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FEDERAL ELECTIONS

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Former Mayor of Kingston, Mark Gerretsen, captures a seat in Parliament Hill as Kingston’s newest Liberal MP V ictoria G ibson , T arini P ahwa , J acob R osen , S ean S utherland , M ikayla W ronko Journal Staff

Originally published Oct. 19 After 78 days of campaigning, Liberal candidate Mark Gerretsen has been declared the Member of Parliament to represent Kingston and the Islands in Ottawa.

Gerretsen, Kingston’s mayor from 2010 to 2014, was born and raised in Kingston. He’s served in municipal politics since 2006 and graduated from Queen’s with a B.A. in economics. His father, John Gerretsen, served as the Liberal MPP in the Ontario parliament from 1995 to 2014.

The Liberal Party has held the riding since 1988. Prior to Ted Hsu, who held the riding since 2011, the

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riding was represented by Liberal MP Peter Milliken from 1988 to 2011 and Progressive Conservative Flora MacDonald from 1972 to 1988.

After all 257 polls had been tallied, Gerretsen claimed 55.4 per cent of votes in the Kingston and the Islands riding. Voter turnout for the riding was 73 per cent, an increase since the 2011 election’s 63 per cent.

The Liberals won 184 seats across Canada — a majority — and 39.5 per cent of the popular vote nationwide.

Although not all polls had been counted, Gerretsen was declared Kingston’s new MP just after 10:30 p.m. with over 5,000 of the 10,000 votes tallied. Gerretsen won by a larger margin than Ted Hsu, the previous Liberal MP for Kingston and Islands, who gained 39

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As Queen’s gears up for Homecoming, so are the Kingston Police (KP), who hope that tickets issued and arrests made during the weekend continue to decline this year.

Since 2008, the police have seen a “qualitative and quantitative” reduction in calls for service along with the number of tickets and arrests, KP media spokesman Steve Koopman said.

“Almost across the board, those have reduced over the last few years and it would be fantastic it that would continue the trend,” he said.

Koopman said the police strategy for maintaining order during Homecoming weekend will remain the same as past years.

Additional officers will be deployed or will be on stand by for Friday and Saturday evening.

“Students or visitors should expect that if they are committing any offences or infractions or crime that we will enforce See Public on page 3

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NEWS

EDITORIALS

OPINIONS

SPORTS

SPORTS

Woolf appears at AMS Assembly to speak on non-academic discipline

The Journal Roundtable weighs in on the election results

What we can expect from the Liberal government

Ultimate looking to build off national championship win

Previewing Saturday’s Homecoming football game vs. Laurier

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PHE/KIN

Townhall meeting raises questions over future of PHE program Q&A session evokes apprehension from students as faculty answered questions on proposal to suspend admissions T arini P ahwa Assistant News Editor

that is under review and said they were disappointed that alumni weren’t informed about the proposal.

Several faculty members sat on a The School of Kinesiology and Health Studies held a townhall meeting on panel at the event to answer questions.

Thursday evening in the hopes of answering Stevenson Fergus, associate director questions about their proposal to suspend and graduate coordinator, Anna van der admissions into the Bachelor of Physical and Meulen, undergraduate coordinator, Susan Mumm, the dean of Arts and Science, Hugh Health Education (BPHE) program.

Last month, The Journal reported that Horton, associate dean of Arts and Science the School will be requesting a suspension and Jean Côté, director of the School of of admissions into the Physical and Health Kinesiology and Health Studies (SKHS), each Education (BPHE) program starting in answered questions from students.

The panel of faculty and administrators September 2017.

During the townhall meeting, students told students that the proposal would raised various concerns about the change, first undergo significant consultation and including the types of courses they will have input from the students before any action to take and the underlying reason behind the was taken.

According to Dr. Jean Côté, director of proposed change.

“Our greatest concern moving forward is the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies that the administration does not understand (SKHS), the request came about as a result of that the demographic of students interested change in the discipline as a whole.

The changes in the discipline included a in PHE, versus [those] interested in KIN is not the same,” said Lindsay Toth, president decrease in the number of faculty available of the Physical and Health Education and to recruit to the program, he said.

Several students asked questions Kinesiology Student Association (PHEKSA).

“PHE students do not wish to be KIN regarding changes to the program and stated students, and KIN students do not want to that they’re worried about how faculty and administration will handle the changes be PHE students.”

Toth told The Journal that eliminating one going forward.

Katie Toogood, PHE ’16, was present at or combining both programs could affect the the event. Like other students at the event, “integrity” of the program.

“We want the administration to provide she said she’s concerned about how the tangible evidence of how they will include changes will affect students in the future.

“We are fighting for the interest of students student input moving forward,” Toth said.

Students also voiced concerns about of the future who cannot currently fight for the validity of graduating with a degree themselves,” Toogood said.

AMS ASSEMBLY

Principal Woolf opens the floor for NAD discussion AMS Assembly on Oct. 22 was notably marked by the appearance of Principal Daniel Woolf to discuss the planned modifications to the Non-Academic Discipline (NAD) system at Queen’s.

The meeting began with the routine approval of the agenda and past meeting’s minutes, and a reminder from Speaker Sam Anderson to “please continue to practice self-care and hang in there” as we reach the midway mark of the fall semester.

AMS President Kanivanan Chinniah then introduced the discussion regarding the NAD system, and gave the floor to Principal Woolf and Provost Alan Harrison.

Thus began the bulk of the meeting, which was marked by questions from Assembly members, and repetitive responses from Woolf and Harrison.

While the conversation began in a lighthearted manner — with Chinniah making topical remarks about being “ready for real change” — student representatives quickly acquired a tone of concern about

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE

OPIRG launches campaign to combat campus sexual violence New report to build on the work of the Sexual Assault Working Group T arini P ahwa Assistant News Editor

prevention office.

The report also recommended that the University create and implement a With the release of a new report on sexual comprehensive and “ongoing anti-sexual assault at Queen’s on Tuesday, the Ontario assault violence educational program” Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) and the development of a “robust peer has launched a new campaign focusing on education program”.

Evelyna Kay, a student who attended preventing sexual violence.

The campaign, titled “We Believe In A the event, said she thinks there isn’t Campus Free of Sexual Violence”, kicked enough support on campus for survivors of off on Tuesday afternoon with presentations sexual assault.

“A lot of it is centered around volunteers, and open discussions on sexual violence at usually student volunteers. There should be a Ontario universities.

Roughly 30 people attended the event, lot more support, because we are a faculty of which was held in the JDUC. Two Queen’s 22,000 people,” Kay, ArtSci ’17, said.

Following the presentation by Runyon students — Roxanne Runyon, MA ’16, and Bailey Gerrits, a PhD student — introduced and Gerrits, Julie Lalonde — a social justice the report they’d written on sexual violence activist and Women’s Studies graduate of and discussed its recommendations Carleton University — spoke about her experience advocating for policy reform for Queen’s.

The report comes months after Queen’s regarding sexual violence at Carleton.

She played a vital role in advocating for a Sexual Assault Support and Prevention Working Group (SAPRWG) released a set student-run, university-funded sexual assault of 34 recommendations to the University to centre at the university. Carleton’s centre opened in Sept. 2013 after around six years improve resources on campus.

OPIRG’s report states “this report aims of advocacy work by Lalonde.

Lalonde also developed the changes to the NAD system. to build on [SAPRWG’s] recommendations ASUS President Brandon Jamieson asked and calls for students and anti-violence draw-the-line.ca bystander intervention why the University was basing their building organizations to work in solidarity with the campaign, which seeks to engage people in blocks for the policy on other schools rather working group to better address rape culture dialogue about sexual violence.

At the event, Lalonde spoke about on Queen’s campus.” than on the current system at Queen’s.

OPIRG originally commissioned the the hardships she faced while pushing Jamieson called “the peer-to-peer system” a strong feature of the current NAD report released on Tuesday last winter. It administration at Carleton to open the procedures, and expressed concern about was the culmination of research carried out sexual assault centre.

During negotiations, she said, she was

by Runyon and Gerrits on sexual violence, losing this aspect of the system.

Ana Lopez, president of the Commerce including a review of literature on the topic once pulled aside by a member of the Society, then questioned Woolf and Harrison and interviews with anti-violence workers at administration and told that they supported her efforts, but couldn’t speak up due to university campuses on best practices. about the classification of offenses.

Runyon and Gerrits introduced their fears of facing pushback from the rest of She said alcohol consumption is a cultural and social issue for Queen’s students report with a mention of the “It’s Never the administration.

Arig al Shaibah, the assistant dean of that can’t be adequately dealt with by an Okay” report — a report released earlier this administrative body. Any concerns dealing year by the Ontario government addressing student affairs and chair of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Working Group with alcohol consumption should be sexual violence in Ontario.

“You see this as an incredibly opportune (SAPRWG), was also present at the event. She handled at a student level, she said.

“When it comes from a student, it can be time for Queen’s to step up and become said the actions of Carleton’s administration a leader for universities across Ontario to can be viewed as a form of bullying. seen from a better light,” she said.

“That’s a problem of the institution Jamieson agreed, saying victimless use this document and to comment, and offenses should perhaps be considered a as a foundation [on which] to build,” that creates that environment where people actually fear coming forward,” al Runyon said. separate category.

The report makes several Shaibah said.

Woolf rejected Lopez and Jamieson’s During the event, organizers distributed concerns, saying “substance abuse does put recommendations, including creating a campus sexual assault centre and copies of the OPIRG report along with students at risk, quite honestly.” petitions and posters.

See Commissioner on page 3 establishing a sexual assault response and

AMS Assembly Recap — Oct. 22 V ictoria G ibson Assistant News Editor

From left to right: Julie Lalonde, Bailey Gerrits and Roxanne Runyon all spoke at OPIRG’s event on Oct. 20.

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per cent of the vote in the 2011 federal election.

The buzz at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour was electric as the Liberal Party garnered a win in Kingston and a majority of seats across Canada.

A nationwide Liberal majority was confirmed by national media outlets around 10:20 p.m.

