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NAM Queen’s receives $3.7 million in contract funding for cancer research signed after a month long delay September saw AMS with no authority in new non-academic misconduct system

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Saying goodbye to their second home

Richardson Stadium timekeepers let go after fifty-plus years Sean Sutherland Staff Writer

Victoria Gibson News Editor For 118 years, Queen’s has given disciplinary and judicial power of its students, to their peers, through the country’s sole peer-led non-academic disciplinary system.

For the past year, the University’s Intake Office has limited the student government’s power by overseeing all cases brought to PHOTO BY MAUREEN O’REILLY their judicial system.

A brightly coloured tumor shown during the Richardson Laboratory tour on September 29th.

The non-academic misconduct (NAM) system has been under review for the past year and in its The funding was provided by the Ontario place was an interim protocol that Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), and expired on Sept. 1, leaving the AMS was allotted to the Queen’s Department of with absolutely no authority in the Pathology and Molecular Medicine. system for a month as they waited According to the University’s press release, to sign an Agency Agreement the OMPRN will “[increase] the participation formalizing their authority. of Ontario cancer pathologists in research, “I haven’t seen it, no one has enhancing collaboration across the province.” seen it,” Judicial Affairs Manager At the unveiling of the project, held in the Ryan Pistorius told The Journal Maureen O’Reilly atrium of the Queen’s School of Medicine on Sept. 29. “As I understand it, Assistant News Editor Building, Dean of Health Sciences Richard it’s currently still being drafted.

Reznick spoke to how every cancer patient As far as I know, the only people In a pair of black-gloved hands, on a stark is unique, and it’s the job of a pathologist who have seen it are the AMS white slide, a tumour stands in technicolor. It’s to identify the unique characteristics of executive and a few select members one of what’s now set to be many at Queen’s, each tumour. of the administration.” with Thursday’s $3.7 million announcement.

“Pathology helps to create personalized When asked by The Journal if it On the morning of Sept. 29, the University medicine, which will lead to better treatment should have been signed already, announced the multi-million dollar funding and more cures,” Reznick said.

Pistorius paused before answering. for the Ontario Molecular Pathology “We now have at our disposal hundreds “Yes. If I’m being very blunt. The Research Network (OMPRN), which will be of new cancer drugs that could be effective interim protocol and the policies based on campus. in treating a patient’s cancer,” LeBrun added. that we had in place expired at the Queen’s researcher Dr. David LeBrun, According to him, there are hundreds of drugs end of the summer. As of Sept. 1, principal investigator in the Cancer Biology that can be used to best combat an individual’s AMS [non-academic disciplinary and Genetics division of the Queen’s Cancer cancer, and it’s a judgement call for the See Agreement on page 5 Research Institute, will be leading the network.

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Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network to be based at Queen’s

Leonard Coyle was paid 25 cents the first time he worked as a timekeeper for a Queen’s football game.

That game was in 1947 and from then on he was a consistent presence at Richardson Stadium, serving as timekeeper for 69 seasons. That all changed earlier this year.

Coyle was let go by Queen’s Athletics and Recreation before the current season, alongside fellow timekeepers G.M “Bubs” Van Hooser and Wayne Burns.

This decision has taken away the opportunity for Coyle to work at a third installment of Richardson Stadium, having begun his work back when the football field stood on main campus.

Now 80, Coyle started out as an 11-year old flipping numbers on the old stadium’s manual scoreboard. 69 years later he remembers what he could buy with his pay from those games.

“Do you know what 25 cents bought me at the Jock Harty? It bought me a coke and a hot dog,” he said. “When you’re an 11-year old kid 25 cents is a lot of money back in ’47.”

When the stadium gained an electric scoreboard eight years later, Coyle — an electrician by trade — was pegged for the position of official timekeeper.

But now, Coyle is no longer manning the clock, part of Athletics and Recreation’s decision to switch to members of the Kingston

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A year since Smith Nearly 365 days and $50 million later, what has changed in the School of Business?

Maureen O’Reilly Assistant News Editor This Saturday marks one year since Queen’s School of Business took on its Smith label, after Principal Daniel Woolf announced a $50 million endowment on October 1, 2015 in Goodes Hall.

The faculty’s new namesake and donor Stephen J.R. Smith, is the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of First National Financial Corporation, and a BSc ’72 Queen’s alumnus.

According to a promotional video released by the Smith School of Business shortly after the announcement, the $50 million will be used for “funding new chairs and professorships to help recruit and retain the best faculty” and “significantly increasing the number of MBA scholarships to attract top students.”

These goals were put forth immediately upon the unveiling of Smith, but most of them are still works in progress.

University Communications Specialist Kristyn Wallace confirmed that two thirds of the profit from the endowment will be dedicated towards creating new faculty positions and one third will go towards increasing student scholarships.

According to Wallace, new faculty positions will be announced this fall.

More changes were visible on campus shortly following the unveiling, such as the re-branding of Goodes Hall, including the new Smith School of Business sign located outside the building.

As well, the former QSB Magazine was rebranded into Smith Magazine with a new online and print presence.

According to Commerce Society President, Bhavik Vyas, the donation has been “monumental for the business education at Queen’s.” He, as PHOTO BY MORGAN DODSON well, noted tangible changes in Using Smith’s endowment, new signage and branding material was purchased. the School’s branding.

“The physical impact has certainly been the first year of planning the university and the Smith School felt with new signs, building improvements, and marketing. of Business.” and incredible swag giveaways and “In terms of the endowment, it Commerce Society Vice President marketing,” he wrote in an email to will be heavily utilized to improve (Operations) René Puerta noted that it The Journal. post-undergraduate programs in the form of was satisfying to know the school has the The swag he’s referring to are the new staff, better facilities, and better course resources to “maintain its excellence” in hundreds of t-shirts that have been handed offerings,” he said. coming years. out to students.

Commerce Society Vice President With the $50 million donation, the “However, the non-physical impact has (Student Affairs) Sara Tyler added University’s yearly endowment amount also been amazing. The Smith donation has that the donation changed the increased by $11 million from 2014-15. given us a name to unite under and to make Commerce experience “by inspiring In the 2015-16 year, endowment funds prevalent in the business world.” students to aspire to a level of success totaled in at $930.9 million versus the He spoke to the plans for the where they too can give back in some way to previous year’s $919 million. future, beyond

Senate debates responsibility for diversity amongst Queen’s professors Discussion prompted by last year’s open letter Maureen O’Reilly Assistant News Editor At Senate this week, a response to a letter addressed to the University’s governing body last December, was presented by the Senate Education Equity Committee (SEEC).

The response, dated April 13, written by SEEC chair Michael Blennerhassett, stated that the claims made in the December letter were beyond their mandate.

The original letter was written by Anisa Mercedes Rawhani, Queen’s alum and former editor-in-chief of The Journal.

Last December, Rawhani appealed to the Queen’s Senate, the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Department of English language and literature to diversify their faculty.

“As the fall term of my final undergraduate year at Queen’s comes to a close, I can’t help but notice something, or rather someone, is missing — professors of colour,” she wrote.

According to Rawhani, the disproportionate amount of white professors at Queen’s creates a sense of alienation within many students of colour and allows white privilege to dictate campus culture. 36 other students were signatories on the letter. * “Students of colour shouldn’t be able to go through their entire undergraduate careers without seeing their own face or hearing

The announcement and celebration of the $50 million donation one year ago at Goodes Hall.

their own history. Equally important, white students need to interact with other races in an academic setting so that they are equipped to bring about equity in humanity,” Rawhani wrote.

In closing, she appealed to the Senate to take action in addressing this issue.

In his response letter, Blennerhassett, on behalf of SEEC, put forth that this issue is beyond their mandate, and that “concerns relating to faculty representation should be addressed to the Equity Office and to the Principal’s Council on Employment Equity.”

SEEC also pointed to their current efforts towards ensuring educational

I don’t find myself in complete “agreement that there’s a need for a robust approach for this. It is in place, and we’re proceeding towards our goals.

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equity, including their Diversity and Equity Assessment Planning (DEAP) tool, which was designed last year.

According to SEEC, the tool is an online, interactive application that invites departments “to explore [the University’s] diversity profile” and “to set goals based on their self-assessment and to track their

progress over time.”

Members of Senate on Tuesday were divided on how to approach the issue.

Queen’s University Faculty Association President Lynne Hanson suggested in her comments that a robust approach to equity might be warranted.

In response, Blennerhassett reiterated the message put forth in his letter — that equity within Queen’s faculties is an issue that lies outside of the committee’s mandate.

“I don’t find myself in complete agreement that there’s a need for a robust approach for this. It is in place, and we’re proceeding towards our goals,” Blennerhassett told Senate.

When asked how SEEC is addressing concerns regarding a lack of non-western knowledge in Queen’s curriculum, Blennerhassett replied that departments conduct self-assessment, examining each unit in their curriculum, considering them in context with the issue of diversity.

Senator Eleanor MacDonald then drew attention to the fact that when she attempted to use the DEAP tool launched by SEEC, she wasn’t able to properly access it. Blennerhassett assured the meeting that the problem would be fixed, but other senators echoed the sentiment, noting that they were unable to access it themselves.

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Later in the meeting, the group discussed a recommendation report composed by the Senate Governance and Nominating Committee (SGNC) regarding how to properly address similar letters to Senate.

In the report, SGNC explains that they receive many letters addressed to Senate, and they recommend that “it is not appropriate to include all correspondence addressed to Senate on the Senate agenda.”

However, this concerned some Senators present at the meeting, including Senator MacDonald.

According to MacDonald, if Senate were able to exclude certain legitimate letters from their meeting agendas, then Rawhani’s letter on diversity might never have made the cut.

“I’m extremely glad that we got to see that letter. It’s a very important letter that senators got to read and ponder even if it falls beyond the mandate of SEEC,” MacDonald said.

At the end of Senate’s open session on Sept. 27, no conclusion had been reached as to what will be done regarding Rawhani’s letter.

— With files from Victoria Gibson

*Among the 36 student signatories on the letter were a number of past and present members of The Journal’s masthead.

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Principal Woolf meeting with officials from Jilin University.

