The Queen's Journal, Volume 141, Issue 8

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Yvonne Ehinlaiye breaks her silence on sexual abuse

Rugby reserves bolster club PAGE 13

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Shooting a stigma Sexy Queens U and UEmpowered Queen’s take on joint project B Y O LIVIA B OWDEN Assistant News Editor Victims of sexual abuse have been given a chance to break the silence with “Voices of Sexual Violence,” a student-run photo project.

The project, organized by Sexy Queen’s U and UEmpowered Queen’s, will take place from Sept. 23-25.

Sexy Queen’s U, created in 2012, works to raise awareness

about sexual violence on campus through peer-to-peer support and events, while UEmpowered Queen’s is a Facebook page where Queen’s students can discuss rape culture anonymously.

Volunteers for the project will be photographed holding up a sign with a quote said by an abuser, or someone dismissive of sexual assault.

Organizers invited students to participate through social media.

Shelley Murphy, co-chair of

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Sexy Queen’s U, said this event was based off other projects featured online.

“We sort of bounced off Project Unbreakable, and Shutter the Silence,” Murphy, ArtSci ’14, said.

Project Unbreakable is hosted on a Tumblr account, and individuals from all over the world can send in a photo of themselves with a quote.

Shutter the Silence is a Facebook page that features the same concept. “[The sign] will say a quote that

Cancer Research Institute and a sitting member of the negotiating team, the provincially-appointed The University has cancelled its conciliation officer was informed last scheduled conciliation meeting by representatives from the with The Public Service Alliance of University Wednesday night that Canada (PSAC) — a move that is they wouldn’t be attending the gearing post-doctoral fellows for scheduled appointment.

The cancellation was allegedly a strike.

The meeting, which was announced to gain more time set to be held between PSAC to consider PSAC’s contract 901 — Unit 2 and the University proposal, Ghaffari said. University on Thursday afternoon, was set to representatives neglected to end 18 months of negotiations over schedule a follow-up meeting, he securing benefits for post-doctoral also said, adding that the decision fellows at the University. to strike or lock-out will be made Currently, post-docs at the on Tuesday following consultation University aren’t guaranteed wage with fellow members. security, nor are they given access to The cancellation follows a benefits provided to other full-time contract proposal put forward employees, like dental coverage, by the University which would regular wage increases and child- have provided dental coverage to post-docs in 2015 — a care benefits.

Last week, over 200 post- measure Ghaffari referred to doctoral fellows voted on a strike as “unacceptable.”

The proposal, which Ghaffari mandate, 92 per cent of which declined to specify, also denied voted in favour.

According to Abdi Ghaffari, wage increases until 2017.

See PSAC on page 5 a post-doc at the University’s

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PSAC provoked Aaron’s University cancels conciliation meeting party B Y VINCENT B EN M ATAK News Editor

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A comeback tour for connection B Y M EAGHAN WRAY Arts Editor It’s a well-known fact that Aaron Carter, child pop star and hip-hop artist, has often been reflected negatively in the media. It’s time, he says, to change that.

His current tour will feature some newly released music, as well as the oldies that appeal to a university-aged crowd — people who grew up with his music.

“It hasn’t been easy … a lot people just didn’t believe in me, nor did they even want to give me t h e chance,” he said.

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Exchanging the game PAGE 3

Inside this issue: Queen’s reads

Author Jeannette Walls comes to campus page 11

Limits from LUG

Journal staff discuss alleged gender exclusion

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Politics prof sets anonymity policy POLS 241 students told not to contact TAs outside of tutorial until end of the month B Y S EBASTIAN L ECK Assistant News Editor Professor Normand Perreault has instructed his teaching assistants not to interact with students until the end of September, a move which has left some students confused as to where to turn.

Although it’s not stated on the course syllabus, three TAs in POLS 241 have agreed not to learn students’ names or meet with students out of class, as requested by the political studies professor.

They will also avoid responding directly to questions in students’ emails for the whole term.

According to Perreault, though, it’s all part of a social experiment.

He said he wanted his tutorials to highlight the sense of anonymity in modern democracies, which contrasts with the arbitrary treatment of citizens in authoritarian regimes, as studied in his class.

“One of the central features of our modern democracies is that we often treat people like numbers, as if their name and who they are did not matter,” he said.

Although this ensures that every citizen is treated equally before the law, he said, we often find anonymity strange and complain

about being treated “like a number”.

“We face a dilemma, as we are caught between the technical advantages of anonymity and our perception that anonymity reduces us to being just a number, just another ‘citizen,’” he said.

He said he was hoping to discover whether students felt grading was fairer if their TAs didn’t know their names for the first three weeks.

According to Perreault, it was entirely up to the TAs to decide whether to participate. Three of his TAs agreed to go along with it, while one declined.

Perreault added that he did not forbid his TAs from answering questions by email, but asked them not to reply to questions that are better answered in tutorial.

“This is purely and simply a question of time management,” he said.

Perreault said he makes up for this by holding office hours three times a week and answering questions through his own email.

Grant Amyot, head of the department of political studies, said he views the experiment as a legitimate academic exercise, and sees no objection to it.

“I think it could have a useful effect,” he said. “It definitely stirred

Normand Perreault didn’t specify his anonymity practice in the course syllabus.

Alexa Lepera, said she feels up some discussion.”

Diana Anton, ArtSci ’15, who is uncomfortable not knowing her enrolled in POLS 241, said she was TA personally, as she likes to speak surprised by the announcement. to TAs outside of her classes.

“Most of the time they encourage “Now that they can’t get interaction between the TAs and to know us, it feels really kind of impersonal,” Lepera, the students,” she said.

Another student in the class, ArtSci ’16, said.

The accelerated medical school program offered at Queen’s is the first of its kind in Canada, not North America.

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All abroad Within the sphere of education lies a globe of possibilities for Queen’s B Y R ACHEL H ERSCOVICI Features Editor While Queen’s reaches out to the wider world, the wider world is coming to its front doors.

Approximately 547 international exchange students came to Queen’s during the 2012-13 academic year, from the 46 countries where Queen’s has exchange agreements.

Hosting exchange students aligns with what has been one of the University’s most pronounced goals over the past several years — internationalization.

A white paper released this month by the University’s Strategic Enrolment Management Group noted that “internationalizing the campus and learning models, increasing international enrolment over the next 10 years and expanding Queen’s reach and presence around the world are university priorities.”

Principal Daniel Woolf has also made it clear that internationalization is important to keep Queen’s competitive globally.

This thought was one of the main points in “The Third Juncture,” his 2012 essay on the future of Queen’s.

“In the next decade, it will not be sufficient to be known in one’s own country,” the essay reads, noting that the University’s

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international profile lags behind its national profile. “The success of our students and of our country in the future will depend on being able to thrive in a global setting.”

Woolf writes that bringing international students to campus is important. Doing so, he says, will help Queen’s stand out among other universities, create a better learning environment for Canadian students and bring international students into the country permanently.

Although exchange students and international students are different, they both play a role in reaching these goals.

Recently, Queen’s has been pushing to develop a larger international strategy in regards to exchange students. Although each faculty at Queen’s deals with exchanges independently, in July 2012, the Faculty of Arts and Science program moved under the International Programs Office (IPO) to expand its exchange opportunities. The IPO is under the purview of the offices of the provost and vice-provost international.

