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CITY OF KINGSTON

School looks to suspend program

Survey criticized Shelter workers question accuracy of city-run survey

School of Religion proposes to halt programs to combat low admissions B Y A BBY A NDREW AND VINCENT B EN M ATAK Journal Staff With a decline in applications, the School of Religion has unanimously requested to temporarily suspend admissions to its theology programs for two years.

The Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies and Bachelor of Theology are the three programs at risk of suspension. The Master’s in Religious Studies program is not being considered as part of the proposal, which was put forward to the Faculty on Oct. 11.

“If a decision is made to temporarily suspend theology program admissions, the School of Religion will continue to offer a full complement of theology courses until August 2015,” Richard Ascough, the director of

the School of Religion, told the Journal via email.

This will ensure that full-time students currently enrolled in the programs are able to fulfill their degree requirements as planned, despite a decrease in admission rates and a possible suspension, he added.

In 2006, 25 students enrolled in the programs, dropping to 15 in 2012. This year, only one student was admitted. A minimum requirement of 30 full-time students is necessary to maintain a sustainable program at Queen’s.

Ascough said these trends aren’t exclusive to Queen’s.

“Over the past decade, there has been a noticeable declining trend in applications to theology programs across North America,” he said.

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Kingston shelter workers are criticizing the methodology of a city-run homelessness survey administered Wednesday night.

The survey, which was organized

by United Way Kingston and the City of Kingston’s Housing Department, was administered to gather data on homeless demographics in the city, concentrating on the downtown areas.

The City plans to use the data collected to direct their plans for housing as well as the development of social programs.

Volunteers consisting of United Way members, shelter workers, Queen’s students and members of the Kingston community were assigned different areas to survey.

The areas were categorized as low, medium or high-risk areas depending on safety risks to volunteers.

Those who completed the survey were given a bag containing a Tim Hortons gift card, a granola bar, chapstick, a bus pass, a juice box as well as contact information for the See Homeless on page 6

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Tim Hudak talks conservative policy on campus Conservative leader discusses campaign promises, takes students’ questions at Queen’s Conservatives event S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor

Before the talk, Hudak and Bain spent the day visiting the Kingston and the Islands riding, and attended a town hall meeting afterwards at the Portuguese Centre.

He said he encourages the Queen’s Conservatives to keep

campaigning on campus, despite the strong liberal bent at universities.

“The numbers are against you,” he said to the audience.

“But when [students] start picking up a paycheck or start their own businesses ... you will bring a lot of

them around.”

Kanivanan Chinniah, president of the Queen’s Conservatives and the main organizer of the event, said Hudak’s visit is important for political discourse on campus.

“It’s great that he’s taking

Conservative Party of Ontario leader Tim Hudak came to campus Wednesday as a part of early campaigning in the Kingston areas.

The talk, which was attended by approximately 30 people, was organized by the Queen’s University Conservative Association.

Hudak attended the event along with Kingston MPP hopeful Mark Bain, who both gave speeches before opening up the floor to questions.

During the talk, Hudak discussed the uncertainty of the job market, right-to-work union policies and the possibility of breaking the LCBO and Beer Store monopoly over alcohol sales.

Hudak said the current job environment is one of the toughest the province has seen since before World War II, and that policies of the Liberal party and the NDP are to blame.

“If you’re happy with the status quo, then you have two choices,” he said, “the NDP and the Liberals.”

During the question period, Hudak addressed the LCBO monopoly over alcohol sales, arguing that smaller retailers will make alcohol more affordable and convenient for consumers.

“It’s time we drag our liquor license laws to the 21st century,” Hudak said.

The enormous LCBO stores in Student Kevin Wiener, right, discusses conservative policy with Tim Hudak, left.

Toronto are examples of “big-ticket items” the Ontario government, which currently runs a $10 million city of kingston deficit, doesn’t need to be spending money on, he said.

“Should our priority be hiring workers to bag bottles of alcohol?” he said.

Hudak also spoke on his proposed “right-to-work” policy, which serves to prevent workers promote them.” the fact that these things happen,” from being forced to join unions B y O livia B owden , The tweet garnered criticism by Gerretsen said.

S ebastian L eck and when first hired.

Queen’s students Isabelle Duchaine “I’m more interested in focusing He said overbearing unions Vincent B en M atak and Colin Zarzour, who argued on the bigger picture plan as have driven businesses away from Journal Staff the racist attack should spark a to how we control this kind of Ontario’s manufacturing sector. behaviour and prevent it from “They’re going to Michigan, Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen dialogue within the city.

“When you have a hate happening as opposed to is condemning the actions of the Wisconsin,” Hudak said.

There are 47 countries in four Kingstonians alleged to have crime occurring in a community, just talking about individual Europe and Asia where unions assaulted six Queen’s students last a racially or ethnically or specific incidents.”

However, Gerretsen said the can’t force employees to join, he week, despite some contention religiously-based attack in a city people call their home, it’s the duty hate crime has tarnished the city’s said, and it’s unfair to force people regarding his word choice.

The six Queen’s students, who for elected officials and leaders for reputation in promoting diversity to join a cause they may not agree were all male and who identified all kinds of communities to step and tolerance, adding that he has with or support.

In response to a question about as Muslim, were assaulted near out and say that’s not acceptable,” faith in the City’s immigration strategy to help foster a better falling scores in math and science Patrick and Fraser Streets as Duchaine told the Journal.

“If you continue to remain community through the education. standardized tests, Hudak said they made their way home from “A message to be sent to those the current focus on four-year Empire Theatres on Oct. 6, silent about the issue you are allegedly because of the students’ in a way complicitly condoning that were victimized … is that the universities may be misguided. it ,saying it doesn’t bother us vast majority support diversity and He added that more students racial backgrounds.

Three of the suspects, which are in this community,” Duchaine, support the differences that we should go to vocational colleges, share,” he said. since jobs are plentiful in the trades. known to police, have since been ArtSci ’13, said.

Gerretsen later said that he One of the victims of the assault, “The trades are a great arrested and Kingston police are currently looking for the fourth. didn’t intend for the tweet to be who chose to remain anonymous, opportunity for them,” he said.

Gerretsen, who took the interpreted as dismissive. said the City should look to actively He also said math and science “I feel as though if we focus tackle racism in Kingston. education can be improved by issue to Twitter, tweeted that he “I think it’s just their perspective, raising the standard of teaching “sometimes [feels] like discussing on those particular incidents all in elementary and secondary those incidents only helps to we end up doing is promoting the people who are living there,” education. Teachers should be hired on merit, he said, because the province needs the brightest students teaching in schools.

The Liberal Party’s Regulation 274 allows school teachers to be picked by seniority, he said, which damages the quality of teaching.

questions directly from real students,” he said. “I hope that the Queen’s Conservatives will be able to host more events like this in the future.”

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Mayor’s tweet sparks criticism Mark Gerretsen responds to racial hate crime, calls for “bigger picture” approach he said. “I don’t know if they have enough awareness and knowledge … they’re narrowminded in terms of feeling, they [also] have their own problems and then they try to reflect that on to other communities.

“We should just be ready in terms of how to [deal] with it, especially the Muslim community as well, just because coincidentally everyone was a Muslim in that group.”

Despite this, he blames a lack of awareness and knowledge for the attack, he said, rather than the town or the surrounding community.

“This was a secluded incident and I personally don’t generalize at all,” he said, adding he feels positive about how Kingston police have handled the case so far.

“I think there is always someone to watch your back.”

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Worlds collide Model United Nations conferences bring options to students on campus and off B y R achel H erscovici Features Editor Model United Nations can be just as much about Middle-earth as it can be about real international issues.

The Council of Elrond, a Lord of the Rings-themed committee, is one of several that are a part of the upcoming Queen’s Model United Nations Invitational conference (QMUNi).

The conference, which will take place from Nov. 7-10, in its first year, and is hosted by the Queen’s International Affairs Association (QIAA).

The new conference will host 240 delgates from 11 different universities — nine from Canada and two from the US. Digvijay Mehra, president of QIAA, said that model united nations (MUN) conferences are more about developing skills rather than imitating the UN. He noted that only one QMUNi committee actually exists in real life.

Issues brought up at QMUNi will range from current issues, like drones, to historical issues like the Treaty of Versailles and a Samurai conflict.

“MUN is just a monicker,” Mehra, ArtSci ’14, said. “That’s increasingly the case with other MUN conferences ... and we kind of stick to it because it’s what we rally behind but the UN is no longer central to what we do.”

Although this is the first year that QIAA will be hosting a MUN conference, it’s not its first exposure to this type of gathering.

Before this year, QIAA has run the Queen’s Model UN Team, which has travelled to many university conferences in Canada and the US, including those at Cornell, Georgetown, Princeton and McGill. They’ll also be traveling to the World Model UN conference in Belgium in 2014.

For QIAA, it was a natural step to transition from having a MUN team to hosting a conference.

“What we saw, was that every other MUN team across Canada was growing, was doing better and

perhaps one of the fastest growing was the Queen’s MUN Team,” Mehra said.

Unofficial university MUN rankings can be found at bestdelegate.com.

The QIAA team went from having no spot on the map in 2010 to cracking the top 50 schools in North America in 2011 and the top 25 in 2012, according to the site. As it stands, Queen’s is currently in the top 30 out of 250-300 programs.

The website has created standards, educational tools and rankings for conferences and teams participating in MUNs around the world. It’s unofficial, but is seen as a central part of serious MUN conferences.

The rankings are based on awards given at conferences for team members with points awarded and weighted differently.

The total calculation is also based on weighting for each conference, which is determined through an internal system.

With the team rising quickly, QIAA decided the next logical step was to host a conference like the ones they had been attending.

“That’s how Model UN works in the rest of the world,” Mehra said. “You have a team, you travel to other conferences ... and we host our own conferences.”

In total, there are between 60 to 80 Queen’s students that are involved in organizing the conference.

“The most important benefit to students is the international exposure that they get,” Mehra said. “It really gives you a practical hands-on understanding of how decisions are made.”

QMUNi is the latest addition to an already established MUN scene on campus. Queen’s Model United Nations (QMUN), an annual conference for Queen’s students, has been running for 29 years as a separate entity.

The main difference between the two conferences is that QMUNi is just for external competitive delegates and hosted

by Queen’s students, while

QMUN, run through the AMS, is a platform for Queen’s delegates and other outside delegates in a less competitive environment.

“QMUN is great for that one time experience, trying out MUN,” Mehra said. “QMUNi, you really get that international exposure and the networking from all the other delegates and a more refined, better quality based on the experience the team has in organizing,” he said.

In March, QIAA took a motion to AMS Assembly attempting to remove QMUN from the AMS Policy Manual, which ultimately failed to pass. If it had passed, QIAA would be the only organization running a MUN conference on campus.

Mehra said that QIAA argued that they’d be the best authority to host the QMUN conference, as other clubs on campus host conferences in their specific areas.

“What we realized was that we were growing so much as a team but we weren’t able to use the benefits of hosting our conference to further bolster the team and increase the MUN program at Queen’s as a whole, because of the disconnect [between the team and QMUN] and the problems associated with having two organizations running MUN,” he said.

In the end, Mehra said that there were numerous institutional reasons why the two groups couldn’t reconcile.

The first was the “no experience needed” hiring policy at the AMS. Mehra argues that experience is necessary to run a successful MUN conference.

The second reason it didn’t work out, Mehra said, was because when it came down to external delegates, the AMS said that Queen’s students came before delegates from other schools. This difference, they couldn’t reconcile.

“What we realized, at the end of the day, was the inherent contrast between how the AMS operates and between what is required for a successful MUN conference.”

Mehra believes that while experience is required to organize a successful conference, most of the volunteers don’t need experience.

QIAA’s MUN team doesn’t have tryouts and anyone can join with or without experience. Every conference the team travels to has a first-come-first-served system with only the requirement that you attend three to four weekly meetings to understand the concept

of an MUN conference before you go.

While the two conferences are different, both conferences see the value in the other and still have an active working relationship.

“I think we have different goals as conferences,” Gareth Savage, AMS campus activities commissioner, said. “That was where our conversation ended.”

“We wanted to make sure that we collaborate and coordinate our conferences and make it clear that there’s two MUN conferences that are happening at Queen’s, but they serve different purposes,” he said.

“But they’re both complimentary and they show a clear interest in MUN on campus.”

“A lot of other schools see QMUN as a good opportunity to get their more beginner delegates trained,” he said. “I think it’s generally seen as a good practice ground.”

QMUN, which takes place Feb. 6 to 9 this year, is expecting about 175 delegates.

Savage said that 60 per cent of delegates are Queen’s students while the other 40 per cent are external delegates.

Savage also said that given the QMUNi conference will invite many of the external schools QMUN previously hosted, they are prepared for some schools not to come back to the conference this year. To make up for that, the organizing committee has made an effort to invite new schools.

Savage said that because Queen’s sends mainly its own delegates to participate, the conference is not ranked.

The conference is a non-competitive environment focused on the student experience and learning, said Savage.

“It’s true that you don’t need any experience to be a delegate in QMUN or on the organizing committee,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean that no experience translates to ‘people don’t know what they’re doing’,” he said.

“Experience is developed between the time you apply and the time you participate.”

Students who wish to participate are required to pay a delegate fee from about $70 to 80 which covers the weekend cost of the conference. Sponsorship and bursaries also help subsidize these costs. QMUNi’s delegate fees range from $80-100, depending on the time of registration.

Many students participate in

both conferences in some way and there is no divide between the two; both conference organizers made it clear that students don’t have to choose.

Unlike QMUNi, QMUN focuses more on real world issues, using the same procedure as the UN. Charles Pentland has been teaching a UN course in the political studies department for many years, and says he’s a big fan of MUN conferences.

“It supplements what students may know from classes or reading … with some actual experience of how the negotiating process goes when you’ve got a resolution in front of you, dealing with a crisis.”

Staying true to real-world issues and proper UN form is something that Pentland said is important for a MUN conference.

“I’m not a great fan of moving too far away from the real problems of the world today,” he said. “It’s not as if your imagination is restrained by having to deal with real problems as opposed to made up issues.”

Internationalization is something Pentland supports adamantly.

“It sort of introduces students to some of the realities of the imperfect world that the UN decisions are made [in],” he said.

While many students may not go on to be a member of the UN, students from all backgrounds can appreciate the experience.

“I think students who are planning to go into business or law or government in some form realize that they need to have an awareness of what’s going on in the wider world,” he said.

Lauren Cardinal, ArtSci ’15, is lined up to be a notes runner and communications person for QMUNi’s Spanish Civil War committee this year.

