The Queen's Journal, Issue 1

Town-Gown

Students take on City and province SGPS, AMS to appeal City bylaw to Ontario Municipal Board and Human Rights Commission B y Vincent B en M atak News Editor Queen’s students are fighting back against City Council after its members voted in favour of a

bylaw which will realign the city’s electoral districts.

The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) has teamed up with the AMS and the Sydenham District Association

(SDA) to file an appeal with the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) against the bylaw, which excludes students in the city’s census data.

The groups are currently seeking legal counsel before putting forward their OMB appeal, due 45 days after the bylaw was passed 7-6 on April 23. They’ve yet to determine whether they plan

to file an appeal with the OHRC at the same time or after their OMB appeal, SGPS President Iain Reeve said.

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Sports

Stands under scrutiny Upper bleachers to be removed at Richardson Stadium B y N ick Faris Sports Editor

Richardson Stadium’s east and west upper bleachers will be replaced this summer, after a report commissioned by the University found them to be unsafe for use.

photo by Charlotte Gagnier

Rickety seating at Richardson Stadium has finally forced Queen’s to take action.

The 42-year-old stadium will undergo radical renovations this summer, in light of a report that found the facility’s upper seating tiers to be structurally unsafe.

The discovery comes eight years after the University said it was making plans for a new stadium.

Queen’s has commissioned an annual review on the condition of See Reduced on page 13

alumni

Homecoming celebration details revealed Fall tradition will see greater focus on networking, alumni relations and community B y A bby A ndrew Assistant News Editor After a four-year ban on Homecoming, the University’s administration is envisioning the return of a celebration of community.

The tradition, split up between the weekends of Oct. 5 and 19, will see over 90 events aimed to reconnect alumni and

provide networking opportunities for students.

Some of the most anticipated events include the re-painting of the class of 1988’s crest alongside first-year students, barbeques at Richardson Stadium and business networking events at the Grad Club with a goal of connecting students to alumni.

The Friday afternoon networking events, coordinated by

the School of Graduate Studies as well as Alumni Relations and the Chamber of Commerce in Kingston, will provide students with the opportunity to connect with alumni and Kingston business leaders.

Over 200 people have registered to attend the events, according to Sarah Indeway, manager of volunteer relations and reunions at Queen’s Alumni Relations.

Feature

Arts

Postscript

Exposing the facts on skin cancer.

A preview of the Skeleton Park Music Festival.

Boston crisis inspires kind and positive action.

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Registration won’t close until the event is over.

“The first weekend will be

highlighting the 25th reunion class of 1988, [and] the second See Koopman on page 5

Construction continues

Road work on University Ave. and Alfred St. will carry on until mid-June.

Photo by Charlotte Gagnier

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Academics

Time limit policy comes under fire GSEC creates a task force to investigate policy, denies Senate authority over its operations B y S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor The new time-to-completion policy, which was passed in March and imposes time restrictions on Master’s and PhD students completing their degrees, has come under dispute.

On May 7, the Graduate Studies Executive Council (GSEC) agreed to create a task force over the summer to investigate factors affecting completion times following recommendations put forward by Senate on April 30.

However, GSEC contests the Senate’s jurisdiction over graduate school policies. A second motion at Senate regarding the issue was deferred to the May 28 meeting. The motion will affirm Senate’s authority over GSEC on all academic matters.

The fourth section of the motion states that Senate can override particular decisions made by GSEC. If it’s passed, Senate will

have the power to suspend or rescind GSEC’s time-to-completion policy.

“That’s not what GSEC wants at all,” Becky Pero, SGPS representative to GSEC, said. “They want the ability to govern as they see fit.”

The task force’s terms of reference and mandate will be created through a collaborative effort between the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS).

Currently, the time-to-completion policy sets time limits for graduate degrees. Under the policy, students must complete Master’s degrees in two years and a PhD in four years unless they’re granted an extension.

The time-to-completion policy will remain in effect for students entering graduate studies in Sept. 2013.

According to past SGPS Senator Terry Bridges, the policy was revised during the GSEC meeting in April to allow departments to grant one-year extensions. Departments

can now grant extensions to all of their students if it’s discipline-related or on a caseby-case basis.

Bridges, who moved the task force motion to Senate, expressed mixed feelings about the outcome of the May GSEC meeting. He’s a member of a group of graduate students working to keep the discussion alive.

“All of us were happy that the task force motion passed.” Bridges said. “But we’re disappointed that the second motion failed, and we’re uncertain as to what the parameters of the task force will be.”

Bridges said supervisor relations, course requirements, student stress, family commitments and the availability of TA positions are all issues that may affect time-to-completion.

“It’s positive that there is unanimous agreement that a task force should be formed and universal recognition by everyone that

there are lots of factors at play,” Bridges said.

The Vice-Provost of Graduate Studies Dean Brenda Brouwer said the task force will be distinct from the one proposed in the Senate motion.

“GSEC agreed to form a task force, not in accordance with the Senate motion, but in accordance with GSEC,” Brouwer said.

GSEC made the decision independently, according to Brouwer, and so the task force will report to GSEC, not the Senate.

The Senate granted GSEC authority over the setting and revision of graduate school policy in 2009, Brouwer said, so only GSEC can suspend and create policy.

Brouwer said the task force will investigate issues affecting graduation times and will present its work to GSEC throughout the coming year.

“It’s going to identify and investigate barriers for time-to-completion,” Brouwer said.

AMS

New director hired Position fills vacancy after previous General Manager’s March resignation B y O livia B owden Assistant News Editor

she held the role of Senior Relationship Manager for the school. Paul worked for 15 years after her graduation in not-for-profit The AMS has instated a new managerial organizations. She held the professional Current GSEC policy, which sets strict time limits on graduate degrees, title of CFRE (Certified Fundraising is under review. position to oversee its operations.

Annette Paul, ArtSci ’98, has been hired Executive), and has worked with the as Executive Director of the AMS, following YMCA, Food Bank Toronto as well as other Annette Bergeron’s resignation mid-March fundraising endeavors.

Paul added that her role as Executive as General Manager.

Bergeron had resigned in order to Director involves assuming multiple roles fulfill external commitments. Paul officially at once.

“My main roles as Executive Director stepped into the position full time on would be as a chief advisor to the executive, May 13.

The position of AMS General Manager a chief permanent staff resource to student has been changed from Executive Director. leaders, and to maintain an oversight of Paul said that the 2012-13 AMS executive operation and strategic objectives with and Board decided to change the nature the AMS.” When asked about possible AMS of the position in order to emphasize improvement, Paul said that the AMS should certain roles.

“The reasoning was to create more clarity look to catering to the needs of current, as around the specific needs associated with the well as future students.

“I hope to shape the AMS so that role of a chief permanent staff resource in the Executive Director, such as [providing] it is prepared to take on what the guidance and direction on operational, future holds.” management, financial and governance matters of the AMS, and serving as the chief facilitator and resource to the AMS executive,” Paul said.

A key change is the specification of the Executive Director as a chief advisory, mentor, facilitator and resource to the AMS executive, she added.

“An Executive Director’s role is to meet the changing needs and demands of the executive and the AMS as a whole, and by creating a thread of continuity during annual changes with elected and appointed student leaders.”

The AMS launched a province-wide search soon after Bergeron’s resignation, with hopes to fill the position before September.

Paul said she believes her previous experience with the AMS will be beneficial to the executive.

“I have had a long history with the AMS. As an undergraduate I was on the AMS executive, and two years ago I returned to Queen’s to become involved again with the AMS Board of Directors,” Paul said.

Paul’s last position at Queen’s was the Associate Director of Development and Photo by Charlotte gagnier Alumni Relations at the Queen’s School Paul began of Business from 2012-13, and before that working full-time on May 15.

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Feature Health

Skin cancer scares

Salons feel the burn as Canadian skin cancer rates rise and organizations expose the facts about tanning B y R achel H erscovici Features Editor Students and community groups are cracking down on tanning bed use, and local salons are feeling the pressure.

Earlier this month, Signatures Salon, located in the JDUC, indicated to the Journal that it removed its tanning beds because it was feeling pressure from anti-tanning campaigns in the media.

The on-campus salon has now shut down completely and will no longer occupy its space in the JDUC as of June 7.

It’s unclear whether the alleged loss of its tanning beds played a role in its closure.

“It was mutually agreed upon between Signatures, the University, the SGPS and the AMS that the business would no longer occupy that space, and it was time to look at possible other uses for that space,” Nicola Plummer, AMS vice-president of operations, told the Journal via email.

Although the AMS has no official stance on tanning beds, Plummer noted that should any new tenant wish to run a similar operation to Signatures, the AMS would make its concerns about tanning beds known.

Both the Kingston Area public health unit (KFL&A Public Health) as well as one student group have recently run campaigns that highlight the dangers of tanning.

Earlier in the month, Signatures said that tanning bed concerns had been all over the news and they had no problem removing them.

