The Queen's Journal, Volume 144, Issue 23

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Senate approves Fall Term Break for 2018-19 academic year

Changes to Orientation Week will allow for a two-day break in Week Seven Blake Canning Assistant News Editor As the recommendation from the Fall Term Break Task Force was announced at the Feb. 28 Senate meeting, a murmur passed through the crowd of attendees.

The Task Force announced that their recommendation was, “a two-day fall term break on the Thursday and Friday of the seventh week of classes, to be implemented for the 2018-19 academic year, if practicable.”

This recommendation comes after the AMS lobbied for the alternate option, which would’ve pushed Orientation Week back a full week to allow for a four-day break, as 52.8 per cent of the student body voted for it on the AMS winter referendum.

The results of the university -wide survey of students on their preferred course of action ended roughly in a three-way split between all options. When asked

to rank what was most important to them, 34.2 per cent of students said a Fall Term Break, 33.6 per cent chose a pre-exam study period, and 30.1 per cent claimed that Orientation Week activities were their top priority.

Implementing the new two-day Fall Term Break will require some re-working of the existing Orientation Week in place at Queen’s, since incoming first year students will now move in on the Saturday before Labour Day. First year students will have residence orientation on move-in day, followed by faculty-specific orientation spanning from Sunday to Wednesday, and two days of classes on Thursday and Friday.

Residence orientation will resume for the Saturday and Sunday after Labour Day weekend, and a regular class schedule will begin Monday.

These changes to Orientation Week will allow for a two-day break

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Queen’s receives $5 million donation for interdisciplinary water research The Beaty Water Research Centre to open in 2018 Sarina Grewal Contributor

On Feb 24, the University received a $5 million donation from Ross J. Beaty, which will give way to the creation of the Beaty Water Research Centre, to be located in the new Queen’s Innovation and Wellness Centre.

Ross J. Beaty, a veteran with See First on page 4 40 years of experience in the

renewable energy industry, currently serves as Chairman of Pan American Silver Corp and as an advisory board member on the Nature Trust of British Columbia. He is also the father of two Queen’s graduates.

The initiative will have a permanent spot in the Wellness Centre, where a group of Queen’s professors and graduate students in civil and chemical engineering will conduct water research.

According to Principal Woolf’s statement at the announcement, these individuals will, “come together and take the lead in

sustaining one of our most precious resources.”

The centre will feature state -of-the-art laboratories where faculty and students will engage with genetics experts, chemists, microbiologists, and public health researchers. Connecting upwards of 50 faculty members and students, the initiative strives to further freshwater research in the “governance, sustainability, and protection of water resources,” according a press release shared by the University on Feb 24.

“I had a good feeling about See Beaty’s on page 4

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Two Queen’s students among finalists of NSERC video contest

Students submitted short videos explaining their research for the chance to win cash prizes

Clayton Tomlinson Staff Writer Two Queen’s students will have the chance to showcase their academic research as they gear up to compete in the finals of the Science, action! video contest hosted by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

The competition asks students across Canada to make a short video explaining their research, with the opportunity to win

one of 15 cash prizes worth up to $3,500.

Sterling Mitchell, Sci ’18, and Master’s student Yuliya Nesterova are among 40 other university students whose videos have made it to the final round.

Nesterova’s video, titled Lives of Shapes in Space, features an animated narration that details the nature of the math behind studying datasets. She delves into collections of data along many axes known as shapes, which populate the world of weather maps and test scorecards.

A snapshot of Nesterova’s video, Life of Shapes in Space.

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A snapshot of Mitchell’s video, Mistaken Point.

In an email to The Journal on Thursday, Nesterova explained that she spent three months drawing and learning the software to animate the video and explain her Master’s research in algebraic geometry.

According to Nesterova, she finds her inspiration for the silly and more serious world of math here at Queen’s.

Nesterova’s interest in math comes from her involvement with Pi Day and MathQuest.

She said she combined the spirits of these events which are about people of all ages and genders enjoying math and combined it with her serious graduate work to create the video.

Nesterova wrote that she wanted to “whittle away years of notation until only the core of the math shines through, and it’s beautiful.”

Mitchell, a third-year Geological Engineering student, depicts a momentous advancement in the study of world history in his video Mistaken Point.

According to the UNESCO Heritage Centre, Mistaken Point in Newfoundland is significant because it reveals the presence of large biological life in an otherwise micro-scale world three billion years ago.

In it, Dr. Guy Narbonne, a professor of

Mitchell’s who’s featured in the video, talks about the significance of the discoveries that have been made at Mistaken Point and what it means to have it declared a UNESCO world heritage site.

Mitchell said he wanted to capture the phenomenal discovery of Mistaken Point in his video because “it is the best insight into early life on the world … and what that looked like.”

Narbonne and his team were at the head of the campaign to declare the site a UNESCO site for its abundance of well-preserved fossils.

Mitchell said he made the video “to show the real meaning of the place” to the public, while also revealing the contribution that his professor has made on the geological field.

Mitchell says he owes a lot of his abilities to his time working at Studio Q, where he has been able to explore his interest in filmmaking and photography.

“Next year, I would like to do something better that is geared towards making geology accessible to everybody, every student,” Mitchell said.

The 15 contest winners will be announced on April 5.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Academic assistants ratify collective agreement AA’s and Queen’s administration reach agreement despite contentious negotiations Iain Sherriff-Scott Staff Writer The academic assistant bargaining unit, led by their United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2010-01 representatives, reached a tentative collective agreement with Queen’s Administration on Feb. 2.

The agreement was ratified at a meeting between the two parties on Feb. 15.

Although the bargaining unit saw pushback in the negotiations on wage increases and entitlements, the team was able to achieve several amendments to their previous contract, including whistleblower protection and increased transparency of AA seniority and probation.

One of the few entirely new articles in the contract is article 27, which seeks to protect whistleblowers from retaliation by the University.

The ratified agreement is the result of a lengthy nine months of negotiations between the two parties beginning back in June 2016.

In an email to The Journal, Associate Vice-Principal (Human Resources) Dan Bradshaw expressed the administration’s position on the finalized deal.

“The University was committed to the collective bargaining process and is pleased that a renewal agreement was reached with the assistance of a government appointed conciliator, which was subsequently ratified by both parties,” Bradshaw wrote.

USW 2010-01 Unit Chair, Jane Russell Corbett, wrote in a post on the USW website about the difficulty that the bargaining unit

faced throughout negotiations.

“Queen’s is no longer the employer we used to know and collaborate with,” Corbett wrote in her statement.

Queen’s is no longer the “employer we used to know and collaborate with. ”

— Jane Russell Corbett, USW 2010-01 Unit Chair

“It was clear from the first day of negotiations that enhanced language/ entitlements and increased wages were going to be difficult to defend, let alone improve upon. It was difficult to convince the Employer that your service, hard work, and loyalty should be recognized.”

However, despite the challenges faced by the bargaining committee, and the amendments that they weren’t able to secure in the agreement, Corbett and PHOTO BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT the team unanimously recommended The USW 2010 and 2010-01 during negotiations in November. the results.

“This is the ‘best’ possible deal that could with TAs — but also in terms of a basic with Academic Assistants will remain be reached — a deal to keep each of you, respect for our role within the University. positive moving forward.” and by extension your families, off the picket Despite the challenges and obstacles, this In Corbett’s statement, she expressed lines,” Corbett wrote. tentative agreement does indeed make concerns about relations between USW USW 2010-01 affirmed their stance on gains in some areas for Academic Assistants,” 2010-01 and Queen’s administration the hostility of negotiations despite the Corbett wrote. going forward.

University’s claim of being “pleased” with Bradshaw responded to the bargaining “Labour relations with Queen’s over the the renewal agreement. unit’s claim of negativity, stating that, “the next while will determine the tone for the “In negotiations, your Bargaining University values the contributions of its foreseeable future.”

Committee met with negativity — not only many employees, including Academic in terms of its effort to achieve wage equity Assistants, and trusts that its relationship

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Incoming AMS Executive Council transitions in Team JBP’s selected commissioners and directors discuss new roles

Back row from left: E. Vassos, C. Lerebours, K. Kennedy; middle from left: M. Bowen, C. Draeger, C. Hollidge, M. Przyborowski, R. Safeer; front from left: M. Satok, V. Lewarne, S. Nijhuis.

Victoria Gibson News Editor On the night of Feb. 12, Team JBP made the calls to hire their executive council — the 13 commissioners and directors operating beneath them.

Director of Information Technology Matt Bowen, ArtSci ’17

“When Jenn called me, she wanted to mess with me a little bit,” Bowen said. “She asked me, as a follow up question to the interview, if I’d be able to fix her computer.”

Bowen’s experience at Queen’s has largely been within the Solar Design Team, the Satellite Design Team and Queen’s Rocket and Engineering Design Team.

To him, the Information Technology role allows every aspect of the AMS to run smoothly and without foreseeable glitches.

“I can build on the tools and the frameworks that my predecessors have built,” he said of the next year, “and help bring new innovations to the AMS.” Managing Director of the Student Life Centre Katherine Kennedy, ArtSci ’19

for sustainable transportation on campus and the Publishing and Copy Centre.