Cardinal discovered her love for international politics when she was an exchange student in Slovakia in high school.

“I saw over in Eastern Europe how it’s not been developed in the same way as it’s been here,” she said.

“Since I’m in international relations it was always my hope to work for the UN, so I love those international institutions,” she said.

“I’m also trying to get better at talking in public ... it’s a great experience and it’s a great thing to be a part of.”

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Barlow promotes Blue Future Canadian author visits campus as part of book tour B y A bby A ndrew Assistant News Editor International best-selling author Maude Barlow spoke to a full crowd on Wednesday night to promote her most recent book, which highlights solutions to the global water crisis.

Barlow’s 16th book, Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever, was the focus of the talk, which was scheduled as part of a book tour.

Barlow is the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, an organization which works to secure access to water as an international human right. She also serves as the chair of the board of Food and Water Watch, a Washington-based group. Barlow was also the senior advisor on water to the United Nations General Assembly in 2009.

In her speech at the event, Barlow focused on the four principles her book offers to find solutions to a global water crisis.

“Water is a human right ... a public trust [and] water has rights too. Water can teach us how to live together,” she said.

“People need to understand that when water is gone it’s gone.

We have polluted it, displaced it and mismanaged it to the point

where there are whole societies now facing the end of water.”

Barlow said that by 2030, the demand for water will outstrip supply by 40 per cent.

“I’m hoping that I can leave people with some practical suggestions with how to move forward,” she said.

“Well we’re a planet running out of water ... wealth isn’t going to protect you for very long.”

With more than 100 attendees, organizers had to add extra seats to the venue during the event.

About 90 per cent of the attendees were non-students.

Nearing the end of the book tour, Maude Barlow promotes her latest book on the global water crisis. with Saskatoon, Yellowknife and Calgary being her next destinations, 10 people in the world that does Barlow at a Council of Canadians Barlow said it’s important to work on water and has really kept meeting. “[Prior to my interest in Barlow,] the agenda alive in a consistent target students in her talks.

“I find that students are so busy, way when sometimes these things I had no idea that we were running out of water, like Maude if you don’t come to them [they come and go,” he said.

Robyn Hamlyn, a 14-year-old said it’s a cycle and we believed may not come to you],” she said.

“I think people are hungry for a student at Bayridge Secondary it, we thought it was impossible,” kind of solution-based book which School in Kingston, attended the she said.

“She is an amazing woman and event and has actively helped this is so it’s been great.”

David McDonald, a global to find a solution to the global she’s my role model. She’s what I want to be when I grow up,” development studies professor, water crisis.

Hamlyn spent her summer she said. helped coordinate the event Colin Robinson, AMS and introduced Barlow to the travelling around Ontario speaking audience. McDonald researches to 26 city councils to motivate commissioner of environment and water supplies as a public them to become Blue Communities, sustainability, said that he wished service and has worked with a movement for water security more students were present at the talk.

Barlow for approximately 10 years. and justice.

“One thing I did notice is that She has also presented with “She really is one of the top

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there are a lot of non-students in the audience,” he said.

“I hope that we can continue to draw students out to events like this.”

Despite this, Robinson said he was pleased with Barlow’s pressing approach to the crisis.

“You can’t argue with the fact that water is going away incredibly fast,” he said.

“If you are going to get people critically thinking about these things, you need to present them with an alarming approach.”

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Martha’s Table seeks funds to feed impoverished The 14th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser hopes to raise $22,000 in order to provide meals for the hungry B y A bby A ndrew Assistant News Editor This year, Martha’s Table is hoping to keep their bowls filled.

The drop-in dining centre is holding their 14th annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser, an initiative that

stands alongside their other social welfare programs. These include art classes and providing inexpensive dining for those in need.

The fundraiser, which takes place Oct. 27 at the University Club, is the centre’s main fundraising event of the year.

Ronda Candy, left, prepares a dinner with volunteers at Martha’s Table.

The money raised from the fundraiser will be put towards food costs, so that the year-round drop-in dining centre can continue offering free lunch and dollar dinners for their guests.

Last year, Martha’s Table served about 47,000 meals to Kingston

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citizens in need. Ronda Candy, the executive director of Martha’s Table, said she expects this number to rise by 1,000 this year. “[Empty Bowls] is our main source of revenue,” she said.

The guests will be able to choose from the bowls and have their soup served in it before taking it home.

“The whole idea of the fundraiser is that guests buy a ticket for $30 ... [and] select a bowl and keep it,” she said.

Local potters have prepared and donated 550 unique handmade bowls and about 25 local restaurants have donated soup for the event, she added.

In 2011, Empty Bowls raised about $19,000, but Candy said she is expecting to match last year’s total fundraised amount of $22,000.

Around 325 tickets have been sold, with only a little over 30 left up for grabs. The event sees three time slots, serving up to 130 people each time.

“We have a lot of repeat attendees, and some people are just waiting [all year] for the tickets to go on sale,” Candy said.

The fundraiser sees much volunteer contribution, from the venue’s donated booking to the people assisting at the event.

“The [volunteer] roster filled

up very fast. I don’t have to search for anyone … the volunteers really want to help so it was easy to find 60 people,” she said. Candy said that the event is a nice way to bring together the community and directly thank supporters.

“We get to see a lot of people that support us and it’s nice to be able to thank them in person,” Candy said.

Martha’s Table offers a variety of nutritious and balanced meals to their guests daily. They are looking to add to the services in which they already provide.

“We are starting a Tuesday afternoon music group,” she said.

“We are encouraging people to sing and learn how to sing.”

In the near future, Candy said they’re hoping to provide computer classes and have a nurse and lawyer on site for one-on-one consultations.

“We are looking to expand on the … [services] we offer that don’t infringe on the meal program itself,” she said.

Empty Bowls is taking place in three time slots at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m, at the University Club, located at Stuart St. and University Ave.

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Team takes top place at global competition Queen’s Solar Design troupe joins up as Team Ontario to land sixth place at California engineering fair B y S tyna Tao Staff Writer Queen’s Solar Design Team went global at an energy engineering competition held in California last week, placing sixth overall out of 19 international teams as part of Team Ontario.

The Queen’s team joined with students from Carleton University and Algonquin College for the competition, the bi-annual United States Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, which lasted nine days.

The purpose of the competition was for each team to build a house that demonstrated net zero positive living.

This meant that the house used as much energy as it produced, or produced more energy than used.

The goal was to show that an energy-efficient house could be attractive, affordable and comfortable, Deng Pan, business coordinator for the team, said.

Team Ontario also placed second in the affordability category, with the house costing about $257,000 in total. Costs for houses ranged from $200,000 to $300,000.

The team began working on the project in Nov. 2011 when they submitted their competition proposal.

The work continued until this October when part of the team

travelled to Irvine, California to construct the house on-site — a process with a limit of nine days.

From Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, teams constructed the house in Irvine, with the actual competition taking place from Oct. 3 to 13, where the teams gave public tours of their houses along with being judged by a jury panel.

After the competition, the teams were also required to deconstruct the house in six days, beginning Oct. 14.

Each house had to have a fully-furnished interior living space of below 1,000 square feet and demonstrate that it could function in a simulated real living environment.

“We did a hot water draw every morning from Oct. 3-12 and did laundry some days,” Pan, ArtSci ’16, said, “We also hosted two dinner parties and a movie night.”

Team Ontario designed a house called ECHO, which stands for Ecological Home.

The house had 940 square feet of interior living space as well as 500 square feet of deck space outside.

ECHO had five main features: an energy monitoring application, an integrated mechanical system, a predictive shading system, vacuum insulation panels and photo voltaics

along with solar thermal panels.

The predicted shading system, which was built as part of ECHO, contributed to Team Ontario’s first place finish in the engineering category.

The system collected weather data and proactively put window shades on when the sun was predicted to be shining into the house.

In total, there were 19 teams that participated at Irvine, including two European teams from Austria and the Czech Republic and multiple US teams, from universities like, such as Stanford, California Institute of Technology and Univeresity of California at Los Angeles.

“The biggest challenge for us in this project happened during the design phase,” Pan said.

“We had to figure out how to design a house that could be constructed in nine days, deconstructed in six days, and be shipped 3,000 miles away.”

The house will be reconstructed in Ottawa and maintained by students at Algonquin College to test its durability throughout the Canadian winter.

“Seeing our hard work pay off was really important and exciting,” Pan said.

Deng Pan, Queen’s Solar Design Team’s business coordinator.

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School’s extensive recruitment efforts, efforts, a curriculum redesign in 2010 and an increase in student bursary funding, enrolment rates continue to decline, Ascough said.

“The School’s goal to have a strong cohort of students contributing to the academic culture does not currently seem possible,” he said.

Ascough confirmed that no full-time faculty members or staff will lose their positions as a result of a temporary suspension.

“All members of the unit will Religion is the root from which continue to work at the School in Queen’s University has sprung,” our growing programs in religious Johnson, MDiv ’06, said. “It is an studies,” he said. excellent school which challenged The School will work and formed me in some very individually with part-time students important ways. The knowledge to create plans for their studies and that this day would come was with are expecting to hear back from the us then and earlier.” university by the end of November She added that people at earliest. are finding other ways to have Queen’s Chaplain Kate Johnson, a spiritual community, and that who is a graduate from a program society is changing. at risk of suspension, emphasized “It is a reality that the so-called their importance. ‘mainline’ Christian traditions that “The Presbyterian seminary that dominated the Canadian religious evolved into Queen’s Theological landscape until the late 1900s are College and now the School of not dominating anymore,” she said.

news in brief Class of ’83 to host fundraising party at the Underground

Classics department contributes to cemetery research

The Queen’s class of ’83 will be running a fundraising party at the Underground in support of The Jack Project this Homecoming weekend.

The Jack Project is a charity organization which supports mental health awareness among youth and adolescents.

Eric Windeler, Comm ’82, founded the charity following the suicide of his son Jack.

Jack Windeler died while he was in his first year at Queen’s in 2010.

The class of ’82 ran a similar event last year, where they raised $250,000 for the organization.

Sharon Allum, Comm ’83, is organizing the event. Allum said that although this year’s event may not raise the same amount as last year’s fundraiser, she is aimi-ng to raise at least $30,000 in total.

“Many members of the class of ’83 have kids Jack’s age, so it’s something we can relate to. It could be any one of us facing a similar tragedy,” she said.

The event will include live music by Ottawa-based band the 20th Century Boys. The band also performed at last year’s event as well, and counts Queen’s alumni among its members.

Admission to the event will cost $10.

The Queen’s University classics department is aiding the City of Kingston in documenting historical data from the Cataraqui Cemetery.

Cataraqui Cemetery, which has existed for 163 years, houses thousands of graves, including those of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Alexander Campbell.

A team of experts will be recording and interpreting inscriptions on graves, many of which have been exposed to the elements for over a century.

The team includes Queen’s student Ian Longo, who was hired to take photos of the graves over the summer, professor and archaeologist George Bevan and professor emeritus Rowland Tinline.

Longo used 3D and enhancing software to display readable versions of the grave inscriptions.

The intent is to create a digital record of the gravesites.

The project will also make use of GPS equipment and mapping software to map out the cemetery. This will allow descendants to easily find the graves of family members.

Bob Lemmon, the general manager of the cemetery, said the next step could be a smartphone app, which will help visitors find family gravesites after the cemetery office has closed.

— Sebastian Leck Queen’s Theological Hall, which houses the School of Religion.

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— Sebastian Leck

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United Way. Dave McQueen, a frontline hospital support worker at Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless, volunteered in a zone covering Princess St. down to Bagot St. McQueen said he felt uncomfortable asking some of the questions listed in the survey.

“Some of the questions were a little intrusive like, ‘have you been in trouble with the law, have you seen a therapist, [are] there issues with past abuse,’” he said, adding that he thought the survey would have been more successful if conducted in the afternoon. “[Afternoon] is when the majority of those who use the shelter system are actually out. So you have a better opportunity of running into them,” he said.

McQueen said he also questioned the accuracy of the survey, given that welfare cheques had been administered earlier in the month — leading people to seek shelter in motels rather than on the street.

A man named John, who identified himself to the Journal as homeless veteran, said he refused to be surveyed when approached. “[The survey] set off my post-traumatic stress disorder.

It made me uncomfortable walking around the town because someone you don’t know is going to ask the person [me] questions that were on there,” he said.

John said the leaders of a mental health support group he attends had warned him not to participate.

He would not specify the exact group.

He said surveyors were looking in the wrong places to find homeless individuals.

“They wanted people on Princess St., and there’s hardly any homeless people that go near Princess St.,” John said.

He said that volunteers could have tried a more friendly approach.

“It was out in the open. If you’re going to talk to a homeless person, the first thing you do is put a roof over their head and give them a cup of coffee or a warm drink

to make them feel comfortable,” he said.

Christine, who declined to give her last name, didn’t think the survey’s methodology was problematic.

The lead counselor at Dawn House Women’s Shelter, Christine said she personally administered

the survey to women at the shelter.

“The women were great and they were totally comfortable with all of the questions,” she said, adding that the survey will be useful to the City to plan for the future.

“It will prove a need and assist the City or the powers that be in deciding where the focus needs

to be in terms of housing the homeless, and where the gaps are,” she said.

“As shelter workers I think that we can address all of the issues that people come with, but sometimes there’s just not enough resources out there.”

People surveyed were given a bag of goods by volunteers.

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LifeBeat Newspaper is a bi-annual publication which features student submissions related to health and medicine. Our goal is to approach health topics from a variety of educational backgrounds and to present these ideas in the form of articles, artwork and entertainment pieces in the newspaper. Previous highlights include: black market organ trading, personalized cancer treatments, depression & anorexia, memory tampering, and the science of sexy. We also have articles related to MCATs, career options, and the DBMS, which cater to those interested in the Life Sciences.

This year we want to establish a $0.25 opt-out fee in order to cover the fixed costs of printing. Life Beat Newspaper is published bi-annually and available to all members of the Queen’s community.

Ratified under the AMS in 2010, DECA Queen’s is the only business case competition open to all faculties. DECA Queen’s exists for three reasons (1) to provide students from all faculties with business case experience (2) to learn transferable skills such as critical thinking and presentation skills (3) provide opportunities to network and compete against delegates from all across Canada.

Each year we host two main events: the Queen’s Invitational and the Queen’s Internal/Taster. We also host bi-weekly training events for all Queen’s members to practice those transferable skills (presentation, network, thinking fast) which apply to all industries and all professions.

