The Queen's Journal, Volume 145, Issue 11

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‘Appreciation not appropriation’ campaign launches

Chancellor launches new bursary for Indigenous students

Panel discussion kicks off week of events against cultural appropriation

$15,000 to be offered based on financial need

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cultural appropriation and are interested in educating themselves.”

As a committee within the AMS Social Issues Commission, CARED is an educational committee that examines racism and discrimination on campus and seeks to provide racialized students with a safe outlet to vocalize their experiences. The Levana Gender Advocacy Centre is an on-campus organization whose mandate includes ongoing programming to advocate on issues of gender and oppression.

To orchestrate discussion, CARED co-chairs and a panel of AMS Commissioner of Social Issues Ramna Safeer, Queen’s Native Students Association Co-President Sarah Hanson, Director of the Queen’s Human

With students starting to plan their Halloween costumes, two groups on campus have begun a conversation surrounding cultural appropriation.

On Monday, the Committee Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (CARED) and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre co-hosted an open event to discuss cultural appropriation.

The two groups provided students with tips on recognizing and addressing appropriation on campus and beyond.

“We were extremely happy with the turnout on Monday night,” CARED Co-Chair Nisha Khanmaini said in an interview with The Journal. “It showed us that many Queen’s students want to engage in dialogue about

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In an effort to offer financial and educational support to Indigenous students, Chancellor Jim Leech has set up a $15,000 need-based bursary for Indigenous students.

Each year, Leech will offer $15,000 of his own money to help facilitate the university careers of eligible students in any way possible. As such, recipients aren’t required to use the money for any particular academic need and are rather given the freedom to spend it as they see fit.

“The total amount for the academic year is $15,000 and it is offered on a case-by-case basis,” Leech told The Journal. “I’ve had a very privileged business [….] it’s now time to See Campaign on page 4 give back.”

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According to Leech, the bursary is meant to ensure students don’t leave Queen’s due to financial restraints.

“Many students find it hard to budget properly for the school year already and Indigenous students often face more financial barriers than most,” Leech said. “I want to make sure these students have as few barriers as possible in pursuing their education.”

The idea for the bursary came about when Leech attended a meeting of Canadian university Chancellors that was hosted by then-Governor General David Johnson.

Leech said the meeting was a call to action for universities across the country to meet the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Queen’s sees significant rise in international students this academic year Principal Woolf highlighting University’s internationalization priorities going forward Iain Sherriff-Scott Assistant News Editor In the first Board of Trustees meeting of this school year, Principal Daniel Woolf pointed to a substantial increase in the amount of international students studying at Queen’s.

According to Woolf, Queen’s welcomed roughly 560 international students this year; a sharp rise since 2013-14, when only 116 international students attended the University. As well, these numbers indicate that Queen’s has already surpassed its 2019 international student target of 390.

In an interview with the Queen’s Gazette, Woolf outlined his priorities for the 2017-18 school year. According to Woolf, “reputation is important.”

“Our international recognition has begun to improve through the great success our admissions and international teams have had in bringing people in,” Woolf told the Gazette. “If you tell the world about us, they will actually come. Students who come here and return home build our reputation further.”

During a public presentation on the 2017-18 operating budget, Provost Benoit Antoine-Bacon explained the recent trend

for Canadian universities to push towards internationalization. According to Woolf, Queen’s is in line with this trend and is trying to remain competitive in terms of international reputation.

“We want to build on strategic partnerships with institutions we see as equal or better, opening up exchanges for students, creating opportunities for our faculty to have overseas sabbaticals and for faculty to come here on their sabbatical, and build more international research collaborations,” Woolf said.

ASUS Exchange Buddies is one group on campus that helps international students adjust to life at Queen’s. The group describes itself as “a program designed to pair upper year Arts and Science students with international exchange students studying at Queen’s with the goal of integrating exchange students into life in the Queen’s and the Kingston community.”

Co-Chair of ASUS Exchange Buddies, Luísa Stocco, told The Journal that though Queen’s has many academic resources for exchange and international students to catch up to university level English, integration is an entirely

different question.

“There is a lot at Queen’s about integrating [international or exchange students] into the Queen’s community, but there is not much about getting international students or exchange students to share what they have from their countries, their cultures,” Stocco remarked.

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Number of international students attending Queen’s by academic year.

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events, like potlucks, you bring dishes from your country, but it is always contained within the international community, instead of being broader,” Stocco said. She added that she would like to see Queen’s build on “the diverse campus that we have.”

For the University, bringing international students to Queen’s provides a strategic advantage.

“Apart from attracting fantastic students, it also has an impact on our ability to form international partnerships and secure international research funding,” Woolf told the Gazette.

One of those international partnerships, established in 2014 between Queen’s and the University of Stuttgart in Germany, recently saw its first master’s graduate.

According to a Journal article, Matthias Hermann will be returning to Queen’s to complete his PhD. Woolf concluded his comments on internationalization to the Gazette by setting clear goals for the future.

“Looking ahead in the next few years, I would like to see us move in a bolder direction to organize interdisciplinary entities that bring together people from different departments and faculties.”

Peer Support Centre reaches new heights with recent expansion PSC acquires new space and increased staff in light of higher number of student visits

Sarina Grewal Assistant News Editor To address a spike in visits from students over the past year, the Peer Support Centre has expanded significantly to include additional physical space and increased staff and volunteers.

The Peer Support Centre (PSC) is a support service on campus where students can seek a confidential space to discuss any problems or struggles they may be facing.

PSC staff are fellow students on campus who are trained to provide a judgement-free, safe and private environment for students to talk.

“The PSC is unique in the sense that its peers taking the lead to actually address the problems that their peers are facing,” AMS President Jennifer Li told The Journal.

“It’s been able to adapt as the student body has changed,” Li continued. “The PSC has done a lot to change the culture at Queen’s: of seeking support, of reaching out when you need help, of navigating the resources on campus,” she continued.

As a result of an increase in the number of students who access the service, additional shift leaders were hired this year.

After initially hiring seven new shift leaders for the year, PSC Head Manager Megan Kingvisser, ConEd ‘18, told The Journal that five more were hired in the past month to accommodate the volume of students coming to the centre.

Additionally, the number of volunteers hired rose from 60 to almost 80 this year.

In addition to this, a new paid assistant manager position was created. To meet the needs of more students, the PSC took over additional space in the JDUC that was formerly occupied by TriServices, and their hours have been extended. The

PSC Head Manager Megan Kingvisser in the new PSC space.

centre now runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.

Kingvisser highlighted the improvements in PSC volunteer training as a significant and positive change to the service’s operation.

“Our training has really expanded and grown in the diversity of the training we’re offering,” Kingvisser said. According to her, volunteer training includes sessions on anti-oppression, cultural sensitivity, SafeTalk and compassion fatigue amongst others.

Several members of the management team are also trained in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.

Emphasis has also been placed on

resource knowledge for volunteers, with Kingvisser explaining “we go more in depth into resources so volunteers feel able to send and refer students to [resources] they need.”

PSC Shift Leader Sebastien Faudemer, ConEd ‘18, spoke with The Journal about his experiences volunteering with the service. He commented on the supportive workspace the management team has created for staff.

“If you can’t make a shift they check in with you [...] they like to make sure you’re okay,” said Faudemer. “It’s a very supportive environment.”

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Kingvisser spoke of the positive reception the service has received from students thus far. Whether a student is struggling with something personal, is stressed for an exam or simply needs to vent about a friend, Kingvisser said the PSC is a place where peers are willing to listen.

“12 hours a day, seven days a week there is somebody on campus willing to listen and willing to validate and reassure students,” Kingvisser said. “I think the strength of the PSC comes from the love and the passion and the care that goes into it. Everyone involved really wants to be there and loves to be there.”

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STUDENT START-UPS

QICSI 2016 winners venture to China for accelerator program RockMass technologies continues to develop business amidst nomination for Ontario excellence award

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First student graduates from international dual master’s program

Matthias Hermann first finishes program between Queen’s and the University of Stuttgart in Germany Iain Sherriff-Scott Assistant News Editor

to worry about,” though he said the program had some administrative bumps to work out initially.

Mandated in 2014, the partnership between Queen’s University and the University of Stuttgart in Germany has seen its first I wanted to stay for longer graduate from its dual master’s program. somewhere else and not just Matthias Hermann wrapped up his thesis for half a year. So it was the defense last month, marking the end of his perfect opportunity for me. two-year dual degree experience. While at Queen’s, Hermann studied with chemistry professor Richard Oleschuk’s research — Matthias Hermann group. During his year on campus, Hermann said he focused on micro-fluidics.

“It was a little bit tricky because, how it Hermann did the first year of his masters works in Germany is you usually work on at Stuttgart and the second at Queen’s, your master’s thesis only half a year, just the yielding two master’s degrees in Chemistry. final half year of your masters, while here “I was working on a device to detect cadmium, in Canada you work on it [for] the full two that’s a toxic metal you can find in drinking years,” Hermann remarked. water,” Hermann told The Journal.

Hermann also indicated the difference “We were trying to find a really easy, between a master’s programs in Canada cheap and straightforward device to detect and Germany is that “you are treated [in cadmium, so that you basically get a result Canada] during your master’s more like a within half an hour on a small device you PhD student.” can carry around.”

Hermann said that because tuition in With no shortage of international Germany is free, “master’s are still a little schooling experience, Hermann spent bit comparable to your undergrad,” adding, six weeks in Chengdu, China during his “you start TA-ing and earning money within undergrad for a research position and a your studies usually with the PhD, not summer in Australia as well. during your master’s.”

“I wanted to stay for longer somewhere Originally, Hermann said his plan was else and not just for half a year. So it was the to head back to Europe for his PhD, but perfect opportunity for me,” Hermann said. recently decided otherwise.

As the first student to come through “I actually really like it here in Canada, so I the new partnership, Hermann described applied for a PhD position in the same group himself as a guinea pig for the project. and decided to stay.”

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RockMass technology in action.

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school,” he continued.

In Shenzhen, the team works with advisors who provide product feedback and Last summer, the student start-up RockMass advice on how to develop their company.

