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Engineering alumnus donates $50 million to the Faculty of Commerce M ikayla W ronko Assistant News Editor Queen’s has announced that the School of Business will be renamed the Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business in recognition of the unprecedented $50 million donated by Stephen Smith.

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Daniel Woolf unveiled the name at a ceremony in Goodes Hall on Thursday.

“I am a historian … so I’m used to commenting on major events.

But most of those [events] tend to be in the remote past. It’s rare, however, that I get to witness history in the making,” Principal Woolf said to the crowd.

“Today, [Stephen Smith] makes history with one of the most significant donations in Queen’s history and the largest effort to a Canadian business school in the amount of 50, that’s five zeroes, million dollars.”

Stephen Smith is the Chairman, CEO and co-founder of First National Financial Corporation, Canada’s largest non-bank lender towards residential and commercial mortgages.

“The school is very much in

a position of strength. This just actually rocketed it from the stratosphere into space,” Woolf said, adding that the donation will not only benefit the Smith School of Business but also the University as a whole.

“As [a] single boat here rises, so does the whole fleet,” he said.

The donation was made as part of the University’s Initiative Campaign’s goal to raise $500 million to “ensure Queen’s future as a destination for exceptional people”, according to the University’s press release. Smith is part of the campaign’s cabinet.

Prior to the $50-million contribution, Smith’s philanthropic efforts with the Initiative Campaign included a donation of $4 million to the Stephen J.R. Smith Student Bursary and the funding of a Chair in Public Policy in the department of economics.

During his speech, Smith explained his rationale for choosing to donate to the School of Business.

“Although I studied engineering at Queen’s, my life has been devoted to finance and business,” he said.

“I believe the School of Business

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A sit-down interview with the Queen’s Imam

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Future of program uncertain Faculty propose suspension of admissions to the PHE program T arini P ahwa Assistant News Editor Earlier this week, The Journal learned that the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies is requesting a suspension of admissions into the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education

(BPHE) program beginning in September 2017.

The School informed the Arts and Science Faculty Board of the proposal last Friday. The Faculty Board is the governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Dr. Jean Côté, director of SKHS, sent an email to students and

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alumni on Sept. 16 to inform them that the School has requested a temporary suspension of admissions to the program.

In the email, he also wrote that he envisions an eventual merging of the Physical Health and Education (PHE) and Kinesiology (KIN) programs in the near future, as enrolment in Kinesiology has grown to almost double that of Physical Health and Education in the last year.

“This decision is not one that we have taken lightly,” he wrote.

Côté sent students a second email one day later to assure students in PHE program that the announcement will have no effect on their ability to graduate.

However, Lindsay Toth, President of the Physical and Health Education and Kinesiology Student See PHE on page 4

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COMMERCE

Business students forgo on-campus recruitment Many Commerce students seek alternate routes to employment V ictoria G ibson Assistant News Editor As September begins, so does a rush of on-campus recruitment (OCR) for fourth-year Queen’s commerce students — but some are choosing to forgo the program for independent job searches.

Recruitment season spans the first two months of the fall term. It typically begins during Orientation Week with mock interviews as well as LinkedIn and resume workshops.

During this time, a variety of companies — around 50-60, according to Commerce Society (ComSoc) President Ana Lopez — come to network with students and recruit full-time and summer employees.

OCR sees 20 per cent of students sign onto full-time employment after graduation, according to Andrea Cuthbert, the associate

director of Corporate Relations for the Business Career Centre.

Some students, however, say the process is too early in the year and may result in missed opportunities in more relevant fields.

Duncan Seston, ComSoc’s corporate relations officer, chose to forgo the process when searching for summer employment last year and for full-time employment this September. In both instances, Seston, Comm ’16, landed employment — first in the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) private equity division and then full-time at the Bank of Montreal (BMO).

There are the “four major streams” of commerce, Seston said: finance, accounting, marketing/sales and consulting.

Although he’s focused on finance, Seston said on-campus recruitment may be falling short outside of these four areas.

On-campus recruitment (OCR) begins in September for fourth-year Commerce students.

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“Most of the top firms in those fields will come to recruit graduates, which is great if you’re someone looking to go into those streams,” he said. “If you’re not particularly enamoured by one of those streams, it is sort of a challenging process.”

Seston said the Business Career Centre has recognized the issue, however, and is working to bring a more diverse range of recruiters to campus.

Students may choose bigger recruiters for the job security over pursuing their interests via “independent pathways”, he added.

“These are companies that your parents, my parents, would know.

Their names are what we’d call relatively ‘safe’ names to start your career,” he said.

There’s also considerable pressure placed on Commerce students to attend the on-campus recruiting events due to the safety and security of early job offers, he said.

“Even though that might not be your dream job, the fact that someone’s coming and knocking on your door, interested in hiring you, means [to some] that you should absolutely be participating.”

However, he says the process can make students less ambitious when searching for other jobs, and going back on a signed offer is “not common practice by any means.”

“Once you sign, you’re basically locked in.”

ComSoc President Ana Lopez also chose to forgo the recruitment period for alternative

SENATE

Queen’s Senate Sept. 29 recap Highlights include new neuroscience program, enrolment successes and new policy on Senate question period V ictoria G ibson Assistant News Editor

Harrison informed the Senate of successes in admissions goals. He noted that 16 per cent of the class of 2019 was made up of Aboriginal students, while the University has admitted international students representing 42 countries.

credits for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Provost Harrison said students could use the credits for both degrees, but the goal was to “encourage some of the best students in the undergraduate program to stay at Queen’s for their graduate work”.

The motion was passed with only one vote against.

This year’s first Senate meeting began on a somber note, as Principal Daniel Woolf informed staff of the passing of first-year student Andrea Mariano and addressed the All 12 motions proposed were recent disturbances in the University District. approved, including: All 12 proposed motions passed, with some disagreement on changes to the Policy on Senate question period Senate question period and the combined • Creation of five new fields within the Bachelor and Masters degree in neuroscience. Professional Masters of Education (Education Principal Woolf and Provost Alan Harrison abroad, literacy education, classroom The motion to modify the question period brought comments from Senator Jordan updated the Senate on recent developments specialist and aboriginal education) • Introduction of a combined BScH/Msc Morelli, who moved to amend the motion on campus.

(Neuroscience and combined BAH/MSc to delete the clause that all questions should be submitted in writing. program) Woolf remembers first-year student while Morelli motioned that the Senate permit • Offering the Queen’s Masters of Nursing Provost notes enrolment successes (Nurse Practitioner) program out of After a closed session of Senate, Woolf Lakehead and Trent Universities began the open session by expressing his • Amendment to Education Student Senator’s deep sadness at the death of Mariano and terms from one to two years promising to review services for students • Allowing Commerce Student Senators to with severe food allergies. Mariano had carry out a term-length seat for 2015/16 passed away on Sept. 18 following a severe • Amending rules regarding the Senate’s question period anaphylactic reaction.

Woolf then touched on the disturbances in the University District, calling them Most motions passed without discussion, although there were exceptions. “disturbing and unacceptable”.

The principal also discussed gender Combined Bachelor and Masters degree equity on the search committee for the new in neuroscience Provost — two female faculty members, Dr. Lynda Colgan and Dr. Susan Cole, The motion to introduce the dual were added.

Finally, Woolf announced that the first neuroscience programs brought debate meeting for the Non-Academic Disciplinary from Senator Leah Brockie, ConEd ’19, who raised concerns that students could system review was held earlier in the day.

During Provost Alan Harrison’s report, “catch double credits”, or use the same

employment routes. Lopez, Comm ’16, said the early recruitment process, which “gets a bit earlier every year”, puts an unhelpful strain on students.

“I think students feel pressured to apply to these jobs right away, whether or not they’ve given a lot of thought into whether this industry or company is right for them,” Lopez said.

Despite that, she says the recruitment process is still successful in GRAPHIC BY ASHLEY QUAN finding students employment, especially those seeking jobs in the four major streams.

Lopez secured employment through her own networking efforts, which landed her an internship with Shopify in e-commerce software. She found the internship through a conversation she struck up with a panelist at a conference, who happened to be the Vice President of Business Development at Shopify.

Lopez added that such an unconventional approach to employment isn’t for everyone.

“It’s difficult to take that route if you’re a risk adverse person,” she said.

“I think it’s a culture thing. It’s difficult if you see all your friends getting jobs in September, if you’re not comfortable pursuing something a little less stable.”

questions to be raised orally, and said the “problems this motion is seeking to fix would all be resolved if we simply had our oral question period back.”

His motion was seconded by Senator Emily Townshend, Sci ’15. Both Senators withdrew the amendment with a promise from Woolf to consider disscussion on the issue at a later date.

Senator Cathy Christie agreed with Morelli and Townshend, and said allowing oral questions would be a logical step for Senate.

In response, Woolf said questions should be kept to the “problems of the Senate”, and he didn’t wish to veer into irrelevant topics, using the example of the lighting around Tindall Field.

Morelli then asked Woolf whether his “silly” example of Tindall field lighting could constitute a question of student safety against assault. He said an improperly lit field could create an unsafe environment for students.

“Let’s just be free to ask intelligent questions and get intelligent answers,” Morelli said.

The original motion passed with the issue of oral questions to be addressed at a later date.

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FEATURE RELIGION

A universal chaplain Queen’s Imam Yasin Dwyer discusses his work at the university and Canada’s prison system S ean S utherland Features Editor

some success.

