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Instigate to create poverty change

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sentiments, adding that the team was not fixated on the rematch but rather on their own play.

“We didn’t talk too much about [Toronto] from last weekend because we knew we were playing

Last weekend community members joined together with academics and activists to create a dialogue about poverty in Kingston in a unique anti-poverty conference.

The Social Planning Council of Kingston and Area found in a 2009 survey that nine per cent of Kingstonians fall into the low-income bracket and compared to the average Canadian, lowincome Kingstonians have to pay on average 20 per cent more for basic living costs.

Over the past weekend, the first anti-poverty conference of its kind, Instigate 2010: Anti-Poverty Rant-In, was held in Kingston in an effort to address the city’s poverty through a series of community-based and interdisciplinary initiatives.

Professor Margaret Little, cross-appointed in the department of gender studies and political studies, and an acclaimed antipoverty activist, spoke at the opening of the conference on Oct. 14.

“Kingston is such a fascinating petri dish. We have the most eggheads [people with PhD’s], the most people in prison and huge amounts of poverty,” Little said.

“There’s never been anything like this that I know of in Kingston.

It’s a huge attempt to bring together communities that don’t usually come together.”

Krystle Maki, PhD ’13, is one of five organizers of Instigate 2010.

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Winger/Centre Sarah Pathak is brought down after scoring a try in the Gaels’ 44-5 OUA Quarterfinal victory.

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Toronto defeated, Waterloo next Women’s rugby advances to OUA Seminfinals for the second straight year

By Anand Srivastava Staff Writer The women’s rugby team powered through the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 44-5 in their OUA Quarterfinal match on Saturday at Kingston Field. The Gaels scored early and often, carrying a 22-5 lead into halftime and didn’t let the Blues back in to the game, sealing the victory.

The win propelled the Gaels in to next week’s OUA Semifinals

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against the Waterloo Warriors at home. The two teams did not meet in the regular season.

Scrum-half Susan Heald led the team with two tries, on top of a team effort of eight other Gaels scorers. Andrea Wadsworth, Samantha Trinier, Ashley Ward, Sarah Pathak, Jocelyn Poirier and Marin Macleod all added a try each. Bronwyn Corrigan and Annika Rinas were each successful on one convert.

After taking on the Blues in the final game of the regular season, head coach Beth Barz said she was pleased with the team’s simplified strategy in the rematch.

“I think what we did try to do this week was go back to the basics and we weren’t overly complicated in our attack,” Barz said. “We did play a basic game and we did well as a result.”

Barz said they were able to

improve their game since having played the same team last week.

“We can’t play a perfect game of rugby but we made ... improvements in some specific areas that we focused on in practice last week,” she said.

Heald echoed her coach’s

Council candidates weigh in

The Journal talks to candidates in surrounding districts about Queen’s, Town-Gown relations and student issues

By Carolyn Flanagan and Jake Edmiston Journal Staff Mayoral candidates won’t be alone on the ballot for Kingston’s municipal elections on Oct. 25.

Candidates will be vying for a seat on city council to represent one of 12 Kingston districts.

According to the Municipal Act, a councillor must “represent the public and … consider the well-being and interests of the municipality” and “develop and evaluate the policies and programs of the municipality.” Like a mayoral positions, councillors serve a four-year term. This election will select councilors to serve from Dec.

1, 2010 to Nov. 31, 2014.

The Queen’s residential community is split primarily between four districts. The Journal tracked down the council candidates in the area to talk about their views on Queen’s relationship with the city.

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Sustainability initiatives hit Queen’s Recycle My Cell part of Waste Reduction Week, Residence Energy Challenge also set to begin

By Clare Clancy and Jessica Fishbein Journal Staff Approximately 71 per cent of all Canadians own or plan to own a cell phone or similar device.

This week, students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in the Recycle My Cell campaign by dropping off their cell phones, smart phones, batteries and pagers for electronic recycling. These devices can be dropped off in a collection box in the AMS office in the JDUC. “Given that these devices are traded in or disposed of within two years of purchasing it’s important that people are aware of how they can dispose of the devices and batteries responsibly,” Queen’s Waste and Information Co-ordinator Llynwen Osborne told the Journal in an e-mail.

This initiative is part of the nation-wide Waste Reduction Week (WRW). The program first started in 2001 and was formed by recycling councils and environmental groups. While this is the university’s first year participating in WRW, Queen’s Sustainability Office raises awareness of how to reduce waste and develops campus sustainability initiatives, said Osborne.

Christopher Hilkene, communications director for WRW in Canada, said Recycle My Cell campaign is one of two major

initiatives taking place across the country and is the official sponsor of WRW. “It’s a challenge that we issued to secondary and post-secondary institutions to recycle as many cell phones and accessories as possible between Oct. 18 and Nov. 30,” he said, adding that over 300 schools nation-wide are involved.

Students in high school and post-secondary schools are a particularly important target group, Hilkene said.

“For Recycle My Cell I would say it’s because students from their late teens to 20s are the most active users of wireless technology. They produce the largest amount of waste,” he said, adding that recycling cell phones and accessories diverts waste from landfills.

Hilkene said schools apply independently to participate in the campaign.

“Any[one] of that target group that wants to participate can apply through our website to a have a recycling station sent to them,” he said.

The second challenge is called Ease My Load and involves WRW’s mascot Atlas, Hilkene said.

“We want to get people to download the photo cut-out of Atlas and incorporate it into their waste reduction activities,” he said, adding that people can submit videos to YouTube or upload photos to the WRW website.

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Over 300 high schools and post-secondary schools combined are participating in the Recycle My Cell challenge nation-wide.

Hilkene said prizing will be organized for the best entries.

According to Osborne, Queen’s has also developed an item exchange network called Freecycle@Work, independent from WRW, where the campus community can advertise items they no longer need for others to use with no cost attached.

“It could be anything: furniture, clothing, equipment …. Using this site to exchange unwanted items saves money, ensures less waste goes to landfill and supports our campus culture of sustainability,”

Assuring quality academics Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance aims to centralize quality assurance checks across the province

By Rachel Kuper Managing Editor A new academic quality assurance process could facilitate inter-university transfers and help ease departmental budget constraints.

Earlier this year the Ontario government created a new body, the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance, to centralize quality checks across the province, Deputy Provost Susan Cole said.

The province has a number of educational goals. While this initiative most obviously targets quality of education, Cole said it could also help students looking to transfer credits from one university to another.

“If there’s more consistency in the evaluation of programs it would give greater comfort to various institutions [when granting credits],” she said. “This might be very helpful to achieve that.”

Eventually, in order to further standardize the academic review process, the Council will oversee the development of new courses and the review of existing ones.

Before it can do so, it needs to get a framework in place.

The province gave each university a document outlining what a student should get out of their degree so that each institution can meet the same standards. It

cites what the differences should be between bachelor’s degree with and without honours, a master’s degree and a doctoral degree.

For example, in a bachelor’s degree, a student should be able to give “some detailed knowledge in an area of the discipline,” whereas in an honours bachelor’s degree the student should have a “developed, detailed knowledge of and experience in research in an area of the discipline.”

Tomorrow, the University Senate will vote whether or not to approve a Queen’s-centric adaptation of the plan from which they can base their quality assurance processes.

Currently, Cole said undergraduate academic review is conducted by the senate Internal Academic Review (IAR) committee and graduate review is done by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies.

“It’s quite an extensive process,” she said, adding that every few years departments are required to self-evaluate their graduate or undergraduate programs as a part of their academic review.

In anticipation of the new quality assurance processes, which should be in full swing by Sept.

2011, all new review projects have been put on hold. “[The IAR committee is] finishing up some internal reviews under the old process but new ones

she said, adding that students can help reduce waste at the University simply by being more aware of the choices they’re making.

“Even seemingly small things like bringing a re-usable mug or refillable bottle on campus or packing a waste free lunch, double-sided printing and recycling printer toner cartridges can all add up,” she said.

“Given that there are more than 22,000 students on campus combined with 7,000 faculty and staff we can make a big difference if we act collectively. Individual choices have an impact.”

That mentality where everyone can make a difference is echoed in Queen’s fourth annual Residence Energy Challenge, which is also occurring from Oct. 24 to Nov. 14.

Lauren Long, sustainability coordinator for Main Campus Residence Council (MCRC), said the challenge is a competition between all of Queen’s residences to see which residence can reduce the greatest percentage of their energy consumption.

Last year Victoria Hall won the competition. In total, all of the residences last year saved enough energy to power two and a half

will be under the new process,” Cole said. “The committee won’t exist any longer once the new quality assurance process comes in.

“We’ve got about 10 reviews finishing up, but were just not starting new ones,” Cole said.

“Everything, like USATs [University Survey of Student Assessment of Teaching], will be incorporated into the new process—nothing will be lost.”

Cole said she’s still waiting policies,” she said. “It guarantees for exactly how the new quality institutions their autonomy because assurance process will take shape. they’re not going to do a one size fits all.”

