The Queen's Journal, Volume 143, Issue 17

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Seven cases of indecent exposure in 2015

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Kingston Police are investigating a possible link between four events that occurred in October and December

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J acob R osen News Editor Kingston Police (KP) recorded two more cases of indecent exposure in the University District on Dec. 8, capping off the year with a total of seven incidents occurring in the University District.

Although all seven cases in the University District from 2015 had similarities between them, KP has only confirmed that the four most recent cases from October and December are being investigated for a possible link.

The two incidents in December, where a male in a vehicle approached and exposed himself to multiple female victims, occurred roughly 10 minutes apart.

The first occurred at approximately 3:35 p.m. when two female Grade 5 Winston Churchill Public School students were walking home on Earl St. between Macdonnell and Napier Streets. The two girls immediately reported the incident to a teacher who was still in the area.

The second, which occurred roughly five blocks down Earl St. between Frontenac and Alfred Streets, was reported by a female Queen’s student.

KP Media Relations Officer Steve Koopman said no arrests have been made, but detectives continue to investigate the incidents.

According to a KP press release, the suspect was described as a white male wearing a dark jacket between 18 to 20 years old. In one of the incidents, he was also described as wearing a dark-coloured hat.

Witnesses described the vehicle as a red, older-model small sedan that didn’t appear to be well maintained. In one incident, witnesses described it as similar to a Pontiac Sunfire. In another case it was described as similar to a Toyota Corolla.

Construction begins at Richardson Stadium Fire at Jina Sushi

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NEWS

EDITORIALS

OPINIONS

SPORTS

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Graduate students question transparency of SGPS executive

Time for Queen’s to have an Indigenous content strategy

Make your New Year’s Resolutions more community-focused

Queen’s student flying to new heights at Quidditch World Cup

Hanging out at anti-gravity yoga

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Friday, January 8, 2016

What you missed while you were on holiday

— J ournal S taff

Dec. 5, 2015

Richardson Stadium ground-breaking Queen’s students, alumni and faculty arrangement and a new scoreboard. The gathered to watch shovels break ground at stadium is scheduled to open in time for the Richardson Stadium to kick off the beginning 2016 Gaels football season. of a $20-million revitalisation.

Queen’s also announced a new design for The stadium last saw a ground-breaking the field’s end zones. In a feedback survey ceremony in 1971, when Queen’s rebuilt the provided to the Queen’s community, the original Richardson Stadium — built in 1921 “Design B” option received the most votes out where Tindall Field is now — on its current of over 5,000 votes cast. The design features site at West Campus. a blue end-zone with Queen’s in gold and The revitalization plans include an tricolour swooshes on either side. artificial turf field, a U-shaped seating

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Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, 2015

Queen’s celebrates Arthur Mcdonald A special sending-off celebration was held in Grant Hall for Nobel Prize winning Professor Emeritus Arthur McDonald. The event was held on Dec. 3, a week before he received the prize in Sweden.

Arthur McDonald received his Nobel Prize on Dec. 10 from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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Dec. 6, 2015

Commemoration for victims of 1989 Montreal Massacre

Dec. 15, 2015

No injuries in sushi restaurant fire SUPPLIED BY QUEEN’S COMMUNICATIONS

In commemoration of the 14 women who were killed in 1989 at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal — 12 of whom were engineering students — the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and Engineering Society held their annual Dec. 6 Memorial Service on the Friday before Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Kingston Fire and Rescue was called to Jina Sushi restaurant at 409 Johnson St. on the night of Dec. 15 after upstairs tenants smelt smoke.

A fire crew arrived on scene to find the restaurant thick with smoke and a fire in the kitchen. Firefighters quickly

extinguished the fire.

After further investigation, the fire crew found that the fire started while food was left cooking unattended in the kitchen.

Damage from the fire was minimal and the restaurant has remained open.

Dec. 11, 2015

Dean of Arts and Science to depart in June SUPPLIED BY QUEEN’S COMMUNICATIONS

Provost Alan Harrison announced that Susan Mumm, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, has accepted the position of Principal of Brescia University College in London, ON. Mumm was appointed as Dean in the summer of 2013. She worked previously at Massey University in

New Zealand, where she was pro vice-chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

She will continue in her role at Queen’s until June 30, 2016.

According to a Queen’s press release, more information regarding plans for her replacement will be released some time in January.

Dec. 8, 2015

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Dec. 15, 2015

As AMS elections approach, the AMS have announced that they’ve eliminated mandatory proposal submissions as part of the application process.

Previously, applications for salaried staff and select senior volunteers were required to government to sell beer. Metro is submit 3 to 5 page proposals that also on this list. outlined the applicants’ plans for The provincial government says they plan to allow up to 450 grocery stores to sell beer within the next three years.

Loblaws becomes the first grocery store in Kingston to sell beer The Loblaws at 1100 Princess St., opened a new beer section as one of 58 grocery stores permitted to sell beer across the province.

Loblaws is among 13 other grocery stores and chains authorized by the provincial

AMS eliminates proposals as part of hiring process their desired position.

The AMS says proposals were the biggest barrier to applicants with minimal AMS experience, and that the policy change will make AMS hiring more accessible to all students.

Applicants will now be asked three open-ended questions instead of a proposal.

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FEATURE ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Smaller courses left behind by newest budget model Profs say department-based funding discourages non-traditional courses N ick P earce Features Editor Three years ago, students piled into cars headed into a forest north of Kingston for the first run of a course that, financially, shouldn’t exist.

Development Studies faculty Dr. Richard Day and Robert Lovelace teach “Re-Indigenizing People and Environments.” As a summer course, it ends an online reading portion with a 10-day trip where students forage for food, build a shelter and engage with Indigenous theory.

To have two professors teach a small group of students is rare, because there’s little revenue to be made off the initial investment in the course. As a Queen’s course, Re-Indigenization is an exception to the rule.

New courses are typically expected to make a profit, and Re-Indigenization makes a minimal financial return. According to Lovelace and Day, Professors, are often pressured to avoid creating courses like theirs, and to instead create courses that are more financially viable.

This hasn’t always been the case at Queen’s. It emerged more

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Robert Lovelace says he’s had difficulties gaining funding for smaller courses.

recently as the result of a new budget model introduced in 2013.

The model requires departments to generate their own revenue and set their own budgets, which encourages the pursuit of large, popular courses that provide better returns on initial investments.

A 2009 Queen’s Centre for Teaching and Learning survey, however, suggests that most students prefer more individual attention, such as student-tostudent discussion and professor comments. Individual attention is found more often in smaller classes.

Cameron Horrack, ArtSci ’15, said he found Re-Indigenization a more valuable class than larger classes in Development Studies.

“A lot of what I learned in Re-Indigenization has stuck with me compared to, say, global political economy … in class,” he said.

Dr. Richard Day says new financial realities have made it more difficult to create new courses. He said his experiences teaching Re-Indigenization has made him more sensitive to the budget’s more adverse effects.

“Often you’ll hear [admin] say, we want to do more Indigenous studies, we want more experiential learning,” Day told The Journal in a Skype interview. “And I’ll be at a meeting and say, ‘That’s great. Do you have money for that?’”

Day suggests professors may go from the administration to faculty to department funding in hopes of securing course funding. However, when given the opportunity to secure funding, the course won’t necessarily reflect the professor’s initial vision. “[The department] will say ‘Can you do Indigenous studies with, say, a hundred people in the class?

Then maybe we’ll do it,” he said.

And they do run those types of courses — Queen’s began offering an Indigenous Studies minor in 2013 thanks to the popularity of the traditional courses among students.

“You’ll never hear someone saying something so blunt as we don’t want you to do this, we won’t give you the money. You’ll hear instead

Departments are incentivized to fill classrooms under the newest budget model.

‘we love to have you do this’, so on and so forth, but someone else has to give you the money,” Day said.

“You’ll never hear it the other way, because that’s bad politics.”

The University’s unsustainable budget became a growing concern the same year students travelled to the woods outside Kingston. In that year, Provost and Vice Principle (Academic) Alan Harrison faced a dire financial situation.

interview that receiving a larger budget for a valuable activity pushes faculties and schools to be more profitable.

“Faculties and schools … are in the best position to ensure they are aligning their resources with their academic priorities,” Harrison said.

In practice, this model encourages departments to pursue cost-effective courses and larger enrollment.

If a new course hasn’t been historically offered in some form, professors typically create a “Special Topics” course. These course pitches are roughly comparable to business pitches.

— Dr. Richard Day, Professor Day Development Studies Professor says the budget has negatively affected his ability to create At the time, per-student courses. government grants made up “Because you’re told [by 44 per cent of Queen’s budgeted leadership] that’s nice that you operated revenues. Harrison want to do that crazy stuff, but told The Journal that year that we need something that will government dependency was bring in 150 students. Teach a major risk, especially during something else that you’re not hard times. He said decreasing necessarily good [at] and you don’t government grants would require necessarily believe in, Queens to dip into its reserve funds because we need to do to pay its bills, and so the University something for the side here needed to take another path. and put butts in the seats,” As a result, he spearheaded a Day said. new budget model in an effort Arts and Sciences Dean Susan to stabilize Queen’s rocky finances Munn and the department heads and create a stable financial future.

“It is crucial to diversify revenue sources, which will make us less reliant on government funding, and hence less at risk,” Harrison told The Journal in 2013.

When the transition completes in 2019-20, each faculty will generate its own income and set its own budget. Some operating costs are taken off for shared services, such as libraries.

So-called “activity-based budgeting” funds university initiatives based on the revenue they are expected to generate. This negatively impacts the prospects of smaller, less cost-effective courses like Re-Indigenization.

Harrison said in the same

“Because you’re told [by leadership] that’s nice that you want to do that crazy stuff, but we need something that will bring in 150 students.”

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for Sociology, Development Studies, Political Studies, English, and Gender Studies, did not respond to requests by The Journal for interviews by deadline.

Day claims larger schools, such as UBC, have experienced fewer constraints when offering less traditional courses, but this is mainly due to their size.

Lovelace agreed.

“Queen’s is a medium-sized school, and because of that it doesn’t have the wiggle room like University of Toronto or UBC has, and that’s important for us to confront as an institution,” Robert Lovelace said.

Both Lovelace and Day said students are looking for innovative courses, and the new budget model does adequately provide enough opportunities for students to take those courses.