Of course, time will tell whether that success was real or not. But today we can say that we were really able to develop positive relationships, mentoring relationships, to many of these young men — because most of them were young men — to the point where I can say our relationship has kind of gone beyond a professional one. I consider many of these individuals my friends.

We do have text in religion, but we also have, most importantly, context. So we were able to help them understand the context of religion and to help them become better citizens and better believers.

As a chaplain, Yasin Dwyer’s career has been unique — working with everyone from radicalized inmates to students at Queen’s.

He’s spent the last eight years as the Imam at Queen’s, operating out of the Office of the Chaplain.

During that time, he’s worked with students of multiple faiths.

Dwyer isn’t new to the field.

Prior to his time at Queen’s he worked as a chaplain for over a decade in the Canadian prison system. As the first full-time Imam hired by Correctional Service Canada, he counseled radicalized offenders, offering them a better understanding of the Islamic faith.

The Journal sat down with Dwyer to discuss his work — both at Queen’s and with Correctional Service — and the role of the Chaplain’s Office at the University.

What are the key lessons that you learned from your time with Correctional Services of Canada that you’ve applied to your role at Queen’s?

In your mind, what’s the role of the Chaplain’s office and your position in the Queen’s community today?

The role of the Chaplain’s Office is just to provide religious and spiritual support for students on campus. My particular role is to be a part of the religious and spiritual chaplaincy team here at Queen’s.

I am a chaplain of the Muslim faith. However, I am hoping to be a universal figure here on campus.

But I was brought on some years ago because of the University’s acknowledgement that there was a need to perhaps have a chaplain of the Muslim faith as a result of some of the incidents of Islamophobia that took place on campus.

I was really brought on on a casual basis, just to act as an advisor or someone to help the University understand the needs of Muslim students here at Queen’s, and to respond in a positive way to some of the fears that Muslim students on campus had.

Queen’s has its roots as a Presbyterian college and still has stereotypes about its Anglo-Saxon culture. From your standpoint in the Chaplain’s Office, have you seen the impact of this on students from different faith communities?

Traditionally, the default chaplains have been either Catholic or Protestant. So as a Muslim, we really are learning from our Catholic and Protestant colleagues.

We’re trying to figure out what it means to be a chaplain from an Islamic perspective.

So many within the Muslim community, even the Jewish community — perhaps even the Rastafarian community — would hear the word chaplain and associate it primarily with either the Catholic or Protestant Churches, but we’re trying to break those stereotypes and recognize that religion and spirituality are

Imam Yasin Dwyer spent over 10 years working as a chaplain with Correctional Service Canada and has been with the Office of the Chaplain at Queen’s for the past eight years.

universal … there are a variety of creative expressions of what it means to be a chaplain.

In a diverse community, interfaith dialogue plays an important role. What steps can Queen’s take — as both a university and as a community — to advance this dialogue?

In the Muslim community, we just came out of a very, very important pillar of our religion called the Hajj or the pilgrimage.

The pilgrimage is very significant for a variety of reasons, but one of the principal reasons that the pilgrimage is very important is that it’s a real manifestation of the universality of humanity. So the diversity that we see in humanity, the diversity on campus, is really for the purpose not to be divided, but rather to get to know each other and to learn about each other. And not only tolerate each other, but value each other.

So the university can help this process by recognizing the value of diversity, recognize the value of difference and celebrating it in a very safe and

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open academic, intellectual and spiritual environment.

You also worked with radicalized inmates, correct?

Could you briefly describe your role with Correctional Service of Canada?

[I] and another Muslim chaplain, who was brought under contract some years after me … were asked to deal with a handful of offenders who were charged and convicted of terrorist-related offences. There was a religious dimension to this particular offence, so as Muslim chaplains or chaplains of the Muslim faith, we were asked to speak to their offence and counsel them through very, very specific religious strategies.

We were able to extract from our primary texts the mistakes that they had made and we helped reconsider some of their religious and spiritual thinking to the point where today, many of them have come a very long way and have understood, or have a much more holistic understanding, of what Islam is, and they also understand what Islam is not.

Of course, we had to improvise and be very creative, because there wasn’t official acknowledgement that such a program specifically geared to radicalized offenders was actually needed. We had

I began in, I believe, 2004 and resigned some time last year. I was a chaplain, a professional chaplain with the Correctional Services of Canada and again I was brought on because there was a growing Muslim offender population.

I was kind of brought on as a pioneer of sorts, because I was the first full-time Muslim chaplain to be hired by the Correctional Service of Canada.

[I dealt with] dietary needs, worship needs and we were able … to help chaplaincy understand what it meant or what kind of a contribution Muslims could make to the overall field of chaplaincy. So we were able to do a lot of positive work with offenders, with inmates and advocate for them and to help — through religious and spiritual means — them to do their time and not make their time do them.

There is a popular saying in our tradition to “keep your heart busy with God and keep your hands busy with the people.” Keeping your heart busy with God has to do with your personal relationship with God. At the same time, faith has an external dimension as well, and that is symbolized through the hands.

Your personal relationship with God must be secure, but also your relationship is not complete unless you serve the people, unless you serve those who are in need. So in a correctional context, that is quite clear, because you’re dealing with a group of people that are marginalized, are oft-times very poor and oft-times forgotten by society.

“There was a need to perhaps have a chaplain of the Muslim faith as a result of of some of the incidents that took place on campus — Yasin Dwyer It’s very easy to look down and condemn those who have made errors, especially when there are victims involved. But really, the goal of restorative justice is to restore people and to help people become complete, whether it’s offenders, victims, the community.

That lesson was very explicit when I was working with corrections. I did move on, but I promised the men and women that I worked with that I’m only resigning, but I’m not quitting because the work — it’s not really work. It’s actually a duty.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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New name, new brand for School of Business

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ADMINISTRATION

Board of Trustees Oct. 2 preview

No mention of non-academic discipline in open session agenda except in student reports

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along with regularly scheduled verbal reports from Principal Woolf, Provost Harrison and others.

conducts a review of the system as months (for some) and few weeks a whole. (for others),” Young wrote in However, there’s no mention his report.

On Friday Oct. 2, the Queen’s of the review in any agenda topic.

“As you will all know by Board of Trustees will hold their Non-academic discipline The only place the issue is brought now, I have concerns about first quarterly meeting of the up is within each of the reports the direction that we have academic year.

As recently reported by The Journal, regularly presented to the Board by taken … I am disappointed in some The agenda for the open the Board of Trustees announced student representatives — Rector of the outcomes of our discussions, session features reports from on Sept. 18 that an interim Mike Young, AMS and SGPS. but I am eager to look ahead to the Investment Committee, the protocol will replace its current “I wanted to briefly address the what we are able to accomplish Pension Committee, and Queen’s non-academic misconduct system ongoing NAD discussions we’ve collaboratively. I trust that students University Planning Committee while an advisory committee been having over the past few will not only be included in the process moving forward, but that they will be granted access to shape and inform the system that we build.”

A report drafted by the AMS executive also addresses concerns “Student leaders were about student input throughout When asked for comment, Dr. Continued from page 1 Côté said he will only be available not informed that this was the process.

Association (PHEKSA), told The for comment after he sends happening, but what is important “We support efforts to improve Journal that the original email was out another email to students to remember that as student non-academic discipline to mitigate leaders we cannot work risk but also to ensure that the next week. “misleading” as no decisions have with the principles behind our restorative Côté has also arranged a collaboratively yet to be made.

“The SKHS proposed this meeting with The Journal to discuss university administration if we justice process is preserved,” the change at Faculty Board on Friday, the contents of the email once it do not know what is going on AMS report stated.

Sept. 25th. It has yet to be passed has been sent out, as he is currently with administration,” he said.

However, Chris Cochrane, Jamieson also said he has president of the SGPS, stated at Faculty Board or approved by out of the country.

ASUS President Brandon met with Susan Mumm, the his full support of the Board’s Dr. Susan Mumm, the Dean of Arts and Science,” Toth wrote in an Jamieson said he found out about dean of the Faculty of Arts and oversight of the issue. the announcement one day before Science, to discuss the proposal email statement.

“This issue and its resolution are She added that there the vote came to the Arts and however he didn’t disclose any ultimately at the Board’s discretion,” information about what occurred he wrote in his report. has been “some confusion” about Science Faculty Board.

Jamieson was present at the at the meeting. the status of the motion to The report stated that “As students, we welcome this the SGPS executive stands suspend admissions to the meeting last Friday when the investigation … I don’t think by “the comments made by our program, but that the process is motion was brought to the table.

He told The Journal that faculty we should have any program at Vice-President “now transparent”.

(Professional) “Decisions about the future of members from the School of Queen’s that we wholeheartedly Mark Asfar to the Audit and the PHE program have not been Kinesiology and Health Studies do not support or believe in,” Risk Committee”, although the made to date. Rather, this will voted unanimously to suspend Jamieson added. comments he made weren’t stated be a long and thorough process,” admissions during their annual in the report.

May faculty retreat. she stated.

“We trust the judgment of

PHE program awaits decision

the Board and offer ourselves as necessary to assist in any additional consultation as implementation moves forward. This is an opportunity to strengthen the Queen’s community and campus environment, and we put our full trust in the Board,” Cochrane wrote.

Motions for approval • From Senate — That the Board of Trustees ratify the action of the Senate to approve the Policy on the selection of honorary degree candidates, pursuant to Section 28 of the Consolidated Royal Charter.