Principal Woolf returns from China after partner university’s 70th anniversary Twenty-three Queen’s students on exchange to Chinese schools this fall

Morgan Dodson Assistant News Editor As Queen’s celebrated its 175th anniversary, Jilin University celebrates an anniversary of its own with Principal Daniel Woolf in attendance.

The university invited all of the leaders of their closest partner universities to a celebration of their 70th anniversary in Changchun China.

Woolf explained in an email to The Journal that he delivered a

speech on talent management and development in post-secondary institutions in Canada. He was also conferred with an Honorary Professorship by the President of Jilin University, Li Yuanyuan, while visiting.

Since the partnership between the two universities began in 2011, it has presented a funded study for doctoral candidates at Queen’s through the China Scholarship Council.

In 2014, a study-abroad program was implemented that

gave students from Jilin access to the Bader International Study Centre.

Most recently an agreement was formed that allows Computer Engineering students from Jilin to complete their last two years at Queen’s.

“The collaborations with Jilin help increase the diversity of our student body and advance other goals of the QUCIP, which in turn, advance the priorities outlined in the university’s Strategic Framework,” Woolf said.

In addition, Queen’s staff members have been allowed to complete short-term teaching assignments at Jilin.

In his email to The Journal, Woolf explained that a recently launched program called Canada Learning Initiative in China (CLIC) has led to an increase in Canadian students studying at Chinese universities.

“This two-year pilot project, which provides tuition, living and travel subsidies in an attempt to encourage more Canadians to

study in China,” he said.

Twenty-three students will be participating in this exchange program this fall, with three of them being graduate students furthering their research in China.

“The future between Queen’s and Jilin University looks promising, as we continue to grow and to deepen our partnership,” Woolf wrote. “We hope to be able to increase the number of students participating in the academic programs outlined above.”

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AMS to promote environmentalism to students Sustainability week to run on campus starting Sunday Morgan Dodson Assistant News Editor From October 2-6, the AMS is set to run their Sustainability Week — designed to celebrate and promote environmentalism through groups on campus, various initiatives and campaigns.

Liam Dowling, commissioner of environmental affairs for the AMS, explained that providing awareness and services throughout the week is beneficial to the Queen’s community, both now and for the future.

Each day is set to represent a specific theme, which will be tied into the activities planned.

Some of the activities include a youth mentoring trip to Elbow Lake Educational Centre, Queen’s farmers’ market and a debate between the different political parties on campus.

The ‘lightbulb exchange’ is another event happening during the week, where students can replace old incandescent lights with new florescent ones. The event seeks to help students with their utility bills, as well as help the environment.

“Essentially it’s two-fold, in that you can raise awareness and promote sustainability as well as actually encouraging individuals to adapt it into their lifestyles,” Dowling, ConEd ’18 said.

He also hopes that the week will help

make the AMS Environmental Affairs Commission greater known within the Queen’s community.

“It shows a commitment at the university to environmentalism, and ensuring that we do have a green campus, especially given the Climate Action Plan that has been released in the past year,” Dowling said.

The Climate Action Plan, signed in 2010 by Principal Woolf, committed the University to engage in activities that reduce GHG emissions and promote curriculum on climate change and sustainability.

Dowling said that the week’s plans have been in the works for several months now.

The event involved collaboration from environmental groups including the Commission of Environmental Affairs, Queen’s Sustainability Office and other clubs on campus.

“It’s a very unique event in the way that it brings together groups from various aspects of the university under the same banner in order to promote the importance of sustainability,” Dowling said.

His favourite events are the Cogro Mug Days that will provide students with free coffee or tea if they bring a reusable mug to CoGro, Monday through Wednesday from 3-9 p.m.

A full list of events is available on the Sustainability Week Facebook page.

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pathologist each time.

“The money will be used to support more molecular pathology research, so that we can better understand the characteristics of individual’s tumours,” said Dr. Christine Williams, Deputy Director and Vice-President of the OICR. “An accurate diagnosis means patients will receive the best available therapy for them right away,” she said.

Dr. Steven Liss, Queen’s Vice-Principal (Research), also spoke at the announcement, revealing that the OMPRN will partake in various initiatives, such as enhancing mentorships and training for pathologists early in their careers.

The Thursday announcement was preceded by a guided tour of Queen’s pathology research facilities located in Richardson Laboratory.

Manley produced for his audience a dissected human colon with colon cancer, explaining how samples like it are used to understand the sort of proteins that make up various cancer cells.

The tour’s leadership was passed along to Shakeel Virk, Director of Operations for Queen’s Laboratory for Molecular Pathology.

He brought out a portion of a dissected cancerous tumour from the department’s sample archives.

Finally, LeBrun spoke to the group about a research technique called digital pathology, displaying on a computer screen an image of a breast cancer tumour. Researchers use biopsy samples, each about one millimeter in length, and stain them using immunoflourescents, which function to distinguish non-cancerous cells from

A new addition could be coming to the JDUC as early as Homecoming weekend says Student Life Centre Managing Director, Sam Anderson.

In place of the recently-closed Tuck Shoppe, a second location for the Grocery Checkout store in the ARC will be popping up across from the Khao restaurant in the JDUC within the next couple of months.

Unlike the identical Tim Hortons locations across the street from one another, Anderson said this second location will add a little more variety to the Grocery Checkout inventory.

“They’re going to be offering a different selection of things than their location in the ARC, mainly hot and ready food,” he said.

Ye Olde Tuck Shoppe, the former tenant, graced the halls of the JDUC for over 20 years. The couple who originally ran the store had decided not to renew their lease for the 2016 school year, choosing instead to retire.

Last year, the AMS did a survey to see what students wanted in the JDUC. After undergoing a process with Queen’s

and the SGPS, who share the space, Grocery Checkout was settled upon as the best option.

Hoping to have a quick turnaround, physical renovations to the space started in August, with the hope that it’ll be finished by mid-October.

Looking towards the future of the JDUC, Anderson says there’s the possibility for significant changes down the line. “We know the students like [Grocery Checkout],” he said. “And we were able to secure a short term lease.”

The short term lease is important to both Anderson and the other parties involved in the JDUC, especially in terms of developing plans to modify the JDUC in the future, along with students.

Shorter lease terms allow for a wider range of businesses to be switched in, which will give students the opportunity for feedback.

“In the future, we may see a whole slew of commercial tenants in the JDUC,” Anderson said. Other services in consideration include cellphone repair, dry cleaning services and a bank branch.

Researchers stain biopsy samples using immunoflourescents to distinguish non-cancerous cells from cancerous ones. Specific proteins of interest light up in the digital image in different colours.

cancerous ones.

Specific proteins of interest light up in the digital image in different colours, and based on the colour, pathologists can determine what type of clinical trial treatment would be most effective in fighting that specific tumour.

Dr. Paul Manley, a professor in the Dept. of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, produced a dissected human colon with cancer. Samples like it are used to understand the sort of proteins that make up various cancerous cells.

After 20 years, Ye Olde Tuck Shoppe closes its doors in student centre Blake Canning Assistant News Editor

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News in Brief Dean Woodhouse steps down The dean of engineering and applied science at Queen’s will be stepping down after her 2nd five year term in office as of June 30, 2017, the University announced on Sept. 27.

Kimberly Woodhouse was unavailable for comment, but a release in The Gazette stated she did not wish to be considered for her third possible term once her current tenure comes to

an end.

New Provost Benoit-Antoine Bacon has encouraged all members of the community to provide input regarding the faculty of Engineering, and to suggest individuals to serve on the advisory board deciding who will be the next candidate to step in to the position.

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system], within a University scope, doesn’t exist, because we don’t have any kind of mandate to work under.”

Both Pistorius and The Journal were informed shortly after the interview that AMS President Tyler Lively had signed the agreement, on the evening of Sept. 28.

However, Pistorius’ office had been left without the ability to work for almost all of September.

The non-academic misconduct (NAM) system, formerly known as non-academic discipline (NAD), had been under review for some time.

In 2012, following two alcohol-related student deaths, The Journal reported on a perceived attempt by the University to dismantle peer-led disciplinary methods.

At the time, the system was an entirely student-operated judicial board to discipline students in violation of the Queen’s Code of Conduct, based on restorative justice.

Discussions continued over the ensuing years, and in May of 2015, by request of the University, Harriet Lewis, the secretary and general counsel of York University, compiled a report for Queen’s which warned of legal and reputational risk arising from Queen’s traditions.

Last year, the system was taken under review by the Board

of Trustees and the interim protocol was put in place, which prompted contention among current and past student leaders.

A central intake office and student conduct office were created under an interim protocol and solidified in policy after a new Student Code of Conduct was accepted by the Board.

The formal delegation of authority to students, following the expiry of the interim protocol on Sept. 1, relied on the signing of an Agency Agreement between the University, the AMS, and SGPS. The other three units under NAM — Athletics and Recreation, the Student Conduct Office, and the Residences — already fall under the University’s jurisdiction, and therefore don’t require any signed agreements to operate under NAM. When initially asked for a copy of the agreement, the AMS responded to The Journal that the document was confidential. When asked if it would eventually be made available to the public, on Sept. 29, Pistorius responded that “from a quasi-legal basis, it kind of has to.”

Though Lively signed the agreement on Sept. 28, there had been no public posting or announcement at the time of The Journal’s publication.

During the time that the AMS has been without authority, all cases have been handed off to the Student Conduct Office. For

Pistorius, this fact, combined with the uncertainty of the new system, has lead to many students forgoing their complaints being filed.

“It’s frustrating, because I don’t think anyone’s intention with the new Code of Conduct intended to prevent people from filing complaints when they’ve been harmed, but that’s the effect.

Because we have no idea what’s going to happen,” he said.

On Tuesday, the University Senate dissolved the Senate Committee on Non-Academic Misconduct (SONAM), which functioned as a governance and oversight body, as well A 1924 meeting of the AMS Court, which as an operational roundtable. eventually became the AMS Judicial Committee.

It was comprised of leaders of the various NAM units, representation from the administration, and 50 per cent either ex officio or elected members at large.

According to Pistorius, who sat on SONAM as an elected member at large, SONAM’s responsibilities were split among two new bodies following its dissolution.