Chants of “Gerretsen” preceded the local candidate’s entrance as his supporters waited for his

victory speech.

— including NDP leader Daniel Gerretsen was met with Beals, who appeared at the postthunderous applause and whistles election celebration to congratulate upon his arrival around 11:30 Gerretsen — for “having a p.m. In his speech, he said it was clean campaign”. exciting “to be part of this, a “We now have the mandate majority government!” from the Canadian people to bring He then thanked his supporters, [change] to Ottawa, and finally starting with his campaign manager bring an end to the decade we Elia Anagnostopoulos. Gerretsen have seen under Steven Harper,” then highlighted the support of Gerretsen said. his wife, Vanessa, calling himself After his win, Gerretsen briefly “the luckiest guy in the world” for discussed student issues with her support.

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He thanked his opponents He said the Liberal Party has

committed to ensuring a minimum annual salary prior to loan repayment, and their initiatives to assist young people find “meaningful employment.”

He added that Queen’s students had played a small but valuable role in helping his campaign.

“You know what’s probably the most memorable thing? Last weekend, I had about three or four Queen’s students not go home on Thanksgiving weekend, in order to stay here and help with

the campaign,” he said.

“That really touched me.”

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Principal Woolf gave similar responses to many of the questions during the meeting, citing the risk to “student health, wellness and safety” as justification for the majority of administrative actions that students leaders questioned.

“If someone gets drunk in their dorm room, and throws up on the carpet, that’s not entirely victimless,” Principal Woolf said. “If someone gets drunk as part of a hazing activity, that’s not exactly what I would call a victimless incident.”

Jamieson refuted Woolf ’s response, and called the Principal’s perpetual explanation about “risk to students” a “legislative fishing net”. Instead, Jamison said, a certain amount of specificity is required when discussing offenses.

Jamieson then said hazing is a criminal offense, unlike throwing up, and rejected Woolf’s lack of distinction between the two examples.

This lack of differentiation was brought up again by PHEKSA President Lindsay Toth, who said she was “quite confident that NAD currently can make the distinction between a party and a

hazing event.”

“Since the administration are so removed from what it means to be a Queen’s student, that confidence can be lost,” she said. Woolf disagreed with her statement.

Mike Blair, chairman of the AMS Board of Directors, spoke from the perspective of a medical

first responder with Queen’s First Aid, where he said he dealt with alcohol-related incidents.

“I would encourage you to maintain in either policy or practice, [that] when a student calls Campus Security to activate Queen’s First Aid, they do not penalize the students.”

He said it’s crucial that students are still encouraged to call for help in this situations.

Woolf didn’t comment extensively on Blair’s concerns, but said encouraging students not to make these calls would “be completely contrary to the purpose of the whole exercise”.

Members of AMS Assembly made multiple suggestions to Woolf and Harrison, including an advisement from Toth to open a student forum to “tangibly incorporate student feedback.”

To this, Woolf said a channel for feedback was already available.

“I come back to the existence of the Principal’s website,” he said.

Further concerns were raised regarding the role students will play in the shifting system and the implementation of restorative justice measures.

The remainder of the meeting briefly overviewed each executive member’s report, and moved along to each of the motions, which mainly pertained to the addition of questions for the fall referendum.

All motions passed with little to no commentary.

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HOMECOMING SCHEDULE Friday, Oct. 23

Saturday, Oct. 24

Engineers Without Borders Pumpkin Smash Agnes Benidickson Field 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Alumni Meet & Greet Outside Grant Hall 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Student/Alumni Quidditch City Park 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

ComSoc Reunion BBQ Goodes Commons Lawn 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Queen’s Bands Parade Begins Outside Grant Hall 11:40 a.m.

Queen’s Solar Education Centre Open House West Campus Parking Lot 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Football Game Richardson Stadium 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

ReUnion Street Festival Featuring Arkells Union St. — Outside PEC 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25 Homecoming Cleanup ARC 8:00 a.m.

Public safety main priority for KP over Homecoming weekends — which took place over Oct. 4 to 5 and Oct. 18 to 19 — were the first to take place those,” he said.

“At the same time, it’s not our since 2008. The University imposed priority. [Our priority] is the safety a two-year ban on Homecoming of the public and everyone that that year following a Homecoming would be involved in and around which saw 138 arrests and the the homecoming area and the flipping of a car on Aberdeen St. by party-goers. university district this weekend.”

The university extended the ban 163 Homecoming-related tickets were issued last year again in 2010.

— most of which in relation to The KP will also be installing the Liquor Licence Act — during surveillance cameras around the Homecoming weekend. In 2013, University District. The cameras, which had two Homecoming introduced in 2006 by a vote by weekends, 153 tickets were issued Kingston City Council, will only across both weekends. be installed for the duration of the The KP made 24 arrests during weekend, according to Koopman. last year’s Homecoming weekend “The main priority for us is — most of which were also in obviously public safety and to relation to the Liquor Licence Act, ensure that everyone enjoys specifically public intoxication themselves safely and responsibly, — while they made 20 arrests and that we keep our streets and in 2013. sidewalks clear not only for regular The 2013 Homecoming traffic but also for other emergency Continued from page 1

services,” he said.

Koopman added that the police is “only one piece of the puzzle” in making Homecoming go smoothly.

KP’s been in contact with all other key stakeholders — including Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s administration, the AMS municipal affairs commissioner and Queen’s Campus observation room (COR) — to ensure that everyone who plans to celebrate does so responsibly, he said.

The University District experienced large street parties during Frosh Week in September.

During that week, the police reported that party-goers had thrown bottles at police cruisers and had surrounded and shaken a car with the driver inside.

Koopman said he hopes that those incidents were only “a blip on the radar” and they won’t affect how they approach this weekend.

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EDITORIALS Journal Roundtable: Federal Election GERRETSEN MAY SURPRISE

FOCUS ON VOTER TURNOUT

his past mistakes and moving forward in a positive light with Queen’s students.

In an interview with The Journal on the night of his election, he said a focus of his upcoming Ramna Safeer initiatives with students would be that of “meaningful employment.”

After the thick wave of red that It’s also quite possible that swept over Canada on the night Gerretsen’s past rocky relationship of the 19th — a turn I don’t think with Queen’s students as mayor even the Liberals predicted — we may even be beneficial to his might be surprised by Kingston approach as MP. MP-elect Liberal Mark Gerretsen’s While in the fresh approach to student issues. past he erred in Gerretsen’s term as Kingston’s communicating mayor from 2010 to 2014 proved openly with discomforting after his poor students, his relationship with the city’s heavy position as a representative student population.

For instance, during his of Kingston’s term, there was a clear lack of population — of tangible moves towards endorsing which Queen’s programs to battle drinking forms a major culture, and instead a general tone part — in Ottawa, will necessitate that he of reprimand.

But with Trudeau fever communicate with us currently gripping the once again. nation — and the significant spike Perhaps this new in youth voter turnout — I have onus, paired with his a feeling Gerretsen, and other previous mistakes in the Liberal MPs who oversee youth- same area, will push him to heavy constituencies, will be more act as a better mouthpiece to Kingston students’ needs. cognizant of student issues.

Although campaigning politicians, especially in a campaign Ramna is The Journal’s Arts Editor. as long as this one, often make She’s a second-year English major. empty promises, it seems Gerretsen is already on the road to admitting

A part of this change can be attributed to youth participation.

Campus polling stations saw 42,000 student votes cast in advanced polling.

This enthusiasm was certainly Victoria Gibson not lacking in Kingston.

The political involvement While the outcome of the 42nd of Queen’s students was a federal election is worth discussion, welcome change. the behavior of voters in this Despite the drizzly local election should be applauded weather, students walked, above that of any candidate. bussed and biked to the polls The voter turnout was in swarms. the highest The subsequent shift in government was dramatic.

Though the Liberal candidates in the Kingston and the Islands riding have historically been successful, at the national level Canada crossed the spectrum entirely and moved from a majority Conservative government to a Liberal majority.

The 2015 election turnout re-affirmed that the physical act of voting can garner a prominent change in leadership.

The promise that student votes hold genuine weight to alter GRAPHIC BY ASHLEY QUAN the way our country is governed Canada has seen since is a necessary and positive reinforcement for democratically the 1993 election.

According to Elections Canada, responsible action — regardless of preliminary results indicate that where your views align politically.

68.5 per cent of eligible Canadians voted in advanced polling, a 71 Victoria is one of The Journal’s per cent increase from the election Assistant News Editors. She’s a third-year English and Drama medial. in 2011.

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Mikayla Wronko If you’re a student who’s worried about Mark Gerretsen as an MP, I wouldn’t fret.

Gerretsen’s election will have minimal meaning for students, as his relationship with Kingston’s student population is on a federal level, no longer a municipal one.

I doubt Gerretsen will bring

the happenings of Aberdeen and William this Homecoming to the attention of the House of Commons. To Gerretsen, we’ll be out of sight, out of mind and Queen’s students will be those pesky rascals he once had to deal with.

I understand that being elected MP is a big deal, but Gerretsen campaigning and winning as a Liberal in Kingston isn’t exactly a monumental feat. The Liberals have held the Kingston and the Islands riding for 27 years and the second round of Trudeaumania

that happened on the national level certainly didn’t hurt the campaign.

The Liberals could have put forth a cardboard cut-out of Gerretsen and still potentially won the Kingston and the Islands riding. Saying that campaigning in Kingston as a Liberal is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel is an understatement.

Though Gerretsen took the election, Nathan Townend, the Green Party candidate, was held back by his membership this election.

While I don’t necessarily

relate ideologically to his politics, having interviewed him and seen him perform at the AMS debate, I think Townend was the most intelligent, capable candidate in this election for Kingston and the Islands.

If Townend were to cross the floor and campaign under a party that holds more than one seat, he could be fantastically competitive in a future election.

Mikayla is one of The Journal’s Assistant News Editors. She’s a second-year Economics major.

