instructing students experiencing difficulty to contact Sean Richards, SGPS executive director, and Richards solved the problem for all who asked for help.

“At this time, I have not heard from any student who was prevented from voting as a result of technical complications,” she said.

“Turnout in the election was significantly higher than last year.”

Turnout last year was approximately eight per cent.

Despite his misgivings about the online voting, Field said he feels positive about the election.

“I’m glad people got out and voted,” Field said.

Wiener said he was “elated” that he won the election.

“Tonight we celebrate and tomorrow we’ll get down to work,” he said.

Wiener ran with the four-member Renew SGPS team on a platform of greater student engagement with the SGPS. Wiener, Tyrel Taylor, Patrick Gajos and Thompson Hamilton made up the team. All four members are students in the Faculty

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014 of Law. Taylor, who ran for Vice President (Campaigns and Community Affairs), was the only Renew SGPS candidate who wasn’t elected to an executive position. History PhD candidate Lorne Beswick won with 256 votes over Taylor’s 246.

James MacLeod was elected as SGPS representative to the Board of Trustees.

MacLeod received 302 votes while opponent Mark Syer received 81.

Eric Rapos was elected Graduate Senator in a close race with Stephen Smith.

Rapos received 236 votes and won by 27.

Gajos and Dinah Jansen both ran uncontested and were elected as Vice President (Finance and Services) and Vice President (Graduate), respectively.

Hamilton was voted Vice President (Professional) with 319 votes. Opponent Jason Paquette received 185 votes.

Wiener said he’s looking forward to working with his executive counterparts.

“I look forward to working with Dinah [Jansen] and with Lorne about ensuring that the SGPS can carry out both the promises we put forward as well as their priorities,” he said.

CORRECTIONS Childcare in Kingston costs $1,200 per month, not $12,000.

Incorrect information appeared in the March 21 edition of the Journal.

POLS 241 TAs are free to interact with students outside of class. Professor Normand Perreault’s policy does not preclude them from any conversation outside of the classroom.

TAs were also not instructed to avoid answering student queries over email. They were instructed to avoid answering those requiring lengthy answers over email, as these answers could be provided in the tutorial setting where they could be beneficial for other students.

This was unrelated to the professor’s policy.

Incorrect information appeared in the Sept. 20 edition of the Journal. The Journal regrets the errors.

Sean Field and Kevin Wiener at the SGPS debate on March 18.

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Providence goes with outpatients Providence Care Mental Health continues to cut beds, while prioritizing outpatient care B y S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor In late 2013, Providence Mental Health Services announced a string of cuts to be implemented by the end of March — a reduction in the number of its beds, the removal of two wards and the elimination of 60 full-time positions.

Providence Care, which runs both St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital and Providence Care Mental Health Services, announced at the time they’d cut beds to reach a target of 120. These beds will then be transferred into a new hospital set for completion in 2016.

The cuts to the hospital came as part of a $6 million reduction in funding from the provincial government.

Now, mental health patients are being sent home — for better or for worse.

Providence says fewer beds means shifting the focus from institutions to community support for mental health patients. Others are worried there aren’t enough resources in the community.

For some, it’s a déjà vu from more than half a century ago.

An increase in the availability of psychiatric medication in the 1950s saw psychiatric institutions across Canada either close or eliminate beds, sending thousands of patients back into their communities.

Unfortunately, many of these patients were discharged to a society lacking community support for those living with mental illness and found themselves impoverished or homeless after leaving hospital care.

One person concerned about similar consequences today is Dan Anderson, president of the Local 431 Division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). He feels community support right now is inadequate.

Anderson represents 525 employees at Providence Care Mental Health. He said the cuts at Providence Care are part of a preoccupation with cost-saving that doesn’t necessarily help patients.

“They’re looking for discounts on everything,” he said. “They have a formula. It’s close to what they have for nursing homes and general hospitals. They’ve taken that and applied it to mental health.”

The building that houses the Providence Care facility has been standing since 1959 across from St. Lawrence College. It replaced the Rockwood Insane Asylum as Kingston’s primary psychiatric hospital in the 1960s.

Located approximately 300 metres from the current hospital, Rockwood is no longer used, but it’s still owned by Providence Care.

Anderson said the community support in Kingston lacks qualified staff. He fears “ghettoization” of psychiatric patients, since discharged patients often end up living in low-quality housing complexes north of Princess St. “What we’re doing is building large housing complexes in the north of the city,” he said. “When you turn around and have a large housing complex with mostly people with mental illness, it stigmatizes the area.”

Ontario Disability Support Program benefits haven’t kept up with inflation since the 1990s, according to Anderson, and many people with severe mental health problems rely on charities such as the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul Society to survive.

The “fragmentation” of mental health services, he said, has resulted in a deficit of beds in psychiatric wards. This change is problematic when the population, and particularly the older population requiring geriatric care, is growing.

“I know jobs are going to go up and go down. But what about the clients?” Anderson said.

“Reduction of beds is not in the best interest of the clients.”

Cuts, frozen wages and constant turnover at Providence Care have considerably degraded the morale at the hospital, he said, especially since there are already few people interested in working in psychiatric wards due to the stigma surrounding mental illness.

“A lot of staff have told me they don’t feel respected, they don’t feel valued,” he said. “When you have a workforce that feels that way, you’re not going to be able to retain them or get loyalty.”

Loss of funding has been a long time coming, however.

According to Karin Carmichael, a senior administrative director at Providence Care, the recent reductions have been in the works since Ontario Premier Mike Harris’ restructuring of the healthcare system in the 1990s.

Ontario’s Health Services Restructuring Commission issued the recommendations in 1998, she said, based on a formula that recommended a certain number of hospital beds per 100,000 people.

Upon taking control of the hospital from the Ontario government in 2001, Providence Care was legally obligated to continue with the cuts.

“When I first arrived at the hospital in 1984, we had 467 beds, and today we have 120,” Carmichael said. “So it’s been a slow evolution.”

According to Carmichael, as the focus shifts from inpatient to outpatient care, community services will receive more financial

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The new hospital will be built and maintained by a private consortium, in tandem with the Ontario government.

support for community treatment teams and new programs to help previous patients find employment and housing.

Providence Care, she said, has established a non-profit corporation to create employment opportunities. This Kingston -based corporation — Voices Opportunities Choice Employment Club (VOCEC) — runs food services, a car wash and print delivery services.

VOCEC provides patients with jobs at minimum wage, which then helps them gain work experience.

Carmichael believes the move towards community care has generally been healthier for patients, who gain more control over their own lives.

“When beds close and people move out into the community, it’s not about becoming an outpatient,” she said. “It’s about becoming a citizen, and living in the community and contributing.”

Currently, many rooms in the psychiatric facility house multiple patients. At the new hospital, which will replace both the psychiatric hospital and St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital on Union St., patients will have their own rooms.

Carmichael hopes the new facility will be more welcoming.

She said the current building’s design has always been limiting, since it was never meant to be a psychiatric hospital.

The building used to focus more on keeping patients “locked away”, rather than rehabilitating them, she said, and offered little privacy.

“The physical structure that exists today was actually designed based on plans created prior to

World War II, which was meant for a [turberculosis] sanatorium,” she said.

According to Dr. Stephen McNevin, outpatient care is almost always a much more desirable option than institutionalization for those suffering with mental illness.

McNevin works at the Personality Disorder Clinic, which offers specialized treatment to patients on an outpatient basis. The clinic is run by Providence Care, but it’s located in downtown Kingston rather than at the hospital.

McNevin said hospital beds and emergency care options will always be a necessity, but the current emphasis has shifted to offering mental health support in communities. Patients typically spend about three days a week in the Personality Disorder Clinic and go through a series of highly-structured group sessions during each of those days.

It’s illogical to put people with personality disorders into hospitals, McNevin said, since it will likely worsen their symptoms.

According to the clinic, patients with personality disorders experience “intense, distorted thoughts and feelings” and engage in self-destructive, long-term behaviours that are difficult to change.

These patients are often impulsive and have a high likelihood of dying of suicide, McNevin said.

“When people come to the hospital, they lose their systems of support,” he said. “They’re often away from friends, relatives, families and they’re often pulled

away from work.

“You keep people in a community, you keep them connected, and that speeds their recovery.”

McNevin said there’s a cost-saving element to the government’s plan, since community-based programs can be less expensive to maintain than inpatient hospital beds.

The intent is to match cuts to beds with equivalent or better services in the community, he said, such as having staff visit patients in their homes.

McNevin said Providence Care has welcomed patients from other institutions across the province for years, and the organization is now focusing on transferring these patients to community placements.

Depending on their needs, these patients will then either live on their own or have health specialists provide ongoing care for them in their residence.

“It’s been quite remarkable,” McNevin said. “Some of these people spent 30, 40, 50 years of their lives in an institution, and now, finally, they are placed into a community.”

Patients who are considered a danger to themselves or to others, however, will always be hospitalized.

For example, the forensic ward in the new hospital will continue to house individuals considered not criminally responsible.

“That is jail. It’s supposed to be jail, because these people could be quite scary in the wider world,” he said. “But they’re trying to keep it in the least restrictive setting.”

Providence Care Mental Health recently eliminated two wards and 60 full-time positions.

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DEVELOPMENT

No to casino, group says Outrage sparked by plans proposed for casino construction B Y J ACQUELYN P LATIS Staff Writer

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014 that won’t be accounted for with the provided casino jobs.

“There are some things one might do if you feel they have merit, and yet they also have other problems. I can see no merit [in casinos] but I can see that it causes a whole lot of other additional social problems and those are really severe,” Olney said.

“From my point of view they are the most severe to the most vulnerable.”

Her husband, Andrejs Skaburskis, a Queen’s professor

in the School of Urban and Regional Planning and a fellow founding member of No Casino Kingston, is interested in the “financial implications of the added policing and social service costs created by having a casino nearby,” according to a statement he provided to the Journal.

“This is called the tax on poor and the effects are likely to differ among different socio-economic groups,” he said in a later interview.

Olney said that business at local economically disadvantaged locations. Revenues arrive primarily shops and restaurants decreases from outside the community, and with the creation of a casino, as The Ontario Lottery and social ills return home after the the casino provides the same luxuries without patrons having Gaming Corporation, a Crown visit,” the website said.

Kingston City Council is now to leave the premises. With this, Corporation of the Government of Ontario, has proposed the deciding on whether or not to there is a decrease in job availability construction of a casino in the heart approve a new casino. According to No Casino Kingston, casinos create of downtown Kingston.

According to No Casino a strong profit rate and strengthen Kingston, a majority of Kingston economies of cities in destination residents oppose a local casino locations, but this wouldn’t be the due to potential negative social, case in Kingston.

Sandra Olney, professor economic and financial impacts on emeritus of the Queen’s University the community.

No Casino Kingston is School of Rehabilitation Therapy, an organization designed is a founding member of No to support Kingston’s Casino Kingston.

“From my understanding there economy and discourage the will only be one casino in the construction of a casino.

“The [Kingston, Frontenac and region. If it were here then the Lennox & Addington] Public Gananoque one would be Health report points out that relocating,” Olney said.