The School of Business, on the other hand, has an office within the faculty dedicated to international exchanges. About 82 per cent of its students went on exchange during the 2012-13 school year.

Law and Graduate studies also have representatives that deal with exchanges, and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is currently looking

to expand its international exchange program.

To be admitted to Queen’s, incoming exchange students must be nominated by their home universities.

Every faculty has its own admission requirements, but it’s not always based on marks. The student’s capability to succeed in a new country and on a new campus is very important for admission.

Laura Esford, exchange coordinator for the IPO, said that incoming exchange students who are taking on huge risks to study abroad are offered support to ensure they have what they need and they feel at home.

“We try to make the landing [in Canada] as soft as we can here at Queen’s, but sometimes it is bumpy, but we’re conscious of that,” she said.

Students from all over the world have found a new start and new home at Queen’s.

Neguine Boustantchi, an exchange student from Esade Business School in Barcelona, Spain, said she chose Queen’s because she wanted to live far from home.

Exchange students, for the most part, pay tuition to their home university and take on living and health insurance costs while in Canada. Part of their expenses, like all domestic students, are textbooks. Many international students find book pricing to be concerning.

“The textbooks were very expensive, we all cried here.

I would spend $100 dollars for six books at home, so [it’s] quite ridiculous,” she said.

There are many differences between her home country and Canada, like eating schedules, Boustantchi said. Her past university life differs greatly to life at Queen’s.

“At home … you can have friends apart from the university, the university is not your life. I feel like [Queen’s students] enter into the university and just have those four years be everything about it and nothing else,” she said.

“I love my university but not as much as you guys love yours.

I’m enjoying my four months here more than my four years back home.”

School spirit seems to be an attractive pull to Queen’s.

“We have this apathetic culture back home,” said Stephen Murray from Queen’s University Belfast in Ireland.

“University is something you go to, it’s not something you take part in.”

Coming to a new country with different customs and systems may seem daunting, but there’s support for international students at Queen’s, starting with the IPO, which deals with the admissions and academic side of exchanges.

“Essentially, we’re providing opportunity for Queen’s students to

study at another institution and the benefit of having it be an exchange … students from those partner institutions are going to come to our campus and they’re going to internationalize our campus,” said Jenny Corlett, manager of the IPO. When things do get hard, in addition to the academic support offered by IPO, students are directed to the Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) for non-academic support.

QUIC helps students set up health insurance, offers language practices sessions and organizes trips for students who want to see other parts of the country, among other things. Advising appointments and supporting students’ general well-being is the main focus for QUIC. Still, students may feel lost when they arrive in Canada and look for somewhere to go.

When Gus Crawford, a past exchange student from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia arrived in Canada a few days before Frosh Week 2012, he had nowhere to live and found himself at a bed and breakfast the first few nights he was in town.

“Nobody from overseas knows anything about Kingston or where to live or that kind of thing,” Crawford said.

“That was when I felt I wanted to leave and go home.”

Queen’s has approximately 80 residence spaces available for international students, which isn’t enough to cover everyone. QUIC, however, does offer support resources for alternate accommodations.

Crawford was in a desperate situation, but eventually found accommodation in a house on Earl St. with 11 others.

“Initially I really had my heart set on residence and living at Queen’s,” he said. “Once I got here I learned that it was really, really common for people to live in student housing.”

Crawford fell in love with Canada, and a girl, so much so that he moved back and currently resides in Kingston.

As fate would have it, Crawford met Caroline Vezeau, ArtSci ’14, in Kingston, who was about to leave on exchange in Australia just as he was going back.

“It ended up being that we’re in a relationship and living in different cities but both in Australia,” he said.

While she was there from January until June, the couple started thinking about how it would all work out when she moved home to Canada.

“After a few months we realized it would be stupid to carry out a relationship knowing that it had an expiry date on it,” Crawford said.

After exploring options, Crawford decided to enrol himself in correspondence studies for his home university and apply for a work visa in Canada.

He was successful, and now lives in Kingston, completing his degree online and working, all while being close to Vezeau and his friends in Canada.

He said he hasn’t had any doubts about his decision to go on exchange.

“Going on exchange totally changed my life, for the better,” he said. “It was sort of giving something a shot and seeing how it would go and it’s probably the best decision I’ve ever made.”

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“I’d say the worst thing is probably that there is not enough time and there is so much that I want to do here, like traveling.”

MERYL MORANT, ENGLAND

“Ring binders as well! They come in three holes rather than four.

Like, the rest of the civilized world has at least two or four.

This has kept me up at night thinking about it! Two is the way forward. That’s the way the world is going. ” STEPHEN MURRAY, IRELAND

“The biggest difference for me is eating raw vegetables. We don’t do that in Malaysia ever. So, it’s really weird when you go to the buffet and you’re served raw vegtables as your appetizer.”

SU ZANNE CHEN, MALAYSIA

“The reasons I’ve come here are terribly boring and academic.

I like the department of philosophy here. It’s quite nice and also they gave me $6,000 to come here provided I write an essay on the golfer Bobby Jones...

But, yeah now, I’m here and it seems okay.”

MATTHEW CULL, SCOTLAND

“A major difference is bread.

At home we have really good bread. Like freshly made bread, black bread, you eat one slice, you’re full. I can eat so many bagels here and they don’t fill you. You don’t really have any bakeries here, how do you live?”

URSULA PUCHHAMMER, AUSTRIA

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Nobel Prize winner talks transplants Stanford professor Alvin Roth gives speech on market theory at Grant Hall on Tuesday B Y A BBY A NDREW K ATE S HAO Journal Staff

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Renowned economist Alvin Roth thinks market shares apply to more than just finance.

Roth is a joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Economics and a professor of economics at Stanford University.

He was the guest speaker at the School of Policy Studies’ event called What have we learned from market design? on Tuesday night at Grant Hall.

Roth spoke about the New England Program for Kidney Exchange, a computer-optimized matching program he co-founded that pairs recipients with appropriate kidney donors without involving money. “[The system] achieves some of the benefits of a market, without using money, and thus without running into the barrier raised by the repugnance that kidney sales arouse,” he said.

Using his background in market design and economics, he said he helped design this program where there were previously no databases of incompatible patient-donor pairs.

“Economics is exciting and ... it’s about more things than many people think,” he said.

“Marketplaces exist in lots of environments that we don’t normally think of.”

Approximately 2,000 patients have undergone kidney transplants because of the organ matching program he helped design.

The program operates through the use of two pairs of incompatible donors and recipients.

Someone wanting to donate a kidney to a friend or family member who isn’t a match will “swap” partners and donate to another participant who is.

With this “in-kind” exchange, organs are replaced but no money is involved, Roth said at the talk.

The first successful match using the pool happened in October 2010.

“Buying organs may turn people into means, not ends,” he added.

The waiting list for kidney transplants in the U.S. has almost 100,000 people, Roth said, many of whom die before receiving a transplant.

Seventy-two per cent of those on the waiting list for organ transplants in Canada are in search of a kidney.

In addition to addressing recent developments in market design, Roth focused on the different types of kidney transplants and how laws on the subject change depending on the country.

While purchasing organs for money is illegal in the U.S., countries such as Iran have a legal market for the industry, he said.

But black markets in the organ donation industry are common throughout the world.

“Making markets illegal doesn’t stop illegal markets,” Roth said.

