The Queen's Journal, Volume 142, Issue 10

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EDITORIAL

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FEATURE

Aberdeen to be cleared

Election coverage

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Police aim to push partygoers off streets to sidewalks B y S ebastian L eck Features Editor A police camera is currently installed on the corner of Aberdeen and William Streets, ready to be activated for Homecoming weekend.

The camera, mounted on a telephone pole, is part of the Kingston Police Force’s (KPF) strategy for keeping the peace on Aberdeen St. during Homecoming, which runs from today to Sunday.

In 2005, a car was overturned and set on fire by partygoers on Aberdeen St. Queen’s administration cancelled the Homecoming celebration indefinitely in November 2008; the weekend was only reinstated last year as an official university event.

The police’s current strategy for monitoring Homecoming festivities involves a mixture of surveillance, preventative measures and crowd control. During the October 2013 Homecoming street party, police cleared the middle of Aberdeen St. and kept partygoers contained on the sidewalks.

This strategy wasn’t always used, according to KPF media relations officer Steve Koopman. In Homecoming weekends prior to last year, the police had at times barricaded the ends of Aberdeen St. at Earl and Johnson Streets instead, containing the revelry within the block.

Koopman said barricading the street led to mixed results.

“Some people felt it was good to have the area contained,” he said. “Others felt that now that the students knew it was a cordoned-off area, it was a party area and people would therefore come there en masse.”

Police currently prioritize keeping the street open for safe passage of emergency

vehicles, he said. “[In previous years] we did have a student fall off the lower roof portion, we had students who hit their faces on the sidewalk, we were having beer bottles thrown in past years and feet were getting cut open,” he said.

While clearing the streets can push partygoers onto private lawns, Koopman said police are more concerned with keeping the street safe.

“If the officer feels that safety’s being jeopardized, then, unfortunately, if someone is stepping on the lawn, as much as we understand that it would be a frustration point, would not take priority over the fact that we might have something very dangerous taking place on the street,” he said.

Property owners or tenants can ask people to leave under the Trespass to Authority Act, Koopman added, and once a situation has calmed, they can ask police to help remove people from their lawn.

In 2006, Kingston City Council passed a series of recommendations for making Homecoming weekend safer.

Their recommendations included increasing video surveillance in the Aberdeen St. area for the weekend and improving the lighting around the street.

In 2006, KPF Chief Bill Closs told the Journal that prior to that point, the police had conducted video surveillance using hand-held video cameras.

According to Koopman, the surveillance cameras will be used to both identify problems as they emerge — such as fights or crowds forming on major streets — and to provide evidence of infractions after they occur.

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MUNICIPAL POLITICS

Sydenham candidates in harmony

Municipal Affairs Commissioner asked before the debate that Homecoming not be brought up B y C hloe S obel News Editor A Sydenham District candidates’ debate, hosted by the Queen’s Debating Union (QDU) at Ellis Hall on Tuesday night, saw largely civil discussion on the role of students in Kingston, municipal services and city development.

QDU reached out to the first three declared candidates — Bonnie Ferguson, Adam Koven and Peter Stroud — in the summer. Ferguson never responded, allowing TK Pritchard to take the third spot when he declared his candidacy in September for the Oct. 27 municipal election.

Prior to the debate, the club met with AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Ariel Aguilar to organize and co-moderate the event.

While working with them, Aguilar said he asked the QDU to forgo questions about Homecoming and the West Campus noise bylaw exemption.

“Because it was and it has been such a charged issue the past years on Council, we wanted to make sure that any comments on Homecoming … would [not] be done until after Homecoming,” Aguilar said, adding that this was so that candidates could properly assess this year’s event.

“Given that we know [the noise not talking about it.”

The debate included a question bylaw is] going to be revisited by the incoming Council in July of on town-gown tensions over 2015 … it just felt like it was the Homecoming and the noise sort of issue that was going to be bylaw exemptions, asking how answered on its own merits and the candidates would work with shouldn’t be politicized,” he added. other councillors to bridge the gap According to the minutes of a between students and the City on Sept. 17 executive meeting, QDU these issues.

Koven said one way of dealing intended not to raise the issue. In the minutes, QDU President Julia with the issues surrounding Kirby said Aguilar had asked that Homecoming and the noise bylaw they not focus on Homecoming exemption was to make students or the West Campus fields issue, feel at home in Kingston.

“It’s important that students and added that they were “fine not raising this”. In an Oct. 1 are introduced to the community executive meeting, she said the and feel part of it from day one,” issues they planned to raise were Koven said.

He reiterated a platform “garbage bags; redistricting; casino; interesting stuff with taxes and promise to frequently meet with student leaders and ask for their funding; community schools”.

Kirby, ArtSci ’15, told the input on municipal issues.

Koven criticized Stroud’s Journal that when Aguilar couldn’t moderate due to a conflict with proposal that the one-bag garbage AMS Assembly, QDU decided its limit be changed to give households debate questions internally, and she 52 tags at one time in the year, said Aguilar didn’t directly ask that saying it would be costly and he QDU not bring up those issues.

“He mentioned that focusing on it might be counterproductive because there have been a lot of polarizing media about it beforehand,” she said. “He brought up that it wouldn’t be the most constructive thing to make the debate about because at that point there wasn’t a lot new that we could bring, but we didn’t consider

didn’t see the current program as a “hardship”.

“When we’re trying to create policy, we’re trying to create bylaws where we’re all equal,” he said.

Pritchard said the current bylaw disproportionately affects students and serves as taxation on students who are already paying high rent.

“We were talking earlier about wanting students to stay in Kingston, how to retain them — we have to treat them fairly while they’re here and make them feel like the city wants them and that they’re not being treated differently,” he said.

Pritchard, like his opponents, said he would personally vote “no” in the casino referendum and doesn’t support the development of a casino in Kingston.

He added that he hasn’t taken a public platform stance because “referendums are one of the purest forms of democracy” and it’s important that residents are provided with the information to

make an informed decision.

He also added that if a casino comes to Kingston, he will work to increase addiction and mental health support for members of the community.

Stroud said he’s been campaigning against the casino since 2012, adding that it works for Gananoque, where the casino is currently located, because the town is small and a casino allows it to draw money from outside its borders — “mostly in Kingston”.

He said the reverse will be true in Kingston and a casino will take money out of the community.

In his closing statement, Stroud said he has a perspective of his place in the larger world, and Kingston’s.

“Sydenham is pretty small in the big scheme of things geographically, but it’s not small to the people who live there,” he said.

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Debating visions Mayoral candidates imagine Kingston circa 2025 at Tuesday’s debate

B y N atasa B ansagi Assistant News Editor

Both community and Imagine Kingston members formed the panel that asked the attending PHOTOS BY CHLOE SOBEL Five of the six mayoral candidates candidates — Rick Downes, Scott From left: TK Pritchard, Peter Stroud and Adam Koven. explained their vision for Kingston Foster, Dorothy Hector, Bryan in 2025 during a mayoral Paterson and Brenda Slomka — a He said jobs and housing Portsmouth Olympic Harbour and to describe in three minutes candidate meeting that took place series of questions.

Panelists included Michael “their Kingston in 2025” and the are the biggest challenges facing “key parts” of Kingston Penitentiary.

Tuesday evening at St. Lawrence He also proposed a City Council Harris, KEYS director; Peng outcomes they’d like to achieve residents ages 18 to 24, adding College (SLC). that he drafted a bylaw during internship program as a way to The event, which discussed Sang Cau, president and CEO after four years in office.

Seven additional panel Thanksgiving “to provide for engage Kingston’s youth and wants issues including youth engagement of Transformix; Andi Shea, in politics, the proposed airport student representative from SLC; questions preceded concluding the licensing and regulation of to encourage more volunteerism expansion, new immigrants, and Walter Fenlon of Assante remarks, with two minutes given residential rental units in the City among them.

Slomka’s vision included for an answer. One-minute of Kingston”. anti-poverty and Kingston Wealth Management.

Hector said she sees “a world-renowned climate The public was given the follow-ups were allowed to address companies, was co-sponsored by Kingston as “the hub of eastern adaptation centre, a waterfront opportunity to write down points raised by opponents.

Imagine Kingston and SLC. Downes began by saying the Ontario”, adding to her vision innovation district, integrated Michael J. M. Owen was absent questions for the candidates, from the meeting. Bill Richard, but due to time constraints the past must be examined before an annual event — “Celebrate infrastructure to support active Imagine Kingston roundtable questions weren’t asked during the future, adding that the Kingston” — “that would recognize transportation, greater societal member and moderator, told the the meeting. foundation point is a “strong, and celebrate our accomplishments and intergenerational equity”, as a community” and an annual adding that the most important audience that Owen’s absence was Fenlon posed the introductory united Council.”

“I want to lead a Council that is summit to “develop policies part would be celebrating 10 due to an illness. question, which asked candidates united … that gets along, that encourage sustainability years since the “victory of the ‘no casino’ referendum.” provide role modeling for throughout the region.”.

CORRECTIONS For student engagement, she She said that she wants to City staff and I also want to provide role modeling for City support youth and harness their suggested having courses at Queen’s Bryan Paterson and Dorothy Hector apologized for being perceived as agencies,” he said. energy, “using the strengths of our that can be cross-referenced with “anti-downtown”, rather than for voting to dissolve Sydenham District.

SLC and RMC. He added that the mayor should youth for everyone’s advantage.”

“I think there needs to be Paterson began by focus on the next generation, A. Britton Smith donated $9 million to the Faculty of Health Sciences, including a plan to allow introducing three parts of a course or some courses not the School of Nursing. youth to stay in Kingston with his vision: “Seize economic that are created … in which opportunities; revitalize our students design the type of city their families.

Peer Support Centre volunteers provide support to students, and the that they want to live in, and A “city that changes, that’s neighbourhoods not counseling. dynamic” is Foster’s vision for waterfront; and live within the key values that they believe are beneficial for an engaging, Kingston, one that includes a new our means.”

Incorrect information appeared in the Oct. 9 edition of the Journal. The official City plan, electric cars and He added that he wants to see vital community,” she said.

Journal regrets the errors. transit used by 15 to 20 per cent of a smaller gap between the rich and poor, as well as the restoration of the population, he said.

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Surveillance has improved police response, KPF says Continued from page 1

The camera at Aberdeen and William Streets will only be operational this weekend, he said.

Koopman declined to specify how many surveillance cameras KPF has installed. He said there are no other alternatives that give police the same overhead view of the University District.

“It has greatly helped us figure out where to deploy our officers, if anyone is potentially getting in any trouble, if a fight is breaking out, if a street is being taken over,” he said.

The Information and Privacy Commission of Ontario recommends that signs should be installed to notify the public of a surveillance camera’s location.

A 2007 report by the Information and Privacy Commissioner recommended that: “Signs at the perimeter of the surveillance areas should identify someone who can answer questions about the video surveillance system, and can include an address, telephone number, or website for contact purposes.”

Signs were installed by the city across the University District on Wednesday and Thursday.

According to Koopman, there are

nine signs across the area.