Technologies took home a grand prize The program operates in Shenzhen for 111 of $30,000 from the Queen’s Innovation days, following which the team will prepare Connector Summer Initiative (QICSI) for a showcase in San Francisco in an effort Venture Pitch Competition. Over one year to attract potential investors. after their victory, the team has travelled to In addition to the HAX program, RockMass Shenzhen to further develop their business. has been nominated by the Ontario According to their website, RockMass Centres of Excellence (OCE) for the Martin provides “a data collection tool for Walmsley Award for Entrepreneurship. geologists to measure structural According to Business Insider, the information, strike and dip measurements, Martin Walmsley Award “supports the of exposed rock faces more efficiently, development of an Ontario student to create accurately, and safely.” an innovative start-up with an economic The tool — which is compact, durable impact in Ontario.” and easy to use — gives users real-time “The greatest thing about being nominated measurements to help analyze and assess for that award in the first place is that the the structural stability of a mine. According nominations have to come from within the to RockMass Chief Operating Officer Matt Ontario Centre for Excellence, which means Gubasta, ArtSci ’17, the team plans to our own representatives at OCE actually had eventually offer a range of products to to put us forward,” Gubasta said. “I think it’s equip the mining industry with “a fully a great show of confidence from OCE in our mechanized structural mapping system abilities and our future.” that efficiently and exclusively maps Gubasta said he and the rest of the geological features.”

RockMass team — which consists of all Since they won last summer, Gubasta Queen’s students — remain grateful for their said the team has mainly been focusing on relationship with the University. product development.

“Its been an amazing journey for us “Since the summer program finished, [and] we’re really proud of everything that our goals have been […] getting a working Queen’s has been able to give us so far,” he product into the hands of users,” Gubasta said. “We also want to be able to give back told The Journal. to Queen’s later on by encouraging other Currently, the team is engaged at the HAX students to go through that same process.” accelerator program in Shenzhen, China.

The RockMass team has learned a great HAX works with entrepreneurs to help deal from starting their own company and start their hardware venture from scratch Gubasta encourages young entrepreneurs to by finalizing product prototypes and scaling embrace the learning experience. companies in terms of manufacturing.

“Start early and enjoy the educational According to Gubasta, HAX essentially experience behind it,” he said. “One of helped RockMass “take a working the greatest things about being a young product and turn into a finished entrepreneur is you can acknowledge that manufactured product.” you don’t know everything and that’s okay.

“We’re learning how to interact with It’s a lot better to lean on those who have distributors and parts manufacturers, done it and the industry experts, and really how to place a manufacturing take their advice along with your own order — things you can’t really learn in gut intuition.”

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Campaign introduces pledge to Hospitality Services discuss cultural appropriation hires dietitian for

student counselling Bertrand hopes to debunk food myths while creating more healthy options on campus

The “Appreciaton not Appropriation” petition, available for signatures on Monday.

Continued from front

Rights Office Stephanie Simpson and Levana Gender Advocacy Centre Board Members Asha Gordon and Nadia Mahdi were asked how to effectively address cultural appropriation and be an ally to all students.

“I think part of conversations around appropriation involve effective ‘ally-ship,’ and part of that is recognizing where spaces are that you should be occupying and spaces where effective ally-ship looks like just listening,” Safeer said during the discussion.

Hanson noted it’s important to ensure the voices of affected groups, namely Indigenous peoples, aren’t drowned out in conversations of appropriation of their culture. “We’ve been stifled for so long,” she said.

For Mahdi, the most effective way to address appropriation is by doing research and learning about what different aspects of any given culture represent. “When we do appreciate specific non-sacred items when we’re using other parts of the culture that we aren’t explicitly told we’re allowed to, we must treat them with respect and give credit where credit is due,” she said.

The discussion was the main event of the week-long campaign, featuring a pledge to commit to beginning open dialogue against

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cultural appropriation.

She added that anti-racism “We’re hoping to get a large work has been “on the radar” body of supporters to pledge to throughout the University, given appreciate and not appropriate the work of the Principal’s cultures at Queen’s,” CARED Implementation Committee Co-Chair Tatyana Gudge told on Racism, Diversity and The Journal.

Inclusion and the Truth and “I think it’s really clear that Reconciliation Commission. people want to have this “Particularly following some of conversation,” Safeer told The the more racially charged events Journal following the event. of last school year, we were “One of the goals was to create lucky that racialized students a space where conversations were once again very vocal in around appropriation would feeling isolated and feeling like be accessible.” their experiences were being Anyone who signs the pledge erased. And I think we owe will receive emails both before it to them to have this conversation,” and following Halloween weekend. Safeer said.

These updates will show what Access to the pledge is progress has been made and how available online through the the conversation can continue AMS website. The site also beyond the discussion event. features an educational chart The campaign also features four comparing different forms of posters that will be showcased cultural appropriation and how to around campus, which will recognize their existence. address common cases of cultural Safeer remarked that following appropriation in mainstream the events of last school year, the culture. “Appreciate not atmosphere at Queen’s hasn’t Appropriate” buttons for students seen a substantial change. She to wear are available at the AMS hopes that opening the dialogue Offices, Print and Copy Centre and will allow the community to Tricolour Outlet. move forward and create a “A lot of people are doing safer environment for racialized everything in their power to move students on campus. us forward. That’s going to take a “There’s still a lot of work that long time and part of campaigns needs to be done,” she concluded. like this is not to end in a week, “But the best thing about having or a day when the campaign’s this discussion tonight and over — but to continue pairing with CARED or Levana conversation and recognize that is leaving feeling like we did this is year-round,” Safeer said. move forward.”

Bursary to reduce Indigenous students’ financial strains Continued from front

Leech said the meeting prompted him to look more closely at the needs of Indigenous students on campus. He didn’t realize until speaking with Indigenous leaders on campus, like Janice Hill and others in the community, that there could be tremendous benefits to a bursary like this.

“Over the past year or so, I’ve become more sensitized to the unique needs of Indigenous students,” Leech said. He learned that many Indigenous students pay expensive transportation

costs to get home and many Wilson said the bursary would also send money back to the be beneficial for Indigenous reserve to help their family make students because it allows them ends meet. the same freedoms as other Darian Doblej, ArtSci ’18, said it students so they can focus on takes him around 24 hours to get their education. She said when home from Queen’s. she applied to university, it was “Some of us are from small somewhat based on how many communities where not many bursaries the schools offered for other people go to university, so Indigenous students. there’s a lot of pressure to do well “There was [no bursary], until and be the shining star,” he said. now, for Indigenous students who Tara Wilson, Nursing ’19, said are no longer in first year,” she said. she’s experienced similar financial “It is a great first step in making it strains to Doblej. “I became a don easier for Indigenous people to partly because it was free food and consider university a reality.” living,” she said.

Jessica Bertrand in Leonard cafeteria.

Jasnit Pabla Assistant News Editor Even though she only started in early October, newly-registered dietitian Jessica Bertrand says she’s already found her “dream job” at Queen’s.

Working alongside Campus Executive Chef Colin Johnson, Bertrand’s primary focus will be on meeting with students who have allergies to help them navigate dining options on campus.

Her office is located within the Hospitality Services Office in Victoria Hall.

“When I saw the posting online for this job I knew it was the perfect fit for me,” she told The Journal. “I applied, and here I am.”

Bertrand graduated last year with a Masters in Nutrition at the University of Guelph and is registered with the College of Registered Dietitians of Ontario.

She completed her undergraduate degree in Applied Science in Human Nutrition in 2014 also at Guelph, while simultaneously holding several service-based jobs within the food industry.

Bertrand’s job isn’t limited to working with students who have allergies — she’s also offering nutrition counselling for all students.

“If students want to come and talk to me about healthy eating or eating on a vegan or vegetarian diet, they can,” Bertrand said.

Bertrand’s counselling services are made available through the Hospitality Service’s website. Here, students, faculty and staff can book an appointment with Bertrand or Johnson.

Counselling services will come at no charge for members of the Queen’s community. Associate Director of Housing and Ancillary Services Jennifer Pete said, “they’re free and intended for staff and faculty, as well as upper-year and graduate students.”

When asked about the major challenges students face in regard

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to healthy eating, Bertrand said it’s addressing food myths.

“Telling [students] the facts, for all dietitians in Canada, is a big challenge,” she said. “There are a lot of food myths out there. We just want to share the real information.”

Available through their website, Hospitality Services offers a nutrition log. With a current focus on eating healthy and next month’s spotlight on fighting the flu, Bertrand believes this information is valuable for students.

Since she only started in early October, Bertrand is ensuring her services are accessible to the student population. “A lot of students don’t realize I’m available,” she remarked. “This Thursday, I’ll be at Leonard Hall with a booth about eating well — especially during the holidays and Halloween.”

To combat this, Bertrand has already participated in campus collaborations. “We’ve increased whole wheat options around campus, even the Grab and Go items are now all on whole wheat buns,” she said. “We’ve also increased vegan options around campus and updated the online vegan list with what’s available on campus.”

Bertrand believes the Simple Servings and gluten-free zones on campus serve as great resources for conscious eaters. Simple Servings, available at Leonard and Ban Righ Dining Hall, provide options for students with any of the top 10 most common allergies. The Gluten-Free Pantry is available at all three dining halls.

Bertrand’s goal for her first year at Queen’s is “to help students that have allergies feel more comfortable around campus.”

Her personal philosophy is about approaching food with a positive lens.

“Eating healthy doesn’t mean cutting out all bad things, it’s just having it in moderation,” she said.

“Moderation is key.”

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Students navigate pregnancy at Queen’s Tales of pregnancy, abortion and miscarriage

Approximately 61 per cent of Canadian women will have an unplanned pregnancy in their lifetime.

Jasnit Pabla Assistant News Editor Starting a family, experiencing a miscarriage or getting an abortion are stressful and exhausting experiences for a woman at any stage of her life — but especially so for a young university student.

In their lifetime, approximately 61 per cent of Canadian women will experience an unintended pregnancy according to a recent survey by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC).

The highest rate of unwanted pregnancies occurs in women between the ages of 20-24 and as many as 40 per cent of pregnancies are unintentional, according to the SOGC. To learn more about how students respond to this news, The Journal spoke to three female students who experienced pregnancy on Queen’s campus within the last four years.

These stories reflect the challenges pregnant students face within the University environment and the stigma that surrounds their journeys.

For Jamie*, she first believed something was unusual during Orientation Week of her second year. Her period was late and early symptoms had begun to appear.

After taking a test, it was confirmed — she was pregnant. She later found out she conceived over the summer and was already a month along.

“I felt very conflicted and confused,” Jamie told The Journal. “It’s the kind of thing that you think won’t ever happen to you. You think you were careful but then you remember that one time you weren’t as careful.”

On top of trying to find a support system, balancing school with the knowledge of being pregnant posed a challenge for Jamie. Her solution was to continually remind herself she had options and that her university career wasn’t coming to an end. Deciding whether to have the child or not ultimately became dependent on her personal beliefs.

“I decided I was going to have the baby,” she recalled.

However just two weeks later, Jamie had a miscarriage.

“I was confused and hurt,” she said. “It was physically painful and I felt that I had to rest for a couple of days after the fact.”

Following the miscarriage, Jamie sought counselling services at Queen’s. “It wasn’t

that I needed help, but just an open ear and someone who was non-judgemental to hear my experiences.”