The town of Gananoque, increased access to casinos grows the prevalence of both problem 20 minutes from Kingston, gambling and pathological is fighting to keep its local gambling,” the No Casino 1000 Islands Casino.

The casino built in Kingston No Casino Kingston, a local group, is against the opening of a downtown casino.

Kingston website said.

The site said that casinos will would be considered an urban increase the number of citizens casino, meaning the majority of with financial difficulties, leading the clientele would be locals.

“There is a difference in the to an increase in criminal behaviour, marital conflict financial impact on the city and abuse, child neglect and depending on the clientele.

“If they are Kingstonians, abuse, poor health, mental problems, substance abuse and then it takes directly away from available cash and what suicide rates.

“Research indicates that people spend in the area.

“That seems to be what the case casinos work best when located in somewhat remote, somewhat would be here,” Olney said.

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Walk comes on heels of controversy Annual SlutWalk takes place in midst of men’s issues debate B y C hloe S obel Assistant News Editor The third annual SlutWalk took to the streets of Kingston last Sunday afternoon.

The walk began in City Park at 2 p.m. with speeches and spoken word poetry.

Organizers Danielle Freeman and Shelley Murphy, members of the organizing group Sexy Queen’s U, were among those who gave speeches, discussing the significance of SlutWalk, rape culture and personal experiences of survival.

“Sexual assault is an all too common event in our society, affecting many men, women, non-binary individuals and children.

However, it is often a topic that is shied away from, and pushed under the rug. When it is talked about, it is often discussed in a way that blames those assaulted,” Murphy, ArtSci ’14, said

A protester carries an anti-victim-blaming sign.

in her speech.

“It is time to put sexual assault survivors first.”

She criticized societal victim-blaming and the presence of rape culture in Canadian society.

“We are all here to protest these poisonous attitudes that are all too common. We are here to demonstrate that these attitudes will not be tolerated any longer. We will hold ourselves, our families, schools and institutions to a higher standard, as we demand that sexual assault survivors be supported instead of blamed.”

Daniel Beals, president of the Kingston and the Islands NDP riding association and an activist involved with White Ribbon Kingston, also gave a speech.

This year’s SlutWalk came on the heels of controversy over the attempted de-ratification of the Queen’s Men’s Issues Awareness Society (MIAS). Last year’s march also followed controversial comments on

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Organizer Shelley Murphy marches in SlutWalk.

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sexual assault from past AMS presidential event because we didn’t want people candidate Alexander Prescott made after writing horrible things on the wall again. the campaign.

“We just kind of leave it up to Freeman, ArtSci ’14, said that the response Facebook and word of mouth to get to SlutWalk has been largely positive.

“We seem to always have weird AMS people here, so we’re always not totally sure about the numbers, but it turned things going on at the same time,” she said.

“I swear we pre-plan the out well.”

Several dozen people turned SlutWalk, and then things just seem to out to the march, which followed happen around it.”

Freeman said she decided to join SlutWalk a route down Bagot St. onto Stuart St., before walking up University after seeing photos from the first march.

“I saw the photos on Facebook and I knew Ave. and turning onto Princess St. The protesters were on the street, I wanted to be a part of the group,” she said.

According to the pair, Facebook has getting a few honks, to which the been both a positive and negative tool response was a cheer.

As they marched, they called out for SlutWalk. Freeman and Murphy both said that one of the challenges of planning several chants: “Little black dress does not this year’s SlutWalk was getting the word mean yes,” “hey hey, ho ho, rape culture has got to go,” “hey, ho, no means no,” out while avoiding online harassment.

“We tried not to advertise it too “two, four, six, eight, no more date rape,” soon because last year we had a “we’ll keep cheering, you’ll keep jeering, tell problem with people trolling on the you once, tell you twice, no means no” and, more simply, “no means no.”

Facebook group,” Freeman said.

“So we wanted to do it like maximum two weeks before the

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fundraising

Campaign donations unequal

Certain faculties fail to keep pace with their fundraising goals B y S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor

support fluctuates for fundraising campaigns.

However, he said, Stu Lang’s Though Queen’s Initiative pledge last week to donate Campaign has raised 80 per cent of $10 million to the project, its fundraising goal, not all faculties set to go towards replacing Richardson Stadium, will make are keeping up.

The Initiative Campaign began a huge difference in encouraging in 2006 as an effort to raise other benefactors to donate.

“The leadership from Stu $500 million for the University.

Contributors to the campaign Lang … gives us incredible donate to one of 12 priorities, momentum on the goal to raise $25 million for the revitalized which include individual faculties.

Before last week, Athletics and Stadium,” he said via email.

The University has a “number Recreation had raised only 28 per cent of its goal, while the School of discussions underway” with of Graduate Studies (SGS) and the current and potential benefactors, Faculty of Education are each still he said, and it will ask for their support for projects at 35 per cent.

The funds will go towards at Queen’s.

After the donation, funding for developing the university’s facilities and funding the activities of Athletics is now at 59 per cent of its target. individual faculties.

Hewitt didn’t say why the Most of the campaigns have raised around 70 to 90 per cent of Faculty of Education or the SGS have raised less money, but said their goals.

The Faculty of Arts and Science they “continue talking with alumni, has raised 102 per cent of its goal, benefactors and friends about the School of Business has raised 76 how best they can support the per cent and Library and Archives priority needs in those two areas at Queen’s.” has raised 70 per cent.

“Major gifts can quickly move us Athletics and Recreation told the Journal in July that the closer to reaching the fundraising donations were slow to come goals,” he said.

The funds raised by Athletics in at the start of the campaign because the department didn’t will go to the replacement stadium have advancement staff until as well as to athletic awards and greater funding for coaches. last year.

The Faculty of Education has Tom Hewitt, the chief development officer raised about $1 million out of a of advancement, said goal of $3 million. The funds will

go towards a UNESCO Chair for Arts and Learning and a Teaching Excellence Fund.

There were no representatives from the faculty available for comment by deadline.

The SGS has raised slightly less than $3.5 million. Brenda Brouwer, vice-provost and dean of the School of Graduate Studies, said the numbers aren’t representative of total donations. graphic by jonah eisen “The total amount raised in The SGS and the Faculty of Education lag behind. support of graduate student awards is much higher, since many donors with faculties for donor support, as donations tagged for graduate wish to support graduate students our goal is to build the scholarship student awards.

“This will provide a better in a particular faculty,” she told base for graduate students and the Journal via email. this occurs through donations to reflection of where we are on For example, donations to academic faculties as well as the achieving the goal of building the grad scholarship base,” she said. graduate student supports may be SGS,” she said.

Brouwer added that the sent to the Faculty of Arts and SGS has asked the Office of Science instead of the SGS. “The SGS is not in competition Advancement to provide a tally of

world events

Ukraine’s pain illuminated Student club holds candlelight vigil for country outside Queen’s Centre B y C hloe S obel Assistant News Editor Queen’s students held a candlelight vigil for the crisis in Ukraine outside the Queen’s Centre on Thursday night.

The vigil was organized by the Queen’s Ukrainian Students Club.

A number of students came to the vigil with candles. They stood outside the north entrance of the Queen’s Centre and later moved to Stauffer Library.

Stephen Gellner said the club has been making an effort to reach out to students and spread the correct information about Ukraine.

“We were in the ARC for the past three or four days. We had pamphlets made that debunked myths surrounding what was going on in the Ukraine,” Gellner, ArtSci ’14, said.

“They see us in the ARC with a big Ukrainian flag, it’s just to get [students] thinking about it. A lot of Ukrainians we didn’t even know were on Queen’s campus came out and said, ‘thank you for showing us this stuff.’”

Gellner said he’s trying to appeal to a sense of greater solidarity outside just the Ukrainian student community.

“I can see why people are so apprehensive to care. But these events change people’s lives. People have died in these protests, over a

hundred people in a day,” he said.

Fellow club member Kira Antonyshyn has never been to Ukraine, but said she considers the Ukrainian community “central to [her] life”.

“It’s somewhere my parents have gone; my grandparents were born there. Even though we’re two generations removed, it’s still so important to us, and I think it’s important that everyone here at Queen’s knows that a lot of the people are affected by this,” Antonyshyn, ArtSci ’16, said.

She criticized the failure of the Queen’s community to continue talking about Ukraine.

“There was a lot of news about it maybe two weeks ago, a month ago, but now it’s beginning to die down again,” she said.

Her father, a doctor in Toronto, is traveling to Ukraine to run a medical camp.

“He’s going to Kiev and Lvov — those are the two big cities.

I think it’s important that people know that people are still going there and people need help there.

“I’m proud of my dad, that he’s doing that.”

Antonyshyn said that the situation in Ukraine would affect other countries close to Russia.

Another student at the vigil, Max Moros, agreed.

“It’s important that other people, not just Ukrainians, understand

Students hold signs and candles outside the Queen’s Centre.

the importance of what’s going on in Ukraine right now and how it affects them, and how in the next two weeks or month it could affect the entire world,” Moros, Sci ’13, said.

Moros said he predicted “serious aggression” from Russia, not only towards Ukraine but towards neighbouring countries.

“I was talking to a few people in the Royal Military Academy and I heard last weekend that a few of them are shipping out to Europe for war games,” he said. “The worst is that people don’t know this is happening. I find out through friends, through the Internet and through asking around, but a lot of people don’t know the severity of the situation and how much further it could escalate.”

Moros said he hoped that other countries would take a harsher stance on Russia’s aggression. “[Russia’s] media needs to be cut off from the rest of the world because they are trying to influence countries near them through television and radio to try to convert people, to change their minds about what their countries are like, and influence them to invade,” he said.

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Student assaulted Woman opposed to the Fiamengo talk was assaulted Wednesday night B y Vincent B en M atak News Editor

he added.

The student declined to comment on the incident, A Queen’s student was physically as she is “still processing assaulted outside of her home near what happened.”

She posted a photo of injuries Victoria Park Wednesday night at on Facebook following the incident, around 11 p.m.

The fourth-year student, showing her chipped tooth and who has requested to remain bruised face.

“How’s this for a ‘no makeup anonymous at this time, was punched multiple times in the face selfie’?,” the post read.

“I was punched in the face and lost half of her left front tooth multiple times and lost half as a result.

Kingston Police are currently my tooth. This was after a few threatening emails regarding my investigating the attack.

The student, who is female, support for feminist activities on had been actively involved in an campus. Take care of yourselves opposition to last night’s Men’s and try not to go out alone.”

MIAS sparked controversy after Issues Awareness Society (MIAS) talk. She claims to have received it announced it would host an multiple threatening emails related event titled “What’s Equality Got to her involvement prior to to Do With it? Men’s Issues and Feminism’s Double Standards.” the incident.

The event, held Thursday It’s unclear if the student knew the attacker; however, the attacker evening at Ellis Hall at 7 p.m., was male and knew the victim’s featured Janice Fiamengo, a name, according to a source University of Ottawa professor who has requested to remain who gives talks against the existence of rape culture on Canadian anonymous for safety reasons.

“We’re trying to identify the university campuses.