In 1984, the National Organ Transplant Act was passed in the U.S. and made any transplant for monetary gain illegal.

“Organ transplants are an

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Photo project aims to empower, educate students Continued from page 1

someone has said to them, that is either dismissive, victim-blaming or minimizing of their sexual assault,” said Murphy.

Murphy said that the event serves as a method to give a voice to those who have faced abuse.

“It will empower the people who are participating, because some have been silenced and not allowed to tell their story,” she said.

Murphy said that victims sometimes feel discouraged to speak due to fears of being blamed for their assault.

“By the act of displaying [the photos], we will also be able to educate people about this issue, and perhaps get [people] to think about what they say and how they interact with people who have been sexually assaulted,” she said.

Participants can choose to remain anonymous, or to have their face shown in the photo, she added. “[The event] will definitely be a tool in which could help improve the conversations that are going around about sexual assault on campus.”

Yvonne Ehinlaiye, ArtSci ’16, chose to come forward as a victim of sexual assault through the project.

Ehinlaiye was assaulted while in high school on her way home from a night out.

She did not know the perpetrator.

She said she had spent a few years being silent about what had happened, until this year.

“I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to talk about it. But I realized by not talking about it, we’re still

News in brief White papers called The Strategic Enrolment Management Group (SEMG) has released a new white paper that discusses Queen’s plans for future enrolment numbers. The paper encourages members of the university community to be involved in the planning process.

Alan Harrison, provost and vice-principal (academic), said that planning needs to be centered on more than just spacing concerns.

Factors such as student programs and services need to be discussed, and how program expansion would be funded.

The original report, released

by SEMG in May 2013, outlined plans Queen’s can develop for the near future regarding enrolment.

The report focused on the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years.

The recently-released white paper discusses a more long-term plan for the future of enrolment at Queen’s.

Harrison said that the main focus of the paper is to encourage community involvement in planning, and to predicate a future 10-year proposal by SEMG. The Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) will be holding town halls regarding the paper to encourage the university community to voice their opinions.

These town halls will take place in Richardson Hall in room 340, on Sept.

24 and 25 from 6 to 8 p.m.

— Olivia Bowden

Queen’s prof wins Vimy award Don Macnamara, Queen’s professor and retired Brigadier-General, has received the Vimy Award for 2013.

The Vimy Award is given to a candidate who promotes Canadian values of democracy, and contributes to the security and defence of the country.

It’s presented every year by the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA).

Macnamara was a part of the Royal Canadian Air Force, as well as the Canadian Forces for 37 years before he became a professor at the Queen’s School of Business.

Macnamara also did extensive work with the Bader International Student Centre (BISC). He directed the startup of the Centre as its executive director, and oversaw the creation of many programs there.

Most notably, he organized a visit to Vimy Ridge for the students who study at BISC. Macnamara was also the President of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, and oversaw the establishment of the Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Centre. Currently, he chairs the Board of Governors at Royal Military College.

— Olivia Bowden

Nipple biter charged Matthew Johnson, 25, was charged with assault on Monday for biting the nipple of a doorman at The Spot nightclub, after drinking there.

On Aug. 23, Johnson, who was intoxicated, bit the man around midnight after fighting with two doormen who previously removed him from the venue.

According to the victim, Johnson broke the skin and caused bleeding on the man’s chest.

Johnson apologized to both of the doorman for the incident.

— Olivia Bowden

Shelley Murphy, co-chair of Sexy Queens U, spearheaded the photo series on campus.

stigmatizing and being backwards with the whole situation,” she said, adding the event will raise awareness about abuse in the Queen’s community.

“I feel like people will read [our] signs, and hopefully learn from it, and apply it to their own lives,” she said.

Ehinlaiye said her sign will feature the phrase “my clothes are not my consent,” to relay the message that what she wore that

night was not an invitation for her assault.

She said she chose not to quote her abuser, but to send a message to them.

Another student participating, who requested to remain anonymous, said similar projects have helped her come to terms with her assault in first year by a fellow student.

“I just thought the things that I had done ... made it so I

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had asked for it, but seeing all those people explaining no, that’s not the case, just made me feel better,” she said.

“If somebody came up to me while I was walking on campus, I don’t know if I would have signed up.

Seeing it on Facebook gave me time to think about it.”

PSAC: proposal unacceptable Continued from page 1

Ghaffari said the proposal was rejected on the grounds that the proposed benefits wouldn’t be immediately accessible.

“I don’t think there’s any precedence for a contract for this … you’ll delay a benefit that everybody else enjoys full-time on campus and you take that to your members and have to say you’ll have wait two years for this,” he said.

Prior to its dismissal, PSAC representatives put forward a proposal for a grievance procedure policy, which would provide job security for post-docs following any claims of harassment against supervisors.

“We were expecting to see [another] proposal from them on our last day, but unfortunately they cancelled it,” Ghaffari said.

Post-docs at Queen’s, which unionized with PSAC in 2011, are one of three universities in Canada to be represented by unions, the others being Western University, McMaster University and the University of Toronto.

“There is a national crisis when it comes to work conditions for post-docs,” Ghaffari added.

“There’s no standard system for what post-doc contract should look like, and that’s part of the reason why we’ve seen this unionization drive in Canada.”

Dan Bradshaw, associate viceprincipal of faculty relations, said the conciliation meeting will be continued at a later date.

“The parties did not meet today,

however, talks with the assistance of a provincially-appointed conciliator, are still ongoing,” he said in an email statement to the Journal, on Thursday.

“The university continues to work towards arriving at an agreement.”

According to Sharon DeSousa, regional executive vice-president for PSAC Ontario, the University’s reluctance to accommodate PSAC’s requests hasn’t changed

since negotiations began in April 2012.

“Their stance throughout has been very much in regards to ‘no’,” she said, adding that postdocs are vital for the University’s academic community.

“They undertake advanced research like cancer research … we’re talking about saving lives and [they’re] talking about spending 18 months in negotiations.”

Sharon DeSousa, regional executive vice-president for PSAC Ontario.

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Dialogue

Editorials — The Journal’s Perspective

Law Enforcement

Possible abuse with taser use Peel Regional Police recently without the benefit of full context tasered an 80-year-old woman isn’t good form. Officers have to named Angela Pasquale, who make judgements very quickly has dementia and wandered in pressure-filled circumstances. away from her Mississauga home Nevertheless, this case is a good late at night. While she was starting point for a discussion allegedly carrying a knife which about taser use in light of changes she “wouldn’t relinquish,” this in police policy.

In the aftermath of the Sammy event should make all Ontarians wary of the fact that more Yatim case, in which a young man front-line police officers will be on a streetcar was shot nine times

by Toronto Police, the Ontario carrying tasers in this province.

There are virtually no excuses Community Safety Minister for tasering an 80-year-old woman. announced new rules which will The officer in question probably allow regular police officers to carry should have exercised greater tasers. Previously, only “supervising restraint. Anyone with an elderly and tactical officers” were grandparent or a general respect given permission.

If tasers are going to be issued for seniors would agree that such an action should be a complete to more police, there should be a re-evaluation and tightening of last resort.

That said, police are put into the rules surrounding their use. very tough situations and being Because tasers are perceived as hyper-critical of police tactics non-lethal, the risk is that

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Ontario police officers will use them more than they would use guns. A significant increase in taser use would be completely unacceptable and would likely lead to more incidents like the one that occurred in Mississauga.