“My big goal would be to make all three of them more sustainable.”

Commissioner of Academic Affairs Victoria Lewarne, ArtSci ’17

Commissioner of Social Issues Ramna Safeer, ArtSci ’18

“When Palmer called me I got the same “I don’t know how I made it through the sort of walk-around,” Lewarne laughed, call,” Safeer admitted. “The entire time, I gesturing to her new coworkers. “I got the was like, I should probably say something whole, well, we’re gonna need some follow but no words came out.” After she hung up, up questions, a lot of good candidates, she had a momentary panic that she hadn’t though I don’t actually remember them remembered to say yes — though, she because I was a ball of nerves.” assured, she had.

Lewarne was working at her other job, at Her position, she explained, was Tango Nuevo, when she got the call, but her necessary “simply because social issues are other experience has been specific to the never going to solve themselves.” Issues Academic Affairs Commission as Chair for like racism, mental illness or stigma won’t the Teaching Awards Committee. be solved within her term. “There’s only As well, she spent two years on the options for growth.”

Federation of Charitable University Students.

In the next year, she hopes to navigate During her term, she hopes to maintain “a sensitive time for a lot of vulnerable financial accessibility, and lower ancillary communities at Queen’s,” citing the racial fees like textbooks for the student body. incidents of last semester. Conversations she facilitates will, she hopes, take into account Director of Media Services different levels of education and accessibility Chelsea Hollidge, ArtSci ’17 on campus.

Director of Retail Services Monica Przyborowski, ArtSci ’19

“I wish I had an eventful story,” Hollidge said of her phone call. “I was alone in my home, so I couldn’t share the experience with anyone, but when my roommate finally came home she gave me a big hug.”

Hollidge has served terms as assistant manager for used books and school supplies at Tricolour Outlet, SMART head manager, WalkHome service staff, a volunteer with Studio Q and the former Sexy QueensU and co-chair of the ASUS heart and stroke committee.

“I am also looking forward to just continuing the growth of the services that fall under my portfolio,” she said, adding that the projects coming out of each this year have impressed her.

“Brian used a lot of ‘however,’” Przyborowski said. “I kind of zoned out and didn’t know what was happening. But then he was like, ‘we’re pleased to offer you the position’ and I was like, ‘what?’”

Przyborowski has spent her years at Queen’s as a volunteer with ASUS Lost Paws, on the ASUS Photography Committee, the Marketing Subcommittee of the Queen’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Leadership Program within the School of English.

She stressed the importance of the existing services, including Bikes and Boards

When the phone rang, Nijhuis said she was with friends who “were just as excited as I was for the position, who were super encouraging ... Then I figured I should actually tell my parents I even applied for the job in the first place.”

Currently serving as the Assistant Student Constable Manager, her experience has ranged from the Queen’s Live Music Committee to positions within Riot Theatre and The Journal.

“I like to think of myself like the fun

“Brian called me,” Kennedy recalled, “There were tears of sadness then joy all in a matter of 30 seconds. I called my mom, then called my sisters.”

Kennedy’s prior experience has been centralized around the Student Life Centre, starting as a front desk representative in her first year. Last year, she served as the Human Resources Manager for the Centre, with roles in the Mental Health Awareness Committee in between.

Throughout her term, Kennedy is electing to focus more on what she sees as the services offered by the Student Life Centre.

services,” she explained. “My services’ job is to make sure students are having fun and doing so in a safe and productive environment.”

Director of Hospitality and Safety Services Stephanie Nijhuis, ArtSci ’17

Director of Human Resources Marlee Satok, ArtSci ’17

“I was a recipient of the infamous script,” Satok said. “And I’m familiar with the script, as Jenn knows through some of my previous experiences. It does start with that decline, and then she got to the point where it was actually good news. And then I asked if she was joking.”

Satok’s roles at Queen’s have included roles on the Club Stream Initiative, as Clubs Deputy, as co-chair of the United Way Committee, a deputy in the Judicial Affairs Office and as Recruitment Committee Chair.

She hopes to continue equal opportunity volunteer practices, but also to act of resource for students “to problem solve, to help their involvement or understanding of things in the AMS.” Director of Clubs Emily Vassos, ArtSci ’17

“I think I was one of the first calls,” Vassos said. “Palmer called me and asked what my favourite club was, and I wasn’t even thinking of clubs I’m a part of. I was like, ‘swing dancing.’ And he was like, ‘really?’”

For her, the phone call to her Queen’s alumnus parents afterwards was special, especially considering her dad’s involvement with the AMS long ago. “It was a really special experience to talk to him about that,”

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she said.

The current SLC Marketing Coordinator, Vassos has also held roles within the BISC student government, Queen’s International Affairs Association, Model United Nations, Queen’s Model Parliament, QMoney and as co-President of the Politics Department Student Council.

Next year, Vassos hopes to build on the momentum of the clubs caucus and ensure any feedback heard is followed-up on.

Director of Communications Craig Draeger, ArtSci ’18

“Well, I recall that I was home in my drawing room by the fireplace, drinking a glass of cognac when I heard the telegraph machine buzz,” Draeger joked to the room.

Draeger has served as an ASUS rep to the AMS, for two years on the AMS Board of Directors, as Clubs Manager, the inaugural Chair of the Queen’s Media and Journalism Conference and as editorial staff at The Journal.

“In the Marketing Communications office I think we’re particularly proud of being the avenue through which students voices and student feedback can be heard,” he said.

Director of Advancement Clifford Lerebours, Sci ’18

When Lerebours got his call, he was in the ILC studying for a midterm. The room he was in had bad reception, so he missed Li’s initial call.

“I was like oh sh- fill in the blank,” he said, catching himself before cursing, to the amusement of his teammates. “I don’t think she expected me to call right back! I feel like she had a shpiel set out, but I kind of caught her in the moment.”

The Office of Advancement, to him, comes down to the creation of identity. “It’s very important once you’re part of the school,” he said. “[It’s] alumni that are able to bring what they’ve learned and whatever knowledge that they’ve amassed, and bring back little golden nuggets.”

“That’s how we pass on that identity.”

Commissioner of Campus Activities Devon Laflamme and Commissioner of Municipal Affairs Stefano Hollands were unable to attend the interview. __________

Ramna Safeer is the current Editorials Editor at The Journal, and Stephanie Nijhuis is the former Photos Editor at The Journal.

The conflict of interest was declared prior to the interview.

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FALL TERM BREAK

First Fall Term Break to be in 2018-19 year Continued from front

during the Thursday and Friday before Thanksgiving weekend.

The Task Force claims that advantages of moving forward with this option will include leaving the existing pre-exam study days intact, keeping Orientation Week as a six day event despite splitting it up throughout the week, and ultimately result in a four-day break during a high-stress period in the term.

After a presentation that showed the Task Force’s decision-making process, certain points garnered questions and concerns from the other senators in attendance.

Concerns that were raised included the possibility of students not taking their first two days of classes seriously or even not attending at all, and the possibility of getting confused when being thrown back in to a full workload of classes after the possible light introduction on the previous Thursday and Friday.

After approximately half an hour of discussion Principal Woolf put the motion to a vote, having it pass with only a few opposed, Beaty at the announcement on Feb. 24. including Senators Emily Townshend, Ciara Bracken-Roche and Brandon Jamieson.

The new Fall Term Break will be implemented for the 2018-19 academic year.

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Beaty’s donation to connect over 50 faculty Senate votes for closure of members and students in research PHE program, creates new law professorship

Queen’s having had two of my kids as Queen’s alumni and wanted to support the university,” Beaty told The Journal via email on Thursday.

“My only stipulation was that my cheque and former Queen’s Law Dean’s Council would be given when they actually began Vice-Chair Stephen Sigurdson, who passed construction and that it be directed into away this November. something ‘environmental’. So [this] was just Following his passing, Sigurdson’s family perfect,” Beaty wrote. requested that donations in his memory be According to the Dean of the Faculty of made to the Steve Sigurdson Queen’s Law Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kimberly Memorial Fund. This fund along with other Woodhouse, Beaty’s donation will build gifts, pledges and internal matching monies the physical lab space within the Wellness allowed them to reach the minimum $1.5 Centre, to be located on the third floor in the million required by the University to fund southeast section upon completion in Spring a professorship.

2018.

“Support for research conducted in the Certificate in Employment Relations to Beaty Water Research Centre will come from be offered online a variety of sources — including grants to faculty from various research organizations A major modification was made to the as well as other sources,” Woodhouse wrote Certificate in Employment Relations in the in an email to The Journal on Thursday.

Faculty of Arts and Science.

While research in this area is ongoing, This modification comes just one year the donation will allow for its centralization, after the previous version was approved by as the many facilities where it is conducted the Senate and will introduce a fully online are dispersed throughout campus. It will additional mode of delivery of the Certificate. allow for Queen’s and Royal Military College According to the report from the Senate researchers to attempt to understand more Committee on Academic Development, “the clearly the necessary steps to protect and fully online option will make the certificate remediate water supplies, as well as the accessible to an expanded demographic of learners including students who currently hold an undergraduate degree from Queen’s or other institutions.”