“The cameras were installed on the poles prior to the weekend, but that’s simply logistics for our technical officers to get them mounted and ensure that they’re working before the Friday evening,” he said.

The Ontario Provincial Police and police forces from other municipalities, such as Belleville and Toronto, assisted the KPF during previous Homecomings.

Mounted units — which used horses for crowd control and wore different uniforms than the regular KPF officers — were employed in 2005 to keep partygoers off the street.

The special units were effective, Koopman said, but could seem mysterious or oppressive to members of the public. For this reason, all officers will wear the same uniforms this weekend.

“We want to keep a sense of universality to officers to make sure that they aren’t seeming oppressive and that they stay approachable,” he said.

Jane Switzer, ArtSci ’10, was present at five Homecoming or Fauxcoming weekends between 2005 and 2009, and covered Homecoming for the Journal during her time at Queen’s.

A KPF officer speaks to a student on Aberdeen St. in 2013.

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At the Homecoming weekends she remembers, the University District was filled with Kingston police, she said. Officers would be stationed at Earl and Johnson Streets, then walk through crowds on Aberdeen St. ticketing students and pouring out open alcohol.

“I remember walking around the campus and it felt like there was an officer on every corner,” said Switzer, a former Editor in Chief of the Journal.

The unusual nature of the event, she added, justified the police presence.

“When I was at Queen’s, Homecoming was a quagmire of broken glass, alcohol, 6,000 people on rooftops and balconies,” she said. “Frankly, I think it’s a miracle no one died.”

It’s the police and emergency services that are to thank for that, she said, noting that police were strict in enforcing alcohol bylaws, but the relationship between police and students remained friendly.

Megan Thomas, an Aberdeen St. resident, said she was dissatisfied with police strategy last Homecoming. After police pushed people onto her lawn, she said, they told members of her house to get people off their lawn or risk a fine.

“I said, ‘I know everyone on the porch. The people you are pushing on the lawn — that’s your responsibility.’ We didn’t know anyone on the lawn,” said Thomas, Sci ’15. Her house later received a $235 noise complaint ticket, she added.

She said she doesn’t see the benefit of clearing the street.

“I think they would be better off to barricade the street,” she said.

“It’s not like Aberdeen is a huge thoroughfare for traffic.”

Although Thomas’ house is next to the surveillance camera, she said she was unaware that the camera had been installed this week.

Parker McKibbon, who also lives on Aberdeen St., said he found out about the camera from students living across the street, who told him it’ll only be recording during Homecoming weekend.

McKibbon, Comm ’15, said the police haven’t been communicative

A map of the camera locations near Aberdeen St.

about their role at Homecoming or their surveillance of the area.

“It’s pretty sketchy. Aberdeen is definitely a street where you need more surveillance, but that’s a little more of an issue with privacy,” he said.

McKibbon’s housemate, Matt Bachan said he disagrees with the strategy police employed last year.

“They should let people party on the street. And as long as everything is kept inside, it’s good.

You don’t need as many cops as well,” said Bachan, ArtSci ’15.

Michael Smith, another Aberdeen St. resident, said he was unaware the surveillance camera was installed specifically for Homecoming. He added that he hasn’t found the police to be communicative about their role in the community.

“I think the cops just come in here and shut stuff down and then they leave,” said Smith, ArtSci ‘16.

AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Ariel Aguilar Gonzalez said the AMS has no official stance on police strategies or surveillance, adding that he relays the concerns of students to the KPF. “They can reach out to me and we can reach out to our contacts within the police, especially if it’s to do with the Friday and Saturday of Homecoming itself,” Aguilar said.

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General Hospital, Aguilar said.

“We meet to discuss how the event went, what we feel could be improved on and then from that we take on initiatives in preparation for the next year,” he said.

The groups typically meet after the weekend to conduct “post-event briefing”, according to Aguilar, and discuss which strategies work.

“Since 2005, there’s been a huge improvement in terms of student behavior, police resources, and all of the different metrics that you can think of,” he said.

Aguilar said KPF doesn’t share details of its Homecoming plans with the AMS for safety reasons.

However, he said he’s been told the number of police officers on the streets will be similar to last year.

In October 2013, up to 80 officers were deployed to Aberdeen St. and the surrounding area during Homecoming weekend.

The AMS is running the first “Reunion Festival” on Saturday night. Union St. will be cordoned off between University Ave. and Division St. for the event, which will include entertainment, food and a licensed area for alcohol consumption.

Although the festival could create a second event for the police to watch over, the AMS event will have its own security available to reduce the need for police involvement, Aguilar said.

“We have a security company with our contractor, Queen’s student constables, Queen’s First Aid, Walkhome and a lot of tactics to mitigate that,” he said.

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TOWN-GOWN

Police to keep an eye on Aberdeen Aberdeen St. video cameras installed without prior warning B y C hloe S obel News Editor The Kingston Police Force (KPF) put up surveillance cameras on Aberdeen St. ahead of this year’s Homecoming, as they did in 2013 — but until Thursday, the signs notifying students of the cameras’ presence, as recommended by federal guidelines, weren’t fully installed.

The KPF has been allowed to put up surveillance cameras in the Aberdeen St. area since 2006, when a motion permitting and encouraging it was passed at City Council. The cameras are installed early for logistical reasons but not turned on until Homecoming begins.

Sam Kary first noticed a camera on his street last year. The camera stayed up through mid- to late November.

Kary, ArtSci ’15, saw the cameras again last week, at Aberdeen and Johnson Streets, Earl St. and University Ave. and Aberdeen and William Streets.

After seeing the cameras, he tweeted at the KPF, asking who he could speak to about the cameras and whether they complied with the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s guidelines for video surveillance of public places.

The guidelines recommend giving the public “reasonable and adequate warning”, with clearly written signs prominently displayed

at the perimeter of the surveillance area. The signs should also identify someone who can answer questions about the surveillance system, which can include a phone number or website.

“They responded by saying their social media person was off today, even though I’d seen other tweets going out, but they would get back to me shortly,” Kary said.

When they did reply, they told Kary that the cameras weren’t on, signs would go up on Oct. 14 and the cameras were there for Homecoming weekend. The signs weren’t all up until Thursday.

“I let them know I did not find their response satisfactory,” Kary said.

Kary said he understands the need to have the cameras up, but he’s concerned that the police didn’t publicly advertise the cameras or consult with the public before putting them up, as the commissioner’s guidelines advise.

He said he spoke to AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner Ariel Aguilar about whether he’d been consulted about the cameras.

“He responded that he had, but they hadn’t gone into the details of how the cameras would be deployed, which essentially tells me that he also was not considering my privacy and my life when he was making the decision,” Kary said.

“We can’t expect the police to take this seriously if City Council

and AMS have both proved that they don’t care if the police don’t take it seriously.”

Aguilar, ArtSci ’16, said he hadn’t heard any opposition to the cameras themselves, but rather the idea of how they’re being used.

“One student mentioned that it’s not 100 per cent clear whether they’re on or off, recording or not,” Aguilar said.

He added that the AMS doesn’t have a policy on surveillance, and his role is to relay students’ concerns to the police.

Vice-president of advancement Tom Harris said the University was aware that cameras would be installed prior to Homecoming, as in past years, and understands that the cameras won’t be turned on until Homecoming begins. The University doesn’t have a stance on the cameras.

“This is public property so I don’t know that we were consulted.

I think we knew about it, but I don’t know if we were consulted.

I really don’t have anything to say about it,” Harris said.

Const. Steve Koopman, the KPF’s media relations officer, said the surveillance cameras haven’t been a secret.

“We do that because we don’t see any other alternative to get a grand picture of what is going on in the University District area,” he said.

Koopman said there are now nine signs advertising the cameras,

A camera at Earl St. and University Ave.

at and nearby camera locations.

They went up later than expected because they’re put up by City workers, not the police, he said. “[The cameras] are non-functioning at this point in time. They are not being looked at and reviewed, and nothing is being recorded. And because of that, the street signs weren’t put up as well,” he said. “That is a logistical aspect that we can’t control.”

He added that the earlier signs are put up, the more likely they are to potentially be stolen, forcing workers to have to go out and replace them.

“We’re trying to strike that balance between when we are mounting them, when we’re getting

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the signs installed and ensuring that hopefully they stay there before the actual recording itself takes place over the Homecoming weekend.”

Koopman wouldn’t state the exact locations or number of cameras, adding that it isn’t difficult to figure out where they are.

“They are in a public space and we are under due diligence from privacy guidelines to follow them to the best of our abilities. But there’s nothing in the guidelines that says we have to give the exact number or locations of the cameras,” he said.

— With files from Natasa Bansagi, Sebastian Leck and Laura Russell

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Left: a camera and sign at William and Aberdeen Streets. Above: a sign notifying passersby of CCTV surveillance, as advised by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s public surveillance guidelines.

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Full house at King’s Town debate Wellington St. Extension, parking are issues for concerned residents of King’s Town District B y J acob R osen Assistant News Editor

strongly opposed the Wellington St. extension.

“There’s no rationale for it,” City Council’s proposal to extend he said.

Hutchison wasn’t as idealistic as Wellington St was a hot topic at the King’s Town District debate Foster with her plan to keep taxes on Tuesday, among other issues below inflation rates. He made it brought forward by local residents. clear in response to her that it’s The debate, which took place harder to achieve than she may in the multipurpose room of think.

He said there needs to be money the Artillery Park Centre, was at capacity. Lindsey Foster, Rob put into infrastructure, but for the Hutchison, Ryan Low and Jordan Wellington project to work, there West were present at the debate, would have to be a sizable tax but Sean Murphy was absent for unknown reasons.

The candidates agreed they wouldn’t support at-large municipal Council voting. Rather, they each said they would vote in favour of a new system that would have voters rank each candidate.

Multiple residents asked, in various forms, about the proposed Wellington St. Extension, which, like the proposal of a third crossing across the Cataraqui River, is intended to alleviate traffic.

“This is something that has been in discussion for many years in City Hall. I want Council to be able to make a decision, whether it’s for or against. I want it to be finalized,” Foster said.

Foster added she wants to make sure the tax increase isn’t higher than inflation rates.

“I wouldn’t cut services but try to create better efficiencies,” she said.

Hutchison, the incumbent,

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increase that he doesn’t support.

The discrepancy in enforcement of parking bylaws downtown versus residential neighbourhoods was also an issue raised.

Hutchison said a discrepancy exists in the level of enforcement.

“Permit parking is on its way to our neighbourhood,” he said.

Ryan Low focused on the discrepancy and said parking bylaw enforcement needs to be increased.

“All bylaws, noise and pet bylaws, need to be properly enforced,”

he added.

West suggested that a two- to three-story parking garage be built for downtown parking. He added that people, such as the more senior members of the community, are moving away from shopping downtown because of the lack of parking, which in turn negatively impacts downtown businesses.

Marissa Kidd, a former Queen’s student and member of Transition Kingston, said although each candidate answered the question on

From left: Lindsey Foster, Rob Hutchison, Ryan Low and Jordan West. The fifth candidate, Sean Murphy, wasn’t present.

the City’s climate action plan with reference to transit and bike lanes, none gave an environmentally friendly solution to the downtown parking issue.