These events also raise questions about police recruitment practices.

If regular officers are going to have more responsibilities, shouldn’t there be higher standards when hiring them?

If more police officers are going to carry tasers, their use should be strictly monitored. Tasers can be deadly weapons and should be used at a last resort, much like firearms.

Charlotte Gagnier

Popular pollution

Music is very important to me.

That’s why when I see mainstream performers like Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber shocking an audience to create viral attention, I feel it cheapens the experience.

I’m not naive to the reality that many people in the music-making business are in it to make money.

However, it’s lamentable when the — Journal Editorial Board antics of a musician overshadow the music they produce.

The music industry is an ever-evolving machine that has become more and more efficient at gleaning money from the public.

The production of music videos for channels such as MTV, which gained real momentum in the 80s, changed musicians from a voice emanating from speakers into a The player in question personality to watch. Today, we is said to be pretty good at don’t only want to listen to their hockey. She’s been playing music, but we want to know what with a group of male friends in Queen’s intramurals and hoped to join them in the LUG. The acknowledged that he had seen her general manager of the League play and that her skill level was not the issue.

The main reason the League cites for excluding women is “health and safety”. At first blush, this seems reasonable as men generally grow to become larger and stronger than women.

However, these grounds for exclusion become weaker in light of the fact that the League apparently occupies a grey area between full-contact and non-contact hockey.

It should be noted that women have participated in full-contact hockey as high up as the professional level.

In addition to “health and safety” reasons, the player was excluded based on a “business maneuver” because “as soon as men buy into the league … they expect to play in an only-men’s league.” The league manager clearly implied that those who sign up for the LUG expect the absence of illustration by Katherine Boxall female players. Would this

Unextraordinary league, indeed A female Queen’s student was recently rejected from joining the League of Unextraordinary Gentlemen (LUG), a Kingston hockey league run by former Queen’s students, but not associated with the University.

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clothes they wear, who they listen to and what they believe in.

These changes have been magnified with the advent of the internet. With a simple search, you can learn everything you might want to know about a singer’s personal life.

This progression is not necessarily a negative thing. Often, videos or a musician’s persona can deepen the meaning you get from a song. However, we’ve now entered unprecedented territory.

So much of today’s music is overshadowed by the accompanying provocative music videos, the extreme personas the musicians adopt and the ins and outs of their personal lives.

The bombardment never stops, especially on the internet.

It’s become hard to critique an artist’s music in isolation. When asked if I like someone’s music, I find myself judging him or her on the way they conduct themselves in the public eye.

Today’s mainstream music is insincere. It’s no longer an outlet for emotion and art, but simply another conduit though which we are spoon-fed what the marketers want us to know and consume.

We need to reclaim our minds.

Actively think about what you’re listening to and you’ll appreciate the music more.

Charlotte is an Assistant Photo Editor at the Journal. She is a second-year geography major.

type of thinking be tolerated if applied to any other group?

It’s not clear whether or not the League will allow women to play with men in the future, if they will create a separate league for women or if they will continue to completely exclude women.

The League has been active since 2009 and has not yet developed any rules or policy on the matter. Needless to say, the men who are running this league should have prepared for the eventuality that a woman would ask to sign up. Establishing whether or not they consider their league to be strictly men-only would be a good start.

No matter what choice the LUG eventually makes, as of now, a skilled player is being excluded from competing for no good reason.

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Sebastian Leck

Measure of a man It’s time we had an honest conversation about what it means to be a man.

I find that discussions of gender tend to focus on women and our perceptions of womanhood, and forget the other side of the coin: our skewed perceptions of manhood.

I’d like to see more attention directed towards the concept of manliness. Manliness, to me, implies dominance, strength and single-minded pragmatism.

It’s the same type of repression, yet it’s rarely discussed among us men. As women reject traditional gender roles, we desperately cling to them.

Men who build bridges, drive fast cars and lift heavy weights are manly. Men who do household chores, write poetry and practice yoga are not.

When you aren’t manly, you are weak.

You are effeminate, emasculated; you need to “grow a pair” and “man up”. It’s about confidence, but more than that, it’s about comparing ourselves to a feminine “other”.

If I were to tell a woman that she is

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less “womanly” because she doesn’t wear makeup, that would be offensive, yet it would be perfectly acceptable to say a man is less manly wearing it.

It’s the same type of repression, yet it’s rarely discussed among us men. As women reject traditional gender roles, we desperately cling to them.

It’s almost a taboo subject, which I believe stems from the insecurity and constant comparison the idea of “manliness” encourages. Questioning your own masculinity is not an easy task.

The modern woman can now, theoretically, fill the roles of both the “masculine” and the “feminine”.

She’s encouraged to raise a family and pursue her career dreams. Why don’t we ask the same of men?

We need this discussion.

Women can’t discuss it for us any more than we can discuss what it means to be a woman.

We talk as if working mothers are the only people balancing career and family. Where is the father? Why isn’t he responsible for caring for the children when his wife doesn’t have the time?

Why is it less manly to care for your children than to log hours at work?

We need this discussion.

Women can’t discuss it for us any more than we can discuss what it means to be a woman.

Push through the insecurity.

Ask questions.

Don’t take “boys will be boys” or “that’s how it is” as an answer. It’s simply not good enough anymore.

Sebastian is an Assistant News Editor at the Journal. He’s a third-year history student.

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Talking heads ... around campus Photos By Erin Sylvester

What business do you want to see on Princess St.?

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Many businesses on Princess St. have closed, leaving many storefronts waiting to be leased.

Kingston Living

Tourism traps downtown Kingston

“I just want Ten Thousand Villages to come back!”

Jess Nicksy, Sci ’14

Our contributor argues that Kingston needs to make its downtown more liveable

Alexander Radcliffe , Sci ’14 The recent closure of downtown staple retailers such as the Empire Theatre and Indigo have brought issues about the area’s urban design to the attention of many — yet this isn’t a new problem for the community.

Growing up in Kingston, I’ve seen this cycle repeated time and time again, with stores that cater to people living and working downtown, like S&R — a multi-story general store with a wide selection of practical day-to-day goods — closing and being replaced with restaurants and attractions aimed primarily at the tourist market.

When these stores close, they generally aren’t replaced. Instead, they relocate to malls and box stores in the west end of the city.

This is what occurred in the latest two cases: The old Chapters uptown and the new Empire Theatre location both offer the same services as their downtown equivalents did, but are much less accessible to those of us who live in the city’s core.

Many of the City’s current policies appear to focus on tourism downtown. The Downtown Action Plan, adopted by the City in 2004, aims to “identify opportunities for tourism, recreation, and entertainment” and “improve traffic movement” in the downtown area.

An excessive focus on these policies is harmful to the long-term health of the city in several ways.

The tourist season is only one part of the economic cycle of the city. During the rest of the year,

the health of the downtown core depends on locals and university students. These groups are going to be customers of cafes and restaurants more often if they’re already in this part of town buying books, going to movies or shopping.

Kingston isn’t a city well-designed for people to commute downtown.

The public transit system is remarkably inefficient and there’s already a chronic lack of parking in the core areas of the city.

When these stores close, they generally aren’t replaced. Instead, they relocate to malls and box stores in the west end of the city.