“If there’s more Nonetheless, some things are necessary across the board, she said, consistency in the evaluation of programs like high level teaching expectations and cost-effective measures to it would give greater implement them. comfort to various One of the major improvements institutions [when proposed in the new quality assurance process would allow granting credits].” departments to do their graduate —Susan Cole, deputy provost and undergraduate reviews together to increase time efficiency. “[They won’t have] to do all The offices of the provost and vice-principal (academic) that repetitive work in terms of have jointly been working on background, faculty qualifications,” the Queen’s University Quality she said. “We’re hoping to reduce bureaucratic complexity.”

Assurance Processes (QUQAPs).

Right now, departments have to Cole said the University must submit these processes to Queen’s do evaluations of their programs park by Dec. 31. They then have in addition to the inspections until the end of March to review from outside consultants. By the proposal and ask for revisions. amalgamating the graduate and “They have a quality council undergraduate review processes, that will look at all the universities’ the University and individual

houses for a year, Long said.

While the Residence Energy Challenge is a separate initiative than Waste Reduction Week, Long said the two events share the same mentality of saving energy.

“The reason why both events happen at the beginning of the year is because students are settling in to campus life but haven’t formed hard habits. This is a crucial time to get students to change their habits and rethink their decisions,” Long, ArtSci ’13, said.

Over the past month MCRC has been raising awareness for this challenge.

“We’ve had poster campaigns, Facebook groups, and have told the dons in meetings so the students all should know about the challenge at this point,” Long said, adding that there are many small things that students can do to save energy.

“Mini fridges use up half the energy in residence rooms, so students can share the fridge in the common room or roommates can share a fridge,” she said. “Most energy consumption happens when electronics are plugged in and not even being used.”

departments can save time and money.

“The departments are where the work starts,” Cole said.

“They’re used to doing these things for reviews but it will be a different format.”

In the classroom, students shouldn’t expect the new quality assurance processes to cause any major changes. It’s just getting off its feet and could eventually have larger implications, but in the meantime, the main thing is that it lays out exactly what students can expect from their education and what teachers should be conveying.

“What’s expected in a degree is going to be articulated more specifically,” Cole said. “Since those expectations have been articulated on paper so the onus will be in the University to describe how they’ve met those expectations.”

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Bill Glover Bill Glover is the incumbent for Portsmouth District.

Glover said a fire safety inspection program will allow City Council to ensure property standards are being met.

“Property Standards is a big concern for students,” Glover said. “However, Property Standards Inspectors need to be invited into the home. Fire safety has the statutory ability to enter a home. This is an important way to go forward.”

Glover says his plan to revitalize the Kingston Transit system will have a profound effect on Town-Gown relations and the community in terms of accessibility and sustainability.

“I think one of the root causes of the uneasy relationship is concentration. By making the transit system more accessible, it will be easier for students to live a little bit further from campus,” he said, adding that he wants to emphasize that he’s trying to increase quality of life for all of Kingston, and students are a big part of that.

“During my [last] term, I created working groups with senior City staff and members of Queen’s Administration which was a turning point in the relationship between Queen’s and the City,” he said.

Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson has lived among students on Frontenac St. for the past 38 years.

“I want students to feel a sense of welcome. We like to meet and greet them,” he said.

Patterson said he wants to work for good relationships between students and the municipality.

“Students deserve to be treated with the same respect, help and cooperation as all the other members of the community,” he said, adding that students don’t necessarily have the resources or quick and ready knowledge to deal with problems concerning housing.

He said it’s the responsibility of the councillor to be readily available regarding property concerns.

In terms of Town-Gown relations, Patterson said “We need to tidy up our rhetoric and try to be politer. If we can all get along a little better, it will cost the community less.”

Patterson said he also plans to make City Park safer by increasing lighting, and to create more jobs in the City for graduated students.

Williamsville

Jim Neill In the 1990s, Jim Neill served as city councillor in both the Portsmouth and Sydenham Districts. “I have a unique experience working in Town-Gown relations,” he said.

A Queen’s alumnus twice over, Neill said striking a collaborative committee between the City, Queen’s student societies and the University administration would create a more comfortable relationship between Kingston and Queen’s.

“I hope to have open and continuous dialogue between student representative groups and community representative groups to take a more collaborative approach to things,” he said, adding that he would also like to see Kingston host a Provincial Town-Gown Symposium.

“I think Queen’s administration needs to

take a more proactive role in the community,” he said.

A long-time advocate for affordable housing, Neill said University administration should recognize and create more affordable, multi-year housing for students.

“Students deserve comfortable, adequate and safe housing,” he said.

To ensure property standards are upheld in the community, Neil said he’d create an online Public Landlord Directory with available contact information for tenants and neighbours alike.

“We shouldn’t have any anonymous, absentee landlords,” he said.

One way to fix this, he said, would be if more students headed out to the polls.

“Students would have a greater voice if they practiced their franchise,” he said.

Ed Smith has been the councillor for Williamsville district since 2003. He said he’s worked closely with the Queen’s community during his seven-year term to accomplish initiatives like increasing property inspection in the Queen’s Ghetto.

“There are areas that are more of a problem than others, and the Queen’s student housing is one of them,” he said. “I think over the last four years we’ve partnered better with the AMS and administration in terms of more proactive inspections of student housing. Rather than waiting for students to call and complain that their rented home isn’t up to code … property standards officers have been knocking on doors and asking students if they’d like an inspection.”

Smith said he isn’t quick to put blame on

Queen’s when discussing the relationship between Kingston and the University.

“Those tensions are real and as a council and a councillor we need to work to reduce those tensions … predominantly around housing and homecoming,” he said. “For seven years on council, I have not used Queen’s University as a scapegoat for problems … I’ve always spoken at council and elsewhere to the benefits of Queen’s students and Queen’s community.”

Smith said if elected, he would like to look into an opportunity under the Municipal Act to deem certain neighbourhoods as community improvement areas, allowing them to customize services in the Queen’s Ghetto.

“As an example, you can go up to two garbage pickups a week,” he said. “There could be any number of ideas that could apply to a community improvement area.”

King’s Town

James Sayeau James Sayeau has lived in social housing in the King’s Town district since he was 18. He said his experience equips him to increase affordable housing opportunities in his district.

“I don’t think there’s a big difference, students struggle with poverty as well,” he said, adding that he’s aware of six “derelict” buildings in and around his district that could be easily converted into housing facilities.

“Housing should be there for people going to school. Housing should be there for someone pumping gas and housing should be there for the guy with the master’s degree who’s desperately trying to find work and can’t find any.”

Sayeau said several of his campaign signs were stolen and paraded throughout several King’s Town neighbourhoods over the Fauxcoming weekend.

“A few of them had a couple of drinks in them,” he said. “I took it as great advertising.”

He said he views the Aberdeen street party as the main impetus of Town-Gown tensions and advocates a hard-line approach to extinguishing the event.

“To what happens at Aberdeen, it’s just nonsense,” he said. “I’m glad to see the police are getting on it ... I think there should be more of a visible presence, but I believe that for the whole community.”

Dan Hartley Dan Hartley said now is an important time to work on relations between the City and the University.

“Queen’s is only getting larger and larger,” he said. “There’s always going to be students. They make up a huge part of the economy downtown. The respect needs to go both ways.”

Hartley said parking needs to be more available in King’s Town and winter sidewalk maintenance needs to be prioritized differently to accommodate high volumes of

pedestrian traffic downtown.

“It’s the small things that are important to people’s day-to-day lives,” he said.

Hartley, one of the younger candidates in King’s town, said he believes students will be able to relate to him.

“We need faces in council that more accurately represent the demographics,” he said. “It’s important to keep an open view and keep common sense on issues.”

Rob Hutchison Rob Hutchison said he wants to make Kingston a more attractive city for students to live in. His plans include expanding job fairs, revitalizing parks and improving transit systems.

“Many students are living in very condensed and cramped quarters,” he said.

“A better transit system with more express routes will allow students to spread out a bit more.”

He said he’d work towards strengthening property standards enforcement.

“Students are citizens too,” he said. They should know they are not out of mind for the City Council. We need to handle certain issues in a constructive manner.”

Hutchison’s approach to stimulating local economy differs slightly from others. He said he’s looking to stimulate the Kingston creative community in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

“We need to pursue attracting more young artists to live in Kingston, give them more opportunities to present their art. We can lay a base for a creative local economy,” he said.

Candidate Sean Murphy was unavailable for comment yesterday.

Portsmouth district covers the outer west side of the Queen’s community.

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Engaging student voices Mayoral candidates discuss student issues

This year, student housing is an election hot-topic, and so Windrem said student involvement is even more crucial than it has Queen’s student Evelyn Playle attended the been in the past.

She said there is a lot of legislation recent mayoral debate on campus to gain awareness of local issues that could affect her already in place to dictate property standards but students are often unaware of it and university experience.

“This is the first time I’m old enough landlords are quick to exploit this lack of to vote and I’m trying to do my civic duty,” knowledge. The major problem though, is that action can only be taken against a Playle, Sci ’12, said at the debate.

Playle said she’s the only one of her non-compliant landlord if a tenant launches friends interested in the election. The others a complaint.

“I think a lot of students aren’t aware are fairly apathetic. Despite her engaged attitude, Playle said she’s been having a of that,” she said, adding that the mayoral hard time finding out about candidate’s candidates have the power to create positive change through existing legislation. concrete plans.