Student Wellness Services, located in the LaSalle building, offer counselling services to students on campus. With the AMS Health Plan, there’s no additional cost to book an appointment. For students who are uninsured, a half-hour counselling session starts at $123.13.

Students seeking more confidential counselling can also reach out to helplines, found through the Student Wellness Services websites.

For pregnant students concerned about on-campus resources for parents, such as areas to breastfeed and community-building programs, the School of Nursing-based Child Friendly Campus Initiative seeks to alleviate parenting obstacles on campus and provide a link to resources through their website.

Breastfeeding rooms are located in the Ban Righ Centre, the Queen’s School of Nursing and the SGPS Family Room in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC) featuring comfortable seating and sanitization facilities. The Ban Righ Centre also provides a space for mature women to build a community with other pregnant parents or families and seek assistance through a needs-based bursary for mature women alongside women’s wellness sessions.

While Queen’s offers a range of counselling services, the University also has policies in place to accommodate students that chose to raise a family.

When Maria* found out she was pregnant in first year, she sought Queen’s services that allowed her to continue her degree and her pregnancy. “[The pregnancy] wasn’t planned, but my husband and I knew we weren’t being cautious enough,” she added.

After sharing their thoughts and confiding in each other, Maria and her husband decided they would have the child together.

As a distance-studies student, she chose to seek medical care and resources in her community, but found she was isolated from Queen’s even more so than before.

The 265 kilometers that separated her from campus seemed to grow as her pregnancy progressed and questions of continuing education became more prominent.

“A benefit I discovered later on was that sometimes the advisory committee makes

trips to Toronto to meet with distance students,” Maria noted. “I didn’t use this during my time, but really liked the idea.”

With her due date approaching, Maria reached out to her instructors explaining her situation and felt it was important to be proactive, accessing time management and counselling resources to prepare herself for the months to follow.

Maria had a healthy, successful birth later that school year.

“I want to be able to help [my child] with after-school assignments and homework,” she concluded. “I pushed myself because getting an education isn’t just for me, it’s for my child.”

For some, having a child during their educational career isn’t viable. Factors such as financial resources and a desire to finish school can affect a woman’s decision to start a family or seek an abortion.

There was no doubt for Hayley* when she found out she was pregnant — she would be getting an abortion.

A second-year student at the time, her first fears crept in alongside some early-pregnancy symptoms. She recalled using the pregnancy test as a precaution, convinced it wouldn’t be positive. Hayley took the home test in her partner’s apartment after sharing her concerns with him.

“They say it takes like 2-3 minutes for the test,” she said. “But it was almost immediate.”

Emotional and terrified, Hayley began reaching out to health services that day.

She visited a clinic and got a doctor’s note confirming she was pregnant, and then contacted the KGH Women’s Clinic in Kingston.

“I had no conception of what this process was going to be like. I wanted it to be over within like five days. [Abortion] doesn’t work like that,” she said. “You have to be seven weeks along to go through with the ultrasound, and then the surgical procedure.”

Although now available through physicians and prescribed at no charge, women in Ontario at this time didn’t have access to the abortion pill Mifegymiso.

Hayley recalled that the weeks building up to her appointment were difficult for several reasons. Her motivation to go to class had significantly declined and she was experiencing severe morning sickness as well as trying to hide her situation from her housemates as best

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she could.

Three weeks later, Hayley had her ultrasound.

“What I want to stress about this is that the people at KGH are really helpful. I had a good experience,” she said. “The woman who did my ultrasound made me feel really comfortable.”

A couple days later, Hayley received a call from the Clinic and scheduled an appointment for a surgical abortion within the next five days.

For Ontario residents with OHIP and health coverage, surgical and Mifegymiso abortions remain free of charge. Abortions typically cost between $450-1000 depending on the clinic or hospital performing the procedure for non-residents or individuals without health coverage.

Hayley’s biggest concern following the procedure was the stigma she felt often surrounded the topic of abortion.

“I knew it was my own fault, and I was afraid I wasn’t going to get any sympathy for the situation I was in,” she said. “And I did feel like I would be judged.”

The Journal also sat down with a physician from the CDK Family Medicine and Walk-In Clinic located on Princess Street. “We often break the news to students that they’re pregnant, usually if they’ve come in for nausea or breast tenderness, they don’t even know they’re pregnant,” they said.

“The first thing I would recommend is setting up a family physician,” they added.

“Before meeting with professors, try and map out what the rest of the school year is going to look like for you with your doctor.

This includes continued healthcare and scheduling assessments.”

Students with AMS coverage can access physicians through Queen’s Student Wellness Services or contact their family physicians for continued care into their third trimester, from where they will be referred to obstetrician care at the KGH Women’s Clinic.

“There is a lot of stigma surrounding pregnancy at this young age,” they remarked.

“But I really recommend finding someone to talk to. Talk to your doctor, but also your housemates or your friends and family. That’s really important.” *All names have been changed to protect their identities.

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With or without the law on their side, young Canadians already use recreational marijuana.

Still, when marijuana legalization actually comes into effect, Canadian universities need to have a policy in place to regulate its open use on school grounds.

In an article in Maclean’s, Michael Szafron, associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Public Health, believes when cannabis is legalized in Canada, it should be banned from universities. In the same article, Steve Fitterer,

vice-president of student affairs and campus life at Mount Royal University in Calgary, argues against this. He believes universities should simply update their smoking policies to include the use of marijuana.

To Szafron’s point, outright banning cannabis on university campuses will end up creating more problems than it solves.

Harm reduction is the main focus of Queen’s Campus Alcohol Strategy and the University should adopt a marijuana strategy that will reflect the same outlook.

Having students adopt various low-risk marijuana practices — such as creating designated and regulated spaces to use it — will be important. It’s

much easier to monitor cannabis use in the open rather than behind closed doors.

Even though the ban on smoking substances inside campus buildings is a rule that won’t change, Queen’s needs to take into account the layer of complexity marijuana will add to campus policy on drugs.

It’s difficult to decriminalize a drug because the connotations that come with once-illegal substances are overwhelmingly negative. For the first few months after marijuana is legalized, universities will need to go through some experimentation with de-stigmatizing the drug on campus.

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Taking their alcohol policy into consideration, Canadian universities need to create a new policy ahead of pot legalization that outlines exactly what’s acceptable and what’s not.

Legalizing pot won’t change how many people habitually use it, but will bring up problems we haven’t seen before when it comes to enforcing drug policies on campuses. Instead of ignoring the inevitable issues that will surface after legalization, universities need to anticipate the ways that marijuana use will differ from alcohol and tobacco on campus.

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University degrees are worth more than memories hopes of discovering it along the way. Unfortunately, some never find it.

As a result, it’s inevitable that some of the people you meet in first year won’t be there when you graduate. This is because many students will make the tough decision to switch programs or schools, likely resulting in adding additional time and incurring additional costs to their degree.

Some students may even choose to stop pursuing post-secondary education altogether.

While meeting new people, partying, gaining independence and moving away from home are often positive side effects of pursuing a degree, they shouldn’t

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University has transformed from an educational institution of career preparation to a place of self-exploration and discovery. While both are very important to the growth and development of an individual, they shouldn’t be the main focus of an undergraduate degree.

When our parents’ generation went to university, a degree could almost guarantee a job. Now, the perception behind post-secondary degrees has changed, with them becoming much more common and expected by employers.

This transformation has led to high school students applying to university without any real direction or career in mind, in

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be the most important. Looking back on my own experiences, students need to figure out why they’re really here before jumping into a degree.

Even with that in mind, it’s also the University’s responsibility to help keep students on track.

They need to do a better job of providing students with information about different jobs we can pursue with our specific degrees and the steps needed to be taken to secure them as soon as possible.

As important as academic achievement is, student success after graduation should also be in the forefront of a university’s mind. The best representation

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for a university is how successful their students are after they graduate.

Having individualized career fairs for each program is a good first step universities can take to help connect students to careers and employers that directly correlate to their program.

University needs to be thought of as a place of learning and gaining valuable experience for your future profession, rather than a four-year long party before adulthood.

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Impacts of the Don’t lose focus #MeToo is just #MeToo ... #MeToo the beginning on #MeToo And then what?

Campaign of change Campaign Claire McPherson, ArtSci ’19 Contributor For many men and women out there, the inspiring #MeToo trend has spread a positive message across the world of social media. It’s created a sense of togetherness and community amongst victims and survivors of sexual assault or inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Although we’re aware of the statistics, this campaign has brought forward more victims and survivors of sexual assault. The movement has also revealed that some men themselves have been involved in unwanted sexual advances towards women without even realizing it. One woman I spoke to said, “it’s about freaking time,” when talking about the spread of the #MeToo campaign.

However, I’m not sure if people understand that there are also negative impacts to this campaign. For some women out there who see this campaign all over their social media platforms, they’re triggered when reading stories that — for many of them — hit just a little too close to home.

I believe the impact runs deeper than most think. For one girl I know, this became an internal conflict in her mind.

While she wanted to post #MeToo to support the girls coming forward, she didn’t feel comfortable or ready to share her experience. As a result, she began to feel social pressure to share her story because so many were doing the same.

I believe the impact runs “deeper than most think. ”

People aren’t realizing that this campaign isn’t only putting strain on women who have been through enough trauma for a lifetime, but it’s putting people in a place where they become re-victimized and are forced to relive this horror over again.

Even though the #MeToo campaign is trending on social media, it can be just as triggering as any other regular-day event. This campaign can scar the mental state of some women just as much as watching an action movie, going to a club with friends or even going to the grocery store can be. If you aren’t ready to share your story with the world — no matter the reason — that’s okay. There should never be shame on those who aren’t ready to share their story.

It’s important to remember this is an extraordinary campaign. It opens people’s eyes from all over the world to the realities of sexual assault. However, a message from me to everyone who’s had a negative sexual experience: not sharing #MeToo on your social media doesn’t make you less strong or less of a victim or survivor. You’re strong and you’re courageous. You don’t owe anyone your story.

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Zoe clarke, LifeSci ’20 Contributor

By now, we’ve most likely all seen the coming and going of the latest viral campaign. For the past few days, #MeToo has flooded Facebook feeds and taken over Twitter users’ timelines.

Almost a week later, since the campaign’s revitalization, most of the posts have been overwhelmed by other stories and thoughts.

As a result, the momentum surrounding an incredibly important topic seems to have slowed considerably.

In my opinion, this is the worst thing that could possibly happen.

Please don’t misunderstand, I wholeheartedly support the #MeToo campaign. I think it’s an incredible show of bravery and support and am completely on board with anyone who chooses to participate.

Opening up about difficult events is hard and it’s also vitally important.

Seeing the sheer volume of people who have taken part and posted the hashtag is something real and concrete, demonstrating just how widespread and pervasive the issues of sexual assault and harassment are.