This lack of effective motorized transport means that it will be hard to have a vibrant commercial area without having high-density residential areas near a pedestrian-friendly commercial area. In Kingston, downtown is the only area that comes anywhere near fitting this description.

Given the fact there’s a captive customer base downtown, why are companies moving to the west and north ends of the city?

A large part of the problem appears to be the taxation that downtown businesses endure. The central region of the city pays a municipal property tax rate which is proportionally five to seven per cent higher than the rates for the other regions in the city. In addition, downtown businesses pay the business improvement area levy.

When this is considered, the proportional difference in rates rises to 12-17 per cent higher. The tax system also favours more remote stores due to the fact that the

value of property on the outskirts of town is lower, meaning you can get more square footage and still pay similar taxes.

There have also been tales of assessed property values undergoing sudden changes.

In particular, S&R was reported to have had a 100 per cent increase in its property taxes shortly before going out of business. The result of all of this is that it’s harder to maintain profit margins downtown.

Additionally, the old buildings and infrastructure downtown can make the prospect of a new building in other neighbourhoods more appealing.

There have been some developments supporting a strong downtown. Notably, the large number of new apartment buildings approved and under construction around the downtown core, which will serve to increase the number of people that live within easy walking distance of area retailers.

The City is currently replacing and upgrading a large amount of subsurface infrastructure and resurfacing roads and improving sidewalks downtown.

Kingston isn’t a city well-designed for people to commute downtown.

The public transport system is remarkably inefficient and there’s already a chronic lack of parking in the core areas of the city.

It also has a strategic plan that provides a framework for how to address problems such as the parking shortage. This should alleviate some of the factors driving businesses elsewhere, however it’s unlikely that the trend of businesses closing or

moving will be reversed without significantly changing the financial incentives.

The Kingston Cultural Plan, approved in 2010, made the recommendation that, “the City should seek to limit excessive commercial land use development outside the downtown so as not to undermine the retail viability of the downtown.” This is a reasonably strong statement and could form the basis of a set of sound policies; however, as a long-term resident of Kingston, I have yet to see any evidence of our City Council acting on this.

It’s unlikely that the trend of businesses closing or moving will be reversed without significantly changing the financial incentives.

The continued migration of businesses shows that the City has failed to implement policies of sufficient strength aimed at refocusing day-to-day commercial activities in this part of town.

This will limit the impact of the construction of new apartments and housing.

Without an environment that lets businesses operate profitably, downtown inhabitants will still be faced with long commutes to reach commonly-accessed services.

If the City wishes to create a truly liveable downtown core, it needs to be willing to alter its taxation policy and restrict the development of remote commercial land.

The government’s willingness to allow the development of high-density housing and its renovation of downtown infrastructure are steps in the right direction, but are not sufficient.

“A hole-in-the-wall noodle shop.”

Alex Morris, Sci ’15

“A pet store where I can pet kittens.”

Kelly Donovan, ArtSci ’14

“A Sephora, to contribute to my procrastination.”

Rachel Albi, ConEd ’14

“A sporting goods store.”

Josh Papernick, ArtSci ’15

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“Bulk Barn.”

Blake Linthwaite, ArtSci ’14

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‘A lot of people just didn’t believe in me’ Continued from page 1

“And if I have [the fans], that’s all that matters.”

In 1997, he opened for The Backstreet Boys, the popular 90s boy band that features his brother Nick Carter. His performance invited a record contract, followed by his first single “Crush On You” and a debut album release in December of the same year.

The album achieved a swift gold status, and Carter shot into stardom faster than you can say “I Want Candy,” another one of his most popular tracks.

By the time he was 10 years old, Carter had already been to 27 different countries and sold 10 million records. This, the fame and the paparazzi, have been his life since day one.

“It hasn’t always been easy,” he said. “I have people that think they know who I am and they know what I do, and they don’t have any clue about what goes on in my personal life,” Carter said. “I figure that it’s pretty much none of my business what somebody’s opinion is about me.”

He’s a man of his experiences and attributes a lot of his success to what he’s gone through in his life.

“My comeback isn’t about my personal life … obviously my personal life has made all of this happen, if I didn’t get through it … I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “So I respect where I’ve been and what I’ve been through.”

Often, Carter said, people want to catch him in a bad place. He said he’s not here to capitalize on his personal experiences — at the end of the day, he’s a performer, and

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that’s what he’s always loved to be.

“Don’t come up to me expecting me to be a train wreck or something like that and [try] to pry into my personal life,” he said. “I’m here to be a performer and to entertain you, not to entertain you with the negative stuff of my life.”

Now, on his first tour in about eight years, his sound has changed, but he’s still in it for the same reason, he said.

“Obviously my sound is more mature and I’m an adult now, so I sound a little different,” Carter said. “I’m just going to be as real as possible to the core of who I am, and target my music to my fans.”

Unlike many celebrities who are transparent about the overwhelming fan presence, Carter said this is the best part of his job — it’s what he yearns for.

“It’s what I’ve always known in my life … I’m always craving it, I’m always looking for it,” he said.

“I love my fans and their affection and when they show up at the shows, or are waiting at the airport for me, I’m always appreciative of it.”

And that’s exactly what this tour is for, he said — to reconnect with his fans and show them that he’s become a true musician in all aspects.

“I can’t wait to come up to Canada and all other parts of the world and just show these people, ‘look at what I’ve become.’ I’ve become a real artist,” he said.

Aaron Carter will be playing a sold-out show at the Mansion on Sept. 23.

After eight years off from touring, Aaron Carter is back to reconnect with his fans.

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A study in static time Viewers don’t have to be experienced art viewers to appreciate this collection B y J anine A buluyan Contributor There aren’t many people who would be interested in an art exhibit that demands knowing every nuance of the art world.

Masters of Time: European Paintings from the Permanent Collection, an exhibit at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC), is not one of those exhibits.

The collection attempts to explore the elasticity of time and transports viewers back in years.

Masters of Time allows viewers to experience the elasticity of time.

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Masters of Time is one that can be appreciated by a wider audience because it contains paintings that play with time. Time affects and limits us all, so can it captivate us.

The exhibit features an oil on panel painting by Isaac de Jouderville, Bust of a Young Man in a Beret and Silk Scarf, completed around 1630.

From 1929 to 1931, Jouderville studied under Rembrandt in Leiden and the influence of the master can be seen in the work of the apprentice. In a brief introduction, the AEAC writes: “The painting’s strong light contrast, bold twisting contour lines, loose brush strokes and fabric effects relate it closely to Rembrandt’s Head of an Old Man in a Cap.” The young man depicted wears an elegant silk scarf and a generous beret, but the real attraction lies in his brash pose and expression.

Subtle yet distinctive, with his right shoulder leaned forward and head held slightly tilted up and to the right, the man’s eyes fall on something in front and a touch lower than him. The lips, with a Cupid’s bow beneath the sparse moustache, are pursed in an indiscernible expression.

There’s speculation of it being

a self-portrait of the artist as a young man.

Rembrandt’s Head of an Old Man in a Cap is displayed next to Jouderville’s piece, their muted palettes and their contrast “[emphasizing] the message of the passing of human life.”

The paintings work to present time captured in a single static image.

When one usually understands time as constantly moving, these pieces defy that. To accomplish this, the artist used the concept of synecdoche or “the part standing in for the whole.”

Simply put, Jouderville captured a single moment in order to evoke a whole story.