This motion would allow groups to be nominated as candidates for honorary degrees.

• From Audit and Risk Committee — That the Board of Trustees approve the audited consolidated financial statements of Queen’s University for the 2015 year.

• From Capital Assets and Finance Committee — That the Board of Trustees approve a lease for a portion of Hotel Dieu Hospital to use for neuroscience research for the next 10 years.

• From Investment Committee — That the Board of Trustees amend the Queen’s Investment Funds Statement of Investment Policies and Procedures.

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has the energy, and the strategy, to advance its international influence and recognition would prove good for all of Queen’s.”

Smith, a Queen’s alumnus, graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in electrical engineering. He also holds a Masters of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

“I see the endowment as a

balance between attracting and matches contributions between retaining good faculty and good $1,000 and $25,000 dollar students,” Smith told The Journal for dollar. after his speech.

Rector Mike Young, ConEd Prior to the announcement, ’17, said he’s looking forward to the School of Business had been seeing the new Stephen J.R. Smith running its own fundraising School of Business. campaign. The campaign has so “I’m really excited to see the far raised $61 million of their new brand of the Smith School of $65-million goal, and has secured Business take shape and to have a almost $2 million through paired new generation of Smith Business donations the Dean’s Matching School graduates,” Young said.

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EDITORIALS

The Journal’s Perspective

BILL C-24

Confront the closing of Canadian citizenship The burgeoning Canadian identity is something to be concerned about.

In comparison to the political fervour generated by Bill C-51 — the Anti-terrorism Act — Bill C-24 slipped quietly under the radar into legislation on June 20, 2014 and came into effect earlier this year.

Bill C-24 allows dual citizens to be stripped of their Canadian citizenship if convicted of treason, spying or terrorism, either domestically or in a foreign nation, at the discretion

of Canada’s citizenship and immigration minister.

During the Munk debate on Monday night, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau clashed over the bill.

Trudeau said it devalues Canadian citizenship by making it “conditional

for anyone”, but Harper asserted that there’s a “minimum bar” immigrants and people coming to Canada should be expected to live up to.

Bill C-24 is one in an escalating stampede of legislation that undermines the idea of a tolerant, all-accepting, free Canada.

Since the War Measures Act, to reforms following 9/11, and Bill C-51, Canada has acted increasingly defensively

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SEX

attributed a rise in STD cases to that specific dating apps are the social media’s ability to “arrange cause of, and not just correlated casual and often anonymous to, rising rates of venereal disease, sexual encounters”, among others, then by all means they should fulfill their mandate and alert users to as support.

Casual sex with strangers has the danger.

But until that point, their always had its associated risks.

Not to say it isn’t also rewarding, targeting of Tinder and Grindr is but the reward isn’t always more a defamatory shot in the dark than a well-aimed conscientious what’s expected.

However, the rising rates of public service.

All is not necessarily fair in sex STIs which led to AHF’s campaign could be attributed to a number and billboards. of factors — unprotected sex, — Journal Editorial Board Swiping right on a sexy picture drunken hookups, numerous won’t give you an STI, but sexual partners — and they all having sex without protection have to do with how we have sex, not necessarily how we go about certainly might.

From Tinder to Grindr, finding it.

Using technology to arrange a Craiglist to Salaam Swipe — a dating app for Muslims looking for sexual encounter isn’t shameful love — hooking up has become in and of itself, but any activity so simple that the AIDS Health becomes dangerous if its Foundation (AHF) is worried it’s participants don’t understand how to protect themselves. leading to higher rates of STIs. ean utherland Essentially, the problem isn’t Hence their new billboard, erected a few blocks away from dating apps themselves, but how the Tinder headquarters last we use them.

What we can take away from week, which depicts two pairs of silhouettes with the words reports of increased rates of STIs “Tinder” and “Chlamydia” written is that the class where you learned on one couple, and “Grindr” how to put a condom on a banana and “Gonorrhea” on the other. wasn’t effective enough.

Tinder has filed a cease and Negotiating sexual encounters desist letter in response, which is more complicated these days, but Two months ago, I ran into a this wouldn’t be so worrisome if former high school classmate AHF has chosen to ignore.

The organization has cited we knew how to have sex without at the bar.

Instead of talking to her, I as support a Rhode Island getting an STI. If AHF has sufficient evidence walked to the bar and ordered Department of Health report that

Swipe right on condoms

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Getting over guilt

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by mitigating certain civil rights in the name of national security.

Regardless of your political preferences, the direction of this country concerns all of us who are starting out, or deciding what to do with our lives.

The concept of losing Canadian citizenship hits close to home for many of us who have dual citizenship, or whose families immigrated to Canada.

The membership rights incumbent in citizenship obligates lawmakers to consider citizens’ needs and wishes in creating the laws that govern them.

Maybe there’s a legitimate discussion to be had around how these rights are distributed.

But, we should be able to have this discussion without being bombarded by prejudicial images of homegrown insurgents to sway our vote.

Targeting dual citizens — those who came from or whose parents came from other countries — has

a discriminatory on those towards whom Harper hasn’t displayed love in the past.

It’s a way of filtering Canadian identity to suit a definition we’re comfortable with, but not necessarily one that reflects reality.

We have a tendency to think of terrorists as foreigners. But committing a terrorist act doesn’t make someone less Canadian.

Instead, we’re confronted with a different definition of Canadian.

We can either restrict ourselves to “old-stock” Canada, or embrace the narrative we’ve always been sold about Canadian diversity.

The Canadian identity currently being formulated is the legacy we will inherit.

Irrespective of your political allegiances, make sure it’s a national identity that makes you proud to be Canadian.

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another beer. Why? Because I It slowly eats away at you. I couldn’t face the guilt I felt for know for me, I was avoiding it. I some of my actions towards her in needed to find a way of actually high school. dealing with it.

They weren’t particularly When I talked to this girl in mean — maybe person for the just stupid — and When you carry guilt first time in over this girl had already three years, I for a long enough forgiven me for acknowledged time, it starts to what happened in my faults and affect every facet of she forgave the past, but I still your life. wasn’t able to look me again. her in the eye.

In that Guilt’s a dangerous thing. In moment — for whatever my case, I was drinking because I reason — I found catharsis. had no other way to deal with it, as I’m not suggesting seeking sad that sounds. out everyone you’ve hurt in the A booze-stocked bar can be past — they may not want to see effective in forgetting how you’ve you. But find a way to messed up, but it’s not healthy. deal with your guilt, since Plus, it only lasts for one night. there’s no sense in carrying When I got home from the bar, it around.

I shot her a Facebook message By playing hockey and devoting asking if we could meet. my entire university life to writing I think I needed some form for a newspaper, I found peace of absolution that I hadn’t really with my past. gotten before. Sure, I’d apologized, Maybe for you it will be but it’d been over Facebook and something different — volunteer I still couldn’t get rid of the guilt work, making amends or taking I felt. up yoga.

When you carry guilt for a long Everybody makes mistakes, but enough time, it starts to affect it’s no reason to feel guilty for the every facet of your life. It’s not rest of your life. You can still find something you can get rid of easily. absolution, even if you didn’t ask Maybe it means you avoid for it. certain situations, or act like a clown around certain people Sean is one of The Journal’s Features because you don’t want to admit Editors. He’s a fourth-year English major. how you erred.

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OPINIONS

Your Perspective

Talking heads ... around campus

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Who are you looking forward to seeing at QPOP? MENTAL HEALTH

Taking self-care seriously A call to prioritize mental well-being “I’m excited to see Devan and Khalid.”

Edward Chen, ArtSci ’16

Although most people understand that mental health can be serious, too few of us put in the effort to care for our own.

“Born Ruffians.”

Danielle Laver, ArtSci ’16

Mike Young, ConEd ’17

“The Elwins.”

Erin Hand, ArtSci ’16

“I’m excited for Born Ruffians and obviously to perform.”

Nick Castell, ArtSci ’16, Member of The Attic Kids

“I’m a huge fan of Alvvays.”

Arden Streib, ArtSci ’17 (Left) “I’ve heard a lot of Born Ruffians hype, so I’m excited to see them.”

Sam Goldstein, ArtSci ’17 (Right)

More people are coming to understand mental health as existing on a spectrum: with debilitating mental illness on one side and mental wellness on the other.

However, often when people refer to “mental health” — whether they’re talking about support, advocacy, awareness or something else — they only refer to things like anxiety, stress and depression.

Because of how this conversation and topic regularly surfaces, it can feel like the main concern of mental health lies with mental illness.

While this is vitally important, we ought to be careful and make sure we don’t ignore the importance of being in touch with the current state of our mental health at all times, regardless of where we are on that spectrum.

Of all of the things I’ve learned at university, and the growth I’ve experienced, the increase in my emotional intelligence and awareness has arguably had the most profound effect on my life.

To be clear, I’m not an expert by any stretch of anyone’s imagination. I’m a student. That being said, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about these issues and can only hope discussing them might

help somebody, somewhere, make better sense of their situation.

I’ve had incredibly memorable and transformative experiences in different areas throughout my time at Queen’s, and I sincerely don’t think I would have had access to these experiences without the time I spent learning to understand and deal with my emotions. It’s helped me professionally as well as personally.

Though not true in all cases, it often seems like mental health is only something that people who are struggling need to worry about.

Consequently, many people tend not to look after their mental health on a daily basis in the same way they do their physical health.