Feb 28 Senate recap Blake Canning Assistant News Editor The Feb 28 Senate meeting began with a lengthy discussion and debate regarding the implementation of a Fall Term Break, and followed with several other initiatives, including the official closing of the Physical Education program and the welcoming of a new law professor.

PHE program closure

After a series of decisions made by the University and its governing bodies throughout this year, Senate voted unanimously this Tuesday to close the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education program.

The vote took into account the lower number of opportunities for physical education teachers within the school system, the overlap in curricular content between Physical and Health Education programs and Kinesiology programs, as well as a number of other factors.

Law professorship created in memoriam for deceased professor

Senate approved the establishment of a new professorship in Corporate Law and Finance in the name of Queen’s Law alum

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CORRECTIONS “Less popular Fall Break option among students to be recommended by task force,” published Feb. 16 2017 A previous version of this article stated that the AMS was changing their position on Fall Term Break from the option selected by students. It is in fact the Fall Break Task Force, a body constitued by the University Senate that will make the recomendation of option two to the Principal, not the AMS.

According to information provided by AMS President Tyler Lively after publication, as a member of the Task Force, he lobbied for students’ choice of option one and this will be noted in the final report of the Task Force.

The Journal regrets the error.

associated risks.

Beaty is confident that the donation will be used well and that the research it will support will promote long term results, conducive to sustainable and environmentally focused change in how water resources are approached.

The experts in the Beaty Water Research Centre will decide the specific projects; Beaty placed no stipulations or conditions on research focus upon providing the money.

In the Feb. 24 University press release, Woodhouse stated, “A key focus will be on safe drinking water from small, untreated systems or untreated urban or rural domestic wells. This work has the potential to improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. In Canada, the research directly impacts those living in vulnerable remote communities, including Indigenous Peoples.”

Beaty echoed this sentiment, saying he would be “very pleased” to see improvements in that area.

“Canada has more freshwater per capital than any country on our planet, yet many of our smaller communities, especially Indigenous communities, are plagued with bad drinking water,” Beaty wrote. “This is outrageous and has to be remedied.”

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DRINKING CULTURE

lcoholism in plain sight Drinking culture continues to dominate Queen’s social sphere at the expense of personal health and the Kingston community Maureen O’Reilly Assistant News Editor

me about their problems,” John said.

John remains grateful for his choice to give up alcohol, but admits that had he not harmed other students with his actions while drunk, he easily could’ve continued.

“I totally thought I was the only person at Queen’s who was really having drinking problems,” John said.

Drinking commands a lot of the social culture at Queen’s, and at many other Canadian universities. John certainly isn’t the only student who has crossed the line from ‘work hard, play hard’ into alcoholism.

In the Student Health Survey conducted

by Queen’s in 2013, 57 per cent of respondents who drink had reported binge drinking in the two weeks before completing the survey, which was 21 per cent above the national average.

In 2017, Maclean’s ranked Queen’s

when it was spread out over two weekends in an attempt to curb the density of intoxicated students partying on the streets.

However, the drinking culture still had consequences during the ban.

In 2010, two first-year Queen’s students died due to alcohol-related events. Cameron Bruce died in September after falling out

of control.

Geoffrey Smith, who taught physical education, health education, and history at Queen’s from 1969 until 2006, spearheaded an initiative this November called Kingston Against Drunken Students (KADS) to combat the prevalent drinking culture at Queen’s.

“I think one of the major problems is

“It really became a game of ‘let’s do [it] one more time, and if I can not get blackout, then I’m good.’ It was just like Russian roulette.”

When John* began to worry that he had a drinking problem, he tried alternative solutions before quitting altogether. He tried to limit himself, stick to certain In the Student Health Survey conducted by Queen’s in 2013, 57 types of alcohol, and swear off others, but per cent of respondents who drink had reported binge drinking nothing worked. in the two weeks before completing the survey, which was 21 A current Queen’s student, John was per cent above the national average. familiar with dealing with the repercussions of getting blackout drunk. On multiple occasions he’d woken up in hospitals or in drunk tanks, unsure of how he got there of a residence window, while Habib Khan that the idea of alcoholism hasn’t really — but it wasn’t until his drinking started died that December after falling through a been identified with the student population. to seriously damage his reputation on library skylight.

The alcoholic is somebody who’s older, campus that he decided to make somebody who’s really hit the a change. skids,” Smith told The Journal.

“I don’t think I wanted to Smith has lived in his home admit it coming to an end at William and Barrie St. for because it was such a staple of the past 25 years with his university,” John told The Journal. wife Roberta, also a retired While John believed that Queen’s professor. drinking helped him make As students increasingly friends in university, he also dominate the University District, admitted drinking took a toll on Smith has had intoxicated his relationships. students vomit in his composter, “I was either too drunk, or and has even caught some having I was an asshole. I would go to sex in his backyard. a club with one girl and start While Smith insists he doesn’t making out with someone have a problem with drinking else. Not cool. No wonder I per se, he says he is concerned got dumped.” with the people who drink “two, Though John’s behaviour was three times a week and they’re becoming concerning to some drinking maybe four, five, six of his friends, he wasn’t the drinks at a sitting.” only student in his social circle “When ping pong tables that exhibited risky drinking come out at eight o’clock in the habits, nor was he the worst in morning, right here and four the bunch. of them around the corner, “I always had friends who and [students are] drinking by drank more than I did, so I nine — I think that’s a problem.” genuinely thought, ‘I’m good.’

Smith’s motivation to start Right? I mean, here I am taking KADS wasn’t only based on care of people.” his experience living in the “I remember one time [my University District and teaching friend and I] were joking about at Queen’s, but also by his own the idea of being alcoholics, and drinking experience in university. he was like, ‘Do you think you’ll “I drank a lot as a freshman at PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN SMITH ever do anything about it?’ and I According to a Maclean’s survery, Queen’s students party an average of 4.94 hours in a week.

Berkeley, I was expected to do so said, ‘Yeah, do you?’ and he was in a fraternity,” Smith said. like, ‘Probably not.’” among the top three party schools in Canada, The University was left reeling by these “I stayed in bed for 10 weeks... I didn’t go When John made the decision to noting that Queen’s students party for 4.94 losses, and the resulting coroner’s report by to class, I was depressed. I was able to free quit drinking, he started seeking out hours on average per week. These numbers Chief Coroner Roger Skinner recommended myself, transfer to Santa Barbara, and quit resources on campus. He met with a reflect an increase from last year’s rankings, in 2011 that Queen’s review its campus drinking. I’d love to have some nights back, counsellor at LaSalle and another provided when Queen’s was listed seventh, with alcohol policies to address a “culture of I’d love to have some weeks back, and I’d through his faculty, and was eventually students partying an average of 4.807 hours drinking” on campus. love to have some months back.” directed to a longer-term resource per week.

Alcohol has since been banned Smith’s wife Roberta recalls teaching a in Kingston. small history seminar in 1985, “There are better opportunities when one student didn’t show up here [for addiction] than I I think one of the major problems is that the idea of alcoholism hasn’t really until mid-October because he had realized, but they are hard to find,” been identified with the student population. The alcoholic is somebody who’s been in the hospital for alcohol John said. poisoning. older, somebody who’s really hit the skids.

John took a semester off school ‘I live in a house full of and sought out a private facility in engineers, and I tried to drink the Toronto that provided him with a counsellor Based on these numbers, it’s no surprise from residence buildings during way they do,’ the student told her. and connected him with other young that Queen’s has continually run into Orientation Week.

“It’s a complicated problem. It’s been people struggling with addiction. He’s now problems concerning student drinking While these incidents demonstrate around forever,” Smith said about student sober and attends Alcoholics Anonymous culture, especially in recent years. the negative effect alcohol can have on a drinking culture. meetings with the individuals he met in his On Homecoming in 2005, street student’s life, the question remains of at “It’s so woven into the tapestry at youth group. party-goers rolled over a car and set it on what point does binge-drinking become Queen’s that it’s taken for granted — and I’m “It can be really hard to come to terms fire. At Homecoming in 2008, police issued alcoholism and where do we draw the line? questioning that. Everybody looks at me and with never drinking or being an alcoholic 140 arrests and 619 tickets throughout Some students, like John, begin says, ‘Good luck with that, Geoff.’” because both of those ideas suck. [But] the the weekend, after which the University drinking most heavily in university. minute I started allowing myself to be really decided to cancel Homecoming for the next For others, drinking is already a *As per the source’s request for anonymity, honest and vulnerable, I saw a lot of my few years. problem, and university simply gives their name has been changed throughout this friends do it. A lot of them began to come to The event wasn’t restored until 2013, them the push they need to spiral out story. John is a pseudonym.

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EDITORIALS

The Journal’s Perspective

Tech in the classroom is still contentious

THE QUEEN’S JOURNAL Volume 144 Issue 23 www.queensjournal.ca @queensjournal Publishing since 1873

Editorial Board Jacob Rosen

Editors in Chief

Jane Willsie Production Manager

Kayla Thomson

News Editor

Victoria Gibson Blake Canning

Assistant News Editors

Morgan Dodson Maureen O’Reilly Shivani Gonzalez

Features Editor

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Ramna Safeer

Opinions Editor

Arththy Valluvan Erika Streisfield

Arts Editor

Alex Palermo

Assistant Arts Editor

Joseph Cattana

Sports Editor

Sarah O’Flaherty

Assistant Sports Editor

Jenna Zucker

Lifestyle Editor

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Julia Balakrishnan

Photo Editors

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The end isn’t in sight for cellphones in technology, not the person misusing it, isn’t the front of the classroom. the classroom. Maybe, that’s not such an effective way of moving forward.