They are currently referring their tanning clients to The Beach Tanning Salon at Princess and Division Streets.

Signatures could not be reached for further comment.

Mike Wilson, manager of The Beach, said his industry has been hit hard with what he calls “false facts” cited by government

campaigns and the media.

Wilson claimed that every article and advertisement put forth

by KFL&A Public Health through its recently launched skin cancer campaign is completely false.

He also expressed his concern with the lack of consultation KFL&A, the city and some media outlets have had with him as a professional in his field.

“Their scare tactics are such a malicious attack to my industry,” Wilson told the Journal via email.

Some municipalities have banned tanning for those under the age of 18 — Oakville was the first Ontario city to do so.

According to KFL&A Public Health, in Kingston, public consultation will begin in June regarding the introduction of a similar bylaw.

Wilson doesn’t support this idea and wants to know the reason behind the restrictions for those under 18.

“They don’t have one,” he said. “It’s just an all-out attack against the tanning industry to help fill the already-rich pockets of the sunscreen industry, pharmaceutical companies and the dermatologists who charge the big bucks for the people that tan for medical reasons.”

The Beach has been directly affected by the recent campaigns, said Wilson, whose customer base includes St. Lawrence College, RMC and Queen’s students.

“There is no profit in the business at this time and with City Council deciding on such an important issue that affects so many, I fear that the industry could collapse.”

Wilson said he believes in the benefits of tanning, like getting one’s dose of vitamin D from the UVB light used in the beds.

“Like most things in life, in moderation, it’s a healthy way of living; a little sun and exercise will benefit us all.”

While vitamin D has been proven to be a good vitamin

to take, the tan you get from absorbing UVA and UVB rays can be harmful to the body.

Exposure to this ultraviolet radiation is the number one natural cause for skin cancer and causes significant skin damage, according to Health Canada.

It’s preventable, but approximately 87,100 Canadians will be diagnosed with some type of skin cancer in a single year, according to a 2012 study done by the Canadian Cancer Society.

One of these Canadians is Caitlin Jones, a 24-year old who is the face of KFL&A Public Health’s recent campaign.

Jones visited tanning salons from the age of 16 until she was diagnosed.

“I started going tanning because it was what my friends were doing on our lunch break at school,” she told the Journal via email.

Although she was informed by others about the dangers of tanning, she chose to disregard it.

“I think it had something to do with self-esteem. I wanted to be tanned like other people,” she said.

“Eventually if I didn’t go tanning, I felt pale and not as pretty as I felt when I was tanned.”

Jones came face-to-face with the ugly truth when she was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of non-melanoma skin cancer.

Non-melanoma skin cancers, like what Jones was diagnosed with, are the least deadly types of skin cancers, but are the most common among Canadians.

An unusual cut on her forehead brought Jones to her doctor in June 2012. She said she waited a long time before seeking help.

“I knew that … it was not normal, but I didn’t immediately think skin cancer. It really hit home that it was possible though.”

Although her fears were real, the doctors found the cancer to be superficial and simple to remove.

Jones said she shared her story because she wants people to make

Sun protection can help block harmful ultraviolet radiation which causes skin damage.

informed decisions.

“I want people to know being tanned is not worth the possible consequences,” she said.

Christie Freeman, a family physician with a focused practice in dermatology, agrees.

Using tanning beds under the age of 30, even just once, she said, gives you a 50 per cent chance increase of developing melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer.

Instead of going to the salon to get your dose of vitamin D, she suggests oral supplements.

“I would say it’s really easy to take vitamin D supplementation year-round; it’s going to be much more predictable in terms of how much you’re getting and ensuring you’re getting the adequate daily requirements.”

“Taking oral vitamin D supplements do not cause cancer and clearly tanning beds do,” she added.

Freeman said the rates of melanoma are climbing.

“We’re starting to see more and more melanoma in the 20s to 30s age group and especially among young women,” she added.

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Freeman said she believes there are many factors as to why the younger generation is being affected. Ultraviolet radiation exposure definitely plays a role in this age group, as well as the increasingly trendy use of tanning beds.

She urged people to keep track of moles of or unhealing lesions on the body. If any changes happen over a short period of time, it’s important to seek medical help.

Once melanoma spreads further into the body, Freeman said there are few treatments available to cure this cancer.

In terms of tanning beds, Freeman calls them “cancer machines” or “wrinkle machines.”

“It seems to be in our younger years in particular, our body can undergo these mutations that are caused by ultraviolet light and sadly that’s when people are using tanning beds for the most part ... that’s when they can do the most harm,” she said.

“There is no such thing as a healthy tan,” she added. “A tan is a sign that you’ve damaged your skin.”

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technology

Shaping the future of smartphones Researchers develop cutting-edge technology with a phone that curls to alert users B y O livia B owden Assistant News Editor The University is now the home of a revolutionary innovation in smartphone technology.

Researchers have created the MorePhone, a curling smartphone that changes shape when the user receives calls, text messages and other updates.

Roel Vertegaal, director of the Human Media Lab (HML), told the Journal via email that the phone includes shape memory, something never before seen in phone technology.

“The phone uses a Plastic Logic [a British firm] flexible electrophoretic display with a substrate that has shape memory alloys in them. As a voltage gets placed on the alloys,

they contract, curling the body of the flexible smartphone,” he said.

An electrophoretic display can be understood as a kind of electronic paper.

Devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the Sony e-reader use similar technology. Shape memory alloy can essentially “remember” its original shape. It’s this that allows the phone to change its form and then return back to its original appearance. The user sees the phone changing shape, alerting them whenever they receive an update. According to Vertegaal, the average smartphone user typically won’t notice if someone is contacting them unless they’re holding their phone.

“After smartphones go flexible, this will provide a new means for users to notify each other. This provides an alternative solution for visual notification in silent

Academics

Ten-year report plans enrolment growth Long-term initiative to decide size of university B y S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor

Campus Master Plan. According to the company’s open house presentation last Thursday, Queen’s currently needs 10 per With enrolment targets for the next two cent more space to accommodate its current years passed by Senate late last month, a long- student population.

The company reported that higher term, big picture document is in the works enrolment will intensify the need for for an early 2014 release.

The enrolment plan for the 2013-14 space. According to their analysis, Queen’s and 2014-15 academic years will increase requires an extra 25,000 square metres of enrolment targets for international and upper development per 1,000 additional students.

The enrolment targets for the next year transfer students.

It was approved by Senate on April 30 two years, meanwhile, have been firmly along with a motion supporting the creation established. The targets for international students entering first-year programs are of a long-term enrolment plan.

The report sent to Senate also contained set at 175 students for 2013-14 and 200 preliminary enrolment projections for students for 2014-15.

These targets, if met, will increase 2015-16, including a proposal to increase first-year Arts and Science enrolment by international enrolment from the 122 students accepted this past year.

450 students.

“We have ramped up our international These figures are likely to change, however, once the long-term enrolment plan recruitment exercise, including a renewed, stronger focus on the northeastern states of is complete.

“It will be thinking about the optimal the U.S.,” Harrison said.

He said it’s part of an effort to size for the institution,” said Provost and internationalize campus and make the Vice-Principal (Academic) Alan Harrison.

According to Harrison, who heads student body more diverse.

The plan also set higher enrolment the Strategic Enrolment Management Group (SEMG), the document will targets for upper-year transfer students discuss enrolment growth at Queen’s over in Engineering and Arts and Science, and the next 10 years. It will investigate the reported that the School of Medicine plans impact of higher enrolment on the student to increase its enrolment by 10 students in 2014. The spots will be filled by learning experience.

“The idea is to paint the grand canvas and international students.

Susan Anderson, the assistant director of fill in the details afterwards rather than doing the Queen’s University International Centre it the other way around,” Harrison said.

Harrison said the details of the plan and (QUIC), said the centre will look to electronic the numbers for 2015-16 will depend on resources and large workshops to maintain feedback from members of the Queen’s and the quality of its services.

QUIC will anticipate common problems Kingston communities.

“It will depend on the discussion that for international students, she said, and ensues across campus in the next few provide workshops and web pages offering solutions. months,” he said.

She added that these programs allow “The intention, and the commitment, is to QUIC to service more students with the same consult very widely.”

Without knowing the outcome of these number of staff.

“We’ll reserve personal contact for students upcoming debates, he said it’s impossible to know whether the projected figures will with unique problems,” she said. increase or decrease between now and 2015.

Queen’s has hired Urban Strategies, an urban design company, to create the

The phone uses an electrophoretic display in order to alert users.

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verify their usability,” Vertegaal said. mode,” Vertegaal said.

Vertegaal said he conducts these studies by Vertegaal said he believes that this technology could eventually evolve to the asking a group of approximately 15 people point where a user will be able to feel to use the devices. They then measure the the physical change of the phone in their devices’ performance during these trials.