Last week, the opposition attacker,” said Steven Koopman, Kingston Police media relations group attempted to de-ratify officer. At the time of print, he the MIAS on the grounds that it said it’s unclear if the incident was further perpetuated rape culture on related to the victim’s campus. The motion to de-ratify involvement with the the club failed.

Despite no confirmed link to opposition group.

“We’re aware of the situation the club, Mohammed Albaghdadi, and because of the context the MIAS president, condemned detective will be looking at the the attack.

“There have been various angle but we won’t be assuming there’s a direct link at this time,” comments associating MIAS with

The student posted a photo of her injuries on Facebook following the attack.

this attack,” he told the Journal.

“Please know that these claims are unfounded and untrue. Our sincerest thoughts go out to the student who was attacked.”

The Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE), a Toronto-based organization that promotes men’s rights, reiterated Albaghdadi’s statement.

CAFE organized a men’s issues talk at the University of Toronto in November, during which a protester was arrested following a physical confrontation with a participant. Another protester was cautioned after attempting to assault a police officer.

Last week at AMS Assembly, Albaghdadi denied links to the organization after being questioned

by Queen’s student Namal Amal.

Despite this, CAFE was present at this evening’s talk and were collecting donations at the door.

‘It was academically garbage’ I expected it to be. I thought frankly it was academically feminist-inflicted vision, needs to garbage,” she said after the talk.

Mercier, who has taught be re-thought,” she said in her talk. “Even if men had it at Queen’s for over 20 years, really good in the past, added that she hasn’t seen a commotion whenever that was … such why should any man suffer now? on campus between feminism and men’s rights.

That’s not equality.”

“I have never seen this before She said that universities censor speech on the premise of creating and that’s really why I came because I was worried, especially a “safe space”. light of this, “Universities have been taken in that something hostage by activists with totalitarian betting untoward was going to happen,” strategies,” she said.

“Talk about safe spaces almost she said.

Mercier said that always becomes a tool to enforce didn’t present compliance, and silence those Fiamengo any facts or empirical evidence to who disagree.”

Fiamengo added that she had reinforce her arguments.

“This was a kind of ideological visited the Queen’s gender studies department rally and if that is what CAFE website and found the is about, then I certainly wording of certain syllabi want nothing to do with them,” an attempt to “regulate” she said.

Wynne Baker, a St. Lawrence what students say.

During question period, College student, said feminists Fiamengo fielded questions in the audience don’t disagree the men’s issues from students and faculty, with including incoming Rector Fiamengo brought up, such as Mike Young and Queen’s mental health stigma.

“I think if we work philosophy professor together it could have a lot Adèle Mercier.

Mercier said that a physical of really beautiful results assault that occurred the night especially because modern day prior to the event influenced her feminism really wants to move beyond gender norms,” decision to attend the talk.

“It was much worse than she said.

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“We have the same goals, we’re just not being allowed to realize it. In doing so, it’s created a barrier now I don’t know if we can get beyond it,” she added.

Albaghdadi, ArtSci ’17, said he was overall pleased with the behaviour of students at the event.

“This was exactly what I wanted — a discussion on campus,” he said.

“People came up, asked a question, they gave their points, she gave her points … [it was] an academic discussion.”

Albaghadi said that CAFE funded the event, however, they don’t dictate how the club runs. He emphasized that the MIAS has no association with the men’s rights-associated CAFE Edmonton, a point which was discussed at AMS Assembly last week.

He said students should not be afraid to speak, even if an opinion isn’t the norm.

“When you speak your opinion, I know it sounds cliché, but you’re like a beacon of hope for others,” he said.

“Don’t be afraid to speak what you believe in.”

“We will do everything in our power to ensure that this incident, rather than driving a wedge between us, by polarizing extremist factions on both sides of the gender discourse, instead unite us in our shared commitment to equality, human rights and freedom of speech,” the organization said in a release sent to the Journal.

“All acts of violence undermine our shared goal of fostering meaningful conversation on some challenging but vital questions.”

Maria Matina, a Queen’s gender studies professor, advised her students to not attend the event tonight. In an email sent to her students on Thursday afternoon, Matina said students should not speak out against opinions

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expressed at the talk, to avoid risk of being physically assaulted.

“In fact, my fellow Professors and colleagues will not be attending tonight for fear of violent attacks,” she stated. “I will be there in representation although, I was warned not to speak as I may be sent hate mail, death threats and potential physical attacks.”

If you feel unsafe, call the Campus Security emergency line at 613 533 6111 or Walkhome at 613 533 9255.

Anybody with information related to the incident is encouraged to contact Detective Shawn Bough at 613 549 4660 ext. 6161 or by email at Sbough@kpf.ca.

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Dialogue PRIVACY

Editorials — The Journal’s Perspective

“Controversies about Internet privacy fade quickly into the background.”

Internet needs regulation While resolutions to Internet privacy necessitates a total rethink of how concerns aren’t forthcoming, we guard against online threats.

Virtually no one reads the more should be done to prevent corporations from looking at the user agreements that they are required to agree to when signing content of user emails.

Controversy erupted last week up for an email account. Users, after Microsoft admitted to reading though, should begin to rethink emails from a journalist’s Hotmail this standard practice and take an account in the course of tracking interest in what they are signing over to corporations. down a leak.

Once upon a time, most In the aftermath of their admission, the company introduced long-distance correspondence new rules governing when they can was done through snail mail.

With paper mail, there are legal look at user emails.

Online privacy is in its death regulations in place to ensure those throes. Edward Snowden’s with ulterior motives don’t search revelations and incursions like the it. Unfortunately, these regulations one Microsoft has admitted to aren’t in place for email.

Email service providers should have combined to make Internet users wary about who’s watching be required to create more transparent user agreements. them and collecting their data.

It used to be that parents warned Providers could offer options for their children about predatory greater privacy at a premium. On individuals on the Internet. The the whole, governments should current reality of predatory take a larger role in ensuring the corporations and governments integrity of online correspondence.

However, given the scale of the problem and the likeliness that governments and corporations will resist reform, nothing less than a democratic uprising or complete change of public opinion will be required to get significant action on this issue.

These scenarios are unlikely.

Controversies about Internet privacy fade quickly into the background. Just about everyone knows there have been complaints about privacy invasions by Gmail and Facebook, but very few people genuinely care.

New technologies necessitate new regulations. Either we take action to rein in violations of our privacy or we continue to disregard the warning signs. Privacy is dead.

Long live privacy?

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First nations

Radical tactics are effective While radical political tactics empty in the annals of history. The like rail blockades enrage many apology wasn’t followed up with Canadians, they galvanize action significant action to ameliorate the on First Nations issues. widespread social ills plaguing First Last Wednesday, VIA Rail’s Nations people. train services between Kingston While blockades strike many and Belleville were disrupted after people as an illegitimate means a group of activists stood on the of protest, First Nations people tracks to raise public awareness in Canada are at an extreme about missing or murdered First disadvantage when it comes to Nations women. Many of the getting their voice heard. They are protestors were from Tyendinaga economically disadvantaged and Mohawk Territory near Belleville. have little power in the mainstream Canadians could stand to think political system. In effect, they are about the problems facing First an oppressed minority that has Nations people a lot more than to use diverse means to get their they currently do. In particular, point across. the issue of missing and murdered Those who disavow radical indigenous women is one that political actions on the basis that demands heightened attention. At they will alienate most “average the very least, an inquiry should be Canadians” are partially correct. held into the specific causes of this However, the opposition of average longstanding tragedy.

Canadians doesn’t automatically The Harper government has mean that a political goal won’t been especially cynical when be accomplished. it comes to First Nations issues.

During the 1990 Oka Crisis Harper’s 2008 apology on behalf — a land dispute between a group of Canadians for the Indian of Mohawks and the town of Residential Schools system will ring Oka, Quebec — First Nations

people demonstrated that they were willing to go to extreme lengths to defend their interests.

Many Canadians were outraged, but the radical tactics were essentially successful.

While their basic tactics are effective, the organizers of blockades like the one that happened last week could stand to be more organized. When asked about the purpose of the protest, organizers only stated that they hoped to “raise awareness and support”. A more focused approach would be prudent.

There will always be many people who take exception to radical political acts. Conscientious and compassionate Canadians should worry less about those who might be offended and concern themselves with the grievances of those who are systemically oppressed.

— Journal Editorial Board

Charlotte Gagnier

Inflicted isolation I’m worried our generation is socially inept.

Easy access to the Internet through our phones and computers have made us a globally connected species. We communicate and share information faster and in greater quantities than ever before, but human-to-human communication has suffered.

If you don’t use it, you lose it, and we’ve lost our social literacy.

I walk around with headphones on, constantly checking my phone for news and notifications. I’m guilty of disengaging from real society, as are many of my peers.

This disconnection is intrinsically linked to our easy access to technology. With a phone in your hand and unlimited data on, why talk to the person beside you in line or your neighbour as you wait for class to start?

In addition, this behaviour inadvertently sends out a message that you don’t want to talk. You’re walking around in a self-created bubble, where you could go about your daily routine without really interacting with anyone and sometimes not even realizing it.

When I want to watch a new movie, I don’t go to the cinema; I watch it in my room on my computer, alone. It’s cheaper and easier that way.

When I want to buy clothes, I don’t have to go to the mall.

With internet shopping, I can shop without leaving the house; it’s even delivered to my front door.

Things we used to experience communally have become individual. It’s a question of experiencing things internally versus externally. Increasingly, we exist in our own heads.

But we’re social animals — we’re not meant to be alone. A lot of the enjoyment we get in life is experiencing things in groups.

I miss those little human interactions with strangers that make up a day. I miss them because it’s human nature to want to interact. Growing up, I didn’t have a phone to constantly check or the Internet as a distraction. Interacting with others was a necessity.

That’s why I’ll be reminding myself to take my headphones off, check my phone less and actually interact with my peers. I think it will make me a happier, more engaged person.

Charlotte is one of the Journal’s Photo Editors. She’s a second-year geography major.

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OPINIONS — YOUR PERSPECTIVE

Assembly accessibility atrophies apathy

... around campus PHOTOS BY OLIVIA BOWDEN

What are your plans for the summer?

Our panelists debate the values of AMS policies and the AGM as a way for students to get involved JOURNAL FILE PHOTO

POLICY IS KEY

CHILDISH DEBATE DISCOURAGING

AGM NOT ALL GOOD, MAN

“Working at Camp Queen Elizabeth on Georgian Bay for the third summer.”

TOMS BLACK, ARTSCI ’17

BRENDAN GOODMAN, ARTSCI ’16

ADRIAN HALUCHA, ARTSCI ’14

COREY SCHRUDER, ARTSCI ’16

For people who don’t regularly attend student government meetings, or are attending their first meeting, the rules and policies surrounding the AMS Annual General Meeting or AMS Assembly can be confusing.

However, when you start to get involved with a new sport or game, you’re never privy to the full extent of the rules.

When someone begins to play ice hockey, it may not be intuitive that you must drop a stick if you break it, instead of carrying it back to the bench. So, why does this non-intuitive rule exist? Because it helps to ensure the safety of the game. One doesn’t begin to play hockey and expect to know everything without reading the rules or being explicitly taught.