Their course Re-Indigenization — has yet to receive core department funding, and is still considered an application-based special topics course meaning funding isn’t guaranteed. Its continued identification as a special topics course means it’s not as secure as a course with core funding.

Despite having two professors and a small class size, Re-Indigenization to return to the woods this summer, funding permitting.

THE BUDGET MODEL

Implemented in 2013.

Purpose: to diversify Queen’s revenue.

By 2019-20, departments will set their budgets and generate their own revenue.

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Dec. 15, 2015

Dec. 20, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016

Drumming circle celebrates release of final Truth and Reconciliation report

Six break-and-enter cases recorded

The Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at Queen’s hosted a special drumming circle in Duncan McArthur Hall to coincide with the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report.

The report, titled “Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future”, is the last of a series of reports by the commission documenting the mistreatment of Canadian Aboriginal students in residential schools.

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Only six break-and-enter cases in the University District were reported to the Kingston Police during this year’s winter break.

The time frame used to measure break-ins was Dec. 20 to Jan. 3. Of the 31 reported cases in Kingston during this time frame, five took place in the residential area of the University District.

A sixth case recorded in the University District occurred on Queen’s campus.

Queen’s oldest building on campus, Summerhill, was broken into during the winter break and office equipment was stolen.

The area experienced relatively few winter break-ins compared to previous years.

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Break-ins in the University District have numbered as many as 35 in 2005-06 and 24 in 2012-13.

Jan. 4, 2015

Grease Pole thieves send Festivus email to students along with a new music video

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Queen’s engineering students received a taunting mass email from U of T’s Brute Force Committee (BFC) early this week.

As previously reported, the Grease Pole was stolen by BFC less than two days after it was climbed by first-year students on Sept. 13. BFC has released a list of demands in exchange for the Grease Pole’s return.

Throughout the fall semester, BFC has been releasing images of the Grease Pole via press releases on their website.

With the subject line titled “A Festivus for the Rest of Us”, the message read as follows: Hello fellow engineers, We hope you enjoyed some time off with your family and friends. We here at U of T wanted wish you all a belated Happy Festivus. In return for generously letting us keep your mascot for so long, we wanted to pass along this message from our good friend Slippery Pete: Here is a little holiday jingle to get you in

the spirit. By the way, we still need to find a (EngSoc), told The Journal via email that good time to have our gift exchange. We’re EngSoc does not negotiate with prankers.

SO excited to give you your gift: it’s a big one.

Though Wood says EngSoc hasn’t You can find our wish list here to give you an forgotten about their “large yellow friend”, he couldn’t reveal any plans to retrieve the idea of what we’re looking for this year.

Grease Pole.

Hoe hoe hoe, “Unfortunately, I cannot divulge the Mario Baker Society’s current efforts to retrieve our stolen Newark, New Jersey friend, as I am sure agents of the Brute Force BFC attached a YouTube link to the email Committee (BFC) will be reading this very to a “Hotline Bling” parody video created article,” he wrote.

Wood added that he has confidence that by the group. In the video, members of BFC mimic Drake’s dance moves while a the Grease Pole will be back in Engineering disguised, deep voice sings about having Society hands by next Orientation Week.

“I have no doubt that our engineering the Queen’s Grease Pole to the tune of students would find an inventive way to “Hotline Bling”.

BFC also attached a link to the list instill the same values of comradery [sic] of “ransom” demands on their website between all engineers, and the importance in exchange for the Grease Pole. The list of teamwork that the Grease Pole event remains unchanged, still asking for the 22 provides the incoming class.”

When asked about the “Hotline Bling” demands set out from the previous press parody video, Wood said he thought it was release by BFC. The outlined demands include “a filmed an “impressive audio-visual experience”.

“I imagine it took a lot of time and re-enactment of “The Strike” episode of Seinfeld (the Festivus episode)”, “a notarized, effort by the Brute Force Committee during legally binding agreement to refer to the what must have been a busy time of year,” Grease Pole as “Slippery Pete” in all future he wrote. communications and publications” and “Guess it goes to show that U of T a “recording of Queen’s Frosh singing the engineers make a lot more time to pursue non-academic passions during finals Pole-ish national anthem”.

Alex Wood, Sci ’16, vice president of than Queen’s engineers who spent the Student Affairs for the Engineering Society time studying.”

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Dec. 18, 2015

Who stole The Journal’s lawn sign?

On Dec. 18, The Journal’s lawn sign was stolen from outside the Journal house at 190 University Ave. Journal staff and alumni are reportedly displeased, and somewhat perplexed, by the theft.

Kingston Police and Campus Security have been contacted. If anyone has information about the whereabouts of the sign, please contact The Journal at 613-533-2800.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

SGPS transparency called into question Graduate students challenge accountability of executives V ictoria G ibson Assistant News Editor A recent restructuring at the Queen’s graduate student society has led to the removal of several commissioners, setting off an inflamed debate over the transparency of executive decisions.

The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) now has four commissions — the social, athletics, equity and diversity and international commissions. The athletics commission was added during the restructuring process.

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE NIJHUIS The restructuring — which Ex-Commissioners Jhordan Layne and Ciara Bracken-Roche express their fears for the current state of the SGPS following passed after a vote at a special a heated restructure. council meeting on Oct. 27 — removed the option to contracts internally had been aware of the motion, he says, by an start writing our year plans for the the transition process. internally renew contracts for “vaguely nepotistic” and didn’t email in mid-October.

“Mark hired someone [for new position,” she said. commissioners and coordinators foster new talent.

Ciara Bracken-Roche agreed Neither Bracken-Roche nor the Athletic Commissioner job] who had the same positions The current executive team with Layne in an interview with Agrawal was re-offered their who has NEVER attended any last year. wanted to avoid “[commissioners The Journal. position. The social commissioner sports event organized by SGPS,” This effectively voided contracts staying] in a role for years on end, “There’s been no transparency position has been re-opened he wrote. for commissioners or coordinators, without ever seeking new talent,” in the process,” she said. for applications following the “[Asfar] is literally destroying all triggering a new hiring period. he said. “[There hasn’t been] much resignation of the hired candidate. the hard work done by all the Two of the three incumbent He said Erica Baker was accountability, and there’s been Asfar asks that the “personal previous social commissioners.” commissioners were replaced by rehired because she was the only no communication.”

In the comments below, reasons” that led to the individual’s new candidates. commissioner to indicate interest “If they were that concerned resignation be respected as they Danitte Kozai, a Computing The number of coordinator in being rehired by a given about fresh ideas and having fresh search for a new candidate. graduate student, pointed out the positions hasn’t been set by the deadline. She went through the people in the commission they irrelevance of Zhang’s words on new commissioners, so it’s external hiring process before she would have looked at maybe term the Athletics Commissioner.

Facebook backlash from unclear how many of the previous was hired, he added. limits for commissioners.”

She highlighted that, similar graduate students coordinators will be rehired.

While Asfar conceded that there to AMS positions, SGPS roles SGPS executives insist that has been no “extensive, formal Graduate students also expressed are a place to build experience the decision erased an unfairly feedback” with the commissions, outrage on social media after and therefore did not rely on “These changes preferential and inefficient system he said the executive didn’t believe the special council meeting vote past involvement. have been brought where someone could hold a the decision drastically changed the Several other SGPS council in October. up several times, position for years. commissioners’ responsibilities.

Following the meeting, a post members and graduate students and we’ve explained Commissioners and However, he said, no within the closed SGPS Facebook responded to Zhang, both — thoroughly, and coordinators who were removed, complaints have been addressed group erupted with a lengthy supporting and disagreeing with meanwhile, have argued that the directly to him or other members the executive team’s decision. accusation against Asfar’s work. as transparently as decision demonstrated a lack of of the executive, although they Asfar himself responded in the “I just attended the SGPS we humanly can — transparency and communication have heard about backlash from council meeting. I have to be comment section. He wrote that what’s going on” with students. third parties and over Facebook. honest, I have never heard so much Zhang’s post “implicitly insult[ed] The restructuring also “Nobody has contacted us, bullcrap presented so beautifully in our commissioners”. removed the set number and and none of the questions we’ve “I would prefer you take shots my life,” wrote Yaoting Zhang, a — Mark Asfar, SGPS Vice set compensation levels of heard are about specific acts or at me than insult SGPS members fourth-year PhD student.

President (Professional) coordinators, gave commissioners concerns. I am happy to meet with Zhang’s post then addressed at large who applied to help their responsibility for hiring people individually to discuss their the resignation of a newly hired fellow students. They do not coordinators and deciding concerns,” he said.

She said Asfar and the other social commissioner, a perceived deserve your abusive language.” on coordinator salaries, and He says any concerns will be executive members have spoken lack of experience for the athletic created a new Athletics addressed directly for anyone who about the restructuring in a way commissioner and the shortfalls of Commissioner position. approaches the executive with their that masks the reality. specific concerns.

“If I were sitting in council, I The restructuring of SGPS “These changes have been would think it sounds very good. hired positions brought up several times, and But [the flaws are within] the we’ve explained — thoroughly, execution,” she said. One of the The decision to restructure kicked and as transparently as we flaws, she said, was a lack of proper off a rehiring period by voiding humanly can — what’s going on,” discussion before making changes. the previous internal contract he said.

Asfar said restructuring was renewal option. This resulted done based on prior conversations in the replacement of all prior Ex Commissions and with commissions about incumbents except for Equity Coordinators upset with improving the positions. BrackenCommissioner Erica Baker. alleged lack of transparency Roche, however, says she never In an interview with The Journal, made more than an “informal, SGPS Vice President (Professional) In an email to The Journal, verbal” comment.

Mark Asfar said the restructuring ex-International Student Affairs “I had asked if we could have increases the autonomy of Commissioner Jhordan Layne meetings, because I’d love to talk the commissions. spoke on behalf of himself, to them about the ideas I had, and “We decided to shift the ways ex-Social Commissioner Ciara I was told ‘Yeah, that sounds great, the commissions are done, to make Bracken-Roche, and “several but September is busy’,” she said. it basically more autonomous, give coordinators, and SGPS councilors.”