The Invitational is a three-day conference/case competition, which offers University students from around Ontario the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to business simulations and case competitions. Further, this conference will offer students career development workshops and networking events. The Internal/ Taster allows Queen’s students to apply their skills against other Queen’s students. We are looking to continue the DECA Queen’s fee of $0.50 (subject to individual opt-out) for the next three years.

This fee was established in 2010.

We need your support in order to provide quality events open to all faculties that attract many each and every year.

dream DREAM has always been about promoting education and sharing our passion for change with the community of Queen’s but also with the greater Canadian community. Each year an event known as Live-In for Literacy is arranged for two students to camp out in Stauffer Library for seven days to raise awareness and funds for our common fundraising goal.

In the past this event has raised money to build a computer lab in Cambodia, three schools in Nepal and rural India. The money is all donated to the larger organization known as Room to Read where funds are not only put into the designated project, but local people are hired to conduct the project which provides employment to the local area in need. Since 2005, numerous other schools have joined in on this event such as McMaster, UBC, SFU, Ottawa U and U of T and the event continues to grow and spread across the country. It is due to the success of the participants across the country and here at Queen’s that DREAM has become what it is today: full of hope and drive to change the world through education. By supporting our cause during this referendum you would be not only helping our club reach its goals, but also supporting literacy across the world to those in need.

Queen’s pride Queen’s Pride exists to celebrate the history, courage, diversity and future of Queen’s and Kingston’s LGBTTIQQ2SA* communities.

Queen’s Pride coordinates a wide range of events for the LGBTTIQQ2SA communities at Queen’s University and in Kingston. In the past, events have included: social gatherings, dances, sports, workshops, speakers events, panel discussions, film showings, theatrical performances, art exhibitions and more. Anyone is welcome to attend events – no need to be a Queen’s student or alumni. Queen’s Pride Week will be held in the winter term.

Pride commemorates the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City on June 28, 1969, which most

historians consider to be the birth of the modern LGBT movement.

While historical accounts of the night vary, the response ignited a national firestorm of activism that brought new visibility to the struggle for LGBT equality.

This year, Queen’s Pride is seeking to have continuation of the $0.55 opt-out fee for the next three years. The fee was originally established in 2008 and last went to referendum in 2011. Help us build the LGBTTIQQ2SA community, support an essential campus group and vote! *Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, 2 Spirited, Allies Queen’s debating union Over 170 years old, the Queen’s Debating Union is the oldest club at Queen’s and the oldest debating society in the country.

We are currently ranked in the top quarter of university debating institutions in the world and are proud of our long and rich history of community involvement and competitive success. The members of the Queen’s Debating Union represent a diverse range of ages and levels of experience, as well as nearly every faculty on campus.

At Queen’s, we contribute to the vibrancy of our community by offering an engaging and exciting forum for students to participate in both competitive and recreational debate. We are happy to be one of the most tightly-knit clubs on campus- the friendships you make through the QDU are enduring, spanning programs, ages and even universities. We hold one practice round of debate at each of our two weekly meetings, in addition to regular seminars given by our most experienced members.

On-campus, we offer our support to professors and the academic community, as well as institutions like the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. We also support the participants of other university competitions and events including the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition and Queen’s Model Parliament by performing show debates and offering guidance and support to groups wishing to conduct their own.

Off-campus, we represent Queen’s University at over a dozen national and international annual

debating competitions, including the Oxford and Cambridge Invitational Tournaments in England.

By voting yes to our opt-out fee, you would help us continue all of these meaningful activities. Money from the opt-out fee would go toward subsidizing our members’ tournament expenses as well as community outreach events.

Put simply, it would allow us to maintain our ranking as a leading debating society and bring prestige upon the university.

Queen’s synthetic biology organization Queen’s Synthetic Biology Organization (QSynBio) strives to foster the growth and expansion of the synthetic biology community at Queen’s University. We offer members weekly workshops and tutorials to learn about synthetic biology and develop skills relevant to the field. These workshops address synthetic biology tools, lab techniques, the theory behind the process, how procedures are performed and interesting projects carried out in the past or are currently underway. We place great emphasis on establishing and maintaining strong connections with individuals and groups involved in the field of synthetic biology worldwide. Members are also aided in exploring opportunities in the field ranging from current techniques, to possible graduate program positions and employment in industry.

Ultimately, we would like to raise awareness about this new field, promote the gradual integration of synthetic biology content into the curriculum at Queen’s and support initiatives that have this goal. An opt-out fee of $0.25 would allow for us to organize speaker series open to Queen’s students, to better raise awareness and buy materials needed for running the workshops.

Queen’s concrete toboggan team The Queen’s Concrete Toboggan Design team is a competitive design team providing Queen’s students a chance to be involved in a multi-faceted design challenge where our team always makes safety paramount. Our history has proven that our team’s culture is safety-driven. The team

provides a social atmosphere that strongly encourages and develops team building while also giving students experience with real world design. Opportunities in design, sponsorship, technical writing and creative ability are among the facets that its members experience. Community events are also held in order to spur interest in engineering education among youth in Kingston; with a particular focus on demographics that typically receive little exposure to the potential of technical fields.

The overall purpose of the Queen’s Concrete Toboggan Design team is to compete in the annual GNCTR (Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race) competition held in varying host universities. For the 2013 – 2014 academic session, the 40th anniversary of the competition will be hosted by Western University in London, Ontario. The competition is held over 4-5 days and consists of technical exhibitions, interuniversity team activities, race day as well as a final awards ceremony.

Additional events are dependent upon the hosting university but often consist of events designed to encourage social interaction between students congregating from across Canada. The team has consistently won multiple awards at every competition and is a strong performer among the 21 engineering schools that participate.

Levana gender advocacy centre The Levana Gender Advocacy Centre is a student-funded Queen’s University organization committed to creating and nurturing a community of students and residents devoted to fighting gender oppression and advocating for broad ideas of gender empowerment (for those of any or no gender). Levana operates on an anti-oppressive framework and therefore is committed to confronting all forms of oppression and working to dismantle oppressive systems and hierarchies including patriarchy, white privilege, colonialism, classism, cis privilege (non-trans privilege), heterosexual privilege, and able-bodied privilege. Levana exists for anyone in the Kingston community, regardless of whether or not they are Queen’s students.

Friday, October 18, 2013 Levana aims to fulfill its mandate by: - Organizing ongoing programming and actions to challenge systems of oppression (e.g. sexism, transphobia, etc.) and advocate for gender justice and diversity; - Striving to provide a safer space for all people who experience gender oppression; - Providing confidential referrals to local organizations and resources; - Serving as a point of connection between different feminist and gender organizations, groups, and initiatives at Queen’s University and in the Kingston community, supporting the work and people involved through funding, the use of resources, and space to meet and organize; - Providing an alternative resource library and zine collection, open to the public, directed by membership contributions and requests.

Levana’s programs involve a feminist reading group, feminist horror movie screenings, a “Men Who Like Feminism” working group, involvement in campus safety initiatives, workshops on topics dealing with anti-oppression, and social justice fairs.

Queen’s conference on education Queen’s Conference on Education (QCE) is a weekend-long annual conference that offers delegates a number of professional development workshops run by renowned speakers who have expertise in the field of education.

QCE is a valuable professional development opportunity for any students interested in learning about opportunities and strategies concerning education. This year, the conference will take a particular focus on the value of instilling life-long skills in today’s students, and providing lessons that engage students both mentally and kinesthetically. As educators, we leave an inevitable mark on students that reaches far beyond academics; we must understand the unique stories and experiences of students and subsequently use tools, resources, and extracurricular programs to facilitate a safe classroom space that serves as a seed from which students can grow in confidence and independence.

The Queen’s Conference on Education seeks to equip delegates with such resources, strategies and ideals to uphold. Specifically, AMS funding helps QCE to pay for professional, and in some cases international, keynote speakers, as well as provide our delegates a formal banquet dinner to help foster networking and friendships among future educators. AMS

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funding also helps our executive team to offer a financially accessible conference to interested students, as well as offer a bursary program for students who express an interest in attending but do not have the financial means. In summary, the Queen’s Conference on Education is a memorable professional development weekend that pushes delegates to think critically about the lessons educators provide students within and outside the classroom, in an interactive environment. We are excited to announce that beginning this year, QCE will be providing professional anti-bullying programming for delegates to experience firsthand.

War child at queen’s War Child at Queen’s is a club inspired by the work of Samantha Nutt, a human rights activist and founder of War Child International.

Like the parent organization, War Child at Queen’s aims to contribute to long term developmental projects in war-torn nations. To support this vision, the club plans to educate Queen’s students regarding the specific approach to development that War Child International adopts. Furthermore, War Child International aims to foster a conflict-free environment for youth by creating stable communities and economic opportunity in unstable nations. War Child at Queen’s contributes to this cause by striving to create a new generation of leaders by encouraging members to take an active leadership role in the planning of projects that contribute to War Child’s cause.

The establishment of a $0.25 fee subject to individual opt-out would allow War Child at Queen’s to organize larger and more publicized events on campus. This would allow us to attract and educate more students. For example, War Child at Queen’s is planning on organizing a talent show on campus. This event would allow our club to engage the Queen’s community in a casual setting while raising funds for War Child Canada’s projects on sustainable development. In addition, War Child at Queen’s plans to host an International Awareness Conference at Queen’s University in cooperation with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international governmental organizations on campus. The conference will give students from various universities the opportunity to learn about the international issues plaguing our society and how we can address these issues. Speakers from various organizations involved with global development will be invited to

speak at the conference. These speakers will provide first-hand experience to the delegates with regards to how they can contribute to sustainable development and how they can find solutions to international issues.

QUEEN’S BANDS Since 1905, Queen’s Bands has represented the spirit and traditions of Queen’s University. Queen’s Bands is Canada’s largest and oldest university marching band, with a current membership of 120 students. The Bands is comprised of six sections: Colourguard, Bagpipers, Drummers, Highland Dancers, Brass Band, and Cheerleaders. We represent the university locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally.

Queen’s Bands performs at home and away football games, other varsity events, Orientation Week, University Open Houses, holiday parades, alumni events, and community gatherings.

Additionally, the Bands assists in many fundraising initiatives in the Queen’s and Kingston communities each year.

All Bands members pay substantial membership fees and cover many costs individually.

However, these membership fees are not sufficient enough to cover all costs associated with our numerous performances, such as those listed above. Queen’s Bands is requesting a continuation of the current fee of $4 per student to help cover our operational expenses. AMS Student Fees are used to cover many costs, including transportation, accommodation, uniform and instrument purchase and repair, sheet music, and police escorts for community parades.

With your vote, Queen’s Bands can continue to represent our university with enthusiasm and pride. From your first tour of campus to your convocation to your 50th class reunion, Queen’s Bands has and always will be there with you every step of the way.

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ULTRAVIOLET MAGAZINE For the AMS fall referendum, Ultraviolet Magazine has asked the student body whether they agree to the establishment of a $0.50 fee (subject to individual opt-­out) to support the magazine.

We are an entirely student-­run arts magazine that values challenging creative boundaries in all mediums.

We publish the creative work of Queen’s University students, and our submissions range from poetry and prose, to painting, photography and digital art. Ultraviolet Magazine

offers students a valuable platform upon which their creative efforts can be shared and appreciated within the Queen’s community.

For the past few years, we have operated solely based on the funds that our small group of Editorial Board members has been able to raise through initiatives and events such as bake sales and poetry slams.

Although we have enjoyed putting together these events, and will continue to do so, we have not been able to raise enough money to produce a full print copy of the magazine annually. With the resources available to us, we have decided on a digital format to exhibit the full magazine (http:// issuu.com/ultravioletmagazine/ docs/uvvol17), and have printed smaller “zines” in the past academic year to display a sampling of all of the work submitted to us.

We receive a large volume of excellent work from Queen’s University students each year and we want to honour this work by publishing it in a print copy each year. Receiving funding through an opt-­out fee is the crucial next step in allowing us to achieve this goal.

We could use the funding from this opt-­out fee directly towards funding print publication, and arranging more expensive events that would allow us to acquire even more funding. Student artists of the Queen’s community deserve recognition for their work, and the opt-­out fee would make Ultraviolet Magazine much better equipped to provide this recognition in the best form.

MYVISION MyVision Queen’s aims to bring together the Queen’s and Kingston Communities with the idea that “every child deserves an education”. MyVision Global is a network of youths engaged in social business activities for the purpose of achieving the eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) set forth by the UN in 2000. MyVision Queen’s will specifically focus on goal number two, “achieving universal primary education”.

The money raised from student opt-out fee will be used to establish a social business, a concept created by doctor Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus in 1970. The model of a social business is a non-dividend, nonloss business aimed at eliminating a social problem. Thus far, we have been seeking contacts around the globe to establish a social business that would not only improve the economy of the local community, but also providing us with more resource to help achieve our goal.

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used to develop projects that would spread awareness of MyVision Queen’s and also benefiting the local community. Some of our ideas include cooperating with Kingston high schools to recruit high school students as tutors. Then they will be given the opportunity to tutor kids from primary and middle schools.

Another prospective project would be to establish an outreach program that would go to the native reserves in Northern Canada and focus on helping and improving the primary education there.

MyVision Queen’s is looking to collaborate with other clubs and to possibly set up more university chapters in Canada and around the globe. MyVision Queen’s wishes to use the opt-out fees to establish a world free of extreme poverty, starting right here in Canada.

CUCOH The Canadian Undergraduate Conference on Healthcare (CUCOH) is the largest studentrun conference of its kind in the country. Each year over 300 undergraduates from across the country come to Queen’s University for a weekend to immerse themselves in current healthcare topics. Internationally renowned speakers, physicians, healthcare administrators and policy makers come to engage delegates in active analysis of the healthcare system.

In addition to our keynote and seminar sessions, delegates can learn a new skill from professionals in a low-pressure environment, such as suturing or casting. This year we are introducing two case challenges for more delegate involvement, as they tackle the ethical dilemmas of healthcare and propose the development of a new app for better patient engagement.

An Information Fair with graduate schools and corporate companies is available for networking.

Furthermore, a Health Sciences Research Competition highlights students’ work early on in their careers, with cash prizes and recognition by their peers with the Delegates’ Choice Award. Delegates have a chance to meet new friends from various universities during the conference and at our Friday night social and Saturday night banquet.

The delegate fee is maintained at a low price to make the conference accessible for more students. With your optional student fee support of $0.25, you can help make CUCOH happen. Students from all faculties join our conference and executive committee for a simple reason: the future of healthcare depends on the unique talents and contributions of each and every job sector. Check out http://www.