But news channels have inevitably started to focus back on Donald Trump, politics and current events. As a result, Harvey Weinstein and his horrible treatment of women has sadly become “old news” with our collective attentions shifting.

The problem with the #MeToo campaign has nothing to do with its message. The problem deals with what comes next. How do we keep the momentum alive? How do we keep the conversations going? How do we convince people to speak up and say something the next time they know or even think they know that this kind of abuse is going on? How do we end this culture of silence?

Even though there have been so many stories shared, #MeToo has no endgame.

The Ice Bucket Challenge raised money, and while it most definitely faded out like any other internet fad, the money that was raised for ALS research remains. During the viral internet campaign #FeedtheDeed, the good deeds that were done persist today and the money that was raised is tangible. #MeToo is an amazing, eye-opening start to solving a problem, but it doesn’t have the same goal as other internet campaigns.

I don’t say this presuming to know how to fix the issue of sexual violence.

I don’t ask these questions with the answers at my fingertips. I write this because the more people who think about this will result in more possible answers.

This issue is too important to let it be a memory Facebook alerts us about a year from today. It’s too big and it affects too many.

It’s hard for me to know how to end this piece, but I do know this issue is a war, and it won’t be won with one viral campaign.

Although prevalent now, the Harvey Weinstein case isn’t the first of its kind and neither is the #MeToo movement.

Many sexual assault incidents have sparked similar movements and have amounted to little change. As a result, men must become involved in the fight for women’s rights.

In the past three years, there’s been multiple examples of similar types of activism. In 2014, Kesha accused her producer Dr. Luke of sexual assault and gender-based violence. This started the “Free Kesha” movement, where fans and supporters protested and created a fund to buy the artist out of her contract. In 2016, The Washington Post released an Access Hollywood tape of President Donald Trump bragging about kissing and touching women. In response, Canadian writer Kelly Oxford began the hashtag #NotOkay to encourage women to share their experiences of harassment.

Women have raised their hands and shared their stories before but, sadly, no significant change has come about. As Emma Watson suggested in her HeforShe campaign, involving men is vital if we wish to achieve gender equality. #MeToo has sparked campaigns like #IHave and #ItWasMe, which allow men to confess being complicit in or guilty of sexual assault. Another, #IWill, encourages men to pledge future awareness and action in support of gender equality.

These hashtags encourage men to listen to women’s voices who are fighting against sexual assault. It allows them to reflect on their behaviour and change their actions. This means respecting women in the workplace, seeking consent, calling out abusers and accepting discomfort when engaging in conversations about harassment.

I’m not completely against the campaign — it represents the fight against those who abuse their position of power, and combats global systematic gender inequalities. #MeToo is about courage, solidarity, and the power of empathy trumping shame. #MeToo has overwhelming potential to initiate change.

The hashtag #MeToo has so far been used over a million times in the US, Europe and the Middle East. It has empowered women worldwide to share their sexual harassment stories because it creates a platform for them to do so. #MeToo represents much more than allegations against one Hollywood producer, showing society the wider scope of structural injustices which allow sexual assault.

As influential actors in the culture of sexual violence, men have immense power to stand against these injustices that tolerate abuse. Thus, even though #MeToo is a pivotal movement in empowering women, it’s only the beginning of change.

Sexual assault and harassment has a way of making one feel completely helpless and on their own. Thanks to the #MeToo campaign, people are beginning to come together.

Seeing others share their experiences made me recall my own sexual assault this past summer.

While on exchange in Germany, I was frequently chatted with and asked for photos from strangers. So naturally, I was happy to oblige when a man asked me to take his photo in downtown Frankfurt.

After doing this, he then asked someone else to take a photo of us together, for which I assumed the best: perhaps he was lonely. It was only once he grabbed me from behind during the photo, smirking as I shoved his arm away, that I realized his intentions.

Claire Macpherson is a third-year Sydney Wilson is a fourth-year English Literature student. film student.

Angela Feng is a second-year global development student.

The frequency of #MeToo “can provoke distrust but let’s instead use it as a reason to reach out even further.

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For a solid week after this incident, I was lost in a pool of negative emotions and became quite cautious of strangers.

Even though this was an act done to me by one person, I closed myself off from everyone.

I hated that such a simple, tiny gesture made me feel so powerless, small and angry.

I hated that my face was now on his phone to remind him of his success and that I didn’t think fast enough to grab his phone and delete that picture — or even smash the phone, like I really wanted to.

So yes, it’s great that people are coming together through the words “me too,” and accumulating support against an abuse of power that’s too often covered up by shame. I just hope, as everyone begins to understand just how much of a problem this is, we don’t let our feelings or ideas about people in this world be governed by the actions of a mere few. #MeToo might be everywhere, but so is an incredible network of supportive friends, family and even random strangers who happily take excellent photos while keeping their hands to themselves.

Embracing these people in our lives who deserve our trust can only enrich our everyday experiences.

The frequency of #MeToo can provoke distrust, but let’s instead use it as a reason to reach out even further.

Let’s see just how many people rely on each other for strength and support. Let’s always assume the best in people and then come together on the odd chance we happen to see the worst. The real shame would be holding ourselves back from this.

Zoe Clarke is a third-year biology and music student.

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ARTS

Arts Against Post Racialism transforms the Agnes African-Canadian artists challenge racism on campus Michelle Boon Staff Writer

On Wednesday, the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre was transformed into a visual protest against racism.

Curated by lead artist Camille Turner, the exhibition Arts Against Post Racialism works to combat the existence of “blackface” on Canadian campuses through a variety of media by prominent Black artists.

On entering the Agnes on Oct. 25, guests were greeted by artist Nadine Valcin’s video installation titled Emergence. Her series of slow motion portrait shots, double projected on the walls of the Agnes, presented the beauty and strength behind Blackness. It offers an image of Black identity before it was appropriated.

Moving on to Unwearable by Esmaa Mohamoud, this piece rejects blackface in the form of Black faced masks that have sealed backs — making them literally

unwearable and impossible to appropriate. While this piece isn’t colourful or extravagant, it embodied the protest against racism found throughout the exhibit.

This full day event also celebrated African-Canadian artists like Quentin VerCetty.

His body of work entitled Think Tomorrow, imagines a future in which blackface is an archaic concept of the past. The shifting holographic image of two African busts in Water No Get Enemy, portray this utopian society through bright colours and a surrealist-like landscape.

The use of holographic images also invites viewers to not only linger over each piece, but also to pace back and forth and watch the images evolve. While most print art is simply stared at in museums, VerCetty’s work allows people to engage with the art through the use of these unusual holographic images.

As a non-Black student, I appreciated the interactive aspects

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Nadine Valcine`s work displayed at the Agnes.

present throughout the exhibition.

The event wasn’t a mere call for change from African Canadians; it was a prompt for conversation.

That day, VerCetty also hosted a workshop at the Agnes, inviting guests to make collages pertaining to campus racism.

While some addressed issues such as blackface, others broadened the scope to the marginalization of Indigenous students. Not only was this event inclusive because of the conversations it fostered, but also because it allowed people to become a part of the exhibit.

Camille Turner’s Afronautic Research Lab also offered an interactive experience to the exhibition. Over the centre’s sound system in the David McTavish room, a neutral voice informed visitors about Canada’s history of oppression.

Turner’s conceptual piece invites people to sit and investigate documents on racism, as well as insert their own observations of the reports using sticky notes provided. These documents included primary resources such as sale statements for slaves and further evidence of Canada’s long history with racism.

Among these documents, I also found several recent articles covering incidents of blackface at Canadian universities. One 2014 article from The Toronto Star, titled “Brock University will not discipline blackface costume winners,” hit close to home with memories of last November’s controversial costume party.

As Turner’s exhibit lays out proof of racism on the table for open discussion, instances of campus racism should be a constant topic in order to

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reach resolution.

Arts Against Post Racialism was a necessary reminder to Queen’s that racism permeates our campus, despite our best efforts to create an inclusive environment.

However, this exhibition provides the forum to begin to understand and reconcile these issues, as well as hope for a better future.

Bent shows the plight of homosexuality during the Holocaust New production company takes on classic play Bent’s set.

Clayton Tomlinson Asst. Arts Editor

A Queen’s alumni has brought the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany to the Baby Grand with the revival of a classic production from the 70s.

Written by Martin Sherman in 1979, Bent profiles a promiscuous gay man named Max living in Nazi Germany who’s forced to undergo unimaginable horrors on account of his sexuality.

Set in Berlin during Hitler’s rise to power, the plot begins with Max becoming involved with a Nazi soldier, despite being in a relationship with a dancer named Rudy.

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The production essentially takes place in three different locations: Max and Rudy’s apartment in Berlin, a forest near Cologne where they hide from the Gestapo and the Dachau concentration camp.

These three segments of Max’s experiences show the hardships of living as a gay man in Germany at the time.

In Sherman’s play, the outright persecution of homosexual men starts when Hitler kills Rohm, head of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party dubbed the SA. Fearing this same fate, Max and Rudy flee into the forest near Cologne to hide with the city’s jobless and homeless. In their efforts to remain incognito, the men hide their

sexuality, even among the former lowest members of society, so as not to be reported to the Nazis.

It’s in this forest that Max and Rudy are discovered. Later on a train to Dachau concentration camp, they lose their humanity.

Rudy is taken away and beaten on the train for being gay and when he returns, Max denies both knowing the man as well as his own sexuality. To prove his claim, the SS force Max to beat Rudy to death.

This is the point where the set’s focal point — a pile of rocks — comes to the fore.

When the couple flees to the forest, the rocks are used as a fire pit, warming and comforting the men. But, when Max arrives at the Dachau concentration camp, the rocks become a form of

punishment for him, being forced by the guards to move the pile from one side of the camp yard to the other.

At Dachau, Max is told a pink triangle on your uniform was the lowest you could receive as it signified being gay. So he, being the wily protagonist that he is, makes a deal to get a yellow star on his shirt so as to receive better treatment.

Later in the play, it’s revealed that Max has been forced by the guards to have sex with the corpse of a dead girl ‘to prove he isn’t queer.’ There’s no humanity for the protagonist anymore, despite his yellow star, no dinner tables or fire pits — just heavy rocks and dehumanizing survival.

This newest update of the 70s production was undertaken by a

Queen’s alum of the Dan School of Drama Scott Forster, BFA ’17, during his masters. His reasons for such a bold and storied choice for his first time at the helm are more than just artistic.

“As a gay man, this play is more than just a historical thing,” Forster said. He came from a small town where the majority of males “played football” and were straight, he said. It just wasn’t something that was out in the open.

The plotline of a production like Bent can easily be pigeonholed as some distant event that happened long ago in a far away place. It’s for this reason that Forster made the decision to bring back such a trying tale to the stage.