“One of the things the candidates really PHOTO BY JUSTIN TANG “The mayor can set the tone need to focus on is enforcing the laws Mayoral candidates discuss student issues at Grant Hall on Oct. 7. that are already in place. You know, really and priority.” forcing landlords to follow the legislation doing an educational campaign, you can’t proceedings in the future.

—Hilary Windrem, AMS municipal “There was a problem of students affairs commissioner that’s already there,” she said. “There’s just do it every five years,” she said. “Every been a lot of discussion in past years about year we have a new batch of students that getting to the bus and train stations. It was implementing new strategies and I think are either moving out of residents or moving a campaign promise by last year’s exec and At the debate, the mayoral candidates what’s in place now would work if it were closer into the student housing area and in it was put into implementation by this year’s failed to explain their specific plans once enforced and students really understood the order for their campaigns to work, these execs. Now we have bus route number 18 campaigns need to happen year after year that does go to the train and bus station, that process in which they can complain.” elected, she said. was something students really asked for so Currently students are legally protected until we see an upward trend.”

“No one said how they’re going to Tied into concerns about student housing we went to the municipality and we lobbied by two documents, Windrem said. do anything.”

“We have the Kingston Property Standards is the issue of access to Kingston public for that and we were very successful,” AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner she said.

Hilary Windrem said this kind of engagement Bylaw which outlines the physical properties transportation, Windrem said.

At the root of the election is the “[Students] are looking for quality is critical to getting student issues handled in of a house … what your house should look like,” she said. “And then there’s the RTA housing and a lot of times that means living relationship between Queen’s and the City, the Kingston community.

“The mayor can set the tone and priority,” [Residential Tenancies Act]. It’s a provincial further away from campus … [students] are Windrem said.

“It’s very important we have someone we Windrem, ArtSci ’11, said. “Someone who act that specifically outlines what leases need looking for ways to get to campus through public transportation,” she said, adding that can approach and have our concerns heard,” was an active advocate for student interests to look like.”

She said candidates could ensure students need to vote to ensure issues like bus she said. “It affects every day student life. We would be a big win for students.” are in fact citizens of Kingston.”

“We are residents of Kingston … our educational campaigns advocating for stop distribution are dealt with.

She said that in the past students voice affects those who represent us,” she students’ tenancy rights are conducted on a —With files from Jessica Fishbein and have successfully lobbied for municipal said. “Someone who was an active advocate more regular basis.

Labiba Haque “Something I think the candidates will changes in regards to public transit and a for student interests would be a big win not understand is that if there is talk about student-friendly mayor could help ease the for students.”

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The conference was free for all, and free food and child-care were provided to ensure accessibility for all attendees. Additionally, only the first day of the conference was held at Queen’s. The others were held at public places, like the downtown library, in an effort to encourage community members to go to events that they might have otherwise felt too uncomfortable to attend.

Since ideas for the conference began a year and a half ago, Maki said Instigate was really a community-centered project.

“It started with three of us talking about the need for a different kind of “Our outreach committee anti-poverty event, and then it grew into a larger mobilization,” she said. “For five months was working on the ground, an outreach committee did community and many people from our outreach, and we left it completely open for organizing committee were suggestions as we approached people in the involved with community Kingston community.” organizations that worked with Half of the organizing committee came directly from the community and the other low income populations.” half came from the University. This meant — Krystle Maki, Instigate organizer the people organizing the conference had a number of perspectives and unique points Fifty presenters led panel discussions of view.

“Our outreach committee was working and interactive workshops over the three days on topics related to poverty awareness on the ground, and many people from our organizing committee were involved and activism.

“People got a chance to have their voices with community organizations that worked heard, we wanted a dialogue, and this was with low income populations. We also amazing,” she said. “We saw emotions all held two open community meetings where over the board. People welled up with tears anyone could attend,” she said. “The actual because they were so pleased that people conference format was decided by the were coming into their community and community at these meetings.” asking them how they felt.”

The interactivity of the workshops “Instigate was absolutely depended on how many people attended. fantastic. It was great that For the smaller workshops specifically, Maki people of different categories said that the dialogue established will have a could get together and create positive impact on future activism projects.

Affordable housing was one area which a dialogue. Everyone who received a lot of attention in workshop organized and attended discussions, Maki said. the conference should be Front-line workers and low income commended for the exchange citizens got a rare chance to voice their opinions on poverty issues without the of ideas and information.” impact of power relations.

— Jillian Burford-Grinnell, MA ’11 “Instigate wasn’t really about policy change. We wanted to create action and Maki said that Instigate’s organizers do something [about poverty],” Maki said.

“We wanted to create a way for conference unanimously agreed that the conference was attendees and speakers to plug into the a success. Around 100 people attended each day, and there was high representation from information to move forward with this.”

Academically, she studies the increased surveillance of those living on social assistance, but she is also a self-described activist. She said the conference aimed to address the disconnect between academics, activists and people living in poverty, and foster a discussion among them.

“The label ‘conference’ can appear academic, and the title ‘rant-in’ seemed a bit more inclusive for the community, front-line workers, the economically marginalized, and activists,” she said.

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David Thompson, Cara Fabre and Krystle Maki are three organizers of Instigate 2010 Anti-Poverty Rant-In, which was held from Oct. 14 to 17. low income community members.

Maki said there will be an informal open meeting in the next few weeks to talk about people’s experience with the conference.

The organizing committee will also address whether or not Instigate will become an annual event at this meeting.

Due to the success of the conference, there are talks of having it move around to other universities and communities, Maki said.

Jillian Burford-Grinnell, MA ’11, attended Instigate over the weekend and said she hopes the conference will happen regularly.

“Instigate was absolutely fantastic. It was

great that people of different categories could get together and create a dialogue,” she said.

“Everyone who organized and attended the conference should be commended for the exchange of ideas and information.”

Burford-Grinnell said in the past she had shared her anti-poverty spoken word pieces and volunteered with the Queen’s Food Sharing Project. She said Instigate has helped provide her with the information and resources to get involved further with anti-poverty activism in the community.

“I came back from the conference totally recharged with my passion rekindled,” she said. “I’m ready to fight the fight again.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF Business development plan aimed to create jobs, boost economic growth

Vice-principal appointed co-chair of Queen’s Aboriginal Council

Queen’s is being awarded $750,000 from the Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative to help small and medium business in southern Ontario bring new products to the marketplace. The initiative is part of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), which was created to support economic and community development in the region.

The program is designed to create jobs in local communities and assist economic growth by providing small businesses the opportunity to bring new ideas from research facilities into the market place.

St. Lawrence College will be receiving $154,993 under the initiative. The federal government announced its $15-million Applied Research and Commercialization Imitative on Oct. 12. The announcement was made at Innovation Park by Government House Leader John Baird and Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown.

The initiative will provide opportunities to address challenges between small-and medium-sized businesses in the local community and help build strong relations between Queen’s research and the local community. The money awarded to Queen’s will be used to fund approximately 15 research and commercial projects for the University including a long-term collaborations between the University and local businesses.

Caroline Davis, vice-principal (finance and administration), has been named co-chair of the Aboriginal Council at Queen’s.

The Council is involved in all decisions affecting Aboriginal programs and services at the University.

Davis said that she wants to make the Council more inclusive to Aboriginal students, and that she wants to draw the Queen’s Native Student Association back into the Council. Through talks with Four Directions Aboriginal centre on campus, Davis also hopes to attract more Aboriginal faculty and staff members.

She said she will also try to make Aboriginal history and current culture more accessible to the Queen’s community.

Principal Daniel Woolf is confident that Davis is the right woman for the job.

“I know that Caroline Davis will make a positive contribution to the Aboriginal Council given her background and demonstrated commitment to working with and supporting Canada’s Aboriginal communities,” Woolf said.

Davis has had a 30-year career in the federal civil service within Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. She is familiar with the social and economic issues that Canadian Aboriginal peoples face today.

Davis will be heading the Council with Paul Latchford. The Aboriginal Council was established in 1992 and reports directly to the University’s Senate and Board of Trustees.

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n article published on Oct. 15 in the Journal considered the ongoing use and abuse of prescription drugs at Queen’s.

The article focused primarily on the use of drugs meant to treat Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which are among the drugs of choice for students looking to boost productivity and concentration as the school year becomes increasingly busy.

The article also detailed the lengthy process by which an individual is assessed and prescribed these medications.

It’s tempting to blame the increasing recreational usage of these drugs on over-prescription or the growing pressures of the academic lifestyle, but it speaks more to a general ignorance of the real risks of abusing prescription medication.

People who underestimate the dangers of taking drugs that aren’t prescribed to them are simply misinformed. Because this medication is intended to address a specific problem with a specific degree of severity, taking it without being properly diagnosed

by a doctor could produce no effect, or a severe reaction.

Amphetamine-based drugs come with a risk of addiction, compounded by the fact that controlling drug use isn’t always in the hands of the user. Doses are specifically tailored to an individual’s needs and watched carefully by the doctors that prescribe them.