They are also examples of vanitas imagery, which is meant as a reminder of the fleetingness of human life.

By capturing an abstract, evermoving concept such as time in a static image, viewers are able to experience the elasticity of it, all within the safety of four solid walls of the AEAC. Masters of Time will be on display at the AEAC until Nov. 24.

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Jeannette Walls is the author of this year’s Queen’s Reads novel, The Glass Castle.

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Student Life

Creating a common ground Back for its second year, Queen’s Reads eases the first-year transition B y K ate S hao Assistant Arts Editor Students will finally have the chance to hear from the author whose story they have read, analyzed and related to.

To help ease students into life at Queen’s, the Queen’s Reads program was created by the Student Experience Office.

Now in its second year, the program reached out to over 30 per cent of the first-year class through its summer opt-in registration.

This summer, incoming students read The Glass Castle, a memoir by author and journalist Jeannette Walls.

Walls, who has published

four novels, will be speaking in Grant Hall this Saturday, an event run in partnership with Kingston WritersFest.

Created by a group of avid readers and writers, the festival has gained national recognition.

It fosters a venue for like-minded people to come together and celebrate their interest in literature.

The advisory board for Queen’s Reads requires the chosen novel to relate to the first-year transition experience, with themes like independence, uncertainty, resilience and gaining success.

According to Arig Girgrah, assistant dean of student affairs.

The Glass Castle exemplifies this.

Girgrah, who has overseen

the project since it began, said the partnership encourages students to get involved in the local community.

Community-engaged learning, she said, is a critical goal for students, and academia in general.

Incoming students were sent information about the program last summer. Those who chose to opt-in were sent a free copy of the novel in July.

Over the summer, incoming students were encouraged to participate in online discussion while reading the book.

During Orientation Week, 400 students participated in small group discussions, run by around 100 upper-year students and faculty.

“We are interested in creating

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opportunities for students to interact with faculty, particularly outside of the classroom,” said Girgrah, “It’s a process of familiarization to the new intellectual and academic community.”

Kaylee Clark, ConEd ’14 and Queen’s Reads program assistant, said she feels she missed out.

“Had I had this program [during] my first year at Queen’s, it would [have made] the academic transition seem less scary,” Clark said. “It would have made me much more comfortable in my transition.”

Jeannette Walls’ novel relates to the first-year transition experience.

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Rally caps Club seeks wins on the field and OUA approval off of it B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor In a sport slowly becoming an afterthought, Queen’s is looking to continue their newfound success.

The Gaels fastpitch team reached new heights in 2012, qualifying for the Ontario Intercollegiate Women’s Fastpitch Association (OIWFA) championship weekend for the first time in four years, finishing in fifth place for the tournament.

Fastpitch is the most competitive form of softball, featuring nine players instead of the 10 used in slowpitch. Additional tactics such as bunting and stealing are allowed in the game.

With 10 players returning from last year, the Gaels have had a strong start this season. They went 3-1 in their opening weekend, including a win on Saturday over Brock in extra innings.

“We’re hoping this year will be a new Queen’s team that other teams aren’t expecting,” said head coach Jillian Taylor. “Then, hopefully surprise some teams and win more games.”

Last year’s success served as a big step up for the team, established See No on page 15

Sports Playing against teams throughout Ontario, the men’s rugby reserve squads give all players a chance to improve their skills and work their way to the club’s upper teams.

MEN’S RUGBY

Finding strength in numbers Queen’s unique reserve system values individual contributions to the club as a whole B y E rin S tephenson Contributor Men’s rugby rolls 173 players deep.

It’s a roster made possible by a unique system of team selection: a system of no cuts.

While the Gaels’ first team competes in the OUA, Queen’s also features five to six reserve sides on an annual basis. It’s a unique, inclusive philosophy enforced under head coach Peter Huigenbos, who has led Queen’s for the past 10 seasons.

“I’m not going to look at a kid who comes out for two days [of training camp] and tell him that he can’t play rugby,” Huigenbos said.

“No kid has ever gotten better at any sport by not playing it.”

No other varsity team at Queen’s runs on the same structure, including women’s rugby.

By bringing every playing candidate into the club, Queen’s gives players the opportunity to improve their skills and play at a high level.

“We’ve built the system to

allow for anyone who is coming to Queen’s, who wants to play rugby, and wants to work hard, and is willing to tackle the guy across from him,” Huigenbos said. “We want him to play rugby at Queen’s.”

The reserve squads compete across Eastern Ontario and the GTA, taking on all sorts of university and club teams. With so many players to choose from, each team’s roster is never set in stone.

The composition of each squad is a fluid process, changing on a

ATHLETE PROFILE

From one field to another

Three years after picking up the game, Bronwyn Corrigan is now a rugby star B y J aehoon K im Contributor Many former soccer players convert to football, but few turn to rugby. Gaels fourth-year lock Bronwyn Corrigan is a rare exception to the rule.

Even more impressive is the fact that Corrigan, an OUA All-Star for Queen’s in 2012, only started playing rugby three years ago.

In that time, she’s gone from high school soccer all-star to promising rookie rower to the second-highest scorer of the 2012 OUA women’s rugby season.

While many outside observers think of rugby as a violent sport with hard hits and little else, Corrigan said she fell in love with the little intricacies of the game.

“Rugby is a very dynamic game with so many elements to it, and I like how it’s the ultimate team sport. You can’t really have individual stars on the team, unlike in soccer,” she said. “It’s definitely a thinking game and you need to be able to read the game to figure out

which strategies will work.”

A former youth soccer player, Corrigan originally made Queen’s novice rowing roster in her first year. She soon had second thoughts, though, and decided not to continue with the sport.

She joined the Kingston Panthers

rugby program that summer and became acquainted with Gaels assistant coach Vicki Wilson, who encouraged her to try out to play for Queen’s.

“At first, I thought I was never going to make the team,” Corrigan See Veteran on page 14

Inside RECREATION After a name change, Queen’s Pom is looking to defend their championship titles.

ON DECK Football, rugby and soccer try to build on their hot starts.

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Corrigan (right) finished second in OUA regular season scoring in 2012 — then topped the league in individual points during the playoffs.

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weekly basis. On Tuesday nights, Huigenbos and his assistant coaches review the past weekend’s games.

They look at who played well and who needs to train more.

“The common misconception is that we have a set number of teams, each with a coach and a certain number of players,” Huigenbos said. “Someone who played really well for the fourth team last weekend may be playing for the first team this weekend based on his performance. And it works the other way as well.”

Though this system may seem unconventional, it has led to great success, including two OUA championships in the last four years. The excellence of the club system is also evident through the numerous success stories that have come to fruition over the last several years.

When former Gael Dan Moor arrived at Queen’s in 2008, he was placed on the fifth team as full back.

By 2012, Moor was captain of the first squad, a leading OUA scorer and a two-time OUA champion.

“Dan Moor is a very good example of why we have this system and the depth of players that we do,” Huigenbos said. “If we didn’t do that, he would not have done any of the things that he accomplished at Queen’s because in his first year he would have been cut.”

Current Gaels first-teamer Brendan Sloan is another player who worked his way through the ranks. In 2010, he played on the seventh team — the Gaels’ lowest tier at the time.

Last weekend, he scored two tries for the first team in a 62-0 win over Waterloo.