The NAM Subcommittee was thereby charged with governance and oversight of the system, and the NAM Roundtable with the operational side.

“Presumably, we will start going to [the NAM Roundtable] when we have an Agency Agreement,” Pistorius said. “That’s the only way we’d know what’s happening.”

Current AMS Judicial Affairs Manager Ryan Pistorius outside his office on Sept. 29.

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A few counsellors not enough for thousands of struggling students W

e have the statistics. We have the student mental health campaigns. We even have a student wellness centre being built slowly, but surely, in the PEC. But when it comes to tackling the mental health crisis head-on, are we glossing over a vital question — what are the root causes of plummeting mental health among students?

The CBC reported that mental health counsellors in post-secondary institutions across the province are struggling to meet the spiking demands of students. It’s resulted in “a mental health crisis”.

When it comes to expectations of students, many feel that the bar is constantly being raised.

It’s become a normalized reality among today’s university-goers that a stand-alone post-secondary degree doesn’t guarantee a steady career.

The pressure to succeed academically, gain work experience, achieve a well-rounded résumé and maintain a social life is ongoing and continually rising.

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that as expectations are heightened, more and more students are crumbling under the pressure.

To fix such a rapidly intensifying problem, a handful of campus counsellors — paired with unreasonable wait-times and many professors still lacking sensitivity to students’ mental health — isn’t going to cut it.

Hiring a single campus counsellor every time staggering mental health statistics are publicized reeks of self-protection, not student protection.

Universities can’t expect the complex problem of student mental health to simply blow over — it’s a continuous issue that needs continuous addressing.

In 2012, partly in response to the student suicides that took place at Queen’s in

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their academics, and so on.

There are no shortage of statistics evidencing the need for mental health resources.

Yet after nearly five years, we’re still facing the same problems.

It’s not as if the changes aren’t taking place — it’s that the immediacy of persistent challenges to students’ mental health demands a more immediate answer.

Adding more faculty counsellors may seem like the simple solution, but the crisis won’t blow over if the problems with the current counselling resources aren’t addressed.

Change will only come to fruition when wait-times are decreased and facilities for struggling students are made available.

In the meantime, the disproportionate ratio of struggling students to campus counsellors, and the wait-times that sometimes last weeks, may be pushing students to lose trust in therapy — a resource meant to be open ILLUSTRATION BY VINCENT LIN and welcoming.

The insufficient number and availability of counsellors may cause an increasing amount of students to believe To fix such a rapidly intensifying problem, a handful that the resource itself is valueless.

Part of the answer could be as simple of campus counsellors — paired as universities assuring students they with unreasonable wait-times care — phone numbers for helplines and many professors still lacking made highly accessible on their websites sensitivity to students’ mental or training for professors on how best health — isn’t going to cut it. to react when students complain of academic pressures.

Without exploring the causes behind a 2010, Principal Daniel Woolf launched the culture where students’ put their grades before their mental health, and addressing Principal’s Commission on Mental Health.

In a report released in June of 2012, the the inadequacies of already existing Principal’s Commission on Mental Health resources, universities won’t understand made public a wealth of numbers — 73 their part in it. per cent of surveyed students reported — Journal Editorial Board experiencing academic pressures, 63 per cent said they didn’t have enough time for

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Canadians can’t save America “Did you hear what Trump said?” has now become a sure way to start a conversation.

Regardless of what he said, we have our own government to listen to.

With November’s elections approaching fast, everybody seems to be talking about how the United States will have to choose between arguably the two most unpopular candidates in American history.

From Trump’s immigration comments to Clinton’s email server, this election has the intellectual appeal of a Kardashians episode.

But we, Canadians, need to remember that we didn’t elect them. Canadians invested in the American election: remember that it was Americans who democratically and legitimately elected Trump and Clinton in the primaries.

It’s a typical tendency of university-aged groupthink to excitedly antagonize the right-wing figure of the day and Trump is almost irresistible. In fact, Trump is so irresistible that I’ve heard no mention about Kellie Leitch’s recent proposal of Canada’s own value test for immigrants around on campus. As Canadians, we don’t have democratic influence over other countries’ elections, nor should we.

It’s naïve to think that geographic proximity means that we have similar political climates when the reality is that the United States and Canada have vastly different political interests and ideas of what’s dangerous.

In the United States, depending what state you’re in, imprisonment could mean disfranchisement and the death penalty whereas in Canada, you can still vote from your life sentence.

A Black Lives Matter demonstration in Canada will make the news for halting a Pride Parade — a celebration of diverse values and sexualities — whereas protests in the States often make the news for beginning or ending with a shootout. While many of the same issues exist in both countries, their realities are fundamentally different as soon as you cross the border.

Instead of bemoaning Trump and Clinton on social media, the circus of the American election can act as a bouncing off point to reflect on our values as a country and most importantly, how we want Canadian governments to react to either outcome of the election.

We had our own federal election already last year, but the lack of sensationalized stories about Canadian politicians right now doesn’t mean we should forget that we have our own government to be active in.

Canadian politics is benign and boring next to the American system — and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Mikayla is The Journal’s Features Editor. She’s a third-year Applied Economics student.

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Ontario’s Indigenous Studies gap is bigger than post-secondary education Erin Clancy, B.Ed ’17 Students aren’t learning enough about Indigenous studies, but neither are their teachers.

To combat this knowledge gap, some Canadian universities, such as Lakehead and Winnipeg University, have implemented mandatory Indigenous credits for all students.

This will help to educate post-secondary students, but it doesn’t address the systemic knowledge gap at the primary and secondary school levels in Ontario. While some faculties of education at Ontario universities are incorporating Indigenous education for teachers into their programs, it strikes me as too little too late.

As a Queen’s teacher candidate currently enrolled in the Faculty of Education, I have experienced this knowledge gap first-hand throughout my primary and secondary education.

One of the first times I was exposed to the histories of Indigenous populations in elementary school was when I was instructed to participate in a frankly offensive skit in the sixth grade.

In high school, we briefly touched upon the subject of residential schools in one lesson in our tenth grade history class.

My first real exposure to Indigenous cultures, histories and mistreatment in Canada was at Trent University, and this was largely because I was a history major who took an interest in Indigenous Studies.

Most teachers had similar experiences in their primary and secondary educations, and may not have pursued subject areas that addressed Indigenous histories and issues in their universities or education programs either. This means that teachers, who we place the onus on to educate our students on Indigenous Studies, are unfamiliar with the content and, therefore, lack confidence in teaching it.

In Canada, education is a provincial matter, making each province’s curriculum for Kindergarten to grade 12 unique.

Ontario has no mandatory Indigenous Studies courses but has created ten elective courses in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies. According to research by the People for Education advocacy group, only half of Ontario high schools actually offered one or more of these courses in 2015.

While the mere offering of these courses

is a step forward, the fact that they’re not mandatory means that students will likely opt for something more traditional, as they’re only required to take one senior-level credit under the PHOTO BY JULIA BALAKRISHNAN umbrella of Canadian and Erin Clancy argues that teachers are being underprepared for teaching World Studies.

Indigenous studies in public school curriculum.

Ontario has made strides to embed Indigenous studies into many teachable subject, which is available for governments should “provide the necessary courses across the primary and secondary those who took Indigenous Studies in their funding to post-secondary institutions to level, however, the problem persists because undergraduate degree. educate teachers with respect to integrating Queen’s is also unique with its Indigenous knowledge and teaching of the knowledge gap and lack of support for teachers who have never been exposed to Aboriginal Teacher Education Program, methods into classrooms.” which is designed for a select number the content they’re expected to teach.

This rightfully takes the onus off According to a Toronto Star article, Nicole of teacher candidates to specialize in of individual teachers and places the Bell, an Anishnaabe scholar and Trent Indigenous Education. responsibility directly on our government.

Now that the education program is University’s Faculty of Education’s senior Ontario is making improvements in Indigenous education advisor, stated that four semesters, there’s also a new course providing professional development for “many teachers say they feel inadequate to called Introduction to Aboriginal Studies teachers in Indigenous studies, as research do these topics justice in the classroom — or for Teachers. from the People for Education illustrates.

However, there are still some teacher they’re so afraid they’ll teach it wrong, they Although an improvement, if Indigenous freeze and don’t really do anything, which is candidates, like myself, who went through education for teachers is only a priority for the Concurrent Education Program, and are half of the schools in Ontario, we’re going to not what we hope for.” only required to complete two-semesters continue to see students graduating from of the four semester program. These high school without an understanding and concurrent teacher candidates don’t receive respect of the cultures and experiences of While some faculties the introductory course offered in the later Indigenous peoples. of education at Ontario semesters of the program, and neither have Until more progress is made, Ontario’s universities are all of the teacher candidates that graduated universities may have no choice but to incorporating Indigenous before 2015. implement mandatory Indigenous studies education for teachers Even if teacher candidates today are credits to make up for the gaps persisting at receiving more Indigenous education the elementary and secondary levels. into the programs, than in the past, it doesn’t translate to the it strikes me as too present teaching force, especially when Erin Clancy is in her final year of the little too late. schools are limited to how many new hires Queen’s-Trent Concurrent Teacher they can make and are largely relying on Education Program.

Through my experiences as a teacher tenured teachers that lack knowledge in candidate, I’ve found that educators Indigenous material.

There has been increased pressure are pressed to include all the required curriculum content, and as new content for Ontario’s Ministry of Education to becomes added, such as Indigenous Studies, make major improvements in Indigenous STATISTICS FROM teachers struggle to exclude content they Studies since the Truth and Reconciliation PEOPLE FOR EDUCATION know very well to teach content they’re Commission (TRC) released their final report in 2015. unfamiliar or uncomfortable with.

The TRC created the Call to Action In 2015, Ontario’s teacher education program was lengthened from a one 62.1, which calls for “age-appropriate In 2015, 31 per cent of Ontario year, two-semester program to a two curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, elementary schools and 53 per year, four-semester program. Since and Aboriginal peoples’ historical and cent of high schools provided then, more Indigenous learning is contemporary contributions to Canada professional development in offered for teacher candidates in select a mandatory education requirement for Indigenous Studies for staff, universities, but according to People for Kindergarten to grade 12 students.” which is a 6 per cent increase Despite some small steps forward Education, the majority still don’t require from the 2014 elementary teacher candidates to take Indigenous in the curricular response to the TRC, numbers and a 19 per cent there’s still much work to be done in focused courses.