STUDENT ISSUES

A sorry apology from The Daily A student newspaper’s mandate of Israeli Arabs to black South is to be representative of its Africans under Apartheid. readership and to be inclusive to As a student journalist, this students of all backgrounds. editor can’t have been unaware The McGill Daily hasn’t lived of the politically-charged nature of up to this directive. their remarks on Twitter.

The paper recently issued a The division between work and letter of apology for its failure home life doesn’t extend to Twitter to respond to a tweet expressing or social media platforms. This an anti-Semitic sentiment made is especially true for professionals by an editor on their personal who are a part of ostensibly-neutral Twitter account. media sources and involved in The apology was prompted by social dialogue. a letter to the editor referring to Moreover, Twitter isn’t the tweet. The letter also referred a special place where to the same editor’s recent feature, anti-Semitism, or any other which compared the experience prejudice is excusable.

While this editor has leave to express their own opinions publicly, they shouldn’t expect to be exempted from the repercussions of doing so.

Nor can the newspaper excuse itself from complicity as the editor is a member of their staff and therefore associated with their publication.

With new methods of technological communication and rampant social media, it’s not surprising that without proper guidance or clear boundaries this might happen.

The Daily is now in a tangle

of their own making wherein they’ve ostracized a group they’re supposed to be representing and tarnished their ability to be considered unbiased in the future.

If they’ve gotten wrapped up in prejudicial identity politics then they need to work to correct this.

But inclusivity might take more than holding anti-oppression workshops.

It may actually require The McGill Daily editors offer more to its student readers in the future than an apology.

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JOURNALISM

Coyne right to resign after restrictions It’s not part of the terms of employment at the National Post to be a Conservative.

Andrew Coyne resigned his position as editor of Editorials and Comments section of the National Post on Monday after Postmedia Network executives prevented the publication of his column dissenting from the paper’s endorsement of the Conservative party.

The National Post is only one of the many papers owned

by Postmedia that unanimously endorsed the Conservatives.

Meanwhile, several Postmedia chain papers replaced their front pages with large advertisements stating, “Voting Liberal will cost you.”

According to Coyne’s Twitter announcement, Postmedia reasoned that Coyne’s differing column “would have confused readers and embarrassed the paper.”

While Coyne’s resignation won’t hurt him financially — given that

he remains a columnist at the paper with a hefty salary — the weight of his recognizable name draws attention to something wrong at Postmedia.

Editorial autonomy is integral to a journalist’s ability to do their job. Blurring the lines between business and editorials is a sure way to compromise the ethics of a newspaper and lose readers’ trust.

Political endorsements provide readers with the benefit of journalists’ expertise and professionalism in forming opinions. This accountability to readers is why journalists are the ones responsible for endorsement, and not executive boards.

Moreover, journalists are personally accountable to the public for those opinions, as opposed to Postmedia’s boardroom executives who seem content to publish primary sources for understanding one-sided opinions that their actual and making political decisions. journalists seem to have had little Therefore we hold them to a high say in determining. standard of truthfulness.

If maintaining journalistic Newspaper outlets are people’s

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integrity requires a dissenting opinion, as Coyne thought it did, then silencing dissent is a violation of that integrity.

Postmedia mistook their role

as publisher. A newspaper is a platform for expressing opinions, not a political billboard.

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OPINIONS

Your Perspective

FEDERAL ELECTION

It’s been eight years coming After the highest voter turnout since 1993, Canada declares it’s ready for “Real Change” that will profoundly affect Canada’s youth PHOTO BY KENDRA PIERROZ

Despite Gerretsen’s history with Queen’s students, he’ll be a good advocate for our interests as an MP.

Zohaib Ahmed, ArtSci ’18

will be the reduction of the middle originate from the Liberals’ fiscal controversial. What everyone’s class tax rate. Individuals earning policy. The Liberal Party plans been waiting for. The topic of the $44,700 to $89,401 will see a to invest over $350 million each hour. Marijuana. Maclean’s reports tax cut from 22 per cent to 20.5 year for the next over years. that 58 per cent of Canadians aged per cent.

This will translate into 40,000 18 to 34 want marijuana legalized, According to the Council of new jobs a year, better co-op according to a 2012 survey by Ontario Universities, the average and apprenticeship programs Angus Reid Public Opinion. Think salary two years after graduating and employment insurance about that for a secon. That’s a lot is $49,277. Now, for those who breaks for companies that hire of Canadians who’ve potentially don’t dwell in Jeffery Hall, this young people. been involved in criminal activity. tax change means direct savings.

To ensure proper monetary With these three monumental Essentially, after receiving your distribution and a deeper propositions, Canada will enter a paycheques, you would save $670 understanding of youth interests, new era. Although only time will a year more than graduates before a Youth Advisory Council will tell, in the current international the tax change. To a lot of us, that’s be established. This will serve sphere, growth is necessary approximately one month’s rent, to bridge the gap between the for survival. a half-year course or 65 orders of needs of Canadian youth and Shifting now to our beloved Lazy four-pieces. government policies.

Kingston — let’s take a look at The second big change will The last change is by far the most Mark Gerretsen. He’s about as

The longest, most expensive and quite possibly the most important Canadian federal election is finally over. The Leafs almost don’t suck, the Jays are in the playoffs and we’ve finally gotten rid of Harper.

What a time to be alive.

I’ll preface this article by saying that I’m truly and deeply happy about Monday night’s results. Canada’s new government promises financial security for our demographic and our local representative is well equipped to advocate for our interests.

For anyone who was too busy caught up with Netflix and chilling, Mark Gerretsen won the Kingston and the Islands riding and the Liberal Party won a majority government — the largest majority government since Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives in 1984.

With the new prime minister-designate comes change for our youth. It’s widely known that many of Canada’s youth, especially here at Queen’s, were boldly in support of Trudeau.

This isn’t only because of Stephen Harper’s right-wing standstill mentality and Mulcair’s “let’s spend money like we’re at Stages” plan, but also because of Trudeau’s robust initiatives for young people.

As Queen’s students, the most pressing questions right now are what a Liberal federal government will translate into and how Mark Gerretsen’s appointment will affect us specifically.

The topic that will probably have the greatest impact on youth Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won a significant majority in this year’s federal election.

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nice as his last name is easy to type. Although Gerretsen has had a brittle past with Queen’s students, he’s done well to mend that. By showing enthusiasm at the Kingston Youth Strategy panel and mingling with students at the Grant Hall Debate, he’s worked to gain student approval.

This renewed friendship couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s no secret that student support was the cherry on top of his landslide pie. As Queen’s students, we sometimes forget how important Kingston is to us as a city.

It’s our home. Its streets are our streets, its water is our water. We’re a part of its 120,000 residents. By the time I graduate, I’ll have never lived anywhere longer other than my hometown.

We have to work with Gerretsen to make sure our own voices are heard. Not only for our needs in Kingston, but for all the needs of all young people around this beautiful nation. Irrespective of who we wanted to see win, we have to utilize this reciprocal relationship.

In this generation of instantly accessible knowledge and heightened political interest, I’m excited to see how we move forward. With the Liberal’s youth-sensitive stance, and the strength of our voices, the following four years can kickstart the rest of our lives. Real change is possible.

Zohaib Ahmed is a second-year Political Studies and Philosophy medial.

Talking heads ... around campus

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What do you think of the coverage of Justin Trudeau’s looks?

“It’ll fade and hopefully his leadership will shine through.”

“He’s got nice hair.”

“Americans take it more as a joke.”

“It shouldn’t matter, it should be more about his policy.”

Andrea Vovk, ArtSci ’18

Ryan Thistlethwaite, ArtSci ’16

Katherine Scott, Comm ’16

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ARTS Armand Ruffo, whose novel was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award.

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Armand Ruffo at the Robert Kroetsch Memorial reading in July this year.

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Queen’s professor nominated for Governor General’s Literary Award Armand Ruffo’s novel about renowned Canadian sheds light on Aboriginal art A nastasiya B oika Copy Editor Armand Ruffo, Queen’s professor and author of Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird, is one of five Canadian writers nominated for this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction.

Norval Morrisseau is a biography of an eccentric and controversial Indigenous Canadian painter who began the Woodland art movement in the 1960s.

The movement, adopted by Native American artists in Canada, is known for its use of vivid colours, emphasis on transformation and animal imagery.

Morrisseau’s work has remained

prominent in major Canadian art galleries, such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, to this day.

An English Professor at Queen’s University, Ruffo has built a successful career in academics while simultaneously publishing books in various genres.

In a recent interview with The Journal, Ruffo discussed his road to success, his experience writing Norval Morrisseau and the role of Indigenous culture in Canada’s past and present.

How do you think that being in academics has influenced your writing career?

Ruffo: Well, in the most obvious way, it’s kind of prevented me from being as prolific as I would like to be.

It’s always a balancing act because the part of your brain that you need to write academic work and critical work and teach is very, very different from the part of your brain that is creative.

I mean Einstein said, and I love this quote, that ‘creativity is a residue of wasted time’.

You need to be able to dream to write a story.

And one of the difficulties of being in an institution is that you don’t have that time.

So, most of my writing I do in the summer.

How do you feel about your nomination for the Governor General’s Award?

Ruffo: I’m very honored, to be frank with you. You know, the biggest challenge is getting people to read your book, to know about your book … so I hope that the nomination makes people aware of the book, and I think to some extent that’s happening.

And I’m very honored to be in the company of such fine writers.

You hope that your work, when you do something like this, is pushing the envelope a little bit, and then to be recognized for it, to me, it’s a big thrill.

How would you like this biography to influence people’s perceptions of the Aboriginal community in Canada?

Ruffo: I mean, here’s a man [Morrisseau] that creates this amazing body of work and it really speaks to so many people.

I think hopefully people will come away saying, ‘yeah, we’re not these isolated little entities, and we can do whatever we want, it has no effect on people, or the environment, or society, or whatever,’ because in [Morrisseau’s] paintings, everything is connected.

Birds will emerge out of heads and become a fish. So obviously there’s an environmental message there, but there’s also another message there that we are all related to everything, we are bound in kinship.

And until we actually wake up and realize that, the future looks pretty dismal.

What first inspired you to start writing?