Kidd said this was an inconsistency, suggesting an emphasis for citizens to use public transit and bike lanes could solve the environmental issue along with the parking issue.

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Students look to understand male mental health Studies researching first-year male students’ substance use and abuse B y J acob R osen Assistant News Editor After receiving a $1.7 million grant last year from Movember Canada, Queen’s students and researchers have teamed up through the Queen’s Caring Campus (QCC) project to develop an action plan that’ll raise awareness about the link between excessive substance use and mental health and illness, specifically in men.

Researchers Heather Stuart, a professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences; Terry Krupa, a professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy; and Shu-ping Chen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences, were awarded the grant as part of the project. The research team appointed a group of 24 student leaders as spokesmen for the project’s initiatives.

Movember funded the Queen’s project as a pilot program to use at other Canadian universities, which Krupa said “gives us the opportunity to be creative and take risks”.

The team is focusing on the substance use patterns of first-year male students so that they can create a support system that’ll help these students work towards healthier substance awareness

throughout university.

The program is using joint research- and intervention-based initiatives in order to determine the best possible ways to reach out to students in need.

QCC student leader Weston Sobel said the students appointed as leaders are a diverse group with a range of experience with mental health issues, spanning various faculties, ages, cultural backgrounds and interests.

The student leaders have been developing a forum-based website for students to discuss their issues with substance use and abuse with From left: Mike Young, Weston Sobel and Terry Krupa. a community that shares the same concerns or experiences. Students to eradicate substance use from shortly after being suspended from will be able to post anonymously, campus, but rather to help students his Ontario Hockey League team. which is something Sobel, become aware of their limits when Trafford’s father, Roy, told Global ArtSci ’17, said will help students using certain substances and News his son was suspended after “feel secure and know someone is encourage them not to depend being caught smoking marijuana.

Sobel believes there should be on or use substances as a way to out there trying to help them”. more policy developed to “create a Student leaders have also escape personal problems.

“We want to create different structure to deal with these issues”, discussed hosting events and working on policy development events where people know the especially within athletics.

Rector Mike Young has been to encourage students to focus main focus is not drinking so that on healthy substance use patterns. people will be able to connect with involved with facilitating policy Sobel also said social media others who have similar interests in discussions with Athletics and will also be an essential tool to common other than just ‘we both Recreation and the Residence Society. raise awareness. drink’,” Sobel said.

“Things haven’t been 100 per “We understand the culture, we Sobel said the group’s policy understand [substance use] is part discussions were inspired partly cent operational yet,” Young, of university life,” Sobel said. by the death of Terry Trafford, ConEd ’15, said.

“We want to make sure our He said the project’s focus isn’t who committed suicide in March

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programs are all fine-tuned before they roll out. “[The discussions are] certainly not outlining a list of consequences or how to police. It has been more about identifying the issues that exist with the policy and if there are any improvements to be made,” he said.

Young added that he’s noticed a new attitude from the AMS about policy development. “[They’re] looking to be more constructive this year in response to criticism of their system where in past years when they’ve been more defensive,” he said.

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Province renews support for mental health

Mental Health Innovation Fund supports programs at Queen’s, including peer mentor program

B y M ishal O mar Assistant News Editor

across Ontario. to all colleges and universities in “I think this is great. We always for students with mental health “Both of these programs the province,” he said. welcome opportunities to develop problems — so I’m actually — research projects — are really Condra spoke positively about new programs, or improve existing really delighted,” he said.

The Ontario government has designed to try to develop the government’s plan to extend programs and do some research decided to improve mental something that would be available the MHIF. on what would be more effective health support for post-secondary students by renewing support for the Mental Health Innovation Fund (MHIF).

The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities announced last week that the government would be renewing their support for the MHIF for the safety and well-being of postsecondary students. The renewed support for the fund will result in the creation of new projects, so that students can have faster and higher-quality support in regards to mental health problems.

This fund was developed in the fall of 2012, and aims to improve the access and quality of mental health services available to post-secondary students across Ontario. The province invests up to $6 million annually for the fund as part of an annual $9 million going to improve mental health services for post-secondary students.

Under the MHIF, Queen’s has initiated the M2 Peer Mentoring Program, which is a research study that has been developing since February 2013. The program aims to match upper-year students as mentors for students who are experiencing a mental health problem or mental health disability.

The M2 Peer Mentoring GRAPHIC BY MICHAELLA FORTUNE Program officially began training Queen’s receives $1 million over three years to support mental health programs. for mentors in September, and aims to provide students with mental health problems with the tools to succeed in their education, including healthy lifestyle strategies and academic skills.

Dr. Mike Condra, director of Queen’s Health, Counselling and Disability Services spoke about the initial success of the program in regards to student interest.

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT This project is a joint venture INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT between St. Lawrence College and Queen’s, and will provide MARKETING MANAGEMENT documentation standards, training and an information and resource PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION handbook for students with these disabilities. business.humber.ca/postgrad It’ll be based on the results of a province-wide survey of faculty and staff in postsecondary institutions to develop guides.

Queen’s and St. Lawrence College have received $1 million over three years from the MHIF, which is funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Condra said that the goal is for them to become widespread

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UNIVERSITY

Queen’s has failed sexual assault survivors Queen’s administration should be condemned for lacking an official policy for handling sexual assaults on campus.

Currently, if a student wishes to file a sexual assault case with the University, their only option is the Human Rights Office (HRO), which treats instances of sexual assault as sexual harassment complaints.

Sexual assault is a severe concern that warrants its own policy. In 2013, 11.4 per cent of Queen’s students surveyed by Health, Counselling, and Disability Services (HCDS) reported being sexually touched without their consent in the past year. 2.1 per cent reported being sexually penetrated without their consent.

There’s only one reference to sexual assault in Queen’s 14-year-old harassment and discrimination policy — a notice that “sexual assault under the Criminal Code” falls under the University’s definition of sexual harassment.

The creation of a new three-member Complaint Board for each case — the University’s current procedure for handling sexual harassment cases — is an ambiguous and ineffective system.

It isn’t clear how the members appointed to these boards are qualified to deal with sexual assault

or the specific contents of each case.

The University emphasizes safety services on campus — including blue lights and Walkhome — to prospective students during campus tours.

Despite this semblance of prevention, 46 per cent of female students don’t feel safe in the University District, according to the HCDS survey. The onus is on the University and the City to ensure their population feels safe in their own neighbourhoods.

This fall term, Queen’s launched its first support group for survivors of sexual assault: the Psycho-Educational Group for Survivors of Sexual Assault. This initiative should have been launched years ago, and its current cap of 10 to 12 students is inadequate.

For all its peacocking, the University has demonstrated an unwillingness to be proactive in addressing sexual assault.

Students can press a blue light if they’re being assaulted; they can go to Kingston General Hospital for a rape kit; they can go to the Peer Support Centre (PSC) or HCDS for support or counselling.

But they’re never told how or to whom they should formally report an attack.

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directed. They shouldn’t be shuffled from resource to resource seemingly at random; this only further deters victims from stepping forward, as they have to relive their trauma over and over.

There exists a major discrepancy in reports of sexual assault between different campus and community organizations. From January to September 2013, Kingston police recorded 31 sexual assaults in Zones 1 and 4, which comprise Queen’s campus and the student housing area.

That year, Campus Security received just one report of sexual assault. The Kingston Sexual Assault Centre estimates that 90 per cent of its clients don’t report their assaults.

Queen’s administration and other campus organizations should be faulted for low and varied reporting rates. It indicates that students don’t feel safe reporting sexual assault.

This discrepancy has only been made worse by ineffective reporting systems. HCDS currently tracks reports on paper, rather than in a computerized database.

Paper records are inefficient and insufficient in this technological age.

It demonstrates a lack of concern and effort to change.

It’s time for the University to take an active, educational presence on this issue and disseminate knowledge on how members of the Queen’s community can effectively access resources.

Campus organizations should spearhead campaigns that directly engage and educate students — not simple poster campaigns, as HCDS has done in the past five years.

At this time, Queen’s needs to implement a clear, transparent policy for handling sexual assault.

A University panel tasked specifically and explicitly with handling sexual assault cases should be established. The University’s governing bodies, provost and principal must make a public statement to address their dormancy on sexual assault. They’ve passively borne witness to an issue that’s plagued the student body for too long.

Students deserve to feel safe at their university. What more has to happen before Queen’s will act?

— Journal Editorial Board

“For all its peacocking, the University has demonstrated an unwillingness to be proactive in addressing sexual assault.”

Michaella Fortune

Think spiritually When I came to Queen’s last year, I found it disturbing how infrequently students took the time to think about and acknowledge their spiritual lives.

In a culture saturated with technology, we’re accustomed to receiving quick solutions, responses and results. Spiritual questions don’t have simple answers, but it’s important to form an opinion about them.

Thinking about where you might go after you die isn’t an easy topic to digest, but it has an impact on the way you live your daily life.

Do you believe that you’re here on earth for a reason, or that it was merely a coincidence? Do you believe in a God who wants to have a personal relationship with you, or a God who turned his back on humanity after creating it?

Looking at the alarming state that the world is currently in, with growing inequalities, war, terrorism and spreading diseases, what do you believe about the nature of human beings? Are we inherently good or bad? Will fair judgment ever be able to make right all the wrongdoings?

Is there more to Jesus Christ than the sickly man on the cross we were exposed to as kids on Easter?

What was his message and does it still apply to us today? Students need to be thinking about questions like these.

A lot of the time, people use tolerance as an excuse to not have an opinion. In Canada, we pat ourselves on the back for being accepting and tolerant of all belief systems, but saying you accept all religions isn’t a worldview.

Bringing up these topics may seem awkward and intimate. People shy away from these questions in fear of potential disagreement or fear of saying something wrong.

Many times people say that their goal in life is to achieve happiness, but happiness is fleeting and as much as we try to fight it, bad things happen that are out of our control. When tragic or stressful situations inevitably happen, our beliefs are put to the test.

Being in university is the best time to form and strengthen your opinions on these difficult topics.

I’d like to see more Queen’s students taking initiative and having discussions about spiritual matters.

Michaella is the Journal’s Graphics Editor and Editorial Illustrator. She’s a second-year sociology major.

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ELECTION

Municipal matters matter Students should vote in the upcoming election to prove we have a voice

To put that into perspective, 197 students is about half the capacity of the BioSci auditorium.

It’s entirely possible that a race could come down to just one vote between candidates, and it’s better for everyone at Queen’s that this vote be a student vote.

With enough organization and marketing, a surprisingly small group of Queen’s students could choose whoever they want to be councilor in a given district. And perhaps, in future years, that might be worth looking into.

But that level of organization isn’t necessary. As long as every individual student is willing to take half an hour out of their day on Oct. 27 and vote for somebody, students will never have to be ignored again.

Stephen Smith is a fourth-year political studies major.

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Stephen Smith, ArtSci ’15 Contrary to popular belief, Mayor Mark Gerretsen and the Kingston City Council don’t hate Queen’s students.