Taking medication when you have a cold, going to the hospital when you break a bone, brushing your teeth to prevent cavities and eating meals and drinking fluids on a daily basis — these are expectations that pertain to one’s physical health.

While mental health is being talked about with more frequency, discussing our feelings and emotions openly and honestly — both internally and with others — has yet to become a daily expectation. The commitment we have to our physical health doesn’t seem to be applied with the same consistency and care when it comes to our mental health.

Things like self-care and concepts like “treating yourself” have become much more prevalent in everyday conversations over the past few years — most notably at different mental health-focused events and discussions. Though

this might signal that more people are taking time to look after their mental health, I’m not convinced that everyone who talks about self-care has a comprehensive understanding of how it might manifest itself in their day-to-day thoughts and emotions.

By saying this, I don’t mean people are throwing out words carelessly without regard for what they mean or imply, but I think it’s important to recognize that to properly commit to self-care on an ongoing basis is a serious commitment that goes beyond merely mentioning its importance.

Things like mindfulness exercises, physical exercise, taking time to be fully present, creative outlets (e.g. painting, music, etc.) and social breaks (Netflix please) can be great ways of caring for oneself, but not everything will interact with everybody with the same efficacy.

For me, there’s a discrepancy between days when it comes to what I need. I’ve spent a fair bit of time consciously trying to get to know myself on a personal and emotional level — making sense of what I feel, why I feel it and ,consequently, how I can sustain or stop feeling that way. Because of that, I can usually decipher what type of self-care I need on a particular day.

When I’m feeling really good, I’m usually (not always) able to isolate what those positive feelings are and where they came from. I’m then able to continue facilitating that happiness. Likewise, when I’m not feeling my best, I can more efficiently deal with

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those feelings.

Though this is my experience and won’t apply to everyone, I’m hard-pressed to think of a situation in which emotional literacy wouldn’t come in handy.

The next stage of social discourse surrounding self-care should stress the importance of self-awareness and emotional intelligence, such that everyone can more easily navigate their thoughts and emotions when it comes to assessing and addressing their relative mental wellness in the moment.

This is a call to us all — myself included — to take the necessary time to raise our own personal expectations when it comes to our mental health. To take time out of each day to check in with ourselves, continually attempting to comprehend what our mental state as a whole might be telling us.

Every day, we should aim to know more about ourselves than we did the day before.

We all have mental health. It’s not something that only exists when things like depression and anxiety rear their heads. Let’s try and make Queen’s a more emotionally sensible and literate campus where mental health is treated with respect, no matter how we might be feeling.

It takes time and effort, but if we can do it when it comes to our physical well-being, I believe that we’re more than capable.

Mike Young is a fifth-year gender studies major and Queen’s current student Rector.

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SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST

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Summer in Skye (Cameron MacDonald).

Gold Coast, Queensland (Haoran Liang).

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Two Amish boys shyly wave behind the security of their window; the mom looks on.

Tompkinsville, KY (Tyson Clark).

My brother’s hand in the rain (Ryan Lee).

Marmots enjoying themselves in the sun (Carolin Brockhaus).

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ARTS

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A poem by Jerm IX in the Entertainment District in Toronto, in his characteristic stenciled font.

PUBLIC ART

Street art as survival

Artist behind Jerm IX wants to release his feelings, not inspire R amna S afeer Arts Editor Jerm IX, a street artist whose work decorates downtown Kingston, hopes he can help people truly see the environment around them — and not simply look at it.

I first noticed his poetry this summer. Wandering down Princess St., I saw a white paper with black-stenciled writing plastered on an electricity box. Intrigued, I stepped off the sidewalk to read the note.

It was a poem. “I’m at the intersection of nowhere and lost,” it began.

At the time, I was on my way to the bus stop after a tough opening shift at work. I was tired and wanted to be left alone. I walked with my head down, feet dragging.

Seeing the poem helped me step outside my bubble of fatigue and solitude, and see the street as a quiet and appreciative observer.

I took a few seconds to read it — standing away from the bustle of people on the sidewalk who had somewhere to be — and reminded myself to breathe. The poem was signed “Jerm IX”.

The Journal sat down with Jeremiah, the man behind the thought-provoking street art plastered up and down Princess St. When did this all start for you?

What pushed you to begin making street art?

Jeremiah: I got interested in street art in London in 2001. I started photographing it, going to Toronto. It wasn’t until I moved to Vancouver in 2004 that I started doing it myself. I started officially in 2005. I moved back to Ontario in 2010 and I’ve been decorating

cities all over Ontario since then.

When I lived in Vancouver, advertising drove me insane. The ads were everywhere, every day.

We’ve lost the small time feel, even in small towns. I just feel like we’ve lost the ability to connect with our environment. All the messages we’re conveying in the public have to do with someone’s agenda.

So, when I see something thought-provoking in public, it changes my day. I’m trying to give that feeling to someone else.

It means everything to me when someone messages me and tells me I impacted them, or even that I just pulled them out of their day for a split second.

have an aesthetic value, there’s nothing artsy about it. I also dabble in spray paint and stickers. I do all the mediums of graffiti.

I probably created about 5,000 pieces in Vancouver over the course of five years, and I’ve probably doubled that across Ontario.

Street art is accessible. It gets people to challenge their environments in a way that other forms of art don’t do.

How do you think you’ve progressed as an artist since 2005?

Jeremiah: I don’t know if I’ve progressed as an artist as much

as I’ve progressed as a person. A little while into making street art, I ended up being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The street art has helped me be more positive and seek help.

I’m trying to put a few more messages out there that convey a positive feeling, in the hopes that someone can see that and feel even a second of hope.

As far as the style is concerned, it’s not changing. It’s kind of set in stone. I’ve had my work published in books about graffiti and become renowned in my own way. It’s just me and my stencils, you know?

What do you hope someone on the street who notices one of your pieces takes away from it?

Jeremiah: I don’t care what they take away from it as long as it takes them out of their day for a brief moment. If it can catch their eye or they can notice it even for a moment.

I want people to challenge their environment. I don’t want people to recognize their environment by the ads plastered everywhere.

It’s not even that I want to inspire people. I just want to get it out of me.

You’ve explained the external motivation behind your street art.

What does it achieve for you personally?

Jeremiah: Besides street art, I also make hip-hop music. But I started street art because I always needed a healthy outlet. As a teenager, I was a young offender.

I lived on the streets, I committed crime. I had so much emotion and nowhere to express it. It’s all about release in my life. Although I’m giving street art to the community, it’s definitely a selfish act for me in that I’m doing this mainly for myself. I need this form of release to survive.

Some of the works I’ve done are actually suicide notes that I wrote when I was younger. I needed that release, to put them out there.

Why street art?

Why not paint or make sculpture?

Jeremiah: I chose this stencil letter font because it almost has an authoritative feel to it. It doesn’t

A poem by Jerm IX on Princess St. in downtown Kingston.

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WRITERSFEST

Acclaimed authors talk freedom of expression Lawrence Hill, Mark Bourrie and Marion Botsford Fraser discuss whether Canadians care about social issues R amna S afeer Arts Editor

Off began by asking for a summary of their respective recent publication about Originally published online Sept. 28. speaking out against political and social injustices.

The books varied in their The muzzling of free press, the dismissal of media and the act of exploration of freedoms and rights, writing as activism were topics of a from Bourrie’s Kill the Messengers: Kingston WritersFest discussion on Stephen Harper’s Assault on Your Right to Know, to Fraser’s Acting Friday night.

The panel event, entitled for Freedom: Fifty Years of Civil “Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Liberties in Canada, to Hill’s Dear Act”, was one of over 50 events Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book.

The discussion eventually led to taking place last weekend. The events are part of Kingston’s annual the Harper government, which the literary festival for both readers and panelists said has left Canadians unable to respond to significant writers, the Kingston WritersFest.

This panel featured renowned social issues, including the recent Syrian refugee crisis.

Canadian authors To address this, Off Mark Bourrie, posed a question Marian Botsford that warranted a Fraser and dialogue on its own.

Lawrence Hill of “My question internationally is: do Canadians acclaimed The even care?” she Book of Negroes. asked. Each author Each author answered with was asked about particular depth. their respective Marian Botsford books, all of Fraser, whose which touched on book centers on a issues of social and political issues. — Marion Botsford Fraser history of civil rights activism in Canada, The discussion said it sometimes used these books as a jumping off point for a wider takes a particular series of events conversation about activist writing for Canadians to realize something is unjust. and freedom of expression.

“My small community in In conversation with co-host of CBC Radio’s As It Happens, Toronto, the street that I live on Carol Off, the authors took their had a long conversation about how places on stage to a room buzzing to welcome Syrian refugees into our community,” she said. with excitement.

“I think at the grassroots, After introducing the writers’ panel, Kingston WritersFest Artistic community level, Canadians Director Barbara Bell gestured to get very anguished about these an extra chair placed to the side of injustices. But often that frustration doesn’t translate well into political the stage.

“That chair is the symbol of polls of the masses.”

Lawrence Hill’s Dear Sir, I the extinguished voices of writers … who have been imprisoned and Intend to Burn Your Book touches killed for exercising their right to on the backlash he received from a community in the Netherlands free expression,” Bell said.

“I think at the grassroots, community level, Canadians get very anguished about these injustices.”

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From left: Carol Off speaks with writers Mark Bourrie, Lawrence Hill and Marion Botsford Fraser about freedom to write about social issues in Canada.

regarding his internationally renowned novel The Book of Negroes.