Ruffo: Well I was always writing a little bit, even in high school … but in 1989, I bundled up my writing, because like I said, I had always been writing, and sent it to the Banff Centre and I received a scholarship to the Banff Centre, to the Writing Program there … and then that was kind of a springboard because it was the first time that I was actually treated as a writer.

How did you come to the decision to write the biography of Norval Morrisseau?

Ruffo: As I said in the introduction to the Norval Morrisseau, I was not interested in reportage, you know, that kind of biography where you just track someone: they did this, they went here, they went there.

My process was really about storytelling, narrative and how to open up somebody’s life and make it interesting … and at the simplest level I like to write what I like to read.

And I thought, ‘yeah, I would really like to read something like this, so I’ll write it’.

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Embracing the emotions behind dance Student dancer Meaghan Gallant hopes dancing will always remain in her life R amna S afeer Arts Editor Student artist Meaghan Gallant has spent her life immersed in dance, but says it was at Queen’s that she connected most with the personal side of the art form.

Gallant, the current co-president of the Queen’s Dance Club (QDC), has been dancing since she was three years old.

She said dancing is the best of two worlds.

“You get the exercise, you get to keep your body moving,” Gallant, ArtSci ’16, said.

“But it’s also such a raw form of artistic expression. You get to portray different stories and emotions and just completely let yourself go.”

After years of learning dance recreationally, Gallant says she stopped dancing for two years in high school.

She realized professional dancing wasn’t for her while attending a pre-professional ballet school in grade 9.

She said she knew then that she wanted to dance without the pressure of competitive dance teams when she arrived at Queen’s.

She discovered QDC in her first year, and has been

involved with the dance club ever since.

“The group was the perfect way to get back into dancing for me,” she said.

Gallant said her roles on the executive committee of QDC — as co-president this year and co-marketing director last year — has been a whole new experience for her in the world of dance.

“It’s so fun to not only see your own hard work pull off and be able to give back to the club, but also to see the influence you’ve had on all the other hardworking dancers,” she said.

According to her, her involvement with QDC has been particularly formative for her as a dancer.

“When you’re not working towards a ballet exam or a competition, the dancing becomes for your own personal benefit,” she said.

At the beginning of last year, Gallant said, improvised dancing really intimidated her.

By the end of the year, however, improvising seemed like just another opportunity to push herself out of her comfort zone.

“In that way, I think, I’ve started to explore another side of dancing,” she said.

Meaghan Gallant at a performance in November 2014.

Student artist Meaghan Gallant during a performance in March of this year.

“The growth is more through the emotional and personal side of dance, and less the technicality of it.”

Although dance isn’t a career path for her, Gallant hopes it will always be in her life to some capacity.

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“It’s just so important to me. It’s the perfect release, for any time in my life.”

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Queen’s divas take over the Grizzly Grill Queen’s Musical Theatre cabaret features dynamic performances M ichael T aggart Contributor

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Queen’s Musical Theatre’s (QMT) first cabaret of the year was electric.

The cabaret featured an array of events, including performances

by Queen’s students, QMT’s bi-annual general meeting and the announcement of the winter production.

The evening also featured a performance by the cast of QMT’s fall production, Company.

The Divas and Dynamic Duos Cabaret was held at The Grizzly Grill on Sunday.

Some of the night’s highlights included a diva performance by Jenni Saslove and duets by Jade Hesson and Laila Kharouba as well as the dynamic duo Callum Lurie and Ryan Cowl.

“My favourite part of the cabaret was getting the chance to spend time with an amazing group of people that share the same passion for musical theatre that I have,” Jenni Saslove, ArtSci ’18.

The charismatic Mariana Paz-Soldan, ArtSci ’17, who emceed the event, kept the crowd buzzing throughout the entire evening.

One of the evening’s highlights was a preview performance by the cast of QMT’s Company.

The cast performed “Little Things”, a number led by the character Joanne, played by the captivating Sam Clark, ArtSci ’16.

QMT announced its plans for its winter production at the event.

The group’s winter producer Amanda Lynn Baker, ArtSci ’17, and director Felicia Myronyk, ArtSci ’16, announced that the theatre company is staging a production of Next to Normal.

This is a contemporary musical analyzing the effects of mental health on family dynamics and relationships.

“The musical is unafraid to show the raw truth of how an individual and their family are affected [by mental health],” Myronyk said.

She added that “to direct this show is a dream come true for me.”

“Mental health is something I am very passionate about, and to be able to direct a production that will not only entertain the audience, but also give something to them that they can walk away with and think about after means so much to me,” she said.

QMT’s bi-annual general meeting preceded the night’s performances.

At the meeting, the board announced that the last season came out ahead of the projected net revenue despite losses incurred by the winter production of Dogfight.

Company will be performed from Dec. 3 to 13 in the Rotunda Theatre in Theological Hall, while Next to Normal is planned for next semester.

Ticket information for Company will be available in the near future on the “QMT Presents Company” Facebook page.

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Cardiac

An oral history of the 2011 Queen’s Sean Sutherland Features Editor

Shawna Griffin (First-year started to drag along, Britt [Brittany a February 12, 2000 game between forward): One of our passes was McHaffie] actually scored off a the Toronto Varsity Blues and the Becky Conroy’s last-minute goal too weak and they went in on rebound that should have counted, York Lions.

A historic hockey game took place would set the stage for an overtime a 2-on-0 on Mel. She was just in the third or fourth overtime.

Matt Holmberg: The Guelph on March 2, 2011, witnessed by battle, one in which the Gryphons so calm and she saved it like it Brittany McHaffie (Second-year men’s hockey team had just left just 312 spectators in a university would take an offensive advantage. was super-easy. forward): Morgan took a shot on when we were getting there to rink. The Queen’s Gaels and The Gaels were outshot in four of Guelph Gryphons clashed in a the six overtime periods, though Jamie Howieson: There was a the goalie and it literally bounced play a road playoff game against battle where six overtimes were both sides would have their chances couple posts, crossbar. I remember off her pad onto my stick and I I believe Western. They had gone, played the game, driven back and needed to decide the winner. It to end the game well before any one specifically went off Liz shot it in the net. walked into the arena and we were Kench’s stick up into the corner was the second-longest contest record was set. crossbar and out. You just kind of Matt Holmberg: [The ref] thought still playing. So they stuck around. in North America — the longest Guelph intramurals were since a 1936 meeting between Kate Bascom (Sports Editor, got the feeling that it was meant the goalie had it from her reaction and he couldn’t see it behind her, supposed to start after our game, so the Detroit Red Wings and the The Queen’s Journal): It was a to be. but Brittany saw it, and just as more and more people that were Wednesday night in Kingston. I Montreal Maroons.

After playing for nearly the was hanging out with my friends Matt Holmberg: In the first one Brittany was skating to it and playing Guelph intramurals were pouring into the arena, realizing equivalent of three whole games, and trying to pay attention to the or two overtimes, we coughed the putting it in, he blew his whistle. this was happening and obviously Queen’s finally prevailed, with game as much as possible. It just puck up a couple times in our own Morgan McHaffie — a Guelph got later and later and later. Finally, zone and I think they must have Jamie Howieson: I think he later they had to cancel their games, so had five or six clear-cut breakaways admitted to one of the players that they stuck around and watched it. native — proving to be the I just put my computer away. [by] some of their top scorers and he was actually wrong. He was like overtime hero.

For the players on the Gaels Matt Holmberg (Head coach): Mel Mel Dodd-Moher was there every “that should have counted.” Or Shawna Griffin: I think we had roster that night, the extra ice time Dodd-Moher again stood strong time. It’s funny because we didn’t maybe it was after the game [that] asked Matt a few times and he was both an once-in-a-lifetime because they ended up outshooting get all that stressed. She had been he said “I’m so glad they won — or didn’t have an answer right away. moment and their fourth straight us throughout the course of the there all playoff long and all season you guys had won — because you I was definitely thinking this is getting pretty long, there’s got overtime contest. McHaffie’s whole game. There were a couple long and she was just cool as a should have won.” to be some record we’re pretty goal was the culmination of an of breakaways that she stood tall cucumber back there.

Brittany McHaffie: At the same close to. unbelievable game — although and a couple of power plays that Shawna Griffin: They had time, when I look back, had they with four seconds left in regulation, Guelph had that she stood tall. pounded us in shots, but I was would have counted it wouldn’t Matt Holmberg: I seem to recall overtime wasn’t a possibility.

Howieson (Sports never too concerned because our have been the record game. So at after the fifth overtime period, In five playoff games, Queen’s Jamie had 478:42 of ice time — 78 Information Assistant, Queen’s goalie, Mel, was always on her the same time I’m like, maybe it somebody maybe came down and said something. I don’t seconds less than eight full games. Athletics and Recreation): Guelph game. I remember whenever they was a good thing. know who it was — maybe it They won all five in overtime and dominated. They had so many took a shot, I never flinched. I At the 15:08 mark of the fourth was the communications guy, brought home a title that Queen’s chances to win that game and I knew that she would get it. overtime, the two teams broke the Jamie — that we’d either set a just remember Queen’s was just so hadn’t won since 1978.

Morgan McHaffie (Second-year record for the longest CIS women’s record or were close to setting a Five games. Five wins. Thirteen tired. They couldn’t skate. forward): As the game sort of hockey game in history, surpassing record or something like that. overtimes. A title run like no other.

Gaining Momentum

Jamie Howieson: You kind of felt whoever won that game was going to win the series.

While the game continued to drag on, the Gaels had to find ways to stay focused between periods. But a dwindling food supply and sore bodies were not enough to change the Gaels’ mindset that night.

Liz Kench (Fifth-year forward): As stressful as the situation was, there was no negativity, there was nothing like that. It was all positive, we were all there with smiles on our faces. And eager to go out for the next opportunity there.

Morgan McHaffie: I’ve been a part of teams in the past growing up in sports and playing, that people get frustrated, the coach gets frustrated, but our team, it wasn’t the case.

Before the 2011 OUA Finals, Queen’s hadn’t catpured a provincial women’s hockey title since 1978.