“If there were set teams like there are at other universities, guys like me would have been cut years ago,” Sloan said. “This system reinforces hard work and rewards those who make progress.

“It also keeps the guys on the varsity team working hard, because they know there are a handful of guys that are trying to take their spot.”

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Veteran on the pitch

RECREATION

New name, same dancers

A calendar nets Queen’s Pom exposure B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor Queen’s Pom is expanding their presence beyond the Richardson Stadium sideline.

A fixture at Gaels home football games, the dance squad has travelled to support the team on the road in the past. While they’re doing so again this weekend, their relationship with the football team changed with the release of a collaborative calendar this month.

The idea for the calendar came from Queen’s Pom’s sponsorship executives Chloe Van Landschoot and Hannah Koury. Shot last spring, it features photos of the girls on the team alongside several Gaels football players.

“This was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life, but was it ever rewarding when I saw those boxes come in,” Van Landschoot said.

According to her, a big part of getting the calendar together was bringing the football team onboard, which gave the venture extra exposure.

“If we didn’t have those guys on the calendar, we wouldn’t be so successful,” she said. “Queen’s football is an entity here. Everyone knows who they are.”

Because of its position as a recreational club, Queen’s Pom receives no funding from Queen’s Athletics or the University. By selling ad space inside the calendar, the club was able to bring in $3,000 in addition to the funds they’ll receive from selling the calendar on campus and at the football team’s remaining home games.

Not all the money is going towards the team, though. Five per cent of the proceeds raised from the calendar will be donated to the Emma Purdie Memorial Fund.

The charity hits close to home for Queen’s Pom. Purdie, a Queen’s student, was a member of the team when she passed away last summer due to an accidental fall.

“It definitely meant a lot to us,” said team president Amy Loyst.

“We really wanted to have her be part of this calendar in some way, and that was the best way.”

The calendar isn’t the only way Queen’s Pom is spreading the word Photo By Colin Tomchick about who they are.

Queen’s Pom collaborated with Gaels football to The team — which changed produce a fundraising calendar earlier this year. its name from the “Dance Pack” over the summer — knows there’s the year.

The first event they’ll attend is a great deal of confusion between them and the cheerleading squad, the Big East Blast, which takes place especially when casual observers in Kingston on Feb. 1 and serves as a lead-up to University and Open see them at Richardson Stadium.

Members of Queen’s Pom said Championships, held a few weeks FOOTBALL the two teams are fairly dissimilar, later in Kitchener. Queen’s Pom is with the biggest difference being the undefeated in the last four years at Saturday, Sept.

21, actual routines performed. Rather the University Championships.

1 p.m.: Gaels (3-0) @ The team doesn’t see than performing flips and stunts, Ottawa Gee-Gees (2-2).

Queen’s Pom focuses primarily much competition from other universities. Toronto is the only on dance.

The club’s executive made other school competing in the Pom MEN’S RUGBY the decision to change the division at these events, with most name to better reflect these other entries being club or high Saturday, Sept.

21, performances — and to set school teams.

3 p.m.: Gaels (2-0) @ In the last couple of years, themselves apart.

RMC Paladins (1-1).

“Dance Pack doesn’t describe Queen’s Pom has changed a great what we do,” Loyst said. “There’s deal — and not just not in name.

WOMEN’S RUGBY “The skill level has gone up a also a lot of dance-named clubs at Queen’s, like dance club, dance lot,” Loyst said. “Our team has team. We changed it to better show come a really long way since I Friday, Sept. 20, 7:30 first joined, and it’s all because of who we are.” p.m.: Gaels (2-0) @ Trent In addition to their work at hard work from all the girls, and Excalibur (1-1). football games, Pom also competes especially the executive members in in cheer competitions during the past three years.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

WEEKEND WRAP-UP Cross-country: Queen’s Invitational

Men’s soccer: Gaels win and tie

Women’s soccer: Four points up north

Home-course advantage led the Gaels to victory in their first competition of the season.

Queen’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams captured overall titles at the Queen’s Invitational on Saturday, while Gaels runners prevailed at the individual level. This marks the second year in a row the squad has taken both team titles at the meet.

Second-year Gaels runner Julie-Anne Staehli triumphed in the women’s six-kilometre race, finishing in 21 minutes and 46 seconds — 14 seconds ahead of teammate Victoria Coates.

Staehli said the race’s location at Fort Henry helped give the team an extra edge.

“I think there’s definitely a hometown advantage,” she said.

“We have a lot of people out here from the team that aren’t even racing. It’s awesome to have the support.”

Queen’s tallied 15 overall points in the women’s team competition, well ahead of the second-place York Lions, who collected 50 points.

Queen’s first doubleheader of 2013 produced their best showing of the young OUA season.

The Gaels secured a win and a tie in their annual weekend trek to Sudbury and North Bay, drawing 1-1 with the Laurentian Voyageurs on Saturday and blanking the Nipissing Lakers 3-0 on Sunday.

It’s the first time Queen’s (2-1-1) has taken their northern road trip before October since 2008. While the sheer distance traveled and unfavourable weather conditions are traditionally challenging, the squad managed to remain unbeaten in three road contests.

“We played our best two games of the year, for sure,” said head coach Chris Gencarelli. “Playing Laurentian and Nipissing at home, they’re always two teams that are hard to take points from.

“Our objective was six points, but we’ll take four away from this road trip.”

Queen’s is still unbeaten this season but their latest road trip didn’t produce fully desired results.

On Saturday, the Gaels defeated the Laurentian Voyageurs 3-0 in Sudbury. This win not only gave the Voyageurs (2-2-1) their first defeat of the season, but kept the Gaels in steady contention at the top of the OUA East Division.

Rookie midfielder Rachel Radu scored the Gaels’ first goal against Laurentian in the 27th minute, followed by a tally from fellow first-year Tara Bartram in the 49th minute.

Striker Kayla Crnic clinched the victory with a goal in the 85th minute.

On Sunday, Queen’s and the Nipissing Lakers (1-2-2) reached a 1-1 tie in North Bay. “[It’s] disappointing, to say the least,” Queen’s head coach Dave McDowell said after the Nipissing game.

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Saturday, Sept.

21, 3:15 p.m.: Gaels (2-1-1) vs. Ryerson Rams (4-0-1).

Sunday, Sept. 22, 3:15 p.m.: Gaels vs. Toronto Varsity Blues (1-2-1).

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21, 1 p.m.: Gaels (4-0-2) vs.

Ryerson Rams (2-4-0).

Sunday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m.: Gaels vs. Toronto Varsity Blues (3-2-1).

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said with a laugh. “But I made the team, and it was great that everyone was so helpful in that first training camp at Queen’s.”

The Waterloo native is now one of Queen’s veteran leaders, with the Gaels currently ranked third in the CIS. A member of Ontario’s under-23 provincial squad, Corrigan is thriving in her new leadership role, teaching the younger Gaels the tricks of the trade as they were passed down to her just a few summers ago.

“Being one of the oldest players on the team, I like being able to transfer the knowledge that I’ve gained from my coaches over the past few years to the younger players,” said Corrigan.

Rugby is a very “dynamic game with so

many elements to it, and I like how it’s the ultimate team sport.

”

— Bronwyn Corrigan, women’s rugby player One person who remembers Corrigan as a wide-eyed beginner to the sport is Gaels head coach Beth Barz. According to Barz, it was evident that Corrigan was a special athlete from the very first time she put on a Queen’s rugby uniform.