A man from the community emailed Hill in 2011 to inform the author that he and other members of his community would be burning copies of the novel. His book explores what could have led this man and his community to act in this way.

As an answer to the question, Hill said the dehumanization of “the other” is the key to making people feel they don’t need to care.

He added that people often wish to echo the majority sentiment for the false sense of safety.

“In 1984, I was given hell by my editor at the Winnipeg Free Press for [wanting to] interview every Liberal leadership candidate about their perspectives on reparations for Japanese Canadians,” Hill said.

“A year later, the Conservative government offered reparations to

Japanese Canadians.”

Mark Bourrie, an award-winning Canadian journalist who was a Parliamentary correspondent for the Law Times from 1994 to 2006, said the issue of caring or not caring about social injustices comes from a problem in the media.

“There are a core of really good reporters in this country, but the business in journalism is bad. A lot of us are one phone call away

from never working in journalism again,” Bourrie said.

He said most journalists who attempt to reveal the truth about social injustices are risking their careers due to the difficulty of accessing information in the current political landscape.

“There is an overall theme in Ottawa of reporters not being allowed to access vital information that is critical to the Canadian public,” he said.

SPOKEN WORD

Poets with disabilities perform pieces with heart A night of poetry readings presents a holistic view of the community D ana M itchell Contributor A poetry reading was held on Tuesday night with performances by poets looking beyond their disabilities and finding inspiration in the world around them.

The event, titled Off the Record, presented a group of emerging poets who shared their thoughts through poems of various styles and themes. It was held at The Box at H’art Centre, an art school for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Ranging in topic from outer space to personal identity, the men and women presented poems they’ve written over the past year in a poetry and memoir class.

The Box provided an intimate setting, and the red and white tablecloths and dim lighting gave the space a coffeehouse aesthetic. Audience members and poets exchanged hugs and high-fives throughout the evening, creating a welcoming, communal atmosphere.

The hour-long event featured poetry readings, an intermission with music and dancing and an original song performed by one of the students to close the evening.

“It’s important to get the community involved just to see what wonderful work is actually created,” poetry and memoir instructor Barbara Laing said. By opening their doors to everyone,

H’art Centre provides a safe environment for students to interact and share poetry with the rest of the community, she said.

“It’s a more accurate and holistic vision of our community.”

Laing, who is manager of The Box, said her poetry and memoir class is funded by a grant she received from Queen’s, the Fund for a Scholarly Research and Creative Work and Professional Development (Adjuncts).

The stipend, which can provide up to $5,000, launched the poetry class and paid for a visit from local author Iain Reid, she added.

The night wasn’t about poets with disabilities. It was instead a vibrant evening of poetry read

Vince reads an original poem with support of program staff at H’art Studios.

and created by people who find inspiration in small, but significant places.

Many of the poets took inspiration from their lives, and described their instructors at H’art Centre, their personal experiences of watching geese or enjoying a summer day. Another popular topic was Sir John A. Macdonald’s daughter Mary, who faced disability in her own life.

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Mary was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain.

She was unable to walk and instead used a wheelchair.

“I’m deeply proud,” Laing said. “It’s just great to hear such good work.”

A manuscript of the H’art Centre poets’ work will be completed by December.

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Wayfarer Books Bought & Sold, a cozy bookstore located in the heart of downtown Kingston.

BOOKS

Literary gems in downtown Kingston Three local bookstores that will leave your arms full and your pockets empty

R amna S afeer Arts Editor In the coming winter months, few things are more cozy and warm than a cup of coffee and a good bookstore.

While the recent Kingston WritersFest brought dozens of renowned Canadian writers to Kingston, it also brought an influx of people to the city’s oldest and busiest bookstores.

Here’s a list of three bookselling gems in the heart of Kingston, located just a few blocks from each other.

Novel Idea 156 Princess St. With a pun for a name and a navy blue exterior, Novel Idea looks like it jumped out of a romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan.

The staff members at Novel Idea always greet customers with a smile, guide them to the right shelf if a book can’t be found and offer to order a book into the store for a customer if it’s not available.

The store has two comfy reading chairs tucked into its corners, one by a rack piled with literary magazines, and the other at the end of the fiction shelf.

It’s far too easy to spend an afternoon curled up in one of these chairs, wrapped up in a good book and the store’s quiet atmosphere.

Along with an extensive collection of regularly restocked fiction and nonfiction titles, Novel Idea boasts hard-to-find titles by local authors in an effort to support the Kingston literary community.

Wayfarer Books Bought & Sold 85 Princess St. Located just beside the Sleepless Goat café, Wayfarer Books is the ideal spot for a slow afternoon of exploring with cappuccino in hand.

Unlike Novel Idea, Wayfarer is a secondhand bookstore specialized in vintage editions, cheaper paperbacks and used titles.

Walter Cipin, the owner and proprietor of the store, is often seen wandering up and down the aisles himself, straightening spines and looking for a rare edition for a customer.

Wayfarer Books has titles stacked to the ceiling, with a set of creaky steps that takes visitors to the topmost shelves of the store.

Handwritten signs jut out from the stacks, with labels such as “Western Philosophy” or “Paperbacks”.

Although the bookstore has few of the latest bestsellers, it’s the perfect place for students looking for cheap editions of classic novels, or simply for booklovers who love a good bargain.

Berry & Peterson Booksellers 348 King St. East On a street lined with busy restaurants and located closer to the waterfront, it’s easy to miss this cozy used bookstore. Berry & Peterson offers a warm atmosphere, along with a much-needed respite from the cold in the winter months.

Berry & Peterson is characterized by the table of used books on sale just outside the door in the warmer seasons — all of them on sale for a dollar or two. This box of goodies often lures a customer indoors, where the selection is just as impressive.

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The store’s collection of classical fiction is extensive, with several editions of each novel.

Several boxes of additional copies are at the foot of each shelf, where books are often stacked precariously high.

As you travel further into the store, the aisles become narrower and the towers of books

become higher.

A penciled-in price is on the front page of every book. Unless they’re special vintage editions, very few books in the store are more than $10, which makes buying books easier on a student budget.

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SPORTS HOCKEY

Road trips bond Gaels Men’s and women’s hockey enjoy out of province preseason adam laskaris

Sports Editor

Women’s hockey head coach Matt Holmberg has seen his fair share of successes in his time at Queen’s, winning two OUA titles in six seasons. But before the regular season begins, Holmberg’s players take an annual trip to build team chemistry on and off the ice.

“We deliberately and carefully plan the exhibition season so that we try to play as many high-quality teams as we can,” Holmberg said.

Both the women’s and men’s hockey teams completed road trips this past weekend. For the men, they headed to Atlantic Canada to take on St. Thomas and PEI, while the women’s team traveled south of the border to take on NCAA competitors, Colgate University and Syracuse University.

“In the exhibition season, there’s the possibility that we can face a few losses, but that’s really secondary to the process,” Holmberg said.

“We want to test ourselves and constantly push ourselves in the exhibition season.”

The women’s team won 1-0 in their second game against Syracuse, but were badly beaten 7-0 against Colgate. However, Holmberg pointed to the losing result as a

learning experience for the team.

“The game against Colgate, I think it was closer than the score indicated. After the first, the shots were even, the play was even, there were a lot of positives for us,” Holmberg said.

“We got out of those two games what we were hoping to achieve,” he continued. “We played two highly-skilled teams, and really tested ourselves against them.”

Though the women’s team didn’t have much time for off-ice plans, the men’s team had a bit more leeway, as their trip was spread out over five days. For men’s head coach Brett Gibson, a golfing excursion with his team was one of the trip’s highlights.

“PEI’s one of the most beautiful destinations in the world to golf in,” Gibson said. “A lot of the guys had never been able to do that before.”

The men’s team won 5-0 in their first game over St. Thomas, before falling to UPEI 2-1. Defenceman Spencer Abraham was the standout of the weekend, picking up three goals.

“It’s the one time of the year when you’re not focused on the result, when you’re more focused on the individuals,” Gibson said.

“You’ve got a lot of guys right now in our dressing room. I’ve just got to put the puzzle together to see where they all fit.”

Gibson liked the lengthy trip as it allowed him to learn more about his team, especially his first-year players.

“You [get] to know the players as people as opposed to just players,” he said. “Sometimes we forget about them, that they are people, and we need to know what makes them tick off the ice. Spending five days in the Maritimes, I got to know the first-year guys a lot better. We became closer as a team.”

This coming weekend, the men and women are heading out on another set of preseason road trips.

The men will travel south to take on the University of Connecticut, while the women are heading east for games against Ottawa Jesse Andrews (#34) leads the CIS with 738 rushing yards. and McGill.

Both Holmberg and Gibson, FOOTBALL recognize that the time has almost come for the games to count for real, as their seasons kick off on Oct. 9.

“The guys are realizing it’s coming up real close to the season,” he said. “It’s getting more serious.”

The women’s hockey team went 1-1 on the road trip.

Spencer Abraham (#24) led the men’s hockey team with three goals on the road trip.

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Shot at redemption Gaels to host rival Guelph Gryphons A dam L askaris Sports Editor

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Queen’s football head coach Pat Sheahan didn’t mince his words when he spoke about his team’s performance last year against the Guelph Gryphons.

“We fell apart in every aspect of the game,” he said.

Last season, the Gaels fell 66-0 to the Gryphons on the road at Guelph’s homecoming game. It was the worst statistical defeat in the team’s history.