“Between them and myself, a the commissions more power, let “It is our hope that you are meeting just never occurred.” them pick the vision for their year.” willing to help voice the concerns She also said Baker wasn’t He said the commissioners’ of several employees of the SGPS the sole commissioner to express new ability to choose coordinators, that have been “pushed out” with interest in a rehire, despite Asfar’s decide on pay and adjust the questionable methods,” Layne claims to the contrary. number of hires based on need wrote. According to his statement, Instead, Bracken-Roche said, allows for more effective work. the recent restructuring was she and social coordinator Prashant “Instead of having these set, missing from any of the executives’ Agrawal told Asfar they would be stagnant positions that are very original mandates. reapplying following the special structured, and you can’t change Layne wrote that he’s council meeting. anything about them, in the future, particularly concerned about the “In everything but the exact you can really do what you want lack of discussion with SGPS language it was implied very with the commission,” he said. commission members prior to the strongly that we would be rehired, GRAPHIC BY ASHLEY QUAN Asfar said the option to renew changes. They were only made to the extent that we were told to

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Bieber Fever: What went down at the Underground The Underground shuts down “I’m a Belieber” event citing safety concerns J ordana G oldman A nisa R awhani Journal Staff

and Facebook page announcing was only open for a total of 15 that the nightclub was closing. A minutes before shutting down, photo of the massive crowd outside Matt Vrbanac, Chief Student the bar’s entrance was posted with Constable (StuCon), said that’s a The Underground shut down early a caption including hashtags such as slight exaggeration. on its opening night this semester, #bekindtostrangers #waityourturn “I believe it was about 11:15 p.m. citing Bieber Fever as the cause. and #patienceiscool. when last call was made in the bar,” The nightclub had been “Well, for all 15 minutes we he said. hosting its TBA Tuesday event were open, there really was some Vrbanac said there were no “I’m a Belieber”. Due to an true #bieberfever. Unfortunately, fights in the crowd and no formal unprecedented volume of Beliebers, the safety of the event was reports of overly aggressive or the Underground was forced to compromised and had to be shut violent actions. There was, however, shut down. down due to aggression in the some pushing and shoving, he said.

Samantha Hume, head manager line. Let’s not have this happen However, according to of TAPS, said once the doors opened on thursday #bekindtostrangers Vrbanac, after StuCon staff and at 10 p.m. an uncontrollable crowd #waityourturn #patienceiscool Campus Security to made several gathered outside within a span of ‘Night folks,” the Underground attempts to control the crowd, 10 minutes. stated in an Instagram post.

Campus Security decided to call SUPPLIED BY RUSSELL JENKINS The overwhelming turnout Massive crowd gathers outside the Underground While the Underground’s Kingston Police. caused difficulties in forming entrance for the “I’m a Belieber” event on Tuesday. photo caption stated that the bar The Underground is implementing various precautions for the rest of Frost Week in response to Tuesday night’s events.

“We have extra staff working tonight [Thursday], and we are also going to ensure that barricades Continued from front page student at Union and Pembroke are set up before students even Streets. The student, who was also show up to the bar,” Vrbanac, Reports from October 2015 leaving the ARC, observed his hand ArtSci ’16, said. in the area of his groin.

The usual capacity for the KP is also investigating the The suspect fit a similar According to Koopman, KP recorded 19 cases of Underground is 375 people. indecent exposure in 2015 for the entire city of possibility of a link between the description in both March 15 cases.

According to Steve Koopman, Kingston. Of those 19, 14 of the cases had indecent recent incidents and two similar The vehicle was described as Kingston Police media relations exposure as the primary offence, with the other five incidents reported in October. a four-door newer model sedan, officer, Campus Security requested cases having it as a secondary offence.

On Oct. 25 at around 6:40 dark blue or possibly black, small police assistance around 10 p.m., a woman was walking on the to medium in size. One witness p.m. to ensure the safety of the Of the 19 total cases, 11 occurred in two of the nine sidewalk of Collingwood St. close described it as being similar to a Underground. While four to six city zones: Zones 1 and 4, which encompass Queen’s to Earl St. when a similar vehicle Honda Civic. officers were dispatched to the area, University and the University District.

Koopman said, it was “more to approached her. assist Queen’s Campus Security”.

The male driver — also Possible link not yet ruled out Of the 11 in Zones 1 and 4, four of the incidents took The police filed no official described as Caucasian man in his place outside of the general University District, leaving reports on the incident. TAPS staff, mid-twenties, with an average Although descriptions of the seven or 37 per cent of incidents in 2015 occurring in StuCons and Campus Security had build, short dark hair and wearing perpetrator and his vehicle from the University District. shut down the nightclub before it a baseball cap with a dark-coloured January and March have slight was too late to say sorry. tank top — attempted to start a differences than the more recent conversation with the female cases in October and December, KP GRAPHIC BY ASHLEY QUAN pedestrian. In doing so, he got say they haven’t officially ruled out her attention and exposed himself a link between the seven cases. while seated in the vehicle.

However, he couldn’t say Two days later, an almost definitively whether or not identical incident was reported detectives had looked at the when another female was walking previous cases in connection with westbound on Earl St. at Clergy St. the recent ones, and as a result The time was around 1:45 p.m. on couldn’t conclusively say whether Oct. 27. there was a link or not.

Reports from January and As of the present, detectives are March 2015. still looking for tips from the public The Journal has previously to help their investigation. reported on three other cases of Koopman said he could only indecent exposure in January and speculate as to why these incidents March 2015. occur frequently in the University On Jan. 11 at approximately District, but it’s possible that 10 p.m., an incident occurred the perpetrator has preference At U of T’s School of Public Policy, we’ll help you find out. just outside of the ARC. An in victims. unknown male walking on “I can’t speak obviously to the Earl St. approached a female intent or the motive behind the pedestrian and then exposed his individuals … in the Queen’s genitalia. The pedestrian then University District, if there was a entered the ARC as the suspect fled proclivity for young female victims on foot. or targets, then that would be a In this case, the individual was target rich environment”. described as a tall Caucasian man in his teens, possibly high school Investigators have asked the public age, with light, possibly blond hair to obtain the licence plate of any and a slim build. At the time of the vehicle they suspect of being incident, he was wearing pyjama involved if it’s safe to do so. Anyone bottoms and a brown or beige with information is asked to contact Detective Tanya Compeau at winter jacket.

On March 15, a female student 613-549-4660 ext. 6321 or via email U of T’s School of Public Policy and Governance puts research and was leaving the ARC when a male at tcompeau@kpf.ca. in a vehicle who had his penis Anonymous tips can be made to practice in the same classroom. From climate change to human rights, exposed approached her. Once Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or today’s challenges require both a firm rooting in powerful ideas and a the woman noticed, the man on the website at www.tipsubmit.com. motivation for real-world action. Through its Masters program in Public Tipsters are eligible for a cash reward drove away.

Detectives also looked into of up to $2,000. Tips can also be left Policy (MPP), U of T is tapping into Canada’s most productive research a second incident that wasn’t through the Kingston Police MyPD faculty to shape the next generation of policy leaders. reported to police. It occurred the app that can be downloaded at www. same evening, presumably minutes kpf.ca, by private message to the Kingston Police Facebook Page, or via after the first interaction.

In that case, a male in a a Direct Message to the official www.publicpolicy.utoronto.ca vehicle with a similar description Twitter account, @kingstonpolice. approached a female Queen’s and

a line, so TAPS staff took precautionary action.

“I think that if it was kept open longer, there may have been [a safety threat] and that’s just why

we took the precautions and sent everyone home earlier,” Hume, ArtSci ’15, said.

At 10:59 p.m., the Underground posted a photo to their Instagram

Victims in all seven cases were female

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INDIGENOUS COURSES

Aboriginal courses are relevant to students, so make them a priority Effective and useful courses require a university-wide strategy

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Expanding learning about Indigenous peoples is essential for the Canadian education system — but force-feeding it to students doesn’t make it any more palatable.

In light of Canada’s prioritization of truth and reconciliation, universities are integrating Aboriginal issues into our education.

For some universities, like the University of Regina and the University of Winnipeg, that involves creating a mandatory Indigenous course requirement for all students.

While mandating core courses may make sense for universities with high Aboriginal student populations, like Regina and Winnipeg, it doesn’t for others like Queen’s.

Forcing students to take Aboriginal peoples for noble Aboriginal topics without or politically correct reasons addressing their significance — despite the validity of those — mistakes the to students’ education does a reasons disservice to the importance of essential point behind a university education. that subject.

Arguing for education on The problem with mandatory courses is that they try to Aboriginal issues on the basis of force people to find a subject our moral duty ignores the far relevant to them, but often backfire more pertinent reasoning: that because they’re perceived as a learning about Aboriginal culture is entirely relevant to most, if not waste of time.

When you reach university, the all, current and future university expectation is that you’ll get to students’ careers.

Interacting with Aboriginal specialize in what interests you.

The perceived uselessness of people and communities is mandatory courses is only necessary for most major compounded by a lower impetus professions in Canada — from to maintain their quality, since law, to medicine, to politics, education, engineering and students will take them anyways.

Long-lasting change requires commerce. The list goes on.

Queen’s has already recognized Queen’s and similar schools to take on a form of affirmative this within certain disciplines, such action, where Aboriginal content as ConEd, where it’s mandatory is incorporated in such a way that for future teachers to be educated people take it of their own accord on Aboriginal culture and issues.

Whether someone is a because of its relevance.

Mandating learning about healthcare provider who needs to know about the health risks of boiled water advisories on reservations, or an engineer working on

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Don’t drive taxis away Whether you’re getting picked up after a night out or taking a trip across town, Uber is efficient and affordable. But I’m okay with paying a few extra dollars for a taxi if it means supporting someone’s primary income, even if it’s not always the cheapest option.

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treaty-contested land, the practical but that’s a tiny drop in a huge value of learning about Aboriginal lake, and we need a rainstorm.

There’s no tried and true way to issues is undeniable.

This isn’t, however, self-evident introduce Aboriginal content that for many university students, nor will work across all faculties.

And there are many potential is its relevance to their career path.

So, one mandatory course that routes: a special fund set up to has nothing to do with a student’s distribute funding for courses course of study, while beneficial on Indigenous topics; an to learn for its own sake, won’t advancement campaign to raise impress relevance of this learning funds for new courses; or updating the criteria set by each department to the student’s own life.