“It was obvious that she had all the physical attributes, so moving on from there, we knew that we just had to teach her rugby skills for her to succeed,” Barz said. “It’s one thing to be able to teach it, but it’s another thing to have someone who really wants to learn.”

While last season was highly successful for Corrigan and her team, the Gaels are hoping to take the next step this year and capture the OUA championship, after suffering a heartbreaking defeat to Guelph in last year’s title game.

Barz said that Corrigan will play a big role in the club’s collective championship effort.

“Bronwyn is a pretty incredible leader. She leads through example and often succeeds through sheer determination,” Barz said.

“She’s highly intelligent, she plays the game really well and she’s clearly one of the key veterans on this team.”

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No OUA league status Continued from page 13

less than 10 years ago. At the time, university fastpitch had become a forgotten sport within Canada, bringing down the quality of the athletes in the country.

Before the OIWFA’s founding in 2002, there were limited options for top Canadian university fastpitch players. Either they went to the US or they stopped playing.

The introduction of the OIWFA helped bring attention back to fastpitch within the country, but a major obstacle still remains. The OIWFA isn’t affiliated with the OUA, despite all 12 of its teams being OUA members.

Taylor said the teams within the OIWFA are trying to get OUA status, working with their respective schools to try and create a league, which could provide better funding Gaels fastpitch finished PHOTO BY SAM KOEBRICH for the teams. While the team gets some fifth in the OIWFA in 2012. money from the University, the players are responsible for paying for a large amount of even in an Olympic context.

An Olympic sport from 1996 to 2008, the team’s expenses, according to Taylor.

“All the teams are trying to be within the the International Olympic Committee OUA so that they get more money from removed fastpitch from the London their University and more support,” she said. Games in a vote in 2005. Last week, the “It’s hard for the athletes. They’re paying sport failed to regain a spot in the 2020 for university, and then they’re paying for Summer Olympics.

Taylor said the decision was a devastating the sport.”

A spot in the OUA would give the teams blow for fastpitch in Canada and for the sport in the OIWFA increased visibility through the in general, adding that having fastpitch as an sponsorship connections that a position in Olympic sport played a role in motivating the OUA would grant, which also improves young players.

“I feel like with it not being in the the funding the team’s would receive.

The lack of recognition at the provincial Olympics, it will hurt the sport,” she said. level isn’t shocking, though. On the “It’s really unfortunate.”

Despite the struggles impacting their international stage, fastpitch has been viewed as being less important than most sports, sport, the fastpitch team at Queen’s still has a chance to succeed and build on their results last year.

“We’re pretty optimistic about this new year,” Taylor said. “We have a new outlook on how we’re going to approach this year in terms of practice and how we approach the games.”

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postscript Dance

Shimmying to the beat of beauty Belly dance has a reputation of being over-sexualized, but can be a social and inclusive form of art B y K atie G randin Postscript Editor I was surprised to feel so confident while being so uncoordinated.

A Middle Eastern folk tradition, belly dance has gotten a bad rap for being a sexualized form of dance — a misconception that Karen Phillips, a belly dance instructor at Nobody’s Watching Dance Studio, encounters often.

“It’s alluring and it’s sensual, but so is a lot of dance,” she said.

With a background in dance, I didn’t expect to feel so estranged taking my first belly dancing class. Phillips explained that the movements take adjusting to, as I often had to shift my posture or stance.

As I was instructed on how to properly shimmy my hips, Phillips encouraged the class to allow their thighs and butt to jiggle.

Though this is a feeling most women, myself included, might normally cringe at, I was made to feel comfortable with my body.

“It’s a much more inclusive dance for everybody and a much healthier-minded focus. You work with the body you’ve got, and the more you work with it, the better it gets,” Phillips said.

Phillips said the positive attitude of the dance form allows people to blossom and feel good about themselves.

“That’s what I love about this dance, because in this day and age with all the problems we have with anorexia and bulimia and bullying and that kind of stuff, it’s beautiful to see,” she said.

Phillips said that she has seen self-conscious teenagers and women who felt rejected from other dance forms transform in her classroom.

“This is what this world really needs — to feel beautiful no matter what you’re doing and no matter what you’re looking like, maybe while you attempt to get your life in a better, healthier state,” she said.

While Phillips said she doesn’t encourage public performance unless a dancer’s comfortable, anybody can try, including very pregnant women.

“Women dancing in their third trimester [are] beautiful to watch. Normally women think of themselves as so ugly and ungainly and big and fat when they’re pregnant, and yes you feel that way ... [but] to pick up a veil and [dance], it doesn’t matter what the outside shape is like, it’s beautiful and it feels good,” she said.

When she began regularly belly dancing in 1995, Phillips discovered she was pregnant, but continued dancing until she was

eight months along.

She said that many of the moves in belly dance come from traditional folk roots, which were originally used to assist women through labour.

“Some of these moves were taught in dancing growing up so when you hit the point of being a woman and in labour, you knew how to do it without thinking about it,” Phillips said.

In Egyptian, she said, the term for belly dance literally translates to “dancing the baby into the light.”

Phillips explained that many of the folk origins of belly dance, a dance form intended to be family-oriented and performed in the home, have been skewed by Western and Hollywood portrayals.

While learning basic chest movements, I’m told to pretend I have two markers on my bra and to attempt to draw a rainbow.

With references to Katy Perry and Madonna being thrown around the class, it’s not hard to believe how belly dance has been sexually misconstrued.

This misconception is said to originate from when Europeans travelled to the Middle East in the 19th century. Because they were foreigners, the only women they were exposed to were prostitutes who displayed themselves using dance.

“You’ve got Hollywood presenting it so that any time you see the women dancing they’re always trying to impress some guy, and that would not be the family way of how it was happening,” she said.

In the 1930s and 40s, Hollywood displayed belly dancers in cabaret costumes to portray their sex appeal.

“If you look up any old films that show belly dancing ... you will notice that the jewel in the navel is a Hollywood invention, because to film the exposed belly button was too suggestive of the vagina,” Phillips said.

Traditionally, however, people would wear full robes with their money attached or as jewelry.

“That’s where some of the costuming idea comes from with the money, you showed off your wealth, especially for a woman because the jewelry she wore was also usually part of her dowry,” Phillips said.

And if a woman had extra weight, it was a sign of wealth and the ability to eat well.

While moving my hips in a figure eight, Phillips likens the motion to a Hot Wheels’ track. Many of the moves in belly dance do not have names, as Phillips said that subtle variations exist

Photos by Sam Koebrich

Karen Phillips of Nobody’s Watching Dance has been belly dancing since she was 14 years old.

between cultures and regions.

“It’s just the cultural thing you grow up doing, so it’s not formalized,” she said.

The idea of belly dance is to visually represent music by using the body.

However, Phillips said that sometimes variations in the musical performance or the dancer’s mood can influence

the representation.

Phillips recalled that the day after 9/11, she used dance to help work through her sorrow, and helped her students do the same.

“It’s been a long time coming to get it to this idea that this is an art form, this is beautiful, or this is more accessible to more people because

it’s still much closer to its folkloric roots, than say ballet is,” she said.

Phillips said that belly dance has become such a big part of her life, embracing the folk, family life roots, that she’ll often even catch herself shimmying in the grocery store.