It’s a powerful, harrowing story that’s as relevant as ever.

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FESTIVAL

QPOP roars back to life Student-organized music festival delivers three concurrent concerts

Bossie perfoming their set at The Underground.

Clayton Tomlinson and Nick Pearce Journal Staff Originally published online Oct. 24.

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n Saturday night, you couldn’t walk around campus without coming across an indie rock band performance.

Attracting respectable crowds as the festival entered its fourth year running. QPOP returned to Clark Hall, The Underground and the Grad Club this weekend with a collection of student and Canadian musicians.

The festival was pared down this year from two nights to one, featuring more student talent than previous years, while also reeling in some complimentary pizza for the crowd.

One of the festival’s organizers, Matt Whittier, said they were trying to offer a more concentrated approach this year, “with no filler spots.”

“Sometimes it’s hard to commit for a weekend,” he said, adding attendees could confidently enjoy the festival from start to finish this year.

Co-organizer Jacqueline Resnick said this year’s re-orientation toward student talent allowed the festival to have more “local pride” while setting itself apart from previous years.

mixture of newer songs that showcased their softer, more melodic side before moving on to a rock-heavy second half of the set.

Drummer Alex Spears said the last two songs they performed were recorded and going up on Apple Music and other platforms within the next week.

“We also performed two songs that we learned with Alex earlier today,” bassist John Wales said. “We are hoping to record these new songs and work on something big with them in the future.”

After the students came the professionals.

Montreal band TOPS performed to a packed Clark, with

many people crowding up front near the stage. Singer Jane Penny made the ticket worth the price with high-quality vocals and even a surprise flute performance.

TOPS is very much cut from the indie cloth, with bittersweet pop that still manages to be uplifting enough to get stuck in your head.

The Grad Club

The Franklin Electric took the stage, ordering a set of five shots after their first few songs. The band is grounded in an acoustic and harmony-heavy sound that offered a folk hook to their chiller take on alternative music.

Taking a break for the shots, the band’s singer Jon Matte joked

about a time in Hamburg when a band member danced on a bass drum before launching back into their catalogue.

A newer song, titled “Let Me Go,” was soon unveiled with the band’s trumpet as their secret weapon. Surprisingly, it offered a heavier sound as a pounding drum beat undercut a room-filling, hornbacked chorus that captured the attention of the venue’s packed performance area.

The Franklin Electric was an audience favourite, drawing one of the festival’s better crowds with rapt attention to the five musicians crammed on the small stage of the Grad Club.

The Underground

Clark Hall

Queen’s student Adam Eisen, Sci ’18, kicked off the festival on Saturday with a solo performance in Clark Hall. Even though Clark had more pizza boxes than people, Eisen managed to bring a great atmosphere to the event with a spirited keyboard performance.

After Eisen had warmed up the crowd, Bo Welland — boasting three of their four bandmembers as Queen’s students — took the stage. The group played their signature mix of punk-inflected folk rock, while ramping up the energy among the assembled friends and music fans.

Not new to playing at Queen’s or Clark, the band’s set was a Clockwise from top left, Dear Rouge, The Franklin Electric and TOPS.

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Meanwhile, rockers of Queen’s band Brightside were fulfilling their goal of playing at The Underground.

A few hours earlier the band joked about writing a song for the festival, like they had done for Homecoming with “I’m Coming Home.”

“We’re a fun band,” guitarist and bass player Jordan Wiener told The Journal. He added that the noise from the band’s practice often works to advertise the show to their neighbours.

“From the neighbours that we’ve talked to, they say ‘at least you guys are good,’” he said.

“There’s several people that came after we screamed into the mic, ‘come to our show!’”

Following Brightside and their notable cover of The Tragically Hip’s “Courage,” indie synth-pop throwback singer-songwriter Bossie gave an energetic, committed performance to a sadly mostly empty room. With most of the audience likely opting for The Franklin Electric’s set at the Grad Club, Bossie was left with a few concertgoers milling around The Underground’s couches and ordering drinks as she and her band played a cover of “Solsbury Hill”.

However, the crowds later turned up for Dear Rouge — a more traditional act that brought a solid number of fans to jump along as the band’s central duo traded off vocals over danceable indie rock songs.

They managed to keep the night’s energy alive despite the challenge of previewing new songs, while working in a cover of Blondie’s “Call Me.” ``It’s Saturday night tonight,” guitarist Drew McTaggart told The Journal, noting the younger demographic allowed the band to embrace something a little more high energy.

“Let’s have some fun,” the other half of the duo, Danielle McTaggart, added.

As QPOP establishes itself as a campus tradition, it becomes more worthy of the title with each year.

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REVIEW

Two girls take on stand-up comedy From laughing out loud to being mildly insulted Shivani Gonzalez and Sarina Grewal Journal Staff Considering the long-standing animosity between The Journal and Golden Words, heading to their Stand-Up Comedy Night at Clark Hall this past Tuesday was kind of a no-brainer.

Wanting to see what kind of event our rival paper was putting on, we walked into enemy territory armed with a camera, laminated Journal press badges and skeptical curiosity.

Unfortunately, the photos we took that night were extremely inadequate since our actual photographers weren’t able to come and our press badges got

some serious laughs at the door.

Needless to say, the night wasn’t off to a great start.

Seating ourselves among the eager crowd of comedy-lovers, we weren’t sure what to expect or whether we’d genuinely enjoy ourselves. But from the first act on, we were pleasantly surprised. The entire event kept us laughing — and these weren’t just light giggles, but full-on belly laughs.

What was most surprising about the event was the fact that it was seriously packed, reaching capacity with a long line still curving around the building all the way to the bookstore entrance. Who knew a dozen 20-somethings could draw such

Four noteworthy albums from local musicians Exploring the cities music scene

Nick Pearce Arts Editor The City of Kingston is famous for three things: being the birthplace of the Tragically Hip, the established post-secondary education and horse slapping at Homecoming.

Surprisingly, its exceptional music scene hasn’t attracted the same attention.

While overshadowed by its bigger counterparts in Toronto and Montreal, Kingston has quietly contributed some strong entries to Canadian music. Granted, it’s not going to be an EDM destination any time soon but, its folk and Indie offerings can stand alongside any other mid-sized city in Southwestern Ontario. Here are a few gems you need to get your hands on.

Saxton’s River by The Wilderness

Since wrapping up their undergrad, members of The Wilderness opted to hang around Kingston, releasing their first album this past May. The record’s songs are the result of a campus band coming into their own over the course of countless shows at The Brooklyn and The Underground. Nowhere is that more apparent than in tunes like “Springsteen Songs” where the band manages to write a danceable indie song without sacrificing any of its namesake’s emotional heft.

As the band embarks on more cross-country tours, now’s a better chance than any to appreciate a local favourite.

Everything Intertwined by Tom Savage

Compared to The Wilderness, artist Tom Savage is part of a slightly older set of Kingston musicians but is no less relevant, especially after dropping his

most recent album Everything Intertwined this month.

Savage is very much grounded in the roots of popular music — country, blues, folk and roots rock. While his most recent effort leans more towards rock, it retains the fundamental respect for each genre’s tradition so that the album could be made today or twenty years ago and still matter.

“Burnt by the Sun” is a good introduction to the hard touring singer-songwriter.

Forty Seven Teeth by Forty Seven Teeth

Forty Seven Teeth, named after the number of points along a mosquito’s suctioning mouthpart, released their self-titled debut EP last year. If you’re nostalgic for the late 90s, well, look no further.

The band’s retained the earworm choruses of pop punk bands with a messier, low-fi slacker rock element that gives it the character to stand on its own.

If you feel like wearing some flannel and loitering in a convenience store parking lot, rest assured knowing your ideal soundtrack’s ready.

Oh Little Fire by Sarah Harmer

While Sarah Harmer released this album long after her Queen’s days, it was still partly recorded on Wolfe Island and remains an underrated gem from the singer-songwriter.

If the quiet melancholy on songs like “New Loneliness” doesn’t draw a tear from your eyes, you probably weren’t hugged as a child.

Harmer is an important example of the popularity local musicians can have outside of Kingston, while reminding us the best time to find an artist is when they’re still part of your community.

a crowd on a Tuesday night during midterms?

The crowd was upbeat and the drinks were flowing, adding to the overall ambiance of the night — something right out of a typical college movie scene.

Each set ran for about five minutes, to keep the overflowing crowd engaged and entertained.

Despite this, some of the sets stirred unexpectedly cringey reactions, including awkward silences when the performers got a little too politically incorrect.

There was an ongoing theme of jokes about Jewish people, weed and sex. And as if things weren’t awkward enough, a casual comparison of sex with a sheep versus a Chihuahua, complete with a mime accompaniment, made the night even more uncomfortable thanks to some eye contact with the responsible comedian.

While giving the overall event a solid 15:85 ratio of inappropriate to funny — a respectable passing grade — some jokes simply fell

The audience at the show.

flat. This was either because they were straight-up not funny, or because many don’t find topics like bestiality as humourous as others.

Despite the minor lull caused by these offbeat themes, a parodied look at one engineering student’s reverse Good Will Hunting situation — going from engineering student to janitor instead of vice versa — inspired some moments of serious laughter.

One particular performer was, to us, the highlight of the evening.

Her jokes about her Asian heritage, her engineering grievances and her social awkwardness all had the audience cheering and laughing

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throughout her segment.

Despite the minor hiccups, we definitely understood why the event drew in such a strong crowd.

The performers that night had quality material, great timing and delivery, relatable jokes — about everything from using dating apps to school struggles — and really knew how to engage with the crowd. Kudos to Golden Words.

Even though they’re our sworn enemies, we’ll admit they held an awesome event.

It’s Golden Words’ first stand-up comedy event, but we can already tell it won’t be their last.

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WOMEN’S RUGBY

De Goede shines on road to rookie of the year award First year commerce student balances time between rugby, basketball as well as degree

Sophie de Goede scored 60 points this season.

Shivani Gonzalez Lifestyle Editor Juggling two varsity sports and a commerce degree — all in first year, no less — is no easy feat, but Sophie de Goede is managing it all extremely well.

In June, de Goede committed to Queen’s as a dual-sport athlete.

According to her rugby coach Dan Valley, he’s not at all surprised by

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how well de Goede is managing all her different commitments.

“Coming in I knew she was one of the most competitive people I had ever met, and I mean that in a positive way — Sophie has been everything I had expected and hoped she would be,” Valley said.

De Goede has used her first months on campus to show just how special a talent she truly is. With 60 total points on the

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season — second-most in the OUA — Queen’s star back row was named OUA Rookie of the Year.

De Goede pointed to her experience in high school as the reason she’s been able to transition so well.

“I was a student-athlete in high school as well, so it hasn’t been too much of an adaptation for me coming into university,” she said.