It’s better to teach Indigenous for course approval to include issues in a manner that’s compatible Indigenous perspectives.

Whatever strategy Queen’s with each discipline’s aims and pedagogy, based on what students ends up using, we need to going into that field really need commit to it.

Knowing the University, to know.

Many people are completely ‘Indigenization’ at Queen’s will unaware of Indigenous issues, or involve the creation of multiple they simply don’t care. The topic different committees, review receives a lot of lip service that boards and advisory bodies.

Reviewing each faculty doesn’t put its money where its with the objective of creating a mouth is.

New courses take money. unique strategic plan to introduce But there are always ways to Indigenous content based on the faculty’s needs might be an take action.

Queen’s Principal’s Dream exhaustive process.

But it has to start somewhere.

Course Initiative, which provides funds for enhancing existing — Journal Editorial Board courses, lists Indigenous content as a potential criteria for funding,

Uber, an amateur pay-for-a- pushing me away from using ride service, found its way into Uber: I’m afraid that this service, Kingston this November. and others like it, will eventually For non-drivers like myself force many taxi drivers out who’ve run out of free rides from of business. friends, it provides an alternative to I don’t intend on becoming a less-than-ideal bus system or the a taxi driver, and I don’t know current taxi services in town. anyone who’s chosen that as a Uber comes with many benefits: career path. However, it irks me cheap fees, accessibility and a more that the future of this sector is personal feel than an average being undermined almost singlecab ride. handedly by a company founded And while there are drawbacks less than a decade ago.

— such as insurance concerns or After all, taxi drivers spend a security — as long as everything small fortune to begin their driving goes smoothly, Uber trips are career, while Uber has a low startup almost always better for a customer cost for drivers, and is often a than a more traditional taxi ride. secondary job.

I’m not perfect, of course. I’ll Taxis, in my experience, are a still take the odd Uber ride out luxury version of public transit: of convenience. After all, imagine despite being privately owned, all the irrational late-night food they’re heavily regulated and choices that extra $5 could buy. have fixed costs associated with But, there’s one issue that keeps their journey. And I’m okay

with that.

However, while there are already heavy external regulations on the taxi industry, there are almost none for Uber, which is regulated internally. This means that Uber drivers potentially don’t have the same job security as their taxi equivalents.

It doesn’t make sense that Uber drivers and taxi drivers would have to follow different rules, considering they provide a nearly identical service.

It’s hard not to empathize with taxi drivers who’ve ended up on the wrong side of a harsh capitalist reality: no matter the long-term cost, people tend to be driven (no pun intended) to the least expensive option available.

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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

Go beyond “new year, new you” This year, instead of changing yourself, let positive interactions in the community change you

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Fenton advises reaching out to others, rather than focusing on yourself when making your New Year’s Resolution.

Caela Fenton, ArtSci ’16 How many of you made a New Year’s resolution this year?

Likely, many of us did. And like most things in Western society, they likely revolve around ourselves, our physical appearance or the image we project to others.

This self-obsession is an extreme deviation from the original intent of New Year’s resolutions, which was to rededicate oneself to community. It’s time we returned to that.

Resolutions are a cultural phenomenon that millions of North Americans engage in each year and one with vague origins.

The Babylonians were known to make promises to their gods at the beginning of each year. The

Romans began each year by achieve our resolutions, to actually the more quantifiable, “I resolve regular exercise and fuelling your making promises to Janus, the make it the full year (sorry to to lose five pounds in the next body with healthy food aren’t god after whom January is named. burst the bubble of anyone who two months”) or point fingers extremely important habits.

During the Medieval era, New answered ‘yes’ to my original at a lack of confidence or However, I am saying that Year’s was an event during which question). A 2007 study undertaken time management. obsessing over becoming your knights reaffirmed chivalric vows. by the University of Bristol found To me though, the problem isn’t “best” self is a practice that’s fraught That’s a pretty heady history that 88 per cent of New Year’s the “how” of our resolutions, but with negative consequences. It’s a leading to our contemporary resolutions fail. The University of rather the “why.” Why is losing resolution that, most of the time, tendency to hope that this will be Scranton’s study suggests that less weight the number one valued leaves people feeling worse about the year that we manage to get that than 50 per cent even make it past resolution each year? That fact themselves than they did previously.

Kindness, gratitude towards perfect booty. six months. alone says some scary things The numbers are about the values of the others and outreach to those Somewhere along the way, sacred Western world. in need are intentions that will varied, but a study never leave you feeling worse by the University of We think about promises to gods to treat others Scranton put the number ourselves the vast majority about yourself. with increased respect and So maybe this year, resolve to of resolutions that are of every hour of every related to weight and day for most days of donate $5 a month (that’s only the kindness morphed into a health physical attractiveness the year — so shouldn’t equivalent to two coffees!) to your and fitness industry field day that New at 38 per cent of Year’s be an favourite local charity. Resolve preys on negative body image. all resolutions. opportunity to look to properly recycle your waste.

Resolving to lose beyond ourselves, even Resolve to become a better listener.

Resolve to spend time doing weight is the most just for a bit? common New Year’s resolution The number of bloggers, Somewhere along the way, activities you love simply because of all. Those who’ve experienced journalists and health care sacred promises to gods to treat they make you happy, rather than January at the ARC won’t be professionals who are eager others with increased respect and because you feel like you need to surprised by the following statistic: to elucidate the reasons why kindness morphed into a health be “better.” the average gym experiences a resolutions fail is innumerable. and fitness industry field day that 30 per cent swell in membership Many talk about resolutions preys on negative body image. And Caela Fenton is a fourth-year English major. during the month of January. being too lofty, too vague (i.e. “I that’s not okay.

Yet, the vast majority of us fail to resolve to lose weight,” versus I’m not saying that getting

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The line between graffiti art and public art can be a blurry one.

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Graffiti art vs. public art Cities are questioning where the line is between vandalism and artist expression L auren L uchenski Assistant Arts Editor The line between graffiti and public art can be blurry, but its status in Kingston’s art world has become a question not of value, but of regulation.

In Kingston, the distinction between graffiti and art is based on the city’s by-laws, which bans graffiti — quite reasonably — from public property if done without a permit.

In August 2014, an event titled “On the Wall Street Art Festival” united street art and public art, and providing an example of confusion between the two types of art.

The event, hosted in Douglas Fluhrer Park, invited 21 artists to paint and draw large-scale artwork on the retaining wall that borders the park. Members of the public were invited to watch the artists as they worked.

David Dossett, local Kingston artist and owner of Martello Alley on Wellington St., said both street artists and traditional artists were invited to the event. Although he isn’t a street artist, Dossett participated in the event, painting

a mural onto a section of the wall.

The artwork on the retaining walls successfully added life, colour and beauty to the park.

However, Dossett said, his mural, and two others, were defaced with tagging — a street artist’s personalized signature.

Although Dossett sought permission to repair his painting, the incident demonstrates the blurry line separating street art and public art. Why is one form of art on public property allowed, while the other isn’t?

Dossett suggests that it is a matter of limiting self-expression on public and private property.

“There are a lot of ways to express yourself, but where does it stop? Is it okay for [someone] to graffiti on your car? On your bike? On your fence? On the wall of your house?” Dossett said in an interview.

Here, it comes down to the law and the way Kingston regulates art in public spaces. The “On the Wall” event needed to seek permission from the city through an application process.

The event obtained the legal permission necessary, while art in public spaces without the

City’s permission, such as graffiti and tagging, are prohibited by Kingston’s by-laws.

Initially, based on the general perception of graffiti as vandalism, I thought the status of graffiti in the art world would be an easy judgement to make.

However, considering the diversity of artists and arts communities, including large groups of people who appreciate urban art, graffiti isn’t so black and white.

For many, one of the main goals of creating artwork is selfexpression.

Like all forms of art, deciding what types of self-expression are valuable is subjective. It’s quite possible for different people to value certain art over others.

It doesn’t seem fair, then, to base the decision about graffiti on which art form holds a higher status in arts communities.

Kingston approaches the situation with that same logic.

Because the answers to these questions are so subjective, city by-laws prohibit street art not based on the quality of the art, but by whether it’s done on public property.

The City’s by-laws prohibit graffiti on the exterior of any building.

It doesn’t seem fair to base the decision about graffiti on which art form holds a higher status in arts communities.

By doing so, Kingston has made it clear that artwork or self-expression isn’t the problem.

The presence of unsanctioned art on public property is the larger issue at hand. Opponents

of graffiti traditionally point to problems with gangs, aesthetic disruption and offensive vandalism.

The risks associated with graffiti are enough for the City to prohibit it entirely.

By no means do I believe that street art isn’t valuable. But as Dossett said: where is the line?

Where is street art acceptable?

Will it bother you once it’s on your property? It’s unfair to limit self-expression or say which art is more valuable than the other.

However, if public space is involved, it seems acceptable to regulate the placement of artwork, as graffiti covering public property can change the perception of an area for both inhabitants and visitors.

CAN-LIT REVIEW

Ru mirrors Canadian values Kim Thuy writes masterfully about the refugee experience R amna S afeer Arts Editor I didn’t quite understand what it meant to embody the title “Canadian novel” before I read Ru, a poetic and poignant account of the refugee experience.

The novel taught me what it meant for a book to reflect the values of Canada, in which

tribulations aren’t trivialized or tokenized, but instead add to the nuance of the journey to a safer home.

Vietnamese-Canadian author Kim Thúy has received accolades for Ru, which was published in 2012. The book won the 2015 “Canada Reads” competition, which pits Canadian novels against each other to find a winner

that embodies Canadian values and literature.

In just one sitting, through poetic and visceral prose, Kim Thúy had me wiping away tears with every turn of phrase. In a book barely long enough to qualify as a novel, Ru transported me from an extravagant residence in Saigon, to a refugee camp where Kim Thuy’s Ru, a novel about the Vietnamese See Novella on page 12

migrant experience.

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ARTIST PROFILE

The reality of a student hyperrealist Kelly Baskin dabbles in various mediums to create a feast for the eyes I sabella K resin Staff Writer Whether it’s her striking illustration of Advil pills using charcoal on sketch paper or the graceful portrait of a ballerina using mixed media, Kelly Baskin’s work seduces the eye.

Although her career is in its early days, student artist Baskin, BFA ’17, has an established repertoire.