In order to fund research, the team pocket, alerting them. He said that users tend to prefer a visual notification, as they received federal grants that were administered often want immediate notice that they are by Queen’s. Their laboratory, meanwhile, was funded specifically by the University. being contacted.

Along with the rest of the team, which Vertegaal said the University’s contribution included Queen’s researchers António was “substantial.”

Looking towards the future of this Gomes and Andrea Nesbitt, Vertegaal helped develop the very first flexible smartphone technology, Vertegaal said he believes it will two years ago with the intention for it to be used by developers.

“It creates an [idea] in the minds of future go beyond hand-held usage. Leading up to the MorePhone, they created PaperTab, a developers, who will, when the time is ready, flexible tablet PC, as well as the TeleHuman, adopt it,” he said. “So far the HML has a great track record in terms of influencing the a holographic videoconferencing system.

“We look into the future of interactive smartphone world.”

“Samsung has already announced a flexible devices, designing solutions for users 10 to 15 years from now. We subsequently engineer smartphone platform called Youm. They are the systems and perform user studies to most likely to adopt this.”

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AMS shows lack of engagement and understanding, city councillor says municipal election. Currently, only two going to be spent?” district, which is a community of interest.” out of fourteen Ontario cities with similar Scott, who represents the Countryside He added that Council was presented The bylaw proposes the dissolution of demographics account for students in their district, voted in support of the bylaw. He with a method of accounting for students said that the City held four public meetings living off-campus that could be factored into Sydenham District, which is where Queen’s census data.

“In my mind [Queen’s] students regarding the proposal prior to its final census data, but councillors chose to ignore it. campus and surrounding area is situated, “Let’s work with the various bodies, into Williamsville district west of Barrie St. shouldn’t be the exception, because I think vote last month, which the AMS and SGPS that should be the practice in all cities in all didn’t attend. particularly Queen’s, to try and find the and King’s Town district east of Princess St. “If the AMS really had cared, they tool,” he said. “Staff have said we have got According to data presented at Council towns,” Reeve added. “If we can show to last month, most students are currently the province as well that this is a potentially should have been there,” he said. “It a mechanism for counting students, we can represented by four city councillors in the discriminatory or problematic issue maybe showed an unbelievable lack of engagement place some reliability in it, why don’t we do it?”

Sydenham, Williamsville, Portsmouth and provincial legislation could change, which and understanding.”

Bill Glover, Sydenham district councillor, He added that he will support the appeal King’s Town districts. The newly drawn would mean not just change for Queen’s districts will see a decrease in the number of and Kingston but for other university towns told the Journal that Council’s decision was put forward by the SGPS, AMS and SDA, “fundamentally wrong.” and will make plans to run as councillor for councillors representing these students from in Ontario.”

“It ignores an identifiable portion of “the Sydenham district that’s reinstated with Arguments presented at Council in four to three, out of a total of 13.

“The excuse that students shouldn’t be support of the bylaw argued that students the electorate [and] ... it ignores Sydenham the OMB” in the next election. counted because they’re only temporary living off-campus couldn’t be accounted for. residents and only here for part of the Councillors also argued that students weren’t year also applies to other people living in engaged in municipal affairs.

“Suddenly if we gave a vote to everyone Kingston, and so to focus specifically on students makes it a form of discrimination who stayed in a hotel room the night of based on some identifiable status,” the election, we don’t know where to stop Reeve said. it,” councillor Jeff Scott told the Journal. “If Unless the OMB amends or repeals these people aren’t considering themselves the bylaw following a hearing, the district Kingstonians, how could they possibly have realignment will take effect for the 2014 a say if a million dollars of tax dollars are challenges as the police will need to prepare Continued from page 1 for both weekends.

“We are split between two weekends this weekend is highlighting the class of 1963, […] celebrating their 60th reunion,” year, so we will have to stay on top of it,” he said.

Indeway said.

While external agencies including other An event called Queen’s Gives Back, taking place on both Sunday mornings at police units and community volunteers have 9:30 am, will be organized in partnership been utilized during previous fall events, the with the United Way focusing on the police are hoping that this will be unnecessary. theme of food security. She said this will The KPF will be working closely with the connect students and alumni by gathering AMS Municipal Affairs Commission and the donations of non-perishable food items to university to monitor whether one weekend support students and community members will be rowdier than another.

Koopman said that Aberdeen St. will in need, engaging student leadership and continue to operate normally. He couldn’t community engagement.

Most events will be outdoors including determine the number of officers the KPF a 3 km TriColour Run, developed by the plans to deploy, but said all officers will be AMS, starting and ending at Grant Hall. incorporated in some way.

He also said their main concerns Participants will wear white and be painted involve binge drinking, alcohol poisoning, over in tricolour. “[It’s] themed after The Color Run in the students falling off roofs and safety hazards from overcrowded building and United States,” she said.

Steven Koopman, media relations officer residences. Officers will be looking for at the Kingston Police Force (KPF), said that underage drinking, public intoxication dividing the festivities over two different and open liquor.

Graphic By Jonah Eisen weekends will prevent one large party.

The realignment will see Sydenham district dissolve into Williamsville However, he said this offers logistical district, represented by 9, and King’s Town district, represented by 10, for the 2014 election.

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Editorials — The Journal’s perspective

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The media’s job is to pursue the truth and expose wrongdoings.

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Ethical reporting cracks Rob Ford David Hadwen

Scary Stephen Stephen Harper is no stranger to the politics of fear, a strategy he’s effectively used to his advantage.

His goal is to make voters fearful of the economic consequences if he’s voted out of office.

The results of British Columbia’s general election on May 14 are one example of the realities that further Harper’s strategy.

B.C. residents re-elected Christy Clark’s Liberal government, which came as a shock because the B.C. Liberals had been embarrassed by scandals and polls had them trailing the New Democrats.

According to the Globe and Mail, B.C. residents chose Clark over her opponent, Adrian Dix of the NDP, partly because the NDP was labeled “anti-development” by opponents due to its stance on energy projects like the Northern Gateway pipeline.

The results of this election highlight two important political realities that work in Stephen Harper’s favour.

First, voters often choose who to vote for based on apprehension towards the alternative rather than genuine support for a given candidate. Second, the politics of pipelines and energy are effective conduits for Canadian fears of an economic slowdown.

Harper’s team is aware of these dynamics and will continue to use them effectively.

In the lead up to Harper’s re-election in 2011, the Conservative party ran an ad that opened with scenes of rioting and ended with shots of Harper looking serene and confident. The clear implication was that he had staved off civil unrest and saved Canada from the global recession.

I don’t mean to imply that it’s only the Harper Conservatives who play off Canadian fears for electoral victory. Indeed, the Canadian left has appropriated Harper as a symbol of evil itself.

His unique style of

The mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, has a long history of ridiculous behaviour. No one should be surprised by the latest scandal; journalists are simply doing their jobs.

Coverage of Ford’s behaviour reached a new height this past week as two different news sources, the Toronto Star and Gawker published articles in which journalists

fear-mongering, though, is perfectly formulated for Canada’s coming challenges.

The debate over natural resources exploitation is a key area in which Harper can use fear to his advantage.

The Idle No More movement was the first widespread taste of this conflict and has the potential to be significant going into the future.

Harper could pivot perfectly from this development by painting his opposition as conciliatory ninnies willing to sell Canada’s economy down the river.

Reports of Harper’s demise are definitely exaggerated.

Despite ongoing scandals, he’ll keep pushing his narrative of economic stability.

Harper’s politics of fear represent a conservative strategy which galvanizes his base of support, and opponents should be wary of conditions that could augment his ability to scare Canadians.

David is the Editorials Editor at the Journal.

Editorial Board

Editorial Illustrator

Editors in Chief

Opinions Editor

Janina Enrile Alison Shouldice

Production Manager News Editor

Terence Wong

Vincent Ben Matak

Assistant News Editors

Abby Andrew Olivia Bowden Sebastian Leck

Features Editors

Rachel Herscovici Emily Miller

Editorials Editor

David Hadwen

Erin Sylvester Meaghan Wray

Assistant Arts Editor

Kate Shao

Sports Editor

In times of growing inequality, it’s only natural that the practices of the very rich will come under greater scrutiny. However, these practices deserve examination based on their merits rather than immediate dismissal.

While researching the lifestyle of “New York City's Park Avenue elite”, an author discovered that some wealthy families pay people with physical disabilities to pretend to be family members in order to skip long lines for attractions at Disney World.

This practice is unethical — it involves lying and violating regulations that have been put in place to help those who are disabled. However, a more nuanced view must be taken of the practice and its benefit to those involved.

Reactionary condemnation helps no one.

Photo Editor

Katie Grandin Colin Tomchick

Assistant Photo Editor

Charlotte Gagnier

Sam Koebrich

Graphics Editor Web Developer Blogs Editor Copy Editors

Jonah Eisen

Michael Wong Jessica Chong Anisa Rawhani Megan Scarth

Assistant Sports Editor Postscript Editor

The ethics of buying the purported video are more complicated.