As with any other drug, it’s important that people who enjoy abusing these drugs—and their friends—be aware of the warning signs of addiction and adverse reactions.

But beyond the possibility of physical harm, the destigmatization of this kind of drug abuse has other damaging effects.

Using a drug as a quick fix for a day of cramming for an exam or an all-nighter to finish a paper marginalizes the issues it’s intended to treat.

The person giving away these drugs— whether for fun or profit—is effectively hurting themselves by refusing to properly address a serious and lifelong condition.

There’s no reason why a desire for a quick buck should lead someone to short-change themselves.

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terminal illness.

People who want to kill themselves will find a way. Often they use violent and traumatic methods that can endanger others and traumatize those they leave behind.

Pursuing the opinion of a medical expert in a non-stigmatized environment helps mitigate these consequences.

The real issue becomes more one of a “slippery slope,” where we risk putting ideas about suicide into the minds of individuals who would otherwise never have considered it. While the talks are limited to those over 50, no consideration appears to have been given as to the mental or emotional state of those participating.

Dr. Nitschke is quick to point out that the workshops function only as a factual question and answer period and that he does not personally encourage anyone to kill themselves. Regardless, there must be some kind of screening process to ensure that this information only reaches those equipped to handle it.

Until a legal ruling is made, Dr. Nitschke will likely continue to offer his advice to those who pursue it. It’s good that he is doing so, but a great deal more consideration needs to be given to keeping this information in the right hands.

Safe Exit has risks controversial speaker held an even more controversial talk in Toronto on Wednesday.

Australian doctor Philip Nitschke led the city’s first “Safe Exit” workshop, which provides individuals with reliable and comprehensive advice on methods to end their own lives.

The workshop is aimed at helping those considering ending their lives to find methods that allow them to commit suicide without implicating others—who can face a penalty of up to 14 years in jail for assisting them.

Dr. Nitschke is the director of Exit International, an advocacy group for voluntary euthanasia based in Australia. He was the first doctor in the world to conduct a legal and lethal voluntary injection in 1996.

Both assisted suicide and euthanasia are controversial topics, and the Safe Exit workshops, which have previously been held twice in Vancouver, are no exception. The fact that the legality of the workshops has yet to be determined in a court of law has not prevented a fierce ethical debate concerning Dr. Nitschke’s actions.

There’s no reason why individuals who have concerns about their quality of life shouldn’t be allowed to take advantage of this advice, especially those fighting a

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ast week, Queen’s Alive President Zuza Kurazawa was arrested on the University of Ottawa campus along with five Carleton students under the Trespass to Property Act. Kurazawa was participating in a “Genocide Awareness Program” (GAP) that includes displays that compare aborted fetuses to victims of ethnic genocide.

The GAP project is organized by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, an American anti-abortion group. It places images of aborted fetuses next to victims of genocide in Rwanda, Darfur, Yugoslavia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Pearl Harbour, the World Trade Center, the Oklahoma City bombing and the racist lynch mobs of 19th century America.

I’m not going to argue about the abortion issue itself. I’m not interested in condemning anyone’s opinions, and I do believe that groups like these have the right to disseminate their message. But I think these kind of tactics are misguided and may even be counter-productive. Certainly it was their tactics, not their message, which the University of Ottawa saw to be incompatible with their image as a place of learning.

Nobody likes extremism. The Tea Party, the Black Bloc, Al-Qaeda and the like are all nuisances. Any message they have is lost in their childish actions. They prevent any moderate, thoughtful people from participating in their discussion because people are so off-put. Instead, they have to rely on indoctrination.

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wonder why they see so many sour faces when holding up signs comparing hard-working doctors to officers of the Third Reich. It’s an insult to reason and intelligence. With the variety of horrific motivations that produced the images used by the GAP, it’s difficult to follow their message. It’s insulting to anyone who has considered abortion to be lumped in with racism and hatred.

Nobody wants to pick up a flyer with those images on it. It’s why people mock the poorly-printed warning labels on cigarettes.

The images are so far removed from what people consider reasonable that they react with disgust rather than reflection.

A university campus is supposed to be a place of dignity and discourse, not shock tactics. I’m not surprised that the University of Ottawa’s administration responded the way that they did. As an institution of learning, the University has an image and a reputation to protect. The protestors were given a place to display their signs, but they chose to disobey and demonstrate elsewhere.

In order to protect their image—and their students’ stomachs—the administration uninvited the group from protesting. I don’t blame them.

How do anti-abortion groups expect to bring their issues to discussion by turning so many people away immediately? I hope that Queen’s Alive will think a little harder when planning their next action on this campus. I’ve got no appetite for stomach-churning methods.

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Louis Tsilivis, Comm ’10 If you’ve read an article or seen a news segment on Toronto’s mayoral race in the past several months, you’ve probably heard the prevailing line: the race’s frontrunner is Rob Ford, Canada’s answer to the Tea Party.

Almost any reference to Ford’s success—the fiscally conservative city councillor from Etobicoke entered the race in March and has since led opinion polls by as much as 24 points—is sure to invoke a comparison to the Tea Party, America’s grassroots libertarian movement.

But many of the comparisons are disingenuous. Rob Ford’s polling numbers have as much to do with his similarities to Barack Obama as with his similarities to the Tea Party.

A black-and-white picture of Rob Ford as Canada’s equivalent to the Tea Party does a disservice to thoughtful political discourse and fails to capture why the vocal football coach-turned-councillor is leading the race for Canada’s biggest city. So why the comparisons?

One reason is that there hasn’t been much excitement on Parliament Hill or at Queen’s Park this summer.

If the biggest issues of the day are changes to the mandatory long-form census and the harmonization of excise taxes, then it’s safe to say we have a fairly dull political scene.

In contrast, the US Congress debated the Gulf oil spill, overarching Wall Street reform and the direction of the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rob Ford’s polling numbers have as much to do with his similarities to Barack Obama as with his similarities to the Tea Party.

“Washington” is synonymous with an expansive government, grandeur and political excitement, and the Tea Party is another colourful actor in the American political theatre.

Reports on Toronto’s election are likely to build more excitement by slapping the uniquely American Tea Party label on Ford.

Canadians love comparing themselves to Americans, so perhaps we should view this trend as journalists engaging in our national pastime.

But a simple political simile cheapens discourse and lets us make all sorts of inferences without thinking for ourselves or researching policy platforms.

Less flattering analogies of Ford

“I don’t know if I am. Is that bad?”

Calum Macbeth, ArtSci ’11

“I certainly hope so!”

Ford’s popularity represents a backlash of voter anger against “status quo” candidates. and the Tea Party claim substitute education with volume. How can it be that someone without a university degree could become the mayor of a cultural powerhouse like Toronto?

The contest is between a frontrunner advocating for change and a contender on the side of status quo.

Such a claim is wrong-headed on two counts. The first is that Tea Partiers are actually a very welleducated group, and a greater share of them are university-educated than the general population.

Alumni of illustrious schools like Harvard, Yale and Duke’s medical school are among the Tea Party-backed candidates for Senate.

Second, it may surprise people to know that Ford’s main opponent, George Smitherman, has less education than Ford.

Smitherman dropped out of high school, while Ford was two credits short of graduating from Carleton University before he left to help his sister deal with personal issues back home.

Comparisons of Ford and the Tea Party also conflate Ford’s Red Toryism with the most right-wing element of American conservatism.

Ford doesn’t have the radical libertarian ideology or subtle social conservatism of the Tea Party movement, and his plans to build more subway lines would likely sit poorly with Tea Partiers who are instinctively opposed to any publicly-funded services.

Granted, Ford is also weary of decision-making by bureaucratic “elites” at City Hall and places an enormous amount of faith in the commonsense wisdom of the

ordinary citizen.

Yet none of these similarities can really explain the incredible momentum of the Ford campaign.

To do this, we need to look back at Obama’s 2008 campaign, which ran on one central theme: “Change.”

Obama offered American voters the choice of a clear and marked change from the Bush-run White House. There was palpable anger with the Bush administration at the grassroots-level and the campaign successfully tapped into voter frustration to mobilize support.

There is similar anger with Toronto Mayor David Miller’s city hall. Toronto taxpayers are incensed with wasteful spending and poor services while municipal taxes continue to rise.

Voters who commute by car or public transit are frustrated with a woefully-inadequate transit system.

Naturally, Ford’s promises of cutting spending at City Hall and revamping the transit system resonate well with an electorate yearning for change.

Obama’s message was consistent, clear, and simple.

He had long opposed the Bush agenda, and thus came off as more genuine than Hilary Clinton—who supported invading Iraq—when promising a break from the previous eight years.

Obama’s message in the general election was painfully simple: he stood for change and his Republican opponent would be “four more years of George Bush.”

Similarly, Ford has long practiced what he’s preaching. He doesn’t spend a dime of his $53,000 city-funded expense account and pushed the city to publish all councillors’ expenses online.

His promises of fiscal restraint

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come off as much more earnest than those of George Smitherman, who squandered $1 billion of taxpayer funds while serving as provincial Minister of Health.

Rob Ford’s message is equally as simple as Obama’s: he’s vowed to “stop the gravy train” at Toronto’s city hall.