Although Council voted to limit student representation in April 2013 and passed a one-garbage bag limit in August 2012 that unfairly targets student houses, the underlying attitude in City Hall isn’t so much malice as indifference.

To local politicians, there’s little reason for Queen’s students to matter. After all, everyone knows students don’t vote. City councilors — such as Countryside District councilor Jeff Scott — have argued that students aren’t engaged in municipal affairs.

This assumption was part of the rationalization behind the unfair proposal to redistribute electoral districts in 2013, and it continues to temper town-gown relations.

With the current mayoral and council elections fast approaching on Oct. 27, it’s important that students dismantle the notion that we’re disengaged with politics and the Kingston community.

Mayor Gerretsen’s comments

about how Queen’s 2013 Homecoming was “NOT GOOD” were frustrating to students. For Kingston locals concerned about the city’s reputation and the potential for Homecoming revelry to cause massive property damage and police costs, however, it would have been reassuring to know that the mayor was on their side.

Losing the support of concerned Kingstonians would have been a political nightmare for Mayor Gerretsen, but losing the support of students isn’t a big deal, because again: everyone knows students don’t vote.

It’s time for Queen’s students to fight back against the perception that they’re apathetic and uninvolved.

Mayor Gerretsen isn’t running for re-election, but his successor will face the exact same set of voters and non-voters. They’ll ignore students for the exact same reason, unless students actually decide to vote this year.

Students often say they don’t know who to vote for. Most Queen’s students are relatively new to Kingston, and are unfamiliar with the issues and the candidates in question. Because students may not feel informed enough, they choose not to vote.

While getting informed is a relatively simple process — the Queen’s Journal and the Kingston Whig-Standard have been covering

the election in great detail — even an uninformed student vote is infinitely more valuable than no vote at all.

More students showing a willingness to vote would be enough to reconfigure the politicians’ preconceived notions about students, which would force them to consider more student issues.

Do students have issues related to municipal politics? Some students I’ve spoken to feel that because they’re short-term residents in Kingston and intend to leave after they earn their degree, the Kingston election doesn’t really affect them. But decisions made by the municipal government here in Kingston affect our every-day lives.

Any student who slipped on a frozen sidewalk last year, lives in a sub-standard University District house, has bumped their car or bike on a pothole in the road, has been detoured by an orange construction sign or didn’t have their garbage collected has experienced first-hand the problems that municipal government deals with.

Each of those problems is a solvable one that seriously affects students, but students have inexplicably failed to exercise their right to have a say about them.

Municipal politics are easy to forget about. With much news coverage focused on the

Talking heads

flashy issues that the federal and provincial governments work with, all people — not just students — forget that municipal governments aren’t just incredibly important to daily life; they’re also the easiest to change.

In 2010, Bill Glover won the Sydenham District election by a margin of just 404 votes. In Williamsville, Jim Neill won by 197 votes. These margins are tiny.

RE: Damaging Decisions Dear Editor, I was disappointed with Miriam Bart’s column “Damaging Decisions”, published on October 9, 2014.

The author insinuates that the Prime Minister is supposedly an ineffectual global pariah on international relations. On the contrary, this Prime Minister has only initiated military action if supported by the international community (eg. UN-backed no-fly zones over Libya), or invited by the local government (the airstrike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL).

I was surprised when I realized Ms. Bart was simultaneously arguing for heightened military action, quoting former Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire who calls

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“My brother and sister are coming, going to hang out and have a good time.”

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for “boots on the ground” against ISIL, while lamenting that the Prime Minister supposedly “draws us into wars we have no place in”.

Ms. Bart also acknowledges that the Prime Minister consulted the House of Commons on this relatively small mission. This government has consistently consulted the House of Commons on issues of military engagement ­­­­­— from extending the mission in Afghanistan, to enforcing a UN no-fly zone over Libya — even when defeat was possible. In contrast, Jean Chretien ordered Canadian troops into Afghanistan in 2001, and increased Canadian presence in Afghanistan in 2003, all without consulting Parliament. Paul Martin ordered Canadians into Kandahar Province, arguably the most dangerous, again without consulting Parliament.

Ms. Bart then continues to ravage the Prime Minister for highlighting the government's maternal health initiative at the Prime Minister’s address to the United Nations, and for taking time “connecting with the corporate elite to raise funding for [the government’s] maternal health initiatives”. I’ll let that speak for itself.

I agree with the author that Thomas Mulcair has taken a respectable stance against Canadian airstrikes on ISIL. Unfortunately, the author has taken stances as contradictory as increasing troop presence against ISIL, to opposing any military action against ISIL, and tries to build an inconsistent case against Stephen Harper. She fails quite spectacularly.

Corey Schruder ArtSci ’16

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PLAY REVIEW

Existential drama

ARTS

Vagabond puts on production “No Exit” B y O livia L oncar -B artolini Arts Editor Imagine what would happen if three strangers were trapped in a room together with no windows or doors, and all of them are dead.

On Wednesday night, Queen’s Vagabond theatre company put on a compelling tale of three strangers who meet in the afterlife, forced to spend eternity together in a locked room.

What arises in this production — entitled “No Exit” — is an interesting conversation about life, death, human morality and love.

All three strangers, both male and female, coming from different life circumstances, must find ways to relate to one another’s identities and somehow live with one another.

The first stranger to arrive in the room is Zach Closs, ArtSci ’17, who plays the character of deceased pacifist journalist Joseph Garcin. Garcin was shot for fleeing conscription in the war, and struggles with the feeling that he left behind a legacy of cowardice.

He’s later joined by the plucky ex-post office worker, Inez Serrano and the elegant rich housewife, Estelle Rigault. Serrano, portrayed brilliantly by Sarah Reny, ArtSci ’16, is both level-headed, mercenary and takes fondly to mentally torturing the other two characters.

Estelle Rigault, played by Pamela Simpson, ArtSci ’17, appears to be a well-mannered lady of the bourgeois reminiscent of Daisy from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. But Rigault is the darkest of all three characters,

reminiscing on how she murdered her baby and cheated on her husband during her time on Earth.

The three characters spend most of the two hours talking about themselves, reflecting on their past lives and why they were sent to this eternal “hell.” The discussion between them prompted the audience to reflect on the faults and feelings that make us all human.

Vagabond’s production is based off of philosopher and playwrite Jean Paul Sartre’s most famous work entitled “No Exit”, and although the play was a more experimental and interactive then the original, it was phenomenally acted and well-presented.

This was a unique experience for audience members, as the production took place in a closed room both in the script and in the actual physical staging. Sitting in the John Orr room on the third floor of the JDUC, about 30 audience members filled the seats on the edge of the locked room.

Since audience members were within close proximity to the stage, it made for an interactive atmosphere. The audience members served as an invisible congregation that could be felt, but not seen by the characters.

This interestingly dimensional and interactive theatre piece was well acted, well scripted, and proved to be a unique and refreshing experience for the audience. The cast, as well as director Jacob Miller, deserve applause for the high performance quality in “No Exit.”

Pamela Simpson and Zach Closs in action.

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“No Exit” plays in the JDUC from Oct. 16-19 and 22-26.

ART BATTLE

Speed painting Kingston artists paint to beat the clock B y K ashmala O mar Arts Editor Live competitive painting, alcohol and a jubilant audience made for a spirited atmosphere at yesterday’s Art Battle in Kingston.

Art Battle is live competitive painting, hosted multiple times over the year throughout Canada.

Painters, who must apply to compete, paint standing in a circle in the middle of a room and work to create their best work possible in only 20 minutes.

Audience members and patrons walk around them slowly to observe the artists in their most concentrated states while under the pressure of such a short time limit.

One art battle contestant paints under pressure.

PHOTOS BY EMILIE RABEAU

The event shed a unique light on Kingston’s many talented artists by showcasing not only the finished product of their work, but the gruelling process it took to get there.

Over 50 people gathered at the Renaissance Event Venue on Queen St. to watch and vote for their favourite painting during the rounds.

The winning painters of each round compete against other in a final round, from which one finalist comes out as the ultimate winner of the whole battle. This winner gets a cash prize and a spot in the Kingston final.

Audience members were thoroughly enjoying themselves, mingling with one another while marvelling at the art being created

in front of their very eyes.

Among all the impressive talent at the venue were artists Ashlee Earle, Phillip Silver, Paul Pavolyn, Amanda Hamilton, Christian Wolf, Joanne Gervais and more.

One audience member, Queen’s psychology professor Ada Mullett, expressed her fondness for the competition.

“I love art battle. It’s my third or fourth time coming — I even competed as a wild card last year,” she said. “I love seeing art come to life, and seeing all of these moments of excellence. Even though artists are performing under duress, it’s

amazing what [they] can create in so little time.”

The process is somewhat magical to watch, the professor added.

Rachel Chapman, an event volunteer, thought the competition displayed Kingston residents’ amazing artistry.

“We have so many talented artists [in Kingston],” Chapman said. “Since this is a small town you don’t really hear from them, and I think that it’s a great way for everyone to get the art community together and see each other’s work.”

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BAND PROFILE

Pick Brothers stand strong Three-piece band of brothers take their music nation-wide B y K ashmala O mar Arts Editor With an upcoming tour and a prospective album in the works, the eclectic trio of brothers in the

Pick Brothers Band are prepared to make 2015 their year.

The rock and roll/soul band, fresh off a high-energy performance at QPOP Music Festival, originates from Toronto. The band consists

From left to right: Gabriel, Casey and Jeremiah Pick.

of members Jeremiah Pick on guitar and drums, Gabriel Pick on guitar and drums and Casey Pick on bass. All three members contribute vocally.

The three originally started

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playing music together over five years ago. Gabriel wrote a collection of songs during the time he spent in hospital for a heart condition, after which Jeremiah approached him about the three of them making music as a band.

Those written songs acted as a gateway for the band’s official beginning, according to Gabriel, the youngest member.

“In the span of time that I was in the hospital I wrote over a dozen songs,” Gabriel said. “One day Jeremiah was at the hospital and was like, ‘hey, let’s do something with these songs’, and that’s sort of how the band started.”

The band is unique not only in that their music has a dynamically original tone, but also because they’re brothers. Because of this, the nature of their relationship has a huge effect on the music they produce.

Although it can be negative at points, there’s a comfort level within the band that the members wouldn’t necessarily have if they weren’t related, Gabriel said.

“I love it in most ways. There’s certain musical elements that go along with being brothers,” Gabriel said. “We’ve toured for seven weeks, and for me, to bring that little piece of home with you and to have that home comfort and to know you’re surrounded by family all the time is comforting.”

The fact that they’ve been jamming together for longer than they’ve been a band formed a sort of musical telepathy between them, Pick said. Sometimes it’s hard to always be in a small space on tour with the presence of varying moods and personalities, but there’s no one he’d rather be making music with.

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Along with this summer’s tour across Canada, the band released their first album Pink Lemonade in 2013 and plan to release a second one, which will prospectively be released sometime next spring or summer.

“We recorded our first album over four days,” Gabriel said.