Allegedly, the video was taken and is currently being held by drug dealers. Gawker has crowdsourced a fund which they hope to use to buy the video.

Unlike most other sources media outlets use, drug dealers looking for money do not purport to uphold the public interest. It’s likely they would use the proceeds to fund their illegal and violent trade.

Nevertheless, people in positions of power need to be held accountable even if the means to acquire evidence is sometimes questionable.

Video evidence is fairly reliable, and crowdsourcing the money to pay for the video allows for regular citizens to facilitate the process if they so desire. While the media’s coverage may seem gratuitous, the alternative was staying silent about the misconduct of an elected official — a more unethical option.

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— Journal Editorial Board

The one per cent does Disney

Nick Faris

Sean Sutherland

a video may seem like tenuous grounds for such outrageous accusations, the journalists who say they’ve watched the video are much like witnesses to any crime.

Waiting for the video to surface would have put the issue beyond a shadow of a doubt. However, the primary consideration should be whether or not a wrongdoing was committed.

Inequality

Assistant Photo Editor (Video)

Katherine Boxall

Arts Editor

claimed they saw a video of Ford smoking crack.

Ford and the Star have had a very contentious relationship; however, the Star has largely remained ethical in its journalistic practices.

This particular controversy is no exception.

The media’s job is to pursue the truth and expose wrongdoings.

While simply claiming to have seen

Contributing Staff Contributors

Maggie Heathcote Monica LaBarge

Lines for people with disabilities should be for them and their actual family and friends. Anything else results in longer wait times for those rightfully trying to get the benefit they deserve.

Those legitimately skipping lines might now face suspicion from other Disney patrons, an ugly possibility.

On the other hand, the amount of people actually employing this technique is probably minimal.

If the practice is used by “the one per cent” as the article implies, it follows that one per cent or less of Disney World attendees employ this unethical method of line-skipping. These people are paying a premium for a service that will hopefully remain uncommon.

Yet, those with disabilities who sell their time are consenting and not exploited.

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They provide a very obscure service in an arrangement which they presumably seek out themselves. Additionally, they can make more than a thousand dollars in a single day, according to the author.

We shouldn’t be paternalistic about a practice which seems mutually beneficial.

After all, who doesn’t enjoy a day at Disney World?

As such, the current state of affairs is imperfect but acceptable.

It’s uncomfortable to think about people using an individual because of their disability.

However, when the arrangement sufficiently benefits both parties and alternatives could do harm, simplistic judgements should be avoided.

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Clothes made in Bangladesh are cheap, but their production may compromise the health and safety of workers.

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Social Responsibility

Buying into a better world

“Yes, because DEVS students have a hard enough time enrolling in eligibles.”

Zahin Hussain, ArtSci ’15

Consumers have the power to change working conditions in places like Bangladesh

Monica LaBarge The recent collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh and a fire in another earlier this month makes four disasters in the country’s highly profitable and low-cost garment industry in less than six months.

All of these incidents should compel us to consider a number of things, perhaps the most important being whether our First World desire for cheap clothing is worth the lives, injuries and terrible working conditions of a large number of people in developing countries.

Proponents of overseas manufacturing would suggest that by employing people who would otherwise be unemployed and living in poverty, western companies are actually improving their standard of living.

In terms of monetary remuneration, that may be true.

Still, wages for Bangladeshi garment workers are some of the lowest on the planet at approximately $38 US per month.

Additionally, they’re subjected to working conditions that, in the Western world, went out with the reforms that followed the Industrial Revolution.

The reasoning for this should be harder to explain away. How do you develop an ethically-defensible position that people in poorer countries, regardless of how their wage improves their standard of living, should be okay

with working in potentially life-threatening conditions?

If you find what happened in Bangladesh upsetting, then your next question should be “what can I do about it?”

The answer is both simple and complicated.

Companies and activists alike will tell you that nothing ever changes, because the majority of consumers don’t act as though they care. If North American companies had an incentive to bring manufacturing back home (i.e. consumers willing to pay more for their products), they likely would, if for no other reason than to better control production and quality.

If you think that something needs to change, then you have to be willing to put your money where your mouth is and be more thoughtful and careful about where you shop, what and how much you buy and what you’re willing to pay.

If you find what happened in Bangladesh upsetting, then your next question should be “what can I do about it?”

Unfortunately, that sounds easier than it really is.

There are companies like American Apparel that make a big deal about where their products are made (in North America), but where the materials are sourced from can be considerably more difficult to find out.

There is also a culture of sexual harassment embedded in the company — the CEO, Dov Charney, has been accused of sexual harassment, and Britain’s

Advertising Authority has alleged that the retailer sexualizes models under 16.

There are other clothing manufacturers, like Icebreaker, that make it easy to find the source of its materials.

For example, you’re able to trace a garment’s materials back to the New Zealand sheep stations that produced the wool fibre, find out about the living conditions of the sheep and then follow the fibre to the factories that knit, dye, finish, cut, manufacture and ship the garments.

Unfortunately, many companies make it very hard to find out about both raw materials and manufacturing practices — but that doesn’t mean you can’t try.

Even these two examples highlight several problems consumers often say impede their purchasing of ethically-produced products.

The first, and most common, is price. Even as a professor, I can only buy Icebreaker products occasionally or I’d quickly end up broke.

One t-shirt can run as much as $90. For students, these products can be perceived to be completely out of reach.

A second is a lack of choice and availability.

American Apparel might appeal to a certain demographic and is fairly widely available, but I think we can all agree that most of its clothing wouldn’t be appropriate for someone like me, a professor, to wear to work or to teach a class.

It’s certainly not going to work for the moms and kids who shop at Joe Fresh, one of the manufacturers who

produced at the factory that collapsed in Bangladesh.

Yet there are a lot of smaller North American producers that make similar items to those being made in mass quantities in places like Bangladesh.

“Higher student-to-professor ratios lower quality of learning.”

Meagan Burnside-Holmes, ArtSci ’13

Unfortunately, many companies make it hard to find out about raw materials and manufacturing practices.

You can go to a local boutique, design show or a website like Etsy.com to find something truly unique.

Local and ethically-produced goods are almost certainly going to be somewhat more expensive.

But we need to consider whether we would be better off buying one really high-quality (and potentially higher-priced) item that will last a long time instead of multiple ones that will have to be replaced sooner, and that are likely made in a factory in a developing country.

What is the role that we, as consumers, play in the demand for ever-changing “fast fashion” and cheap textile goods?

One thing I can tell you for certain is that if we don’t demand change by using dollars to show we’re serious, nothing will ever really change and news of another disaster won’t be far off.

Monica LaBarge is a professor of marketing in the Queen’s School of Business.

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Sound of skeletons

The Skeleton Park Music Festival will hit McBurney Park on June 22 for its eighth year in a row B y J anina E nrile , Vincent B en M atak , K ate S hao and M eaghan Wray Journal Staff Though it’s a chronological precursor to another Kingston music festival, Skeleton Park Music Festival gains recognition all on its own. One of the Skeleton Park Music Festival’s main goals, according to their website, is to raise awareness of the arts community here in the Limestone City.

The Canadian musical masterminds of Souljazz Orchestra, Lemon Bucket Orkestra and Nomadic Massive are just a few of the festival’s performing artists on June 22 in McBurney Park at Ordnance and Clergy Streets north of Princess St. These eclectic groups of former buskers and international socio-cultural activists have a lot to bring to the table this summer.

After a long winter, this festival reawakens the passion for the arts that Kingston prides itself on.

It’s not about money or fame or recognition for these artists.

It’s a love for the production, the reaction, and the connections made between festival goers that makes it worth the while.

Souljazz Orchestra The eclectic percussive band Souljazz Orchestra said they owe their return to Kingston’s tight-knit atmosphere.

This sextet hails from Ottawa, having met through

Capturing a moment at a past Festival.

friends of friends in coffee shops frequented by the capital’s indie music scenesters.

The members, ranging in musical backgrounds from drums to vocals to tenor saxophone, all bring cultural attributes to the mix, said Pierre Chrétien, Souljazz Orchestra’s keyboarder, percussionist and vocalist.

“Some of us came from jazz and African ensembles or Latin groups or big band musicals,” he said.

The band recently returned from a visit to the Juno Awards at the Brandt Centre in Regina, where they were nominated for their 2012 album Solidarity.

The awards event was a rewarding and educational experience for the band.

“It was eye-opening, knowing what goes on in the industry,” he said. “I think it was a positive experience overall.”

Souljazz Orchestra has an international presence takes them global. Chrétien said Chicago takes the cake for parties, but Kingston’s good vibes, family atmosphere and food spread make it a worthwhile destination.

What’s valuable for Chrétien isn’t so much the destination though. He said he enjoys perforning and connecting through music the most.