Why then, would it be expected that those new to AMS Assembly would know the rules as thoroughly as volunteers who have been working in this context for a year or more?

The rules may be confusing or non-intuitive to newcomers, but much like the rules of hockey, they maintain the integrity and safety of the meetings of the society as a whole. Being able to reconsider a motion, overturn the speaker, make sure the facts are correct or call for order are all incredibly important tools that create a stable assembly.

Last year, the ASUS special assembly devolved into chaos because order and rules weren’t kept by the speaker.

Contrast that to the AMS special assembly, where the speaker maintained and kept the rules in play, and you can see the clear difference of outcome.

Unfortunately, AGM seems to bring out the worst uses of the rules that are typically seldom used. It’s the equivalent of putting 10 hockey players on the ice where only one knows the rules. Four hundred people in a room, many of whom don’t know the functions of the meetings, and who may have a vested interest in only one decision.

Many of these people have been asked to come to the meeting simply to throw a vote in one direction, as was clearly seen at this year’s AGM. It isn’t a surprise that they would be confused, despite the speaker clearly explaining many of the functions of Assembly at the outset of the AGM. We use established rules, which are readily available in AMS policy, on placards at AGM or by word of mouth. They aren’t difficult rules to follow after one or two attendances.

To cut these rules for the sake of a small amount of efficiency or intuitiveness would sacrifice the integrity of the meetings, and the ability of the people running the meetings to run them effectively.

When a student participates in AMS Assembly for the first time as an outsider, as I did at last Tuesday’s AGM, it’s equal parts exciting and nerve-wracking. It’s everything you would expect from a lecture hall jam-packed with students who are concerned not only with the politics or economics of the AMS, but the common good of our university.

My reasons for attending an AGM for the first time were two-fold. First, I had gone to support our school’s media services which were attempting to secure more funding.

Second, I had been urged for three years by a veteran member-at-large to get involved with AMS politics.

So I had gone (finally) not just to watch, but to potentially get involved as well.

When midnight rolled around, however, I hadn’t said a single word. What unfolded in front of me was not vibrant debate, but a political circus. I decided that getting my name on the speakers’ list wasn’t worth my time.

Overall, debate on each motion had been an orderly affair. The Journal motion, however, changed that, and the emotions in the room turned from spirited debate to what I sincerely believe was childishness. The downward spiral began at the one hour mark of debate, when voters had to decide whether to extend the debate another 30 minutes.

Do I believe that it would have been just to allow a further 30 minutes so those on the speakers list could get an opportunity to voice their opinions? Absolutely.

Was there a genuine concern that without a secret ballot people could get singled out and attacked? I’m not really in a position to answer that.

What I don’t agree with was what appeared to be a very deliberate attempt on the part of a select few to derail and stall the entire process out of nothing more than spite.

These individuals weren’t doing themselves any favours, and in fact, delegitimized the “no” side, leaving those who genuinely disagreed out to dry.

I believe they ultimately turned the entire room, including myself, against them. It was very clear in the room that the sides were drawn at this point, with both sides no longer listening to the points of the other.

It took well over an hour and a half until we got through a procedural nightmare for the original motion to even be mentioned again.

Why go through that entire process when all it caused was more harm than good? I’m told that this AGM was “tame” compared to past AMS/ASUS AGMs and Assemblies. I can’t wrap my head around why such disarray could be an almost common occurrence.

I was never a huge fan of student politics, and I definitely see no reason to become one now.

The AMS Annual General Meeting (AGM) “Going home to Sarnia and taking a couple of courses online.” isn’t undemocratic by nature, but it’s inaccessible to regular students.

Even though the AGM provides a valuable ALEX VANDESCHEUR, ARTSCI ’16 outlet for non-voting members of AMS Assembly, because they have an opportunity to vote, it’s not effective in achieving its democratic intents.

Media services are vital to the student experience at Queen’s. Although many students would question the efficacy of a fee increase for media services, the troubling fact of the recent fee increase for Queen’s Journal, Queen’s TV and CFRC is the method by which they received their fee increases.

I just couldn’t get over the fact that after “I’m going to Europe for five weeks with a backpack and no other plans. I’m so each media services presentation a large stoked. I’m a happy guy.” chunk of students would get up and leave, even though I knew exactly why there were leaving — these people were employed by NICHOLAS FRANCIS, ARTSCI ’13 or volunteered at these services and brought their friends.

The AGM is an exercise in political organizing, not democracy. Each year when there is a proposed fee increase or politically contentious issue, the goal becomes getting as many friends, volunteers and employees out as possible. Regular students don’t know and in many cases don’t care what the AGM is, even though it’s important to the functioning of the Society.

The media services pulled a fast one “I’m working for an environmental consulting firm in North Bay doing on students. In bypassing a democratic habitat assesssment.” referendum where there is more visibility, accountability and opportunities for students, the media services have shown they’re scared HANNAH WOLFRAM, ARTSCI ’13 to face students. Therein lies the problem with AGMs — they are ruled by special interests who have more personal networks that are vital to win at Assembly.

In a referendum, groups seeking fee increases would have to explain why they need the extra money, what they are going to do with it and they have to have a viable plan for the future. Golden Words and the Tea Room both went to a democratic referendum, so why can’t the AMS media services?

There have also been complaints that orders, procedure and sometimes obscure policy make AGM inaccessible to the regular student. These complaints are valid and in plenty of cases totally correct.

It’s hard for a student who doesn’t know procedure to actually participate. However, rules and procedure play an important role in the facilitation of debate and professionalism.

This only further exemplifies why special interests prefer AGM to democratic referendums — they know that students rarely want to take a few hours out of their busy schedules to come vote on issues pertinent to the Society.

Any group that would prefer to seek their fee increases through AGM instead of a democratic referendum are undeserving of student dollars.

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Local and colourful Collection of watercolours capture views of Kingston B y J ustin S antelli Assistant Arts Editor Nan Yeomans’ Intimate Views provides a unique look back at Kingston.

The exhibit, fully titled Intimate Views: The Watercolours of Nan Yeomans, is now on display at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and it features a collection of the local artist’s works from a time she considered “the happiest time of my life up to that point, looking back at it ... and still is.”

Before her death in 2004, Yeomans was an acclaimed and beloved artist within the Kingston arts community, and left all of her art and the majority of her estate

to the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area (CFKA).

Her wish was to fund a grant for developing Kingston artists, and the CFKA’s Nan Yeomans Fund now provides the backing for the Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development, annually administered by the Kingston Arts Council.

In Yeomans’ work, we see a Kingston of the past — the early 1950s, to be exact. Yeomans’ style matches the relative simplicity of that time. The watercolours capture the breezy calm of a Kingston summer that remains a defining characteristic of the town to this day.

Yeomans moved to Kingston

in 1948 and enrolled in Queen’s University Summer School of Fine Arts the following year, where she took seasonal classes until 1952.

Encouraged by teachers such as acclaimed Canadian artists Andre Bieler, Grant MacDonald and Carl Schaefer to try watercolour, Yeomans took to the style immediately.

The structure of the classes was such that mornings would be spent in the studio, and afternoons were spent going around to different areas around town to paint on-location. Most of the paintings showcased as a part of Intimate Views are from these afternoons.

Interestingly, Yeomans was quite fond of Kingston Penitentiary and

Nan Yeomans spent most of her adult life in Kingston.

the lakeside industrial areas as subjects for her paintings. Kingston Pen is particularly demonstrative of this, juxtaposing the prison’s cold, grey and inherently monolithic presence with the comparatively carefree blues and greens of a summer seen through a child’s eyes. This kind of playful contrast is present across many of the works that comprise Intimate Views.

Yeomans’ sentiment that this was her happiest time is a compelling detail — and a telling one. All of

photos by arwin chan

the paintings that are a part of the exhibit are clearly the work of an artist in love with its subject, and that subject is Kingston. Yeomans adored the city she lived in, and Intimate Views stands as testament to that.

Intimate Views: The Watercolours of Nan Yeomans is on at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre until August 10.

Theatre

The dead are alive and singing Independent student group performs adaptation of cult classic horror franchise ‘Evil Dead’ B y B ethany K napp Contributor Evil Dead: The Musical is finally opening in Kingston.

The musical has some history in town. Co-creators George Reinblatt and Christopher Bond, music writer Melissa Morris, and several members from the original cast and crew all graduated from Queen’s.

Based on the 1980s cult horror

movie series Evil Dead, the musical adaptation first hit Toronto in 2003.

Although the first performances were in a small bar called the Tranzac Club, the show quickly gained traction. Evil Dead: The Musical was a featured attraction at the 2004 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and opened as an off-Broadway show in New York City in 2006.

The 2007 return to Toronto

The stage adaptation was written by Queen’s alum.

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was also highly successful. “[It] was such a hit that it became the longest running Canadian show in Toronto in over two decades,” states the show’s official website.

Since then, productions have occurred in places as far as Tokyo, Seoul and Cleveland.

Next up: Kingston, Ont. Echoing the non-conventionality of the show, this particular production of Evil Dead is being released without the assistance of a theatre company.

Headed by producer Hannah Stewart, ArtSci ’15, and Stephanie Andrews, ArtSci ’14, the Kingston troupe received the rights for Evil Dead only this past December.

Since then, the creative team has been working hard to ensure the success of this independent show.

“I was always a huge fan of the show and was really passionate about doing it,” Andrews said.

“Hannah was the one who really pushed me to pursue it. We called in lots of favours and a bunch of people helped us get this thing off the ground.”

Cast member Jillian Carter, ArtSci ’15, acknowledged the amount of experience and hours

of hard work put in by the cast and crew.

“Although it’s an independent production, everyone is very professional and takes the initiative to make everything go smoothly,” she said. “There has been so much support from Queen’s and the

The chainsaw hand: a featured prop.

Kingston community.”

Another unexpected source of support came Wednesday when co-creator and writer George Reinblatt posted well-wishes on the event page.

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Busy stage can’t deter narrative King’s Town Players’‘The Stone Angel’ traces Hagar Shipley’s life from childhood to her final moments B Y J ANINE A BULUYAN Staff Writer As a 90-year-old woman whose days are numbered, Mrs. Shipley remembers a life lived in obstinate pride and loss.

Based on Margaret Laurence’s novel, The Stone Angel by Canadian playwright James W. Nichol is the story of Hagar Currie Shipley.

Set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba, the story alternates between present and past. In the 1960s, when the play takes place, Shipley is facing the indignities of old age and death; in the past she transitions from a child to a lovestruck young woman, to a new bride, wife and mother.

The medium-sized stage appears busy with props used for a number of places and times, things like hospital beds, a park bench, a rocking chair, and a dining set.

Together they make up a childhood home and a family home, in the past and present, and a nursing home. At times it is slightly unwieldy working with such a full stage.

To populate the stage there is Father, Mr. and Mrs. Shipley, their two sons John and Marvin, and a slew of supporting characters.

The large volume of characters and limited actors requires vigilance

from audience members or else they risk confusion.

In contrast, stage lighting and music were kept to the bare basics.