Every new generation is becoming a bad thing.

But while the Post article gives the increasingly acclimatized to technology in A recent article in The National Post impression that the argument about everyday life. But educators don’t necessarily states that “cellphones have become banning cellphones is over, there’s no have to bend to meet these demands fixtures in Canadian classrooms.” shortage of things to argue about, such as — their job is to teach, with or But rather than banning them, going whether their presence really is taking away without cellphones. forward the article poses that the from the quality of education.

Plus, the divide between cellphones and most productive conversation other devices such as laptops and may be how to use them to tablets is dwindling. You can text on a But while the Post article gives the students’ advantage. laptop and you can write notes up on impression that the argument about banning a cellphone.

An outright ban on cellphones is over, there’s no shortage of anything, let alone a ban on If a classroom bans cellphones, things to argue about, such as whether their that’d realistically need to include all technology, has never been a sure-fire way to ensure its non-use. presence really is taking away from the devices for it to serve the purpose.

Students are still going to Perhaps we must resign ourselves quality of education. find a way to text their friends to technology’s presence in every in class, the only difference is student’s hand and try to figure out that the same device won’t be used for While some schools may shy away from how to use it most effectively. The only other educational purposes. a ban because it’d be difficult to enforce, that alternative is to commit to a ban.

By banning cellphones, we’re not doesn’t mean it’s not serving a purpose.

But with technology as such a presence teaching proper technological literacy Even when used for educational in our lives, the debate about its place in — we’re just trying to ignore it. Blaming the purposes, young students — who’ve schools isn’t one we can ignore. become normalized to technology in every aspect of their lives — can still find ways to — Journal Editorial Board use it as an unhealthy distraction from the information being taught and the teacher at

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Alex Palermo

Getting the most out of my lectures — some of the time, just staying awake — has been the most impassable obstacle I’ve encountered at Queen’s so far.

When the first universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050, they utilized lecturing as the predominant teaching method.

In 2017, we’re still using it.

The difference is that class sizes have ballooned and we’re now living in a tech bubble that could provide us with infinite learning resources. Not much has changed in terms of how we teach, even though the world is vastly different than it was a thousand years ago.

I struggle with paying attention in lectures.

In first year, there were tutorials for every single class I was in. But as I continued my undergraduate career, I noticed a steadily decreasing emphasis on class participation and group work. I now have one class where the professor just shows us slides that are full to the brim with writing and reads them aloud to us.

The entire time I’m sitting there, I can’t

Wake up, traditional lectures are dozing off “

I now have one class where the professor just shows us slides that are full to the brim with writing and reads them aloud to us.

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help thinking there has to be a better way.

A study conducted in 2014 by the National Academy of Science revealed a significant increase in test scores in science, math and engineering classes when more active learning methods were incorporated into the curriculum. Techniques such as active participation iClicker questions, frequent tutorials and working on problems in class dramatically cut failure rates and boosted exam scores by 6 per cent on average. That could mean the difference between a B- and a B+.

Eric Mazur, a Harvard physicist and longtime advocate for educational reform, commented in a Science article presenting

the data, “it’s almost unethical to be lecturing if you have this data.” I agree that turning a blind eye to such important information does a huge disservice to students.

The key seems to be switching a student’s role from passive listener to active learner.

Changing the structure of the university classroom is no easy task. It would likely require increased TA hiring, more work for professors and I wouldn’t be surprised if people dug their heels in on this one.

But the fact remains: lectures aren’t just boring, they’re scientifically ineffective when compared to more engaging teaching models.

If we pride ourselves on being a top-notch academic institution, why do we design our current learning models the same way we did in 1050?

Alex Palermo is The Journal’s Assistant Arts Editor. She’s a third-year biochemistry student.

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Your Perspective

The semi-positive space program

Talking heads ... around campus

Holes in Queen’s positive space training hinders its overall effectiveness

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Where do you feel the most at home on campus?

“Mac-Corry Hall.”

Patricia Warren, ArtSci '19

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Michelle Allan points out flaws in positive space training on campus.

Michelle Allan, ArtSci '18 While the EQuIP and Positive Space programs at Queen’s are both valuable student resources, the positive space training itself needs an upgrade if it’s going to make a lasting impact on student leaders.

The Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuIP) is a student-run organization under the Social Issues Commission of the AMS. It aims to foster tolerance of sexual and gender identities at Queen’s. Founded in 1999, it co-sponsors the Queen’s Positive Space Program, which trains students in “making sure all members of the Queen’s community are affirmed and supported”.

The first time I publicly came out, I was playing board games with my floormates in the Harkness Hall basement. I was only a few weeks into first year, but I felt comforted enough to casually mention that I wasn’t straight.

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The first time I publicly came out, I was playing board games with my floormates in the Harkness Hall basement.

I was only a few weeks into first year, but I felt comforted enough to casually mention that I wasn’t straight.

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The stark contrast between the small town, staunchly Catholic environment of my childhood and a moderately progressive university with little rainbow triangles plastered on every laptop, dorm entrance, and office door gave me a feeling of assurance I’d never experienced to this degree before — an assurance that I wasn’t putting myself in danger by having my romantic orientation in public domain.

In the religion courses at my Catholic high school, homophobia was never condemned.

It was sometimes even outwardly

practiced or encouraged by both students non-marginalized students to at least try and teachers.

— it would have a greater impact on students When I saw the pride sticker in the front than arbitrary vocabulary policing. window of the admissions office at the Even explaining the origin and cultural end of my Queen’s campus tour, it felt like context behind a slur to students would a beacon of hope. While I was prepared to be more effective than the current keep my head down amidst intolerance at slideshow of definitions that forms the safe whatever university I ended up choosing, space program. knowing that Queen’s publicly advocates Additionally, the program would feel a for their queer students made me feel like I little more genuine if the instructors were made the right postsecondary decision. selected more appropriately.

Throughout my first year, I noticed pieces of the positive space program ingrained in many aspects of my life at Queen’s. It was While a list of terminology like a gentle, constant reminder that I am that is generally considered welcome here. wildly offensive could be When I had the opportunity to take useful to some people, being the training offered by the Positive Space a good ally to marginalized program, I jumped at the chance. However, it wasn’t exactly the experience I thought it groups requires a little more would be. than limiting your slurs.

I showed up excited to learn more about queer issues and become a better ally to marginalized peoples.

When we were doing the module on the I left with a handful of stickers certifying difficulties trans and genderqueer people my completion of the program and a sense face in school, a lot of us asked questions. of disappointment.

Our instructor, although clearly very The whole course consisted of a intelligent and passionate about the Positive slideshow of random definitions and Space program, lacked the knowledge to symbols I could have found in five minutes provide adequate answers. on Google, and didn’t really delve into any Like everyone else in the room, she issues beyond surface level. was cisgender. None of us had the right We weren’t required to prove that we information or resources to provide any learned anything, and the curriculum valid training. Just as Queen’s wouldn’t was almost entirely limited to words we have a Russian Literature course taught shouldn’t use. by someone who’s never read Nabokov, it While a list of terminology that is shouldn’t delegate people who have never generally considered wildly offensive could experienced racism, sexism, homophobia, be useful to some people, being a good ally transphobia to serve as an authority on any to marginalized groups requires a little of these topics. more than limiting your slurs.

Give us the tools to think for ourselves The program could be more effective instead of giving us a list of socially if it fostered a more comprehensive acceptable terms to parrot — the Queen’s understanding of oppression. community will be better off for it.

While compressing the concepts of sexism, cissexism, racism, and homophobia, Michelle is a third-year English major and and other forms of prejudice into a two Jewish Studies minor. hour seminar is a nigh-impossible task, Queen’s owes it to both marginalized and

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Jordan Ursel, Sci '17

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The ladies behind

Dad Hats 4ever

Alex Palermo Assistant Arts Editor Hat’s off to two student artists who’ve blended together fashion, art and business in an entrepreneurial enterprise unique to Queen’s.

Kennedy Cassidy ’19 and Kiera Sitzer ’19 started Dad Hats 4Ever as a passion project.

But their trendy, embroidered baseball hats, with simple designs like eyelashes and rain clouds, are beginning to take off on Queen’s fashion-forward campus.

“Kiera and I try to come up with designs together, but I always keep the design book on me so I can quickly sketch things down when the inspiration comes,” Cassidy said. Sitzer added, “I had the idea first, but Kennedy’s history with embroidery fleshed out the fine details and made Dad Hats 4Ever a reality.”

Both students in Fine Art, the product is the result of their artistic backgrounds.

Cassidy compared the embroidery process to drawing, but with thread. “Once we both agree on certain designs, we order the hats and begin embroidering.”