The US presidential race in 2008 is like Toronto’s mayoral race in another critical way. The contest is between a frontrunner advocating for change and a contender on the side of status quo.

John McCain, the grey senator who’s served in Congress since 1982, was the quintessential anti-Obama, offering experience instead of a more ambitious reform agenda.

Safiah Chowdhury, ArtSci ’11

“No, not really. Europe taught me poorly.”

Nick Cornish, ConEd ’11

It’s clear that these factors—a grassroots desire for change and a simple and effective message—are what propelled the Ford and Obama campaigns.

“I consider myself a maverick in recycling.”

Likewise, Smitherman has been putting himself forward as the anti-Ford, emphasizing his political experience in Ontario’s cabinet and his cautious plans for the city.

It’s clear that these factors—a grassroots desire for change and a simple and effective message—are what propelled the Ford and Obama campaigns.

That’s why the 2008 race was really a choice between change and the status quo; Obama or the anti-Obama.

That’s why the election for Canada’s most powerful mayor will become a choice between a new city hall or a continuation of David Miller’s city hall; Ford or the anti-Ford.

“Yes, but I always forget when recycling day is after holidays.”

Erynn Wyse, ArtSci ’11

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORS Caring community An open letter to the Queen’s community, In the month since the death of our son and brother Cameron, the outpouring of support from the worldwide Queen’s community has been a great comfort to our family.

Cameron’s floor mates in Victoria Hall and the FRECs and frosh of orientation group 21 were kind enough to sit with us and share their memories of Cameron’s short time at Queen’s.

The administration and staff of the University, including Principal Woolf, Dean Kim Woodhouse of the Faculty of Applied Science and Dean David Saunders of the School of Business, Chaplain Brian Yealland, the staff in Student Affairs, the staff in the counseling and health services department and others too numerous to mention have all been kind and supportive.

The memorial service held for Cameron in Wallace Hall was a

moving event, and those of his friends who spoke were both courageous and caring.

We have found strength and comfort in the words of those with whom Cameron shared his brief time at Queen’s.

We have heard in letters, e-mails, and phone calls from alumni and parents around the world, and we have been given the gift of unselfish love by classmates and friends.

The support in countless ways of the class of ’81, the class of ’14, and the parents of the class of ’14 has been warm and loving.

All of this has confirmed for us that, despite its untimely end, Cameron’s time at Queen’s was a highlight of his short life.

We know in our hearts that despite the outcome, Cameron made the right choice when he chose Queen’s, and that he would have thrived there among such caring and supportive people.

Iain Bruce, Comm ’81, Linda Bruce, and Margot Bruce

AMS juvenile Dear Editors,

Over the past few years at Queen’s, I have taken an interest in the workings of the AMS. Information should be available for students like me who have night class or other obligations on Thursdays to be informed about the goings on of the society and its assembly, and to hold our elected leaders accountable.

From the assembly agendas I have obtained so far this year, the childishness of the reports of the President and the lack of any reports from the Rector stand out as blights on student governance at Queen’s.

These individuals use our student dollars to fund their salaries and/or tuition and should be reporting what they are doing.

Safiah’s reports are an embarrassment for a society that wants to call itself professional, as it seems she does nothing at all in her role worth reporting and writes

her reports as if she were a second grade student’s pen pal.

The lack of reports (and from what I understand attendance at assembly) by our Rector makes it seem like he doesn’t value the position he holds, or that he’s simply doing it to fund his graduate degree.

Smarten up you two. Queen’s students deserve better.

Jason Roberts, ArtSci ’12

Holocaust and abortion are not comparable Re: Pro-life controversy strikes at Carleton (October 15, 2010) Dear Editors, It is profoundly disappointing to read that Queen’s anti-abortion activist Zuza Kurzawa continues to advocate the analogizing of legal

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access abortion with the Holocaust.

From 1938 to 1945 the Nazis sought to annihilate the entire Jewish people.

By comparing this calamity with the right of women to control their own bodies, Ms. Kurzawa is belittling and disrespecting the memory of six million murdered Jews, along with millions of Roma, gay men, people with disabilities and other victims.

Ms. Kurzawa’s actions demonstrate a clear lack of judgment. She owes an apology to all victims of genocide.

Shira Sasson, ArtSci ’11 Co-President, Queen’s Hillel

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Art becoming artifact The New Canadiana exhibit at Agnes Etherington exposes enduring issues and evolving realities in Canada as perceived by 11 historic and contemporary artists

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New Canadiana aims to bring a multi-faceted look at Canada’s social history through pieces like “O Canada” (left) and “Douglas Fir Trees, Vancouver” (right). these pieces are derived from representations are almost certain that it is, as it’s of a similar people in modernity.

By Gina Elder She began by exploring the Swiss Cottage of the thunderbird and under water spirits.

Contributor size and style as another piece within the Philips said that the spiritual connotations Library and Archives Canada of his wife.

Museum on the Isle of Wight, which was The New Canadiana exhibition at the built by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and ancient cosmology expressed “defines From cotton polyester quilts to mixed Agnes Etherington Art Centre is a diverse for education of the royal children. North cultural perseveration along with the spirit of media installations, the exhibition displays mix of historic and contemporary art from American indigenous people made the boxes, modern innovation.” many artists’ perspectives and opinions about The exhibition at Agnes Etherington itself issues in Canada. pre-confederation to the 21st century. moccasins, canoes and puppets encased in is divided into three thematic categories: New Canadiana explores issues in Canada the museum.

More modern works, like Eleanor Bond’s Philips discussed how the confusing array Settlement, Nation and Migration, Nature “Winnipeg,” which depicts an abandoned log through the perspectives of artists Rebecca Belmore, Emily Carr, Joyce Wieland and of souvenirs actually deviated from what and the Environment and Social Life valley in British Columbia, communicate a was traditionally Iroquois. The modernity and Ritual.

Jin-me Yoon. futuristic isolation and ongoing immigration.

One work is the “Columbus Suite” Providing an interesting background to of certain important objects such as And of course there are diverse types of art the exhibit was the Rita Friendly Kaufman Ornohvatekha’s tunic and leggings went by Carl Beam, which is comprised of 12 within the exhibition as well; a particularly lecture hosted on Oct. 14 by Ruth B. Philips unrecognized due to stigmas that are placed etchings (six of which are shown at Agnes), interesting piece by Norman T. White poses marking the 500th anniversary of European a surprise as his award-winning electronic of Carleton University. After earning her on indigenous people.

“We only know how they should look,” “discovery” of the New World. Within the piece “The Helpless Robot” croaks over 512 doctorate in African art history from the University of London, she began to actively Philips said, and not what a modern deviation pieces are juxtaposed ideas of conflict and phrases, aiming to depict human emotions suffering. One print displays a large image and experiences. And in doing so it gave me teach Canadians about North American from tradition looks like.

Philips also briefly examined pressing of Columbus and below him, still images a shock as the robot screeched, “I really wish art history. She was also the director of anthropology at the University of British issues within Mississauga Indians on Grape of bees, displayed as though spread on a you’d help me.”

Island who combated alcoholism in the dissection table.

The exhibition is a sundry collection of Columbia for a short period.

Other notable works include the “Possible insights of many Canadian artists’ knowledge, As she set up a nifty, little microphone 19th century. on her lapel, Philips said jokingly, “I feel Another interesting aspect of the lecture Portrait of Isabella Clark Macdonald,” which perspectives and opinions. like James Bond.” The lecture conveyed was the bark mokuks that have designs made was purchased at a Kingston silent auction an argument of these cultures’ histories of by scraping away the dark layers of bark. in 2006. The mystery behind the piece New Canadiana runs until Dec. 5 at neglect and misrecognition based on objects Porcupine quills and reeds were used to form is whether or not the woman portrayed the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. of indigenous art. She discussed how settlers’ patterns on these unique works of art. The is Canada’s first Prime Minister John A. ideas of authenticity have impeded these zigzag motifs as well as hourglass shapes on Macdonald’s first Scottish-born wife. Artisans

From left: “The Helpless Robot,” “Sainte Cécile” and “VII. Later, Some Industrial Refugees Form Communal Settlements in a Logged Valley in B.C.”

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Oscar winners get old and grouchy A-List actors leave tear-jerkers behind in RED, a new film about a group of aging assassins rebanding for one last job

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RED is as old as its actors. When 93 year-old Ernest Borgnine looks like the newest addition RED can offer, this is clearly a concept in its own dotage. RED does the opposite of what Kick-Ass did earlier this year: instead of using lurid, profane teenagers, RED takes the elderly and idolizes them. They’re locked and loaded, but the film isn’t.

It’s a real letdown. For one, you have John McClane (Bruce Willis), God (Morgan Freeman), the Queen (Helen Mirren), Agamemnon (Brian Cox), and well, who doesn’t know what it’s like being John Malkovich? This is an all-star cast, who really seem to be playing bad-ass versions of their previously-played characters.

Oddly, the chemistry is pedestrian and for some reason this is a B Team with A-class actors.

RED feels like the duration of Lawrence of Arabia. If only it had David Lean to save the day and actually make these fine actors heroes. This movie should have been R-rated with over the top fun and zero yielding grace. Yet it kind of sits there—as if it really needs a walker.