Lighting consisted of either soft white or yellow full-room light, or a halo spotlight. At its most complicated, there is lightning for the rainy scenes.

Prior to the start of the show “Love Farewell”, “Whitsun Dance” and “Love Farewell” by Scottish singer Isla St Clair set the nostalgic tone. There are two a cappella songs during the play but otherwise dialogue is front and centre.

Actress Sandie Cond plays Shipley and transitions quickly, but ever so subtlety, from old age to the various versions of her character in her youth. It’s easy to believe the different ages and maturity levels she portrays.

In a great monologue by supporting character Murray Lees, played by actor Jason Bowen from Glengarry Glen Ross, the audience is wrenched by the tragedy of a negligent wife and the loss of a young son in a fire.

The play delves, sometimes unexpectedly, into darker themes and scenes such as non-consensual sex, alcoholism, infidelity, premarital sex and death. Thankfully, these are contrasted with lighter scenes and

laughter — especially since the play is about two-and-a-half hours in length.

The play is, in its own way, and quite beautifully, a Canadian tribute. There are delightful mentions of Manitoba, a Mountie, Toronto, a ruthless winter storm

in which a horse named Soldier is lost, and repeated “Ehs”.

In the end, a woman 90 years of age has lived a long life and faces death with humour, no regret and the thought of peace.

The Stone Angel holds in its endless intricacies a few precious

gems that are worth the trouble for anyone willing to let a story unfold in its own time.

The Stone Angel plays at the Domino Theatre March 25-29 and April 2-5.

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All chemistry Canadian band Mounties are gelling B Y C HARLOTTE G AGNIER Photo Editor After years leaving things up to chance, all-Canadian band Mounties have taken control.

Each band member has had success in their individual acts and projects over the last two decades, but after a series of random meetings over the years and promises of working together in the future, they finally set a week to get into the studio and work.

“Within a couple days we had written so many songs that by the end of it we walked away with 10 rough mixes of what is almost what the record ended up being,” band member Ryan Dahle said.

They met again a few months later. By the end of this second meeting they were close to the 50-song mark.

“Sooner or later we had this record and we started passing it around and that was it, we were like ‘well shit, I guess we’re a band,’” Dahle said.

All three members are experienced musicians involved in other projects: Hawksley Workman has performed as a singer-songwriter, Dahle founded the group Limblifter and Steve Bays is the frontman for Hot Hot Heat. Each member shares duties between singing and playing instruments.

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Student artist trio explores together Exhibit at Union Gallery looks at the human condition from different perspectives and mediums B y M aggie H eathcote Staff Writer How does experience define us and connect us as humans beings?

The exhibit Bodies and Bonds on at Union Gallery, considers these questions through the collective works of BFA ’14 students Sarah Love, Magdalena Slabosz and Alexandra Brickman. All three artists work with oil on canvas.

Each artist’s work looks at the human condition. Together, they present a greater perspective through which to consider our individual and collective experiences as humans.

Love, who paints portraits of individuals from photographs she has taken, breathes life into the

subjects she paints. You get the sense that she knows the individuals; has heard their stories and connected with them in some way.

She captures a striking quality in the eyes of her subjects – a hopeless excitement, which is suppressed in the rest of their demeanour.

In Love’s “Self-Portrait”, she depicts two versions of herself. One explicitly aware of the viewer, and the other lost in thought, achieving a false sense of privacy.

The first is standing at the foreground of the painting. She is standing straight, wearing a buttoned-up sweater, and has a neutral expression. The second is sitting on the couch in the background appearing more relaxed, but there is a distant

Love, Slabosz and Brickman are all ArtSci ‘14.

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look in her eyes that suggests dissatisfaction. Both states display a distinct vulnerability.

Slabosz’s work establishes a more removed perspective of the human condition.

At first this is jarring, but there is something very grounding in her depiction of human beings as a single body. Slabosz leaves all her pieces untitled, denying them a specific identity.

The body is broken down in her work as she compartmentalizes various physical features of the human form.

One set of paintings focuses on hands. One hand is soft and graceful, and another is incredibly tense. An arm reaches out in the background, desperately grasping for something.

The aesthetic beauty and physical ability of the human form are put forth simultaneously.

Slabosz displays the body’s strength, but also its susceptibility to suffering.

Brickman captures instantaneous moments in her work. There is a sense of speed about her pieces, where Love and Slabosz’s work slow down or even stop completely.

Brickman’s “Around We Go” depicts a mother and two young children on a theme park ride.

Objects are blurred around them, recreating the exhilarating feeling of being on the ride.

It is not only large in scale but in content, demanding an immediate

Brickman’s vibrant colours moments of pleasure.

emotional reaction.

The colours are vibrant with a mix of blues and pinks that overwhelm the canvas. The subjects themselves are at the height of their emotions. They are beaming, captured in a moment of pure happiness.

That sort of instantaneous feeling of elation is addictive, and Brickman communicates it perfectly.

Bodies and Bonds presents a look at the human condition in its various states. The complementary works of the Love, Slabosz and

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Brickman broaden the viewer’s scope in considering this.

Love’s shows her subjects in states of conflicted rest, Slabosz depicts the human form in its most corporeal, universal state and Brickman looks at defining moments of brief intensity.

Their work demonstrates an emotional connection between the artist and their subject.

Bodies and Bonds will be on display in the Main Exhibit of Union Gallery until April 16.

music

Canadian lads on continental jaunt Clark Hall Pub was the latest stop for Bend Sinister, who recently hit major American music spots B y O livia L oncar -B artolini Contributor On their new record, Vancouver-based group Bend Sinister are trading in their sound.

Having just played famed music festival SXSW in Austin, Texas, the group is moving onto other American hotspots, like New York City, Detroit and Chicago, to play their fourth full-length studio album Animals, released this month.

Guitarist Joseph Blood described the band’s sound as “goofy over-the-top flamboyant rock and roll.”

The new album, which Blood said is different from any of their previous efforts, trades in the sleek, Queen-like vocal harmonizing and elaborate arrangements of earlier songs like “Time Breaks Down” for the looser prog-rock rave-up of Animals lead single “Teacher”.

“For this record we decided to leave Vancouver so we [recorded] it in San Diego,” Blood said. “We just wanted to get out of our comfort zone.”

The entire recording process lasted only 11 days.

That may seem quick, but Blood says the incredibly fast-paced work ethic was due to the fact that the

band members are so familiar with one another.

“It was really fast paced, compared to previous records we’ve done where it was a more drawn out process,” he said.

The group consists of four members: singer and keyboard player Dan Moxon, drummer Jason Dana, guitar player Joseph Blood, and bassist Matt Rhode, who have been playing together

for six years.

“I think because now the band’s been the same four guys for so long that we’re all really familiar with each other and we’ve got a sort of nice work ethic,” Blood said.

He said the inspiration for the latest record came from a mosaic of arists, like Dr. Dog, Philadelphia, Thin Lizzie, Savages and Kendrick Lamar. Despite the variety, Blood said the band is largely drawn to

“seventies sounds”.

“The name Animals came up out of the animalistic nature of people and how at the end of the day we’re all just these kind of gross beings running around and destroying the earth,” Blood said.

Like many Canadian bands, Bend Sinister is familiar with the Kingston music scene. They have performed here a few times, both at the Mansion and Clark Hall

Pub, which Blood said the band really enjoyed.

“The place was really full and everyone had a really good time and it’s nice to play for a college crowd,” he said.

Having just performed at SXSW, Bend Sinister is no stranger to the American music scene. Blood said he believes that Canadian musical acts are well-represented in the competitive North American music industry.

“There’s lots of great talent in Canada and lots of people are able to get their music out there in the competitive North American climate,” he said. “I definitely think people all over the world know that Canada’s got a wealth of great music.”

Following their stateside shows, the group will be back in the province for the summer.

“We’ll be back in Ontario at some point playing a couple of festivals,” Blood said. “Hopefully we’ll put out another music video or two in the next couple of months.”

Bend Sinister played Clark Hall Pub March 21.

Joseph Blood feels that Canada is well-represented in America and abroad.

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Brothers bring the spoils of youth Acton siblings return to Kingston in support of new full-length album recorded in their basement B y L auren L uchenski Contributor Ontario act Teenage Kicks have been honing their craft for years.

The band has endured many hardships, from discord between band members to an unsatisfactory release of Spoils of Youth, their first full upcoming album, resulting in having to self-produce once again.

The consistent members of the band, guitarist Peter van Helvoort and bassist Jeff van Helvoort, have worked through these challenges — all in the name of passion for creating good rock and roll music.

“We work really hard … I personally believe in the 10,000 hours where the Beatles had to work at it for 10,000 hours to be the master of their craft,” Peter van Helvoort, lead vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, said.

He and his brother, originally from Acton, Ont, moved to Toronto to build their music career.

The move was successful as the band has become a notable member of Toronto’s rock community.

They’ve released multiple EPs and got signed through playing at their favourite Toronto venue — the Horseshoe Tavern.

Van Helvoort came up with the band’s name when he read the phrase “teenage kicks” in Jack

Kerouac’s novel The Dharma Bums. Later the same day, he heard the song “Teenage Kicks” by 70s punk band the Undertones on Little Steven’s Underground Garage and considered it fate.

“I thought that was a pretty good sign,” van Helvoort said.

The modern rock mixed with classic rock sound of Teenage Kicks stem from musical influences Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and the bands R.E.M. and Weezer.

As the primary songwriter, van Helvoort said he finds most of the inspiration for his songs through

personal experiences and writes lyrics that speak to him personally.

“It’s like my lyrics are advice, or putting things I’m feeling in perspective to myself,” van Helvoort said.

He said one of his biggest influences was his father, a man who encouraged a blue-collar lifestyle and did not readily support his sons’ musical aspirations.

“There was this struggle between art and hard work,” he said.

That influence is reflected on Spoils of Youth. Compared to older

Peter van Helvoort took the band’s name from a Jack Kerouac novel.

albums, Spoils shows a more human approach towards dealing with the music industry, particularly the personal inefficacies that go along with putting out a record.

Teenage Kicks has set out to “represent rock music without irony and clichés” through avoiding the classic rock and roll façade.

Instead, they have made their focus producing good rock music, a sound they believe is disappearing.

“I think the bands we all look up to — the rock and roll bands from the 90s — they were misfits,” van Helvoort said. “They were people

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who had nothing to do other than play music. And you know, that’s how good music gets made.”

After the sonically-disappointing outcome and low sales of the California production of Spoils, van Helvoort took the initiative to produce the album again — the same way he had done for their previous EPs Be On My Side and Rational Anthems.

“We made the record again in our basement and I think it’s truly the best album that we’ve done,” van Helvoort said.

The current tour is helping the group overcome the disappointments of recording.

Playing frequent shows has given them the chance to improve their musicianship and adopt a more positive outlook for the future of Teenage Kicks.

Though Teenage Kicks has their future in mind, Kingston is a chance to redefine their past.

“Every time we’ve been in Kingston we’ve been in disarray,” van Helvoort said. “The last time, we had a drummer that had been playing with us for two weeks and I don’t think we played particularly well.”

Teenage Kicks play the Mansion April 10.