Solidarity includes electric pawn shop, organs, “trashy guitars and stuff like that,” Chretien said. It’s a step-up from their previous work which, he said, was more acoustic.

Most of their set at Skeleton Park Music Festival will be from their most recent album.

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“It is definitely a more collaborative and eclectic album with influences from Jamaica, Brazil and Senegal,” he said.

Chrétien said the small atmosphere of the park pays tribute to the “lesser-known-but-equallygood” acts.

“A lot of the bigger commercial mainstream festivals, they won’t showcase the same kind of acts,” he said. “It’s nice to showcase artists that are doing something a little different and a little creative.”

— Vincent Ben Matak Lemon Bucket Orkestra When Lemon Bucket Orkestra named their then-four-person band, they had high hopes.

“The dream was for it to be big,” violinist/vocalist Mark Marczyk said.

Now with 15 band members in tow, the self-described Balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-punksuper band is making their return to the Limestone City for the Skeleton Park Music Festival.

The first time the Orkestra was here, they played at the Sleepless Goat on Princess St. before heading to the Toucan, a pub across the street, to keep playing.

“We’re excited to come back and play outside and reconnect with Kingston,” Marczyk said.

The group is known for their guerilla-style performances, the most famous one being an impromptu performance on a delayed Air Canada flight.

According to Marczyk, it was a move spurred on by accordion player Tangi Ropars, who began playing for the anxious flight passengers.

“We do that kind of thing all the time … taking out your instrument when you feel inspired and just playing,” Marczyk said.

The band had humble beginnings. Originally a group of buskers, Marczyk said the band’s growth was natural.

“It’s been an organic process of accumulating numbers,” he said.

Busking is, after all, part of the band’s origin story.

“We said we’d go out and play this song about lemons [“LemonCheeky” off their EP Cheeky] and take our bucket and ask some people to throw some lemons in the basket,” Marczyk said.

With the upcoming Skeleton

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Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Nomadic Massive and Souljazz Orchestra (clockwise) are some of the eclectic Canadian artists performing.

Park Music Festival, Marczyk said he’s not worried about the band playing to the crowd sitting outdoors, listening to live music.

“That’s actually where we’ll feel right at home,” he said.

— Janina Enrile Nomadic Massive For Butta Beats, the MC and drummer of the Montreal-based band Nomadic Massive, hip hop is more than just noise. He set the record straight on the misconceptions surrounding the genre.

The group, which is performing at this year’s Skeleton Park Music Festival, seeks to engage youth in the socio-political aspects of hip hop through workshops.

“With the amount of money being made now [in the hip hop industry] ... a lot of the core values have been left by the way side,” he said.

Butta Beats said Nomadic Massive offers an alternative to mainstream hip hop by creating beats that bring the music back to its roots.

“We choose to represent a hip hop that is positive, that is inclusive and non-violent,” he said.

By using hip hop as an educational tool, members of Nomadic Massive have been able to open up conversations on issues such as racism and poverty.

“We try to get [youth] to aspire not only to be good artists but to be good peer mentors as well,” Butta Beats said.

With such a diverse background,

the group has the ability to influence a wide spectrum of people.

Members have origins stretching from Algeria, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Chile, Argentina and Haiti.

Their composition reflects what Montreal looks like, he said.

“You can be multilingual, you can be cohesive, and you can be cooperative,” Butta Beats said. “We share a lot of values, even though we come from very different places.”

With the amount of “money being made now [in the hip hop industry] ... a lot of the core values have been left by the way side.

”

— Butta Beats The group has progressed since their humble beginnings in 2001, having initially met as individual artists and officially forming in 2004.

Their latest EP, Any Sound, was self-recorded and represents where the group is going in terms of production. They are currently working on a third album.

“I’m really interested in validating the musicality of hip hop music and celebrating it for what it is,” he said.

— Kate Shao

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cONceRt

The return of a rock and roll show Ontario native Fred Eaglesmith will come back to the Limestone City as part of his Travelling Steam Show tour B y k atE S hao Assistant Arts Editor After 40 years of touring and simultaneously building a fan base, Fred Eaglesmith, Canadian alternative country musician, doesn’t need any more surprises.

“It’s a rock and roll show,” he said. “All your readers will know who I am.”

At 55 years old and coming up on his 40th year on the road, it’s safe to say he’s been around the bend.

Inspired to pursue a career in music after watching Elvis Presley on television at age 11, Eaglesmith has clearly kept true to his pursuit.

After a brief phone conversation with the musician, it became apparent how routine a seemingly exhilarating life on the road has become to him.

His upcoming performances, while an aspect of a job that originated from a passion, have become habitual.

“I’ve been playing Kingston forever,” he said. “You come to work and you’re not excited or nervous anymore.”

The Southern Ontario native has lived a life of recording and travelling since his first self-titled album, Fred J. Eaglesmith, was released in 1980 when the artist

was 22, featuring the hit single “Do You Love Me Now?” Since, he has released 18 albums and doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon.

Eaglesmith did not hesitate when claiming his fame.

“My songs have been recorded by major stars,” he said.

His latest album, 6 Volts, was released last year and features some deep, rugged blue grass tunes, much to the likes of Johnny Cash and Betty Oshawa.

Each track on the album was written by Eaglesmith himself and tells stories of his travelling life.

I’ve been playing “Kingston forever ...

you come to work and you’re not excited or nervous anymore.

”

— Fred Eaglesmith

It is clear Eaglesmith has taken his life to the road, touring 265 days a year.

“Every day is a different story because we travel ... we never stop touring,” he said. “We cook our own food. We play all over the world.”

Eaglesmith is currently touring with his Travelling Steam Show

alongside Bill Poss and Tif Gunn.

Each show, he said, is a surprise. It’s hard to know what to expect.

“Every night is different, I never play the same set,” Eaglesmith said.

His life seems like the quintessential rock and roll life, even if it’s perceived as work.

Unlike other musical stars of today, Eaglesmith doesn’t indulge in a fancy tour buses. Instead, travels in an old, beat-up bus.

“I went to a hippie festival a couple weeks ago in Texas and the volunteer hippie was so sure that our buses could never be an entertainer’s bus so she didn’t allow us in,” said Eaglesmith.

Despite playing music everyday, Eaglesmith doesn’t have a favourite song to play live. When asked to elaborate on his tour, it was made clear his website had the information.

According to Eaglesmith’s website, his tour has raised over $10,000 for Operation Smile, an organization that funds surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates around the globe. Also a talented painter, it seems like this guy has done it all and more.

Fred Eaglesmith will perform on June 6 at Time to Laugh.

tHeatRe

Students tackle Shakespeare The Barefoot Players will be touring across the region this summer B y a liSon S hoUldicE Editor in Chief It only takes 20 minutes to understand how much Jackie Omstead loves her job.

Omstead, ArtSci '14, is one of five Queen’s drama students who make up the Barefoot Players, a summer theatre company and day camp for children, based out of the Vogt Studios in Carruthers Hall.

As one of two returning members, this is Omstead’s second summer in the company.

This summer, the company, which has done adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and

Macbeth in past years, will be taking on the playwright’s Twelfth Night in a production they have named Play On!.

Adapted by drama professor Kim Renders, the comedy follows a woman named Viola after an island shipwreck leaves her separated from her twin brother.

“We want to make Shakespeare accessible, so when [kids] encounter it again in high school, it’s not this super scary thing,” Omstead said.

She said she wants children to recognize Shakespearean literature as fun, rather than a curricular necessity.

The Players spend almost

Barefoot Players during rehearsal of Play On!, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

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three months — from June to August — touring the eastern Ontario region.

Last year, the company put on just under 50 shows, with hopes to break that number this year. The park and library shows are free to the public and last about 30 minutes.

“We add lots of music to make things fun,” Omstead said.

She said the actors keep the script lighthearted, with added physical comedy to keep the attention of the youngsters.

When the group of six isn’t touring, they’re running a day camp based out of Carruthers Hall.

In July, a two-week tour hiatus makes way for the Barefoot Players theatre camp, a program that lets children develop their own show that’s later performed for friends and family. The opportunity allows for creativity — campers help write the script and develop their own characters.

“The camp is for kids ages six to 12 so we have people who haven’t even seen a show coming and experiencing theatre for the first time,” Omstead said.

But children aren't the only students here.

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Catch the Travelling Steam Show on June 6 at Time to Laugh.

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Going natural Keith Cornell’s latest collection reinvents the rural B y M aggiE h EathcotE Contributor Rural Canada has been the muse of many artists, yet its intrigue never seems to diminish. Such is the running theme within Keith Cornell’s Kingston exhibit, Into the Woods, at the Kingston Glass Studio and Gallery.

Bringing life to the venue are the paintings of Cornell, exclusively of Ontario landscapes.

The pieces chosen for display establish a distinctly Canadian feel within the gallery.