Having the support of her teammates as well as her coaches has been important for managing rugby and basketball practices alongside school.

“The upper year-students on both teams have also been really helpful in giving me tips to succeed so it’s been a pretty smooth transition thus far,” de Goede said.

For Valley, communication between de Goede, himself, women’s basketball head coach Dave Wilson and her teammates is important to ensuring she manages her time effectively.

“Ultimately, she is here to perform as a student above all else. It hasn’t been a challenge with Sophie because she is very highly capable in all those areas,” he said.

De Goede has been sure to make schoolwork a priority, noting that the athletic department has been very accommodating.

“As student-athletes, we’re responsible for managing this balance ourselves but the athletics department does a superb job in setting us up for success in both athletics and academics,” she said.

While the transition seems to be going seamlessly for de Goede since beginning at Queen’s, both her and Valley have made sure to keep an eye out for problems that could arise in the future. With de Goede moving from sport to sport regularly, there’s a high potential

for injuries to arise.

Not only is this management important for athletes, but coaches too. “Injuries are inherent in both sports … that’s the big thing that Dave Wilson and I need to be aware of, that we weren’t overloading her body and making sure she could last the grind of rugby season and then go straight into basketball season and hit the ground running,” Valley said.

A dual-sport athlete in her high school career, de Goede is aware of the strains playing two sports can put on her.

“I’ve really had to put an emphasis on managing my body and getting the proper recovery in for the amount of training I have been doing,” de Goede said.

The general consensus seems to be that de Goede is prepared in every way possible to handle whatever this year throws at her.

“She has been a really positive influence on the program, and again, she has been able to juggle the multiple commitments she has exceptionally well, she is mature beyond her years and there are not too many that could come in and handle the situation as well as she has,” Valley concluded.

Queen’s signs Brogan MacDougall with sights set on long-term success Matt Scace Assistant Sports Editor Queen’s women’s cross country has a dynasty in the making.

With a group of their top athletes preparing to graduate in the spring, cross country head coach Steve Boyd and assistant coach Brant Stachel have been looking for ways to maintain Queen’s position as the lone frontrunner in Canadian University Cross Country.

On Wednesday, Boyd and Stachel made waves across the cross country community by signing Kingston’s own Brogan MacDougall, one of North America’s fastest young runners.

“We’ve never had an athlete of this calibre, really, because there’s never been an athlete of this calibre come into the CIS or U Sports. There literally has never been anyone,” Boyd said in Wednesday’s press conference.

The young sensation will join her sister, second-year runner Branna MacDougall. At the press conference in the ARC, Brogan

said she’s looking forward to succeeding at every course she steps foot on.

“I’m just really excited to make this next step in my running career,” Brogan said.

Even with offers from Princeton and Michigan on the table for the younger MacDougall, she decided to stick with what she knew. As a Kingston resident, MacDougall has thrived under Boyd’s running organization, Physi-Kult, for the last five years.

While the offers from south of the border were flattering, the comfort of running at home and the chance to study at Queen’s trumped everything else.

“I think not having to get used to new training and new training partners, that was a big factor for my decision,” MacDougall said.

When Boyd first met Brogan in 2012, it was clear she shared similarities with her older sister.

Branna had already established herself in the running community, making Brogan’s entrance into the running community seamless. At that point, Branna

Brogan MacDougall (left) and Queen’s cross country coach Steve Boyd (right).

had begun making strong appearances at OFSAA and was well on her way to running at the international level.

“I’d never met her before so I asked her, ‘do you run like your sister?’ and she said, ‘I don’t know.’

It was obvious that she had ability early on … she has just taken off from there. Every year she just does something that blows everybody’s mind,” Boyd said.

Despite a relatively short career, MacDougall’s accomplishments

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speak for themselves.

She’s currently the OFSAA record- holder in the 3,000 metre, a Pan Am junior cross country champion and a bronze medalist See Building on page 13

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SAILING

Club claims seventh straight national championship title Sailing breaks tie to take team racing competition in Montreal

Nick Pearce Arts Editor After a few anxious moments waiting to confirm their win, Queen’s sailing team dived into a freezing St. Lawrence River this past weekend to celebrate their seventh CICSA Team Racing National Championship in a row.

Hosted in Montreal, the competition was scheduled to begin with a round robin between all seven schools with each racing each other, amounting to six races for each team.

However, the first day saw only six of the expected 21 races happen due to poor wind.

As a result, Queen’s, the McGill Redmen and the McMaster Marauders were all tied with

Left to right: Nick Shute, Zac Baum, Alek Magi, Scott Gittens, Sam Bonin, Julia Manarin and Marc de Verteuil.

two wins and no losses, leaving each team exhausted after braving the conditions on the first day.

On the second day, Queen’s first race was against McGill.

“Every year we’ve been first and they’ve been second,” sailor and Queen’s Sailing co-president Zac Baum said, adding that the two teams had built up a rivalry as a result.

Although McGill had a shaky start, they pulled ahead of the Gaels to win their first race of the day. Fortunately for Queen’s,

FOOTBALL

Team hopes storybook ending to season continues Gaels heads to McMaster hoping for first postseason win since 2013

Sebastian Bron Sports Editor When the football team was 0-4, Queen’s head coach Pat Sheahan told reporters his team still had a chance to write a story — and a pretty good one.

“That’s right,” quarterback Nate Hobbs said, recalling Sheahan’s words of encouragement. “We’ve been authors of our own story, it’s seemed.”

With a trip to nationally-ranked sixth McMaster this weekend to open their playoff run, Hobbs — who closed the regular season as the OUA’s leading passer in terms of total yards and touchdowns — hopes the Gaels’ story can continue after this week.

“We really got a chance to do something special,” the fourth-year player said. “We just got to take it week-by-week and hopefully the story will keep writing itself.”

During Queen’s four-game winning streak to get back to 4-4, they’ve become one of the OUA’s hottest teams. In the month of October, they’ve averaged over 58 points per game.

“We’re a team with a lot of momentum,” Hobbs said. He added that the team has grown not only in terms of play, but as well as chemistry since the season’s midway point. “There’s a lot of confidence in the locker room right now and the guys are excited to play.”

“If there’s any time to play [McMaster], now is the best time,” wide receiver Chris Osei-Kusi said. “Like [the team] all said at the beginning of the season: if we all click at the same time, we become a very

dangerous team.”

McMaster boasts one of the conference’s strongest defensive units, conceding a league-low 185 pass yards per game and ranking third in sacks with 25. Even with these numbers in mind, Hobbs said the team is expecting and prepared for the challenge.

“Throw it before they get there,” the quarterback jokingly said on how he and the offense plans to avoid the Marauders’ blitz-happy pass rush. “[But] we’ve got a plan in place. We know they’re a blitzing team, so we’ve got a lot of quick strike stuff to take advantage of that.”

Following a breakout season where he led the OUA with seven touchdown receptions and finished second in total receiving yards with 723, Osei-Kusi said the most effective ways to dodge pressure is to have “quick passes and throw where they’re not.”

“Anything quick, like hooks, slants, maybe some screens … anything quick just to get the ball out of [Hobbs’] hands as quick as possible,” Kusi said.

Sheahan’s message, as both players attested, has been to stay focused and not get too down on themselves if they experience a bump in the road on Saturday afternoon. “[O]bviously [McMaster] get a lot of pressure, so if they do get a sack here and there, just brush it off and continue the game,” Kusi recalled his coach telling him.

As for the Gaels’ playoff prospects, Sheahan kept it short and blunt.

“If we come out of this playing a great football game, I like our chances; if we don’t go down there and play well, we’ll be finished,” the coach said.

this advantage didn’t last long. Following a Redmen loss to McMaster, the Gaels were able to avenge their early defeat in the day and beat the Marauders. Due to this turn of events, all three teams were stuck in a tie-breaker at five wins and one loss.

“So who wins, right?” Baum told The Journal.

To break the tie, officials tallied the positions of the boats when the teams met. Queen’s walked away with 20 points, McGill with 21 and McMaster with 22, with the lowest number indicating the winner.

They avoided another round robin with one final set — the best of three races between the two universities. Queen’s won the first with the team’s three boats placing 1-3-6 in a field of six boats with McGill at 2-4-5. Zig-zagging against the wind, McGill pulled ahead in the second race and left Queen’s at a 4-5-6. However, Queen’s managed to cover the McGill team after the course turned back into the wind, slowing their opposition and securing a 2-5-6.

As the boats bunched up and turned back against the wind, it became clear that if Queen’s beat McGill’s final boat,

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the former would win the race. Queen’s managed to turn the tables, taking a 1-4-5 lead as the McGill boat was left far behind in the water.

“We crossed the line and everyone had a mini-freakout,” Baum said. “We were far enough back not to know if they won the race or not. So we’re just waiting, waiting.”

Finally, the boats arriving at the finish line yelled, “Did you win?” to the Queen’s boat.

It had — Queen’s sealed the race with boats at 1-4-5.

The team dived into the ice-cold water, swimming around and cheering for the win.

“To win CICSA, the big intercollegiate sailing competition, it’s a compilation of all our events throughout the season.

Having our boys win at Team Racing Nationals was a huge thing,” Queen’s Sailing co-president Christina Black said. “We’ve done super well in all our other Canadian regattas but it’s all going to come down to the regatta this weekend at RMC.” Until then, Queen’s Sailing can rest assured knowing another championship has been safely defended.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Gaels ousted from playoffs in first round

Queen’s lose 2-0 to the Ryerson Rams

Jacob Schroeter scored 12 goals this season.

Sebastian Bron Sports Editor The men’s soccer team saw their season come to a close on Wednesday night, losing 2-0 away from home to the Ryerson Rams.

Even though they were well aware of their opponent’s style of play — it was their second game against them in five days — head coach Christian Hoefler said the team had a mental lapse early in the game which put the Gaels on their heels.

“We came in prepared,” he said on how the team approached Wednesday’s game. “We had a set plan. Unfortunately, right off the get-go, Ryerson had a quicker start than us and capitalized on a minor mistake we made.”

Hoefler alluded to the speed Ryerson brought to the game

at the offset, forcing Queen’s to defend early. Even though they went down 1-0 three minutes in, Hoefler said the Gaels had been in “similar situations before” and weren’t “panicked or out-of-place.”

“I was quite proud of the players … we picked up the ball and brought it right to half,” Hoefler noted of his players’ strong resolve after suffering the early goal. “It just shows, you know, that against a quality team like Ryerson, they will capitalize on mistakes.”

After conceding their first goal, the coach added his players were “quite brave in defending and keeping [Ryerson] at bay,” for the rest of the match. The game’s telling statistic, however, was the Gaels’ lack of offense.

Even though a wave of second-half changes saw the team injected with a new energy,

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at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games — her greatest achievement in her opinion.