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The trio broach songwriting in a unique way, subverting a typical calculated writing and recording process for a more organic, spontaneous one.

“The only rule that we imposed on ourselves when we got together was to not bring any outside ideas, arrive empty-handed,” Dahle said.

“I’ve rediscovered how quickly you can write songs.”

It’s a combination of mutual admiration and pure talent that makes Mounties work. “[We] started creating off the

top of our heads, which I don’t think happens very often.”

Their first single “Headphones” came from one of these sessions.

“As soon as Hawksley sat down, one of the first things he played was ‘Headphones,’” Dahle said. “Him and I just started playing what is on the record.”

These sessions often began outside the studio in Dahle’s Airstream RV. After drinking wine and writing down ideas in the trailer, the group would move straight to the studio. “[Steve] would step up to the mic and rattle off a bunch

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leg with your opening,” Reinblatt posted. “I wish I could have made the trip to Kingston to finally see the Evil Dead mounted there.”

“All the creative team behind this show met while we were at Queen’s,” Reinblatt said. “So it’s awesome you guys are doing this. Be sure to let me know how it goes. And stay groovy!”

For the Kingston production, a cast of eight students delivers a hilarious performance.

While members hail from a variety of programs and theatre experience, this production boasts stellar vocals, creative choreography and a talented music team.

Despite the learning curve that

accompanies such an innovative and intense project, everyone involved with the musical have managed to maintain a fun and engaging atmosphere.

Audiences should expect this attitude to carry over to performances.

“It’s a fun and laid-back show,” Andrews said. “There will actually be a ‘splatter zone’ in the first few rows, where people will get sprayed with fake blood during act two.”

Evil Dead: The Musical opens April 3 at Time to Laugh Comedy Club. Tickets are available at Tricolour Outlet and Time to Laugh.

of little quips that he had glued together in his head with a melody that just came out of his mouth spontaneously,” he said.

“That’s unprecedented. It just doesn’t happen in modern music” As a group known for this spontaneity in their songwriting and performances, they’ve also attempted to bring something

special to their music videos.

The videos, made by Bays, feature old footage of supercars, early video games and even home videos Workman’s grandfather recorded in the 1960s.

“We’re referencing a time when people were excited about technology, whatever that technology was,” Dahle said.

“That theme keeps on coming back … We’re still as creatures looking for things to be excited about.”

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Rugby reigns supreme OUA champion women honoured as varsity Team of the Year, while Pegg and Underwood take top prizes at Colour Awards B y J erry Z heng Staff Writer Women’s rugby dominated the annual varsity team Colour Awards Tuesday night, snagging three of the six major awards.

Athletes from the 13 varsity teams were recognized for their performances this season, as awards for most outstanding performance, most outstanding male and female student-athlete and male and female rookie of the year were presented.

Additionally, the varsity team of the year was honoured for their performance in the 2013-14 season.

Jim Tait Trophy for outstanding varsity team: Women’s rugby After capturing the program’s first CIS medal, women’s rugby added another new honour by bringing home the Jim Tait Trophy for the first time in team history.

A perfect 5-0 record during the regular season netted the Gaels the OUA’s Russell division championship. From there, they headed into a playoff showdown with the Guelph Gryphons.

One year removed from a title game loss to Guelph, Queen’s captured their first OUA title with a 19-15 win, snapping Guelph’s five-year reign atop the OUA. At the CIS championships, the Gaels finished third, with their only loss of the season coming to the eventual national champion Alberta Pandas.

Back Lauren McEwen was named the Russell Division player of the year and an All-Canadian, joining teammate Claragh Pegg on the team. Three other members of the Gaels were named OUA All-Stars this season.

Head coach Beth Barz called the

receiving the award “a testament to what [the team has] done over a long number of years.”

She added that this year’s squad wasn’t all too different from last year’s, though they had additional confidence in themselves this season.

“All the physical stuff has been there for quite some time, but the ability to believe in what they can do individually and together was definitely the biggest piece,” she said.

Jenkins Trophy for outstanding male student-athlete: Liam Underwood (Men’s rugby)

The province’s leading scorer in 2011, his team captured the OUA championship in 2013, 2012 and 2009.

Underwood said winning the award was a great way to cap off his five years with the Gaels.

Due to commitments with the national team, Underwood was held to only a single match this year, though he tallied 21 points in the game.

“Three championships in five years with the awards is pretty good. I just wish I had played a little Julie-Anne Staehli (above) raced to the Outstanding SUPPLIED BY IAN MACALPINE more,” he said.

Performance award, while rugby players Liam Underwood and Claragh Pegg See Bailie on page 16

(below) swept graduating student-athlete honours at Tuesday’s banquet.

Fourth-year fly-half Liam Underwood is no new face to the podium at the Colour Awards.

Last year, he was the co-winner for the Outstanding Performance of the Year award, while this year he took home the Jenkins Trophy, bolstering his already impressive resumé.

Underwood has represented Canada on the international level seven times, making his first start with the national team last year.

In his time with the Gaels, he was named the OUA Rookie of the Year in 2009 and was twice named to the OUA all-star team.

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Community contributions For a trio of Gaels, the volunteer experience with youth sports is an enriching one B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor Three years removed from her final game, Liz Kench still maintains a Queen’s connection.

A former women’s hockey

forward, Kench is one of several Gaels to volunteer as a coach in Kingston youth sports. This year, she took over the reins of the Kingston Ice Wolves intermediate AA team, coaching 16 to 18 year old girls at the province’s highest

Men’s rugby forward Brendan Sloan coaches a special needs basketball team at KCVI.

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level of girls’ hockey.

Her coaching staff with the Ice Wolves includes former teammate and current Gaels captain Morgan McHaffie. Kench said she receives input from Queen’s head coach Matt Holmberg when it comes to practices and drills.

The association with her former team, Kench said, gives her additional opportunities as a coach that wouldn’t otherwise be available.

“It allows me to bring in players to help out, allows me to bring in player mentors, to have new drills and keep the practices exciting,” she said. “Without playing at Queen’s, I don’t think I would be as successful as I’ve been.”

A Gananoque native, Kench tallied 124 points in five seasons with the Gaels, the fourth-highest career total among women’s hockey players at Queen’s.

Coaching the Ice Wolves lets her provide a different coaching experience than the one she had growing up.

“I found that when I was growing up, I didn’t have a young female mentor. I certainly didn’t have someone who was actively playing, or just recently out of playing or was playing at a high calibre,” she said. “I can give them

something I didn’t have, to me that’s a great thing.”

Like Kench, women’s volleyball’s Shannon Walsh also hails from the Kingston area. Since high school, Walsh has volunteered as a coach with the Kingston Pegasus Volleyball Club, as well as with local high school teams in both volleyball and track and field.

Additionally, Walsh volunteers during the summer at volleyball camps in both Kingston and her hometown of Sydenham, just outside of Kingston, including The Training Centre volleyball camp held at Holy Cross See Highlight on page 17

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Cyclists, fencers prevail at club awards ceremony.

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CIS honours claimed; new recruits announced.

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Cycling named top club After OUA championship, women’s fencers take home awards B y M atthew Woodley Contributor Queen’s has a new top athletics club for the first time in three years, with cycling taking the highest honour at Monday night’s Club Awards banquet.

The athletics ceremony, which celebrates the top club athletes and teams Queen’s has to offer, took place at the ARC and was decked out in a red carpet theme.

The five most sought-after awards throughout the night were the Award of Merit for the top club team, the Alfie Pierce Trophies for

best male and female rookies, the Marion Ross Trophy for top female athlete and the Jack Jarvis Award for top male athlete.

MVP and Rookie of the Year awards were also handed out for each team, as voted upon by coaches and players alike.

Award of Merit for top team: Cycling For the first time in their history, the cycling team captured the Award of Merit at the varsity club banquet.

The 2013-14 season saw the team capture its fourth straight

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It took four consecutive Ontario championship for cycling to finally claim Queen’s varsity club of the year award.

University Cup provincial championship, which was highlighted by dominating performances over their rivals from Guelph in both the men’s and women’s divisions.

Queen’s finished the season with a staggering total of 2,000 points, 400 more than the second-place Gryphons.

Gaels captain Etienne Moreau, who placed first overall in the Men’s A division this year, said he was thrilled with the victory and to have his team’s success recognized.

“The team just really did awesome,” Moreau said. “The Anna Rogers and Brad Parsons saw their impressive SUPPLIED BY IAN MACALPINE women’s side was stronger then Gaels careers recognized at Monday’s ceremony at the ARC. ever, and the guys from the B “We made a game plan months category, which is the beginner’s Rogers’ impressive athletic resume.

The graduating senior had a before, we stuck to it, we worked category, went to the A category and had great success and scored year to remember by consistently hard, and we accomplished our many points for Queen’s. That finishing in the top five in OUA goals,” she added. “I guess that’s competition, contributing to a the best ending to a story like this.” brought us the cup home.”

Moreau pointed out that for team fencing championship and Jack Jarvis Trophy for the Queen’s cycling, winning the being named the top female club top male athlete: Brad Parsons Ontario championship is the goal athlete at Queen’s.

(Cycling/Nordic Skiing) Rogers is no stranger to success. coming into every season.

“The goal was definitely to She was a four-time OUA All-Star win,” he said. “But Guelph is our over her career, finishing with one It’s impressive enough being an elite main competitor and they come gold, one silver and two bronze student-athlete. Being competitive on two club teams is something back every year stronger then ever.” medals in OUA competition.

The fencing team has come far only a special few can accomplish.

For this year, at least, they Parsons is one of those unique under her leadership. weren’t strong enough.

“We went from third three years athletes, competing on both the ago to second last year, and then cycling and Nordic skiing teams.

Marion Ross Trophy for the this year we came home with the He was rewarded for his efforts this top female athlete: [OUA] banner,” Rogers said. “I year with the Jack Jarvis Trophy, Anna Rogers (Fencing) think it symbolizes how wonderful which goes to the top male club You can go ahead and add the we did as a team over the past athlete at Queen’s.

Marion Ross Trophy to Anna three years.

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Head start for headstrong squad Bailie, Gibson nab hardware; new recruits unveiled B y A dam L askaris Staff Writer October may seem like a long way away, but for one Gaels team, it can’t come any sooner.

Men’s hockey is poised to build off one of the most successful seasons in the history of the program. The last few weeks have seen the Gaels make serious strides towards becoming an Ontario and national title contender, through its national recognition and the introduction of new recruits.

Goaltender Kevin Bailie took home CIS top rookie honours, while Brett Gibson was named national Coach of the Year.

The pair of awards added to an OUA East coaching award — Gibson’s second in nine years — and the OUA East MVP and Rookie prizes that Bailie earned earlier this month.

Additionally, the Gaels introduced their

first recruits of the 2014-15 season last week.

They’re looking to add pieces to their puzzle in the quest to bring a championship to Kingston, following a season where the team tied a franchise record in victories with 17.

After experiencing some individual and team success, Bailie said he’s ready to face the challenge of heightened expectations next year.

“We’re hard on ourselves to do well,” Bailie said. “We set a new bar for this program with this season.”