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Queen’s FIRST AID Queen’s First Aid is a group of over 40 student volunteers who offer emergency first aid to the Queen’s Community without prejudice or bias, and has been doing so since 1986. Two QFA Responders can be dispatched to any first aid situation or medical emergency by the Emergency Report Centre, twentyfour hours a day, seven days a week during the regular academic year.

QFA is also available upon request to attend events and intramurals both on and off campus where first aid teams provide coverage free of charge. QFA attended over 35 events this past frosh week alone.

Care is provided in a competent and professional manner as directed by St. John Ambulance Council for Ontario. Volunteers are trained in Advanced Medical First Response. This training includes airway and spinal management, medical conditions, intoxication, as well as defibrillator use, oxygen administration, spinal boards, and more.

The team is also dedicated to First Aid education, offering courses on campus at reduced rates to students, as well as running a CPR-A-THON where members teach CPR free of charge.

The mandatory fee is the source of funding for Queen’s First Aid, the majority of which goes towards purchasing and maintaining medical supplies, training for volunteers, and instructor certifications. Since 2008 when the fee was last increased, Queen’s First Aid has continued to increase its call volume as well as the number of events attended. As the Queen’s community continues to utilize our services more and more, Queen’s First Aid is looking for a modest increase in its mandatory fee from $3.50 to $3.75 in order to continue providing and expanding its services to the Queen’s community.

Please feel free to visit the QFA website at www.queensfirstaid. com, check out the Queen’s First Aid Facebook page for information, and direct any questions to qfa@ ams.queensu.ca.

GOLDEN WORDS Golden Words is the only studentrun weekly humour newspaper in Canada. Printing 5000 copies each week, Golden Words is distributed for free each Wednesday for students all across campus. Golden Words is run by the Engineering Society, however volunteers from all faculties are welcome, and assist in producing the paper every Sunday during PressNite™. New volunteers are always welcome.

Additionally, Golden Words runs annual events, such as the popular Science Fair, drawing students from all faculties to experience live Golden Words humour.

The $2 mandatory student fee greatly helps Golden Words print the weekly issues, since advertising alone does not provide enough.

With the rising costs of printing $2 is no longer an adequate amount.

By raising this small student fee to $2.50, Golden Words can continue to print issues for students all over campus for the next three years.

TedxQueen’sU TEDxQueensU is a TEDx licensed

Friday, October 18, 2013 annual event under the global organization TED. TED, standing for technology, entertainment, design, is a global non-profit devoted to ideas worth spreading.

The organization holds conferences by which speakers of all disciplines provide inspiring and jaw-dropping talks about ideas, innovations, and thoughts on the world. TED began providing universities and communities the opportunity to put together a TED-like event called a TEDx event. TEDx events are coordinated by the local community to which they serve and are one-day conferences.

The TEDxQueensU team is comprised of Queen’s students who are dedicated in sharing the ideas and innovations occurring within Queen’s University and the Kingston community. We particularly look to showcase the talents and innovation of those associated with the university.

Selected speakers can be students (both undergraduate and graduate), faculty or staff members, or alumni.

To best engage the community, we actively look for speaker nominations.

While our team is dedicated in putting together a conference that will inspire curiousity, we also believe in the power of the group.

We hope that by bringing together the right group of individuals, deep discussion may be sparked. We aim to create the atmosphere for community-centred dialogue.

In our efforts to ensure that the event is accessible to all, the TEDxQueensU conference is livestreamed each year. Each talk is also recorded and available online following the event.

TEDxQueensU looks to establish a student fee of $0.75 (subject to individual opt-out) to help cover the costs of the production. This money, along with the help of our sponsors, will allow us to make put together the conference and ensure its success. For more information about us, visit our website at www. tedxqueensu.com.

OPIRG Since 1992, Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) Kingston has encouraged Queen’s students to engage in research, education, and action on important environmental and social issues. OPIRG Kingston is one of 21 PIRGs operating on university campuses across Canada, and is networked with over 200 in North America. PIRG’s in Canada are non-partisan, non-profit, student-funded organizations that are democratically run by students and community members.

PIRGs exist to provide training, support, and opportunities for students to be active citizens.

OPIRG Kingston offers various kinds of support including access to information, grants, and administrative assistance.

We facilitate skill development through volunteer opportunities, educational events, public campaigns, and partnerships with community organizations.

Through involvement with PIRGs, thousands of Canadian students have learned valuable skills of citizenship: consensus decisionmaking, group facilitation, events organizing, media relations, and community-based research.

OPIRG Kingston has also acted as an incubator for important community organizations that now serve Queen’s and the wider

Kingston Community. Loving Spoonful (promoting access to healthy food), Reel Out (Kingston’s queer film festival), and Yellow Bike Action (bicycle repairs and sales) all got their start as OPIRG Kingston working groups.

OPIRG Kingston continues to support the development of exciting projects and working groups like the annual Push-it Hip Hop Festival, the Q-Series (frosh period workshops, film screenings, and concerts aimed at fostering social consciousness), the People’s History Project (researching and archiving Kingston’s history of social activism), and the Sunnyside Community Garden.

OPIRG Kingston also regularly employs Queen’s students as researchers and organizers through government grants.

With the support of the AMS fee levy, OPIRG Kingston will be able to expand existing projects and assist with the development of exciting new initiatives like the Kingston Area Seed System Initiative (preserving and sharing unique seeds with area farmers and gardeners) or the Mental Health ‘Zine.

THE QUEEN’S EVENTS PROJECT Do you always hear about events after they happen? Wouldn’t it be cool if ALL upcoming events at Queen’s were listed in ONE place, easy to find?

The Queen’s Events Project does just that. Be it an astronaut giving a public lecture on-campus, your favourite band playing at a venue nearby, cross-campus Capture the Flag, political leader roundtable discussions, conferences, open call auditions, fashion shows, leadership camps… Queen’s Events lists ALL academic, arts & social events within walking distance of Queen’s. You can find us on twitter @EventsQueens, Facebook, and at www.QueensEvents.ca.

Last year, more than 150 organizations used this platform to promote their events, from “Wine for Wishes” to local Farmers’ Markets; from Vogue Fundraisers to Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions. New events are added daily by our contributors from across campus, including wellknown organizations like Queen’s International Affairs Association, The Grad Club, Engineering Society, and AMS Campus Activities Commission.

Not 19 yet? No problem. We publish equal numbers of all-ages and 19+ events, to cater to all students regardless of their age or faculty.

VOTE YES to QUEEN’S EVENTS! We want to keep Queen’s Events in the hands (and hearts) of Queen’s students for years to come. An optional student fee will support and grow this initiative, so it can remain an inclusive resource accessible to all Queen’s students. muse magazine MUSE Magazine is a studentrun publication dedicated to exposing and celebrating unconventional student talent at Queen’s University and in the broader Kingston community.

Published once a semester, MUSE’s goal is to showcase all forms of creativity under the categories of arts, fashion, entertainment, and

lifestyle in both our print magazine and online blog. We seek to publish content that is fresh, bold, edgy, and original to engage the Queen’s student body and initiate creative discussion.

The question that MUSE Magazine is posing to the AMS during the 2013/2013 Triennial Referendum is to renew our optional student fee of only $0.50.

Since MUSE is entirely student run, we rely on AMS funding to take our magazine to print each semester. Printing the magazine itself is also our most prominent expense and the rest of our funds go toward fundraisers and events at Queen’s to create more student awareness about MUSE and to supplement the remainder of our printing fees. Furthermore, we are reliant on AMS funding because MUSE is a relatively new publication that was only founding during the 2009/2010 school year. Although there exist other creating publications on campus, we think of ourselves as unique because we accept any and all creative ideas from contributors on a wide variety of subject matters.

As well, MUSE seeks to establish a creative community and dialogue for students interested in the arts that can be difficult to find at Queen’s otherwise. In closing, we hope that you as Queen’s students will consider voting to renew our optional student fee this semester.

MUSE Magazine: “For creative minds, from creative minds.”

Yours Creatively, The MUSE Team.

Queen’s CONCRETE CANOE TEAM The Queen’s Concrete Canoe Team (QCCT) is a completely studentrun, competitive design team that competes in the annual Canadian National Concrete Canoe Competition (CNCCC). Students apply classroom knowledge, some of their own out-of-the-box ideas to create an innovative solution to the unique challenge of building a canoe made of concrete. Students oversee every step from the design and construction to promotion and sponsorship and, of course, race day. Queen’s University concrete canoe team has a proven track record with over ten years of successful participation in the competition. We’ve won several of the Women’s sprint and endurance races, have always been top three in the mixed sprint, and we hosted the competition in 2007. Queen’s is proud to continue its involvement in the competition.

The Queen’s Concrete Canoe Team is currently trying to increase their individual opt-out fee from $0.35 to $0.40, an increase of $0.05. If approved this individual opt-out fee will provide the Queen’s Concrete Canoe Team the funds to transport the team and their canoe to the Canadian National Concrete Canoe Competition that they have worked and trained so hard for.

Queen’s conference on philanthropy The Queen’s Conference on Philanthropy (QCOP) is Canada’s first undergraduate philanthropic conference. QCOP was born after two Queen’s undergraduates voiced their desire to help students realize that they are truly capable of making a difference. Based on the premise of inspiring a

passion in students to discover a cause personal to them, QCOP’s inaugural conference took place in 2008. QCOP brings students together from various universities to distinguish itself as the hub of positive change-oriented dialogue for young leaders across the nation.

The theme of the conference this year is, “Limitless”, an idea that QCOP 2014 is passing on to our delegates centering on the possibilities of philanthropy. This year we challenge our delegates to see philanthropy in all aspects of their lives in the grandest sense and in the most local. There are hundreds of ways to get involved in philanthropy and QCOP 2014 aims to illustrate the possibilities for leadership and support within this wide range. Taking place from January 24-26, 2014, QCOP aims to educate, inspire and empower Queen’s students to make a difference amongst their friends, in their classrooms, on campus, in Kingston, and beyond.

QCOP prides itself on inspiring and educating its delegates by being a conference of the highest calibre; we strive to get the best speakers, workshop leaders, panelists, and networking representatives possible. The cost of running a conference of this level is very high; ticket fees cover only small percentage of the total cost, and acquiring enough sponsorship to cover rising costs can be very difficult. An opt-out student fee would help us cover the expenses to make the conference the best it can possibly be, allowing us to help Queen’s students get the most out of their conference weekend and have an experience and knowledge that will last them a lifetime.

FRIENDS OF MSF: QUEEN’S Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders is an organization that provides rapid emergency medical relief in times of crisis in areas with little or no medical infrastructure. MSF operates independently from political, economic and religious influences. The purpose of Friends of MSF:Queen’s is to promote Doctors Without Borders and raise awareness in the Queen’s community for the themes this organization supports. Our club provides individuals with information about the nature of overseas volunteer work in the hopes that they will consider volunteering with MSF later in their professional careers. MSF itself requires individuals from all types of professions, and thus our club recruits members from all Queen’s faculties.

Additionally, we raise funds for MSF, through our Holiday Giveaway of VIA rail tickets, Beavertails, Speakers Nights with individuals from the field, and our very successful annual Rockters Without Borders concert.

The Friends of MSF:Queen’s fee of $0.25 would be used to help run our various events throughout the year, and cover costs for venue bookings, supplies, speaker transportation, etc. In addition, after expenses have been paid, the remainder of the funds are donated directly to MSF Canada, to assist, worldwide, those who are in dire need of medical care.

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Editorials — The Journal’s Perspective

“Racism might have more staying power in

these environments.”

city of kingston

A call against hate crimes On Sunday, it’s alleged that six Queen’s students were harassed, and one student assaulted, by a group of young men in Kingston. Due to the nature of the attack and the fact that the victims are visible minorities, Kingston Police have said the assault is a hate crime.

It’s good that the individuals accused of carrying out this crime are the main focus of attention in its aftermath. However, the Kingston community as a whole has a ways to go in terms of accepting diversity. The Queen’s campus is no exception.

Kingston Police should be commended for not hesitating to label the assault a hate crime and for quickly apprehending and charging suspects in the case. This swift action means that those who are similarly victimized will be more comfortable going to

police with any allegations of criminal activity.

Unfortunately, there are far too many people who have stories about racist treatment in Kingston and at Queen’s. These anecdotes and Kingston’s high rate of hate crimes combine to paint an ugly picture.

For that reason, we hope this event will renew a conversation about how people of different backgrounds are treated in Kingston.

Queen’s students shouldn’t use this event as an opportunity to furnish the stereotype of an ignorant “townie”. There’s a recent history of racist incidents at Queen’s which include Islamophobic verbal assaults and vandalism.

The fact that these incidents seem to reoccur may have something to do with the reality of the demographics of Kingston and Queen’s. Both are largely white

and fairly conservative. Racism might have more staying power in these environments.

There are some encouraging signs, however.

In the aftermath of an incident this summer where a gay couple received threats of violence, the Kingston and Queen’s communities rallied around them in solidarity.

This is the type of event that sows hope for the future.

There’s still a lot of progress to be made in Kingston. Regular people and city leadership should speak in unison against racism.

Police should prosecute hate crimes aggressively to deter the small handful of individuals who would actually commit these crimes.

We should all remain vigilant, as the behaviour seen this week is completely unacceptable.

— Journal Editorial Board

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athletics

Attendance furies, not worries Another school year means consistently sells out games: another debate about sporting the NHL. event attendance at Queen’s.

If anything, Queen’s is above While it would be ideal if Queen’s average in terms of attendance athletes could look to full stands when compared to other during every contest, ultimately, Canadian campuses. We have there are good reasons why this higher than average attendance doesn’t happen. for football games; and volleyball Queen’s reputation for school and basketball games often get spirit might lead someone to sizeable crowds. assume that the vast majority of Quite frankly, there’s nothing sporting events on campus are that makes sports more important heavily attended. The reality is than any other campus subculture. slightly more disappointing.

Where’s the annual handwringing Attendance looks especially over the fact that the theatrical sparse at many football and hockey productions staged in Kingston and games. Before dismissing students, on Queen’s campus don’t have however, anyone weighing in on greater attendance? Football games this topic should think critically shouldn’t take precedence over about its context. everything else.

Canada in general is not a If Queen’s had better-located sports-mad country like the United athletic facilities, then crowds at States. Only one professional sports sporting events would undoubtedly league that operates in Canada be larger. Going off-campus to the

Memorial Centre or to a crumbling Richardson Stadium greatly discourages attendance.