Dad Hats 4Ever technically has only two employees, but Cassidy and Sitzer gave ample credit to their friends, fellow boothrunners and models, without whom they wouldn’t have been able to keep up with their demand for product. “Our business is really flourishing at Queen’s and it’s awesome to

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Queen’s alumnus wins emerging artist grant Erika Streisfield Arts Editor Earlier this month, Queen’s alum and local artist Katharine Vingoe-Cram was named the recipient of the 2016 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development, awarded annually by the Kingston Arts Council.

Totalling $2,500 in value, the grant aims to help emerging artists grow and reach their utmost potential in the Kingston community and beyond.

The Nan Yeomans grant is named after a prominent Kingston artist who dedicated her

gain the support of fellow students in an artrelated product,” said Cassidy. Their plans are to focus mainly on selling at booth functions such as Cezanne’s Closet — an event put on

by Union Gallery for student art — and their Irish I had a Dad Hat sale in the ARC on St. Patrick’s Day. Both Sitzer and Cassidy agree they plan to keep selling their original designs on

programs that approach them with interest.

Their website is launching in the near future, prompting the question of expansion beyond campus.

“We’ll stay true to our Queen’s roots and offer discounts to students and alumni,” said Cassidy of their imminent next steps.

“We were gonna keep this a secret, but we’ve always planned to expand into several

campus, while continuing to fundraise for any clubs or Kennedy Cassidy (left) and Kiera Sitzer (right).

life to supporting local and emerging artists in the Kingston community. After her death in 2004, Yeomans left all her art and most of her estate to the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area. It was Yeomans’ wish to fund a grant and further support local talent in Kingston.

Vingoe-Cram is the eighth-ever recipient of the award.

Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Vingoe-Cram has made Kingston her canvas.

After pursuing an Master’s in art history from Queen’s, where she specialized in museum representation of Canadian folk art, the painter has recently taken tenancy at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning.

Vinggoe-Cram’s favoured mediums are watercolours and oil on panel. Her art explores dreams, portraiture, and everyday objects through an abstract lens.

Her series entitled, Watercolours (Dreams) (2014), for instance, features a unique taste of colours and shapes seeking to represent the beautiful nature of the psyche through depicting dreams.

In addition to her independent projects, Vingoe-Cram also collaborates with local artist Gabriel Cheung on an interdisciplinary practice entitled NO. According to a Kingston Art Council press release, the Nan Yeomans Grant will help Vingeo-cram expand on her work

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different clothing types. Expanding into ‘Mom jeans’, shirts, backpacks and maybe even socks.”

Sitzer and Cassidy are trying to keep up with the exploding embroidery trend that’s becoming more and more prominent in both high fashion and in everyday wear.

“Embroidery on denim is really on trend right now, so we’re hoping to crack that market in the near future,” said Cassidy of their goals for the brand.

Ten years from now, you’ll find Sitzer and Cassidy as (hopefully) well-established artists that run a niche clothing company.

“I see myself rich, and hopefully it’ll be off Dad Hats 4Ever,” said Sitzer. “The market we started is easy to expand and hopefully we can keep the Dad Hat legacy going.”

Cassidy has always been interested in clothing design, whereas Sitzer saw herself in visual art or law. Cassidy also holds a position as wardrobe head for Queen’s Musical Theatre’s Bring It On: The Musical, and grew up surrounded by art.

“Kennedy had parents who pushed a creative environment while raising her, as they were artists themselves,” said Sitzer of her friend and business partner. “Whatever is going on with the business, I know Ken and I will still be friends in 10 years, and that’s all that matters.”

during the summer of 2016 on residency resulting collection will be submitted in at Spark Box Studio in Picton. The body of 2017 to galleries and artist-run centres work, entitled Unexpected Visitors, explores across Canada. the personal geography of grieving. The

Vingoe-Cram is currently a tenant at the Tett, Kingston.

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ART IN TRAVEL

Appreciating the modern: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Kayla Thomson Production Manager After I booked a trip to Copenhagen for Reading Week only two weeks in advance, I kept the spontaneity going and didn’t plan anything ahead of time, with one exception: the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. I know, modern art often inspires a “I could’ve done that” reaction. A museum full of modern art didn’t inspire much hope, but every person I spoke to before the trip immediately blurted out: “you have to see this museum!” So my friend and I took the half-day journey north of the city to see what all the fuss was about.

The museum itself feels like its in the middle of nowhere. Only a half-hour train ride separates it from downtown Copenhagen, but the crazy cyclists and herds of tourists are nowhere to be seen.

Louisiana Museum is designed in a circle surrounding an outdoor sculpture garden. The hallways between exhibits are wall-to-wall glass so you’re always able to see the massive sculptures just outside.

The grounds sit directly on a cliff, with the gardens pouring over the edge. The back half of the museum is underground, leaving the view from the sculpture garden unobstructed towards the sea. Looking at a map later on, we realized that the small shadow on the horizon was Sweden.

There were three main exhibits on display when we visited. As we followed the circle, we were brought into the stories of each artist.

We started at William Kentridge’s Thick Time. Kentridge is a South African artist known for his drawings, sculptures, and multi-media performances in opera and drama productions. The exhibit brought us through his life’s work.

The theme for the exhibit was how time impacts and changes us as human beings.

Beautiful cast-iron sculptures of windmills, water pitchers and workers at the beginning of the exhibit cast harrowing shadows on blank walls. A section of hand-made books showed photographs of Kentridge’s production process, but provided context for the images with quotations such as “Give us back our sun.”

My favourite piece in the exhibit was called More Sweetly Play the Dance. It was a room filled with massive screens,

upon which were projected images of a moving procession. A band and South African dancers led the procession, playing high-energy music, but were slowly followed by slaves, people hooked up to IV drips and tired workers.

The multimedia piece illustrated the consistent political undertone in Kentridge’s work. The exhibit often made me feel dread, but also reminded me of the passage of time and hope for change that comes with it.

The second exhibit we reached was the Amateur Architecture Studio. The exhibit is a series that will continually feature different architects, and we were able to see the first: Wang Shu. At the top of the exhibit, we began in a room covered in Shu’s quotes regarding architecture. He is of the unique mindset that architecture should follow tradition and pay attention to the environment that a “house” — he doesn’t consider his pieces to be buildings — is to be built in.

Shu’s exhibit was two stories. We descended into the bottom filled with building materials that we could touch and engage with. The top floor overlooked the materials from a catwalk, and concluded with his completed designs and the historical landscapes that inspired them, such as an ancient Chinese tapestry.

Although a very grand exhibit, we walked through it quickly. After going through the emotional ride that was Kentridge’s exhibit, the more subtle meaning of the architecture was lost on us.

From Shu’s mostly underground exhibit, we ascended a spiral staircase into Louise Bourgeois’ Cells. Bourgeois has been frequently featured at the Louisiana, but this exhibit focused on a different time in her artistic career.

Cells is comprised of 25 ‘cells’. At first glance, they’re large vintage doors or cages in a circle. When you look closer, inside the circle — or cell — is a visual representation of a moment in the artist’s life.

The cells took up the majority of the exhibit, with only a few in each room. My favourite was a room of two red cells.

Peaking inside the first, intended to represent her childhood, I saw a red playroom with tangled tapestries. The second represented her parents’ relationship.

It encircled a red bed and dresser, with a little pillow that said “J’taime”.

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Transference takes the stage Blurring the lines of actor, writer, and director makes for an engrossing dramatic experience Ashley Rhamey Assistant Lifestyle Editor When I walked into a room of around 25 people in Theological Hall, it became clear that the first performance of Transference was going to be a very intimate experience.

The producers, Scott Forster, ArtSci ’16, and Andreea Ionescu, ConEd ’17, who’ve paradoxically forfeited all control over their own production, gave an exposition to the audience beforehand, explaining exactly what they were going to see.

The concept is relatively simple, but

odd enough that the show is unique. Four different actors perform on stage one after another. Alone, they perform what is essentially a cold-read of a script they’ve never seen before. The four different scripts are kept confidential even from the directors themselves, and are only read by the playwrights who wrote them before they’re performed.

With no direction, the purpose of the show was to see how each different person self-directs, and how much of their own personality they put into their acting.

All the actors but one left the room and

Standing in the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

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(Above and right) Pieces from William Kentridge’s exhibit, Thick Time.

At the end of our tour around the Louisiana, my friend and I wanted to see more. Each piece of art exceeded our expectations of what modern art was.

We both came to the conclusion that no matter the piece, we definitely couldn’t have done that.

the performance began when the first actor chose a manila envelope containing their script at random from the set of four, sat on a stool on a bare stage area and began reading aloud.

Before coming to see it myself, I expected the entire thing to be painfully awkward and full of pregnant pauses, mixed-up words and second-hand embarrassment. In reality, the show was painless, funny and self-reflective.

The scripts, while differing in style, tone, and voice, all felt like a mixture made up partly by diary entries, partly dramatic monologues and partly conversations with the audience.

The performers all had clearly different, even opposing, acting styles.

I found myself amazed that each one was able to hit all the right notes with their script.

They earned laughs from every joke and vocalized every emotion in a way that felt oddly organic.