“We’ve got to bounce back and play these guys much tougher this time, and continue to progress as a football team as well,” Sheahan said.

Guelph sits tied atop the OUA with five wins in as many tries, while the Gaels come in sporting a 3-2 record and fifth place in the league. Guelph has averaged 48 points per game while allowing just 19.

“Guelph’s a tough team,” Sheahan said. “This should be a pretty good battle for our guys.

It’s coming at the right time inthe season. We should be able to line up against just about anybody and bring forward a credible performance now.”

Protecting quarterback Nate Hobbs from hits will be a key part of the offensive line’s performance, which has often been a challenge for the Gaels this season.

“Whenever the quarterback gets sacked, it’s always a concern,” Sheahan said.

Queen’s running back Jesse Andrews leads the country in both carries and rushing yards, and Sheahan is looking to lean again on his marquee player. While Guelph

has allowed just a single rusher to eclipse the 100-yard mark in a game this season, Andrews has reached the century mark in all five of his games.

“Typically, he has been a major part of the offence,” Sheahan said.

“He’s a big muscular, durable guy. If he’s touching the ball 25 times, it means he’s doing well.

That’ll tighten the defensive front and give other people space room to operate.”

“If you don’t win the line of scrimmage consistently, you’re going to have a hard time winning anything else. We’re going to be leaning on our big guys to step up and battle and allow our skill guys some time to operate.”

For the Gaels who were on the roster last season, it serves as a chance for redemption.

Conor Redmond, a second-year offensive lineman, understands the task at hand is no easy one.

“We have to keep our mindset right,” he said. “We have to be physical and get ready to take on a good challenge in Guelph.”

Playing at home should provide the Gaels with a bit more confidence than the performance of last season.

“It’s always a much better scenario for us to play in Kingston,” Redmond said.

Limiting Guelph’s fast-striking offense, as well as matching with scores of their own, will be one of the Gaels’ toughest tasks on the day.

“Most of the time they’ve gotten out to early leads,” Redmond said. “We can’t let that happen.

We’ve got to have a four-quarter performance and get them out of their comfort zone.”

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WOMEN’S RUGBY WOMEN’S RUGBY

Running Running away away from from the the competition competiton Women’s tries Women’srugby rugbystar starleads leadsthe theOUA OUAintries

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Emma Chown has scored eight tries in three games, helping to propel the Gaels to third in the CIS rankings.

J oseph C attana Assistant Sports Editor In her three years at Queen’s, women’s rugby winger Emma Chown has gone from being a redshirted freshman to leading the OUA in try scores.

The third-year life science major has eight tries in three games, propelling the Gaels to an undefeated record and a rank of third in the CIS. While Chown’s elevated game has put her in the conversation as one of the league’s best, she initially arrived on campus to try out for the women’s hockey team.

Unfortunately for Chown. this attempt was unsuccessful.

Chown was at a loss for words once she realized competitive hockey wouldn’t be a part of her university life.

“I was devastated,” Chown said.

“I had played hockey since I was five years old, I was on the ice four times a week — it was my life.”

Although discouraged, Chown knew she always wanted to participate in university athletics.

For her, the best opportunity was to try out for the women’s rugby team, a sport she had also played in high school.

Unfortunately for her, rugby tryouts had been at the same time as hockey, leaving her no chance to audition for the Gaels.

After talking to head coach Beth Barz, Chown was allowed to come to practices, where she eventually earned the position of a redshirted freshman.

“I knew I was never going to play [in first year], but I knew I wanted to get better and be there for my team,” Chown said.

In second year, Chown’s role increased. Playing the centre position, she scored four tries in four games, contributing to the rugby team’s 4-1 record in conference play.

To make the next step in her rugby career, Chown decided

to switch positions on the field.

Instead of playing on the inner half of the field at centre, she made the transition to playing wing.

With her combination of speed and strength on the wing, Chown has had no problem fitting into the starting lineup. She’s been a constant thorn in the side of the opposition, rolling through their defenses. Against U of T earlier this year, Chown scored five tries en route to the Gaels winning 106-3.

In a defining moment earlier this year, Chown provided the turning point against their rival, the McMaster Marauders.

Down 14-3 in the second frame, Chown intercepted a McMaster pass and took it well over 100 metres for a try.

“We were deep in our end in a 2-on-2 situation and I was covering their wing on the outside,” Chown described. “I was blocking the pass, I didn’t even have to really run on to the ball to intercept it — I was just in her way. After that it was just

me and the fullback.”

Despite the remarkable play, Chown was quick to point out the importance it had on a potential comeback.

“We had lost some momentum earlier but I think that helped pick us back up.”

In the end, the Gaels would win 15-14 against their rivals.

The performance of Chown and her teammates would place them second in the CIS — a ranking the team has only had twice in the program’s history.

For captain Lauren McEwen, Chown’s efforts against McMaster has helped define the Gaels season.

“That was a big try for her against McMaster,” McEwen said.

“It’s amazing effort on her part, and she definitely has a bright future in rugby.”

“She is just such a delight to play with and she always keeps me humble. I always see her working that extra bit,” she said.

McEwen, the Gaels’ all-time

leading scorer, said Chown has been flying under the radar to most teams.

“Emma Chown is one of the most underrated players right now in the OUA and at the CIS level.”

To coach Beth Barz, confidence has been a key factory in Chown’s play.

“The biggest thing is that she has confidence in herself,” Barz said. “Her teammates have a ton of confidence in her, so they know that if they can get her the ball she has the opportunity to score pretty much every time she touches it.”

While Chown’s play has warranted an OUA All-Star selection, Barz knows that Chown wants team success.

“The key part isn’t the individual accolade,” Barz said. “It’s her contribution to the team, and I really think that she has nailed that part of what it means to be a part of QWR.”

CROSS COUNTRY

Wilkie adds another win Third-year runner wins the Western Invitational E ric G allo -M iscevich Contributor A standout since his first season in the OUA, Queen’s third-year runner Alex Wilkie had the privilege of standing at the top of the podium this past Saturday at the Western Invitational.

Finishing the eight-kilometre cross country race with a time of 24:35, Wilkie clocked in 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

His efforts awarded him both the titles of CIS and OUA male athlete of the week, a first in his career.

Wilkie credits head coach Steve Boyd with the proper race plan to aid his win.

“A lot of our communication happens during the race,” Wilkie said.

Initially, Wilkie started in the middle of the pack as a strategic move. He said he “let the guys go off one by one.”

But eventually Wilkie got to a point where he felt uneasy about the growing distance between him and the leaders.

“I was sitting back, looking over at Steve [Boyd],” he said. “When I saw him I kinda went, ‘What do I do here, man?’ There’s like a 30-metre gap.’”

When Wilkie eventually caught up, his coach told him to give it his all.

“I ran basically alone for the last five or six minutes,” he said. “A lot of [the other runners] paid the price for going out that hard.”

Wilkie said Boyd told him late in the course that, while Wilkie shouldn’t jog it in, the race was essentially won.

“Some of the guys in the race, on paper, were way better than I am,” Wilkie said. “It kinda freaks you out. That’s why Steve’s training, and pre-race chats are good for instilling confidence.”

Wilkie noted that his training, which have lengthy runs as a staple, differs from many other schools, which use higher intensity workouts over shorter distances.

“By the end of the week,” Wilkie said, “they’re running less compared to what we [at Queen’s] do.”

“In August, some of us were running 80 or 90 miles a week.”

When asked if he follows his plan strictly, his response was a definitive “yes.”

As he lives with several of his teammates, keeping up with training is easy for Wilkie.

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Engineer makes good on dream Dalton Kellett moves into the Indy Lights racecar series for 2016 season with Andretti Autosport adam laskaris

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While most consider an Engineering degree one of the safest bets for securing a job after graduation, few, if any, are taking the route of 2015 grad Dalton Kellett.

Holding a degree from Queen’s Engineering Physics program, Kellett signed a contract last week for his second season as a driver with Andretti Autosport. He’s moving up to the Indy Lights racecar series for the 2016 season, which holds its first races in March.

Kellett previously raced for Andretti last season in the Mazda Pro Championship, a step below the Indy Lights series.

The Andretti name is one of the most famous in all of racing sports, as the company takes its name from Mario Andretti, one of the most prolific American racers in history.

“When I first signed with them last year, there were times where I had to pinch myself a little,”

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Kellett said. “It’s a responsibility at the start of the year, build a However, he got into the sport and a great honour to represent rapport with them so I’d be able with the help of his father’s interest that name and to race for them.” to defer assignments or rework and a family friend, who introduced During his time at Queen’s, the schedule. All of them were him to competitive go-kart racing.

Kellett raced for various really helpful.”

Kellett raced at Goodwood competitions, and spent his last Kellett’s degree has proved Kartways as his home track. He two years in the Mazda Pro useful in his chosen career path. was raced in Canada, the United Championship. His schedule “There’s a lot of parallels of States and in a few meets in Europe was already busy with racing what you learn when you’re in as a go-kart racer before making and educational the jump to racing commitments, but cars in 2011.

“That’s a Kellett was also “When I first signed with whole different heavily involved with them last year, there were times type of driving,” Kellett Queen’s Formula Team, where I had to pinch myself a little. said, adding that the which designs and builds addition of racing for competitive racecars.