However, Queen’s shouldn’t necessarily make fixing these issues a central goal. Since interest in varsity athletics has diminished over time, should it really be re-emphasized as a school priority?

Queen’s has many fine athletes and they deserve support because we know them and want them to succeed. However, they don’t deserve more of our time than those students who have other pursuits. It doesn’t help matters that Queen’s athletic facilities are deficient, but it’s not clear whether many students care.

— Journal Editorial Board

Jessica Chong

Vanquish virality Our online culture enables a negative space for content to achieve virality, often without the subject’s consent.

I hardly knew how to react while watching the now-infamous Starbucks Drake Hands video, where a young man, Brody Ryan, arrests the camera with a smoldering stare while slowly draping one hand across his face to the slow beat of a sultry Drake song.

While #StarbucksDrakeHands is obviously somewhat embarrassing, it also emanates desperation and narcissism.

Online platforms, such as Twitter, allow content to gain widespread notoriety even if the author never intended for anyone to see it but their close friends.

At first, I had a hard time sympathizing with Ryan, as I sat replaying his awkward attempt at seduction.

This woebegotten young man couldn’t have suspected that his video, sent to model Piper Kennedy, would be been posted online by one of Kennedy’s friends, and would eventually manifest itself as a viral phenomenon.

Yet, in our digital age, everyone should be aware of that possibility.

What I find particularly troubling is how viewers don’t ackowledge the lack of consent behind the video. They chuckle and close their browser, passing it off as another peculiar Internet phenomenon.

Ryan may be embracing his momentary fame — but not every person can be expected to welcome this type of unintended publicity or attention, which can have repercussions into one’s offline life.

Ghyslain Raza, better known as the “Star War Kid”, illustrates the resounding psychological and emotional implications of having one’s embarrassing home video go viral.

Raza changed schools after incessant harassment and humiliation, including some people encouraging him to commit suicide, demonstrating the harmful nature of sharing implicitly private content online.

Oftentimes, viewers discount the trauma and repercussions faced by the individual.

Comedic relief at the expense of others can sometimes create conditions for cyberbullying and online harassment.

We need to transcend notions of anonymity on the internet and reevaluate the ways in which our reaction to online content can sometimes perpetuate harmful effects on others.

Jessica is the Blogs Editor at the Journal. She’s a fourth-year English major.

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Opinions — Your Perspective

Queen’s University Faculty of Law has released a preliminary report about expanding enrolment, which will change the atmosphere and reputation of the law school.

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Law School

This can be happening at Macdonald Hall

Increasing enrolment at the Faculty of Law is a good decision in the long run although it will mean big changes

Aarondeep S. Bains, JD ’14 Earlier this month, the Queen’s Law Students’ Society (LSS) released its Report on Student Opinion: Proposed Enrollment Expansion. The Report took the opinion of 37 students, over email and social media, regarding a proposal by the Faculty of Law administration to expand enrolment.

It’s unclear if students from all three years in the law school provided their opinion, so it may not be the single voice for the law school.

During the past three years, Queen’s Faculty of Law has had an incoming class of around 165 students. The 2013-14 Strategic Planning Committee for the Faculty has proposed two potential increases in enrolment: either by 35 students or by 50.

The Report by the LSS suggests that, based on these 37 student opinions (less than ten per cent of all law students), a majority are strongly opposed to the proposed expansion at both the smaller and larger number.

This stance by the LSS is

short-sighted and may not represent the views of students across all three years.

Four main concerns are raised in the report, relating to school community, quality of education, student support services and firm placement rates.

The Report suggests that the inclusion of 105 students in total over three years will diminish the community atmosphere of the law school. This comes at a time when we hear stories from other law schools that show how large environments can completely divorce students from their colleagues and faculty community.

This stance by the LSS is short-sighted and may not represent the views of students across all three years.

The Report also suggests that the increase in student numbers will severely affect the availability of professors to teach courses and the ability of students to participate in clinical opportunities.

The Correctional Law Clinic, Family Law Clinic and Business Law Clinic are already very competitive programs.

While not required, these clinics provide Queen’s students experience that is rarely available

in larger cities. Here, students can directly interact with clients at an early stage in their careers.

In the past, course offerings have been an issue for the Faculty. However, the Report is probably wrong to suggest that expansion will decrease its offerings. Instead, it’s likely that an increase in enrolment will provide the Faculty with the financial means to hire more full-time staff and decrease the pressure on existing professors.

The third concern is similar to the concern for clinical opportunities.

The Report suggests that the Faculty’s support services (personal and career counselling) won’t be able to accommodate the increase in students.

The law school currently provides one of the best, if not the best, support services for law students in the country.

Support staff help students with exam/work accommodations or personal matters, and are as much a part of student’s lives as their friends and professors.

The fourth concern mentioned in the Report may be the most important issue to students, and spans across all law schools: jobs.

Earlier this year, the Journal reported on the articling crisis and the course-based solution adopted by the Law Society of

Upper Canada.

If students are unable to find articling positions as required to become a lawyer, they may now, in lieu, elect to participate in a course offered by the Law Society that is combined with an internship.

This proposal has raised more questions than it has offered to solve and as such, Queen’s students are uncertain if it’s a viable solution at all. Until then, finding a job placement is the most important issue to many students here.

Law schools much larger than Queen’s continue to have high enrolment, and refusing an expansion will only make it more difficult for Queen’s to retain its reputation as a university that produces some of Canada’s leading lawyers and legal academics.

[I]t’s likely that an increase in enrolment will provide the Faculty with the financial means to hire more full-time staff and decrease the pressure on existing professors.

From my experience, discussions and comments by students in second and third year suggest that Queen’s law students are open to a practical solution.

Law schools much larger than Queen’s continue to have high enrolment, and refusing an expansion will only make it more difficult for Queen’s to retain its reputation as a university that produces some of Canada’s leading lawyers and legal academics.

I’ve noticed that while there has been discussion on the degree of expansion, many upper-year students see the reality and the need to grow. They understand the financial constraints caused by provincial tuition freezes and the Faculty’s current size.

It’s true that an increase in students will affect the law school’s community environment; however, the Faculty wouldn’t be adding 35 students to existing classes. Instead, the proposal suggests adding a new small section that will take all of its classes together and share some with other small sections in first year.

It’s in these small sections that the true community atmosphere begins.

Together, students overcome the difficulties of first year and later share these experiences See with on page 13

Talking heads ... around campus Photos By Erin Sylvester

What’s your favourite spot to study for midterms?

“The first floor of Stauffer because there are people watching me, so I work.

Sabrina Parker, ArtSci ’14

“The fireplace room on the second floor of Stauffer.”

Honz Slipka, ArtSci ’14

“Bracken Library because it’s quiet and there are comfy couches.”

Melissa Allan, Nurs ’16

“The lower JDUC because there are comfy chairs and it’s close to food.”

Dustin Bouwmeester Sci ’17

“The lower JDUC because I can’t study in quiet libraries.”

Erin Holwell, Sci ’17

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013 Continued from page 12

with their colleagues and incoming students.

Without increases in enrolment, the Faculty will lose out to universities such as the University of Toronto or Osgoode Hall when it comes to academics.

Both of these schools have much larger student bodies and far higher tuition rates.

Queen’s Law has always been on the path to creating excellent lawyers. It graduates individuals who value the support of

DIALOGUE their colleagues and who are not merely motivated by personal achievements.

Yes, there’s a difficult step in our path. However, it’s important to look up and beyond the problems of today to ensure we continue providing the legal profession with lawyers who know the value of collegiality and friendship. This means taking a turn from what we’re used to.

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Send letters and pitches to: journal_letters@ams.queensu.ca LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SYMPATHY FOR VICTIMS Re: “Muslim students subject to hate crime” We were horrified to hear that six Muslim students — members of our Queen’s community — were victims of a recent hate-motivated attack.

Such a disgusting incident is an attack on the values we all hold dear as Canadians, including the right of minorities to live in freedom without fear.

We stand in solidarity with the Muslim community in condemning this incident. We offer our sympathy to the victims and we call on police to do all they can to ensure that the full weight of justice falls on the perpetrators.

Jodi Basch and Alana Spira Queen’s Hillel Presidents SPEAK OUT AGAINST HATE Re: “Muslim students subject to hate crime” As a recent alumnus of Queen’s University, stumbling upon this article greatly saddens me (disgusts is a probably a better word) and I hope nothing more than the health of the individuals are affected and that those responsible are brought to justice.

I, unfortunately, cannot help but draw lines with what is occurring in the other linguistic solitude (a hop to the north followed by a skip and a jump to the east).

Since the release of the Parti Quebecois’ now internationally-infamous

Charter of Values, there has been an outpouring of opinions of both support and condemnation from journalists in the French and English media.

The debate on what is involved in the creation of a modern secular society, not only in Quebec, is a timely and necessary debate.

Unfortunately, Minister Drainville and Premier Marois’ completely inadequate and disastrous initial leak of this charter has created an antagonistic atmosphere where racism and xenophobia has moved from the comments section of personal blog posts to being a seemingly legitimate political allegiance.

We have always been and will always be a country of immigrants of all stripes and colours. Fortunately, there is no secret rank order making any race, cultural belief or religion more Canadian than the next.

Who are we, in 2013, as a state, to believe that we have found a litmus test to screen a veteran Canadian from a rookie one?

My Queen’s University was a place of openness where debate and advocacy were a way of life.

Let us not be ignorant or indifferent to this.

Such policy not only sets precedent, but also inevitably affects the international reputation of Canada as a functioning model of multiculturalism.

Speak out, Gaels!

Jonathan Gravel ArtSci ’09

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Arts

Concert Review

A musical hybrid Hollerado, Born Ruffians and The Zolas played Ale House on Wednesday night B y K ate S hao Assistant Arts Editor

Hollerado, Born Ruffians and The Zolas shared the stage Wednesday evening at Ale House.

Photos By Charlotte Gagnier

Community art

Artful healing Kingston locals reinvent old furniture as a fundraiser B y F ilza N aveed Contributor Art has a healing power.

The Chestmates dragonboat team is holding the Furniture Revival & Art Auction Fundraising Event to prove just that.

The Kingston-based team, which is made entirely of breast cancer survivors, is run under Breast Cancer Action Kingston (BCAK), a charitable organization that works to educate and support men and women affected by the disease.

Sarah Emery, one of the members of the dragonboat team, said the team’s goal to raise awareness about breast cancer.

“The main objective is … to involve the local community as well,” Emery said. “In getting involved, and handing over their

artistic pieces, the Kingston art community is creating awareness about an important issue.”

The event will feature over 70 local artists from Kingston, who have worked to revitalize donated furniture or contribute an artistic piece for the fundraiser.

main objective is “…Theto involve the local community. ” — Sarah Emery, member of the dragonboat team

“Breast cancer is the focal point of this furniture revival and art auction because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” she said.

“We want to continue to spread hope and encouragement

“That was amazing,” the couple beside me murmured, right after The Zolas left the stage.

Wednesday night’s show at The Ale House took the audience by surprise. While the majority of concertgoers undoubtedly showed up for the headliners, Born Ruffians and Hollerado, the opener didn’t remain in the shadows.

The Zolas kicked off the night with “In Heaven,” the first track on their most recent album Ancient Mars. The band played eight songs, all but two which were off their 2012 release.

I managed to scope out a prime spot near the stage.

The lead vocalist, Zachary Gray, enchanted the audience with his soulful lyrics and slick dance moves.

The hip-looking crowd reciprocated the energy despite “not knowing any of [The Zolas’] songs,” as Gray wittily pointed out.

The crowd head-bobbed, foot-tapped and grooved to the melodies — especially when the band played the catchy tune, “Observatory.”

As the venue filled up with echoey and somewhat ominous melodies, the crowd stood quiet.

“Ancient Mars,” I discovered, was even better live.

It was evident to see Gray’s deep attachment to the song’s history. to breast cancer survivors locally and internationally.”

The event is a means of raising funds for Kingston’s only breast cancer survivor dragonboat team, Emery said, as they hope to participate in the 2014 International Dragon Boat Festival for Breast Cancer Survivors in Sarasota, Florida.

“Women who are in the dragonboat have gone through extensive chemotherapy and recovery, and when you’re in the midst of it all, you don’t know if you will survive,” Emery said.

“The last thing you think of is taking part in a physically-demanding sport.”

But the whole idea of paddling for Chestmates team members is to release all the negativity and to channel out one’s inner positivity and strength, she said.

“When you’re paddling, you think about being strong, and it’s

The music paused while Gray asked for some silence to passionately belt out the chorus.

The Zolas closed off their set with the thought provoking “Escape Artist.” With lyrics like “I’m feeling hard and hollow like papier-mâché,” the band’s music surely resonated with the crowd.

After the show, an enthusiastic onlooker shouted out, “You guys are actually pretty good.”

Minutes later, the much-anticipated Born Ruffians took to the stage.

The venue was adorned with large BR letters, like the ones on their album cover Birthmarks.

Audience members screeched as the group opened with “Kurt Vonnegut.”

Front man Luke Lalonde acted how one would imagine a musician-model would. The edgy artist seemed heavily engrossed in the music while the longhaired bassist Mitch Derosier pumped up the crowd.

The Ruffians played a mix of the new and old. They churned out well-known hits, like “What to Say,” “I Need a Life,” and “Hummingbird.”

The band has accumulated a loyal fanbase in Kingston.

For every track they played, the packed venue danced and sang along. The crowd was in high spirits throughout their set list and chanted for more after they

finished with “Needle,” another track off Birthmarks.

The show took a memorable turn when Hollerado began to play.

Contrasting with the more alternative, and at times electronic, music styles of the previous two bands, Hollerado transformed the night into a rock show.

The Ontario-based group opened with “Don’t Think” off their latest album, White Paint, which was released earlier this year.

Unlike the first two, the lead singer, Menno Versteeg, piped in with fun anecdotes in between songs.

The band has songs about and dedicated to their “homophobic mayor, Rob Ford,” an elderly woman one band member who “accidently did meth with” in Fresno and those people who help you out when you’re too high.

Accompanied with the firing off of confetti, numerous crowd surfers and a girl getting escorted off stage, their set was nothing short of entertaining.

The group isn’t new to Kingston as ties between the city and the band are tight.

Last summer, a couple got engaged during their show.

And it was a memorable moment for the band. Versteeg, of course, dedicated a song to them.

all about fitness, recovery and stability,” Emery said. “That is a strong message for survivors and it offers them strength, resilience, and renewed hope.”

experience makes their art more powerful, Emery said.