The signing couldn’t come at a better time for Boyd, as both 2016 U Sports Champion Claire Sumner and fifth year Shannen Murray are set to graduate in the spring.

“It’s a total rebuild this year.

Our senior leadership that put the team on the podium for the last four years are gone after this year … [with this] we can anticipate people to sign over the next few years and hopefully build a dynasty,” Boyd said.

Boyd and Stachel have already gotten a head start on this, with the coaches recently signing Madeline Smart-Reed from Etobicoke, Ontario and Laura Yantha of Barry’s Bay, Ontario.

Alongside MacDougall, the new crop of athletes will look to continue Queen’s reign as the top program in the country.

For now, the younger MacDougall is looking forward to rejoining her sister in training and races as the two look to conquer the Canadian running scene. In her

second year of eligibility, Branna is excited for the opportunity to compete with and against her sister.

“I’m really excited. We’re good training partners,” Branna said. In order to stay disciplined, the sisters are planning on living together at the start of the 2018 season.

“Hopefully we can just keep pushing each other to new limits,” Brogan said.

Despite being in the early years of her career, MacDougall and her coaches both believe her talents can bring her as far as she wants to go.

“She’s got very serious athletic objective’s; I think she’d like to make the Olympic team in 2020 and staying here was the quickest route to doing that,” Boyd said.

MacDougall clearly has the same line of thought as Boyd, but isn’t jumping the gun quite yet.

“A lot of things can change in that amount of time but it’s in the back of my mind and it would be really hard but I’m really young so don’t rule anything out,” said MacDougall.

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Queen’s recorded only two shots — both of which were not on target — throughout 90 minutes.

In the match, Ryerson continually pressured the Gaels with 21 shots on net. Moreover, the Rams edged the Gaels in corner kicks handily, recording 11 to the visitors’ one.

“I’ll give Ryerson credit — they were a bit more organized [and

prepared] to the threat we had,” Hoefler said, adding his team’s execution “had to be a little better in the attacking third … we were lacking in that sense.”

Ultimately, a late Ryerson goal in minute 80 sealed the Gaels’ fate.

“Overall, I mean, it’s a disappointing result in a sense that we really believed we could go further,” Hoefler, who with the loss finished his first season as the Gaels’ full-time head coach.

“But either way, I’m proud of our players — they never gave in.”

The Gaels’ 6-8-3 overall record this season was the first time the program fell below .500 since 2008-09. Looking back on the

2017 campaign, Hoefler said things could’ve gone better for his team this season.

“Even though results didn’t go in our favour,” he said, “there’s a lot of quality in our team … A lot of positives from this group of players and a lot of positives for the future.”

Despite the first-round loss, optimism continues to hover at a high for the program. With the coach expecting 18 to 20 of his players to return in the fall, Hoefler said the team will look to play more exhibitions and out-of-season matches so his players “can build together on the field and be more familiar with each other.”

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LIFESTYLE

Josh Granovsky Assistant Lifestyle Editor There are few times where an entire population can pinpoint exactly where they were the moment an event occurred. The halftime show at the 2004 Super Bowl is strangely one of those moments for most of its 143 million viewers.

In case you have trouble remembering the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction that shattered the universe in 2004, Headliner Janet Jackson’s breast was exposed to the world for exactly 9/16’s of a second after guest performer Justin Timberlake accidentally tore off part of her shirt.

Millions of reporters spent countless hours dissecting the blink-and-you-miss-it cultural touchstone. ‘Janet Jackson’ became the most-searched term on Google for two years following the event.

CBS, the network airing the show, was fined $550,000 by the Federal Communications Commission.

Fast forward to 2017. Janet Jackson is currently on a world tour, but hasn’t released a platinum single — a song that’s sold one million copies or more — since 2004, the year of the halftime show. In this time, Timberlake has had nine.

Earlier this week, Timberlake was also announced as the headliner of the 2018 Super Bowl halftime show. News of the announcement was hit with immediate backlash as fans began calling out the NFL for rewarding Justin’s success as it simultaneously crushed Janet’s.

Citing white male privilege as the reason for this downfall, Jackson fans quickly made

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#JusticeForJanet campaign is full of valid but misguided anger Janet Jackson was wronged but blaming Justin Timberlake only makes it worse Clips from infamous 2004 Superbowl performance.

#JusticeForJanet the top trending topic on Twitter, expressing their anger at the NFL’s mistreatment of Jackson and pampering of Timberlake.

The bulk of the argument accelerating the campaign is while Timberlake’s continued to flourish, the controversy dragged down Jackson’s career. Therefore, giving Timberlake the headlining slot at another halftime show is nothing more than an exercise of white male privilege, while Jackson continues to deal with the onesided aftermath.

There’s definite validity to this argument. Janet Jackson was more talked about than ever after her halftime show, but for all the wrong reasons. Following her performance, Jackson was disinvited from the 2004 Grammy Awards where she was set to present a tribute. In that year,

Timberlake attended and won two awards, in which he used his acceptance speech to apologize for the incident. Jackson was also blacklisted by CBS’s parent company Viacom, and her music was banned from MTV, VH1 and any Viacom radio stations.

The fact that Janet Jackson, who received the brunt of this controversy, is an AfricanAmerican woman while Timberlake is a white male can’t be ignored. Jackson’s actions, infused by racism and stereotypes regarding black female sexuality, were widely perceived as intentionally hyper-sexual. She was wearing a seductive costume and singing suggestive lyrics, so many saw Jackson — as much as I hate to even mention this viewpoint — as asking for it.

Timberlake was seen as a bystander. If anything, his

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Halloween spirit on campus and around Kingston All the events you won’t want to miss

Fort Fright.

Eva Stein Contributor

The end of October is scary for several reasons.

First of all, it brings about the stresses and horror of midterms.

The second reason and way more exciting one, is the annual return of Halloween.

Let’s be honest, this holiday, or more importantly, Halloweekend, is what’s getting us through week seven. We’re deep into the mid-semester struggle, so now is the perfect time to let loose and take a break to celebrate Halloween.

Here’s a list of 10 ways to revel in this spooky season in Kingston this year.

Halloween Ritual (Oct. 27 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.)

For those of you lucky souls who happen to be 19 or over, head on over to Clark Hall Pub on Friday for a Halloween-themed Ritual. Start Halloweekend off right by having a drink with your best buds — costumes encouraged. Clark will be serving their usual selection of beer, turbo and wine starting Friday at noon.

What better way to kick off the weekend celebrations.

Halloween at Flashback Friday (Oct. 27 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.)

Campus’ staple student club, the Underground, is transforming their night of throwbacks into a full-blown Halloween fest. If you love music, dancing and Halloween-themed nights out, this is the place to be on Friday night.

Head on over to the Underground

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to rock the night away to some old-school Halloween jams.

Halloween Glowing Art Gallery (Oct. 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.)

Don’t miss the art event of the season. Literally. It’s a Halloweeninspired glowing art exhibit held at Starlight Enclosures (280 Montreal Street) on Oct. 27. Whether you’re an art history major or an engineer, this exhibit is sure to amaze you and satisfy your cravings for a spooky Halloween event.

If the idea of seeing spooky art in the dark intrigues you, this is the place for you. Plus, it’s free. To find the event, look for the glowing pink car that lights the way and head down the alley to arrive at the gallery. Dark alleyway on Halloween? Sounds about right.

actions only showed white male masculinity, reinforced by his dominance and excused by the inherent male obsession with sex.

Even Timberlake himself told MTV back in 2006 that he estimated the media assigned him only about “10 per cent of the blame” for the wardrobe malfunction.

Many fans are calling for a boycott of the upcoming halftime show, since they believe Timberlake is being unfairly rewarded after not doing enough to clear Jackson’s name in the aftermath of this massive controversy. But just as much as Jackson deserves a second chance after the media’s crusade, so does Timberlake.

Timberlake’s abilities as a performer are undeniable and his relevancy in present day is just as massive as Jackson’s was in 2004. Timberlake comes into the halftime show with a newly minted Grammy and Oscar nomination for his 2016 number-one hit, “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” He’s sold 20 million records since 2013 and is arguably bigger than ever.

He’s earned his halftime

Trick-or-Treat Downtown 2017 (Oct. 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.)

As a university student, you may think you’re too old to go trick-or-treating — but think again.

This all-ages event invites you to trick-or-treat right downtown at local businesses. The doors of those participating will be marked with balloons so just march on up and knock — hopefully you’re offered a treat and not a trick. Starting at 5 p.m. on Oct. 27, head downtown with your best costumes and have fun trick-or-treating with your friends just like in the good old days.

House of $laughter at Fort Fright (before Oct. 29)

Enjoy Halloween in its purest form with a good scare at this creepy carnival. Journey over to Fort Henry (1 Fort Henry Drive) and pay $7 for the fright of your life. Or at least, the fright of Halloween 2017. Complete with a magic show and “carnevil” games, the House of $laughter is one event you won’t want to miss.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Oct. 27 at 9:30 p.m. and 11:55 p.m.)

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show, an accolade bestowed to record-breaking artists to honour their careers.

If there are any conclusions we can draw in the 13 years that have passed since the incident, it’s that what happened at the 2004 halftime show was a mistake blown out of proportion. It’s a shame that something we’d consider today to be a minor blunder derailed the careers of two extremely talented artists.

For all those pointing fingers at Timberlake for the dip in Jackson’s career, the real enemy is ourselves — or 2004 version of us.

The world in 2004 didn’t know how to handle Janet Jackson’s barely-there bare breast, so we lashed out and sunk a career. Our actions shouldn’t take away from Timberlake’s accomplishments, even if his success unfortunately reflects our mistreatment of Jackson. To blame Timberlake for this incident is to once again excuse ourselves for oppressing Jackson. However, I’m sure no one would complain — especially not me — if Jackson made a guest appearance during this halftime show.

Feel like getting into the Halloween spirit but not interested in a wild night out? Why not enjoy an eerie musical? On Oct. 27, the Screening Room (120 Princess Street, second floor) is showing the creepy classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sit back, relax and get swept up in the energy of the movie that’s sure to give you a scare.

Symphonic Spooktacular (Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m.)

Honestly, this event’s name should be enough to spark your interest. The Grand Theatre (218 Princess Street) will be hosting the Kingston Symphony and Kingston Choral Society on Halloween night for some scary symphonic music inspired by epic Halloween themes like demons and Godzilla. Arrive in costume and allow your senses to experience a whole new wave of Halloween celebration.

From club events to trick-or-treating, there are great ways for everyone to enjoy the scariest holiday of the season in Kingston this year.

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REVIEW

Ranking of Kington’s pumpkin spice lattes One expert’s opinion on which PSL is best Shivani Gonzalez Lifestyle Editor

When I decided to taste, rank and review various pumpkin spice lattes around Kingston, I knew it was something I was born to do.