Her skill is reflected in her multifaceted collection of work: graphic design, illustrations, paintings, photography and sculpting capture an exceptionally creative imagination. Baskin’s appeal lies with her steady hand and her mastery of a diverse range of artistic mediums including acrylic and oil paints, graphite and hatching.

Baskin said her infatuation with art was innate.

“Ever since I was little I have been in love with art. You know when you get that assignment from your kindergarten teacher saying: what do you want to be when you grow up? I put artist,” she said.

She said various artists, including Mary Pratt, have influenced her work. But she said it was her grandmother, who was a practising artist, who inspired her to pursue art.

Having lost three grandparents to cancer, Baskin said her favourite piece she’s worked on most mirrors those battles. The piece, called Hope, is a painting on wood.

The background of the piece is paint streaked by water, while the forefront displays women surrendering by waving flags and making fearful expressions.

Baskin used the color pink and daffodils to represent the disease and the hope that exists for a cure.

“That was the first time I did a piece that reflected something

personal. I did more of an abstract piece than doing something realistic, because I think cancer is rather abstract itself. It wasn’t my favourite technically, but it was my favourite conceptually,” she said.

Though she immerses herself in a number of art forms, Baskin favours painting and tends to gravitate towards realism. She has recently wandered to the meticulously detailed nature of hyperrealism.

“Hyperrealism is where the highlights and shadows are so exaggerated that it looks like other-worldly type of realism.

It looks even more real than a reality,” Baskin said.

Here she mentioned her piece entitled Raw. Through exaggeration of details, lines and shadows, Baskin transformed a

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Artist Kelly Baskin in her element at the Union Gallery.

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Kelly Baskin’s hyperrealist painting entitled Raw depicting a close up of meat.

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STORYTELLING

Sharing secrets with strangers Downtown restaurant Copper Penny features a night of truthful storytelling N ina R icciarelli Contributor What comes to mind when you think of something that you’ll never do again? Is it a particularly horrid date? Did it involve a bottle of strawberry vodka? Was it trying to walk across the lake to Wolfe Island in the middle of a winter night?

Well, in the back section of the Copper Penny, a cozy downtown restaurant, a sizeable group of people sit crowded around a table discussing the craziest things that they’ve vowed never to do again.

Some are sipping tea and coffee, while others casually swirl glasses of wine. They’re comfortably ensconced in the booth by the fireplace. Despite appearances, it’s not a reunion of friends. It’s a storytelling event held by a storytelling organization, Garrula: Fringe, every first and third Monday.

One by one, each person told their harrowing tale. The theme of this past week’s evening was “I’ll Never Do That Again,” which inspired stories about drunken nights, horrible flights, too-fast bike rides, and, surprisingly, a good amount of acid. Despite ranging from hilarious to heartwarming, the stories were all concise tidbits told with an air of great adventure.

The theme changes each week, and participants are encouraged to prepare their story — usually about five minutes long — prior to the evening. There are two rules: the stories have to be true and they have to have happened to you.

Garrula is a bi-monthly storytelling event that’s more formal and performative in nature, with a large audience.

It’s run by its founder Claire Grady-Smith and is also available as a podcast recorded and edited by Queen’s music professor Matt Rogalsky. Garrula: Fringe is the smaller, more intimate round-table event used to prepare for Grady-Smith’s larger event.

Garrula: Fringe was born out of the wish to create a storytelling collective that meets regularly throughout the year, rather than semi-occasional, curated storytelling events.

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A group of storytellers gathered at a table for the Garrula: Fringe event at Copper Penny.

spearheads the events with the help of Zoë Fairless, ArtSci ’17.

Garrula is more intimate and informal than other storytelling events. There’s no stage or microphone, or any performative features of the evening. The Copper Penny is perfect for that — a family-style restaurant that is more accessible as a casual space.

This collaborative spirit makes Garrula: Fringe and Garrula unique to the Kingston arts scene.

It’s not isolated to just Queen’s students or young up-and-coming artists around the collective arts scene. Instead, the mix of students, professors and middle-aged folks makes the spectrum of stories told at the Fringe broader than more popular events.

“One of the things I like most about these events — and I love stories and I love telling

stories — is the little gems. And I love this because [they] aren’t in the theatre world, [they] aren’t at Queen’s, so I get to hear stories from all aspects of life that I haven’t experienced yet,” Fairless said.

“I get to hear stories from my peers and the people who teach me, and it’s nice to see that side by side.”

Garrula: Fringe brings us back to our

most primal and basic modes of communication: storytelling. It doesn’t feel like listening to a brisk lecture, but rather to a friend telling you about that one time their car broke down in Papua New Guinea.

It’s sitting by the fireplace of the Copper Penny with a cup of tea and laughing with people you’ve just met, like they’re old friends.

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Novel carries the weight of the refugee experience Continued from page 10

mud flowed in rivers, and to a new and painful life in Quebec.

In Vietnamese, Ru means “lullaby”. In French, it signifies a flow — in this case, of tears, blood and money. Thúy’s prose reads as both; it’s soft in its tone and yet flows with a strength and poignancy that left me breathless. American literature was individualism, capitalism, small town struggles and middle class families. These themes were either explicit or underlying in all of what are considered “the Great American Novels”.

Yet I didn’t see the same unifying thread in the novels branded “Canadian literature”, other than being set on Canadian soil.

Until I read Ru. In it, I found a representation of diversity that didn’t seem forced or facetious, but natural.

The novel presented the experience of a refugee and immigrant, the same experience that defines a majority of the current Canadian population, in a way that was just as painful as it was optimistic. The hopeful promise of a new land didn’t trivialize the difficulty that comes with it.

Told in vignettes, the book follows young Nguyen as she’s placed in a Malaysian refugee camp after living in a lavish home in Saigon.

It describes the conditions in the camp with tear-jerking clarity and balance. The stream-of-consciousness prose made it conversational, but still graceful.

From there, she embraces a new beginning in Quebec, where she dreams

of becoming a permanent part of the American Dream. As an adult and mother, she begins a new battle: raising two sons.

Both have grown into this new community, and one has autism. Her son’s condition is a stepping-stone to memories of the past, as the novel jumps between her experiences as a refugee and her experience as a mother to a child with a disability she is grappling to understand.

Travelling between the past and present — just as Nguyen travelled from home to camp to a new home — Thúy paints an image of the migrant experience, and one that embodies Canadian values.

Ru is about more than just a young girl finding refuge in Quebec and dealing with the hardships and heartbreak that accompany leaving her home. It’s also a book about new opportunity in a new land. It’s about communities that welcome difference and strength through adversity, while realizing the everlasting effects of the migration experience.

The narrative of raising a family in Quebec is rooted in the Canadian landscape, and yet Nguyen’s life is occupied by all she has left behind, even years later. Not once did the novel imply that this needed to be abandoned for a complete acceptance of a new home.

This was normal. It was vulnerable and traumatic but beautiful. This was her experience and it was valid in all its complexities.

After reading it, I realized that’s what Canadian literature is all about.

Kim Thúy, whose novel Ru won the 2015 Canada Reads competition.

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Depicting cancer in an abstract painting Continued from page 10

typical slab of meat into a beautiful and abstract piece of art.

“It made it look more beautiful than it is,” Baskin said.

She attributes her focus on hyperrealism to its attention to detail, patience and its ability to make the ordinary appear extraordinary.

“I just think it is so captivating. Something else I find very neat — and what I’m focusing on in my thesis — is taking something so banal and making it other-worldly and mystical,” Baskin said.

Baskin’s academic experience has become incorporated into her artistic imagination.

She said that her art history courses have led her to use specific compositions and certain elements.

Her day-to-day life also makes its way into her pieces.

“Even if I’m not sitting down dedicating myself to drawing or painting, I’ll be walking or driving in my car and I’ll take mental notes of the colours I see for future colour pallets,” Baskin said.

Baskin said creating artwork helps her take a break from her reality.

“You completely lose a sense of time.

You zone out so much doing it. You have no emotions, it’s such a release. It is such a break from everything.”

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SPORTS

Beyond the field Football star Curtis Carmichael recognized with national award for impact on the field and in the community

A wide receiver on the football team, Curtis Carmichael has established himself as a presence in the Kingston community through his play and volunteer efforts.

A dam L askaris Sports Editor A few weeks before he received the Russ Jackson Award, Queen’s receiver Curtis Carmichael received a cryptic phone call from his head coach Pat Sheahan.

“He’s like, ‘What do you do outside of school? I know you do some stuff,’” Carmichael recounted.

“He knew I was involved in the Kingston community, but he didn’t really know in what capacity.”

Carmichael told him about the places he volunteers, his GPA and all of the things he does off of the field.

“Then he’s like, ‘Okay, good luck.’ And he hung up the phone. I was so confused.”

Two weeks later, Carmichael was named one of four finalists for the Russ Jackson Award, a prestigious award presented annually to “the player who best exemplifies the attributes of academic achievement, football skill, and citizenship.” It is named after the three-time Grey Cup Champion and member of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame.

After a committee of coaches from across the province selected his name, Carmichael received the national award at the CIS Football awards banquet this past November.

And even though in his fourth year with the team he led the aerial attack with 34 catches, Carmichael’s impact at the school will be remembered largely for his off-field actions and his outgoing personality.

To go along with an academic All-Canadian performance, Carmichael’s work includes volunteering with organizations such as Nightlight, a centre for marginalized adults, Queen’s Adapted Games, an event for youth with intellectual disabilities, helping at local area middle school gym classes, and a trip to Romania to visit orphanages.

“I find my mentality is making time instead of finding time,” he said of his ability to manage his many commitments while still maintaining a high academic average. “Football is my main focus, but they’re all stuff I’m passionate about.”

And while it’s easy to notice Carmichael’s marks, his on-field performance, or his charitable actions while in university — his full story begins much

earlier than that.

Carmichael’s parents both emigrated from Guyana in the 1980s with relatives in Canada, but arrived with very little.

“They had to get whatever jobs they could at the time,” he said.

“That hardworking mentality has been able to shape my mindset going forward.”

He’s the first member of his family to attend and graduate university.

The Toronto neighbourhoods of Regent Park and Scarborough, where he later moved, were Carmichael’s homes before coming to Kingston.