Director Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is not the problem here. His direction has the reckless energy of his nostalgic action heroes. You cannot help but giggle when his scenes transition to and fro through postcard wipes.

Don’t the elderly love postcards?

There’s even a scene when Willis and his younger lover Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker) escape the enemy headquarters of William Cooper (Karl Urban, he’s a tough one) by switching Willis with a fireman. They exchange suits and Willis carries out the fireman’s body in Willis’s bloody attire. We don’t see that one coming.

The problem, I think, hands itself to the script. Writer Jon and Erich Hoeber (who wrote the hopelessly insipid Whiteout), have the task of combining wit and vigor to suggest there are jokes beyond these heroes’ ages.

RED even plays the romance

card. We’re to believe Willis and Parker are to be intimate lovers who met on the telephone. Of course Parker teams up with Willis, despite death following him at every corner and the Vice-President of the CIA clearly wanting his head.

The safer (and convenient) route is for her to go on this mission with the resilient Willis—who still seems a little shaken after Cop Out. RED does not exactly cop out, but it’s The A-Team with arthritis.

The action scenes go clickity-clack and we go ho-hum. I’m calling all these characters by their actual last names because RED is essentially a star vehicle. We go there for Freeman but this is no godly pursuit. RED is better titled for a Japanese horror flick, instead of this terribly goofy acronym: Retired Extremely Dangerous.

Here’s a better one: BAD, Banal And Dull.

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Last night marked the second installment of The Real Resident Reading Series hosted and curated by this year’s Writer In Residence, Stuart Ross. Jason Camlot (pictured above), Paul Dutton and Lily Hoang were featured. Keep an eye on A&E for an interview with Stuart Ross in the next month.

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Feeling, freedom and freestyle Kicking off this evening, Kingston’s newest hip hop festival aims to be a revelation for attendees

By Ally Hall A&E Editor There’s something I’ve been longing for in Kingston’s art scene since I arrived here in 2006. Though my appetite for indie rock of all shapes and sizes is always fulfilled, I find myself turning to iTunes for my daily dose of hip hop. I obviously haven’t been alone in my yearning, as the folks at The Ontario Public

Interest Research Group (OPIRG) are bringing eager minds, ears and eyes Push It: A Hip Hop Festival.

Kicking off tonight, the weeklong festival promises to ignite passion and thought with film screenings and multi-faceted live performances at various venues around Kingston. Kavita Bissoondial, one of the organizers of the event, explained the inner workings of planning Kingston’s

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newest hip hop festival.

“Hip hop has had a rough time developing its own space in Kingston as currently the live music scene is focused on indie and folk music,” she told me in an e-mail.

“The local scene has really pushed hip hop and its audience to the margins as there is no longer even a club for us to go to.”

The lack of highly publicized hip hop gigs in the Limestone City didn’t affect OPIRG’s ability to bring in groundbreaking acts from a national and international scale.

Drawing attention and motivating migration to the city’s burgeoning hip hop community is one of the festival’s goals, but Bissoondial said it also seeks to represent students at Queen’s and the larger community.

“There are a lot of people in the city who love the music and the culture who don’t get to take part in it here. We hope this festival will not only create the space for that to happen, but will also develop a community that can sustain the festival in the future,” she said.

“There’s a definite need and desire for it in the city that has yet to be filled.”

The festival kicks off at The Artel tonight with a free film screening of Style Wars, an indispensable document of New York City’s tunnel, club and street culture of the early 1980s. The Artel will also host a screening of La Revolución at the end of the festival.

To jolt guests out of monotonous campus life, Bissoondial said the organizers enlisted the help of like-minded artists who question the norm, critically engage and dissect the current state of our society.

“These artists are doing really exciting and innovative work in hip hop right now and are being recognized not just in Canada for it but internationally,” she said.

“They play shows in Toronto and Montreal all the time but this will be the first time Narcy and Nomadic [Massive] will be here.”

Rapping in both Arabic and English, one of the festival’s headliners The Narcicyst (a.k.a.

Narcy) aims to provoke audience members and prompt them to situate themselves within the

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framework of society. Spitting complex lyrics addressing politically charged issues, he’s performed in Canada, Spain, the US and the Middle East opening for acts like Talib Kweli, Kanye West and A-Trak. A master of both academia and music, he holds degrees in political science, communication studies and media studies. Dubbing himself “your homie, the man in the mirror” on his website implies some of the identity politics at work in the rapper’s arsenal that will no doubt be encountered Thursday night at his show.

“The live performances are the heart of the festival,” Bissoondial said. “It gives people a chance to come together and experience the community we’ve all been missing.”

The cohesion of the festival is evident with a quick glance at who will share the stage with Narcy at Time to Laugh. Paired with DIY-driven hip hop artist, Testament, the show will be rounded out by Fallen Ones (MC Pyke and MC Infinite), two young homeless Kingstonians who seek recognition through writing about their experiences and struggle.

With an already-established base in Kingston and a powerful apathy-shattering message, Testament states that he seeks to, “change hip hop and steal its soul back from the glorified violence, materialism, sexism and racism that the music industry creates, promotes and markets for their own capitalist purposes.”

Widely considered the most progressive live hip hop group in Canada, 10 skilled musicians and artists comprise the other headlining act, Nomadic Massive. Rapping in five languages, the Montréal-based group puts a global twist on their ribcage-rattling beats. The release of their self-titled record gave listeners an open-minded and socially engaged gift combining smart, sensuous poetry with samples and an array of vocal styles. Bringing their live show to Kingston promises a night fused with energy and live instrumentation from drums, bass, guitar, trumpet and trombone.

Unconscious Encore, an act in a similar vein to Nomadic Massive who expertly mix live instrumentation with intelligent rhymes will also take the stage on Friday. Redefining what hip hop can achieve, the unique group draws from a plethora of genres and has evolved from playing high schools in Kingston to prominence in venues across Southern Ontario.

Introducing interactive workshops to Push It with the FLOW Performance Crew will

give the added opportunity to inspire both mental and physical involvement from the community.

Established in 2006, the dance collective was created for one and all as a Hip-Hop club separate from the main Queen’s dance club. Focusing specifically around freestyle, the club aims to promote the freedom of dance while encouraging others to gain an understanding, love and feel for hip hop music. Promoting a positive outlook, happiness and family, the crew will teach a free open class on Saturday that fits perfectly with hip hop’s mandate.

Leave your expectations at the door for this festival, when you go to Time to Laugh this week, you’ll encounter something with a bit more fire than the same old strumming.

“Hip hop ignites a whole range of artistic expression,” Bissoondial said. “Coming as it often does out of conditions of marginalization, hip hop culture stops at nothing to make paths of self-expression, whether that’s through DJ-ing, breaking, graffiti or MC-ing … this all comes together in live shows, the truest form of hip hop in which artists connect with, inspire and move the audience.”

How to Push It good Tuesday Oct. 19: Film screening: Style Wars The Artel Free, all ages 7 p.m.

Thursday Oct. 21: The Narcicyst with Testament and Fallen Ones Time To Laugh Comedy Club $8 advance, $10 at the door, 19+ 7 p.m.

Friday Oct. 22: Nomadic Massive with Unconscious Encore and Flow Performance Crew Time To Laugh Comedy Club $8 advance, $10 at the door, 19+ 9 p.m.

Saturday Oct. 23: Hip Hop Dance Workshop with Flow Performance Crew Location TBA Free, all ages 2 p.m.

Sunday Oct. 24: Film Screening: La Revolución The Artel Free, all ages 7 p.m.

Tickets for Thursday and Friday’s events are available at Niiyaan (51 Montreal St.), Brian’s Record Option, the Tricolour Outlet and at the door.

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Queen’s 23, Laurier 44

Second quarter breakdown leads to loss

Playoff hopes dim as Gaels enter next weekend desperately in need of a win over the last place York Lions

By Jake Edmiston Features Editor A string of six unanswered touchdowns in the second quarter spelt a 44-23 win for the Laurier Golden Hawks over the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday afternoon.

“Our national championship team did not win here last year,” Gaels head coach Pat Sheahan said of the Gaels 25-13 loss to the Hawks on Oct. 24 last season.

“This was something that we could have done that last year’s team didn’t do.”

The Gaels led 10-0 after running back Jimmy Therrien punched in a one yard touchdown at the beginning of the second quarter in front of a tame crowd at Laurier’s University Stadium.

The Gaels’ fortune turned pear-shaped three minutes later when Laurier kicker Nathan Hawkes punted into the Gaels end zone and receiver Giovanni Aprile fumbled the return around the five-yard line.

The Hawks recovered the ball at the one-yard line for an easy touchdown and wound up with another scoring chance on the return.

“When you have an explosion like that, you want to be able to answer,” Sheahan said, “and we come back and fumble the kick return.”

This second fumbled kick return also resulted in a Hawks recovery and subsequent touchdown.

Hawks quarterback Shane Kelly threw for a career-high three touchdowns in the second quarter with all three passes spanning over 20 yards. Kelly had a near-perfect

game, completing 15 passes on 16 attempts in the first half and 20 of 30 total attempts for 253 yards.