The Faculty of Education at Queen’s teacher preparation. increase for secondary schools.

The TRC’s Call to Action 62.2 states that offers Native Studies as a high school

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Thoughts on the U.S. Presidential Debate?

“It made me feel so glad that I live in Canada.”

Rachel Heleniak, ArtSci ’19

“I liked Hillary a lot more after watching it.”

Sam Boynton, ConEd ’17

“Trump isn’t that great at bashing Hillary when she’s next to him.”

Derek Sanders, ArtSci ’17

“I enjoyed Hillary’s Trump-tags, like ‘Trumped-up’.”88 Samantha Black, LLB ’19

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QUEEN’S HISTORY

The duality of Peter E. Jones A Queen’s graduate and the first Indigenous physician of Canada Mikayla Wronko Features Editor

At the time, daily chapel Jones was a man from two worlds. before folding due to its inability contributions to medical science. attendance was mandatory at For instance, Jones’s own cousin to secure funding or maintain a No doubt, Queen’s has changed Queen’s as a way to track student had unsuccessfully campaigned to constant audience. in the 150 years since Jones It’s been a century and a half since wellness. Aside from chapel rid Jones of his status of the reserve In 1886, the Liberal government sat in a classroom on Queen’s The Indian Medicine-Man thesis attendance, a medical education in doctor while the Toronto Globe in had been elected in and Jones grounds. Resources like the Four was written, by Student No. 596. the 1860s consisted of chemistry, 1885 referred to him as “an almost was removed as an Indian agent. Directions Aboriginal Centre It’s not known when it was lost, laboratory demonstrations, natural full-blooded white.”

According to Sherwin, Jones had have become accessible for but sometime between 1866 and history, as well as accompanying Jones devoted his time serving also since been removed as the Indigenous students and before now, it disappeared. a surgeon on their rounds at as a political organizer for Sir John band physician and his wife had left University administrative meeting, It’s author, Dr. Peter Edmund Kingston General Hospital.

A. Macdonald and was a part of him. As a result, Jones developed a recognition is given that the land is Jones was the first Indigenous On campus, Jones had a foot in the consultation on the Electoral heavy alcohol addiction.

Indigenous — but how much has physician — in the sense of a two different worlds, a state which Franchise Act MacDonald passed Jones then kept a small farm it changed? licensed doctor — in North is perhaps best indicated by the in 1885, which gave “Indian and medical practice in Hagersville Less than 10 per cent of America. He was also a Queen’s thesis he submitted in his second -status” men in Eastern Canada until he eventually passed away Indigenous people in Canada graduate, but his name and student and final year of his medical degree, voting rights without losing from cancer in 1909. have earned a university degree number among the Student entitled The Indian Medicine- their status.

“Even though prejudice ran high according to the most recent Registrar’s records are the only Man. The work was inspired by In a letter dated May 30, 1885, in his day, Jones was well liked, Statistics Canada data, in record of Jones’s time at Queen’s in his father’s book, History of the Jones wrote to MacDonald: “My perhaps thanks to his forthright, comparison with upwards of the 1860s.

Ojebway Indians: With Especial Dear Sir John, I should have written confident, friendly manner, his 60 per cent of non-Indigenous Jones’ story began on October Reference to Their Conversion to you some time ago to thank you intelligence, and his mastery of people who’ve obtained a 30, 1843, in London Upper to Christianity. for making the Indian a person in chess, which was popular at the post-secondary degree.

Canada where he was born. His In the spring of 1866 — a year the Franchise Bill.

In 2014, roughly 1 per cent time,” wrote Lindy Mechefske in father, Reverend Peter Jones, was before the Canadian Confederation Other affairs, however, have her Queen’s Alumni Review article, of the entering undergraduate an Ojibwe Methodist preacher. — Jones earned his medical prevented me from performing The Indian Medicine Man in 2013. class at Queen’s self-identified as Jones, a quarter Aboriginal, also doctorate degree, and became my duty. I now thank you on the Jones was more than just a Indigenous in proportion to 4.3 per received his father’s Indigenous the first known British North part of the memory of my father statistical first. He had eclectic cent of the Canadian population name: Kahkewaquonaby, “the American status-Aboriginal to and on the part of myself, as for interests that ranged from being identifying as Indigenous. waving plume.” do so.

For Jones, identity wasn’t many years we advocated and regarded as an outstanding chess urged this step as the one most player to an amateur taxidermist a dichotomy.

For those who look closely likely to elevate the aborigines to and archaeologist, aside from his On campus, Jones had a foot in two different worlds, a the position more approaching enough, Jones can be remembered as a man who connected two state which is perhaps best indicated by the thesis he the whites.” worlds and thrived in both.

Jones also went on to submitted in his second and final year of his medical create The Indian, the first newspaper explicitly degree, entitled The Indian Medicine-Man. campaigning for Indigenous rights in His mother, Eliza Field, was a Jones also retained his Canada. The paper British woman from an affluent self-identification as an Indigenous was unable to family. The two met when Rev. person once becoming licensed as grow as Jones Jones was touring England, a doctor. Upon graduation, Jones had intended looking for funding to go towards asked that his Indigenous name, it would, only Methodist missions and spreading Kahkewaquonaby, be put on the publishing Christianity to Aboriginal graduation list.

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It wasn’t until 2012 with A man with evangelical goals, Sherwin’s book that Jones’ status the senior Jones intended to build as the first Aboriginal physician a vocational school for Aboriginal in North America was solidified. youth. In his book about the He had earned his M.D. one year younger Jones’ life, Bridging Two before Oronhyatekha — a Native Peoples, Allan Sherwin writes that American Mohawk who completed the senior Jones’ efforts would his degree at the University of eventually help to build one of Toronto, and was previously the first residential schools in known as the first Native North America. medical doctor.

Jones viewed his father as a Jones’ story doesn’t end with hero, but he died when Jones was becoming a historical first. After only 12 years old, spurring his son’s graduating, he went on to fight for choice to work in the Indigenous Indigenous rights, as he saw them community, despite growing up in at the time. a non-Indigenous part of the city.

Oronhyatekha is known as the After a tumultuous bout of first Aboriginal Oxford scholar, as polio left him on crutches, Sherwin well as being an outspoken activist writes, the unconventional couple of women’s suffrage. For Jones, an believed that education would be interest in activism honed in on the key to their son’s success. They the Aboriginal community that he arranged for a governess to aid him deeply identified with. in his education before he attended Like his father, Jones married an the Brantford Grammar School and English woman, Charlotte Dixon. eventually, university.

After graduating, he had a difficult First studying at the Toronto time securing patients in School of Medicine, Jones only Brantford where the couple lasted there until 1864. At this now lived due to the racism point, he transferred for unknown they faced, so the couple reasons — although Sherwin eventually found a home in suggests it was because of finances Hagersville while Jones was — to Queen’s College in Kingston. able to practice medicine in The medical school at Queen’s Mississauga of New Credit. was established in 1855, and new Jones was elected as Chief medical students swamped the of the Mississauga Ojibway faculty’s four professors. Jones was twice, but the community An illustration of Dr. Peter E. Jones based off his portrait on the cover of Allan Sherwin’s book, ILLUSTRATION BY VINCENT LIN the only self-identifying Indigenous that Jones had accepted didn’t student in his class. always accept him. After all, Bridging Two Peoples.

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ARTS ARTIST PROFILE

The future of fashion

Jia Zhang, founder of Queen’s Fashion Photography finds a voice behind the lens

asked stylish Queen’s pedestrians for a photo of their #ootd (outfit of the day) to put on social media.

That first day in front of Stauffer was a different experience for Zhang.

“Sometimes we feel bad, judging people that walk by, saying not this one. But when you do, people get so happy. We made their day,” he said.

Nick Pearce He explained that the club tries to find Staff Writer unique styles in their street models — people When I first met Jia Zhang, I had an epiphany who express themselves in interesting and unusual ways. about the cargo shorts I was wearing.

Zhang, ArtSci ’17, had just returned from New York Fashion Week and looked like it.

His perfectly groomed hair, designer clothes I needed a voice, and polite mannerisms put my pizza-stained so I created one. shorts and t-shirt combo to shame.

Growing up, Zhang picked up a British — Jia Zhang accent from an old professor and watching British TV shows. It has since faded, but he’s “You want something that catches retained the social manners and measured people’s eye,” Zhang said. “Some might speech.

Zhang was born and raised in Luohe, China say these styles are bad. We don’t think so.

— a city more famous for its meat processing We think it’s interesting for them to industry than its fashion scene. He only found express themselves.”

Within a year, the club had won the AMS’s his twin passions, fashion and photography, when he moved to an international high Best New Club of The Year Award.

While I used my hands to excitedly school in Zhengzhou, China. describe the club’s rise, Zhang nodded along politely. He admitted he can’t take When I first met Jia Zhang, sole credit for the success, citing his friends’ Street style at NYFW 2016 captured by Zhang. help and the club’s committed membership.

I had an epiphany Since ‘Street Snaps’, the club’s catalogue about the cargo shorts has gown considerably: themed photo shoots, I was wearing. short films and a series featuring Principal Daniel Woolf to name a few.

The club’s success allowed Zhang to The brands discovered during hours spent pursue his photography even further. After scouring the Internet for the North American his third year, he landed an internship as Elle street wear he admired — The Hundreds, Canada’s first in-house videographer and just Obey, Supreme — were an early inspiration recently returned from paid coverage of this for the young photographer. But Zhang has year’s New York Fashion Week.

But, Zhang’s future is film. He plans moved up in the fashion hierarchy and his list of favourite designers now includes to build his talents in Toronto with short J.W. Anderson, Saint Laurent and Comme art and fashion films before he moves on to commercials.

Des Garcons.

“Get my first demo reel out there,” Zhang Zhang added that my style is “laidback and casual,” which I assume is what Comme Des said. “My final goal would be Hollywood.”

While he’ll be graduating this year, Garcons would call “wearing cargo shorts.”