Having grown up in a rural area of Ontario himself, Cornell’s landscapes have a sense of familiarity to them. He challenges

the way in which these settings are portrayed by playing with different styles within each piece.

Notable within several of Cornell’s pieces is his layering technique using acrylic paint.

In Bend in the Road, he uses this technique to enhance the work’s realism.

While the land and trees are given texture with varied levels of paint, the sky has a suitably smoother finish. Layering helps convey tangible feelings within the landscape — the painting comes to life with this 3D effect.

Cornell also uses this technique to achieve a less realistic effect. In Summer Wind, he layers acrylic to create outlines and impression lines of the landscape in black paint. These harsh black lines flatten the image, giving the effect of a stained glass window.

Other paintings found within the exhibit are the works of fellow Canadian artists Lisa Free and Stewart Jones.

Free’s abstracted visions of Canada’s landscape demand the viewer’s individual thought in order to make sense of them. Her paintings have a quality of softness — colours blend into one another, making it difficult to distinguish objects.

However, it is Jones’ scenes of urban Montreal that provide the most drastic contrast to the rustic focus of the exhibit.

His work depicts a slanted view of the city’s alleyways, emphasizing the sharp angles of the architecture and conveying a sense of uneasiness among the artificiality of the busy streets.

photo BY Charlotte GaGnier

Canadian inspirations seen at Into the Woods.

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A Barefoot summer

A walk into the woodwork Continued from page 11

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The cast members also get a feel for running a company.

Although Barefoot Players has two faculty advisors, the goal is to teach the students what it takes to run a theatre company. The six of them are paid — they’re hired for the summer as part of the Student Work Experience Program.

For them, the month of May is devoted to administrative tasks and planning. In the mornings, they work on bookings, and in the afternoons, they rehearse.

One of Omstead’s co-cast members, Meghan Froebelius, ConEd ’15, has found that at Queen’s, arts programs such as the Barefoot Players often fly under the radar, especially to fellow students.

“There are so many talented people here,”

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The theatre troupe before they begin touring.

she said. “I think what’s cool about Barefoot is that because we’re in the summer, we kind of keep art at Queen’s going throughout the year.”

Complementing these paintings are the works of woodwork artist Gary Matthews and glass artist Mariel Waddell.

Their pieces maintain an interesting paradox of rough and smooth, which define the exhibit.

The appeal of Matthews’ rustic wooden bowls is the result of the natural imperfections of the trees they were crafted from. The colours are all unique. Matthews combines smooth and rough textures within his works and leaves the tree bark on the bowl’s edges as he sands them down.

Waddell mostly uses aquatic colours in her glass. These colours, combined with the smooth waves that Waddell manipulates in the glass, give the vases a sense of fluidity.

Although strikingly unique aesthetically, they also convey aspects of our natural world.

The inconsistency in its content what’s most about the exhibit. While at first this may seem

as though the exhibit is slightly disjointed, this actually contributes to a more thorough look at Canada’s art and landscape. By exploring a familiar setting in various ways, viewers are encouraged to take a second look at their own surroundings.

Into the Woods is an exhibit in the Kingston Glass Studio and Gallery until June 16th.

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Matthews’ wooden bowls.

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Sports

Last June, 7,521 spectators filled Richardson Stadium for an international rugby match between Canada and the United States.

Photo by Colin Tomchick

The removal of the upper bleachers will significantly limit attendance at next month’s Rugby Canada match.

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Richardson Stadium since 2008.

This year’s report, conducted by Roney Engineering, deemed the stadium’s east and west upper bleachers unfit for use.

“This year, they came forward and said it’s not to be occupied unless they do extensive, extensive repairs,” said Ann Browne, Queen’s associate vice-principal of facilities.

Rather than go through with those repairs, the University plans to replace the upper stands entirely. With two-thirds of the bleachers now out of commission, Richardson’s capacity will temporarily drop from 10,258 to approximately 3,700.

According to Browne, erecting a new set of bleachers is more fiscally sound than refining the existing seats.

“The [current] bleachers are very old, and like anything old, they have to have repairs done all the time,” she said. “You have to hit a point when you say, ‘Is it worth putting good money in anymore? What should we actually be doing?’”

There’s no exact timeline for the demolition and reconstruction, but the school hopes to have safe, permanent seating in place before the start of the fall football season on Sept. 2.

While Gaels football shouldn’t be affected, the teardown will have severe consequences for an international rugby fixture next month.

Canada’s senior men’s team will play Tonga at Richardson Stadium on June 8 — well before the revamped upper stands will be ready for use.

Queen’s and Rugby Canada

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Sports in brief CrossFit, the CFL Draft and CIS’ new TV deal.

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are evaluating different solutions to account for some of the lost seating, including the installation of temporary bleachers and the enactment of standing-room areas near the pitch.

“We’re still weighing those options — we will make a decision very quickly, though,” said Jennifer Smart, manager of events and competitions for Rugby Canada.

Last June, Canada faced the United States in an international rugby test match at Richardson in front of 7,521 spectators.

Smart estimated that maximum attendance for the Tonga match would range between 4,000 and 5,000.

“Obviously we won’t have the same potential for attendance,” she said. “That’s a bit of a disappointment for us, but at the same time, I think we’ll still be able to get quite a good number.”

The Canada-Tonga fixture will

be one of three matches played in Canada as part of this year’s Pacific Nations Cup, a five-team international tournament.

The sudden plunge in capacity likely won’t influence any decision to bring future Rugby Canada games to Kingston, according to Smart.

“I’m quite confident that following our match and any other rentals they might have this summer, [Queen’s will] do their due diligence to make sure they have a stadium that they can be proud of and that’s up to their standards,” she said.

With impending renovations on the horizon, the future of Richardson Stadium is still unclear.

In 2005, the Journal reported that Queen’s Campus Planning and Development Committee had begun planning for the construction of a new football stadium on West Campus.

Former Athletics Associate Director Herb Steacy told the Journal in 2011 that Richardson Stadium was “near the end of its time,” and that Athletics was seeking external funding to finance significant renovations.

According to Vice-Principal (Advancement) Tom Harris, Queen’s now plans to pursue whichever option “makes the most financial sense” heading forward — whether that be further repairs or a new stadium altogether.

“The university has been planning for the renovation of Richardson Stadium and has been investigating a number of options to meet the needs of our athletic programs for a number of years,” Harris told the Journal via email.

“Our priority for this year and the coming years is to ensure we have a safe and vibrant stadium for the Queen’s community to enjoy.”

ROWING

High stakes on the lake Crews clash for clothing in annual race between historic rivals B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor The Queen’s-McGill rivalry is still strong — in one sport, at least.

When the Gaels prevailed in the 17th annual Queen’s-McGill Challenge Boat Race on April 28, there was more than just the Lorne Gales Challenge Cup on the line.

It’s common in collegiate rowing competitions for teams to “bet” their shirts, with the race’s losers having to give up their shirts to the winning side.

Queen’s was fortunate this year, winning three of four sprint races and claiming their opponents’ coveted gear.

“Being able to trade [shirts] is huge in rowing,” said Gaels rower Matt Christie. “For something where it’s not a willing trade, it’s something on the line. It makes you really not want to lose it.”

The competition is one of the few remaining links to the well-known historical athletic rivalry between Queen’s and

McGill, which has waned in recent years.

With the annual football matchup gone due to conference splits, the rowing rivalry still unites and divides the two schools — something that drives the rowers.

“I think history in sports among schools like Queen’s and McGill is always important for giving yourself an extra bit of adrenaline to push for,” said Christie, who’s entering his third season with the Gaels.

Photo by Charlotte Gagnier

RECRUITING

Rookies revealed Football, hockey announce recruits B y N ick Faris and S ean S utherland Journal Staff Three Queen’s teams announced the arrival of new recruits in May, with each program harbouring different hopes for the upcoming season.

Women’s hockey is eyeing another championship banner; football is on the cusp of the national conversation; and men’s hockey longs for an elusive taste of playoff success.

With those aspirations in mind, here’s a primer on five first-year Gaels that could make an impact in 2013-14: Seton Battin — Football The 6’5”, 310-lb offensive lineman hails from Otterville, ON, where he was a two-time Conference All-Star with the Delhi Raiders. This February, he suited up with the U19 Team Ontario Selects against an American national squad in Texas.

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Queen’s novice women’s rowing crew celebrates with their opponents’ shirts after winning the 500-metre sprint race at the Queen’s-McGill Boat Race.

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Should the CBC fire Don Cherry?

CBC commentator Don Cherry is no stranger to controversy — but has he finally crossed the line?

Last month, the Kingston native came under fire for asserting that female reporters shouldn’t be allowed in male locker rooms, ignoring the protests of Coach’s Corner co-host Ron MacLean and igniting widespread internet furor.