The Gaels were the country’s second-best defensive team in 2013-14, giving up just three more goals than the eventual national Journal FIle Photo champion, the Alberta Golden Bears.

Goaltender Kevin Bailie was a staple on this winter’s award circuit, racking up While the Gaels’ defensive corps was solid, OUA MVP and CIS rookie of the year honours in his first university campaign. much of the credit for the low goal totals has to go to Bailie and his goaltending partner, League’s Kingston Frontenacs leads the the tournament.

Gibson said the weekend featured an Chris Clarke. The tandem highlighted a Gaels’ new recruiting class. He scored 35 10-player recruiting class brought in by goals and 62 points in 67 games for the overall winning culture he’s looking to create Frontenacs this season, while new recruit at Queen’s.

Gibson and the coaching staff last season.

“The best programs, like Alberta or The Gaels’ season ended in unfortunate Eric Ming netted 32 goals for the OHL’s McGill, never really seem to go through a fashion with a three-game loss to the Niagara IceDogs in his final junior year.

“When you look at the teams that have rebuilding stage,” he said. “Their consistency Carleton Ravens in the OUA East semi-finals, success in [the OUA], they obviously have a is remarkable. They make changes and tinker including a 2-0 shutout defeat in game 3.

A lack of scoring hurt the Gaels’ chances strong team but they usually also have a few with their roster, but they never seem to have of succeeding. They finished 15th out of 20 guys who score a lot,” Gibson said. “Would an off year where they’re not competitive.

“We’ve had one good year here, and Ontario teams in regular-season scoring, and having a guy like Greenaway or Ming have it was the key focus of Gibson’s recruiting made the difference in some of the one-goal there’s no reason next year can’t be better games we played? Who knows, but it never than this one,” Gibson added. process this offseason.

“We’re not a team anymore that will be “It’s no secret we need more goal scoring,” hurts to have a guy who can score.”

In addition to his national award, fighting just to get into the playoffs. We want Gibson said, “and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look at the stats of some of the Gibson was able to watch four games at the to be competing for home ice advantage national championships in Saskatchewan, heading into the playoffs every year.” recruits to tell that they can score.”

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PHE ’55 Alumnae Award for outstanding female student athlete: Claragh Pegg (Women’s rugby) Women’s rugby captain Claragh Pegg led her team to two of her program’s firsts this season, snagging both an OUA championship and a bronze on the national stage.

On the individual level, Pegg has been named an All-Canadian, a three-time OUA All-Star and an academic All-Canadian.

She helped her team overcome the powerhouse Guelph Gryphons to capture the OUA title before rounding out the year with a CIS bronze medal.

Pegg is confident her team will go further next year because of its large veteran makeup.

Outstanding Performance of the Year (OPY): Julie-Anne Staehli (Cross Country/Track) Second-year runner Julie-Anne Staehli brought home a Colour Award for the second year in a row.

Last year’s outstanding varsity club rookie of the year, Staehli’s performances in both track and cross-country allowed her to claim this year’s Outstanding Performance of the Year award.

Staelhi captured OUA gold and bronze medals in track as well as a silver medal in cross-country. On the national level, she captured the CIS gold medal in cross-country to go along with another gold in track.

Staelhi also competed on the international level, representing both Canada and Queen’s at the 2014 FISU Cross Country Championships in Uganda, where Canada finished with the bronze medal.

She said she felt honoured to be nominated

both years.

“I didn’t know that I would come this far, and so it has definitely been a great surprise for me too.”

Alfie Pierce Trophy for top male rookie: Kevin Bailie (Men’s hockey) In only his first season, Kevin Bailie has already been recognized as one of the best players in the OUA. His contributions played a major role in men’s hockey’s resurgence this year. With Bailie in net, the team was able to make it past the first-round of the playoffs this season — a feat they hadn’t achieved since 2003-04.

He was named the CIS Rookie of the Year, OUA East MVP, OUA top goaltender and an OUA East All-Star this year. He was also selected to be a part of the CIS All-Rookie and OUA All-Rookie team.

“It’s nice being recognized by the school in front of my fellow peers,” Bailie said.

While he was happy with the awards he won this season, there was another one Bailie would have preferred to bring home.

“I’d trade [the awards] in a thousand times for a championship,” Bailie said.

Alfie Pierce Trophy for top female rookie: Karley Heyman (Women’s rugby) Women’s rugby wing Karley Heyman was able to find her role and excel in her position as soon as she donned a Gaels jersey.

She helped push both her team and program farther than they have gone before with her scoring, being named an OUA All-Star and finishing second in rookie scoring in the OUA regular season and playoffs.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Heyman said about the award. “I wasn’t expecting it.”

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Parsons was a key contributor to cycling’s first-place finish, moving up to the A Category from the B Category this season.

He also accomplished his goal of reaching the top 15 on the OUA circuit this year in Nordic skiing, while serving as a student-coach on the team.

“I thought I remained pretty competitive over the year,” Parsons said. “Being a coach for the Nordic team this year, I really focused on getting everyone enthused and working together with other leaders on the team to make sure that we had great team success.”

Alfie Pierce Trophy for the top female rookie: Lily Jiang (Fencing)

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It would take a pretty ignorant person to disregard the achievements of Alex Wilkie, male rookie of the year for Queen’s varsity clubs.

cut the pool in half by ranking their top two contenders. Women’s rugby advanced with five votes and men’s rugby progressed with three; the other two were cast for women’s basketball.

Further debate was followed by a final ballot, with each member voting once.

By a 3-2 margin, men’s rugby was determined the victor, tabbing them — temporarily — as varsity team of the year.

You know your team is in good hands when a rookie comes in and achieves OUA All-Star status. That’s exactly what Jiang accomplished in her first university season.

Jiang captured first place overall in the Individual Sabre event and was an integral

piece to the overall first-place finish at the OUA championships for the women’s side this year.

“I’m just so glad that our team got recognized for all of the hard work that we put in to the season, because we deserve it,” Jiang said. “It’s been 10 years since we’ve gotten the [OUA] banner, and I’m just so glad our team effort paid off this year.”

Alfie Pierce Trophy for the top male rookie: Alex Wilkie (Track) In his first year on the track team, Wilkie exceeded expectations by qualifying for the CIS national championships, running in the 3,000 m race.

He managed to finish eighth at the OUA championships, but proved he can excel on the big stage by running a solid race and finishing ninth at nationals.

“It’s a huge honour,” Wilkie said of winning the award. “It’s something that I’ve thought about ever since I started the season.”

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Secondary School.

The fifth-year setter said she draws on her playing experience if she feels there’s a similarity between the Gaels and her youth team.

“I find that sharing similarities between varsity teams and the team I am coaching empowers the athletes, rather than having them realize more of a contrast between the varsity level and a level of their own,” Walsh told the Journal via email.

She added that being a varsity athlete has benefitted her coaching experience, as she gets the opportunity to talk to young athletes at camps and games and create a relationship between the varsity program and local athletes.

“The opportunity to converse with youth volleyball enthusiasts in the stands after games and during weeklong camps is absolutely priceless,” she said. “I encourage all varsity athletes to do so when they can.”

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The Journal was invited to sit on the panel through email correspondence with Athletics, a position the newspaper has also filled in previous years. Aside from an embargo on naming the award winners until after Tuesday’s ceremony, the meeting was not identified as confidential.

First, the panel deliberated on the varsity team rookie of the year nominees. A series of votes were conducted to determine the winners: women’s rugby wing Karley Heyman and men’s hockey goaltender Kevin Bailie, both of whom were presented with their awards on Tuesday night.

Next, the panel moved onto team of the year voting. Varsity teams that won their league championship or appeared at their sport’s national championships in 2013-14 were included as nominees for the award.

That baseline of excellence left four Gaels teams in the running: men’s rugby, women’s rugby, women’s basketball and women’s cross-country.

During the course of the meeting, one Athletics representative said previous disciplinary action wasn’t taken into account when determining the team of the year nominee pool.

After a brief discussion period, voters

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rugby forward goes a different route with his volunteer work.

Brendan Sloan has coached KCVI’s Special Olympics basketball team for the past four seasons. Like Walsh, he started volunteering in high school, coaching another team in Peterborough.

“As soon as I came here in first year, I kind of missed it so I contacted the [KCVI] teacher at the time who ran it and he just kind of took me on and helped out there for a few years and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Over the last few years, Sloan has started bringing in his rugby teammates and other Queen’s students to help coach the team. He hopes Gaels men’s rugby will continue to work with the KCVI team after he graduates.

For Sloan, the biggest takeaway from his experience comes from the relationships he’s formed with his players.

“It’s honestly the highlight of my week, and I think I take as much from the whole experience as the players do,” he said. “[It’s] pure enjoyment and it’s great just making friends with these guys.”

ACROSS

1. Sped 6. Craze 9. Purse 12. Memorable mission 13. Hearty brew 14. Flamenco cheer 15. Custom 16. Sally Bowles’ workplace 18. Speaks sheepishly?

20. Lisa’s brother 21. Doc’s org.

23. “No seats” sign 24. Five dozen 25. Swine 27. Angry 29. Satisfy 31. Polar sight 35. No-hitter pitcher Ryan 37. Gilbert of “The Talk” 38. Ornate 41. Japanese salad plant 43. Foundation 44. Hexagonal state 45. Graf’s doubles partner?

47. Last car 49. Hiawatha’s transport 52. Charlemagne’s realm (Abbr.)

53. Evergreen type 54. Rep 55. Family member 56. Scale notes 57. Assessed

DOWN

1. “Go, team!”

2. Carte intro 3. Coleslaw basis 4. Early Oscar winner Jannings 5. Loves too fondly 6. Important point

Women’s volleyball setter Shannon Walsh volunteers as a coach with the Kingston Pegasus volleyball club and various local high schools.

Journal file photo

7. “Oh, woe!”

8. Society newbie 9. Common cleanser 10. On the qui vive 11. Big name in oil 17. Tolerates 19. The little mermaid 21. Download of a sort 22. Wire measure 24. Moment 26. Quixote pal Panza 28. Sorta 30. Sauce source 32. Advisory panel 33. Exist 34. Cushion 36. Boring tools 38. Botanist Leonhard 39. Video game pioneer 40. Local theaters 42. Trash can dweller 45. Largest continent 46. Long story 48. Vacationing 50. Single 51. Schedule abbr.

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postscript In Focus Short

fiction contest: first place winner

Circuitry B y S ean D oherty ArtSci ’15 You’re a mathematician and I’m the stubborn biologist who refuses to count the world to your series of algorithms. Sure, you take a tree and determine a fractal iteration and sure, I can map and define the physiology of your sinus cavity to the cellular structure.

But when it comes down to it, you view me as a collection of qubits and I view you as an ecological process in pinpoint geologic time.

This little house, we constructed in our early days when you used to sleep in the afternoons with the apartment blinds shut.

Your mother was foreboding, and, well, your coping skills were too derivative to serve you well. Hopes are asymptotic, you kept telling me, but hey, isn’t that how it goes? I worried, Leo — and you tried, you did, but as much as you want,

you can’t map the tangential lens to view my brain and in curve of a heart, especially return, I’ll take my own advice your own. You need someone and search the neural pathways else to open its structure and of my mind for a solution examine the cordae tendonae, to your equation.