Everything at the fundraiser has been donated by local artists who have transformed ordinary furniture into unique pieces of art.

There will be a mix of vintage, antique and retro pieces, as well as mosaics, stained glass and jewellery.

“We have innovative art pieces

by Kingston’s talented artists,” she said. “[One artist] created a hand painted chair, and turned it into an image of the 1000 Islands, calling it ‘Cottage Dreams,’” Emery said.

The last thing you “think of is taking part in a physicallydemanding sport.

”

— Sarah Emery, member of the dragonboat team Just as paddling is a source of vigour, optimism and endurance the Furniture Revival & Art Auction focuses on drawing out similar positive energies and using the power of art to spread hope.

Many of the local artists became involved because a lot of them have known someone who struggled with breast cancer. The personal

The auction will be held on Oct. 20 at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

Tickets are $20 and available in advance by calling 613-547-3744.

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CulturE

Reclaiming significance First Nations throat singer Tanya Tagaq will bring her culture to Queen’s B y M eaghan Wray Arts Editor

She was singing on her own long before she made a career of it.

Tanya Tagaq was born and raised in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, a small town of about 2,500 people.

On Friday evening, she’ll be bringing her culture and heritage to Queen’s as part of the Tone Deaf music festival at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

The sounds of Inuit throat singing became a passion for Tagaq at a young age.

The art, she said in an email to the Journal, embodies her culture.

“I think anyone can throat sing, just as anyone can run,” she said, “but it is practice and diligence that can develop stamina.”

The technique, Tagaq said, involves circular breathing and a guttural, rhythmical sound punctuated with higher notes.

Although two women in a performance typically throat sing together, Tagaq had no partner when she began practicing — she’s self-taught.

“I had nobody to teach me how to sing,” she said. “[I] tried to emulate the sounds on my own because I had no partner.”

The art isn’t just captivating by itself.

The significance of culture to Canada and First Nations peoples is inherent in the music and reflective of a rich culture.

However, Tagaq said one can understand its relevance if one finds the first people of Canada relevant.

“Our culture is not dead. We do not belong in a museum,” she said.

“Canadian culture should herald the First Nations as a rich and inspirational representation of the land we live on.”

Throat singing is one way of

Tanya Tagaq was enamoured with throat singing at a young age.

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doing just that.

1922 marked the year Nanook of the North was released. Considered the first commercially-successful feature-length documentary, Robert J. Flaherty aimed to capture the struggles of Nanook and his Inuk family in the Canadian Arctic.

The controversies surrounding the documentary focus on Flaherty’s portrayal of Nanook as pre-colonial and unnatural, and therefore an inaccurate representation of First Nations history with European colonialism.

Tagaq will be performing a soundtrack to the silent film.

“I am re-claiming it by having a ‘modern’ Inuk provide the soundtrack,” she said. “I stomp all over the Happy Eskimo stereotype by expressing my disdain through sound.”

It’s vital to expand the breadth of First Nations cultural awareness in Canada, Tagaq said, because of the racism still present.

“I know lots of well-meaning Canadians like to think of our country as a multi-cultural and accepting environment,” she said, “but all you have to do is go to the comment section in any news outlet concerning Native issues to see the underlying opinion of your fellow Canadians.”

Education, Tagaq said, will allow Canadians to face issues together and create the true idea of what Canada is.

Part of reclaiming significance is tackling the issue of First Nations students not identifying as such on campuses, which is occurring at Queen’s.

“It’s important to be proud of who you are,” Tagaq said. “Fuck the system.”

Tagaq will be performing on Oct. 18 from 8 to 10 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC

A Homecoming musical showcase A wide array of Queen’s School of Music students will perform this Friday to coincide with Homecoming weekend B Y D IANA A NTON Contributor This weekend, two important events will coincide for the School of Music.

The School’s annual showcase performance is set to take place this evening, and is featured as one of the University’s official Homecoming events.

Returning alumni will see the efforts of the newest generation of musicians here on campus.

The annual event is put together by the staff and students of the School of Music.

Katherine Knowles, who began playing music in a grade seven arts program, knew the cello was her instrument of choice the

moment she heard it. “[I think] a lot of alumni will be excited to come see their old ensembles and see how things have changed,” Knowles, BMus ’14, said.

She said a shared passion to play music brings the students closer together.

“It’s a really small program so we get to know everybody pretty well, especially within particular years,” Knowles said, “You [end up making] close friends.”

Featured in the showcase are performances by a variety of groups such as the choral, jazz and wind ensembles as well as a symphony orchestra.

There’s no set theme for this year’s showcase. Instead, it’s all about the alumni

celebrating and honouring the efforts of the new School of Music, according to Rebecca Fisher, a student in the choir.

It’s a celebration of the different genres of music.

There’s bound to be something that resonates with each and every member of the audience, she said.

“You get a little bit of everything,” Fisher, BMus ’14, said. “You have some jazz, then some gospel, some more inspirational pieces and even some more modern ones.”

Fisher said she discovered her passion for voice when she started singing in a choir at age five, which led to her taking singing lessons in grade nine.

By the end of her high school

career, she said she knew that it was voice that she wanted to pursue in her undergraduate career.

Saxophone player Lloyd McArton, BMus ’15, found his passion for the sax after some encouragement from his father.

McArton said the showcase promises to offer newer perspectives than the norm. “[The showcase] will provide a different side of things than people are used to,” he said. “We will leave [the audience] contemplating their lives.”

The showcase takes place Friday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $5 for students/seniors and $10 for adults at the door.

Katherine Knowles plays her cello during a practice with her peers.

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Literature

Engaging in a national dialogue Queen’s alumnus John Boyko discusses his novel ‘Blood and Daring’ as part of “Write Thinking” B y J anine A buluyan Staff Writer Wednesday night at Stauffer Library took a new perspective on an educational turn.

This year’s “Write Thinking” speaker series was kicked off by Queen’s alumnus, historian and author John Boyko, BEd ’80, with his new book Blood and Daring: How Canada fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation.

The series is organized by the Queen’s Alumni Review and will feature events with alumni authors.

Boyko’s latest work seeks to engage people in a national dialogue on what he calls the current “existential angst of Canada and the US.” He communicates important ideas about Canadian nation-building during the American Civil War: in its role as a safe haven against the South’s slave trade, in the participation

of Canadians in the army during the Civil War and the constant struggle of remaining separate from America.

As he began his talk, the author left the podium and the microphone so as to move and talk naturally to the audience. “[My book] is about interesting ideas told through interesting people,” Boyko said.

Good writing, he said, isn’t only about covering serious topics but also presenting the information in an engaging and inviting way — a point made relevant by his ability to public speak.

Blood and Daring is a book about ideas, events and people.

To Boyko, ideas are the most important part of a novel as they catch the interest of the audience.

All of these aspects combine in order to engage the reader, while effectively communicating the ideas.

In his novel, Boyko makes

the argument that Canadians and Americans are currently set to redefine themselves again as they did in the 1860s during the American Civil War. These ideas are told through the stories of John Anderson, a slave from Missouri; William Stuart, US President Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State; and Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Civil War nurse and spy.

Using these characters, Boyko’s novel emphasizes the historian’s work of “inviting people thorough the doors of ideas, events or people.”

He spoke of the importance of knowing our own history as Canadians to help us understand where were are now and where we may want to go in the future.

The author said he deplores but has hopes for the way history is taught in the Canadian public school system, especially with new technology and social media, which teachers may use to further facilitating learning.

Boyko compared not knowing history to amnesia.

“I think we need to teach history unless we want an entire nation of [constantly confused] amnesiacs,”

he said.

It was an evening about the serious topics of education, history and politics, but they were approached with humour and grace by the speaker and the audience. In that way, the talk felt more like a pleasant dialogue.

Iain Reid, author of The Truth About Luck: What I Learned on My Road Trip With Grandma, will be talking at the Speaker’s Corner on Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. as a part of “Write Thinking.”

Music preview

Unique beginning DIANA will grace the Grad Club stage on Saturday B y A lex P ickering M eaghan Wray Journal Staff

and

The making of DIANA, unlike most bands, came after recording an album.

Joseph Shabason and Kieran Adams are the brains behind DIANA’s origins. The two joined forces, dabbling with their own writing abilities, before asking vocalist Carmen Elle to sing over their tracks. “[We were] making an album but we didn’t really know what the outcome was going to be,” Adams said. “Once Carmen got involved the thing definitely congealed nicely and it kind of went from there.”

Paul Matthew joined the trio for the group’s live performances, and things started to pick up.

DIANA, originally from Toronto, played at Wolfe Island

Music Festival this past August for one of the highlights of the celebrated annual weekend.

Adams has played the festival before, only with different bands.

He had a weird migraine before hitting the stage that day, he said, which impacted his ability to recall the atmosphere.

“I remember that it was kind of a mellow audience compared to audiences we’ve played for in the last little while. Everybody seemed incredibly relaxed,” Adams said.

“It was maybe a little more of a laid-back response than we were hoping for but it was really fun.”

While touring with the band Austra, Adams started noticing their audiences singing along to the lyrics. It’s a bizarre experience, he said.

“It wasn’t at every show but definitely at a lot of shows I started to see people singing along,” he said. “You spend so long with these

DIANA performed at this summers’ Wolfe Island Music Festival.

John Boyko seeks to engage people in a dialogue on what he calls the current “existential angst of Canada and the US.”

songs that you assume that nobody really knows the words except you, and then these people mouthing the words.”

Their first album, Perpetual Surrender, was released in August 2013. Since then, they’ve been headlining tours and selling albums.

The writing and production process, Adams said, didn’t have a formula.

“There’s not really a set method.

I think that we both at times filled every role,” he said. “It’s not like one person writes words and one person does drum beats and basslines or anything like that. It’s a real mixed bag.”

Photos by Sam Koebrich

Adams described DIANA’s sound as intelligent pop, which, he said, isn’t really an official genre.

“It’s pop in that the melodies are very compelling,” he said, “but then there’s a weirdness … there’s just something in all of those songs that makes you feel like … you can understand a certain amount of the song but there’s always something there that’s a mystery.”

Most of Perpetual Surrender, Adams said, was created using synths and computers. It didn’t come to fruition with the thought that it would be performed live.

“We had to figure out how to get all of these sounds … there are elements of electronic music there where there will be certain parts of a drum track that is happening,” he said. “We are all keeping as busy as possible to make sure that

Photo by Charlotte Gagnier

we are ourselves connecting with the music and then able to make the audience feel connected to the music, you know, through us.”

As a pre-show ritual, the band likes to touch base in a circle formation.

“We like to all do a huddle-circle thing and we say ‘namaste.’ That’s a thing. That’s a real actual thing that we do, believe it or not,” Adams said. “It’s kind of tongue-in-cheek, but I think it’s good to just connect with each other ... it’s easy to get caught up running around before a show and then all of a sudden I’m on stage it’s like, ‘well, shit.’”

DIANA will be performing on Saturday night at the Grad Club at 10 p.m.

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FOOTBALL

Second chance

Redemption in reach as Gaels, Gryphons vie for runner-up

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B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor This weekend’s Homecoming football game against the Guelph Gryphons won’t only offer the Gaels a chance at a bye, but a shot at redemption.

In last year’s two matchups, Queen’s let Guelph come back from a 20-plus point lead both times, including one fourth-quarter collapse.

With a first-round bye on the line last season, Queen’s squandered a 28-3 lead, allowing Guelph to score 30 unanswered points in their regular season matchup.

When the two teams met in the semis three weeks later, Queen’s blew a 22-point lead before falling 42-39 in overtime.

Running back Ryan Granberg said this time the Gaels need to make sure they don’t coast if they take the lead.

“We have to play like the game is 0-0 the entire time. If we let down our guard at all, they’re the kind of team that will take advantage of that,” he said. “They’re a no-quit team, so we also need to be a no-quit team.”

Tomorrow’s clash will also determine which of the two teams will finish second in the OUA and receive the first-round bye that comes with it.

The winner will also host the OUA semi-final, where it’s likely the two teams will meet up again.

Queen’s currently sits third in the OUA, behind the undefeated See Key on page 23

Last October, the Gaels fell 10-6 to Guelph in the OUA championship. They’re one win away from returning to the title game.

WOMEN’S RUGBY

Veterans gun for title run After falling just short, women’s rugby looks to finally seize an OUA championship B y J aehoon K im Staff Writer The Gaels women’s rugby team is one win away from heading to CIS nationals for the third time in four seasons.

Led by eight third-year players and seven fourth-years, the veteran-laden Queen’s team is enjoying the most successful stretch in its program’s history.

In the past three years, the Gaels have earned two OUA silver medals and one bronze, coming agonizingly close to dethroning the Guelph Gryphons in last year’s league championship.

While Guelph has won the last five OUA titles, there’s nothing Queen’s graduating players would like more than to finally win an elusive gold medal before hanging up the cleats.

The Journal sat down with third-year centre Lauren McEwen, third-year forward Jordyn

Rowntree and fourth-year fullback Natalie Poirier prior to this Saturday’s semi-final matchup with the Western Mustangs.

The veteran trio discussed the current season, their relationship with Gaels head coach Beth Barz and a potential rematch with

Guelph in the OUA final.

How would you describe your team’s performance this season?

McEwen: I think it’s really starting to get a lot better. We’re starting to peak. I know we’re

PHOTO BY SAM KOEBRICH

With national glory in Queen’s sights, multitalented vet excels around the globe Both at home and overseas, Meghan Robinson is picking up where her dad left off.

The fourth-year Gaels rower

PHOTO BY SAM KOEBRICH

A native of Bowen Island, B.C., Robinson took up rowing in grade 10 and cracked the Canadian Under-23 team this past summer.

There are a lot of third- and fourth-year players on this year’s squad. What are some advantages of having such a veteran-laden roster?

Is there any extra pressure or motivation this season, knowing that it’s the last chance for many players to win an OUA title?

Gaels rower goes international made her international debut this past summer, suiting up for Canada at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Linz, Austria.

Racing with the women’s heavyweight eight was Robinson’s first such experience abroad — but

going to peak by nationals, and every game we seem to get better and better.

Poirier: It means we have a lot of leadership and a lot of experience, both on the field and off the field.

These are little things that help make a winning team.

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B y N ick Faris Sports Editor

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she wasn’t the first in her family to don the maple leaf.

Robinson’s father, Doug, travelled to the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, preparing to row with Canada’s men’s eight before being sidelined with a punctured lung.

Over four decades after Doug’s dream veered off course, his daughter has righted the ship.