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Kristin Smith (Third-year forward): They were just sending the same six forwards, the same four defence out. On our bench everyone was huffing and puffing, everyone was on their feet. If you had taken a picture of the benches at the time, all of us were on our feet, eager to

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Alana Smith (Second-year forward): I remember coming off after each overtime period in the dressing room and we’d just have our feet up on the bench, laying back, just to get the blood flow to our heart.

Shawna Griffin: I remember Matt came in to do his speech once again and he walks into that and just chuckles and says ‘you guys are ready, get back out there.’

Matt Holmberg: I said to my assistant coach ‘I wonder if they’re getting tired and frustrated and whatnot’, so my plan was to go into the room and either tell a joke or something. And I pop my head into the room and they’re all lying on their backs with their feet up the benches just to keep the circulation going in their legs. So all their heads were basically in the centre of the room, almost in a circle and they were singing, they were singing a song all together and they were laughing.

Alex Cieslowski (First-year forward): I just remember just being in the dressing room with our legs up and we’d be dying.

Then we’d be singing or just doing anything to keep our energy up and stay awake.

scored that last goal — thinking like I can’t believe it’s gone on so long. We can’t go onto another period. We have to win this now.

Kristin Smith: We said in between overtimes, if we don’t win it now, we aren’t winning the championship.

Matt Holmberg: The period in which the goal was scored was technically the ninth period of the game. I remember looking up at the scoreboard and where the scoreboard indicates what period it is. It’s only one digit. I remember saying to my assistant coach ‘If we go one more period what are they going to do? Does this roll over to zero?’

Kristin Smith: The most I remember about the play that led to the goal was our defenceman broke up a play at the blueline.

Even though as fabulous as the goal was, I think that’s when we knew we won it. She broke up a two-on-one.

Michelle Hunt: With the second goal, I think I just remember having to keep it in their end.

falling and as I was laying on the ground, I saw the puck just so slowly trickle over the goal line.

Alex Cieslowski: I remember for that game my dad got invited by his boss to go to a Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins game in Toronto. So my dad couldn’t make my game and he never missed my games. So the Leafs game finishes and we’re still playing. So he’s watching with my mom and it’s one period goes by, the next period goes by. And then at one point he’s like ‘I’ve got to go, this game isn’t ending.’ I think it was a minute after I got the assist he showed up.

Matt Holmberg: The puck went in and then she went in and it was over. I said it before. It’s almost too bad that a team had to win a game like that because it was pretty special.

Morgan McHaffie: I just sort of put my arms up and as soon as I went to stand up and cheer with the team, Michelle Hunt just came in and tackled me right back down to the ice.

Shawna Griffin: I still don’t know if I yelled. I was so tired. But I was very excited, I remember. I jumped on the ice, got in on the dogpile.

what she’s saying and I know the rest of the team felt that.

Jamie Howieson: We had a little handheld video thing and I grabbed Morgan after the win and she was just beyond exhaustion.

Just struggling to catch her breath. There’s that — it’s up on YouTube — that minute-and-a-half clip we did with her and just the exhaustion mixed with joy because they were one step away.

Kate Bascom: To be at that game, to kind of be able to say you were there for that moment in history would be great. And to have a better story than I was just hanging out at my ghetto house at 1 a.m. would have been much better.

Morgan McHaffie: When he said, ‘What does it mean to you?’ and Kelly Eustace (First-year I said, ‘Nothing’. I was just so defenceman): We all just collapsed relieved that we won, that I was on her. We didn’t have enough so exhausted I could barely bring together words to speak to him energy to cheer. after, so it was pretty crazy.

Mel Dodd-Moher: I just stood there for a few seconds and was Liz Kench: At the time I think I was just like ‘wow, it’s over and we just so overwhelmed with joy and won.’ It was cool. And then I finally excitement that I was just like ‘Oh, skated down and joined everyone. whatever. It’s just another game.’

Matt Holmberg: She can barely talk. Not necessarily from exhaustion, but from the sheer exhilaration of it all. It’s just pure joy on her face and in her smile and

Liz Kench: It’s really something that people talk about when they win the Stanley Cup and do all these crazy things and for us — for Queen’s — that was a massive milestone for us and for women’s hockey.

Matt Holmberg: It’s funny after that — and give credit to the Guelph goalie — but after all of that it was a good hard shot to the far pad by Alex.

Matt Holmberg: I poked my Alex Cieslowski: I just picked up head in, saw that, closed the door, the puck and I went down, not turned around to my assistant coach even thinking that I was going to make an assist or anything. The and said ‘they’re good to go’. goal at that point was just to get as many pucks on net because you The Goal never know. Anything could go in.

The game surpassed the record for longest collegiate hockey game 22 Morgan McHaffie: I saw the seconds into the sixth overtime. puck land on Alex Cieslowski’s With just under three minutes stick. So I was just thinking, she remaining in the ninth period of might shoot, just go to the net, action, one team finally found the stick down, battle for position. back of the net.

Alex ended up taking a great low, hard slap shot from the Mel Dodd-Moher (Second-year corner and it just seemed goaltender): The longer the game magically to land right in front went on, it just seemed more of me and I was able to put the important to win it. So the stakes rebound in as I was falling on were getting higher and when the the ground. stakes are higher, it just makes it Alex Cieslowski: And then just that much more exciting. when it went in, it was like, ‘Oh my Michelle Hunt (Fourth-year God, finally.’ defenceman): I do remember before going on — before we Morgan McHaffie: I remember Morgan McHaffie (21) scored the winning goal in the longest collegiate hockey game of all time.

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Championship acting as springboard Ultimate team hopes to use first national title in a decade to seek recognition Just last weekend, the Queen’s men’s ultimate team won the Canadian University Ultimate Championship, their first in over a decade.

J oseph C attana Assistant Sports Editor After over a decade of falling short on the podium, the men’s ultimate team finally tasted glory, winning the Canadian University Ultimate Championship (CUUC) this past weekend.

Through six tough games, the Gaels battled against the top competition in Canada, upsetting the nation’s top team from the University of Manitoba.

While most championships are run through the OUA or the CIS, university ultimate teams go through the Ultimate Canada organization for tournaments. To qualify for nationals, teams travel across their region and to compete against other local universities.

Only two teams receive automatic bids from Ontario, leaving a small margin of error for teams.

In the Steeltown Classic tournament in Hamilton, the Gaels had their first chance to qualify for the national championship in Ottawa. After sweeping round-robin play, the team would combine to score 26 points against McMaster and Western, punching their ticket in the tournament final against the University of Toronto. Despite holding the lead earlier, the team faltered in the final few minutes of the game, losing 11-10.

In last ditch effort to qualify for nationals, the Gaels took part in the Canadian Eastern University Ultimate Championships in Kingston at the beginning of October. The team rolled through the competition, going 6-0 on the weekend, with a 82-29 point spread overall.

While most teams tailor their practice schedule only a few weeks prior to the national championship, club president and offensive line leader Steven Jefferys, said the ultimate team has had this planned for a while.

“We have had a practice plan since before try-outs,” Jefferys said.

“It breaks down to pretty much every single day down to the drills with the goal of leading up to the final game.”

To keep fresh, the team broke

their final two weeks into complete opposite schedules. They spent the first week with high intensity workouts, including conditioning and weightlifting. In the second, the Gaels tapered things down.

Starting at a two-hour workout, they worked their way down to only 45 minutes, strictly focusing on throwing.

Jefferys believed that having a head coach like former player Pete Galbraith separated the team from others across Canada.

“He is very knowledgeable about coaching and conditioning,” Jefferys said. “His strategy [was] to get us — by the time we got to the tournament — to be so hungry to play, because the last week of practice was so nonchalant. By the time we got to the tournament we were fired up and ready to go.”

Jefferys believes the team’s biggest strength is within the roster’s depth.

“We can afford to move players around the field, rather than stick to one position,” Jefferys said.

While most teams only use 11 players in a single match, the Gaels often play their whole roster.

“It gives those top seven a chance to rest more points than they usually would in a tournament, so by the last point we have our top seven fresh, while on the other side of the field they are tired.”

After they were seeded second in the tournament, the Gaels facedoff against Western in their first match-up. Despite beating them earlier in the season, Queen’s dropped their first game 11-9.

Most teams would panic, but the Gaels remained confident.

“Every tournament we play, it is all about building to the last game on Sunday. As long as we are improving and building every game we aren’t too worried with the scores,” Jefferys said.

Following this defeat, the team finished out their round-robin with two wins against #8 York (118) and #4 Toronto (14-10). With Queen’s, Toronto and Western all now tied at 2-1, first in the group would be decided by point differential. With a score of +5, the Gaels were seeded first, getting them ready for a quarterfinal

match-up against Sherbrooke.

After getting out to a 10-4 dominant lead, the Gaels let their foot off the gas, finishing with a 10-8 win. The team felt the final score didn’t reflect their performance, as they relaxed in the final few minutes. Regardless of the score, the Gaels knew they would have to set-up their intensity for their rematch with the University of Toronto.

While these teams appear to have similar backgrounds, they couldn’t bemore different.

Within the ultimate community, Toronto is considered to be a team with very talented players that play on the top club teams in Canada.

“We are a team that is kind of the opposite,” Jefferys said.

“We work through our systems and through our strategy with communication, a lot of effort and some athleticism.”

“They rely on raw talent to carry them through. We kind of throw weird things at them that can confuse them.”

The Gaels dominated them for the first half of the game, jumping out to a 10-4 lead. While the game would get close, the Gaels held on to win 14-12, sealing a rematch of the 2014 final against the University of Manitoba.

In a back-and-forth final, Manitoba would win by one.

For Jefferys, a lot of players came back for fifth year to have another chance at glory.

“A lot of our older players, who came back just to play, said multiple times throughout the season — just to get the other guys excited — that this team has a shot,” said Jefferys.

“We always say that we are going for gold, but this was the first year it wasn’t just an ideal, everyone believed it.”