But even once he got to Queen’s, Zhang Zhang hopes that he can provide similar didn’t connect his fashion sense with his opportunities for the club’s new members.

“I feel super insecure sometimes because photography. At least not until his friend, Zaid I imagine what I’d be like if I didn’t create Mohmand, offered an alternative.

“Zaid suggested I start my own this club,” Zhang said. When he reflects photography club,” Zhang said. His friend back, he said, most of his early career success suggested that Zhang would benefit from were rooted on that Monday when Zaid suggested he start a club. having something that was wholly his own.

“I needed a voice,” Zhang said. “So I And so, Queen’s Fashion Photography (QFP) was born. Their first act as a club was created one.” called ‘Street Snaps,’ where the members Taken for Queen’s Fashion Photography by Jia Zhang.

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COMPETITION

Student artist’s work to be featured on an upcoming wine bottle Fine Arts student Kelly Baskin wins Magnotta Winery Art Competition

Baskin’s Presence of a Nightwalker will be displayed on upcoming Magnotta Winery Cabernet bottles.

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Dry, intense, bold and full-bodied – that’s Kelly Baskin’s art.

Baskin, a fourth-year Fine Arts student and wine enthusiast will have her art featured on a Cabernet bottle after winning the 2016 Magnotta Winery Art Competition.

Her painting, Presence of a Night Walker, won for its striking design and its perfect fit for a bottle of red.

The piece was created at the end of last school year and is a 5x6 ft. oil painting depicting a faceless man in a night scene.

“As I was working through it, I used light translucent layers to show things that were there in the past” Baskin said. This technique allowed Baskin to present her ideas on the continuing power of objects, even when they are long departed.

After passing the first round of the competition, Baskin was invited among 10 other finalists to Magnotta Winery’s annual Underground Cellar event, to showcase her work.

“I’m so passionate about my work, but seeing other people appreciate it, the recognition was great” she said about the showcase.

“It’s difficult for people to find a job, especially those who actually want to be an artist,” she said. But, the award, which she received in late August, gave her confidence and reassured her place in the artistic realm.

Although Baskin has won other prizes for her art, this is the first big award she’s received.

“It was free to apply for it,” Baskin said, a refreshing opportunity for a student artist.

“Also, I love wine and I usually shop based on the cover art anyways, “ she said, jokingly.

In addition to her upcoming wine label, Magotta Winery rewarded the artist $2,500 and will host her painting in their private collection alongside works by the Group of Seven.

After graduation, Baskin hopes to keep working at her art and making connections.

“I’ll maybe try a white wine next year,” Baskin said with a laugh.

THE ISABEL

Queer Ecologies: Breaking down walls Two day performing arts event explores complex themes from queer and trans perspectives Josh Malm Contributor On Saturday, Toronto-based artist, performer and researcher Alvis Choi, otherwise known as Alvis Parsley, delivered a bewildering yet brave piece of theatre to an intimate crowd of 25 people at the Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts.

The performance was part of a two-day performing arts event in Kingston called Queer Ecologies that explores themes concerning home, nature and place from queer and trans perspectives. Choi’s production Born With the “Sea” drew on personal, and at times painful memories that explored issues associated with migration and sexual fluidity.

“For this particular piece I was thinking about water and migration and how that relates to my own experience as a queer and trans identified person,” the Hong Kong-born artist explained in an interview with The Journal.

Going into Choi’s performance, I had no idea what to expect given the subject matter advertised as well as the unorthodox nature of performance art pieces.

At times, both the audience and myself were in a relative state of flux as we tried

to navigate the intense performance and its complex themes.

With a microphone in hand, Choi began the piece with a few lines of ambiguous spoken word poetry about the sea, looking out onto Lake Ontario from the glass-walled lobby of the Isabel.

Choi then came inside, pacing slowly to the middle of the lobby from where the audience was watching.

The artist began reciting more poetry, speaking softly, repeating phrases and at one point resting on the floor, and humming various noises.

The artist then rose, walked slowly up the stairs leading to the lobby and continued the piece. The performance came to a climax as Choi went around the room, asking nearly every person for their name and the meaning behind it.

This was the most powerful part of the performance and it caught my attention in particular, because everyone suddenly looked afraid — uncomfortable to be picked out in the crowd.

“The question of who is considered an outsider and who is othered was a theme,” Choi said of the piece. “If we think about how See Toronto on page 12

Choi’s performance in The Isabel lobby.

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Participants at the Globe and Mail Feminist Book Reading investigate the inherent biases present in the media.

AGNES

Reading between the lines My experience reading The Globe and Mail through a feminist lens Alex Palermo Assistant Arts Editor Last Saturday, I had a revelation. Sometimes, sexism doesn’t manifest itself as words but rather a lack thereof.

As I sat in on the Agnes’ Globe and Mail Feminist Book Reading, I came to be more familiar with the inherent biases that reveal themselves in mainstream media.

The Globe and Mail Feminist Reading Group is a spinoff of the ongoing series, The New York Times Feminist Reading Group – a series that gathers together people to read newspapers from a feminist perspective.

Upon arriving at the Agnes, my first observation was that there was a rather impressive, if not somewhat mismatched turnout.

There were some women in their sixties, a few younger artists from the Kingston area, two men (one who brought his young daughter), and around six female students — only one of whom wasn’t studying arts.

We first began by introducing ourselves and sharing our personal relationship to feminism.

One woman introduced herself, and then declared that she was disappointed in today’s feminists for dressing too revealingly.

There was silence, and then someone close to me mumbled “That’s stupid,” under their breath. I stifled a laugh into my free copy of The Globe and Mail, as another attendee replied: “I’m really interested in intersectional feminism and also cut-offs.”

Off to a lively start, we found discussion fuelled within the first few pages.

The late Indigenous artist, Annie Pootoogook, whose body was discovered in a river, earned a “tribute” on page A3 which seemed to focus solely on her “troubled existence” and the details surrounding her death.

The leaders of the discussion, artists Liz Linden and Jen Kennedy, who run a website called Contemporary Feminism, expressed their belief that the article wasn’t paying homage to her work in a respectful manner, touching only briefly upon her artistic successes, and describing some of her paintings as depictions of men beating their wives and watching television porn.

I silently disagreed, because while her art deserves recognition, her death is still under investigation and was written as a prominent news piece for the News section. To me, the placement of the tribute spoke volumes about how important it was.

The newspaper reading was reminiscent

of book club without the judgment and time commitment, through the lens of modern day feminism. As we tore apart The Globe and Mail, all the things I hadn’t noticed about mainstream media writing suddenly became blaringly obvious.

When we flipped to the Globe Focus section we looked at the visual layout instead of content for an article on Canadian prisoners not being granted parole.

I noticed that the photos included in the article were close-ups of the prisoner’s neck tattoos, which seemed to only perpetuate the stereotype they aimed to counteract.

The article followed the struggles of several men serving despairingly long sentences and how it had affected their family lives and professional lives. There was no mention of Canadian women in prison.

The focus of the group was to point

out how coverage favoured men and their achievements; when the achievements of women often stood in the shadows when compared to those of their male counterparts.

Similarly, inherent biases against other groups were pointed out during the discussion, for instance, an article about an Aboriginal Grand Chief, Alvin Fiddler receiving an honorary degree largely focused in the first three paragraphs on Gord Downie who was a silent attendee at the ceremony.

As we examined the sections, we barely went so much as a page before someone pointed out another subtle bias.

While many excellent and often overlooked issues were brought up at the event, the opinions being shared were overwhelmingly negative towards The Globe. I found myself frowning at the paper I’d once worshipped.

However, I was glad to have been enlightened to what most of us skim over every day, without a thought. The overriding conclusion was there’s room for media outlets to improve and to avoid perpetuating harmful biases.

As a student journalist, this experience has made me more aware of the inherent prejudice in writing, and it’s not always blaringly obvious.

I’m fortunate to be in a position that allows me to have a certain amount of control over how my writing is presented, right down to the accompanying photo choice.

As with any major media publication, The Globe and Mail has a responsibility to be free from racist, sexist and ableist content, and we have a responsibility to read between the lines.

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Toronto artist opens show at the Isabel Continued from page 10

everyone is a immigrant then these questions of immigrants being ‘outsiders’ need to be challenged.”

Choi’s art provided social commentary on our mistakes of questioning perceived outsiders about their own cultures to a point of interrogation, which may be uncomfortable for those on the receiving end. Choi asked everyone in the audience for their name and the origin of it, allowing everyone to experience this position as ‘other’ as well as overcome it.

Choi’s performance was honest and relatable to some members in the audience who shared similar experiences and spoke of them to the artist one-on-one, after the show.

For others, the performance offered insight into the hardships faced by trans-immigrants.

Performances such as Choi’s force us to contemplate our positionality and the privilege we may experience, breaking down our own experiences or cultural lenses to enhance our perception of realities beyond our own.

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Alex Choi, whose performance is part of a two day event in Kingston called Queer Ecologies.

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Through four games, kicker Nick Liberatore has hit 9 of 11 field goals, including this 34-yard attempt against Toronto.

ATHLETE PROFILE

Turning trick shots into a scholarship First-year kicker finds success after recruitment through YouTube video Sebastian Bron Staff Writer Across a running stream of water, over a bridge, and swiftly into a trunk isn’t detailing a fugitive’s tracks — it’s the improbable story of how Gaels’ football kicker Nick Liberatore put himself on the map and secured an athletic scholarship.

To be fair, he didn’t actually do any of these things. What he did do, however, was kick a football across a stream of water, over a bridge, and into a trunk.

In a last-ditch effort to get noticed by college recruiters, Liberatore, along with the help of his friends, put together a highlight tape showcasing his repertoire of trick shots and impressive longrange kicks. The video shows him kick a ball into a basketball hoop, a garbage bin, and even hitting a field goal from 60 yards out — just four yards off an

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NFL record.

Just two years into beginning his football career at his local high school in Dartmouth, NS, Liberatore found himself in a predicament most recruits don’t: he didn’t have any game film.

Liberatore gained his idea from Norwegian kicker Håvard Rugland — a placekicker who garnered notoriety through his trick-shot videos which subsequently gained him a roster spot on the NFL’s Detroit Lions.