There was no way of knowing if someone was ad-libbing a hand gesture as they read, or if the script directed them to do so. Doing things like ripping a page in half during a rant, laughing at their own joke or looking an audience member in the eye while saying the word ‘you’, weren’t clear choices made

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by the actor or playwright but a blurring of the two.

Each performer inevitably stumbled over words as they moved forward, but held their composure and characters no matter what their scripts threw at them.

One script told a first-person story of losing their virginity in graphic detail, including sexual noises and mannerisms.

The performer, Serena Fenn, ArtSci’19, impressively brought the awkward scenario to life without shying away or skipping a beat.

Another script contained simply one side of an argument between a couple, that actor Lizzie Moffat, ArtSci ’18, executed as if the other was right there firing back at her.

With no time to prepare or decide what direction they’ll take the words on the page, the actors were forced into an authenticity that rehearsed dramatic readings can’t replicate.

The intentional confusion of the performance, and the invitation to the audience to evaluate it, is what makes Transference engaging for anyone, regardless of whether or not they’re a theatre buff.

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Julie-Anne Staehli (#42) has run for Queen’s for five years.

TRACK AND FIELD

Looking for one last podium finish Julie-Anne Staehli looks back on her five years at Queen’s Clayton Tomlinson Staff Writer Julie-Anne Staehli is heading into one of her last competitive racing events for Queen’s, but her career is far from over.

As a student and an athlete, her career as a Gael has been outstanding. Staehli is now in her fifth and final year of eligibility as an athlete, and is currently enrolled in a Master’s of Sports Psychology as well.

In all five years of her eligibility as a distance cross country and track runner, she has been All-Canadian for Queen’s, captured two CIS titles and made the podium

eleven times. Most recently, Staehli won an OUA silver in the 3000m race and finished with a bronze in the 1500m. Those podium finishes have Staehli moving onto the U Sports National Championship from March 9-11.

Beyond her accomplishments for the Gaels, Staehli has been on three national teams — in 2014 for the University Cross Country Championships, the 2014 NACAC Track Championships, and the 2016 Pan-Am Cross Country team.

Behind all the accolades is the burning passion to run.

“Probably the competitiveness, it’s just kind of in my nature,” she said about her love of running.

According to Staehli, she’s played many sports throughout her life, but was always best at the running part so she tried track.

Coming from Lucknow, ON, a small town on Lake Huron, Staehli

says one of the best aspects of her career has been the opportunities it has given her to travel the world and meet people who’re passionate about putting one foot in front of the other — from Venezuela to Uganda.

For Staehli, she said that her career as both a distance cross-country and track runner has been made possible by the funding she receives. “As a student-athlete, I pay no more than anyone else … this has all been funded through Queen’s, my clubs and my sponsorships,” she said.

After thousands of kilometers and countless pairs of new running shoes, Staehli has become

a representation of how hard work and effort can pay off in the long run. She is sponsored

by Focus Massage Therapy, New Balance Canada and has served as an ambassador for Addaday Canada.

As she now sits with most of her university career behind her, this being her last year of eligibility for competing, Staehli says the finish line is still a ways away.

Next year, she plans to return to the cross-country team as an assistant coach in the fall of 2017 and continue to train as well. Her goal is to compete at the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.

“Definitely in my post Queen’s career, I will continue

running and there’s always the goal of 2020,” Staehli said with conviction.

But Staehli doesn’t want to just stop at running in terms of her contributions. In 2016, Staehli made a personal donation of shoes to QJump — a Queen’s organization that gives unprivileged youth in sport the opportunity to participate. “Once I realized how many shoes one runner accumulates in such a short period of time, and more importantly, the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child, this project became a mission,” she said.

“We collect shoes from runners

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Gaels one win away from national championship berth Gaels host OUA Final Four with national championship berths at stake Eric Gallo Misevich Staff Writer With a potential national tournament berth on the line Friday night, there’s no place like home for the women’s basketball team.

The Gaels are taking their

historic 19-1 record to the ARC this weekend, hosting the OUA Critelli Cup Final Four.

As the number one seed, the Gaels will host the number four Windsor Lancers in the semi-finals on Friday night, while Carleton and McMaster will play in the other semi-final matchup. A victory on Friday would send the Gaels into the OUA finals on Saturday night, in turn sending them to compete in Victoria, BC for the U Sports Nationals.

The Journal had the opportunity to catch up with head coach Dave Wilson, as well as players Emily Hazlett and Robyn Pearson to

The women’s basketball team will host the OUA final four this weekend.

discuss their perspectives going into the final stretch. The team is confident going into their semi-final game against Windsor, as they’ve already beat the Lancers in the ARC 73-56 on January 7.

Pearson said. “We really beat them in our defensive pressure and getting out and running on them.

They have a much smaller bench than we do and I think we can use that to our advantage again.”

We really beat them in our defensive pressure and “getting out and running on them. They have a much

smaller bench than we do and I think we can use that to our advantage again.

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— Robyn Pearson on last game against Windsor

“We’re definitely going to look to the things that gave us success the last time we played against them,”

However, the setting is different this time as the playoff environment could spark

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unforeseen pregame jitters.

“Obviously, it’s way bigger of a game because of the opportunity to win the OUA final, but I think if we go out there and treat it the same way [as an ordinary game] that it’ll allow the younger players to not get as nervous or as worried about the game as they are right now,” said Hazlett.

Queen’s has many reasons to go into the final four confident.

They have one of the most well balanced attacks in Canada, as well as the joint-best record in Canada at 19-1, tied with Carleton.

Coach Wilson attributes the team’s success to their ability to See Being page 13

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where you place your stone, your opponent is going to place their stone somewhere else.

“Trying to get inside their head a little bit and be able to play the back and forth.” Forget says that the team will focus shot-by-shot on making it through each game of the tournament, rather than thinking about the tournament as a whole, as has been his strategy before.

The second-place finish at the OUA’s has given the team a berth into the U Sports national championship, which will take place on March 18 in Thunder Bay. Forget and his

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team are already planning ahead. Forget says they will approach the tournament with an open style and a defensive approach, a strategy that allows the team to be both flexible and secure in games.

“The silver medal means a lot,” Forget said with a smile. He says that Queen’s alumni were texting him words of encouragement, reminding him that the last time Queen’s won a banner was back in 2004.

“I was doing it for the Queen’s community, which made it so much easier.”

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Men’s curling team wins silver at OUA Podium finish sees curling make U Sports Championship Sarah O’Flaherty Assistant Sports Editor Wesley Forget’s path to the OUA championships is unlike any other curler before him. After spending the 2015-16 season off the ice as the coach of the men’s curling team, Forget returned to the team this season to don the tricolour jersey as the team’s skip.

Forget, 25, is both a full-time Residence Life Coordinator at Queen’s and a full-time student. Because of his status as a student, he was eligible to play on the curling team.

The transition in roles paid off for the Gaels, as Forget and his teammates walked away from the OUA championships against the Laurier Golden Hawks on Feb. 20 with a silver medal.

Forget believes that the Gaels and the Golden Hawks were well-matched teams in terms of skill, calling Queen’s “the team to beat”. Three of the Gaels’ players — Forget, Decebal Michaud and Alexander Cormier —were named to the four-man first team of 2017 All-Stars. The fourth was Jordie Lyon-Hatcher of the Laurier Golden Hawks.

“I think that we know that the Queen’s

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curling team was the best this year, we just struggled in that final game and that happens,” Forget said.

Forget thinks that the depth of experience on this year’s roster is the difference between this season’s team and the teams of seasons past. “Everyone on the team this year has played in a provincial final or has been to a national championship,” Forget said.

While Forget says that previous teams have had players with passion for the sport, the experience that this season’s team possesses made the transition to the OUA playoffs much easier. “They’ve already kind of done it in their own way, in the junior tour and the men’s tour and such,” Forget said.

The team played club games twice a week in preparation for the playoffs. They play at the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club, where they faced stiff competition to prepare themselves for the OUA — two teams from the club went to the Travelers Club Championship in the last three years.

The Travelers Club Championship, an annual event for men’s and women’s curling teams who’ve won their local club championships, is a high caliber event.

Forget says that curling is as much a mental game as a physical one — which the team has prepared for as well. They’ve both discussed game play with their opponents at the club and prepared strategies. “It is very much a game of chess on ice. It’s about

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Looking at the stats Gaels to face rival Mustangs in first round of playoffs Joshua Finkelstein Staff Writer After going 5-8 through the first part of the season, the women’s volleyball team has been one of the hottest teams in the OUA, winning five of their last six games.

With a 3-1 victory over the Brock Badgers in St. Catharines last weekend, the Gaels closed out the regular season at 10-9 in third place, earning a spot in the OUA quarterfinals this coming weekend.

At certain points during the season the playoffs seemed out of reach for the team.

However, in what became a true tale of two halves, the Gaels laid down one strong performance after another to close out the year. Prior to the winter break, though, the young Gaels squad struggled to take three sets on any one day, dropping six of their first nine contests.

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First round match up against rival Mustangs Continued from page 11

Stephan Barrie led the Gaels to 7-12 record on the year.

First round exit for men’s basketball team Nipissing ousts Gaels from OUA playoffs in 77-74 bout Sebastian Bron Staff Writer A 26-9 run in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough for the men’s basketball team to come back against the Nipissing Lakers in the first round of playoff action last week.