“I’d say he sort of helped me get into [rowing],” Robinson said.

“He’s been super supportive and he knows exactly what I’m talking about when I talk about it.”

A native of Bowen Island, B.C., Robinson took up her father’s sport in grade 10, training locally with the Burnaby Lake Rowing Club.

When it came time to progress to university rowing, choosing Queen’s offered two distinct advantages: joining a rowing program with nationwide acclaim and teaming with similarly lofty-minded coaches and athletes.

“Queen’s was known back

home as one of the best universities for rowing,” Robinson said. “I knew when I was graduating high school, I wanted to do international stuff — try to [qualify for] the See Standout on page 22

Inside Women’s Rugby One win from OUA final, return trip to nationals.

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MEN’S RUGBY Unbeaten streak continues with gritty win in Guelph.

Men’s Soccer Thanksgiving in Toronto yields nothing for Gaels.

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Women’s Soccer Victory over Varsity Blues keeps Queen’s on pace.

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Rowntree: I don’t think we’re looking at it as having pressure to win, because at this point everybody just wants to win regardless. Pressure implies fear, and I don’t think we have fear — it’s more of a desire that we feel that we can go out and reach our goals.

A potential rematch with Guelph in the OUA gold medal game is a distinct possibility for the third time in four years. Is there anything different about this year’s team that gives you confidence heading into the game?

Rowntree: I definitely think how we played against them last year [a 10-6 Queen’s loss] will be a big confidence booster. We know we were so close to beating them.

And I think this year, we all have that extra bit of confidence to go into that game and win it.

Poirier: We also got to play them in the preseason and even though we weren’t necessarily playing our first string line-up against their first string line-up, it gave us a good idea of what their team is like.

How was the experience of playing in last year’s final, coming so close to defeating the powerhouse Gryphons?

McEwen: It was probably the hardest game I’ve ever had to play, both mentally and physically. I still sometimes lay awake at night thinking See Two on page 22

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WOMEN’S RUGBY

Familiar path to final four Gaels romp past Trent, setting stage for semi-final showdown with Western B Y J AEHOON K IM Staff Writer

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Lauren McEwen finished second in the OUA with 54 individual points.

Playoffs are here, and so is Queen’s offence.

The Gaels women’s rugby team earned a blowout win over the Trent Excalibur for the second time this season last Friday, this time via a 72-22 final score in the OUA quarterfinals. Queen’s previous high in points this season was 45.

With the win, the Gaels move on to the league semi-finals, as they will host the Western Mustangs this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Nixon Field.

Last year, the team lost 10-6 to the Guelph Gryphons in the OUA championship game. While many fans are looking forward to a potential rematch with Guelph, head

coach Beth Barz stressed that the Gaels are fully focused on beating the Mustangs.

“Given that this game is the game that determines who goes to the CIS championships, there is certainly quite a lot on the line,” Barz said. “I don’t think focus will be a problem. They know at this point in the season that it’s win or go home.”

Early in Friday’s match, the nationally fourth-ranked Gaels trailed Trent, as the Excalibur took a fleeting 7-5 lead. However, Queen’s offence was simply unstoppable once they got firing on all cylinders, tallying 67 additional points to end Trent’s season.

The Gaels defeated the same Excalibur team 36-5 on Sept. 20.

Wingers Caitie Ryan and Karley Heyman led the Gaels’ charge by scoring three tries each, while fourth-year lock Bronwyn Corrigan and second-year centre Miranda Seifert added two tries apiece.

Third-year centre Lauren McEwen once again led the Gaels in points with 17, scoring a try and six conversions.

“Everyone who got on the board in terms of scoring played very well,” Barz said, noting that fourth-year props Claragh Pegg and Devon Stride also made solid contributions.

“Overall, it was a good team effort.”

All four OUA quarterfinal matchups were won by 33 points or more, including Queen’s 50-point blowout. Barz said there’s been some debate within the OUA about eliminating this playoff stage entirely.

“This is actually not a game that we look forward to playing … but it’s an opportunity for the playoffs to start a game early,” she said. “We were looking to play to our full potential and we certainly did that in the first half.”

By topping Trent, the Gaels can turn their focus to Western, who beat the Waterloo Warriors 36-3 in their quarterfinal showdown.

Queen’s and Western faced each other last September in London, where the Gaels prevailed 31-17.

A win over Western will send the Gaels to the CIS national championships for the third time in four years. The Mustangs are attempting to return to nationals for the first time since 2009.

Women’s Rugby OUA Playoffs Schedule Russell (East) Quarterfinals — Oct. 11 (1) Queen’s Gaels 72 (4) Trent Excalibur 22 (2) McMaster Marauders 37 (3) York Lions 0 Shiels (West) Quarterfinals — Oct. 11 (1) Guelph Gryphons 78 (4) Laurier Golden Hawks 0 (2) Western Mustangs 36 (3) Waterloo Warriors 3 Semi-finals — Oct.19 Western Mustangs @ Queen’s Gaels, 1 p.m. — Nixon Field McMaster Marauders @ Guelph Gryphons, 1 p.m.

— Varsity Field (Guelph) OUA Bronze Medal Game — Oct. 26 Semi-final losers — hosted by Russell Division OUA Championship — Oct. 26 Semi-final winners — hosted

by Shiels Division CIS Championships — Nov. 1-3 Hosted by Laval

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MEN’S RUGBY

Gryphons gouged Playoffs and perfection just around the corner

OUA Men’s Rugby Standings 1. Queen’s [6-0-0] — 29 pts 2. Western [5-1-0] — 25 pts 3. Guelph [4-2-0] — 19 pts 4. Brock [3-3-0] — 15 pts 5. McMaster [3-3-0] — 13 pts 6. RMC [2-4-0] — 11 pts 7. Waterloo [0-5-1] — 3 pts 8. Laurier [0-5-1] — 2 pts

B Y E RIN S TEPHENSON Contributor Men’s rugby is a win away from their first perfect regular season since 2009.

The Gaels (6-0) continued their reign over the OUA last Friday with a road win over the Guelph Gryphons (4-2). The Gryphons’ only previous loss had come against the second-place Western Mustangs (5-1).

Gaels head coach Peter Huigenbos was satisfied with the win, especially against such a challenging opponent.

“We knew that it was going to be tough.

It was definitely a very hard-hitting game,” Huigenbos said, noting Queen’s ability to dominate possession as a key factor in the win.

“Guelph was very strong in defence, especially in the second half. We were very satisfied to leave there with a victory.”

It wasn’t until the second half that the Gaels secured their victory. The first half saw a penalty goal by fifth-year back Brendan McGovern and a try by fourth-year back David Worsley, handing Queen’s an 8-3 lead

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Queen’s has scored 248 points in six regular season games.

at the interval.

A 14-point scoring run in the second half was completed by second-year flankers Brendan Sloan and Ciaran McSwiggan, with McGovern successfully converting both tries.

Though the end result was a success, the 22-3 victory saw the fewest number of points scored by the Gaels thus far.

Huigenbos said he didn’t think this would have any impact on Queen’s upcoming games.

“I think that we have had three straight games against very strong opponents,” Huigenbos said, referencing the Gaels’ recent wins over Western and the McMaster Marauders.

“We made some very good tactical decisions in our game against Guelph,” he added. “I am happy with that score on the road against a quality team.”

The Gaels’ lineup has varied from game to game, but only a few key players were missing for last weekend’s game.

Second-year back Adam McQueen was absent due to commitments with the Canadian national program, while fourth-year back Liam Underwood remains injured.

Huigenbos declined to comment on Underwood’s status.

Homecoming weekend number two has the Gaels at home on Nixon Field tomorrow against the Brock Badgers. Last season, the Gaels beat Brock 46-3 in the OUA semi-finals.

A win would secure a 7-0 season and a home field throughout the post-season.

“We want to lock up home-field advantage in the playoffs, so we still have work to do there,” Huigenbos said.

“We are going to prepare to execute, and if we can play similarly to how we did in Guelph … then it will be further progress to the playoffs.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Untimely lapses Home playoff match not assured after late losses B Y N ICK FARIS Sports Editor

OUA East Men’s Soccer Standings

Minutes from earning six weekend points, the men’s soccer team instead conceded six late goals.

Nursing a shutout through 70 minutes of both their Thanksgiving tilts in Toronto, the Gaels failed to secure any points in the standings, allowing a flurry of late markers to extend their season-long losing streak to three games.

Last Saturday’s matchup with the Toronto Varsity Blues ended 2-1 after a sudden Blues comeback, while the first-place Ryerson Rams netted three times in five minutes to bury Queen’s 4-2 on Sunday.

At 5-5-2, the Gaels are lodged in fifth place in the OUA East, trailing Toronto for home-field in the first round of the playoffs by two points.

“I thought we played an excellent 75 minutes [against Toronto and Ryerson], and then we just sort of collapsed,” said Gaels head coach Chris Gencarelli. “Overall, we’re still moving in the right direction despite the two losses. I think we’re going to be a very, very dangerous team come playoff time.”

The Gaels nearly spoiled Ryerson’s perfect regular season on Sunday, holding the nationally second-ranked Rams (11-0-1) to a scoreless draw through 75 minutes of play.

The clean sheet would be spoiled on an own goal, which trickled past Gaels keeper Dylan Maxwell on a scrambled play and essentially opened the floodgates.

Ryerson striker Luka Lee tallied twice in the ensuing minutes, beating Maxwell low and high on consecutive strikes. Fellow striker Viktor Anastasov knocked home a cross in the 87th minute to extend the lead to four.

Substitute Gaels striker Lucas Lobo responded for Queen’s with a 90th-minute marker, while captain Joe Zupo buried a penalty kick in stoppage time to soften the margin of defeat.

Gencarelli said the back-and-forth nature

1. Ryerson [11-0-2] — 35 pts 2. Carleton [8-2-2] — 26 pts 3. Toronto [5-4-4] — 19 pts 4. Laurentian [5-4-3] — 18 pts 5. Queen’s [5-5-2] — 17 pts 6. Nipissing [4-7-1] — 13 pts 7. Trent [2-9-3] — 9 pts 8. RMC [1-10-1] — 4 pts of the Ryerson game meant whoever scored first would likely win.

“The work ethic and the work rate from the guys was great until the end of the game,” he said. “Overall, we need to do a better job at responding when a team scores against us. I think we panic a little bit when we do concede.”

Late concessions also doomed Queen’s the day before against Toronto. While midfielder Chris Michael smacked home a free kick in the 55th minute to open the scoring, Blues goals in the 71st and 78th minutes quickly reversed the score line.

Toronto’s win drew them within a point of Queen’s in the OUA East standings, before the Blues leapt into fourth with a 4-0 win over the RMC Paladins on Wednesday night.

With a game in hand, the Gaels are set to face the Laurentian Voyageurs and Nipissing Lakers at home this weekend — with a postseason match at West Campus Field on the line.

“The guys know what’s at stake,” Gencarelli said. “Our focus is ensuring we continue to play well, that we improve on our results and that we continue to get better each and every game to be ready for the playoffs.”

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ON DECK CIRCLE FOOTBALL Saturday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m.: Gaels (6-1) vs. Guelph Gryphons (7-0).

WOMEN’S RUGBY Saturday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m.: Gaels vs. Western Mustangs (OUA semi-final).

MEN’S RUGBY Saturday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m.: Gaels (6-0) vs. Brock Badgers (3-3).

WOMEN’S SOCCER Saturday, Oct. 19, noon: Gaels (7-2-5) vs.

Laurentian Voyageurs (5-3-6).

Sunday, Oct. 20, noon: Gaels vs.

Nipissing Lakers (3-7-4).

MEN’S SOCCER Saturday, Oct. 19, 2:15 p.m.: Gaels (5-5-2) vs.

Laurentian Voyageurs (5-4-3).

Sunday, Oct. 20, 2:15 p.m.: Gaels vs. Nipissing Lakers (4-7-1).

WOMEN’S HOCKEY Saturday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m.: Gaels (2-0-1) vs. Guelph Gryphons (3-1-0).

MEN’S HOCKEY Friday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Gaels (0-0-1) vs. York Lions (3-0-0).

Friday, October 18, 2013

Standout on land and water Continued from page 19

national team.”

Transitioning to the national program, Robinson said, requires an intense devotion to off-water training. To crack Canada’s Under-23 roster, she first had to master the erg, or indoor rowing machine — another task made easier by trekking eastward for university.

“Having a six-month long winter, as is usual in Ontario, forced me to erg and be better at it,” Robinson said.

Robinson’s journey to Linz started here in Kingston, where she was ranked against other national candidates through a series of erg tests and on-water races.

An invitation to the national camp soon followed, where the veteran Gael further proved her mettle. Snagging a spot with the women’s heavyweight eight was a precursor to Linz, where Robinson and her crewmates finished fifth in the world.

“It was honestly nothing like anything you can really describe, because it’s a whole other level,” she said.

Already, she’s looking ahead.

Robinson is a prime candidate for next year’s Under-23 squad, set to take the water in Varese, Italy.

Before that, there’s work to be done at home.

A drama major, Robinson’s currently the assistant technical director for Queen’s Musical Theatre’s Assassins — a production that may or may not match the drama of this year’s Canadian University rowing championships.

The Nov. 2-3 national finals will pit Queen’s women, the defending OUA champions, against the University of Victoria, who outraced the Gaels’ heavyweight eight by just two seconds in 2012.

This season’s early results

indicate that Queen’s will be back at full force. Competing in the heavyweight double and eight, Robinson is perfect through the Gaels’ last two events, claiming four first-place finishes at Trent and Brock in recent weeks.

“I think we have a much stronger team this year. We have a much better chance at the [national] championship,” she said.

A voyage to Boston will come first, with the Gaels competing tomorrow and Sunday at the Head of the Charles regatta.

It’ll be the latest stop in Robinson’s whirlwind rowing tour, from B.C. to Kingston and elsewhere, with the potential for more.

Robinson (right) has won two straight heavyweight double races with partner Larkin Davenport-Huyer.

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Two wins from league gold Continued from page 19

about that game and how close it was.

Rowntree: It was one of those games where everybody did their job right — everybody clicked and trusted each other. If we do that again in this year’s match, I have no doubts we’ll win.

What’s been your favourite memory so far in your Gaels career?

Rowntree: We have a team flag that we have that says “Ohana” on it, which means family [in Hawaiian]. When we made the flag together, we all put our hands

on it and we knew that we were all part of a family.

What kind of a coach is Beth Barz and what impact has she had on this team?