“So I just kind of thought ‘what’s the worst that can happen?’”

Liberatore’s high school didn’t provide athletes with game film — a custom in many secondary schools across Canada tend to — and he saw the tape as a creative way to separate himself from other kickers in the country.

Understandably, in a tireless effort to hit his targets, the process became repetitive and rather mundane, but it never felt like

a chore — it was refreshing to be doing something unique and different, Liberatore said.

“There were some [shots] that took a couple of hours, and we definitely had to be pretty creative,” he said. “My friends were there so we saw it as just hanging out instead of something that we had to do.”

Nearly a year since the video first aired on YouTube, it’s certainly safe to say it was anything but hanging out.

In an interview with CTV News over the summer, Hayden Redden, Liberatore’s close friend who filmed and edited the video, said he couldn’t believe the attention the video attracted. What had started out as a mere favour for a friend ultimately became a gateway for Liberatore’s football career.

Liberatore emailed the video to several CIS programs, and, after months of anticipation, received a response from Gaels’ head coach

Pat Sheahan, who said that the kicker’s “little advertisement” caught his eye.

“We’ve always looked for a guy that can do it all, a guy who does the punting, kicking, and can do the kickoffs. He looked like he had the potential to do all of them,” Sheahan told reporters at CBC News, Nova Scotia.

Before committing to the Gaels, the freshman was in contact with schools in the Maritimes — closer to his hometown.

When he received an academic and athletic scholarship offer from St. Mary’s in Nova Scotia — Queen’s limited its offer to athletic — he understood its significance. An academic scholarship presents benefits the athletic simply doesn’t. The grade point threshold to be admitted and remain enrolled is considerably lower, which in turn makes it easier to sustain financial assistance in regards to tuition.

But coming to Queen’s, he said, was something he couldn’t turn down.

“The biggest selling point was my mom when she said ‘could you imagine ever turning down an offer from Queen’s?’”

While kicks in a video can be done over and over again until they look good, it’s different from in-game situations. Well into the 2016 CIS season, Liberatore has made the transition look easy.

Through four games, his 9-for-11 field goal ratio is among the best in the OUA — he’s ranked fourth in field goal percentage at 82 per cent.

Taking it game-by-game is a steady approach to his first season, Liberatore said, but, like the Norwegian kicker who paved his way onto an NFL roster, he isn’t setting his goals short.

“Being a professional athlete has always been my dream.”

Young Gaels adjust to Queen’s

First years and teammates discuss their Orientation Week Spencer Belyea Staff Writer Aside from exam season, it’s hard to find a more hectic time at Queen’s than the seven-day span from move-in day to the start of classes.

First year students especially run the gauntlet during this time — they have to move in to residence, adjust to a new city and living environment, participate in non-stop Orientation events, meet new people and often all while being away from home for the first time.

For first-year athletes, the

workload is doubled.

Many teams — including football, soccer, rugby, and hockey — have practices, training camps, and even games during Orientation Week, which means that athletes miss significant parts of the orientation activities their peers are participating in.

Sydnee Nolan, a fourth-year scrum-half on the women’s rugby team, remembers the week being “very busy” because of her team commitments.

“I tried to go to as many Orientation events as I could,” she said, but practices and preparation for

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Abraham plays with the pros Gaels defensemen skates at Florida Panthers rookie camp Bilal Shaikh Contributor After a successful second year, which included a CIS All-Star team selection, Gaels star defensemen Spencer Abraham received the call of a lifetime this summer.

On the other end of the phone was the NHL’s Florida Panthers, inviting Abraham to participate in their rookie tournament this year.

“It was probably one of the most rewarding phone calls that I have ever gotten,” Abraham said. “As a kid growing up in Southern Ontario, and playing hockey since I was 3 years old, you always dream of getting an opportunity to try out for a team in the NHL.” This year’s tournament took place at the Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs, FL and consisted of four teams: the Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, along with the Panthers. Each team invited a combination of their own prospects and some amateur players to showcase their skills.

Sharing the ice with some of the best young players in the world, Spencer learned a lot that he hopes to implement into his game, and extend to

his team.

“The increase in the pace of play and skill level that a lot of those guys have was definitely good for my development,” Abraham said. “It was also good to see their day-to-day routine and how they take care of their bodies off the ice in terms of nutrition, fitness and recovery.”

Playing under head coach Brett Gibson his first two seasons as a Gael, Abraham credits much of his success to Gibson and believes that he is undoubtedly the best coach in the CIS. “He is continuously trying to gain the best and most modern knowledge available to give us the best chance to succeed,” Abraham said.

“The passion and unselfishness he shows in his commitment to our team makes it easy for me to go out and lay it all on the line night in and night out.”

Abraham, like many young hopefuls has the ultimate goal of playing in the NHL. Unlike many others, he is now one step closer to making his dream into a reality.

Prior to Queen’s, Abraham played in the OHL with the Brampton Battalion and Erie Otters, alongside recent NHL stars Connor McDavid and Dylan Strome. However, going undrafted by the NHL and now

Spencer Abraham (right) playing for Queen’s during the 2014-15 season.

competing in the CIS, there are certain challenges that he has to face.

“I think you’re kind of an underdog in a sense,” he said.

“You’re not going to get as much of an opportunity as the guys they’re invested in, or that are under contract, or that they drafted. The window is a lot smaller, so that’s the biggest challenge.”

I truly think the sky “is the limit for Spencer because of how determined he is.

”

— Head coach Brett Gibson on Abraham’s future Overcoming these challenges is no easy task. However, Coach Gibson sees an extremely

QUEEN’S 2 RMC 2 Queen’s next game is against Carleton, a team that beat them 4-2 earlier this year.

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Draw ends losing streak

Down 2-0 at half, Gaels claw from behind to gain first points in three matches Bryn Evans Contributor After dropping their last three matches by a combined score of 12-2, Queen’s welcomed the last-place RMC Paladins to Miklas-McCarney field on

Wednesday night.

What head coach Christian Hoefler didn’t expect was a come-from-behind 2-2 tie against the winless Paladins.

“That’s the beauty of the sport; you just never know what you’re going to get,” Hoefler said.

In the first half of the game, the Paladins pushed the tempo against the recently struggling Gaels, scoring two goals in the first 30 minutes.

While Queen’s has already had success against RMC — winning their earlier match-up

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motivated young man, with the work ethic and competitive drive to continually open doors for himself.

“Professionalism is the first word that comes to mind.” Coach Gibson said. “He comes into camp in great shape and he’s our hardest worker in practice. He takes school very seriously and has a plan for himself, both athletically and also academically.

“That’s great credit to a kid who really knows what he wants in life.”

Even though he’s excelled in his first two seasons in the CIS — including winning CIS Rookie of the Year in 2014-15 season — Abraham refuses to settle. Throughout all the awards and accolades, he continues to work hard to help his team and to reach his ultimate goal.

“He could come in here and walk through the motions because he’s been an All-Star, he’s played

Team CIS, he’s been to an NHL camp.” Gibson said. “But he doesn’t look at it that way. He looks at it in that he has to work even harder. Not too many guys can do that.”

Now going into his third year with the team, expectations are high for Abraham, both individually and for the team.

He’ll be counted on to take another step forward for the Gaels, likely having to put his own NHL pursuit on the backburner, as he focuses on helping his team achieve their goal of winning a national championship and the Queen’s Cup. But for Spencer Abraham, the hard work never stops.

“I truly think the sky is the limit for Spencer because of how determined he is,” Gibson said.

“He just works so hard and wants it so much.”

this season 3-0 — they were unable to chip into the lead, leaving the score at 2-0 going into halftime.

Although they were down on the scoreboard, Queen’s gained an advantage as a RMC player received a red card on the stroke of halftime.

Determined to change the momentum, the Gaels didn’t disappoint. Eight minutes into the second half, Gaels captain Andrew Martin scored, putting Queen’s on the scoreboard for the first time in two and a half matches. Martin received a great pass in front of the crease, where he carried it forward and knocked the ball right into the centre of the net.

There was rough play between the two teams throughout the game, with two RMC players receiving yellow cards for foul play.

Yet, the Gaels kept their composure and took advantage of the calls that gave them possession of the ball.

Going for goal on any opportunity they could to tie the match, in the last 20 minutes Gaels midfielder Rohan Sarna rung the ball off the top right corner of the goalpost from a free kick just outside the crease.

Finally in the 83rd minute of the game, forward Jacob Schroeter scored on a penalty shot, with the ball travelling past the Paladins keeper into the top right portion of the net. Tying the game at 2-2, the Gaels continued to press

for a late win.

With one minute left in the game, Martin was hit from behind

by RMC’s Graeme Curran. A free kick was awarded and taken by Sarna, looking for the complete comeback. But, the RMC wall blocked the Gaels’ hopes at a much needed win.

With the final whistle blown, Queen’s finished with a draw, securing their first point in three games. While they would have hoped for more, there were positives to take from the match. Defensively, in the second half they only allowed two shots on goal.

Midfielder Andrew Kim commented on the Gaels’ game afterwards, saying that while he thought the team’s intensity was good, they just weren’t able to execute the way they wanted.

“It’s a frustrating result, as we go into each game aiming to win,” Kim said.

Head coach Christian Hoefler is focusing on future games, though.

“We have our match against Carleton, in Ottawa, that we need to focus for. We have our plan, we just need to execute,” he said.

Despite their recent losing streak, the Gaels are still ranked third in the OUA East.

Their next game is against the Carleton Ravens in Ottawa this Sunday.

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Football Officials Association.

Before this season, Queen’s was the sole OUA team not using certified officials as timekeepers for football games.

Coyle said the school never reached out to him to tell the crew their services would no longer be required. Instead, he found out the news in August, only after reaching out to Athletics himself to find out if the trio would still have their positions on game day.

During the call, he was told that the three men’s services were no longer required. For Coyle, it was a disappointing way to find out the news.

“Seeing as how I was getting on in years I thought that they would say ‘We’ve got a new stadium, we want things to change’,” Coyle said.

“Then they would have phoned us and told us, but they didn’t even do that.”