In an area traditionally known for its high rates of poverty, Carmichael blossomed, becoming a standout athlete and student, while also heavily involved in many community initiatives.

“I didn’t have a lot growing up, but because of that, I have nothing to lose. It’s tough looking in,” he said of the area of his upbringing in the Regent Park area. “It’s not the typical neigbourhood coming into Queen’s.”

Carmichael’s learned, though, that he’s got quite a lot to be thankful for — which recently included a trip to Quebec City for the Vanier Cup and the award ceremony where he received the Russ Jackson Award.

“It was an amazing experience to share with my mom,” he said.

“She’s never been to Quebec City … she’s actually never been in a hotel before.”

Awards and scholarships are nothing new to him though.

Carmichael was the recipient for both the prestigious Harry Jerome and Herb Carnegie awards — named after two of Canada’s most well-known African-Canadian athletes — and was named valedictorian at Toronto’s Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute.

While he was among the OUA’s best receivers this season, Carmichael’s football career began modestly as a student at Birchmount Park under the guidance of coach Rob Pacas.

“I couldn’t catch anything in grade 10,” he said with a laugh, noting he was forced to the defensive side of the ball until his senior football years.

“But he never let me settle,” Carmichael said of Pacas. “He always pushed me. He didn’t only

focus on the best players. I wasn’t the best player, I was just a decent player. But he always focused on pushing me.”

Carmichael said once he earned a spot as a starting wide receiver in grade 12, he realized that if he wanted to keep playing football at a competitive level, he’d have to attend university — which he admitted wasn’t always on his radar.

“I think that pushed me to think further,” he said. “That pushed me to look at more schools.”

Upon arriving at Queen’s, former quarterback Billy McPhee said Carmichael’s training regimen always matched that of a starter, even in his first few years on the team when he was ranked lower on the depth chart.

McPhee recalls a day in an August training camp a few years back when the hot summer weather had clearly gotten the better of Carmichael.

When asked whether he could continue in the practice, and exhausted and dehydrated Carmichael said a barely audible, high pitched “I’m good”, to the immediate laughter of his teammates.

Though Carmichael was excused from the practice to protect his own well-being, this moment sticks with McPhee.

“That’s just Curtis — he’d always want to be ready, no matter what,” he said.

Having played three of his five years alongside Carmichael, McPhee noted the leadership abilities and maturity of his teammate.

“Even though he’s a year younger than me, he’s almost like an older brother to me,” McPhee said. “He’s become one of my best friends.”

Today, Carmichael continues to train in Kingston for a regional CFL combine in March where he hopes to impress a professional scout. However, as he’s out of classes, he’s not on campus as often as before — which has provided Carmichael with a bit of a culture shock.

“You miss the guys, the girls,” he said. “You miss the teachers, you miss everyone, even the workers in the caf. You miss the whole environment of being social.”

Sheahan said Carmichael’s “insatiable” smile and positive attitude are two lasting memories

he’ll have of his top receiver this season.

“He embodies everything you’d want in a player. He’s a tremendous ambassador ... he’s a popular guy,” Sheahan said. “You’ll always see him hanging out in the ARC lounge area and interacting with his peers.”

A brief walk around campus with Carmichael affirms this view.

In a short walk from The Journal’s offices and through the ARC, he’s approached by no less than five colleagues and friends, each eager to chat, some congratulating him on the award.

Sheahan, who Carmichael said one of his biggest supporters in his time at Queen’s, believes in his player’s ability to make an impact wherever he ends up.

Carmichael’s influences are many, including his teammates, his family and his coaching staff, but he insists it was his own religious connections with Christianity that proved the biggest influence in his life.

“I was never like that growing up,” he said of his many volunteering ventures, but noted he became more aware of community issues as he learned more about his own religion. “Anyone who’s ‘outcasted’, I loved hanging out with them. I learned way more about myself, and I thought that in some way I could help them.”

While Carmichael remains adamant that his primary focus is

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getting noticed on the field, it’s no surprise, knowing his willingness to help others, that his career ambitions involve teaching.

He has applied to multiple education programs for the fall, including the program at Queen’s. This would be to the delight of his current teammates, as he could play another year of football.

“He’s always lighting up the mood and making it fun to be there,” starting quarterback Nate Hobbs said. “Whenever I see him, I always try to bug him about [returning], I always bug him to come back.”

Hobbs shared a tribute Carmichael made towards teammate Emilio Frometa, who suffered a season-ending leg injury in the first week of the season.

“Every time he’d make a big catch or score a touchdown, he’d make an E with his hands since he knew Emilio was watching at home,” Hobbs said.

McPhee pointed to a need for male leadership in the classroom, and said he thinks Carmichael’s on-field leadership and off-field experience would translate extremely well to an academic setting.

“There’s a lot of kids out there who don’t have a father figure,” McPhee said. “You can never really replace a father, but for six to eight hours a day, a guy like Curtis can have a really positive impact.”

Carmichael poses with the Russ Jackson Award.

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Limited break for hardwood teams Men’s, women’s teams return early to train hard J oshua F inkelstein Staff Writer

Jessalynn Tseng (left) plays the position of Beater on Queen’s Quidditch team.

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QUIDDITCH

Making magic on the sidelines

Most Queen’s students likely spent their winter break with family or friends, catching up with people they hadn’t seen for a while, and making up for sleep lost to the crush of final exams.

However, for many varsity athletes, this long, relaxing break isn’t entirely possible.

With many of the teams playing in seasons that span either side of the break, tournaments and extra practices become the holiday plans for many Queen’s athletes.

Sukhpreet Singh, a fourth year guard on the men’s basketball team, described the team’s demanding schedule over the break.

“Our training camp [which began Dec. 29] was two practices a day until the 31st,” Singh said, “and now we’re back to normal [with just one].”

Singh said that prior to the training camp, the players were given a week off after

their final game on Nov. 28 to catch up with academics and study for exams, and then were expected at practice throughout December, unless they had an exam.

For Singh, this schedule was a new challenge.

“You can’t have guys every day ready to go as you’re used to because they might have an exam that day,” he said.

Practices continued until the 19th for the men’s team, when the players finally had 10 days off from school and organized basketball. But, they still had to make certain they stayed in proper shape over their short break.

“The break is extremely productive for our coaching staff and team because it allows us to take a look at the whole first half of the season, game by game, and address issues we need to fix before starting up the second half. It also gives us time to get physically and mentally prepared for the second half.”

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Tseng becomes Head Manager for Team Canada J oseph C attana Assitant Sports Editor While she never got her letter to Hogwarts, Queen’s student Jessalynn Tseng has found another way to make the world of magic a part of her life.

In just a few short years, Tseng, ConEd ’16, who still hasn’t read the Harry Potter series, has made her way to the championship of the fictionally-inspired sporting world, acting as the Head Manager for Team Canada at the 2916 Quidditch World Cup. Tseng remembers the first time the sport was introduced to her. After poking fun at a friend who played on the Queen’s team, Tseng was challenged to try.

“One day he finally said, ‘Jessalynn, you should just try it before you say anything about it’, so I went, tried out and absolutely loved everything about it.”

At the try-outs, athletes were put through drills, including running, throwing and dodging. For Tseng, this was a completely new experience.

“Honestly, I was an arts kid through and through,” Tseng said. “I did dance, arts, drama, I sang, I was in choirs, I never really did sports.”

In her last year at Queen’s Tseng joined the Queen’s Quidditch Club’s (QCC) competitive development squad, eventually earning her spot on the full team at the beater position. For Tseng, it was unlike anything she’s experienced.

“I had one of my friends in the Quidditch community stand with me for two hours and teach me how to properly throw a ball.”

Despite only playing on the team for a year, Tseng fell in love with the sport.

“I’m completely new to sports in general and I think that’s kind of what makes Quidditch really great,” she said. “You can come from any kind of background and find something that suits you.”

That inclusivity — something that she’d never experienced at such a level before — made her want to give back.

“Because the community was so open and welcoming to me, and so supportive to

me no matter what I did, what I played, the mistakes I made and the fact that it is so new, I wanted to give back to the community.”

After talking around the Quidditch community, Tseng decided the best way to thank the Quidditch community was to apply for the position of Head Manager for Team Canada at the upcoming World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany.

Spending her last three years in a varying of roles within the Music DSC and Concurrent Education Student Association (CESA), Tseng looked like a natural fit for Sukpreet Singh is seventh in the OUA with 19.9 points per game. the role.

As Head Manager, Tseng will focus her time on scheduling tryouts, organizing fundraisers and arranging for travel for the team.

Since the start of the new year, Tseng looked for funds for Canada’s Quidditch team. With the initial budget being set at $46,000, Tseng, along with coaching staff and other managers, will try to raise as much as they can through Indiegogo campaigns, merchandise, sponsorships and applying for grants.

“Hopefully some people will just be kind enough to see the need because most of us are students.”

While she’s going to go to Frankfurt as the Head Manager, Tseng hopes to make the team also as a player. In Quidditch there’s no rule against coaches or managers playing on the team.

In preparation, she’s played for Valhalla Quidditch in Toronto since her teaching practicum is located in the GTA. On top of this, Tseng extended her program to the gym.

“I have been doing a lot of interval training,” Tseng said. “Bouldering has been good for agility and footwork.”

While Tseng’s proud of her position, many find it strange she’s dedicated so much time to a game that arose from children’s novels. But Tseng doesn’t let that discourage her. “[What] I think about is how I’m helping to develop a sport,” she said. “Yes, its origins were in Harry Potter, but it has evolved into something so much more than that.”

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Predictions for the 2016 winter varsity season J oseph C attana A dam L askaris Journal Staff

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Men’s Hockey Current position: 5th in OUA East Predicted position: 3rd in OUA East Why: Queen’s has picked up their 10-4 record largely based on a strong defensive and goaltending effort led by former OUA MVP Kevin Bailie, who leads the country with a .949 save percentage. The Gaels sit just four points back of third-place Carleton, having played two less games. Even the division lead isn’t out of reach yet, with the Gaels being 11 off of the McGill Redmen, but with four less games.

Women’s Hockey Current position: 2nd in OUA Predicted position: 3rd in OUA Why: Queen’s sits just two points behind first-place Guelph, but only four points ahead of sixth-place Nipissing in a very tight league. With three of their points from regulation wins, and a heavy reliance on goaltender Caitlyn Lahonen for victories — their offence is ranked fifth in the league — it’s not hard to imagine the Gaels getting bumped down a position or two.