“We’d wake up, record for 16 hours, sleep, then do it all over again the next day. It was a magical process, really fun and fast, and I’m really proud of it.”

With the upcoming album, the brothers have to choose from a variety of over 60 songs that are already tucked away in their repertoire, Gabriel said. It’s difficult to gauge which ones will work the best together, especially because they really care about every song — it’s an intimidating, yet exciting process.

The band plans to spend part of the year working on the album after finishing their current tour in November, and then kicking off a tour for the 2015 album after its release.

The Pick Brothers Band will continue to visit Kingston throughout the year to perform shows.

“You go into shows blind without really knowing what to expect,” Gabtiel said. “We’ve played in Kingston five or six times, and every time the energy is so nuts. Every so often [on tour] you hit these goldmines, and Kingston is one of them.”

The Pick Brothers Band plays at Clark Hall Pub on Thursday, Oct. 23.

ARTS CALENDAR Saturday, Oct.18

Thursday, Oct. 23

Jim Cuddy Band The Grand Theatre (19+) 7:30-10pm.

Àn Enemy of the People` The Domino Theatre 8-10pm.

Sunday, Oct. 19

Friday, Oct.24

`No Exit` Play The JDUC 8-10pm.

Jonas Lewis-Anthony The Brooklyn (19+) 7-9pm.

Monday, Oct. 20

Saturday, Oct. 25

Rueben DeGroot The Toucan Pub (19+) 10-2am.

All Night Fright Fest Marathon The Screening Room 9pm-10am.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Sunday, Oct. 26

Carnival Diablo The Grand Theatre (19+) 8pm.

Limestone City Juggling Festival Downtown Kingston 5pm.

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Monday, Oct. 27

The Dead Sparrows & Seaway The Mansion (19+) 8:30-2am.

Royal Canoe & The Elwins Clark Hall Pub 9pm-2am.

Follow us on Twitter: @QJArts The Pick Brothers Band performed at QPOP Music Festival this year.

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Honesty on stage Christina Couture and Hilary Grist take the stage at Musiikki

Christina Couture displayed her folk roots at Musiikki.

B y L auren Staff Writer

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On Wednesday evening, Kingston’s newest coffee shop, Musiikki café, welcomed a duo performance from singers and songwriters Hilary Grist and Christa Couture.

The two talented musicians from British Columbia are currently on their collaborative tour, the Fall Eastern Canadian Tour, during October and November, with stops across Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

Although they haven’t played in Kingston before, they discovered the music-oriented Musiikki café and made it a stop on their Eastern Canadian Tour.

The new Kingston café promises live music shows from Wednesday to Sunday every week, including an open microphone night on Thursdays.

The quaint set-up at the café was a perfect fit for the duo’s jazzy-folk centered music.

The musicians met through the Vancouver

music scene and have been playing shows together for six years.

Although their collaborative performances have always been successful, the two are primarily individual musicians, each having released multiple self-titled albums.

Grist has recently released her second full album, Come and Go, and has been touring the album since June.

Grist and her husband, Mike Southworth, created and produced Come and Go, Grist as primary vocalist and keyboardist with Southworth playing drums and guitar.

“He and I record together and play everything. We had a few guests on a couple instruments that we couldn’t play, but we do everything,” Grist said.

The duo’s genres are fairly similar as they both have folk and jazz tones. However, Grist seems to lean toward the pop side of this spectrum compared to Couture’s root folk sound.

“I think [our sounds] work well together,”

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Grist said, “Our styles appeal to each other’s.”

During their shows, they each get an

opportunity to play their own music with accompaniment from the other. “[We play] separately, but there’s a bit of collaboration,” Couture said. “Hillary comes up and sings harmony on a couple of songs and plays a little keys and then during Hilary’s set, I go up and sing background.”

Aside from having a successful musical partnership, the duo genuinely enjoy working with one another.

“I think we’ve been getting along pretty well and having a pretty good time. It’s the no-drama-tour,” she said.

Looking forward to the tour’s remaining performances, the musicians also appreciate the scenery in Eastern Canada.

“It’s a beautiful time of year to drive,” Couture said. “We don’t get that red and orange or yellow. So we’ve all just been enjoying the beautiful drives in Ontario.”

The musicians hope to return to Kingston, with potential plans to play a show on Queen’s campus.

“Every time you play at a town, you learn about the places for next time, so maybe next time we’ll do something on campus,” Couture said.

Hilary Grist’s emotional performance on the keyboard.

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Sports

Friday, October 17, 2014

CHARITY ENDEAVOURS — PART 3 OF 3

• Team initiatives

• Breast cancer

• “Puck Cancer”

A contest for Carley

Men’s hockey to play charity game in support of fellow student B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor When men’s hockey hosts the Guelph Gryphons on Oct. 24, the hope is Carley Allison will be there to sing “O Canada”.

Singing the national anthem isn’t out of the ordinary for the first-year student — she performed it at a Toronto Maple Leafs pre-season game on Sept. 28.

This time around, though, singing might mean a little bit

more, since it’ll be at an event called “Puck Cancer for Carley”.

It’s not guaranteed that Allison will sing at the event, as she was re-diagnosed with clear cell sarcoma — a rare form of cancer — in August, just days

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SPORTS before she started at Queen’s.

She’d initially been diagnosed in February 2013.

Since the school year began, Allison’s been going back and forth between Kingston and her home in Toronto to undergo treatment.

Now, the men’s hockey team is putting forth a charitable effort in her name, with the proceeds going towards the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.

It was Allison’s decision that the money raised would go towards the charity, after she was approached

by Braeden Corbeth — a centre on the men’s hockey team — about adding on the charity aspect to the Guelph game.

“It was exciting and obviously extremely nice of him to do this for me and the foundation,” Allison said. “Overall, it was really exciting when he let me know and told me about the proceeds from the raffle going to the hospital.”

Corbeth knew of Allison through mutual friends and came up with the idea for the game shortly after she was re-diagnosed.

Allison said Corbeth let her know about the plan for the game a few weeks ago. She hopes the event will help create awareness for cancer charities.

“I want it obviously first and foremost to raise awareness for the cause,” Allison said. “There’s so many students, so I’m sure it’s going to raise awareness, but it will also raise money.”

While Corbeth spearheaded the game, he said his Gaels teammates have become just as involved.

“They were all just wanting to help with whatever they could do.

I told them just a little bit about Carley’s story,” Corbeth said. “I just explained it to them, and we just wanted to help. We didn’t really know any other way to help other than to try to put together an event for her.”

Corbeth said he has worked with Queen’s Athletics’ marketing department and administration to ensure the event could take place,

adding that men’s hockey head coach Brett Gibson has helped as well, including donating Ottawa Senators tickets as a raffle prize.

Since students get into OUA sporting events for free, Puck Cancer for Carley will be based on donations from spectators.

Corbeth said there will be perks to donating, including line skip at Ale House.

The team is also selling gear emblazoned with “Puck Cancer” and raffle tickets to help raise additional funds.

Corbeth said there isn’t a specific monetary goal for the event.

“We’re just hoping to get as much awareness and donations as possible,” he said. “But we also just want to show Carley we’re there See Inspiring on page 17

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Victory at last Win over Blues snaps losing skid B y J aehoon K im Staff Writer

Though it was too late to salvage their playoff hopes, the Gaels earned their first win of the 2014 PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN Braeden Corbeth (second from left) spearheaded the Puck Cancer for Carley game, sharing season last Saturday.

After getting eliminated from mutual friends with Carley Allison. playoff contention during their bye week, Queen’s (1-5) earned COACH PROFILE a 48-27 victory over the visiting Toronto Varsity Blues (1-5) at Richardson Stadium.

The Gaels outgained their opponents on offence for the first time this season, putting up 637 total yards, including 484 through the air.

Fifth-year quarterback Billy the Gaels’ program and overseeing company — and the head coach at the coming years.

McPhee completed 22 of 35 passes B y B rent M oore the heavyweight women’s the Kingston Rowing Club.

Like the rest of Queen’s for 406 yards, three touchdown Assistant Sports Editor crews, Armitage is the president Much like he’s doing at coaching staff, Armitage has been passes and two interceptions. With After 38 years, next weekend will of Brookland Fine Homes — a Queen’s, Armitage will likely take a volunteer for his entire tenure. his huge performance, McPhee mark John Armitage’s final OUA local housing development on a smaller role at the city club in See 38 on page 19 moved into second place all-time on the Gaels’ career passing list rowing championship. with 7,775 yards, trailing only He’ll step down as head coach Danny Brannagan. of the Gaels rowing program on “This was the best game of the Dec. 31, having occupied the role season for our offence. We should for nearly four decades. have scored over 50 points for the The rigorous demands of the game if we didn’t make a mistake position have proven too much in on a screen pass near the end of the recent years, Armitage said. He also game,” said Gaels head coach Pat cited his desire to spend more time Sheahan. “We moved the football with his family in Kingston as part well and our receivers, Curtis of the reason for his retirement.

Carmichael and Alex Carroll, had “I need to reclaim time some fantastic catches. Anytime you for my [two] grandchildren,” get over 600 yards of total offence, Armitage said. you’re having a good day and I was Over his years at the helm of the very pleased about that.”

Gaels, Armitage led the women’s The Varsity Blues fumbled on team to 13 OUA titles and the 2007 each of their first three possessions Canadian championship. On the of the game and the Gaels took men’s side, his squad has captured advantage early, with a 68-yard seven provincial titles, and he’s touchdown pass from McPhee to been named the men’s OUA Coach Carmichael and an 18-yard field of the Year three times. goal from kicker Dillon Wamsley.

He’ll stay on with the team Queen’s couldn’t hold the heading forward, but will do so in lead for the remainder of the first a reduced capacity. quarter, as Toronto scored 10 points “I’d like to be an assistant to a in the final five minutes of the head coach and continue coaching JOURNAL FILE PHOTO quarter to tie things up after 15 a crew,” he said.

In 38 years as the rowing program’s head coach, John Armitage has led the Gaels to 13 OUA Apart from being head coach of women’s championships, seven OUA men’s titles, and the 2007 women’s national championship.

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Decades of service

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SPORTS IN BRIEF Men’s rugby tramples Toronto Men’s rugby put forth a near-perfect performance last Friday, outclassing the Toronto Varsity Blues (0-6) to the tune of 113-0.

The Gaels (5-1) dominated the match from the beginning as second-year forward Lucas Rumball opened the scoring.

Rumball set off a series of tries that gave the Gaels a 64-0 lead after 40 minutes.

Rookie Marc Levin led the way for the Gaels, racking up three tries, including one off a 70-metre run during the first half.

Queen’s kept up the pace in the second half, as they put another 49 points on the board to record the convincing victory. The margin marked the Gaels’ largest victory over the past seven seasons.

David Worsley led the team with 20 points, connecting on five converts and tallying a pair of tries, increasing his point total on the season to 78.

The Gaels’ next game sees them host the Western Mustangs (4-1-1) tomorrow in a rematch of the past three OUA championship games.

First place in the crowded OUA will be on the line. The Mustangs sit just four points back of the Gaels for top spot in the province, despite being fourth in the conference.