Instead of working, the group was celebrated before the Gaels’ clash with the Toronto Varsity Blues last Saturday, with Coyle performing the pre-game coin toss.

The game was the first time he’d ever sat in the stands to watch a football game at Queen’s, Coyle

said, adding that several alumni told him they were disappointed with the University’s decision.

In an email to The Journal, Director of Athletics and Recreation Leslie Dal Cin stated that the department had reached out to Coyle multiple times during the summer.

“A&R contacted Mr. Coyle, who was the department’s long-time contact and liaison for the group, to advise him that the switch to certified officials was under discussion and why,” she wrote.

“Later in the summer, A&R spoke to him again to advise him that due to the new technology and the OUA standard, certified officials would be used starting this year. A&R’s perception was that he understood the change made sense.”

Both Coyle and his fellow timekeeper Van Hooser said they were paid and insured by the Officials Association for their work at Gaels’ home games, after previously being paid by the University.

When reached for comment the Officials Association didn’t respond to The Journal’s interview request.

Richardson’s time-keeping trio of Van Hooser, Coyle and Burns (from left).

Coyle wasn’t the only official remaining from original Richardson Stadium. Van Hooser had been with Queen’s for over 50 years, starting with the Gaels’ 1960 campaign. Having grown up in Kingston, he was familiar with Coyle through the local sports scene and when the previous timekeeper left the position, Van Hooser took over the job.

Van Hooser’s start came 10 years before the first Richardson Stadium was replaced and for him, the experience was different in those days, especially when it came to student involvement.

“In the old days when we had the old grandstand there, the

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alumni sat there and the students were on the far side of the field,” he said. “When it started raining, well, they’d all run across the field and jump in the grandstands. Now it starts raining and everyone goes home.”

Those rainy days provided Van Hooser with a striking memory.

When the timekeepers table was still at field level, the pair would have to stand up in front of the spectators to see down field.

The fans didn’t always respond to the blocked view in the kindest manner.

“I had to stand up to see down the field and [a fan] started hitting me with her cane, telling me to sit

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down,” Van Hooser said.

Angry fans aside, Van Hooser said he enjoyed his time working the games, noting that the game day crew was like a family — a group of locals who all grew up together in the city and found themselves coming back each year.

Since the pair first started working together in 1960, they’ve seen coaches, players and even more than one stadium come and go. All the while, they’ve remained a constant reminder of Queen’s football history and a continued presence at Gaels’ games. Van Hooser had a defining term for their role. “We were pretty well fixtures,” he said.

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the team came first, a sentiment that was echoed by all the other athletes who were interviewed.

This commitment and understanding that the team was their first priority, made it easier for the athletes to miss out on some of the Orientation events. As Kwame Addai, a first-year Engineering student and midfielder on the men’s soccer team put it: “I anticipated missing a few events, so I was okay with that.”

As a defenseman on the men’s hockey team, second-year Commerce student Jake Clements was in the midst of training camp during his Commerce Orientation Week last year, missing a significant part of the first-year experience.

But because of the faculty’s relatively small size, he found that while he had a tough time meeting people during Frosh Week, he was able to make up for it fairly quickly once classes started.

But for Clements, he had an extra wrinkle in his week — like all first-year hockey players — he wasn’t living in residence.

“Since res is where you forge your first acquaintances, it was tough at first to miss out on that but I had the hockey team as a group that I could instantly be a part of,” he said, underscoring that just

because athletes might miss out on the traditional student experiences during Frosh Week, they still find it memorable.

When asked if they would change anything to improve the experience of athletes during Orientation Week, there was no uniform response.

Nolan suggested that there be separate Orientation Week activities for athletes, Clements had some advice for future athletes — participate as much as possible, it makes representing the school that much more meaningful.

One aspect of Orientation Week that none of the athletes felt was hindered was their ability to acclimate and integrate into the Queen’s community, one of the week’s most important attributes.

While they all acknowledged that they didn’t get to know their first-year peers as much as they liked, their teams provided an instant community with whom they formed a close bond.

Clements described the hockey team like a second family to him.

Whether they participate in all the week’s events or not, if athletes can experience the spirit of Orientation week, it’s a win.

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HEALTH

Apps to keep you healthy Using what’s on your phone to help your body and mind

Monica Mullin and Meghan Bhatia Contributors While technological tools aren’t enough to change your activity levels on their own, they can help kick-start your healthy habits.

A recent study, published by the American Heart Association demonstrated that using apps contributed to heart health among participants. Using apps and the Internet helped people drink less, smoke less and lose weight in a healthy way, lowering the risk of heart disease.

While we can’t conclude that apps or technology are the only step to healthy living, they can help in taking ownership of your own health and wellness, which research shows is the best thing you can do.

S&M Advice Columnist

Hi there, Journal readers!

Our names are S and M, and together, we are yours truly: S&M. Convenient? We know.

Clever? Maybe.

We know what you’re thinking: why is there a sexual innuendo as a newspaper headline? Allow us to shed a little light for you.

S and M met on a fateful first day of university, three years ago.

Man, what a Kodak moment.

S was wearing a terrible tank top from Gap and a big chunky headband. M didn’t know what to make of her. She stayed close to the door, so she could make a quick escape if needed.

We were both very small and very afraid of our new setting. We came to university without any of our friends from home, and felt kind of alone.

We quickly became friends — mostly because S won’t let M leave her sight — and we’ve been soul sisters and confidants ever since.

We’ve been there for each other’s most embarrassing moments, including sexual escapades, STD scares and breakups.

We got through those moments that can feel like the end of the world because we were there for each other.

But, we know that sometimes

I hope some of these, or the concept of using apps, will be helpful to you at the gym, in the kitchen or during your daily lives.

Here are a few apps that can help organize and balance your time: Health

Health can be synced with multiple iPhones and has a downloadable portion for Android that allows you to track your steps.

It also allows you to input your allergies, medications, and emergency health contacts, which can be displayed without opening your phone. This is perfect if you have a chronic health condition or may unintentionally end up in a situation where you don’t have your wits about you.

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Seven

StrongLifts

Seven provides guided seven-minute workouts on your phone. One of the biggest barriers to exercise is a lack of time, this knocks down that barrier and offers quick workouts you can do anywhere.

Mint

Our financial health is not something we often focus on, but can lead to significant stress.

Mint is an app recommended by many banks that allows you to create a budget and syncs with your accounts to automatically update and let you know how well you are following your budget.

StrongLifts is a weight lifting program that can significantly increase your maximum reps. This app helps you keep track of your lifts without pen and paper, has a timer for rests between sets and helps you set achievable goals so it’s effective for those already lifting and beginner’s alike.

Strength training can be useful to build your lean body mass, — the body weight you carry that isn’t fat, and to strengthen your bones.

Nike+ Training Club

Nike+ Training Club is an excellent app that allows you to make your own training

SEXUALITY

Introducing S&M The Journal’s new advice column for students, by students

you just haven’t found your S or M right away. We also know that sometimes you have questions you just don’t want to ask your friends or that you’re worried about people judging you.

Let us be very clear: we’re here to be your brand new, twentysomething, millennial trash, fairy godparents. We are in no position to ever judge anyone, ever.

We won’t be shocked. Go ahead,

ask us your burning questions about dating, sex, relationships, life, stresses, work or even cats.

Whatever you need, trust us, we’ve been there. We want to help make your life a little easier by sharing the knowledge that three years of the ups and downs of university life has taught us.

Disclaimer: we aren’t medical professionals. We don’t even play them on TV. We aren’t in LifeSci

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or Biology. We don’t know what “MCAT” stands for but there are people who do.

So, what can you ask us?

Well, ask us about how to safely send nudes, how to define the relationship or about one-night stands. Ask us about our personal preferences and opinions on birth control methods, ask us how to survive a bad first date, how to find the friends who’re right for you

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or how to tell your hookup that you’re, well, over it.

Tell us what’s been bugging you. Are you trying to figure out the best way to tell your friends about your sexual orientation?

Are you nervous about losing your virginity?

Are you trying to figure out how to go from “nah we’re just friends” to “meh, he’s cool” to something… more?

What about figuring out how to balance your significant other with your demanding life? Ask us for an opening line when you want to talk to your crush. Ask us about how to be respectful to your roommate when you need privacy in your res room.

Send us an email with your questions to sandmqueensjournal@gmail.com.

Don’t worry, your email or name will be kept completely anonymous — this is your chance to become Sleepless in Seattle!

So, write in. Tell us what’s up. We’ll get back to you with an answer in our next issue. Talk it out and laugh about it!

Take comfort in knowing that there are two other students out there who’ve been in the same position and want to help you out.

Who knows, you might even learn something.

Until next time, — S&M ;)

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The ‘take what you need’ bin in the foyer of Martha’s Table.

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VOLUNTEERING

Kingston Corner: Martha’s Table An opportunity to give back to the city you’ll call home for four years Jenna Zucker Lifestyle Editor Walking down Alfred Street towards Princess Street, I tend to only turn left when grabbing dinner at my favourite Thai food restaurant. The other day, I had a different destination.

Martha’s Table is a non-profit organization and community center that has been run by volunteers and dedicated staff, feeding the hungry in Kingston for the past 20 years. Dinner at the cozy kitchen costs $1 for adults and children eat for free.

Left of Alfred Street has a different feel to it than the downtown area more often frequented by students. There are fewer storefronts and seemingly less people. Martha’s Table is one of the busier establishments.

Entering the house, I was immediately greeted with a box labeled “Please Take.” It was filled with loaves of bread.

As I emerged from the staircase, I was welcomed with the loud chatter, just as

you would hear at any café and the smell of sandwiches and coffee.

People were talking around the tables, using the computers and snacking on pastries. All provided, for free, by Martha’s Table.

“When you have limited financial means, the first thing you lose is choice, so we’re trying to offer those choices to people through our drop in center,” Ronda Candy, Executive Director for Martha’s Table, told The Journal.

The not for profit organization relies solely on the community’s individual donors and businesses.

“We like to call it Martha’s Magic,” Candy explained. “One day, for example, a caterer dropped off extra lamb chops, which isn’t something we have often. I was joking around saying it would be nice to have mint for our lamb chops and then about an hour later a man banged on our side door holding two tubs of mint jelly asking if we could use it.”