I remember my first pumpkin spice latte (PSL) — I was fourteen and lured into Starbucks by the festive fall signs and the intrigue that a sweet, orange drink could taste like a pumpkin. In short, I was hooked from the start.

Ever since, PSLs and I have had some ups and downs. Even though Starbucks is my second home, they tend to be a bit inconsistent with the quality of their drinks and their PSLs were no different. Sometimes they were the liquid version of a warm, cozy hug and other times they were bitter and left a bad taste in my mouth.

After a drunken conversation on Homecoming with a random guy about PSLs, I realized I really hadn’t tried the range of them that now exist in the world, and specifically, in Kingston. He recommended testing out the drink from McDonald’s, and the hideous orange color of the PSL at Tim Hortons always intrigued me.

I decided that in my free time

that week, I was going to go and sample the trifecta and document my journey for my fellow PSL lovers.

Unfortunately, the hoopla over McDonald’s PSLs turned out to be a severe reality check. They were sold out for the three days I attempted to sample them.

To stand in its place, I decided to test out the season’s favourite drink from our very own campus coffee shop, CoGro. CoGro

Oh CoGro, I wanted this to be my favourite, but unfortunately it just wasn’t up to snuff.

The campus PSL was nowhere close to being as sweet as it should’ve been. It left a weird after-taste similar to what you’d imagine if you just put some pumpkin spice in your mouth and tried to swallow it.

It still had the same autumn vibe necessary for a true latte, but I’ll chalk this blunder up to CoGro not having as much time to learn the time-honoured fall drink recipe as its competitors.

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Nicole Langfield Assistant Photos Editor

Social media activism is essentially using the platform of an online forum to lead or support a cause. It’s activism behind a screen.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter often ask their users to engage with different causes through various means, such as liking and sharing posts, uploading pictures and videos or using a specific hashtag. Some of the first ones that come to my mind are the ALS ice bucket challenge, the no makeup selfie and the recently trending Me Too hashtag.

All of these trending campaigns were or are still currently being used to help promote and raise awareness and funds for various causes in society.

However, many people argue that this form of activism is ineffective and useless, negatively labelling it as “slacktivism.” Often summarized as activism in its laziest form, slacktivists are those who support or spearhead campaigns by doing very little — creating a hashtag or liking a post — in comparison to traditional activists who sacrifice their time, money and in some cases, their safety, in order to support a cause.

Although many people tend

Starbucks I’ve probably consumed at least 500 PSLs from Starbucks in the seven years since I tried my first one, so there wasn’t really a reason to test it again, but hey, any excuse to go to Starbucks, right?

I got my grande pumpkin spice latte, keeping in mind the inconsistency of the acclaimed coffeehouse chain. The one I was given was sweet but not too sweet, warm and perfectly seasonal.

However, even though I feel like Starbucks is the designer version of them, it really isn’t anything to write home about. Also, the inconsistency I’ve experienced certainly knocks it down a

A collection of tweets about social justice causes.

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Tim Hortons

The PSL at Tim Hortons was honestly much better than I expected. It had much more of the pumpkin spice flavor than its competitors and yet, was surprisingly less sweet.

Considering the fact that it’s so much cheaper also probably made it taste that much better.

To me, the orange color of it kind of scared me but also didn’t have the fake taste I was expecting, safe to say it was a pleasant surprise.

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Social media activism is no joke How online campaigns make a difference

to believe that slacktivism is the only reality of this kind of online advocacy, I disagree with this notion that it’s always ineffective and useless.

Social media has proved to be a powerful tool in giving a voice to people across the world, especially in regards to marginalized groups.

Just look at thriving campaigns like Black Lives Matter, a movement

@QJLifestyle

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Festive coffee cups.

that began with a hashtag online and the support of so-called “slacktivists” on social media.

The Black Lives Matter movement began as a hashtag and now “is a member-led global network of more than 40 chapters”, according to the Black Lives Matter website.

The ALS ice bucket challenge, which filled our social media

feeds - endless videos of people upending buckets of ice water over their heads, raised $115 million and an additional $13 million was donated to the association’s regional branches.

I understand many people’s hesitation to call liking a post or using a hashtag activism. It doesn’t seem to require the same dedication as participating in a

I also wasn’t the biggest fan of the non-negotiable addition of whipped cream to the drink but considering I’m probably one of the few that has this preference, I feel like it’s not exactly a deal-breaker.

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In the end, it was Tim Hortons that gained the title of number one.

It was the perfect combination of the pumpkin spice flavor and sweetness won me over.

Now that my fellow PSL lovers are highly educated on Kingston’s best options, excuse me as I get a couple cavities filled. protest or working hard to raise money for a cause.

But, as a generation that lives on the internet and also relies on social media forums for news, what better way to grab the attention of millennials and raise awareness about a cause than on a platform they spend a scary amount of time on.

I look at social media activism as a way to increase awareness, start a dialogue and act as a stepping-stone towards further engagement in a cause.

Social media activism and campaigns are effective and have the ability to support and positively benefit important social causes.

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Friday, Oct 27, 2017

PHOTO BY NICOLE LANGFIELD

Matt in his house with his homebrewing equipment.

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A student’s guide to homebrewing The unexpected life lessons of making your own beer Matt Scace Assistant Sports Editor At its core, craft beer culture is very appealing.

There’s nothing more fascinating than a crowd of young, energetic, beer-loving hipsters who vocally share their distaste for classic, watered-down American beers. A creative deviation from “your grandfather’s beer,” craft beer is essentially veganism for ale enthusiasts.

Needless to say, snobbiness is alive and well in the craft beer community.

Perhaps that’s what first got me hooked on the idea of making my own beer. There wasn’t a distinct moment in time where this became a desire of mine, but I knew I had wanted to do it for a while. All I could think was, “damn, that would be so cool.”

My initial first-hand experience of homebrewing came at a family friend’s house on Wolfe Island, where he showed me a bucket of fermenting beer under his sink. The apparent simplicity, alongside the cost-saving aspect — 60 beers for $30 — grabbed me instantly.

That’s why this September, my housemate Brian and I embarked on our first journey as homebrewers in our basement unit on University Avenue.

While it seemed cool on paper, homebrewing isn’t as glamorous as it seems. My entry into the culture of homebrewing consisted of watching videos of middle-aged men with growing guts, made evident by the shrinking of their decade-old tank tops. After hours of note-taking, I began to ask myself one massive question: What am I doing?

That wasn’t the first time I had asked myself this — I had already endured a heartbreaking loss with a failed attempt at making root beer three months earlier.

Full disclosure: my mom said it tasted like cough syrup. Thus, I was determined to rebound from failure and turn a grain of sand — being my confidence — into a pearl.

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My entry into the culture of homebrewing consisted of watching videos of middle-aged men with growing guts, made evident by the shrinking of their decade old tank tops.

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An intricate process, homebrewing isn’t for the faint of heart. The average “brew day” lasts approximately eight hours and requires meticulous attention to temperatures, sanitation and timing.

In the weeks leading up to our brew day, Brian and I did everything in our power to make sure we did this right.

After consulting homebrewing experts, a 400-page manual and more Youtube videos of our favourite garage-dwelling middleaged men, we felt ready to go.

After making a trip to Toronto’s local brew store, we covered the kitchen counter with bags of grains, yeast and hops. Following an unnecessarily long discussion on how to approach this journey we were about to embark on, we filled up our kettle with water and waited.

As the thermometer crept up to its optimal temperature, we

poured our 11-pound mixture of grains into a Gatorade cooler and, as our pot-bellied Youtube gods instructed us, poured the water into the cooler.

We quickly found out an important quality for any homebrewer is patience. After a round of high-fives and buzzing excitement about a successful first step, we realized we had an hour and a half of waiting until we could get going again.

The following steps included bringing the grain-infused liquid to a boil and pouring in a variety of hops.

For those that have tried bitter tasting beer, these pellets are what give it this taste. Oftentimes, they are also the source of many people’s hatred towards certain beers.

As the hours began to pass, we realized how deep we were in this.

This wasn’t a simple arts and crafts project — we were forfeiting a day of frosh week to stay inside. There was no turning back and we’d be damned if we messed this up.

When the sun began to set, we prepared for our final touches.

After pouring the “wort” (the name for fermenting beer), we slammed our fermenting bucket shut and placed it in the back of my closet. Though we were able to get a whiff of our brew when we bottled it two weeks later, the entire process requires four weeks of patience.

While the desire to get a taste of our labours ate away at Brian and I, our greatest struggle was pushing away thoughts of doubt. A key component in the brewing process is sanitation.

All we could wonder was if we missed something — even a dirty spoon would’ve spoiled the batch entirely.

Thus, when we cracked open our inaugural, 6.4 per cent alcohol content homebrew (an unintentional result), we were bottled up with nervous energy.

Brian and I clinked glasses, took a sip and a moment to process it.

The beer was amazing — a perfect combination of bitterness and sweetness, we knew it would be a crowd favourite and Larry from Youtube would have been proud.

As a calmness began to settle in, Brian and I gained a tremendous sense of pride in what we had made. I thought about how far we’d come over the course of four weeks; we had turned a fantasy into a reality with a couple of tins of boiling water, 11 pounds of grain and a keg’s worth of heart and patience.

While the desire to get “a taste of our labours ate

away at Brian and I, our greatest struggle was pushing away thoughts of doubt.

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Making homemade beer was never purely driven by cost-saving desires — even if I didn’t realize this until after it was said and done. It was about inspiring something that beer does itself: bringing people together in the spirit of friendship. It’s something every beer commercial manages to convey.

Over the weeks following our first taste, the feeling of accomplishment continued as we began sharing it with friends and family.

In addition to being a balloon pump for our egos, the positive

feedback was exactly what we needed. After weeks of patiently waiting for our first batch to come together, we found that the true gift of homebrewing is the ability to share it amongst friends.

More importantly, the moment Brian and I tried the beer for the first time, it was immaculate. The sense of accomplishment the two of us gained from the experience is something I’ll never forget. By embarking on this project together, the real power lay in the shared experience; it’s something that you can only create through time, patience and camaraderie.

about how “farI thought we’d come over the

course of four weeks; We had turned a fantasy into a reality with a couple tins of boiling water, 11 pounds of grain and a keg’s worth of heart and patience.

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The summation of the experience brings me to the common saying, “good things come to those who wait.” Boy, did we wait. And we were rewarded.

Where brewing now takes us has yet to be determined. A simple cost analysis of making significant investments in materials has proven any large advances to be at a hefty price tag, so at the moment we’re staying modest.

With that in mind, we’ll continue to brew in our bottom unit apartment on University Avenue, putting every inch of our hearts into creating a beer that continues to do one thing: make the good times better.