The incident was yet another example of

the contradictions surrounding Cherry. He was voted the seventh-greatest Canadian of all time in 2004 on a CBC television series, but was disciplined by the network that same year for making provocative comments on air.

In light of his most recent scandal, the Journal’s sports editors debate the pros and cons of Cherry — and the implications for the CBC and the sport as a whole.

YES

NO

B y N ick Faris Sports Editor

B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor

Don Cherry is a Canadian icon — but his schtick is doing more harm than good to the game he loves.

Cherry’s infamous history of on-air rants extends far beyond his incendiary remarks on female reporters. In 32 years on television, he’s disparaged countless subsets of the hockey population, generating controversy that would get any other analyst canned.

The problem with Cherry’s act isn’t that he makes these sorts of statements — it’s that he can make them, without fear of any formal discipline. He’s bigger than Hockey Night in Canada, and the CBC knows it.

In between moments of sensible analysis, Coach’s Corner is peppered with commentary geared to offend. Cherry’s staunch Canadian patriotism, endearing as it may be to viewers at home, is often tinged with casual xenophobia.

In 1989, he referred to Alpo Suhonen, the Finnish assistant coach of the Winnipeg Jets, as “some kind of dog food.” Two weeks ago, he went falsetto to mock three Swedish Ottawa Senators, suggesting that their imaginary conversation about fabrics was the reason Ottawa lost a playoff game.

By promoting fearless, gritty “Canadian-style” hockey, Cherry paints an unfair picture of foreign players based on sweeping generalizations, and his network serves as a perfectly willing bystander.

The CBC slapped a seven-second delay on Coach’s Corner in 2004 after Cherry said most visor-wearers are “Europeans and French guys” — then revoked the delay the following season.

Cherry’s recurring assertion that players with visors shouldn’t try to pick fights is reasonable, but the argument is rightfully blurred when it turns into an ethnic slur.

The CBC reportedly saw the Coach’s Corner segment on female reporters as relatively balanced, since MacLean disagreed with his longtime partner. The nature of the show negates the possibility of “balance.” No one tunes in to Coach’s Corner for MacLean’s sober dialogue — they want Cherry’s suits and uncensored commentary.

The show’s free-flowing nature makes Cherry and MacLean’s digressions remarkably entertaining TV — and, occasionally, remarkably offensive to viewers. Fostering debate is fine, but outrage is hardly a response any network wants to trigger.

It’s unlikely that the CBC will ever willfully disassociate from Don Cherry. His name means too much, and he’s still less polarizing and obnoxious than some of the network’s other on-air “talent.” (Here’s looking at you, Glenn Healy.)

That said, Hockey Night in Canada can’t ride Cherry’s legend forever. Once a coach, he’s now an old man yelling at clouds. It’s time to move on.

It’s easy to criticize Don Cherry. It’s also unfair.

He thinks female reporters shouldn’t be allowed in male dressing rooms, that Europeans are cowards and that fighting is a necessary part of the game. He’s a misogynistic racist who’s behind the times.

Or so the story goes.

It’s an assessment of Cherry that ignores all the good he contributes to Hockey Night in Canada — and yes, he does contribute some good.

While his comments on Coach’s Corner aren’t always politically or grammatically correct, it doesn’t mean the broadcaster should be disciplined by the CBC for them.

He occasionally crosses the line, but his opinions are often rooted in fact.

When the CBC disciplined Cherry for saying French Canadians and Europeans were the players wearing visors, they failed to take into consideration that Cherry was actually correct. The majority of NHL players who wear visors are from Europe or Quebec.

For all the controversy — oftentimes overblown — there has to be something that keeps Cherry on air besides the advertising he brings in for the CBC. Otherwise, he would have been let go in 1981.

For 32 years, Cherry’s been teaching young hockey players the finer points of the game.

He may be ridiculed for always saying “all you kids out there,” but shouldn’t someone on Canada’s premier hockey broadcast be thinking about teaching kids?

Growing up, young players can tune in to watch Cherry and get tips on how to position themselves, how to make correct decisions on the ice and what makes a smart hockey player. Analyzing the game is great, but Cherry offers something better: education.

In one segment every Saturday night, Cherry shows a better understanding of hockey than other analysts show throughout multiple appearances. When talking about how to actually play the game, he’s unmatched.

It’s easy to see Cherry as a senile old man that rants and raves on television, but he understands the issues hockey faces. That’s why he called for the elimination of touch icing and for getting rid of hard plastic equipment before they were popular topics.

Cherry represents a traditionalist viewpoint on the CBC. His opinions aren’t about offending people — they’re just his way of communicating issues.

On a broadcast where opinions are few and far between, it’s refreshing to have Cherry give his thoughts. He’s honest about who he is, and that should count for something.

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months before he committed to the Gaels. He’ll compete for a backup spot in 2013 against a promising crop of second-year linemen.

Jonah Pataki — Football The Wallaceburg, ON, native put up massive numbers as a running back for the Wallaceburg Tartans, amassing 30 touchdowns and 1,875 yards on the ground in 2012. He led the Tartans to three regional championships in high school.

Instant playing time is far from a given in Queen’s loaded backfield, but the 5’11”, 203-lb Pataki is already a solid physical match for his position. He’ll contend for the occasional snap in his first year.

Clare McKellar — Women’s Hockey Over three seasons with her hometown team, the London Devilettes of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), the forward tallied 32 goals and 73

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points. An assistant captain for the league finalists, she also added 15 points during the playoffs.

McKellar will have a chance to contribute offensively for Queen’s this season. She’ll battle for ice time on a Gaels team looking to replace four graduating forwards.

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Micaela Smith — Women’s Hockey A native of Cobourg, ON, Smith recorded 11 assists for the Whitby Wolves during the 2013 PWHL season. The defenceman — who twice made The women’s Photo by Terence wong the final camp for the Ontario U18 hockey team introduced nine new team — played all 13 games for recruits in May. the Wolves during their run to the PWHL championship.

Kingston Voyageurs, Schug put With most defenders from last up 29 points in 43 games last year’s OUA championship squad year. He was also the recipient of returning, Smith will likely play in the team’s Rosen Family Award a limited role to start the season. for his contributions within the Solid play during the year could see Kingston community. her receive increased ice time.

The forward from Sault Ste. Marie will give the Gaels additional Michael Schug — Men’s Hockey depth and the potential to add points — a crucial asset for a team The former captain of the that scored the third-least goals in Ontario Junior Hockey League’s the OUA.

“When it comes down to head-to-head, one school against another, it’s a huge endorphin high.”

The Gaels’ victory moves the team’s overall record in the race to 10-7. Each team has put up long winning streaks over the history of the competition, fuelling the rivalry.

McGill was the dominant crew during the early years of the race, winning the first three challenges and five of the first seven. Since then, Queen’s has taken over, coming out on top in eight of the last 10 races.

While the Challenge Cup is based on wins by both the men’s and women’s boats, the individual crews also have trophies they can win.

The off-season race provides Queen’s crews with more than just a way to carry on a rivalry — it’s also the team’s only competition until September.

The timing of the event often makes team training difficult,

with many rowers focusing their attention on other regattas with national team development programs.

“You have to split your training regime between the Queen’s-McGill boat and your own pair or single to get ready for trials,” Christie said.

With the long layoff between races going into the Challenge Cup, rustiness can be a concern.

Queen’s counters this by training during the off-season on indoor rowing machines.

Christie said many rowers feel back to normal on the water by the time the Queen’s-McGill competition rolls around, thanks to around a month of on-water practices beforehand.

Even with the extended break, the rowers remain aware of what’s on the line, and how they’re part of a legacy between the two schools.

“The alumni in the past have been doing this for years,” Christie said. “[I] think back to that and go, ‘wow, I get to be a part of this now.’”

SPORTS IN BRIEF CrossFit club officially sanctioned

No Gaels drafted, but Prinsen inks contract

CIS reaches national television deal

The months-long CrossFit Queen’s saga has finally reached an amicable conclusion.

Organizers Callum Owen, Storm Patterson and Alex Wilson were informed in early May that CrossFit will be officially sanctioned as a recreation club under Athletics and Recreation — something they’ve been trying to achieve since last fall.

Athletics and Recreation originally expressed safety and licensing concerns, prohibiting the group from conducting organized workouts in the ARC throughout the winter semester.

According to the organizers, an April meeting between former AMS Vice-President of Operations Tristan Lee and Jeff Downie, associate director of business development and facilities for Athletics and Recreation, changed the scope of the CrossFit conversation. “[It was a] huge change of tone from the other meetings we’d had with Athletics,” Owen said.

After meeting with Downie themselves, the organizers provided Athletics and Recreation with financial projections, safety guidelines and examples of possible workouts. Within a month, they were officially ratified.

The club is currently running four morning workouts per week out of MacGillivray-Brown Hall, where they’re hoping to secure permanent workout space and purchase more equipment for the fall term.

Equipment funds will mainly come from the club’s membership fees — presently slated at $200 for a four-month summer pass.