With the game a 90-minute match, the Gaels knew they were in for a battle. After 85 minutes the game was capped at 12-11 for the Gaels, putting them in a double game point situation (see fact box right for explanation). This meant that if they scored, the team would avenge last year’s sorrows, but if Manitoba scored, they would extend the game.

In the dying embers of the

game, with Manitoba driving the field, the Gaels looked to change the momentum. In a battle for the airborne disc, defensive line player Jason Duiella challenged a Manitoba player, and came down with the disc. The Gaels then drive the field and score, winning the National Championship.

For Jefferys, Duiella’s sky battle was key.

“You don’t want to rely on them [players] to have to do that ,” he said. “But when it comes down to situations where you see the disc go up, you know he is going to get it.”

With the season now over, Jefferys’ mindset shifts from athlete to club president, as he tries to secure funds for the team. For their season, Queen’s Athletics provides $400 to the team — which only covers the cost of one tournament.

“I started to write a newsletter to put through Athletics to send to alumni, keeping them updated and trying to get them involved in the program, and still have them care about the team they played on.”

Later this month, the team is hosting an alumni ultimate tournament. Here, former and current players will collide on the field, and bond together. Jefferys hopes this will help the team start a

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donation base.

“A lot of this year has been spent on trying to start an alumni program,” Jefferys said. “We are hoping that our alumni game next weekend will hopefully kickstart that. A lot of them are really high quality players now. They play on professional teams.”

Monetary value isn’t the only thing Jefferys is chasing. Ultimate is also trying to gain more of a brand recognition. One of the first steps in this was Jefferys being named Queen’s male athlete of the week this past week.

“People have been congratulating me about it and I’m just happy that it is Frisbee, since I don’t think we’ve won it before.”

For the ultimate team, alumni recognition could bring them more student-athletes. If alumni are excited that the team is doing well, Jefferys said they can in turn get high school students excited about Queen’s.

“The ideal world has Queen’s seen as their potential school to play ultimate,” he said.

“Right now it isn’t, but that is where we are looking down the road in the future.”

Double game point For teams to get into a double game point situation, many factors need to fall into place.

A typical game of ultimate frisbee plays to a designated point total, most often decided at 15. If they don’t reach the point total, there’s also a time limit, usually set at 90 minutes.

After 80 minutes, they add a soft cap to the game. This rule states that teams will now play to two more points, instead of 15.

In the Gaels’ case, with the game at 12-11, they would play to 14.

If the match isn’t settled there, the game is set to a hard cap.

Instead of adding two to the final score, teams play to the highest score. For example, if the score in a game is 10-8 and the

hard cap is reached, the teams will play to 11.

The last decider in an ultimate match-up is the double game point. In this instance, when the hard cap has been called, a final play-to score has been set and the teams need to reach this score.

In the Gaels’ instance, this means if Manitoba scored two consecutive points and tied the game, whichever team scored next would win the game.

While the scoring team would receive the disc after converting in a normal situation, during double game point the leading team would take possession.

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Big show set up for season finale Playoff implications for final regular season game at Richardson Stadium against Laurier A dam L askaris Sports Editor With the first sellout game of the season set for the Homecoming football match-up against the Laurier Golden Hawks, fifth-year fullback Justin Gleben isn’t too caught up in the fanfare of the event.

“It’s really not much different than any other week,” he said. “We have to prepare the same as we would for any other opponent.”

The 5-2 Gaels come into their final regular season game a week removed from clinching a playoff spot, while 3-4 Laurier is looking to advance to the playoffs with a win of their own. Though they’ve already punched their ticket to the post-season, the major incentive for Queen’s with the victory is the possibility of clinching a home playoff date with a win.

Home for the Gaels will be changing very soon, as Richardson Stadium is set to be renovated over the course of the offseason.

For the team, they’re looking to play as many games as possible in Kingston.

“It’ll be beneficial to be playing at home,” Gleben said of both Saturday’s game and the possibility of a playoff game. “We don’t have to make that long bus ride in the morning the day of the game.”

The Gaels played Laurier in one of their two Homecoming game in 2013. The game featured

a 40-34 overtime victory following holder Aaron Gazendam’s bizarre touchdown play off a failed field goal attempt.

Though the game had no shortage of excitement, Queen’s receiver Doug Corby isn’t hoping for another close match-up.

“We want to come out there strong and have four quarters of dominance,” he said. “We don’t want it to come down to the last dying seconds of the game.”

Fresh off a 104-yard touchdown last week, Corby hinted at the Gaels having potential for big plays in the upcoming game.

“We’ve got a couple special things planned out,” he said.

“Everyone’s going to have to wait and see.”

Head coach Pat Sheahan isn’t looking to downplay his opponents, despite the Golden Hawks’ losing record.

“They’re a very capable team,” he said. “This should be a very, very interesting game.”

Sheahan likened the game to a playoff atmosphere, but said it’s a little different without the possibility of elimination — at least from their point of view.

“For us, getting that home game in the playoffs is extremely important. For them, earning a birth in the playoffs is everything,” he said.

With both teams knowing the importance of the season’s final day, Sheahan knows his team must

play to their full potential to secure the win.

“It’s going to be a question of execution, desire, precision,” he said.

For a team with an average home attendance under 2,500 on the season, Sheahan knows his team will look to have a strong performance ahead of the expected crowd.

“College football is best played under a circumstance of pageantry,” he said. “When the stadium’s full, and the people are having a good time, it’s a great atmosphere to play in.”

“We know that the crowd is going to be excited, we know that the opponent is going to be good.

This is a great time of year to play football. There should be a great PHOTO BY MITCHELL GLEASON atmosphere on [Saturday].”

Jonah Pataki, a key offensive weapon this year.

With the OUA playoff race an incredibly tight one, the Gaels have of being a university student. That to go out and be stout.”

While students may be the chance to finish anywhere from makes it interesting, it really does.

You’re not going to be at peak tempted to exit the game before third to sixth in the standings.

“I think there’s five or six teams performance, you’re not at your the conclusion, Sheahan warned that the game should prove to be that are very, very competitive,” best every time out.”

Sheahan knows his team must exciting throughout its entirety.

Sheahan said.

“In our case, we’ve proven to Sheahan added that the bounce back from any setbacks be a team where you best not leave difficulty for the games taking place they overcome on the weekend.

“It’s a 15-rounder,” he said, early,” he said. close to the time of midterms for “Don’t come for three quarters likening the game to a lengthy most players.

“A lot of the student-athletes boxing match. “If you’re down and leave. Whether we’re ahead or are at a busy time of the year for a couple minutes, make sure behind, there are some interesting now,” he said. “They’re not out that you come back the next time things that happen in the football at the stadium six hours a day you have the ball. If the defence games. I think that our players have now, getting ready for a big game. allows a play, the offence has to done a great job of overcoming a They’re trying to manage football come back and counter. If the lot of the challenges.” along with the other requirements offence explodes, the defence has

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VARSITY SPORTS

A packed weekend A primer on Gaels events on Homecoming J oseph C attana Assistant Sports Editor For those who were unable to secure football tickets on Homecoming weekend, there are four Gaels’ teams in action at home on Saturday.

With some of these seasons winding down, these games have huge implications when it comes to the playoffs. For sports that are just starting, the Gaels are looking to get off on the right foot.

Men’s Rugby

Location: Nixon Field, 5 p.m. on Saturday With a game against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues this weekend, the second-place Gaels are riding off a five-game winning streak. The team has scored an average of almost 47 points per game during this stretch, and they will look to capitalize on the Varsity Blues’ defence, which is the worst in the league.

When these teams met last year, the Gaels dominated the match-up, winning 113-0.

First-year Alex Colborne looks to build off last week’s match-up against Laurier Golden Hawks where he scored 20 points in the 60-20. On the season, Colborne leads the OUA in conversions, with 19 on the year.

Women’s Soccer

Location: Miklas-McCarney Field, 12 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday The women’s soccer team will be closing their regular season on Homecoming weekend playing against Nipissing and Laurentian.

Through the team’s last six games, the Gaels have gone undefeated, taking 12 out of a possible 18 points. For the duration of this streak, the team’s defence has been stellar, only conceding three goals.

As of late, the Gaels have found their shooting boots in front of goal. Fifth-year midfielder Jessie de Boer has been a major part in that success, currently tied for tenth in scoring in the OUA with seven goals.

Currently the Gaels sit fourth in the OUA East with 24 points. Only two points behind both second and third place teams Laurentian and UOIT, the women’s soccer team has the potential to secure a home playoff game next Wednesday.

Men’s Soccer

Location: Miklas-McCarney Field, 2:15 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday The men’s soccer team will also be closing out their regular season play this weekend with their match-ups against both Nipissing and Laurentian.

When the Gaels met these two teams earlier this year, they struggled, only managing to take one point from a possible six. Since then, the Gaels have been dominant, taking a 3-1-0 record through their last four games.

While he’s only played in nine games this year, forward Jacob Schroeter has scored seven goals, putting him in a tie for ninth in scoring in the OUA. Currently the Gaels sit third in the OUA East with 28 points, only one point back of the Varsity Blues. If they finish in third, they will host a home game next Wednesday at home. If things then fall in their favour and they finish second, the Gaels will earn a first-round bye in the playoffs.

Women’s Hockey

Location: Kingston Memorial Centre. 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday The women’s hockey team looks to build off the season’s early success in their matches against Laurentian and Nipissing this weekend.

Currently the Gaels have the OUA’s top defence, only allowing three goals through their four games. Third-year forward Nadia Larocca is looking to replicate her CIS Female Athlete of the Week performance from earlier in the season, where she scored three goals in two games.

When the Gaels matched up against these teams last year, they finished with two wins and two overtime losses — a 2-0-2 record. Despite having been through only four games this year, the Gaels are second in the OUA, only one point behind the Toronto Varsity Blue.

On the road Women’s rugby will be in Guelph for the OUA semi-finals, men’s hockey is in Thunder Bay facing Lakehead, women’s volleyball is in in Ottawa facing the Gee-Gees and women’s lacrosse will be in the OUA playoffs, hosted

by UOIT.