— Sean Sutherland

Queen’s grabs four points Winding down their regular season, men’s soccer clinched a solid four points last weekend.

Queen’s upset the first-place Ryerson Rams 2-1 at home last Saturday, before drawing 0-0 with the Toronto Varsity Blues on Sunday. The points put the squad in a competitive position to nail down an OUA East first-round playoff bye.

The Gaels (8-2-5) stuck to their game plan and set the pace of the match early on as they took on the OUA East-leading Rams (11-3-0). Despite the focus and chances generated from the Queen’s side, halftime saw the Rams up by a goal scored in the 35th minute off a free kick.

The tables were turned in the second half with some brilliant teamwork from the Gaels, as veteran striker Eric Koskins nodded in a 50th-minute goal off of a well-placed cross from midfielder Henry Bloemen.

Fourteen minutes later, third-year Kristian Zanette effortlessly put away the game-winning goal for the Gaels, sliding the ball past Ryerson keeper Christian Maraldo.

The Gaels were relentless throughout the remainder of the match, outshooting the Rams with 11 shots on goal to the opponent’s four.

The momentum from Saturday’s win didn’t give the Gaels the same fortune against the Toronto Varsity Blues (9-3-2) on Sunday, as they settled for a scoreless draw.

Feeling the hard-fought victory from the previous day, Queen’s played a tight defensive game but couldn’t convert on a few set pieces.

The Gaels currently sit tied with the Varsity Blues in the OUA East — four points back of the Rams — though Toronto has a game in hand.

The Gaels wrap up their regular season at home this Sunday against the RMC Paladins (3-12-0).

— Kylee Pedersen

Gaels take one, lose two In three games this week, women’s soccer could only grab three points, settling for a single win.

The Gaels hosted two Toronto teams over Thanksgiving weekend, foregoing turkey and stuffing for on-field finesse.

First up were the Ryerson Rams (5-8-1), who the Gaels (8-4-3) overpowered 4-0 last Saturday afternoon on Miklas-McCarney Field.

Scoring came from reliable sources, with Jackie Tessier starting things off with a goal in the eighth minute. Fresh off an injury, the score proved the striker is back to full form.

Midfielder Jessie de Boer increased the lead as she brought her scoring streak to six games.

Fourth-year striker Breanna Burton put the game out of reach when she buried a pair of goals less than five minutes apart in the second half.

Goaltenders Madison Tyrell and Michaila Frawley each played one half. Tyrell made two saves in the first half, while Frawley stopped all five shots in the second.

On Sunday, the women fell 2-1 at home to the Toronto Varsity Blues (9-4-1).

The Blues went up early on a goal the Gaels protested, saying the ball had struck the football uprights behind the net and gone out of play.

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Second half excellence

Gryphons loom next after Gaels down York in OUA quarters B y E rin S tephenson Staff Writer In an unexpected battle against the York Lions, the Gaels held on for victory in last Friday’s OUA quarterfinal.

Forward Miranda Seifert’s three tries led the Gaels to a 41-21 win. With the victory, the women head out on the road to face the Guelph Gryphons in the

semi-final tomorrow.

Queen’s and Guelph have met in the last two OUA finals, splitting the championships. The Gaels prevailed 19-15 on the road last October.

“We know we'll be in for an incredibly intense game as it will be a rematch of last year's final and Guelph does not have an appetite for losing,” said Gaels head coach Beth Barz. “We'll need to be

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Queen’s Gaels 41 York Lions 21

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Guelph Gryphons 102 Laurier Golden Hawks 0 McMaster Marauders 70 Trent Excalibur 12 Western Mustangs 39 Waterloo Warriors 0

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relentless, focused and resilient in both attack and defence ourselves.”

Against York, Seifert was quick to get the first try for the Gaels within the first three minutes of play. After a try from wing Karley Heyman made the score 10-0, the Lions battled back with a try and successful conversion to bring the score within three.

Emma Chown — who started at centre for the Gaels in place of Lauren McEwen — scored only minutes later, increasing Queen’s lead.

In the final minutes of the first half, the Lions scored three penalty kicks, cutting the Gaels’ lead to a slim 17-16 margin.

Finishing the first half, the team was shaken by the close score, Barz said.

“At the half we talked about controlling the things that we had in our control and it seemed that the players went out and put that into play,” she said.

The momentum shifted in the second half when Heyman smashed through the Lions’ defence for her second try of the match. Her successful conversion made the See Reserves on page 19

With no choice but to play on, the women answered in the 30th minute. Second-year striker Tara Bartram hit the mark with assistance from Brittany Almeida and de Boer.

The Blues scored the winner early in the second half. Tyrell faced nine shots and the Gaels registered eight of their own.

The women were back to the pitch again Wednesday to face the Ottawa Gee-Gees (13-1-0). The Gaels were unable to generate authentic offensive pressure against the province’s top team, and fell 3-0.

In the final game of the regular season, the women will host the RMC Paladins (0-13-1) this Sunday.

— Brent Moore

Third and fourth at the Fort After sweeping first place at the Queen’s Invitational each of the past two years, neither cross-country team captured the same title last Saturday.

Running at Fort Henry, the Gaels women’s side finished on the podium in third place, while the men settled for fourth.

Several of the Gaels’ top runners didn’t run, including 2013 OUA gold medalist Julie-Anne Staehli and men’s captain Evan Andrin.

First-year Claire Summer was Queen’s top individual runner, finishing the six-kilometre women’s race in a time of 20:46.5, good enough for second place in the event. She was joined in the top 10 by teammate Shannen Murray.

Three other members of the women’s team finished the race in the top 30, giving the Gaels 77 points and the bronze medal. The Toronto Varsity Blues took first with 42 points, while the McMaster Marauders finished second, seven points ahead of Queen’s.

The Gaels didn’t fare quite as well on the men’s side, where Eric Wynands was the only runner to finish the 10-kilometre race in the top 15. Queen’s finished with 115 points, well back of the first-place Marauders’ 38.

The Gaels will return to Fort Henry on Oct. 25, when they host the OUA championships. Staehli captured an individual silver medal at last year’s provincial meet, while former teammate Victoria Coates took gold.

While they had individual success at the Ontario level last season, neither Gaels team cracked the overall podium, ending up with a pair of fourth-place finishes.

— Sean Sutherland

Men’s hockey split opening games Looking to get their season off on the right foot, the men’s hockey team suffered a heartbreaking loss last Friday.

Queen’s lost 4-3 to the McGill Redmen, giving up the winning goal with just 14 seconds left in the third period on a shot from Samuel Labrecque that snuck past goaltender Kevin Bailie.

Queen’s loss wasn’t due to a lack of effort, as they saw themselves

claw back and tie the game twice after McGill took the lead.

The Redmen knotted the first goal of the night just over five minutes into the game, soon followed by a response from Queen’s centre Braeden Corbeth.

McGill scored once more in the first period and again in the second as the Gaels fell behind 3-1.

Power play goals from forwards Eric Ming and Tyler Moore tied the game at 3-3 after 40 minutes.

The final frame saw strong goaltending from both sides, with Bailie making 11 saves while McGill’s Jacob Gervais-Chouinard stopped all 15 shots by the Gaels.

The Gaels couldn’t muster a third successful comeback in the short period of time they had to work with after Labrecque’s tally.

Queen’s then topped the UOIT Ridgebacks (1-0-2) 2-1 yesterday, with Corey Bureau and Ming recording the goals.

Queen’s returns home tomorrow night for a Homecoming matchup against the Concordia Stingers (2-2).

Last season, Queen’s outscored the Stingers by a combined score of 10-2 in two wins for the Gaels.

— Adam Laskaris

Pilon leads way in weekend split A pair of dominant performances from Taryn Pilon helped women’s hockey kick off their season with a perfect weekend.

The Gaels hosted the Nipissing Lakers and Laurentian Lady Vees last Saturday and Sunday, notching a pair of victories in the process.

One day after dispatching Nipissing 5-2, the squad blanked the Lady Vees 6-0.

Pilon stood out on the weekend, racking up six total points, including four against Laurentian.

She started the Nipissing game with a bang, opening the scoring 27 seconds into the first period.

After the rest of the first stayed scoreless, it was the Lakers who got on the board in the second, tying it at one with a power play tally.

Winger Courtenay Jacklin got the Gaels back in front with a power play marker of her own.

Pilon added her second of the game midway through the third period to put Queen’s ahead for good.

Second-years Clare McKellar and Kyla Crouse each tallied a goal, while Fiona Lester and captain Shawna Griffin both recorded a pair of assists. Goaltender Caitlyn Lahonen turned away 32 shots to get the win.

Eight different players got on the score sheet against Laurentian, with Pilon’s four points leading the way. Defenceman Alisha Sealey added a goal and two assists in the game.

Netminder Stephanie Pascal made 21 saves for the shutout in her OUA debut.

The Gaels’ next game sees them host the York Lions today at noon at the K-Rock Centre.

— Sean Sutherland

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Heated homecoming Pride and placing on the line with historical rivals in town B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor There’ll be more than just first place on the line when men’s rugby hosts the Western Mustangs tomorrow on Nixon Field.

The match is just the latest iteration in a rivalry that’s heated up over the last few years. Queen’s and Western have met in the past three OUA finals, with the Gaels taking home the gold in 2012 and 2013.

The Gaels (5-1) currently sit atop the OUA standings with 26 points, one ahead of the Guelph Gryphons (5-1) and the McMaster

Marauders (5-1). Western (4-1-1) sits fourth with 22 points.

Gaels head coach Gary Gilks said the rivalry increases the already high stakes whenever the two teams face off.

“This is one of the key matchups that we look forward to every season,” Gilks said. “It’s a very good rivalry. Both teams get pretty amped up to play each other.”

A win over Western would increase Queen’s slim lead in what has become an increasingly tight OUA race.

Gilks said the team isn’t feeling pressure to maintain first place, but acknowledged the

match’s importance.

“The guys understand for sure that the last two games of the season are crucial for ranking,” he said. “To get that first-place position in the regular season, because of the home-field advantage in the playoffs.”

The game will likely be tight, Gilks added, and hosting the game over Homecoming weekend could prove to be beneficial for the Gaels.

“For us, having Western come here during the regular season is going to be an advantage for us,” he said. “Having the fans and their support and the fact that it’s Homecoming is huge.”

The Gaels aren’t focusing on any JOURNAL FILE PHOTOS specific aspects of the Mustangs’ After losing to Western in the 2011 OUA final, Queen’s game, instead preparing themselves has beat the Mustangs the past two title matches. for all parts of it, Gilks said.

As strong as they are defensively, We studied video of them during Defence will be the most important part of Queen’s game the Gaels might have just as much this week to prepare for them and on Saturday, as the Mustangs boast skill on the offensive side. The I know they do the same,” he said.

Gilks said he’s confident the a high-powered offence. Western’s squad sits second in the league 256 points are third-highest among in scoring, and full back David Gaels’ experience will pay off in OUA schools, and they claim seven Worsley is among the league’s the game.

“It’s really going to be which leaders with 78 points. of the province’s top 20 scorers.