At 9:30 a.m. each weekday morning,

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volunteers put on freshly laundered aprons and hairnets and begin prepping that night’s dinner. Many of them are students who make the trip regularly to help out in the kitchen.

As someone who considers cooking to be boiling an egg, I was admittedly nervous to begin cooking for others. I was set to work chopping vegetables, stuffing peppers and sweeping the kitchen floor, alongside other volunteers.

While most of my cooking was (thankfully) uneventful, as I neared the end of filling the peppers with stuffing, I noticed I was running low. I knew there wasn’t enough to refill and so I started stuffing each pepper less generously.

It was then that I started to panic. While the stuffed pepper wasn’t the entire meal, what if it was the defining factor of whether or not someone would go to sleep hungry?

As I entered the dining room to set the tables, my eyes were immediately drawn to the walls covered in photos, displaying the experience of hunger through the eyes

of Martha’s Table patrons. There were photos of ketchup packets, ramen noodles, an abundance of McDonald’s among other food items.

My experience at Martha’s Table is just one of the many ways to get involved.

Martha’s Table is always looking for volunteers for any amount of time you’re willing to commit.

Other opportunities exist for students to get involved, including a similar student-run initiative called Good Times Diner that operates out of St. Andrews Church or Soul Food, another student run initiative that delivers surplus food from campus cafeterias to shelters in Kingston.

For a few hours, I stepped away from my schoolwork, job and other responsibilities and focused on doing something for the Kingston community. It was an experience that made me feel better about my place in the community and my ability to give back.

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Campus by numbers Ashley Rhamey Assistant Lifestyle Editor

8.3*

Percentage of the

student body made up by international students.

22

The minimum number of

steps from one Tim Horton’s to the other.

33

The number of

seconds given to cross the Union and University scramble intersection.

87.8*

The percentage of

students who graduate from Queen’s.

$14.50

The cost of the

most expensive bagel at Cogro.

8,810

The number of

Twitter followers Daniel Woolf has.

51 The number of pictures of his cats on his Twitter.

*Statistics supplied by the Queen’s University website

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How far is it really from res to the gym?

29

and counting, number of

students lost in Mac-Corry right now.

44

The number of buildings

with full Wifi coverage.

3,000,000+* The number of physical books in the six libraries on campus.

800

meters, the distance

from Victoria Hall to the ARC.

3,000+* The number of

seats in campus libraries — available seats in campus libraries during exams: 2.

43

number of stairs to get to

the bottom of Jeffrey Hall. (

9 number of people that looked at

me funny while I counted).

$872.8* million,

Queen’s total expenses in 2016.

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Getting the most out of your smartphone

wellbeing are complicated issues to address, expressing one’s program and follow it throughout feelings can help alleviate stress. the week. It coaches you through each workout and is basically a DoYogaWithMe virtual personal trainer! It also contains short 15-minute workouts DoYogaWithMe is a website if you don’t want to commit to a that provides hundreds of free four week program. online yoga classes catered to Other apps to try are Sworkit any level/need. It is an excellent that provides bodyweight exercises resource, much less costly for at home or Skimble which has than a membership and highly a variety of ways to plan workouts; recommended. Disclaimer: We by muscle group or by your fitness know this is not an app but level or based on a program you we could all use a little more make. I use these to help me at the meditation and self-awareness gym when I’m feeling lost or need in our days! more structure to my workout.

I feel like if I know what I have MyFitnessPal to get through, I am less likely to waste time and get the most out MyFitnessPal can be used to of my efforts. search for the nutritional makeup of any food you are eating. It Vent even allows you to scan barcodes for bought items and inputs the Vent is an app that allows people nutritional content. to anonymously express their As with any form of food feelings. Users can write their monitoring, it’s important to take in own posts or offer support to all of the nutrition facts and not just other users. It’s features include use the app to calorie count. These making your account secure and apps can be helpful to make you private, along with tagging posts more aware of food’s nutritional by associated feeling. breakdown, but shouldn’t be While emotional and mental used to track your caloric intake.

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Paradiso Pizza serves up a humble pie Halfway to a free pizza two boys fail their fans

Ronen Goldfarb Staff Writer

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n grade 12, three friends and I entered a spicy wing eating contest.

We did nothing to prepare ourselves for it; we just showed up to the restaurant, sat down and told the waitress we wanted to try the challenge. The prize was a picture of your face on their “Wall of Flame,” a free meal and eternal glory.

As a lover of Indian food, Caribbean food, and Sriracha sauce, I reckoned myself tolerant towards what I had, up until then, considered spicy foods.

The contest consisted of eating a pound of the restaurant’s spiciest wings in less than an hour, but looking back, the entire ordeal lasted about 24 hours as I felt the wings make their way through my digestive tract. With 20-20 hindsight, I’m now entirely sure that the sole ingredient in that sauce had been Lucifer’s semen. I had eaten one and a half chicken wings.

I try to make it a point never to learn from my mistakes, so this past weekend my housemate and I entered Paradiso’s 27-inch pizza challenge.

This time I knew I wouldn’t be caught with my pants down again, this time I’d be ready.

Leading up to the challenge we read a number of articles on various competitive eating sites full of tips and tricks on how to demolish a pizza of Godzillian proportions.

Despite our knowledge that this was no easy feat, we both still felt a sense of cockiness.

“Dude, it’s like two large pies from Pizza Pizza. We can kill one of those in a sitting, no problem.”

We joked about ordering a calzone for afterwards and going to Dairy Queen for dessert.

Leading up to the challenge it seemed that every conversation we had whether at friends’ houses, at the bar or in the library all revolved around the challenge. Everyone we told seemed fascinated. We spoke about dimensions, ideal topping choices, and liquid consumption techniques.

Two nights before the task, I watched a video of someone completing the challenge on

foodchallenges.com. Not only did he make it look easy, but he also did it in the restaurant’s record time. Watching him eat instilled a feeling of confidence in both of us.

If he could do it, why couldn’t we?

Feeling good, we decided to call Paradiso with a few questions. Did we have to choose any toppings?

Do we need to finish the two litres of soda the challenge comes with?

How many people had successfully completed the challenge?

It was the answer to this last question that left us feeling more than a little deterred. The woman on the other end of the line was quiet for a couple of seconds and then replied, “no one.”

In all its years of existence no one had yet to complete the Paradiso pizza challenge. Our stomachs sank.

Our plan leading up to Sunday evening was this: eat a max out meal Saturday night, no solid foods Sunday, heavy workout Sunday afternoon and finally, take down the son-of-a-bitch at five.

So under the pretenses of going on a double-date, we headed to Sakura Garden for some all-you-can-eat sushi. While everyone sat around laughing and talking, I was intensely focused on ensuring that I ate enough sushi to expand my stomach to a significantly larger than normal state.

By the end of the meal I was certainly satiated, but I still felt like I could’ve eaten more. Maybe I should have gotten an extra bowl of udon or another rainbow roll, for preparations sake of course.

That night, I had a few tall-cans of Steam Whistle and crawled into bed feeling satisfied that it kind of hurt when I lay on my stomach.

The next day I had a protein shake for lunch and went to the gym with my housemate at three. By 4:30 p.m. we were both exhausted and famished. We felt good, we could do this.

We got to the restaurant and found two gargantuan pizzas, each cut into eight slices and laid out on either end of a long table waiting for us. We had both decided on tomatoes and mushrooms for our topping — neither one is too heavy and we at least wanted a good pie.

I chose Dr. Pepper while Fraser, my housemate, ordered Coke.

“We don’t have Coke but is Pepsi ok?” We were off to a horrible start.

We asked for a clarification of the rules and the employees told us they didn’t really care, they would even give us two hours as long as they saw it get finished — another ominous sign.

So without further ado we both put in our earphones — we had both made special eating playlists the day before — and began the challenge.

piece. My tactic was to eat the whole pizza before my body could feel satiated.

Halfway through the second piece, I realized that probably wouldn’t happen. Once eight minutes had elapsed, I started the third piece. It was half way through this one that I realized we wouldn’t be finishing our pizzas.

By this point in the competition the sheer amount of that much tomato sauce and mozzarella had become nauseating in the most literal sense of the word.

By the end of the third piece, I

just over half my fourth slice my gag “ After eating reflex kicked into gear and in that moment I would’ve taken 1,000 shots of straight vodka than taken one more nibble of that hellish pie.

It wasn’t until I lifted the first piece to my mouth that the stupidity of what we were about to do sunk in. The slice was bigger than my head and I instantly thought of the first bite of that chicken wing I took oh so many years ago.

Like I had seen so many pros do already, I folded the slice in half and devoured it up until the crust. I checked the clock.

Three minutes had passed.

Quickly, I picked up the second

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embarrassingly thought I might have to call it quits, when Kanye’s ‘Never Let Me Down’ started playing in my ear. I instinctively got so fired up that I picked up my fourth slice and began noshing.

Fourteen minutes. This second wind lasted all of 30 seconds. After eating just over half of my fourth slice, my gag reflex kicked into gear and in that moment I would’ve rather taken 1,000 shots of straight vodka than taken one more nibble of that hellish pie.

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I was done. I knew I was done.

I looked up, “I’m done.” Everyone was overtly disappointed in me and begged me to take a few more bites. I knew I couldn’t. Half an hour had elapsed.

As we rode home with our half-eaten pizzas on our laps I couldn’t help but think that maybe our confidence had been our downfall. While I was happy we had attempted the feat, my sense of regret came from my arrogance. I wasn’t disappointed that we tried the challenge, just that we had been so cocksure.

Had we done a bit more reading and maybe been a bit more rational, either of us would have known that this task was impossible for anyone of our statures and experience levels. It wasn’t like we had tried our best and failed. We’d grossly overestimated our abilities, prepared accordingly and failed miserably.

I’ve been out of my pizza coma for a few days now and the sight of cheese no longer nauseates me. Someone has already asked me if I would do it again, and to be honest, I think I might.

Just give me a couple months to prepare myself properly and this time I’ll be ready.

A screenshot from video footage of the challenge as Ronen Goldfarb bites into his second slice.

PHOTO BY JENNA ZUCKER

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Friday, September 30, 2016