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Defending home court Queen’s looks to build off of undefeated tournament E ric G allo -M iscevich Contributor Coming off an OUA Final Four finish last season, women’s basketball is doing their best to prove that the ARC will be a tough court to play on this season.

Fourth-year guard Emily Hazlett earned MVP honours on this past weekend’s Tindall Invitational Tournament. The Gaels hosted and swept the competition, winning all three games against UQAM, Memorial University and Carleton.

Though the results don’t matter to their regular season, Sunday’s game against Carleton was a prime example of the level of play the Gaels hope to replicate this season, coming out with an 81-63 win to cap off the weekend.

“We’ve always had a rivalry there … That brings the intensity for sure,” Hazlett said.

The win against Carleton didn’t come without its share of hardship.

The Gaels had a 52-28 lead going into the half. But coming back out and starting the third, things weren’t going their way. Their lead was pushed to just nine points entering the fourth quarter.

“We stopped hitting the shots that we were hitting in the first

half,” Hazlett said about the third quarter slide. “We sat back a little bit, and kind of let them crawl back in and have a chance of beating us.

We didn’t stop it right away, like we should have.”

The Gaels edged UQAM out 69-63 in Friday night’s contest, but they ran away with it against Memorial 94-62.

Head coach Dave Wilson sais the Gaels owed it to themselves to have a strong performance in Kingston.

“Anytime we play on our home court, we take that personally,” Wilson said.

While Sunday’s contest was the Gaels’ third victory in as many days, Wilson said the third quarter resulted in some issues for his side.

“The real challenge is to stay mentally sharp, and we weren’t able to do that,” he said.

Coach Wilson was pleased with his team’s ability to bring back the intensity towards the end of the quarter, though he believes the way they came back is unsustainable heading into the regular season.

“We got run-outs and we got a couple of quick scores that just boosted our morale,” he said. “But we don’t want to have to rely on hitting shots to boost our morale.

Emily Hazlett (right) was awarded MVP of the Tindall Invitational Tournament.

Forward Maddie Morris (#23) battles for the ball against the Carleton Ravens.

We’d much prefer that to come from our defence, because we can always work hard on defence.”

The game was more or less over when Gael Andrea Priamo was subbed in halfway through the fourth. She set a hard screen (which prompted a response from Carleton’s bench) that enabled Wright to make a shot and a free throw, putting the Gaels ahead by 11 to start a late run.

And while the three victories on the weekend were to be celebrated, the importance of the weekend for the Gaels has more to do with the process rather than the end result.

Wilson says the preseason is essential in testing out theories of play, figuring out the best way to divulge the recipe for success and figuring out what to improve upon.

“That’s what these games are about: testing out a few things here, running people in, testing out a few line ups,” he said. “Things like that, just to see what we can do.

We’ve got three more exhibition games coming up on the road, and that will help us transition into league-play.”

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Cancer prevention: small changes make a big difference Actions to minimize your risk of cancer E velyn P yper Contributor When we consider the alarming statistic that two out of five Canadians are expected to develop cancer during their lifetimes, it’s not hard to see why so many people view cancer as an inevitable fate. Yet, this perception couldn’t be further from the truth.

Advances in cancer research have revealed that approximately 50 per cent of all cancers are preventable. That is, our risk depends not only on our genes, but also on our environments and lifestyle choices. To follow is a breakdown of seven major factors related to cancer and how you can take action to minimize your own risk.

Tobacco You’ve heard it before, but when we bear in mind that tobacco kills six million people each year it’s worth reiterating: quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health.

Cancer screening Not only does smoking all-or-nothing approach, try cutting physical activity daily is beneficial, substantially increase one’s risk back the number of drinks you and this doesn’t just mean half an of lung cancer, but also cancer have on a given night, and choose hour on the treadmill — simply Screening, a method of secondary of the nasal cavity, mouth, throat, certain days of the week to be your taking a longer route to school can prevention, involves testing for certain types of cancer before make a difference. esophagus, bladder, liver, kidney, “dry days.” symptoms occur. Certain ages pancreas, cervix, colon and Environment and populations can be regularly Healthy eating rectum, stomach, larynx, acute screened for breast, cervical and myelogenous leukemia and some Every day, it seems as though a Exposure to harmful substances colorectal cancer. Talk to your types of ovarian tumours.

Try setting a realistic quit date, new report surfaces revealing what and environmental risks is at times doctor to learn more about your writing down all your reasons foods presumably cause or prevent out of your control; however, cancer risk, and be sure to mention for quitting, avoiding situational cancer. While the jury is still out there are still ways to reduce your if you have a family history triggers, and telling your friends and on many of these findings, several exposure. Don’t idle your vehicle; of cancer.

It’s important to remember that family about your goal. Quitting is actions have been consistently avoid exercising near areas where far from easy, but persevering has shown to reduce one’s cancer risk, traffic is heavy; purchase a kit at prevention isn’t a guarantee; rather, including: eating many fruits and your local hardware store to test it’s all about minimizing your risk huge long-term benefits. of cancer as much as possible. If vegetables, having a high-fibre diet, for radon in your home. we remember that around 50 per minimizing red meat and avoiding Alcohol cent of all cancers are preventable, Ultraviolet radiation processed meats. one may be inclined to think about While we’d love for the Despite our seemingly endless the 50 per cent of cancers that are Physical activity well-cited benefits of red wine to winters, Canada’s sunlight is unavoidable. But when it comes outweigh the risks, unfortunately, when it comes to alcohol, less is Regular physical activity can protect certainly strong enough to cause to cancer, remember that the glass more. Compared to tobacco, it’s against colon and breast cancer. skin cancer. In fact, ultraviolet isn’t only half-full, but it’s also in not as well-known how alcohol Moreover, because physical activity (UV) rays are reflected (and even your hands. Cheers to prevention.

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Traveling to adulthood M errin G illies Contributor After five months of backpacking abroad, experiencing fascinating communities and conversations, living with locals and other curious travellers, coming back to school definitely took some adjusting.

The question “what are your plans for after graduation?” can be met with many different responses across fourth-year students at Queen’s.

For me, leaving comfort and

saving up to travel was motivated by a need for independence and an inextinguishable curiosity of different cultures. It stemmed from a prolonged feeling of indecisiveness, lack of motivation and absolutely no idea of what I wanted to do with my life post-grad.

While some students respond to the question with their hopes of admission to established law or medical schools. But many others develop a response of apprehension and uncomfortable laughter, while

that very question is a constant thought appearing during Stauffer procrastinations.

Although job experience is important and often essential for some employers, life experience also plays a significant role. This reality encourages and gives an excuse to travel, to experience new cultures and develop skills of independence and creativity in problem solving.

The travel bug is infectious, in the most spirit lifting way. This See The on page 19

Gillies riding through the Fresh Riviera. while abroad.

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FASHION

My culture isn’t a costume T arini P ahwa Assistant News Editor Celebrities at Coachella wearing Native American headdresses, bindis and dream catchers is a common sight.

The Kardashian-Jenner siblings have come under fire for sporting cornrows, dreadlocks and even the niqab.

Recently, Valentino presented its spring-summer 2016 collection inspired by Africa. White models showcased their designs and pranced about sporting cornrows.

Inspired by ‘Africa’, indeed.

These are all examples of cultural appropriation. A term that’s as problematic as it’s simple to understand.

Cultural appropriation is a term that describes the taking of creative or artistic forms, themes or practices by one cultural group from another, and it carries connotations of exploitation and dominance, according to Oxford Reference online dictionary.

In layman’s terms, cultural appropriation involves a dominant culture selectively picking parts of another culture as they see fit just to look ‘cool’.

This is problematic, as the dominating culture is usually the superior one, and oftentimes white.

Western culture, for instance, is dominant and has oppressed other cultures for centuries.

The sight of women, who have clout in the fashion world, blatantly subjugating other women just to look trendy, is saddening and unfortunate.

This is evident when celebrities, like Kylie Jenner, sports cornrows — appropriating another culture’s dress.

For centuries, black women have faced all kinds of discrimination because of the colour of their skin, as well as their choice to be themselves and proudly showcase important parts of their culture.

Yet, when Jenner decides to wear these cultural pieces, it suddenly becomes okay.

Instead of using their influence to reduce the plight faced by different ethnic groups and minorities,

these celebrities choose to oppress them further — knowingly or unknowingly — by continually choosing to make fashion choices that offend the culture they’re appropriating.

The fact of the matter is simple.

You can’t selectively adopt parts of another culture as you see fit.

Let me put it this way, as a person of Indian heritage, if I was to dress up in my traditional attire — saris, bangles, bindi, the lot — and waltz into the ARC, would I not endure stares and glances, and even be mocked?

I certainly would.

However, if another member of the Queen’s community decides to do the same, they would be appreciated for branching out and trying to have new experiences, and may find themselves featured on Queen’s Fashion Photography (QFP) or MUSE for being ‘edgy’, or even fashion forward.

There’s a double standard here, and it’s applicable everywhere, not just at Queen’s.

It’s unacceptable for people — in the fashion industry SUPPLIED BY STILFEHLER or not — to adorn themselves with Cornrows are a traditional African hairstyle that has recently been appropriated by integral parts of another culture celebrities. including Kylie Jenner. without properly understanding the cultural significance behind it.

People try to undermine this concept by arguing that other countries have been ‘westernized’ — they listen to ‘American’ music, watch television shows and movies and have adopted a way of dressing that’s synonymous with the Americas. However, it’s important to distinguish the two — that’s assimilation, not appropriation.

One can’t help but be influenced by those factors when their creators have made their way into other countries and made people so painfully aware of their dominance.

There’s a difference.

So it’s a completely different argument altogether.

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HOCO FASHION

A guide to Homecoming style How to wear tricolour this festive season E llen R owe Contributor

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You can’t go wrong with the With Homecoming fast addition of a Queen’s rugby shirt. approaching, students and alumni Throw the rugby short on top of are mentally preparing themselves jeans or leggings and boots for a for what to wear. Whether you’re cool and spirited outfit for the day. in first year and new to Queen’s Coveralls festivities or an experienced upper year awaiting the endless partying, we’ve got your back (literally, so) Coveralls with your tam on top with a few tips to show your is the easiest of all. Who said you would never get the chance to wear Queen’s spirit.