It’s a responsibility and a great team as opposed While he had to head honour to represent that name and ato representing out to races and car oneself to race for them.” was also a big change. testing often, he credits “Unless you have a the university staff for — Dalton Kellett on racing with Andretti Autosport mechanic [as a go-kart helping accommodate racer], you do the work his busy schedule.

“I wouldn’t have been able to engineering and the skills you on the cars yourself, you’re sort of do it without the support of the gain,” he said. “Especially being a jack of all trades. Then you get to professors at Queen’s,” he said. involved with a program like the cars … you’re just there to drive.”

“It was a lot to manage,” he Formula Team, what you learn can When Kellett would meet new said. “Right from first year I had to be applied directly to racing.” people around Queen’s campus, manage my time pretty diligently, Growing up in Toronto, he he wouldn’t typically reveal his making sure I kept tabs with the knows racing isn’t the most popular distinctive career path initially. professors. I would talk to them sport in Southern Ontario.

“My usual approach is to say, I

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“You can give people some stick when they are not coming out for runs and stuff, they’re just being lazy or something,” he said laughing.

Wilkie hopes to place in the top 10 at the CIS in Guelph, which would qualify him to compete in Italy at FISU, representing Queen’s on the international scale. He’s had his hopes set on qualifying since July of this year.

He competes this weekend at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

While Wilkie is on track to be one of the nation’s top university runners, he isn’t always focused on the accolades. “[I run] because you can be one with your surroundings,” he said. “You have just you and your thoughts and what you see out there.”

During his time at Queen’s, Kellett balanced his time between an engineering physics degree and racing.

work in racing,” he said. “If they’re interested in racing, I’ll tell them I drive the cars. It’s a unique thing, you don’t meet a lot of people that drive racecars.”

After completing his degree, Kellett moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, “the hub of IndyCar racing” as he describes it. Kellett is able to do both physical workouts and work with the Andretti team, which is based out of the city.

Kellett has set his goals high, with ambitions to excel to the top of his field and reach the Verizon IndyCar series. However, on the short term, Kellett’s focused on his upcoming Indy Lights season.

“It’s a new car, new series. I want to learn that car, and do well there.”

Eventually, though, Kellett is pushing to be among the sport’s best with a victory in the sport’s most famous race. “[For] every racer on the IndyCar path, the ultimate goal is to win the Indy 500,” he said. “That’s what I’m really gunning for.”

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including other required products for the device, the Apple Watch isn’t universally practical.

Tech gets trendy

Moto 360 As an alternative to Apple’s smartwatch, Motorola has come out with the “360”. This stylish tech accessory offers an Android operating system loaded with features from apps and music to fitness tracking. At a lower price of $299, this smartwatch is easier on the wallet, yet lacks Apple’s more diverse options in design.

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rates of calories burned. promising combination of a sleek Recently, designer Tory Burch design with the integral functions Perhaps most common, the collaborated with the Fitbit team. of a smartphone.

New technology has seeped into Fitbit wristband has become The result was a high style line, With three options of the fashion industry with exciting a frontrunner in fitness fashion. including metallic finishes as well watches — the Apple Watch, the and practical results. From sleek The Fitbit provides a simple-to- as Fitbit pendants.

Apple Watch Sport and the Apple and portable heart-rate monitors, use interface paired with bright Watch Edition, as well as numerous to eyewear with built-in cameras, colours and fun designs. Its basic Apple Watch band choices — the Apple Watch it’s now trendy to incorporate fitness-oriented features include scores points in design, as well as technology into day-to-day recording sleep duration, step For the Apple-using fashion familiar Apple technology. fashion pieces. counting, distance traveled and lover, the Apple Watch offers a Yet, at a base price of $349, not

As a distinctly tech-centric option, the ever-discussed Google Glass fuses cutting-edge technology with futuristic designs. The innovative glasses allows users to remain up-to-date on phone calls, the weather, current events, and perform camera functions.

Google Glass is compatible with prescription lenses, and all functions are activated via swiping the arms of the eyewear. However, the Glass remains an unattainable novelty, and it’s undergoing a process of revision, with no release date in sight.

Whether technology-geared fashion is something you envision in your wardrobe, or something destined to remain in “Back to the Future” re-runs, it’s hard not to admire the incredible and rapid advancement of technology, and diffusion into all aspects of our culture.

HEALTH

The truth behind fat shaming A response to the controversial YouTube video that had everyone talking V ishmayaa J eyamoorthy Copy Editor Fat shaming, spawned from body shaming, is a controversial issue full of misconceptions and hurt.

In her YouTube video “Dear Fat People”, online personality Nicole Arbour invalidates the idea of fat shaming by claiming that “it is not a thing”. Other quotable moments include, “you’re too fat and you should stop eating” and “if we offend you so much that you lose weight, I’m okay with that”.

Besides being incredibly rude and condescending, Arbour’s video is a crash course in the misconceptions about fat people and fat shaming.

The first problem with fat shaming is that it equates fat with bad. Fatness and beauty aren’t mutually exclusive; nor is fatness and intelligence, fatness and work ethic or fatness and a sense of self worth. Of course, it’s hard to address fat shaming when it is assumed to be non-existent.

According to researchers at both Yale and the University of Florida, fat people are discriminated against on several grounds.

They’re less likely to be hired,

less likely to receive equal pay for equal work, and more likely to be seen as lazy and incompetent in the workplace. When women are already paid less than men, larger women are paid even less than skinnier women.

These are examples of fat shaming in the workplace: Can you imagine the kind of prejudice fat people face everywhere else?

This shaming culture is hidden by the narrative that fat people are just lazy and have made “bad” choices, as opposed to everyone else who have made “good” life choices. The narrative is designed to make everyone else feel better about themselves and their health.

This leads to a lot of misconceptions about a fat person’s well-being.

Another issue with fat shaming is that people hide their biases behind health facts.

“But we’re concerned about your health,” is a common retort.

The hypocrisy here is that conventionally attractive skinnier women can eat a cheeseburger without having to hear the same comments a fat person will. This raises the question

Fat shaming contributes to a culture of negative body image.

of whether someone is actually equal unhealthy. You can’t make concerned about their health, or that judgment just by looking if they’re more concerned by at a person.

Unless you’re someone’s the fact that they find someone physically unattractive. personal physician, you have no You can’t assess someone’s place telling s-omeone what you health by looking at them. If think about their appearance. skinny really equated to healthy, That’s between them and then you’d think my doctor would their doctor. have a lot less to say about my Fat shaming is a part of a larger KD-and-ramen diet. But it’s not true. problem: body shaming. The idea Skinny doesn’t necessarily equal is rooted in ideas of conventional healthy, and fat doesn’t necessarily beauty, and linked to the lack of

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bodily autonomy most people feel — especially women.

Bodily autonomy means no one has any control over your body but you. Bodily autonomy is hard to have when society as a whole tells you that your body is unacceptable.

Understanding that fat activists are advocating for bodily autonomy, self-love and acceptance is important in understanding why fat shaming is an unacceptable form of prejudice.

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STUDENT LIFE

Digging up Queen’s underground gaming culture The community of gamers and developers that led a Queen’s student to write his own game

E rika S treisfield Lifestyle Editor Whether we classify ourselves as avid gamers or casual players, most of us play a part in the virtual realm: racing in Mario Kart, beating a friend in FIFA, passing a level in Candy Crush and trying to reach 2048.

Video games are everywhere, and to my recent surprise, are in high demand at Queen’s. Now, more than ever, students are participating in gamer groups and clubs.

Whether you’re looking for a individuals on campus. programming, sounds and other gardens — hence terrarium. You LAN party (a competitive gaming Meet Taylor Anderson, departments. However, the plan can also buy soda from vending league), a new game, people to play CompSci ’16. Anderson, a self- fell apart almost immediate machines, all in an effort to reach with or a video game to develop, made video game developer who “It was obvious to all of us that the surface. there’s a club for you. has successfully designed and this wasn’t going anywhere, so it As a developer and gamer, One exclusive Facebook group, produced the game, Subterrarium. kind of broke apart by the end of Anderson is a member of the QLAN, has approximately 565 While Anderson has always the year,” Anderson said. “After Queen’s video game scene. members alone. In the group, shared a passion for video games, that, I was like, ‘this programming “There are two groups that go gamers hold events, exchange it wasn’t until he joined a developer thing sounds interesting and I like in and out of existence every year,” advice and, ultimately, bond over group at Queen’s that he created a to make games’ … so I learned.”

Anderson said. “There is Queen’s their shared love for gaming. virtual world of his own.

Later, Subterrarium was born. game developer group, and then If you look beyond the surface In his freshman year, Anderson Subterrarium is a puzzle game there is a Kingston game developer at Queen’s, you’ll find the school’s teamed up with two friends to about a girl with a drill and group. I’ve been to some meetings cool underground gaming scene, create the ultimate video game. jetpack trapped underground. of both of those.” whose members include some of Anderson was the writer, while In it, you explore perilous caves While Anderson’s involved in the most talented and creative his friends were in charge of and underground water and the aforementioned groups, he said there are several others available at Queen’s, such as a group solely devoted to Super Smash Bros.

“All they do is play Smash Bros. and they’re really good at it. They have tournaments every single week and stuff. We recently held one in this house, which is why I know about them.”

In a university overwhelmed by a vast amount of clubs and cultural groups, it’s hard for gamers to establish themselves beyond the screen or virtual world.