After notching their first playoff

victory in six years last season, the team didn’t know how difficult it would be to fill the holes left by graduating student athletes.

Midway through this season, the team held a 6-1 record. And even with a relatively young team coupled with a fresh-look offense, the Gaels looked on the right track.

Then reality hit.

“I honestly feel graduation is what went wrong,” said head coach Stephan Barrie, losing five of their top nine players — one, Mike Shoveller, due to injury — from the previous season. Returning from winter break, the team went on an 11-game losing skid.

“We were much more inexperienced this year, and the reality is, for a program like us, we just didn’t have enough guys with enough experience to put ourselves in better situations.”

In their final week of the regular season, the team mustered a 70-60 win against the York Lions, sneaking into the last playoff spot with a 7-12 record. This past week against the Nipissing Lakers, the Gaels were down 68-48 through three quarters.

“I think [the game] was a reflection of how the season went,” said Barrie of the loss. “Most of the year we found ourselves getting down [early], and we seemed to be on that same script on a regular basis.”

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By the turn of the last quarter, the men trailed by as much as 20 before narrowing the lead to just three. The clock ran out and Queen’s lost 77-74.

After breaking a six-year drought in the playoffs last year, Barrie and the Gaels will go back to the drawing board for next season.

Queen’s has, as Barrie mentioned, found themselves playing in a perpetual state of catch-up all season. They would come out slow, stay slow, and then pick it up nearing the fourth quarter. Granted, it’s encouraging that the team has found ways to close out games in the fourth, even with nothing to close out, but it’s fair to say it cost them a deep run in the playoffs.

Barrie repeatedly told The Journal that it’s important to account for lack of senior help when judging the Gaels’ overall play.

“When you look at it from a big picture, from being so close to knocking out uOttawa [last season], you wanna move forward,” he said. “But, again, when you lose five seniors from that team — and you don’t replace it with five other seniors — there’s going to be a significant change.”

A bright spark during the season was fifth-year guard Sukhpreet Singh, who broke Queen’s all-time record in scoring. In his final game for Queen’s, Singh scored 31 of the Gaels 74 points.

The biggest takeaway the Gaels can carry into next year is that change is predicated from within. It’s incumbent upon those in their upper years to lead, and to rally together a team itching for a spark.

“We have a lot of young players, and these guys … they have potential to be very good players. We feel like we have an opportunity next year — we have a chance to stabilize and be more mature.”

“This summer is going to be huge for us.”

Record: 15-4 Sets won: 51 Sets lost: 20

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on the court. They opened the season’s second part with home-and-home sweeps of local rivals RMC — only conceding under 70 points over the two matches and needing only the minimum six sets to get back to winning ways. However, a trip to Toronto the following weekend saw the team struggle against undefeated OUA East leaders U of T, and the second-place Ryerson Rams.

Sitting on a record of 5-8 after consecutive losses, it seemed the Gaels were in a tough position to cement a spot above either Nipissing or York to secure the division’s fourth and final place in the OUA playoffs — certainly not without an impressive run of wins. But that they did.

The Gaels added two victories in strong showings against Trent and Lakehead, with 3-0 and 3-1, respectively, before hosting York in a game with certain playoff implications.

It was a match that was so tense it had to be decided in five sets, with the tension best seen in a first set where the Gaels eventually prevailed 27-25. Outlasting the Lions with a 15-9 triumph in the fifth set, the Gaels made it back to .500 for the first time since November, after entering the game with a 7-8 record (the same record as York).

On a short turn-around just a day later, the team was still able to direct any remaining energy they had towards what ended up as one of their most impressive, and important, matches all year. The Gaels ultimately welcomed playoff rivals Nipissing to Kingston with an emphatic straight set performance and another extended first set victory at 26-24. The victory pulled Queen’s ahead of both opponents from that weekend and into third place — a position they’ve held onto since.

At the forefront of much of the team’s success was third-year captain Caroline Livingston. With well more than 200 kills and 150 digs, she became vital to the team’s successes with the ball on both sides of the net. Part of a trio of the most senior players on the team, along with outside hitters Isabelle Korchinski and Victoria Wensley, the three third-years played an important role on a team that at times may have struggled with a lack of experience at the varsity level.

However, as seen in recent games, when it mattered the most, the entire team found their best efforts to launch the Gaels into the postseason.

Queen’s incredible second-half will not be getting any easier, though. They travel to London this weekend to face OUA West second-placed Western, with the winner earning a birth in the OUA semifinals — and the chance to play for a spot in the U Sports Championship in Toronto.

Although, in their one game this season, the Gaels fell to the Mustangs 3-1, with their recent run of form, no opponent will be taking this team lightly.

3-1 win against Queen’s, (25-22, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19) Highest scorer: Kelsey Veltman 259 kills, .325 hitting percentage

OUA Standings: Second in OUA West

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‘Being at home will give us a lot of confidence’ says Pearson Continued from page 10

stay focused all season.

“We’ve played very solid basketball. We have depth and that has allowed us to rotate people in and out and run different styles of play depending on who’s successful on a given day.

Depending on who’s struggling there’s players that are ready to step up,” Wilson said.

The Gaels’ bench will give them an edge over teams this weekend, and they intend to take full advantage of this quality.

“We have one of the deepest benches in the country,” said Pearson. “In the fourth quarter the fact that we’ve been able to still

roll in new bodies has really given us an edge this year, just because the other teams were playing their starters over 35 minutes and we are still coming out fresh in the fourth quarter and OT.” Even with a lot of confidence going into this weekend, Wilson knows the team can still improve to solidify a national championship berth.

“Our confidence is affected more than I would like it to be based on our shooting percentage,” said Wilson. “When we’re shooting well, people are happy but when our shooting percentage drops … it reflects itself in other aspects of our game, which we need to avoid.”

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“So, if we can maintain our intensity even when our shooting percentage is down we can still have the ability to win with other weapons that we have.”

The Gaels will be looking to win both games this weekend, sending them to Victoria, BC to compete for a national title.

“Being at home will give us a lot of confidence,” said Pearson.

“We love playing in our gym, we have some of the best fans in the country.”

Their first game is against Windsor at 6 p.m. in the ARC. If they win, they will play at 8 p.m. on Saturday for OUA gold.

Record: 17-2 Points For: 94.36

Points For: 73.4

Last match-up against Queen’s: 1-0, Carleton 60-52 Queen’s

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Last match-up against Queen’s: 0-1, Windsor 56-73 Queen’s

Points Against: 51.05

Highest scorer: Catherine Traer 14.6 points per game

National Rank: Fourth in Canada

Points Against: 57.68

Highest scorer: Danielle Boiago 19.1 points per game, OUA MVP National Rank: First in Canada

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at meets and those go right back into the community, primarily through the Boys and Girls Club”.

In partnership with Athletics Canada, the sport governing body, ReRun will be expanding across the province this year and has their sight on the rest of Canada in the future. ReRun takes the shoes that runners no longer need and donates them to local children and other organizations instead of throwing them out.

For now, Staehli is focused on Edmonton for the U Sports National Championships. She is currently ranked second in Canada for the 3000m, and hopes to beat Queen’s all-time record of 4:25.44 in the 1500m. It would be a dream ending for her Queen’s career.

“I’m excited and nervous as usual, but I want to make sure I enjoy my time in Edmonton, and my last race in the Queen’s singlet.”

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Points For: 68.2 per game

Points Against: 55.7

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Opening up the dialogue Spotlight on student blogger Elizabeth Ononiwu Nabeela Jivraj Staff Writer The navigation of controversial waters with grace and maturity isn’t a skill everyone possesses, even those with years of practice.

I’ve always held a deep admiration for those able to confidently lead a conversation into that territory, even with the knowledge it might not be a smooth journey.

Just take a glance at the Queen’s Overheard Facebook group and it can sometimes feel as though conversation is impossible. But there’s room for dialogue and I had the opportunity to speak with one student who believes in the power of that process.

Elizabeth Ononiwu, ArtsSci ’20, has a passion for writing. She’s the author of a blog entitled ‘Well I’m Just Sayin’ discussing race, sexuality and religion, among other intersecting topics. Calm and collected, she has offered thoughtful insights to her readers, and to me.

Moving from Nigeria to Whitby, ON at the age of three, Ononiwu explores these issues on her blog from a unique biographical perspective. For her, articulating her own thoughts and getting

the conversation started are the reasons she chose to start her blog.

Ononiwu opted to start her own platform instead of choosing to write for another one for the purpose of maintaining ownership of her ideas and free reign to choose what to write.

Having started to gather a steady readership, she says she hasn’t yet encountered any criticism on her blog, although she anticipates it.

“People will always disagree with you,” she said. “But that feedback is important, because that’s how you learn to empathize with people who see things in a way differently than you do.”

With respect to some topics, she understands why subjects such as cultural appropriation can be inflammatory, but chooses not to tackle them aggressively in her blog. Growing up as a minority, Ononiwu understands where the pain and anger can come from, but feels it’s important to move and grow from that place.

“There is a certain insecurity that people don’t necessarily understand, but it’s about letting people know where you’re coming from and why you feel that.” To that end, her blog eloquently fills the gap.