Men’s Basketball Current position: 1st in OUA East Predicted position: 2nd in OUA East Why: After year after year of dwindling in the basement of the OUA, the Gaels have a new identity. Sparked by Sukhpreet Singh, who leads the team with 19.9 points per game, the Gaels have the province’s third most proficient offense. The year’s start — the strongest in recent history — is also a result of the team’s defensive pressure. The

Gaels are ranked fifth in opponents points per game, relying heavily on second-year starter Tanner Graham to protect the rim.

Through seven games, Graham leads the country with 2.2 blocks per game, and was a major factor in the Gaels defeating of the then fourth in the country Brock Badgers.

Women’s Volleyball Current position: 4th in OUA East Predicted position: 4th in OUA East Why: The Gaels started the season with three straight losses to

Key Upcoming Games Men’s Hockey vs. Carleton Ravens, Tuesday, Jan. 19 and Friday, Jan. 29

Ottawa, Ryerson and Toronto, but have since gotten themselves back on track with a 5-2 record. These three teams are, in turn, the trio that’s currently ahead of them in the OUA standings.

The Gaels take on Carleton twice more at home this season after defeating the Ravens 3-0 on the road earlier this year. Ramifications for these games speak for itself, as they will be imperative in the final standings. If the Gaels enter the pair of games confident, and are able to convert their offensive chances, a major shakeup of the OUA standings could be in order.

Women’s Hockey vs. Guelph Gryphons, Saturday Jan. 30

Women’s Basketball Current position: 1st in OUA East Predicted position: 2nd in OUA East

Queen’s hosts the Gryphons in their second and final meeting this season. A 4-1 loss on the road earlier this year saw Queen’s overmatched by the league’s best team thus far, and it will require a strong effort from the Gaels to steal points in this top of the table match-up.

Why: After starting the year unranked, a 6-1 start to the season saw the Gaels go into the break with national recognition, becoming ranked tenth in Canada.

Fifth-year Gael Jenny Wright hit the 1,000-point career mark earlier this year, leading the team with 12.9 points per game. Currently forward Robyn Pearson leads the province in rebounds with 11.4 per game, and combined with stingy defence from Emily Hazlett, the Gaels have proven to be one of the strongest teams once again in the OUA. They’ve yet to create separation within the division, as the Ryerson Rams sit one game back.

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Men’s Basketball vs Ryerson Rams, Saturday, Jan. 16 and Friday, Feb. 26

Men’s hockey has amassed a 10-4 record so far this season.

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Why: The only thing in the Gaels’ way this season is the nation’s best team: the McMaster Marauders. The eighth-nationally ranked Gaels are the only other team in the OUA within the CIS top 10, and rightfully so. Led

by Marko Dakic’s .368 hitting percentage (third in the OUA) and Ivo Dramov’s 2.61 digs per set, the Gaels have become one of Ontario’s most balanced teams.

While currently sitting in second, the Gaels are tied in record with the Ryerson Rams.

While the team is now regarded as one of the most dangerous teams in the OUA, they will have to worry about the Ryerson Rams. The Rams boast one of the strongest defenses in all of Canada and are ranked fifth in the nation. With these teams separated only by two games right now, trying to win at least one will be imperative for the Gaels.

Recent history hasn’t gone well for Queen’s, after they lost both games last year to the Rams by a combined 184-132.

Women’s Basketball vs Ryerson Rams, Saturday, Jan. 16 and Friday, Feb. 26

Abby Dixon has averaged 11.0 points per game this year.

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Singh noted that the length of the break is incredibly important, as too long a break could hinder the team’s fitness and momentum, especially following their strong 6-1 start.

Abby Dixon, a third year on the women’s basketball team, said she had similar thoughts to Singh’s on the brief break.

“We can try to improve in order to be as successful as we can be in the second half of the season,” she said. “It’s really the most important and exciting part of the season.”

After a long first half, in which the women’s team also finished 6-1, many players struggled with injuries and general soreness. As a result, Dixon noted how the team treats the winter break like a shorter offseason, where they try to recover from the first half, and also improve. Even during exams, they still try to work on their game between studying.

While Dixon’s team had a quick 10-day break from basketball, that didn’t excuse them from their weights program. Along with practicing at a high intensity in the build-up to this half, the team met up for dinners over their break to continue building a good chemistry among team members.

Dixon added how the team also had the privilege of receiving special coaching over the break from Mike and Allison McNeil, the latter of whom coached the Canadian national women’s team to the 2012 Olympics in London.

“They came in to teach both team and individual skills that we will be able to use for the rest of our season, as well as get us excited and prepared for the tough couple of months that we have ahead of us.”

Both Gaels’ basketball teams return to regular season action next Friday with games against the University of Toronto on the road.

Despite being recognized on the national stage, the Gaels will be in tough against the third-ranked Rams.

Last year the Gaels dropped both games against their Toronto-based rivals, losing by a combined 18 points. Ryerson has two of the top five scorers in the province, who will test the Gaels from both beyond the arc and within the paint. For the Gaels to knock the Rams off their proverbial perch atop the OUA East, Queen’s will need to win at least one of these games to keep their distance.

Men’s Volleyball vs Ryerson Rams, Saturday, Jan. 30 After splitting last year’s series against the Rams, Queen’s already dropped their first match-up of the year in three-straight sets. In an attempt to get back on track and finish second in the OUA, this vital away game could be the decider.

For the Gaels to be successful on the road, they’ll have to rely on their defense, as the Rams currently lead the OUA in kills per game.

Women’s Volleyball vs Ottawa Gee-Gees, Saturday, Feb. 13 Queen’s hosts 6-4 Ottawa in a game against the team directly above them in the divisional standings.

After being beaten in straight sets in their season opener, it will be important to make a statement in this match-up, to show that the Gaels have actually improved since that initial loss.

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SURVEILLANCE

Digital cloaks of invisibility: how to be anonymous and secure online K yle C urlew Staff Writer You’d be surprised how many ways your personal data can be exploited as you surf the web.

Cyberspace is our modern playground. All of us use it, but most of us aren’t literate in how it works, its numerous dangers or how to protect ourselves. Knowing how to achieve and maintain anonymity is a crucial first step to personal Internet security.

This is particularly important in contemporary cyberspace, where visibility has become a pervasive norm. On one level, our most personal data is visible to others (via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), whether they be friends or strangers.

On another level, we’re visible to just about every corporation and government body who might be interested in tracking us. This issue in particular is very difficult to understand without basic

make you much more difficult to browsing on Tor is to use Facebook, computer literacy.

But knowledge and literacy are track and will give you control over as it immediately reveals who you are. power. They allow us to exert our who’s able to watch you. will on the Internet and defend Virtual private network (VPN) Tor Browser ourselves against all forms of exploitation and harassment online.

It’s important to understand The most common way to Typically, you can buy membership that you’re not anonymous. If you anonymize your cyberspace to a VPN, which anonymizes don’t use encryption software, it’s journey is to use Tor Browser your browsing by convincing host obscenely easy for corporations (https://www.torproject.org/) or websites that the VPN accessed them, not your own computer. If or hackers to collect your data. a VPN. The Tor Browser is a free and you take this route, be sure to Even with all your new digital anonymity toys, you’re never truly independent Internet browser research your VPN before signing incognito — but you can be much (much like Firefox) which allows up to make sure they protect you to encrypt and disguise your against organizations like the more difficult to track. browsing habits. Downloading and Canadian Security Intelligence using Tor Browser disguises your Services (CSIS) or the National Firefox IP address to look as if you’re First things first — use Firefox. somewhere else in the world. The It’s open-source and not-for- cost — Tor is very slow. But if profit. Other browsers (Safari you’re in a pickle and you need and Chrome) track your data and to be anonymous, this is the go-to. browsing habits to make money. Be sure to read the instructions Once you’re on Firefox, download to maximize your anonymity. these browser extensions: Privacy Familiarize yourself with ways that Badger, Adblocker, Disconnect.me, you can accidentally give away HTTPS Everywhere! and Better your identity. A good example Privacy. These extensions will of something not to do while

Security Agency (NSA). Private Internet Access and Feral Hosting are superb VPN services, according to the Safe Hub Collective.

This is a great start to becoming familiar with proper cyberspace security. Though it’s just a start, it’s a springboard to researching other safe practices. Although the Internet disguises many dangers to the blind user, this knowledge will allow you to enjoy the full extent of your surfing without worrying about exploitation from capitalists and hackers alike.

STUDENT LIFE

Seven things to do in Kingston this winter C aela F enton Staff Writer

this week” become part of your vocabulary again.

The second semester has Skating in Market Square begun. The workload is light, the good times are rolling and The City of Kingston has an winter is finally here. Take outdoor skating rink right outside advantage of Kingston’s vast array of City Hall. of winter activities before the You’ll be hard-pressed to find a words, “I can’t, I have a midterm better winter activity in Kingston —

fresh air, free admission, a zamboni cleaning every 15 to 30 minutes and about 20 hot chocolate flavours available within a 200meter radius.

This activity is perfect for anything from hanging out with friends to a first date.

See Seasonal on page 18 The skating rink in front of Market Square.

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STYLE

2016 spring fashion forecast K ayla T hompson Digital Manager It’s 2016 and there’s a ‘New Year, New Me’ mentality floating around campus: The sweatpants have been tucked away, class attendance is up and the sun is shining bright.

With a new year comes fresh fashion trends, and I’m here to give you the fashion forecast on what to wear for the next couple of seasons.

Fabrics Many trendy silhouettes seem unattainable.

For instance wide-leg pants in five feet of snow, or lace pieces to your 8:30 a.m.

However, wearing particular fabrics can give your outfit a punch of style.

Knits are always a winter must-have, but this year layered knits are the way to go.

An easy way to wear this is to play with necklines and sleeve lengths on different sweaters. For example, you can pair a scoop neck sweater dress with a turtleneck on top — or underneath if you’re feeling a little wild.

Suede and velvet are perfect for cold days. They’ll keep you warm and give a unique texture to your outfit. Pair them with thin knit pieces for the day and leather at night.

As the weather heats up, lace will be your go-to for an accent piece.