Though the two teams are team can respond better to the Much like they did in last year’s final — a 40-10 win — the Gaels intimately familiar, each game pressure,” he said. “I have full will have to neutralize Western’s brings something different to the confidence in our guys and what offensive game. Queen’s is up rivalry. Gilks said he has made they can do. They’ve been there to the task, holding their 2014 sure to study Western’s game film several times, so they know what has to be done and they’ll go out opponents to an average of less before the game.

“We both do our homework. there and get the job done.” than nine points per game.

“The key for any of our games to be honest, against Western or anyone else, it’s our defence and our discipline,” Gilks said. “Our defence has held in quite a few of these tough games. I expect our defence to create turnovers and hopefully we can capitalize on those turnovers.”

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PHOTOS BY CHLOE SOBEL

The Gaels put up over 600 yards of total offence, on the way to their first victory of the 2014 season.

McPhee leads the way minutes of play.

The Gaels responded early in the second quarter, with McPhee throwing his second touchdown pass of the day, this time connecting with Carroll. Those were the only points scored in the frame, as both McPhee and his Toronto counterpart Simon Nassar threw interceptions to end promising drives.

Queen’s got a huge boost from its special teams after the intermission, as rookie linebacker Michael Moore and second-year lineman Nicholas Dowd combined to block a punt on Toronto’s first possession of the second half.

Moore had an outstanding game for the Gaels, finishing with an interception and two forced fumbles.

“Moore has been outstanding this year, being the starting middle linebacker from

the second half of the first game against Windsor,” Sheahan said. “He had a great athletic play to get that interception and he’s playing like a veteran player.”

Fifth-year lineman Derek Wiggan scooped up the loose ball on the blocked punt and returned it 75 yards to the Toronto three-yard line. Gaels fullback Justin Gleben punched it into the end zone two plays later, extending Queen’s lead.

“That was the big turnover play of the day which turned the momentum towards our favour,” Sheahan said. “Everyone got excited about that play and it elevated the emotional level on our bench.”

Though Toronto responded with a touchdown and a rouge to cut the lead to 24-18 with 8:40 left in the third quarter, the Gaels scored 24 of the final 33 points in the game to put things away.

Carmichael scored on a strange play with eight seconds left in the third quarter,

recovering a Carroll fumble and taking the ball into the end zone for a touchdown.

After forcing the Varsity Blues to punt again on the next drive, Queen’s went for the kill as running back Jesse Andrews scored on a six-yard run to make it 41-20.

The final touchdown pass of the day was thrown by Gaels rookie quarterback Nate Hobbs, who connected with receiver Doug Corby on a 60-yard catch-and-run for his first-ever CIS touchdown pass.

Queen's will host the York Lions (0-6) at Richardson Stadium tomorrow for Homecoming. The Gaels have never lost to the Lions in the history of the two schools’ football programs.

“The kids are fired up about winning the Homecoming game,” Sheahan said. “We know there will be a lot of fans there and a strong student contingent. We’ll be working hard to make sure we can win this one.”

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for her, and that we want to support her and that even though she doesn’t know us that well, we’re inspired by her and how great she is.”

Allison’s perseverance and optimism sparked Corbeth’s desire to get involved.

“I met her and she was just such a vibrant and positive person and this was even in September after she had been re-diagnosed,” he said. “To endure what she’s gone through, to finally be cancer-free and then be re-diagnosed and still be positive about it is pretty remarkable.

“We’re a bunch of burly hockey men,” he added, “and she’s twice as strong as us.”

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He said there are drawbacks to not being a full-time university coach.

“You just can’t give the athletes the time they deserve,” he said.

“As volunteers we just don’t have the time to recruit, and the key to success is recruiting.”

Over the past year, University officials have been raising money for an $800,000 endowment fund, Armitage said, from which a full-time rowing coach could be paid — potentially as soon as next year.

Even as a volunteer, Armitage rises early each day to help his rowers train. The training for the OUA championships has been heavy this week, he said, but it’ll be less strenuous next week in the lead-up to competition on Oct. 25.

In rowing, athletes have no control over the speed of their opponent, so the focus is on personal perfection.

“We’re peaking for that event,” Armitage said. “Which means this week we’re going through killer workouts to exhaust them — next week we’ll taper.”

Armitage has used heavy training sessions to try to build stronger rowers throughout his time at Queen’s. Women’s heavyweight rower Larkin Davenport-Huyer

has trained under Armitage for the last three seasons, with her squad being personally overseen by him this season.

“He’s great, he’s hilarious and hard-working,” Davenport-Huyer said. “Probably the busiest person I’ve ever met, yet totally committed to all the things he does.”

Despite being a young group of rowers, the heavyweight women’s eight have earned a gold and two silvers at events this season. In solo competition, Davenport Huyer has won two events and silvered at the Brock Invitational last Saturday.

Davenport-Huyer said she has enjoyed working with Armitage during her three years with the Gaels. His involvement, she said, goes farther back than any active rower.

“Because people come in and out every four or five years, a lot of people don’t realize how much effort he’s put into the team,” she said.

Davenport-Huyer said the possibility of bringing in a full-time coach could be beneficial for the program.

“Being a volunteer and waking up at 4:30 is really tough, so I think it will be only positive to have someone like that, as much as we’ll miss John,” she said.

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Last Row Before OUAs The Gaels captured 12 medals at their most recent event: the Brock Invitational, held in St. Catharines on Oct. 11.

— Women’s Single: Silver (Larkin Davenport-Huyer) — Women’s Pairs: Silver (Meredith Adams and Milica Banic) — Women’s Lightweight fours: Silver

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score a more comfortable 24-16.

Seifert scored a few minutes later, followed by winger Caitie Ryan’s try of her own.

The Lions scored another try in the final 10 minutes of play, making the score 36-21. Seifert put any doubt to rest, sealing the game with her third try.

In an attempt to give some of their starting players a rest before their semi-final game against Guelph, Barz made some substitutions to the line-up.

The most notable change was Chown taking over for McEwen, the Gaels’ leading scorer this season.

Barz said sitting the players gave them a chance to be operating at 100 per cent against Guelph.

“After a short and incredibly intense season, bodies can be quite sore. I'm sure after some time off we'll have everyone ready to go for next weekend,” she said.

The Gaels have a tough match in front of them, having split the last two OUA finals with the Gryphons.

Although the Gaels were victorious last year, it was a close game until the end.

Before that win, Guelph had captured the previous five provincial titles.

When the two teams met in preseason play in August, the Gaels prevailed 29-12. With a win in Guelph, the Gaels would advance to the OUA title game and punch their ticket to the national championships.

— Women’s Fours: Silver — Women’s Lightweight Eights: Silver — Women’s Eights: Sivler — Women’s Lightweight Single: Bronze (Danielle Abusow) — Men’s Single: Silver (Matt Christie) — Men’s Pairs: Bronze (Matt Christie and Richard Fennema) — Men’s Lightweight Fours: Bronze — Men’s Fours: Bronze — Men’s Eights: Bronze

Women’s rugby meet the Guelph Gryphons tomorrow in a rematch of the 2012 and 2013 OUA Finals.

John Armitage has been named the OUA men’s Coach of the Year three times as the head coach of the Gaels.

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LIFESTYLE COLUMN — QJ POP

Falling for this season’s TV shows How to Get Away With Murder, A to Z and Red Band Society top this fall’s must-see programs B y Z oe K elsey Staff Writer If you’re like me — a poor cable-less student — there’s a chance you’re feeling very left out of the exciting inaugural episodes of the fall TV season right now.

But if you’re also like me in that you have a huge internet streaming capacity, there are a few shows that are definitely worth the broadband.

There are also a few that aren’t

worth you popping your last bag of popcorn for. Here’s the rundown on what to watch.

How to Get Away with Murder Without a doubt, this is this fall’s buzziest show. So what’s the buzz about?

It’s about a group of law students and their hurricane of a professor, played by the immeasurably talented Viola Davis,

who gets entangled in a murder.

The show is from Scandal producer Shonda Rhimes, and has been lauded for Davis’ performance.

It’s edgy, dark and keeps with television’s current obsession with the anti-hero, while simultaneously providing a gentler protagonist in Wes Gibbins, played by Harry Potter’s Alfred Enoch.

A to Z If you were a fan of the first four seasons of How I Met Your Mother, A to Z is most definitely for you.

Ben Feldman and Cristin Miloti have great chemistry, and the show has a lovely aesthetic, full of natural light and colour.

And though some of the characters are rather two-dimensional and stock (the zany best friend, the omnipresent bro/wing-man), the show has a sparkle to it that feels promising.

It’s the concept of the show that’s the hook: a couple meets and dates for eight months and then breaks up.

Knowing the ending is intriguing, which makes you wonder how they’ll take us there and how they’ll surprise us along the way.

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After reading it, I commented that it was one of the best books I had read in a while. Naturally, I had high hopes for its film adaption.

Having seen director David Fincher’s The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and admired the score for The Social Network composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, all who contributed to Gone Girl’s adaption, I had a good feeling the book’s dark tone would be honoured in the film.

First off, the casting of this movie highly contributed to its success. Ben Affleck nails Nick Dunne’s signature grin and the “punch me” face and attitude that identifies him as an antagonist for much of the book.

And though I thought it difficult for anyone to embody Amy

Dunne’s sociopathic tendencies, Rosamund Pike captures her nuances to the point where the audience watches with both horror and intrigue at the same time.

While I had read some reviews prior to seeing the film, which largely criticized the film for portraying Nick as the victim — and this did stand true for about three quarters of the film — the final act is effective in communicating Nick and Amy’s relationship as equally problematic on behalf of both parties.

What I loved so much about the book was its ability to alter who the reader views as the protagonist, culminating in an ending that leaves the reader non-empathetic to both characters — something I hadn’t come across in a novel before, nor have I since.

Affleck and Pike are able to capture this aspect of Nick and Amy’s relationship that leaves the viewer deeply unsettled at the end of the movie.

The score also contributed

Red Band Society is similar to John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars.

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Selfie may have learned a few things from the crash and burn of its once I lasted all of about 10 minutes on delightful flagship.

Red Band Society is based on a this one. I tried, I really did, but the popular Spanish television show of show is obnoxious and its satire the same name about a group of ill isn’t quite on point.

I like John Cho, but I really teens living in a hospital’s children’s ward. The characters, like their don’t like Karen Gillam’s American situations, are complicated and accent, and the faint whiff of interesting. The show is very sexism coming off of this show John Green-esque, with startlingly was a turn-off as well.

It’s high-school hyperbole in an emotionally intelligent, sick teens.

The wonderful Octavia Spencer adult world — a guilty pleasure leads the adult portion of the at best.

Other noteworthy shows cast as Nurse Jackson with her usual charm, with Dave Annable include Gotham, which follows playing the devilishly handsome James “Jim” Gordon, before he’s Police Commissioner and before Dr. Jack McAndrew.

With Steven Spielberg as Bruce Wayne is Batman.