Lifestyle From her experience, any perspective can be relatable, regardless of culture. “For instance, I wrote one article, ‘Too white for the Africans, too African for the white kids’”, Ononiwu told me.

“And my Romanian friends, they could relate. There is an immigrant experience that is shared.”

In writing her blog, Ononiwu found a thought-clarifying process that was both fulfilling and

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Back to the basics: “How do I ask a cute guy out?”

Dear S&M: There’s this really good-looking guy in my tutorial that I’ve been waiting to ask me out all year. He still hasn’t even though we’ve been flirting and talking all year... Should I ask him out or will that make me look weird? Do guys even like it when girls ask them out?

— Sadie Hawkins Dear Miss Hawkins,

We know it can be scary to put yourself out there and ask someone out. But we definitely think you should go for it.

Everyone, regardless of their gender, gets nervous to make the

first move, but if you’re getting an obvious flirty vibe, you might as well dive in. The worst he can say is no, and then you just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.

To provide some evidence, we asked some of our guy friends how they’d feel if a girl asked them out, would they like it? They all

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motivating. In addition to the blog, she has been active on campus in exploring other mediums for communication. She is currently acting in the upcoming play Gravity and the Golden Thread, about a girl grappling with developing her own identity. Intending to major in drama, Ononiwu plans to expand her writing skills into playwriting.

For Ononiwu, opening up the dialogue in a broader sense is

long overdue. “[First year] was the first time I participated in a real discussion about race, and that’s crazy, considering the diverse world we live in,” she said, referring to a forum held by the Drama Department on the Vagabond production of Othello earlier this year.

“We were all just listening, instead of shouting.”

answered with a resounding ‘yes’.

It shows confidence, which is sexy.

It also switches things up. Why do guys always have to ask the girl?

We get it, asking someone out can be scary. It can make the most outgoing and confident of us into nervous little blobs. But you’ll never get anywhere if you don’t try.

You also don’t want to be wishing come May when the semester’s over that you’d swallowed your nerves and asked that cute boy out!

Our advice is to go up to this boy after class and do the deed.

Start a conversation about something you’ve been talking about during the tutorials. You must have a favourite topic of conversation, be it the Oscars snafu, how boring that class is or summer plans. Carry on the conversation just like you would at your desk and then — take a deep breath — and say “Hey, I was wondering if you’d like to grab a coffee sometime?”

Once you start talking and laughing outside of class, hanging out just the two of you unrelated to classwork will begin to seem like a natural extension.

Don’t put too much pressure on it; pick a fun activity that you genuinely enjoy and see if he’s interested. Suggest something that’s during the daytime, which makes it more casual and less stressful for both of you. Coffee, movies, going for a walk or grabbing a quick bite are all totally stress free and generally enjoyable activities. The worst he can say is

“no thanks.” If that happens, who cares? You took a shot and now you know for sure.

We know you can do this and we know you’ll be disappointed if you never try. Putting yourself out there is so worth it. Yeah, it’s scary for about 15 seconds, but then it’s exciting. You learn about yourself and the people you’re interested in. You also get to go on more dates — which, remember, are meant to be fun experiences, or they’d be called root canals.

Don’t underestimate the value in getting rejected once or twice.

We don’t know someone who hasn’t been rejected by at least one person — it’s great character building. It really is just like ripping a Band-Aid: it feels awful for about half a second and then, we forget all about it and move on with our lives.

The most important thing we can tell you is to be confident in yourself. While it sounds to us like he likes you — you’ve been flirting and talking all year — if he doesn’t, then it’s his loss.

Say “okay, no worries” with a smile and move on to another topic. Maybe you still want to study together for the final exam.

Regardless of what happens, you’re still the interesting, smart and beautiful person that you were before you asked him out.

Take a deep breath and go for it girl! We’ll be cheering for you from over here.

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Censored: how do we deal with hate on campus?

University campuses should be open to any speakers Ryan Little Contributor I’m from a small town and whenever I go home, I often end up listening to the political views of people, many of them of a different generation, that differ widely from my own. Last Thursday, I read an article in my local newspaper arguing against Muslim people having prayer time or space during school, ending with the ominous quote on diversity: “it will not unite us and if it is allowed it is another step away from our Christian values.”

Wouldn’t it be nice if you simply didn’t have to hear views you disagree with? Wouldn’t it be great if the paper just didn’t publish an article that I found to be antithetical to the values I want to be a part of my community? Maybe. But I think this kind of thinking may have some unintended consequences.

In the past few months, there has become an increasing number of conservative speakers who’ve been banned from speaking at university and college campuses across North America. The most explosive example recently was a

riot breaking out at UC Berkeley after alt-right ‘intellectual’ Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak. His visit was cancelled as a result.

Though standing up for your beliefs is important, the tactics often used on university campuses to block these speakers run contrary to the values of free speech. It’s a slippery slope towards censorship when we begin to silence people because of differing political views.

The problem lies in where these lines should be drawn and who has a right to decide. Legally, the line is drawn at hate speech, but this line is often blurred.

Free speech is about protecting unpopular opinions — those often not held by the majority — and what constitutes an unpopular opinion will clearly change over time. It would be short-sighted to simply allow that the majorityheld political opinion gets to decide who has the right to speak.

Queen’s isn’t a stranger to controversial speakers, although none have garnered the same reaction as Yiannopoulos. For instance, last year saw NSA

whistle-blower Edward Snowden speak to a large crowd of students on campus.

It is very possible that in the coming months, Queen’s will have to face a similar decision about whether speakers should be allowed on campus. For example, Kellie Leitch, a right-leaning candidate in the Conservative Party leadership race is a Queen’s graduate with strong ties to the university.

A self-governing institution has every right to decide who speaks on their premises. But there will always be another campus for a person to speak on and opposing the ability of speech for those we disagree with validates the persecution often claimed by those individuals. Being able to point to stories of actual censorship helps legitimize irrational and xenophobic ideas by creating sympathy for the cause that promotes them.

Speakers who aren’t welcomed to university campuses are often associated with an ideology deemed harmful by those who oppose them. However, such speakers are often invited by

Edward Snowden speaking at Queen’s on Nov. 13, 2015. students themselves interested in hearing what they have to say.

We should work to identify and disarm the issues that may already exist on that campus, instead of simply pretending it doesn’t exist.

No matter how hateful some ideas are, they exist and have to be examined.

For example, lawyer Marie Heinen sparked backlash earlier this year when she was scheduled to speak at Bishop’s University, due to her defense of Jian Ghomeshi in his trial for sexual assault. Instead of opposing this visit however, a more fruitful endeavour would be to take a serious look at sexual assault on university campuses and the obvious evidence of many

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students who were affected by her visit.

I get it. I dislike Yiannopoulos or any other alt-right speaker as much as the next. But I believe it is a fundamental betrayal of fair and just values to revert to the tactics of shutting down conversation. It’s up to people to win in the realm of ideas, not censor ideas that make them uncomfortable.

Queen’s offers many opportunities to hear influential and intelligent people speak.

Conferences, speaker series and lectures are common occurrences.

We are able to benefit from these because of Queen’s reputation as a place of learning and engagement, a space that’s worth preserving.

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How to make friends 101: cinnamon buns

Let your (cinna)buns do the talking

Kiera Liblik Staff Writer I don’t think any smell makes me drool as much as the spicy, sweet scent of cinnamon buns. Nor do I think any food puts me in as big of a food coma.

This is the perfect time of year to learn how to make this treat — the weather is still chilly enough to make you want to curl up with your warm pastry and good book. If you’re looking to gain a resume booster over the break, look no further. According to a highly-biased study I conducted in my kitchen, 10/10 employers will hire you if you bring these to your interview. A bonus of this recipe: it uses a lot of chocolate and only takes an hour to make.

Ingredients: Filling • ½ cup brown sugar • ½ cup white sugar • 1 tbsp cinnamon • 1 cup chocolate chips Dough • 2 ¼ cups flour • 3 tbsps white sugar • 2 tsps baking powder • 3 tbsps softened, salted butter • ¾ sups milk • 1 egg

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Instructions: 1. Turn the oven to 400 degrees 2. Whisk dry dough ingredients (flour, white

sugar and baking powder) together 3. Work in butter with your hands 4. Mix wet dough ingredient (milk and egg) in

separate bowl 5. Slowly add wet ingredients to dry while stirring 6. Flour a surface well (this is a wet dough)

and roll into a ¼ inch thick rectangle 7. Melt two tbsps of butter and brush on top of dough 8. Combine filling ingredients into bowl and

spread half of mixture onto dough 9. Flour hands and carefully roll dough 10. Brush a 9x9 baking dish with melted butter

and spread remaining half of filling mixture

on bottom of baking dish 11. Cut rolled dough into 15-18 pieces 12. Place pieces in baking dish and bake 20-25

minutes or until browned 13. Let cool and top with icing of choice (or no

icing — these are pretty tasty already!)

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Strolling through Copenhagen

Touring through Denmark’s capital, I discovered “hygge,” a Danish state of mind loosely translating to “cozy”.

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An installation in the Louisiana Modern Art Museum.

The streets of downtown Copenhagen.

The view from my hostel.