This weekend, pull out your your frosh or Gael apparel again.

GPA jacket or tam and wear it Pull out those tricolour coveralls with pride. It’s a time for alumni to and wear them with pride. return to campus, and be reminded Crowns of all their fond memories about this place they once called home.

Homecoming provides current Get creative with headgear. In students with opportunities to previous years, there have been meet alumni, learn about their tricolour helmets, spiked hair or experiences at Queen’s and support creative hats. Shout out to any Gael leaders, pull out those crowns the Gaels.

Taking a peak at previous from Frosh Week and wear them Homecoming weekends, students to the game. You can also add some can be seen with tricolour paint on ribbon into a braid of hair, tied by their faces and, for the courageous tricolour elastics for an extra touch ones, intense body art. Stop by the of spirit.

Tricolour Outlet for some Queen’s Queen’s tank apparel. Tricolour hats, scarves or mitts are great ways to help you stay warm and stylish while Sport some shorts with a Queen’s tank, and if it’s chilly, add a red, celebrating our school. yellow or blue sweater on top for

some warmth. Bring an extra layer in case it gets chilly, but one that can easily be taken off, in case the partying gets too rowdy.

University flag Grab any Queen’s related shirt or tank to wear under a cape, made from the university flag. Create new styles using items around your room — think outside the box for this Homecoming weekend.

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sense of wanderlust is rooted in travel blogs, Facebook profiles of a recent return from exchange and sometimes even results in a tattoo — an easy shot for criticism as a “white girl travelling mantra�.

In a way, this criticism isn’t wrong, especially when we realize how, as university students in Canada, we’re extremely privileged.

But we can’t neglect the value that travelling bears as a way to

understand new cultures.

Engaging with new cultures through curious travel isn’t a modern concept, however. It’s the privilege of our generation to have cost and time efficient modes of transportation and living expenses than any before.

So, you set out to travel, you see amazing things, you meet interesting people and make beautiful memories.

Moreover, you’re excited to return and see all of your friends and family, have the comforts of home and stop wondering if those hostel sheets were really truly washed.

These are all great, exciting things until you realize that the awesome couple at the vineyard you worked at has been replaced by a cranky boss or a hard-to-please professor, and those sensational $2 Turkish shawarmas are replaced by Mr. Donair (still a great choice).

You come back to a final year at Queen’s, where the snow starts a lot earlier than desirable, and your days consist of hours upon hours at Douglas Library.

For some, returning and bouncing back into their old

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schedule is easy and comforting, opportunity, to give international but for many it’s a struggle to students the possibility to live and adjust. interact with regional students Some find solace in helping and allow students departing to international students by getting optimize on rent money. involved with groups like the Everyone has interests and Exchange & Transfer Committee, desires, and for some the question which organized events to help of a post-grad plan is daunting. students studying abroad connect The most important aspect of this and enjoy their school experience. decision is to trust your gut and do One group of students began an what makes you happy — be that entrepreneurial startup company, travelling to India and working on helping exchange students all an elephant sanctuary or putting around the world — Housing in the work to become your Anywhere, a platform that helps long-awaited goal of being a doctor. outbound students rent their places Not to get too white girl on to incoming students. everyone, but as Drake sees his Instead of sulking and “woes� as “working on excellence�, complaining that life wasn’t fun let’s all strive for that in our after exchange, these students used final year. their experience abroad to generate

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Friday, October 23, 2015

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My online obsession How social media can be a harmful form of communication

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANNA MARIA LI

N icole C osta Contributor I became addicted to social media in grade four.

At first, the attraction was talking to my friends outside of school without having to ask my parents. And since I’m being honest, that quickly developed into being able to talk to my first boyfriend without their watchful eyes.

Looking back now, as a 20 year old with a laptop, I realize having access to online messaging fuelled my premature romantic endeavours.

I was nine. I remember it clearly because it was new, and the novelty of it all never wore off. Every day brought a barrage of updates, photos, wall posts, doodles, game requests — and that notification popping up saying my crush replied to my hideously stupid ice-breaker.

“Heeeey! Whats up?????”

“NM U” “Sameeeee just chilling.”

You know, just refreshing the screen every minute to see if he’d replied.

Before grade four, staying on the computer for hours was unfathomable. Although I lived in an apartment, I spent every afternoon playing outside.

However, when I moved into a new house, I rarely ventured past the computer even when children my age were playing on the street.

My life began to revolve around Facebook.

My crush asked me to be his girlfriend and, in typical grade school fashion, we only hung out at recess and during school trips.

When he asked me to kiss him, I wasn’t as brave as I seemed online and chickened out. But perhaps it had more to do with the fact that all my classmates were staring at us through the gaps in the bookshelves. MSN had made our plans a school event.

Hurt by my rejection, our relationship existed on wall posts and nothing else thereafter.

Slowly, it turned into talking only at recess, and finally down to awkward glances.

It suddenly dawned on me that existing on social media for all the world to see was far more real than holding hands at recess.

Not wanting to document every moment in badly written vernacular made our relationship fizzle out, because having declarations of your love online is what constitutes a relationship to a nine year old, right?

Still, that boyfriend — let’s call him Rob — he and I dated on and off throughout elementary school until I met a new kid with a Spanish accent, golden brown skin, green eyes and an eyebrow piercing.

It’s no surprise that Rob and I got back together and broke up with each other solely on the internet. It seemed to work fine for us — Facebook was the one and only place to profess feelings without your parents listening on the other end — but then things changed.

For the first time, I was green with envy. Even though I felt nothing more than platonic love for my best guy friend Rob, I wanted to get right back with him as soon as I saw him with a new girl. This new girl was a year older than us. She was tall, blonde, leggy and a salsa dancer. I, on the other hand, was a guy’s gal, bruised, unkempt and dirty from playing tackle soccer at recess.

Lana was my first Facebook stalkee. I clicked through every one of her pictures. Some of them were professional modelling shoots, others were candids from beach trips, dance practices and performances.

What Lana had that I didn’t, besides Rob, was boobs.

And to put it plainly, I wanted three of them together without some sort of barrier between us. to be her.

That was the first time I padded I dropped his bike and ran home, my bra. I folded tissue paper and completely ashamed. I got jealous, stuffed it under and to the sides of couldn’t handle it, and then broke my barely-fill-an-A-cup boobs. The up with him on Facebook not a new guys I was dating were ecstatic half and hour later. It was the last that I grew boobs overnight. I was day of school. And that summer happy for the attention, but I my family moved two hours away.

He blocked me within minutes. wanted more.

I moved on to make-up, then I went straight onto Lana’s to straightening my rat’s nest of a Facebook page to rub salt in head of hair every day. All of this to my wounds.

I didn’t understand it then, but I look more like Lana, because she sure as hell do now. was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen.

A couple of months ago, I Still, there was one thing I couldn’t fix. Whereas Lana’s deleted my Instagram.

At the beginning of second wardrobe was trendy and tight, mine was baggy, mismatched and year, I deleted my Facebook and made a new one. I still have only curated by various Value Villages.

I remember very plainly how one picture, my display picture, as devastated I felt when I realized opposed to the thousands I had I could never look like her. Not amassed since 2007.

It was a long and arduous even in the slightest. Her body, for one, was far more developed and process, getting the guts to finally voluptuous than mine would ever purge my social media accounts of be. But also, she was Lana, and I the people I wanted to be like in could never make Rob, my new the most self-hating way.

Girls with long hair, girls with boyfriend or anyone else see me as somebody I wasn’t, no matter how perfect curly hair, girls with perfect skin, thin calves, toned thighs, hard I tried.

I became increasingly bitter beach pictures, perfect teeth … towards her. I hated her, and yet people I remained Facebook I scrolled through her Facebook friends with for the sole purpose of making myself feel bad to the profile every day.

Things with my new boyfriend point where I wanted to change were different. He wanted to hang my appearance.

Using make-up everyday, out in person, outside of school.

He was my first real boyfriend and chemically straightening my hair, I could never forget the cowardly losing weight, gaining it back things I did to him. He was a because I wanted bigger boobs perfect gentleman. He always (didn’t happen, just went straight to walked me home, gave me a peck my thighs), dying my hair, learning on the cheek and made sure I made to play guitar, reading bigger books, it inside okay before he took off on writing poetry, dance classes — all these things I did because I wanted his black BMX. One day I saw him with to be more like them and less Lana and her equally pretty like me.

The thing is, I spent all of my friend — one who had bullied me because of my clothing and formative years wanting to be dark curly hair. I got upset. He anybody else but me. So much so was buying them ice cream while that I hardly have any idea if I truly I waited outside with his bike, like what I like or if I like it because because I couldn’t stand to see the I wanted to be someone else.

Scrolling through Instagram always makes me feel resentful about who I am. The selfies I posted had an hour or so of preparation time behind them, because I wanted to appear pretty all the time. I wasn’t genuinely happy in any of them — I just wanted the verification that I was pretty in the eyes of my followers.

Over time, I deleted my selfies in the hopes that I could get a grip on my self-esteem. Then I began to post pictures of my dog, dates with my boyfriend, the places I went, but I soon realized what I was really doing. I was bragging about my life to people who felt bad about not having what I did — the things I take for granted.

I deleted my Instagram shortly thereafter.

Making the choice to remove myself entirely from photo-streaming social media sites has made a huge impact on the way I see myself. I no longer wake up happy in the morning just to ridicule myself by scrolling through pages of magazine-like women.

I’m a lot happier now that I’ve accepted who I am. I have become confident in myself and even started to dress the way I want to. It’s crazy how the source of my self-esteem issues stemmed from the very places I received my ego boosts.

I no longer see pictures of people with hundreds of likes on their latest profile picture and feel I have to update mine. I know they still exist — I just made the choice to use social media in a way that makes me feel like I am worthy of being myself and feeling good about it.

The names in the article have been replaced with pseudonyms due to privacy reasons.