In the last 10 minutes of the second quarter, the Golden Hawks had scored six touchdowns and a rouge, totalling 43 of their 44 total points.

“We had a 15-minute breakdown,” Sheahan said of the second quarter scoring onslaught.

“We had a couple of special team explosions, defensive explosions and a stalled offence,” he said.

“That’s a bad combination when you’re in against a good team in a must-win game.”

The Gaels couldn’t answer back until rookie quarterback Billy McPhee, who relieved starter Justin Chapdelaine in the fourth, ran in from Laurier’s one-yard line as time elapsed in the game.

Chapedelaine passed for 89 yards, connecting on nine of 16 throws with two interceptions.

“If that second quarter didn’t happen, we would have won this game,” Aprile said. “They’re not better than us in my opinion. I think we were destroying them in the first quarter and it just played out wrong.”

Laurier received news late Friday night that an arbitration by the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada had ruled in favour of a CIS decision to forfeit Laurier’s Sept. 11 win over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

Hawks fifth-year defensive end David Montoya, who played in the game against the University of Toronto, was deemed ineligible. He had returned to the Laurier football Photo by Jeff Chan team five years after playing his Quarterback Justin Chapdelaine is sacked by the Laurier defence in their 44-23 loss over the Please see Last on page 17 weekend in Waterloo.

Queen’s 2, Trinity western 3; queen’s 0, brandon 3; queen’s 0, western 3

Queen’s venue up to standard, Gaels not OUA Champions fall to cross Canada competition at the Annual Queen’s Men’s Volleyball Invitational held at the ARC

By Lauri Kytömaa Assitant Sports Editor

Photo by Balpreet Kukreja

The Gaels lost all three games over the weekend in the Annual Queen’s Men’s Volleyball Inivtational hosted at the ARC.

The men’s volleyball team had a chance to test their lineups against some of the nation’s best competition this weekend on their home court. The 24th Annual Queen’s Men’s Volleyball Invitational welcomed the Trinity Western Spartans, the Brandon Bobcats and the Western Mustangs to the ARC for a tough weekend of volleyball.

Trinity Western and Brandon were both ranked in the CIS top 10 while Western finished third in the OUA last season. These highly respected teams came to play in Kingston as one of two preview events for the 2012 CIS Men’s Volleyball Championship that will be hosted at the ARC from March 2nd to 4th. Though the Gaels were the OUA champions last season and finished fifth in the nation, the weekend’s results showed that meeting a national standard

will be difficult.

Action began on Friday with the Gaels facing the Trinity Western Spartans. The game was a rematch of last year’s CIS quarterfinals where the Spartans beat the Gaels in straight sets. The Gaels opened strong, winning two of the three tightly contested sets but the Spartans rallied to take the last two sets and win the match. The final scores were 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 18-25 and 10-15 with the Gaels suffering a tough five-set defeat.

Head coach Brenda Willis said she wasn’t pleased with the result but felt there were things to be learned from the game.

“We played well against Trinity Western,” she said. “We prepared and we competed very well. At nationals we lost [0-3], here it went to five. When it came down to it our passing broke down and our serving wasn’t going anywhere. So it’s hard to get points Please see Three on page 17

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Gaels conquer Fort Henry Hill

The Queen’s cross-country team placed second overall at the annual Queen’s Invitational in Kingston

By Kate Bascom Sports Editor The nationally ranked Queen’s cross-country team hosted their invitational this weekend at Fort Henry Hill in Kingston. The Queen’s Invitational saw one of the best overall finishes the Gaels have had all season, placing second behind the Ottawa Elite Running Club.

Stephanie Hulse and Leah Larocque led the the women’s team to a first place finish, placing second and third respectively. Matt Hulse was the top finisher for the men’s team finishing second, 19 seconds off from first place. Two Gaels, Clay Patterson and Andrew Couchene, were also in the top 10 for the men’s team, which finished second overall. First-year head coach Steve Boyd said his team’s performance was outstanding.

“They really came out big as the host team,” he said. “They felt confident. I don’t think we had run a full team of the top people before this weekend for one reason or another. They were pretty excited and confident going in for the first time at full strength. I think that really buoyed us.”

Boyd said the team’s home advantage gave the team more confidence going into the weekend.

“They really attacked the course,” he said. “Knowing the home course the way they did, they were pretty confident on how to execute properly.”

The women’s team’s improvement to first overall from third last year gave the Gaels an extra push to place second as a team. For the second year in a row, the men’s team was the runner-up.

“I think this is the strongest results we’ve ever turned in on this course,” he said. “I think they’re really coming together just at the right time. We have provincials in two weeks and nationals in a month so things look quite good.”

With both the provincial and national championships approaching, Boyd said in the next

two weeks his main goal is to keep the team focused.

“It’s pretty simple,” he said.

“I’ve got to keep everyone healthy in terms of illnesses and viruses and I have to keep them healthy in terms of interest. If we can improve their conditioning a little bit over the next week that’s great, but the main priority is getting everyone to the start line in one piece.”

The Gaels will be in Guelph at the OUA Championship on Oct. 30.

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The annual Queen’s Invitational kicks off at Fort Henry Hill (top). Fourth-year Grace Keenleyside (left) placed seventh with a time of 17:49 at the Queen’s Invitational. Fifth-year Matt Hulse (right) finished second overall with a time of 29:40.

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Three straight losses for Gaels Continued from page 15

in that situation.”

Not as much could be taken from the next two games. On Saturday the Brandon Bobcats swept the Gaels handily—16-25, 10-25 and 22-25 in three sets. Despite the respectable performance against Trinity Western, many aspects of the team’s play broke down against Brandon leading to defeat.

“I don’t know what happened, we just didn’t play,” Willis said. “We looked scared and unmotivated. We are looking to contend nationally [and] we came out so tentative that nothing seemed to click, we lost badly. So it’s going to be back to the drawing board on certain things.

We need to coordinate our block and rebound defence, we didn’t control the pace of the ball at all.”

Hoping to rebound in their final game against their OUA-rival, the Western Mustangs, the Gaels also fell flat in a three set defeat of 17-25, 23-25 and 18-25. The second two games were a large regression for a team with high expectations.

Willis said that the shock of losing may teach a good lesson to her team.

“It might be a good grounding for us. As reigning OUA champions people are a little bit comfortable and it is going to take a hell of a lot more than we brought this weekend if we are going to repeat and do some damage nationally,” she said.

“We finished fifth in the nation last year and we are expecting to do better than that this year.”

The team played without starters Dan Rosenbaum and Niko Rukavina who are both recovering from surgery.

The Gaels will be in Toronto facing off against the Varsity blues Friday. The game starts at 8 p.m.

Photo by Jeff Chan

The Gaels fought back in the second half but were unable to overcome the large deficit built up by Laurier in the first half.

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fourth year, violating the CIS stipulation that players are only eligible for up to seven years after leaving high school.

The decision meant Laurier’s playoff hopes were dependant on the outcome of Saturday’s game.

Before the game, Laurier was tied with Queen’s and Windsor for second last place in the OUA. “We talked about that all week,” Hawks quarterback Shane Kelly said. “This was a win that we needed to get if we wanted to continue playing after the season. I think that really helped our mentality.”

Saturday’s loss makes the Gaels’ playoff aspirations dependant on next weekend’s game against the farcical York University Lions at Richardson Stadium.

The Gaels wins over the bottom three teams this season the University of Toronto, Windsor and potentially York will give them the edge if tied for the sixth and final spot in the OUA playoffs.

“We could have very much planned our own destiny here,” Sheahan said. “Although the mathematics still favour us moving forward into the post season, we’re not going to have a home game probably ... But this is the hole we’ve dug. We’ve got a good chance of being in the playoffs and that was the goal from the onset. It could have been prettier.”

The Queen’s Gaels will finish their regular season against the york Lions at richardson stadium. Kick off is at 1 p.m.

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Sports in Brief Men’s soccer drops two over the weekend After completing a 5-1 record in their last six games, the men’s soccer team hit a roadblock at home. On Saturday they lost to Ryerson University 1-0 and then the University of Toronto 2-0 the next day. The two losses drop the Gaels to a 6-5-1 record. With only two games remaining in the season the teams hopes to end the season on a winning note. They will travel to North Bay to face off against Nipissing University on Saturday.

—Lauri Kytömaa

Two point weekend for women’s hockey

The women’s hockey team split another weekend of hockey on the road. On Saturday they faced off against the Western Mustangs in London winning the game 3-1.

The two goal differential did not reflect the dominance of the Gaels who outshot their rival 45-15 in the game, scoring all three of their goals in the first period. Morgan McHaffie picked up a goal and an assist.

Sunday’s game against the University of Windsor proved to be more challenging as the Gaels couldn’t find the back of the net with 41 shots. The Gaels were shutout 1-0 despite a strong performance by goalie Mel Dodd-Moher. The 2-2 Gaels continue their season next Saturday in Oshawa against the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

—Lauri Kytömaa

Men’s basketball stumbling through preseason

Women’s basketball loses in Newfoundland

Women’s lacrosse wins two on the road

A tough preseason continued in Saskatoon for the men’s basketball team. The team found themselves outmanned at the Graham Construction Shootout; losing to the University of Calgary 84-58, the University of Saskatchewan 84-32 and Brandon University 70-56.