McEwen: She’s the reason I came to this school, because she had coached me before at the national level. She really cares about her athletes and you don’t find a lot of coaches like her.

Poirier: She’s really dedicated and is always looking to improve her own coaching style. She’s always willing to do things to help her athletes, whether it’s related to rugby, school or just life in general.

After you’ve played your final game for the Gaels, what kind of player do you want to be remembered as?

McEwen: A very relentless, ruthless, insane and even psycho player. Someone who never gave up even if she got tackled down a few times.

HOCKEY IN BRIEF Men’s hockey downed in debut Despite a late comeback from two goals down, Queen’s men’s hockey team couldn’t earn a victory on opening night against one of the top teams in the country.

The Gaels started their season with a 3-2 overtime loss to the nationally fifth-ranked Waterloo Warriors last Saturday.

Queen’s fell behind 2-0 as Waterloo’s Justin Larson scored two goals early in the third period, before storming back with goals from second-year defenseman Joseph Luongo and fourth-year forward Kelly Jackson to tie it up.

However, Waterloo’s Chris Chapell potted the winner for the Warriors 2:32 into the overtime period.

The game’s first two periods were relatively uneventful from an offensive standpoint, as both teams were unable to score.

Rookie Kevin Bailie was in net for the Gaels, making 24 saves in the loss — his first regular season start at Queen’s.

Bailie joined the Gaels after a five-year Ontario Hockey League career, in which he played for the Oshawa Generals and the London Knights.

Meanwhile, Mike Morrison made 36 saves for the Warriors as they improved to 2-0 on the season.

The Gaels play a weekend home series tonight and tomorrow against York and Brock, respectively. 7:30 p.m. is the start time for both games.

— Adam Laskaris

Women’s hockey notches three wins

Rowntree: My teammates Shawna Griffin’s last-second goal described me as tenacious last year, helped keep women’s hockey on a so I think I’ll stick with that one. three-game winning streak.

The fourth-year centre’s tally Poirier: I’d say a calm with two seconds left gave the player [laughs].

Gaels a 2-1 victory over the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs last Saturday, This interview has been edited and one day after Queen’s blanked the condensed for clarity.

Nipissing Lakers 1-0.

Goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher stood tall against Nipissing, stopping all 18 shots she faced for the shutout.

Rookie Clare McKellar’s first career goal provided all the scoring the Gaels needed to win the game.

In their second game, Queen’s trailed 1-0 after two periods, until Taryn Pilon’s second goal of the season tied the game. Captain Morgan McHaffie added an assist on the goal, setting up Griffin’s late-game heroics.

Netminder Caitlyn Lahonen made 16 saves to earn the win against Laurentian.

Lahonen stood tall again last night, stopping 27 of 28 shots as the Gaels demolished the Brock Badgers 6-1. 10 players contributed points, including five who had multi-point games.

After four games, Queen’s record sits at 3-0-1. The Gaels’ next game comes against the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday in Napanee at the Strathcona Paper Centre.

The last time the two teams met was in last year’s playoffs, when Queen’s knocked Guelph out in the semi-finals.

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OUA Football Standings T1. Guelph [7-0] T1. Western [7-0] 3. Queen’s [6-1] T4. McMaster [4-3] T4. Ottawa [4-3] T4. Windsor [4-3] 7. Toronto [3-4] 8. York [2-5] 9. Waterloo [1-6] 10. Laurier [1-7] 11. Carleton [0-7]

Women’s soccer primes for post-season Women’s soccer had a relatively successful week, though they remain in fourth place in the OUA East Division.

Last Wednesday, the Gaels (7-2-5) drew 2-2 with the Carleton Ravens (8-2-4) in Ottawa. The first half ended 1-0 for Carleton, with Ravens forward Adrianna Ruggiero scoring the lone goal.

In the second half, midfielder Riley Filion scored her sixth goal this season, tying the game in the 60th minute.

In the 86th minute, Gaels striker Tara Bartram scored, but Ravens forward Andrea Way tied the game just two minutes later On Saturday, the Gaels drew 1-1 with the Toronto Varsity Blues (9-2-3). Toronto striker LaShaunna Harper scored the game’s first goal in the second minute.

Gaels defender Melissa Jung netted an equalizer in the 38th minute. Goalkeeper Madison Tyrell kept the score to a draw with eight saves.

Queen’s defeated the Ryerson Rams (3-9-2) the following day by a score of 2-1. Rams midfielder Karena Evans scored early, in the ninth minute, but the Gaels responded forcefully.

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Gryphons and the Western Mustangs. If the Gaels can hand Guelph their first loss of the season, they’ll move past them in the standings and secure the bye.

Head coach Pat Sheahan said the additional rest granted by a bye week would be beneficial to the Gaels.

“It is what both teams are playing for, so it’s important,” he said.

Queen’s is coming off a 78-21 shellacking of the Waterloo Warriors, a game in which they generated 801 total yards of offence.

Midfielder Alexis McKinty scored her first goal of the season in the 31st minute.

Midfielder Rachel Radu then added her sixth of the season in the 55th minute, clinching the win for the Gaels.

The Gaels finish the regular season with two home games this weekend, tomorrow against the Laurentian Voyageurs (5-3-6) and on Sunday against the Nipissing Lakers (3-7-4). Both games start at noon on West Campus.

— Chloe Sobel

OUA East Women’s Soccer Standings 1. Ottawa [10-1-3] — 33 pts

The offence will need to continue their strong play, as Guelph’s defence ranks first in the OUA in both yards and points allowed.

Sheahan said the play of Queen’s offensive line will be an important factor in getting the running game established.

“I think one of the things that will come out this thing is how did both teams manage the line of scrimmage,” he said. “If we go out there and run the ball for 50 yards or less, that’s not going to be a good stat.”

Hosting tomorrow’s game may be a major advantage for the Gaels due to the additional support generated from a sold-out stadium.

But Sheahan said the team is more focused on the game itself, rather than the festivities associated with it.

“Every player on our team knows the place is sold out … and I think that brings another level of excitement,” he said, “but to be honest, I think our guys are more focused on the football game.”

Football wipes out Waterloo A furious offensive explosion led the Gaels to a 78-21 victory over the Waterloo Warriors last Friday night at Warrior Field.

Queen’s (6-1) put up 33 points in the first quarter, receiving contributions from the offence, defence and special teams. An overmatched Warriors squad (1-6) did all it could to slow down the Gaels, but the game got out of hand quickly.

Daniel Heslop opened the scoring three minutes in on the Gaels’ first possession, busting out for a 42-yard touchdown run. Less than two minutes later, quarterback Billy McPhee hit receiver Giovanni Aprile for a 63-yard touchdown pass.

Doug Corby returned the Warriors’ ensuing punt for a touchdown, and the

rout was on.

Queen’s racked up an outstanding 801 yards of offence. McPhee had his most statistically impressive game of season, finishing 14-of-17 for 277 passing yards and four touchdowns.

All four Gaels running backs maximized their carries, combining for 504 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Heslop, Jonah Pataki and Jesse Andrews all broke the 100-yard mark.

This offensive cohesion couldn’t have come at a better time. The Gaels conclude their regular season on Saturday on national television against their 2012 nemesis, the Guelph Gryphons.

This year, the stakes are just as high.

— Josh Burton

2. Toronto [9-2-3] — 30 pts 3. Carleton [8-2-4] — 28 pts 4. Queen’s [7-2-5] — 26 pts 5. Laurentian [5-3-6] — 21 pts 6. Nipissing [3-7-4] — 13 pts 7. Ryerson [3-9-2] — 11 pts 8. RMC [2-8-4] — 10 pts 9. Trent [1-14-1] — 4 pts

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1. MOONSHINE CONTAINER 4. CASTLE OR CARA 9. MORE, TO MANUELA 12. PARISIAN PAL 13. LITTLE DEVIL 14. BREWERY PRODUCT 15. DUMMY 17. “SMOKING OR —?”

18. — DE COLOGNE 19. STARTED A GARDEN 21. PATRONIZE A CASINO 24. “DIVINE SECRETS OF THE — SISTERHOOD” 25. CARTE LEAD-IN 26. BYGONE FLIER 28.

DISSUADE 31. “— IT ROMANTIC?” 33. MALE TURKEY 35. ANGRY 36. CROSS-LEGGED POSITION 38. THEE 40. GENETIC MATTER 41. ON THE ROCKS 43. STILL THE NATURAL COLOR 45. BROADWAY ANGEL, E.G. 47. PAIR 48. PAST 49. 1979 WOODY ALLEN MOVIE 54. “BEN- —” 55. EASTERN POTENTATE (VAR.) 56. COMMOTION 57. WITNESS 58. OLD MAN 59. MANDIBLE

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1. TOAST SPREAD 2. ACTRESS THURMAN 3. CARD PLAYER’S CALL 4. PARAGONS 5. ASK 6. OSTRICH’S COUSIN 7. LOUD 8. GROUP OF NINE 9. REQUIRED 10. BURN SOOTHER

11. TRANSMIT 16. KAN. BORDERER 20. SPUD’S BUDS 21. 1990S OLYMPIC TRACK STAR DEVERS 22. ADDITIONALLY 23. MAN/LION/DRAGON MIX 27. PLAYTHING 29. SEA EAGLE 30. PERUSE 32. NIP PARTNER 34. LIP-SYNCHED 37. APPEARED TO BE 39. HEEDLESS 42. COLLEGE MAJOR 44. I TOPPER 45. SCROOGE’S OUTCRIES 46. CHILLS AND FEVER 50. HOMER’S NEIGHBOR 51. — MAHAL 52. OKLAHOMA CITY 53. PRESENT

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postscript Agriculture

Lost in the maize A family business to the core, the Wolfe Island corn maze is more than a farm B y K atie G randin Postscript Editor If you build it, they will come — for apple pie.

That was Garth and Marianne Walker’s hope when, 13 years ago, they took a leap of faith and turned their small acreage farm into what most Queen’s students know as the Wolfe Island corn maze.

The maze, which opened in August, runs for the fall season until the beginning of November.

“We were trying to figure out how are we going to make this 50-acre farm pay for itself,” Garth Walker said, adding that his brother-in-law Leonard Debruin initially helped him plant the corn. “It was like eight acres the first year.”

Walker said that the first year, the family gave themselves a make-or-break goal to determine whether they should continue the maze the following year. After just meeting that goal, Walker said it was his wife’s perseverance that pushed him to build the maze again a second year.

It was difficult to advertise for their small seasonal business, Walker said, as news of the maze only traveled by word of mouth.

“Then one year we had this amazing group that came; it was Queen’s Walkhome and the nicest bunch of kids I’ve ever met,” he said. “We just had a ball and after that we looked at each other and said, ‘that’s our market, that’s who we should be talking to.’”

Once they decided to market their maze to the Queen’s community, Walker said that attendance began to grow from certain residence floors, to entire buildings, frosh groups, clubs and departments. “[Students] would say, make it harder next year, and so that’s what we would do,” he said. “We’re

dealing with really smart people and they really want to have fun, so we have to get really creative.”

After discovering the competitive nature of the student groups attending the maze, the Walkers decided not only to complicate their maze, but add challenges to the experience as well.

“We came up with this idea to have a sand sculpture competition, and in the early years we thought we’d give away a homemade apple pie as the prize,” Walker said.

Walker said that he was astounded at what students would create with the incentive of his wife’s pie.

“Sometimes we had to give Photo Supplied by Charlotte Gagnier away two pies because they were The Walkers undertake the facilitation of the maze as a family. that good ... then my wife said, ‘I He said it ended up making nervous moment after I make the [how] well-mannered ... and can’t give away this many pies,’ so she started doing homemade a two-foot height difference for maze, and I just hope and pray how respectful they are,” he that the people will come and that said. “I wish the rest of the city of chocolate chip cookies,” he the corn.

Kingston could see that “That’s when I learned about the they’ll spread the word,” he said. said. “We’d give away a pie for Walker said that it’s because side more.” first place and homemade magic of what fertilizer is,” he said.

Walker said that press chocolate chip cookies for second “It really tested our desire to keep of the growing number of Queen’s students who visit that surrounding events such as doing this.” and third.”

Walker said he begins creating they continue to create the maze Homecoming give off the wrong The Walker family all pitch in to impression of students at higher get the maze up and running — a the maze’s design in late June when each year.

“I had one Queen’s student come learning institutions. task that requires constant labour the corn is only knee high.

“This one year we had this “It’s almost like an artist would up to me this year and tell me beginning in the spring.

“It’s a business that we run look at an empty canvas ... you [he’d] been here 11 times in five particular group, and they for three months and it takes us decide where you’re going to years,” Walker said. “If students were Queen’s [engineering three months to get it up and start and you always have to be who are that intelligent are looking students], and we were sitting for something fascinating to do, around a campfire ... and a fella running,” Walker said. “It’s like counter-intuitive,” he said.

To create a challenging trail, [and] ... if I’m able to interest looked at me and he said, ‘you a six month a year business for us where it consumes us completely Walker said he pulls the corn in the someone to that extent that know this is the most fun I’ve they want to come back that had in four years at Queen’s from the time we start until direction he would least expect.

“There were years when I many times ... that’s what makes and ... the interesting thing the first week of November.” is I didn’t have a drop of Walker explained that the first have to admit, I was ready to me tick.”

Though the ferry limits how alcohol to do it,’” he said. few years of running the maze pack it in because we would Walker said that Queen’s were difficult as he was new to the be probably working for like a many visitors can access the dollar an hour for a couple maze at a time, Walker said they students find that the appeal of demanding farming lifestyle.

Every year, Walker said he pulls years because it took so much time try to optimize each visitor’s the maze was the mental break the corn by hand to create the to make the maze,” he said. “It’s experience — including hot it offered.

“I guess that’s the secret of unique routes, curves and trails that one of those businesses where every chocolate for those who make the what makes it fun for people. year you’re starting from scratch, trek in the rain. he needs for the maze.

“I just wish that so many people They’re not thinking about a paper After discovering that tractors that’s the hard thing about it.”

Walker said while each year in Kingston could see what or an exam they got to write and fertilizer trucks would destroy the shape of the maze, Walker is a leap of faith, he is continuously we see. We see a very different or the pressures they have, it’s said he ordered a few thousand inspired by his wife, Marianne, picture of young people just three hours of fun,” he said. learning, going to university and pounds of fertilizer so his family and his children’s determination.

“Every year I still have the same learning to have a career. We see could take on the task by hand.

The Wolfe Island corn maze has been running for 13 years, and each year it continues to grow and develop.

Photo Supplied by Charlotte Gagnier