Victorian-inspired lace pieces with high necks and ruffles were all over the Spring 2016 runways, and lace paired with suede and denim epitomizes the 70s style revival coming up this year.

Prints Florals for spring may not be ground-breaking, but along with the Victorian-inspired pieces comes the infusion of all things romantic, which includes delicate flowers and greenery sprinkled across your spring wardrobe. Look for more abstract designs to keep your look unique.

On the opposite end, stripes are bigger

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Jackets

During the winter months you’ll undoubtedly be covering up with a warm jacket, and I’m happy to say that many new jacket styles have come to play along with the layering trend.

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When you combine all of these styles to create your own, your 2016 will start on a very fashionable note.

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Shoes Shoes are the easiest way to ‘step-up’ your outfit (pun intended). Especially during the cold months, a unique pair will set you apart from the Blundstone and winter boot herd.

The rise of sneakers has come out of last year’s “athleisure” trend. But this doesn’t include your grandma’s hand-me-downs.

Bright sneakers with different textures and embellishments will be everywhere once the ice melts. Check out the classic shoe brands like Nike, Adidas and New Balance for your sneaker inspiration.

Light knits, romantic prints and vests are all in for spring 2016.

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The Franchise Awakens Latest Star Wars film is for fans and non-fans alike B lake C anning Staff Writer It would take a very cosmic force to get me to see a movie more than once in theatres. The dark side of ticket prices has held power over my student budget for too long. But this Christmas, all bets were off. The newest instalment of the Star Wars saga was coming to town — The Force Awakens.

As a self-proclaimed Star Wars fanatic, one of the first things I loved so much about the film started before it was even released, and was possibly the reason I ended up making a total of four trips to the theatre.

The hype surrounding this movie was overwhelming, but never nervous or paranoid like so many other highly anticipated releases. In my mind, this had a lot to do with how it couldn’t possibly be worse than the last trilogy.

It’s true, the franchise had fallen facts that may convince you to give on hard times after the previous this film a shot. trilogy flopped in the early 2000s.

Plot However, this year, no one seemed to be worried about Episode 7 being a letdown, and no one Almost none of the main plot wanted to be the one to spoil it for points in the movie require prior in-depth knowledge of the Star other fans.

It’s rare that a series of films Wars series.

Avoiding any spoilers, the can create a sense of community, especially one seemingly dedicated story focuses primarily on all new to wholesome enjoyment. Its characters, with a few veterans fandom includes anyone from the reviving old supporting roles. age of Young Anakin to, well, the Special Effects not-so-young-anymore Han Solo.

Walking into the theatre for the first time, I felt like everyone in If you’re tired of seeing movies the room was just as excited as that have too much computerI was. This made the movie 10 generated imagery (CGI) and look times more enjoyable, even before completely fake (*cough* The the first blast of the soundtrack Hobbit), new director J.J. Abrams roared in my ears. The soundtrack went to painstaking lengths to use helped though, because damn is it as many real effects and puppets as possible. ever good.

The resulting film looks If sci-fi just isn’t your thing, I’ve compiled a list of quick non-spoiler absolutely stunning.

Acting

your interest, my best advice would be to simply keep up the smiling All the acting performances (except and nodding routine as your maybe Adam Driver as Kylo Ren) friends continue to rant on and were spectacular. Harrison Ford as on about how amazing it was and Han Solo proves he’s still awesome. what exactly you’re missing out on.

There are also some great cameos After all, as one of those friends from stars like Daniel Craig and myself, we know it doesn’t matter Simon Pegg, if you watch closely. that much to you, and that’s ok.

Finally, BB-8, who’s a droid, is But the force is strong in this family, absolutely adorable, and probably and I believe this re-awakening my favourite character, rolling of the Star Wars franchise will stir from one event to another. something in all of us before the If none of this is enough to peak end of the new trilogy.

Seasonal activities

Cataraqui Creek Conservation classes and post-class snacks are Area hosts a network of trails always free. through their winter wonderland that are prime for Nordic skiing.

Carr Harris Cup Banff Mountain Film Festival The park is less than a 15-minute The Carr Harris Cup is awarded Why go to Banff when the Banff drive from campus.

Don’t know how to Nordic to the winner of the annual Mountain Film Festival is coming to you? This event is hosted by ski? That’s not a problem at hockey game between Queen’s Trailhead Kingston and will take Little Cataraqui. The park is and RMC. This rivalry has been place on Jan. 17 at the Isabel offering affordable ski lessons on ongoing since 1886, making it the weekends throughout the winter. longest rivalry in the world on Bader Centre.

Whether you’re a movie For a mere $20 a class, you record — pretty neat.

Tickets are free for Queen’s lover or an outdoor fanatic, can learn a new skill and get an students, so get a group together this compilation of the year’s insane workout. and head to the K-Rock Centre on BB-8 figurine from Star Wars Episode 7. best mountain films is sure to Snowshoeing Feb. 4 to support the Gaels. be awe-inspiring.

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Tobogganing Every year, cafeterias on campus experience a mass theft of serving trays after the first snowfall.

Most of these end up as sleds on Summerhill. If that slope is a bit too tame for you and you’re willing to walk for a few minutes, the hills at Fort Henry offer a bit more of an adrenaline rush.

Cross-country skiing Queen’s may not be close to downhill slopes, but the Little

If Nordic skiing isn’t for you (read: you prefer not to raise your heart rate to superhuman levels), you can still head over to Little Cataraqui to enjoy the snow.

Snowshoe rentals are just $12 for the day.

Free yoga For those of us who aren’t into winter weather, there are still lots of fun, indoor activities in Kingston. Lululemon continues to offer complimentary yoga on Sunday mornings. The studio host changes each month, but the

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Falling head over heels for anti-gravity yoga K ailun Z hang Assistant Lifestyle Editor

That being said, after trying the it had a faster pace than you’d (lightly) pushed me down into the also first-timers, and throughout anti-gravity genre, I’ve a newfound usually expect with yoga. It flip. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t let the entire hour, there was an air of love for the activity. Besides being also incorporated a ton of mid- out a yelp. But­soon enough, my energy and enthusiasm that filled I never truly experienced yoga outrageously fun, I found hanging air flips — or more formally, feet came above my head and I was the room.

Melissa also prompted us to shift hanging upside down like a spider upside down provides a much “zero-compression inversions”. until I tried it upside down. our weight until we were gently Let me tell you: flipping is fun. In in a web.

Initially, I imagined yoga as better stretch than a warrior pose, swinging side-to-side someone sitting on the floor in which always seems to give me a anti-gravity yoga, you’re in the swaddle. This only about three inches a cross-legged position, deeply leg cramp. ...you’re only about three inches above was so soothing that I I took the class with a friend above the ground, but om-ing while their face rests in an immediately felt a sense expression of complete inner peace while I was home for the a combination of the the ground, but a combination of the of understanding for holidays. Anti-gravity yoga isn’t exhilaration of flipping and tranquility. exhilaration of flipping and falling, and babies that I’ve never Never did I imagine someone as widely offered as regular yoga and falling, and then experienced before. yelping and hanging in mid-air since it requires specially-trained the relief of being then the relief of being caught before It was also only with their legs tangled up in a instructors and specific equipment. caught before hitting hitting the ground had my then, when I was hammock. But alas — welcome to The hammocks are made of an the ground had my adrenaline going. finally lying still, that ultra-durable and stretchy silk, and adrenaline going. anti-gravity yoga.

I noticed my heart Each time I held This spin on an otherwise need rigs to securely hang them up.

At this point, it’s worth pointing beating a little harder than usual.

The studio I went to had soft, my breath and swung myself time-honoured activity features a large sling-like apparatus pink hammocks draping from upside down, I was surprised out that I’m not a gymnast. No I had been so focused on getting that’s used to help practitioners the ceiling beams like adult-sized by how easy it was to support matter how many times I tried, into the different positions, and experience movement in “zero cradles. It was slightly intimidating myself in the hammock. Even I never even learned how to making sure I didn’t fall out of the my minimal upper perform a cartwheel. Finding hammock, that I hardly noticed the gravity”. Invented by Christopher at first, but I got comfortable with with body and core strength, my trusty myself capable of doing these physical exertion that went into Harrison, a gymnast who them soon enough.

The class started off tamely pink sling was there to catch me moves was quite the surprise. I the class. designed aerial performances The next day, I woke up initially questioned how no one for Broadway, anti-gravity yoga with some balancing exercises. We when I fell.

The scariest move involved ever fell out of the hammocks, but with aching shoulders. While it trades classic poses, such as sun played with putting different limbs salutations and downward dog, for and amounts of weight into the flipping forward. Naturally, both all the movements were designed wasn’t a rigorous workout, this hammocks — sort of like trust my head and my body were telling in a way that made working with class definitely had my heart and mid-air movements.

It’s accredited with providing exercises, but with an inanimate me “don’t do this”. You usually the equipment feel natural and muscles pumping.

For me however, it was just great cardiovascular exercise, object. Although the hammocks begin in a variation of a sitting comfortable.

At the end of the class, we loads of fun — the exercise was stimulating feel-good hormones were suspended with heavy-duty position in the hammock and and supplying a back-stretch like chains, it was still hard to believe you have to drive your weight laid down in a floating Shavasana a plus.

It’s to my dismay that antithat the flimsy fabric could hold through your head to make the pose. With my whole body in the no other. flip. Trying to override the natural silk, it was like being in a levitating gravity yoga isn’t a widely offered I’ve never been able to and support over 1,000 pounds.

But the trust exercises ended instinct that urged me not to drive cocoon. In a similar fashion to sport. But a class may be coming get into traditional yoga. All of the stretching poses end up shortly. Soon into the hour-long my head and body towards the traditional yoga, the lights were to the Queen’s ARC in the near turned off and serene flute music future, which I’m very hopeful for. feeling more painful than class we began a series of full ground wasn’t the easiest task.

Until then, I guess I’m off to join For the forward-flipping began to play. relaxing to me — completely moves and I put my faith into the move, my instructor, Melissa, had “Oh, I love this one,” I heard Cirque du Soleil. That’s a wrap on counterproductive to why most fabric swings for the first time.

The class I attended was more to give me a helping hand. And a few of those say around me. In this fly experience. people practice yoga in the focused on “flying fitness,” so by a helping hand, I mean she fact, the majority of the class were first place.

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