“We tried to think of the most minimal amount we could charge our members to reach [our] goal, which is getting the equipment that we want,” Patterson said.

For the first time in seven years, no Queen’s football player was selected in the Canadian Football League draft — but at least one Gael will be heading to a pro training camp.

Last Wednesday, offensive lineman Josh Prinsen signed with the Toronto Argonauts as an undrafted free agent.

Sixty players were picked in the CFL’s annual amateur draft on May 6. The Gaels were held off the board for the first time since 2006.

Prinsen, Gaels wide receiver Justin Chapdelaine and defensive lineman John Miniaci attended the CFL’s pre-draft evaluation camp in late March. All three have a year of CIS eligibility remaining.

Forty-four of the 60 players picked this year came from a CIS roster. The Vanier Cup finalist McMaster Marauders led all Canadian teams with five draftees, while four other OUA teams boasted multiple selections.

Next year’s draft should be a different story for Queen’s.

Four Gaels suited up in the East-West Bowl on May 11, considered a national showcase for players entering their fourth collegiate season. Quarterback Billy McPhee, defensive lineman Derek Wiggan, linebacker Sam Sabourin and defensive back Andrew Lue saw time for the East team, which suffered a narrow 18-17 loss.

Lue was recently ranked sixth among CIS players eligible for the 2014 draft by CFL analyst Justin Dunk.

The next time you watch a major Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) game on TV or online, it will likely be through Sportsnet.

On May 9, CIS and Sportsnet announced a six-year agreement to broadcast Canadian collegiate games on the network’s television, online and mobile platforms.

The agreement will run through to the 2018-19 academic year, with coverage for 2013-14 featuring 13 events.

“We look forward to working with [CIS] to significantly increase the profile of Canadian university sports and expose the country to some of our best athletes and stars in the making,” said Navaid Mansuri, Sportsnet’s vice-president of programming.

Last month, Rogers Media — Sportsnet’s parent company — officially acquired The Score Television Network, which has broadcasted OUA football on a national scale for the past 11 seasons.

Now, Sportsnet has exclusive rights to next November’s Vanier Cup, as well as both national semi-finals — the Uteck Bowl and the Mitchell Bowl.

Over a two-week period in March 2014, Sportsnet will broadcast 10 CIS basketball and hockey games, covering the men’s and women’s national championships in both sports.

Up to 27 CIS games could be televised on Sportsnet six years from now, when the deal expires.

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Over $31 million has been raised by The One Fund Boston to go towards helping the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and their families.

Social Issues

The power of staying positive After the Boston Marathon bombings, people around the world turn to charitable kindness B y K atie G randin Postscript Editor It was a stolen wallet that reminded me of human kindness.

In a Manhattan restaurant a few weeks ago, I reached for my purse and immediately felt that something was wrong. It was too light — hadn’t I made sure it was zipped? A sickness washed over me as I peered inside and noticed that my wallet was gone. Panic-stricken, a million questions began racing through my mind.

Then as my thoughts turned to the Boston Marathon bombings, my small misfortune seemed inconsequential compared to the terrorism behind the event, which seemingly overshadowed the positive action it has since inspired.

Ryan Higgitt, a PhD candidate in the department of sociology, said that while there are aspects of “humanness” that distinguish us from the rest of the animal kingdom, it can be difficult to scientifically rationalize acts of charity and kindness due to a human “selfish gene.”

“There is a view with evolutionary biology that tells us that human nature is selfish,” Higgitt said in an e-mail to the Journal.

“Individuals want to get as much as they can out of life and give as little as they can get away with.”

The driving force behind this selfishness stems from an inherent desire to continue one’s own genetic line, he said.

However, as anthropologists recognize certain behaviours as universal taboos, this suggests that there are also universal understandings of good.

“Those who maintain that there are phenomena in this world that cannot be reduced to a scientific explanation do have a compelling case,” he said. “Treat others as you’d like to be treated.”

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the acts of charitable kindness have reached beyond the “selfish gene” in an attempt to help heal a community.

According to Dean Tripp, a professor in the department of psychology, there can be no growth or positive experience without negative experiences.

“It’s how you interpret, deal or cope with these significantly negative experiences that gives you the ability to move on, or to feel quite stuck,” he said.

A professor of positive psychology, Tripp said that if mental health were a pendulum, an individual’s neutral baseline is the “zero” centre point.

“Positive psychology believes that you can help the individual be better and maximize themselves beyond that zero point,” he said.

Acknowledging gratitude towards a significant person in your life is one way to achieve a more positive mindset.

“That gratitude experience not only broadens your positive emotions in reflecting on how you’ve accomplished something in your life, being thankful for the people that have helped you, but it now develops a keen sense of awareness for how you can help other people,” he said.

The stories that have emerged from the bombings on April 15, while a source for much grief, have provoked kind action towards helping those affected.

Tripp said that eight-year-old Boston native Martin Richard, who was killed in the explosion, has inspired projects for the young children in his son’s class.

“They’re doing stuff that Boston will never know and recognize, but they’re doing stuff in their classroom to be kind to each other as they try to understand ... how could this happen?” he said.

“Terrible events often bring out the best in people.”

Positive action isn’t just limited to the classroom. In an effort to connect those stranded by the bombings, Google Drive established a database of Boston residents offering aid and shelter to those who needed it.

“When you see public displays of that type of support ... that type of compassion leads to a sense of community, that sense of community leads to a sense of security, well-being and closeness,” he said.

Tripp said he’s seen student groups in the process of creating positivity enhancing workshops, drawing from Tripp’s positive

psychology class in an effort to the initiative to a university level.

“I pitched it to my roommates reduce stress on campus and create a more positive community and they all thought it was a really great idea … to bring up at Queen’s.

“I’m anticipating in the next the school’s morale and make the academic year that you’ll see some atmosphere a little bit happier,” of this stuff start to happen more Albi said.

During the dull transition back often ... I hope,” Tripp said. “I think it would be great if someone into school after a summer working just wanted to walk around campus at Walt Disney World, Albi, along with flowers someday, giving them with her roommates decided to out saying, ‘Hey, you’re worth it, create the Facebook page where compliments for fellow students take this flower.’”

Queen’s students have could be posted anonymously.

“We’ve seen so much already begun taking measures towards creating a cyber-bullying ... so we wanted to try to turn something anonymous more positive atmosphere.

Rachel Albi, ConEd ‘14, along over Facebook into something with her roommates Erica Gagne, positive that would make people Artsci ‘14, Jessica Jonker, ConEd feel good and just bring happiness,” ‘14 and Amanda Smurthwaite, she said.

Similar initiatives have spread to ConEd ’14, founded the “Queen’s U Compliments” Facebook page Canadian schools like McMaster University and the University of this past September.

Inspired by her sister, who had Guelph. It continues to spread attempted a similar idea during internationally to schools such high school, Albi decided to bring as Harvard, Columbia, Yale and,

even further, to the Universities of Edinburgh, Singapore and Zimbabwe.

“It’s really exciting, we never thought that it would spread past our school,” Albi said. “It just shows the power of students.”

The power of positivity and kindness goes a long way, whether in the face of a horrific crisis, anonymously brightening someone’s day, or to help a panicked, wallet-less girl.

As I was leaving the restaurant on what would turn out to be an unsuccessful search for my wallet, a woman sitting at the next table over reminded me, “Don’t worry, dear, there are still kind people in this world.”

Despite everything, she had brightened my mood because no matter what would end up happening, I knew that much was true.

Boston Strong In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, individuals and organizations alike have contributed to public relief efforts in support of those impacted by the event. These are just a few of the positive ways that Boston has proven its strength.

Google: In the wake of the bombings, Boston residents used the cloud-based file storage system Google Drive to create a list of thousands of names, addresses and phone numbers of residents offering aid and shelter to those impacted by the bombings.

Converse: The Massachusetts-based shoe company is donating all proceeds from their limited edition Chuck Taylor All-Star sneaker. The sneaker, which features the Boston skyline, donates funds to The One Fund Boston.

Google Person Finder: A web application that lets individuals post and search for information about loved ones in Boston at a time when cellphone service was overloaded.

The Boston Bruins: The team, in conjunction with the NHL, have donated $250,000 to help those affected by the bombings.

The One Fund Boston: A victim relief fund that has raised over $31 million to date. Created by Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino and Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, the charity puts funds raised towards helping the victims of the bombings and their families.

Boston Bites Back: An event held May 15 at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, that saw 100 chefs serve wine and gourmet food in an effort to raise $1 million for The One Fund Boston.

Sweet Caroline: Singer Neil Diamond agreed to donate royalties from sales of his single “Sweet Caroline” in the week after the bombing to The One Fund Boston. Sales increased 597 per cent during that week.

– Katie Grandin Sources: ABC News, bleacherreport.com, bostonbitesback.org, converse.com, forbes.com, onefundboston.org