The team has only won one game in the preseason, which was an overtime victory over Bishop’s University and they have been outscored 274-381 thus far.

The team will try to turn things around next weekend at the McGill Tournament on Friday where they will face Western.

The women’s basketball team finished 1-2 in the Memorial University Invitational Tournament in Newfoundland. The tournament was organized as a three game series against the Memorial University Sea-Hawks.

The series opened up on Friday where the Gaels lost in a low scoring 54-44 match. In Saturday’s game the Gaels gave up a nine point halftime lead, losing 67-59. Finally the Gaels won 68-60 on Sunday.

Next up for the Gaels will be the Laval Tournament in Quebec City.

Action starts on Friday against the University of Montreal.

The Gaels played two games in Toronto over the weekend against the Guelph Gryphons and the McMaster Marauders. The Gaels improved their record to 6-2-1.

Lisa McLaughlin led the way with four goals in the Gaels’ 16-6 win over the Gryphons. Queen’s did not slow down against McMaster exploding offensively and outshooting the Marauders 28-12. With four goals from Jackie Byers and Gwyn Ross, the Gaels finished the Marauders off 17-8.

—Lauri Kytömaa

—Kate Bascom

—Lauri Kytömaa

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them again,” Heald said. “We just focused on our game and I think we really turned it around well. We fixed the mistakes that we made last week to come out strong today. We capitalized on their mistakes better and really put it together.”

Despite the lopsided score, Heald emphasized that the team would look to improve some key areas before this weekend’s match.

“Our hands kind of fell apart sometimes,” she said. “We’re in

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postseason now and we’ve worked hard on our systems. All our tactical stuff is good now we just have to focus on some of the technical stuff like passes and kicks.”

After a 5-0 regular season that guaranteed the team home field advantage for the duration of their postseason, Heald said the team appreciated the comforts of being in Kingston.

“It’s really rewarding for sure,” she said. “The fans have been fantastic this season. It’s always great to see other athletes too supporting us.

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The Gaels will look to improve on their fourth place finish last year after being defeated by the Guelph Gryphons and the McMaster Marauders.

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Avoiding first-degree burns

So much time, effort and money goes into our undergraduate degrees; ultimately, how far do your credentials get you?

By Natasha Mukhtar Contributor There are now 46 per cent more applicants to Ontario universities in the last ten years, according to the Council of Ontario Universities.

Considering the financial burden and the amount of competition in today’s job market, it’s important to know how much a university degree is actually worth.

According to the University Registrar, undergraduate students registered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Queen’s pay tuition fees of a little more than $6,000 each year. Add to that cost of living, school supplies and pricey textbooks and the total expenses for just one year of university in Ontario is almost $12,000.

A four-year program costs roughly $50,000. With the same amount of money, one could purchase a decent sports car, travel to all the major cities in Europe or even make a down payment on a house.

According to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), which helps students finance their education, students can end up with close to $20,000 in debt by the time they graduate.

The OSAP website advertises a six month post graduation grace period in which loans do not acquire interest. Loan payment plans give students this time to find a job offering them enough to counter their piling debt.

Less advertised on OSAP is the fact that it takes on average nine and a half years to repay a student loan. Once repayment begins, interest starts to accrue.

This is when some students find themselves paying $100 or more each month just to satisfy interest payments. The longer it takes them to repay the loan, the higher their interest becomes.

Paalini Anadachee, ArtSci ’13, said she is aware of the costs of

university but has a clear stance on the issue.

“College is worth the financial burden if you want a career afterwards. It’s worth it only if you know what you want to achieve and where you are headed,” she said. “If you are still unsure about what to major in or what field of work you want to go into, university is a waste of money.”

According to Pay Scale’s 2010-11 College Salary Report, on average, those graduating with a degree in the social sciences earn approximately $38,100 per year as a starting median salary.

Students in the commerce program, on the other hand, are expected to earn $41,100 at the start of their career. However, their tuition at Queen’s is also higher than other faculties, at approximately $13,000 a year, according to the University Registrar.

While their higher tuition may cover services such as their own career counselling services and international study opportunities, it may not always give them a monopoly on jobs.

Isabelle Morin does recruitment for accounting firm KPMG Enterprise.

Morin told the Journal in an email that the firm is flexible on the type of degree a student could have to become a Chartered Accountant (CA).

“While the majority of candidates elect to earn a degree in business or finance, this is by no means a requirement. If you have earned a Bachelor’s degree in sciences, arts, engineering and law, we also [encourage you] to consider a career as a CA,” she said, adding that there is still a required number of university courses related to accounting to be a CA. Besides a strong academic background, it is also important for applicants to have a sound balance of extracurricular activities and leadership and communication

What can you do with your degree?

• Art history: Advertising, animation, art criticism, book design, gallery work.

• Biology: Agricultural research, dentistry, epidemiology, food industry, forensic psychology.

• Commerce: Accounting, advertising, insurance, law, real estate.

• Computing: Robotics, graphic art, family medicine, biomedical technology, accounting.

• Drama: Theatre performance, radio and TV broadcasting, film industry, marketing, tourism.

• Economics: Banking, journalism, law, urban and regional planning, business administration and management.

• English literature: Marketing, law, magazine/newspaper industry, translation, radio and TV broadcasting.

• Geological engineering: Architecture, meteorology, petroleum and gas industry, surveying and cartography, environmental conservation.

• Psychology: Child/youth care, addictions/family/disability/career counselling, forensics, image consulting, public relations.

• Physical therapy: Chiropractics, family/sports/geriatric/orthopaedic medicine, fitness consulting, community health.

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Although a four-year undergraduate degree can really break the bank, many say the financial sacrifice is worth it. skills, she said.

Christa Wallbridge, project manager of business development at Kingston Economic Development Cooporation (KEDCO), has seen firsthand that your degree might not lead directly to a career path.

She said her current job entails business analysis, project management and economics, but she graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in anthropology.

“When I first started school I was more interested in archaeology,” Wallbridge said, adding that she thought she might go on to do graduate work in archaeology.

“As the year progressed ... I got tired of being in school and life happened,” she said.

After graduation, she started up her own photography business and became an independent seller for a company called Discovery Toys.

“Both of those were managing finances of my own,” she said, adding that she later became an executive assistant for the Vancouver Island Health Authority, a job which consisted of many business analysis tasks.

After moving to Kingston, she was hired at her current position at KEDCO. Wallbridge said she is not the only person with a degree unrelated to her line of work.

“I know lots of people that have english degrees and geology degrees and they end up doing things completely not what their schooling was for. University gives you skills,” she said.

“I can write papers, and I have analytical skills from doing anthropology. The skills that you get in school are still applicable in real life and in business.”

Paul Bowman, manager of career education and counselling at Career Services, agreed with

Wallbridge that transferable skills are more important than specific facts when it comes to finding a job and many popular postgraduate career paths, like law or medicine, have much more flexibility with degree requirements than one might think.

“People get into law from any undergraduate program,” Bowman said, adding that he’s known of people getting into law school with degrees in nursing, engineering, commerce and biology.

“It’s really the overall strength of your application,” he said, which consists of a strong transcript and LSAT scores.

“That’s why we recommend to students that they study what they’re genuinely interested in and where they think they’re going to perform the strongest.”

Medical schools are similar in terms of requirements, he said.

McMaster University, for example, has no prerequisites to get in.

“A student I worked with was in drama and got into medicine at McMaster,” he said. “The advantage of taking a science-oriented undergraduate degree ... is the MCAT; a background in science can help you.”

Bowman said it can be hard to plan your degree around life goals.

For example, there isn’t one degree that will help you get richer than any other.

“It has more to do with your work ethic, your willingness to take risks, your creativity and those other personal and interpersonal qualities,” he said, adding that he knows of many Queen’s grads who have benefitted more in the job market from their non-academic experiences.

“Careers aren’t always planned,’ he said. “Sometimes it’s a combination of planning,

engagement and chance. Take advantage of the chances and opportunities that come your way.”

Cynthia Levine-Rasky, an associate professor in the department of sociology, said she never planned to be a professor, but that it’s not uncommon for students to end up in professions vastly different than their area of study.

“Most of us end up in jobs we didn’t have training for,” she said. “With changing economic environments, shifting societal values and anomalous stories about friends of friends who made a living with just a high school diploma, it can be difficult to decide which path is best suited to one’s needs.

“You can’t compromise what you love so young people should do what they want. Family, friends, culture—everything has an emphasis on the choices we make,” she said.

“Ultimately, you can’t expect a 19 year old to know what they are going to do with the rest of their life. Such a process is difficult for young people to wade through.”

Even so, more and more students are heading into the realm of post-secondary education.

“When the labour market is shrinking, it’s logical for students to say ‘what can we do to get a job?’ They reason that they have to go to school and get credentials to become more qualified,” Levine-Rasky said. “[But] further education will not [necessarily] correct the structural problem of the shrinking labour market, despite students’ impressions otherwise.”

— With files from Kelly Loeper

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