“There probably is a rather large community, but it is very fragmented, because video games in general are very fragmented and it’s a huge, huge industry. “ Despite gamers’ subtle profile on campus, the video game culture does exist and, it’s a noteworthy slice of the Queen’s community.

As Anderson put it, “you have to search for it to find it, but it’s there.”

Subterrarium is a puzzle game developed by Taylor Anderson, CompSci ’16.

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Swiping left on traditional dating

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Are dating apps like Tinder killing romance?

M ichelle A llan Staff Writer As Queen’s students, we live in an area with a ridiculously high concentration of young, attractive and educated singles. There’s a surplus of eligible mates at our disposal, and we’re on Tinder.

Our generation is radically changing previous cultural ideals of sex and relationships, and the repercussions have yet to be determined.

After the sexual revolution of the ’60s, society has grown

more accepting of sex outside heart. It’s more common to just of traditional, heteronormative hookup with someone than go and monogamous relationships. on a date, which makes going Combined with the introduction on an actual date much more of social media and dating apps, intimidating,” Keilhack said. a no-strings hookup is more Hookup apps like Tinder and accessible than ever. It has resulted Hinge may owe some of their in grown adults who don’t know appeal to the confidence of being the basic mechanics of a date — one behind a screen. thing our parents and grandparents “I think it is less scary [on can educate us on.

Tinder] because you don’t have Steph Keilhack, ConEd ’18, to say the words out loud, and is one single who believes in the you don’t have to be afraid of any traditional way of things. awkwardness if they reject you,” “I find hookup culture a little Kayla Chute, ArtSci ’18, said. “You disappointing. I’m a romantic at can just move on from it, but

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in-person it might be more difficult to hide your disappointment.”

Other apps that take away the anxiety of face-to-face communication include Snapchat and Facebook. Many people use Snapchat for communicating with their romantic partners because it deletes any photo you send after a few seconds, which has obvious benefits. With Facebook, it’s easy to look up that hottie you met at a party last night if you forgot to ask for his or her number.

So is social media limiting or expanding the ways we

make connections? Courtney Bann, ArtSci ’17, would argue that apps like Tinder enable romantic relationships.

“I met my significant other on Tinder. He messaged me first, and we exchanged numbers later that night. We continued talking like that for another couple days before we met up. Neither of us are clubbing people, so I really don’t see how I would have met him without it,” Bann said.

I’m sure many of your parents have told you to “put down the phone and go have a real conversation”.

While baby boomers tend to condemn technology for substituting actual, real life interactions, it seems as though many people use social media in addition to offline contact, instead of replacing face-to-face communication altogether.

No one would realistically have an entire relationship over Snapchat or text, but they can send text messages and pictures as supplementary interaction when they aren’t physically together.

As the stigma around casual sex is slowly dismantled, let’s not forget the appeal of going on actual, real-life dates.

Put on something nice, pick them up around 8, and get to know them a little, or a lot, better.

You might even discover that you’ve got something in common far beyond Snapchat and Facebook.

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14 Hollywood clashers 15 Eight on a sundial 16 Ratatouille ingredient 18 Carrot cousin 20 Redhead’s secret?

21 With it 22 Petrol 23 Discard 26 Salad base 30 Gorilla 31 Intention 32 Quarrel 33 Coleslaw or sauerkraut 36 Door holder 38 ‘____ had it!’

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Just for the hell of it One adrenaline junkie’s search for the thrill

B lake C anning Staff Writer

the world, things can change in the near a large body of water.

This, of course, turned out to be blink of an eye.

My interviewee explained with a lie. The next night I was back and a huge smile that we would be rearing for more. That’s the curse “You’re sure this is safe, right?!” I out all night — when the fish of an adrenaline junkie. We can roar over the wind in my ears. were most active — and by 6 a.m never bear to be bored.

“What’s wrong kid, you’re That being said, I don’t want the next morning we would have just jumping out of a perfectly enough to feed the entire town for to disillusion anyone. All the good airplane!” excitement is great, but it’s not a week.

Honestly, I couldn’t tell you Now, if being out in the pitch the only way to really get your why I do it. There’s no secret death dark, on the open ocean, in a blood pumping. wish and I’m not trying to scare my It may sound odd, but I’ve found barely seaworthy dinghy with nine mother into an early grave. other men, swaying in time to the it’s often the calmest moments that Unlike so many things we do ever-growing waves, wasn’t have given me the greatest rush. these days to make us smarter enough to set my nerves on The calm after the storm, you or stronger, there are so few might say. edge, the dynamite sure was. that we do anymore simply “The difference between In 2012, I attempted a In this particular coastal for the hell of it. That’s one of copping out and following town, there wasn’t enough seven-day trek through the the reasons why I love my life through can come down to a time to set out nets for Himalayan mountains after I and as an adrenaline junkie. single step or leap of faith.” extended periods. Instead, half my group came down with The first thing to note about willingly subjecting — Blake Canning explosives were tossed from a horrible stomach bug the night the boat into the water, and before we were meant to begin. yourself to what some Three days later, though, on the nets collected the dead and would call acts of desperate morning we were meant to summit insanity, is that it obviously isn’t I’ve kite surfed through herds of stunned fish caught in the blast.

This was done as promised our highest peak of over 3,200 for everyone. For example, earlier jellyfish, nearly snowboarded over this summer I dragged my father cliffs, and surfed the waters that from sundown to sun up, and metres above sea level, only two while it was definitely an effective members of my group had been to a shooting range as part of a inspired the movie Jaws.

I’ve been lucky enough not to tactic, I felt like a dead carp as I forced to turn back. The rest of country-wide road trip across lose any important limbs thus far, flopped out of the boat the next us left our camp in the pitch black the U.S. I thought there must be some but that doesn’t mean there haven’t morning. Clutching my arms, sore at 4 a.m.

With no ridgeline to guide cultural significance in learning been close calls. One of the most from hauling in fish and unsteadily how to fire a handgun in Houston, important lessons I learned about wobbling my way up the beach, I me, no knowledge of how much Texas, the heart of the south. Was pushing boundaries in extreme vowed that I would never again go farther I had to climb, no hope it a thrill? Yes. Was it terrifying? You sports came not from anything scary or grueling, but from a sport bet. Did I love it? Every minute.

My dad on the other hand left that most people would deem the range red-faced, muttering pretty calm: fishing. something about the failed In 2013, I found myself working constitution and had his foot up for an English magazine based in my behind when we got home.

Tanzania. I’d been given the task Adrenaline sports aren’t for of interviewing a local authority everyone, but throughout all my figure, who had already built a travels, I’ve always thought that I school for children and provided didn’t want to live with any regrets. jobs for half of his small town From skydiving over the flashing along the coast.

When I asked how he neon of the Las Vegas strip to bungee jumping off a bridge on accomplished this task he said he’d the border of two East African rather show than tell, and told me countries into a crocodile-infested to to come back at sunset to see gorge, the classics have been for myself. mostly covered.

When I returned, I was piled I don’t expect many people to into a rowboat no bigger than a believe me on this point, but for couple Grizzly Grill pool tables what it’s worth, stunts that seem with approximately nine other the scariest often turn out to be young men and little explanation. the easiest. The difference between As I settled down between two copping out and following through happy-looking locals, speaking can come down to a single step or excitedly amongst themselves in leap of faith.

Swahili, I began to realize what I’d To quote one of my all-time gotten myself into.

What I quickly learned about favourite films We Bought A Zoo, “sometimes all you need is 20 the seemingly peaceful pastime of PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY BLAKE CANNING fishing is that in different parts of Canning handling lion cubs in Zimbabwe. seconds of insane courage.”

I’ve jumped out of planes, off bridges and from helicopters, and I wouldn’t call any of those things overly courageous. Foolhardy maybe, but nothing that took serious thought to overcome. More than anything I just love trying my hand at new sports or activities that get my blood pumping. Odd, seeing as I was never that good at sports — which explains a lot.

In my limited experience with the world of extreme sports

of finding my way back if I got lost or fell off the trail, and not a single ounce of strength left in my body, I summited Poon Hill with approximately five minutes to spare before the sun rose over the horizon.

Exhausted, I collapsed onto the cold dirt of the hillside. I’d nearly fallen asleep when I felt a soft warmth through my yak wool hat, parka and 10 layers of long underwear.

The sun had just crested over the snow-covered peaks and lit the mountain range on fire before me.

The light reflected off every surface, shining brighter every second.

It was then that I realized that day also just happened to be my 18th birthday.

That may have been the first time I felt a real adrenaline rush.

This wasn’t just any thrill either. It was the kind that makes people go back for more. It isn’t so much a feeling of terror or craziness, but simply one of accomplishment.

The kind of feeling that makes you truly believe in doing bigger and better things in the future. That may be why I’m still an adrenaline junkie today.

There have been many treks for me since 2012, and I’ve felt the same way every time. The Alps, the Himalayas and the Andes have all been equally challenging, and I have to admit: I’ve had a lot of difficult papers to write, but I’ve never felt better about completing an assignment.

I know for some people, coming to university feels like signing a death certificate on adventure. The routine gets tiring quickly, and an escape can be hard to find.

But keep in mind that there are hundreds of different ways to combat that feeling of boredom without breaking the bank. Even something as simple as taking up a new sport or joining a club can give you a new perspective.

My advice to all the downtrodden adrenaline junkies out there would be to remember this: just do something for the experience. Not to advance your knowledge or impress anyone else, but just for you. Do something just for the hell of it. You may find you’re braver than you think.