Iterate me. Find my code. smell the weakness in the papillary muscles, teach you Use your calculus to set up a to learn to accept that your scaffold, a projection of my heart exists the way it is in all mental framework. This house of its perfection, but it also needs is what I built for you in the some work. I am no architect, real world, the one you can touch Leo. I am just your lover-boy. and feel. Can you take my ideas But I drew that blueprint for us, and formulate a beautiful proof for you. I drew the lines of our as perfect and as true as the future bedroom when you slept way you butter my toast in (even when my hands resisted) the morning?

I may be a collection of cells and in return you kept on breathing lying on this bed with you, and in the wet darkness.

And now everything’s switched you may be a series of manifolds again, but in different binaries. held within a brain, but together Isn’t that how it goes? Sure, we fill this room, a place in our it may be me lying on the lives, the Tupperware containers of couch like muddled jelly when our dreams.

We’ll take our circuitry, in you come home, and sure, my meals may have dwindled all its complexity, and map it into fucked approximations out in duplicate like a blueprint. of themselves, but give me And when it’s all written down, time and a cleaner microscope superimposed, laid out in front

Short

Illustration By Katherine Boxall

of us, we’ll take this map A linear regression.

There, I might and find all the misconnections.

There, you might say. A neural fibrillation.

say.

fiction contest: second place winner

Illustration By Katherine Boxall

Seascape Wishes and Tidal Goodbyes B y J ustine M archand ArtSci ’14 If I could talk to you I wouldn’t have to say anything, I’d just fall into you and swim as deep as I could, far away from the surface. I’d swim so deep that I would have only you to breathe. Inside you, I would hold on so tight that all of my ideas would leave me and I’d just be me, inside of you. I wouldn’t cry because it would just be me and it would all leave me with nothing to be sad for, no memory and no future. The sweet, sharp smell of your body would be stuck to mine, so later when I turned my head I’d smell you there, on my shoulder, as if we never parted. Never parted. Together, me and you, breathing and smelling, taking up skin and taste and smell into our mouths and leaving sticky kisses in our paths. Scratches and redness left

behind to mark our territories all the way down my back and around your neck, vibrantly calling us back; the edges and curves of our bones pressed so close together that they make dust between them. I’d drink in all your sounds, swallowing them like swallowing a mouthful of steam, down into my insides where I could get to know them before they became my own sounds and left my mouth the same way.

If I could fall into you I wouldn’t have to think about you, because inside you, there is no thinking, only being and breathing and smelling and feeling; like a secret door leading out of my life and into the place where you and I exist. And if I could give you these thoughts I wouldn’t need to, not like this. They would not have become so swollen within me;

they’d have flown freely like the river they had been, streaming into your sea, becoming the same.

Instead, I stand on your shore where my toes are so close they catch splashes of spume and feel the soft sea glass sliding by. And I stay stuck in this place where I can’tfeel your cool and taste your salt, I can only watch and smell and wish that your tide comes back to reach me.

Do you know you are the sea?

Can you feel me waiting in the sand? Am I the moon, powerless to stop your tide from sliding away after I pulled it in so far?

How do you tell the sea it is the sea? Surely it knows, feels the massive movements of its body and the violence of its spirit. Surely it feels the land around it, the way it’s cradled on all sides in solid safety.

Only a foolish moon thinks she could lay with the sea

like lovers do, married in time and place, peaceful despite the magnetism of her push and pull. She gives the body the illusion of freedom, but the tides ride on her whim. The sea casts the moon off before any real damage sets in. Good sense or fear disguised in rationale; self-preservation masked in logic?

Your body, liquid and strong, curved and sloped in every angle, fit over me like a skin. A barrier between my self and my life, you came in between like a film and cast a blurred haze over the sharp edges of my experience. So sure I was heading for the crumbling end of a dying glacier, I was reluctant to set sail; your beauty scared me, your rocky motion so new and terrifying after having made my place on land for so long.

The way you’re body moves draws me in a way that I can’t

escape, in a way that only something as big and beautiful as you can, and I lean into your pull even though you push me away.

How long will it take for me to forget your waves and the way you held me, our bodies swaying and swirling, the pulse of our passion, your eyes in my eyes?

One day I will walk off this shore; abandon the idea of your salt on my skin. One day, another body will come, available, open, and reach into me, and I’ll leave your sand behind me.

Still, I’ll remember the beauty of your seascape; the way you laid wishes on my stomach. I’ll bronze the moment that made me wander onto your shore, the one that made your tide reach for me and pull me in. Maybe I’ll keep your sand between my toes.

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The Postscript Short Fiction Contest entries were judged by a panel of six Journal editorial board staff members.

The three winners were chosen based on a preferential voting system.

Short

fiction contest: third place winner

Maple Jesus B y C ody D auphinee ArtSci ’14

I pulled out the drawers to see couple, you’re really so great if they still worked — they were all together. I exhaled deeply. She stiff, and the railing had come loose looked at my hands.

Every morning when I wake up on the bottom one.

“Come on,” she said. “Did you from a dream, I write whatever I grabbed my interchangeable even try to get the dirt out?” comes to mind as fast as screwdriver from the wall and I tried explaining to her that it’s possible. Mostly unintelligible, but went to work on the bottom part of my job to have dirty hands. occasionally worth reading. drawer. My sweaty hands Dirt gets ground into the calluses. It Sometimes they are humorous. slipped on the cheap plastic grip; doesn’t come out easily.

The way you look at an the extra heads rattled every “You know how it gets.” almost-empty roll of toilet paper. time I turned the screwdriver; She left, visibly upset.

Sometimes I am afraid to and the loose head was stripping We rode in silence all the way to read them... the screw. the church.

Rattle. Slip.

As soon as we arrived, Alice I reached over to feel her, but Slip. Turn. Rattle. sped up the stairs and entered her shape was lost in the thick Rattle. Slip. Fuck. the church ahead of me. I fabric. She had writhed herself into I whipped the screwdriver as was overwhelmed when I a blanket cocoon. I considered hard as I could against the wall. pulled open the heavy oaken waking her and reclaiming It shattered into tiny pieces. The door. The room was hot with the blanket, but she looked so way you look at the remains of voices — Alice’s relatives fellating serene. Without the blanket I a piece of shit screwdriver, I each other over cheap pastries and knew there was no hope of going thought, chuckling to myself. cold sausage rolls. back to sleep. I would have to I’ll never forget when I I looked for my mom amongst brave the morning cold — me bought it. the faces of half-strangers. I and my 7:30 stiffness.

I’d always suffered a lack of eventually found her by the coffee Walking into the kitchen I was screwdrivers. I had everything bar, groping the Styrofoam cups. struck by how clean the fridge was. else in my shop except a good “Couldn’t have invested in The weight of the morning variety of screwdrivers. One something a little nicer?” I joked. started to shed. afternoon, after cutting myself “It is a wedding after all.”

I opened the fridge to see trying to turn a flathead screw what I could make for breakfast. with a utility knife, I sped Nothing. No eggs. No bacon. No to Rona. milk. A few rotting stems of green I didn’t walk 20 feet onion and half-empty orange before I was greeted by a juice cartons. display fiercely advertising the I checked the cupboard multi-purpose screwdriver’s for bread. reliability. I was taken.

“Well, thank god.”

I used to think the world of Butter, bread, plastic cheese. that tool. It was everything “Grilled cheese for breakfast?” you needed in one convenient I heard Alice say groggily behind package, and I didn’t even have to me. “It’s 8:00 in the morning.” spend more than five minutes “There’s nothing to eat.” finding it. It was like a godsend.

“Well, did you notice that I Now I just thought of how cleaned the kitchen?” ugly the cheap red plastic “What good is that if there is looked scattered across the nothing to cook?” That felt like an oil-stained floor. asshole thing to say. “I’m sorry.”

I tried to read her baggy stare.

Without the proper tools to fix “I’m sorry I haven’t had time the drawers, I sanded, sealed, and to shop, I’ve been busy preparing stained the drawers to a nice for Laura’s wedding, in case you finish. It may have been a clumsy, hadn’t noticed.” broken piece of shit, but at least “Right.” it was a beautiful, walnut-stained “Yeah.” piece of shit. I left the garage The kitchen air grew thick with almost satisfied. silence as I ate my breakfast.

“I got a gift for Laura,” I said.

“I’m going to the garage, “Where are you going?” need anything?”

“To take a nap.”

She stirred sugar into her coffee, “You don’t have time for a nap.” ignoring my question.

“Fuck that,” I said, giving I carried the silence all the way myself over to the comfortable to the front door. grooves that years of sleep shaped out of the pillow I’d had An un-sanded desk; a since college. three-legged stool; and a frame with no shelves: my laziness A knock on the door ripped me glaring from the workbench. I from my sleep. After a quick sighed and considered what to shower, I dug through the closet work on first. to find my one and only suit.

“Fuck,” I yelled, remembering “Looks good. Here, let me fix I was responsible for a wedding your tie,” Alice said as I emerged. gift for Laura. I pulled off an “It doesn’t fit well. It’s too oversized nylon tarp and found the tight around the shoulders,” dresser that Alice’s parents gave us I complained. when we moved in together. It was She dismissed me with a a piece of shit. biting shush.

With a few minor repairs and “There you go, see,” she turned a new finish and it would make me to face the mirror. a passable re-gift, I thought. I I looked at us standing slightly cleared a path to the dresser and apart in the mirror. I could hear heaved it out into the middle all the voices of her parents of the floor. “Give it that nice and other distant relatives worn antique look,” I joked come flooding back. Oh, what a to myself. perfect couple, such a beautiful

“Where’s Alice,” she replied coolly.

“I don’t know.”

She put the instant coffee down and looked at me. There it was, the reproving mother look.

It was the same look she gave me six years ago when she scorned me with those haunting words: “Don’t settle.”

Everyone began to move toward the pews.

“Looks like it’s starting soon.

Let’s find our seats.”

After finding Alice with the rest of the bridesmaids, she led me to my seat in the front row. She was noticeably calmer, even a little excited. She quickly leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. I recoiled, almost imperceptibly, not expecting it.

The ceremony began. As the preacher mumbled his way into the depth of the wedding script, my eyes began to wander.

I observed the faces of all the relatives in the audience. Some cried. Some wore smiles. Some

looked bored. Some looked on the verge of death.

I heard the powerful autumn gusts hurling tree branches against the stained glass windows.

It was then that I noticed the towering crucifix behind the altar. It featured a maple Jesus, carved in magnificent detail: his head tilted towards the window, his mouth sullen, his downtrodden eyes forever cast upon the wonderful, yellowing trees lashing against the glass, protesting the changing of the season. A familiar gaze.

The way you look at something beautiful about to end.

I returned my attention to the ceremony. I could feel Alice’s eyes on me. I turned my head towards her. My downtrodden eyes met hers. A wonderful smile crept across her face. She really was beautiful.

I had never felt closer to Jesus in all my life.

Illustration By Katherine Boxall

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