The show promises to be gritty executive producer, the show’s guaranteed at least a season, and a thrill for DC fans tired of but critics aren’t convinced Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. audiences will tune in to confront Other shows with promise kids struggling with cancer, include the doubtlessly future anorexia and life-threatening Emmy contenders The Affair and Madam Secretary. heart conditions.

greatly to the overall tone of the film. The background music was ominous and made the audience uneasy as Amy’s story unfolded.

Aided by Fincher’s signature muted colour palate, the movie works toward the conclusion of just how hostile and abusive Nick and Amy’s relationship is.

I believe the success of the film as an adaptation was in large part due to Flynn writing the screenplay herself, which allowed the story to be told with the proper changes necessary for the different medium.

For example, much of the novel is told through Amy’s diary entries, which in the film are translated as flashbacks and voiceover that Finch uses to juxtapose the past and the present to mislead the viewer even more.

The team of Fincher, Flynn, Reznor and Ross combine to present this adaption that will certainly cause the viewer to question conventional story telling and first impressions of characters.

Gone Girl stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

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The turkey dump phenomenon A serving of heartbreak can spoil anyone’s Thanksgiving appetites B y C aela F enton Contributor There once was a boy. Let’s call him Quinn. He was smitten with a girl — let’s call her Mackenzie.

Long story short, they spend a wonderful grade 12 year together, supporting each other through university application stress and extracurricular mania.

They’re happy.

After a summer of long lifeguarding days, late-night campfires and mosquito bites, they have the talk.

Not ‘that’ talk, but the university talk. You see, Quinn is headed to Queen’s and Mackenzie to McMaster. They decide to stay together: “We’ll make it work.”

After a bittersweet goodbye, they part ways. Frosh week is crazy and they fill each other in during 15-minute phone calls before passing out from exhaustion.

When things settle down, they talk about their new schools. None of the names on the other end of line are familiar though and they’re hard to keep straight.

Quinn takes the bus to Hamilton during week two, which forfeits his chance for a beers on the pier bar — which isn’t that big of a deal, except that Mack seems to not understand that he’s made a sacrifice for her.

Two weeks later, Mack buses to Kingston for homecoming.

Quinn gets to purple himself and she refuses to touch him for most of the weekend, gentian being incredibly hard to get off. She seems a little annoyed about the number of events he wants to go to, but he can only extrapolate that from the “Wow, I feel like I barely saw you!” that she drops on him before leaving.

Both begin to hit midterm season and it’s hard to continue their constant text message conversation while studying. Mack’s snagging of a coveted volunteer position at the hospital in Hamilton means that she’s unreachable for several hours each day.

Quinn wins a spot on the MEDLIFE Queen’s club’s exec and is working towards fundraising to go on a volunteer trip over reading ILLUSTRATION BY ARWIN CHAN week. Mackenzie is happy for him, Turkey dumping refers to the practice of dumping a significant other over Thanksgiving. but also can’t believe he won’t be fact that many of your fellow Gaels Queen’s family is always here. home for reading week.

Reach out to your new friends, Keep these tips in mind for floormates or teammates. You’d be They head home for have been through the same.

Take the next few weeks to getting through a Thanksgiving surprised how supportive they will Thanksgiving and finally admit that reach out to the new friends breakup, and remember that even be, even if it feels like you just met things just aren’t the same.

When Quinn gets back to you’ve made at school and try to the best laid plans can fall apart. them. They may have even gone Kingston, his (slightly) obnoxious remember that, even if they tease through similar experiences.

Talk it out roommate says, “Man, you got you about your turkey dump, your See Heartbreak on page 23 turkey dumped!” Before Quinn can punch him, he adds, “but I’m here for you,” and gives him a hug.

If this sounds familiar at all, you HOMECOMING may have just suffered a similar fate this past Thanksgiving weekend.

It’s a tough pill to swallow when your heartbreak sounds like a cliché, but take comfort in the

Pumpkin plummet

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the event to move to Agnes Without Borders.

“Every year our chapter picks Benedickson Field. With this change of location comes a a different campaign that the Homecoming invites back to reimagining of the event as a whole. national office is running and then “It’s going to be reflective of we try to work throughout the year campus some of our beloved Gaels and with them some of the past years, but definitely at to support the cause,” MacMillan, our strangest traditions. We paint a bigger level this year, so it’s Sci ’17, said.

This year, the focus is on political ourselves purple and sing in Gaelic. pretty exciting,” said Kirsten MacMillan, vice-president of advocacy, as MacMillan and her And now, we smash pumpkins. peers seek to ensure that foreign For the first time, the Pumpkin networking for Queen’s Engineers https://www.google.ca/maps/preview?q=map+of+ aid and poverty reduction are a Smash, hosted by Engineers Without Borders.

Without Borders in partnership The smash itself is exactly what focus of the Canadian political with Queen’s Gives Back and you think. A 500-pound pumpkin conversation moving forward.

Political intentions aside, the the Queen’s Student Alumni is hoisted into the air. There’s a Association, will join the football healthy dose of suspense and then, Smash also seeks to connect game and street parties as an event with much ado, it’s allowed to fall students and alumni with the kind of shared experience you just don’t this Homecoming weekend. entirely unguided to the ground.

Although it sounds like get at other events.

Although previously hosted at “This is one of the more Leonard Field, the construction of child’s play, the event also seeks a new residence has necessitated to raise awareness for Engineers relaxed events that doesn’t involve drinking, where you can come, hang out, there’s alumni there you can chat with ... and then you guys get to share watching this massive pumpkin drop together,” MacMillan said.

And the drop itself certainly sounds like a memorable one.

AT&T “Once we get the pumpkin attached to the crane, we raise it up a little bit more every time someone donates or uses the hashtag that we’re doing for the year,” MacMillan said.

Last year, the pumpkin was apparently significantly higher than McNeill House.

Gourd enthusiast or pumpkin spice latte hater, it’s hard to imagine someone who doesn’t feel a thrill at the thought of a pumpkin the size of a small car plummeting down.

Sure, the pancake kegger is all well and good, but can you really expect that level of drama anywhere else this weekend?

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Drug-detecting polish New nail polish may create a false sense of security B y the E xpert S expert Contributor Four male students from North Carolina State University recently made news headlines with their invention of a nail polish that can detect a number of drugs commonly used for date rape.

The polish changes colour after being submerged in a drink where such drugs are present, thus alerting the wearer that their drink has been spiked.

The idea for this product was ignited by the good intentions of its creators, who were seeking a way to empower women with a tool that could prevent them from being drugged and possibly assaulted.

While the team behind this product was well-intentioned, the resulting message raises some concerns. One consequence is that people will wear the polish and assume they are safe.

Wearing the nail polish could create a false sense of security when there are still risks present.

While the polish is potentially helpful when drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB are present, it can’t provide protection when the drug is alcohol itself.

This also markets itself as a way to put a stop to sexual violence, but only really addresses drugand alcohol-related assaults. In reality, many acts of violence occur without the presence of either.

The use of the word

‘empowering’ when it comes to gender-based violence is problematic, too, because it places the emphasis of responsibility onto women to protect themselves from sexual assault, instead of focusing on the people committing these crimes.

This perpetuates the cycle of victim-blaming rhetoric where violence is justified because of the way a woman dresses, talks or behaves, and it’s a cycle that continues to shame survivors into not reporting incidents of sexual violence.

It also contributes to maintaining the status quo: the lived existence (or fear) of gender-based violence wherein self-identified women take a number of precautions in their day-to-day life in order to feel safer.

However, these habits aren’t empowering, but rather coping mechanisms for a patriarchal society.

This includes (but isn’t limited to) wearing baggy clothes, crossing the street when someone approaches you, having your friends watch your drink at a bar, carrying keys in your fist and having a buddy system when going out.

The root of the problem lies within the patriarchal idea that women’s bodies are commodities and men are entitled to them.

The emphasis of discussions on sexualized violence and sex-positive education should be on equality and respect for not only women’s bodies, but everyone’s bodily integrity.

The responsibility of rape prevention shouldn’t be on the potential victims, but on the perpetrators.

There are a number of resources in Kingston if you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault or domestic violence.

The Sexual Assault Centre Kingston provides non-judgemental support to survivors of sexualized violence through emergency, crisis and supportive counselling. The Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Program at Kingston General Hospital has a nurse on-call and can provide urgent medical care, testing, collection of forensic evidence, and counselling.

You can call the SHRC for more information on these resources and more at 613-533-2959 or come by the centre in the JDUC, room 223.

Queen’s General Bursary Deadline: October 31, 2014

Queen’s General Bursary is a non-repayable grant directed to those students with the greatest financial need and the fewest options to fully finance their education. This financial assistance is offered in addition to your government student loans and grants for the academic year.

APPLY NOW on SOLUS! Just click the ‘Queen’s General Bursary Application’ link in the Financial Aid section.

Check SOLUS at the end of December for decisions and disbursement details.

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Keep an open mind You’re not done with love forever, but try not to hurt anyone else with a ‘rebound relationship.’ Take your time and focus on yourself for a bit before jumping straight into another relationship.

Redirect your energy Channel that extra time into something you enjoy. If you always used to talk at night, see if a friend wants to meet up at that time for a study session or head to the ARC for a workout.

Get help

If you’re feeling down, talk to a don, call HCDS or call the Peer Support Centre. It’s okay to feel sad, but you definitely don’t have to feel that way alone.

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The healing power of furry friends Animal-assisted therapy can be beneficial for relaxing students, especially during stressful times B y L eigh C ameron Copy Editor

benefits animals have on humans.

The act of petting or stroking a dog, one study shows, decreases When exam season strikes, nothing blood pressure immensely and is more distracting and funny than doubles the amount of oxytocin (the hormone generally responsible cat memes on the Internet.

But seeing a cat or dog in for feelings of happiness) produced real life could actually help you in humans.

Animals have been used to make focus more on your work. Your experience snuggling with a cocker patients comfortable for many spaniel or calico kitten is all part years, dating all the way back to of the benefits associated with Sigmund Freud, who had dogs in his office while children discussed animal-assisted therapy.

Growing up, I had an adorable their uncomfortable thoughts.

Generally, dogs and cats are rabbit named Butterscotch and a cat named Magoo that helped me used for AAT, but other animals including gerbils, rabbits, horses relax when I was stressed.

Holding and petting them and dolphins have also produced helped me slow down my breathing positive effects in their patients.

Therapeutic Paws of Canada and take my mind off my work.

Sitting with them reminded me (TPOC) is one organization that I had a support system around in Canada that’s making a me, even if it was just a rabbit positive impact on people’s lives using therapy pets. TPOC is a twitching her nose or yawning. organization In the Handbook on volunteer-based Animal-Assisted Therapy: which was founded in 2002 and Theoretical Foundations and started with just six members.

It has since expanded into Guidelines for Practice, edited by Aubrey H. Fine, the contributors seven provinces with around 650 define animal-assisted therapy volunteers across Canada.

Allison Handelman is a as a form of therapy using an animal as a fundamental part of a volunteer with TPOC, along with her dog Frodo. She’s also the person’s treatment.

This type of therapy can be Team Leader for the Kingston and found on campus through events Napanee team.

“My route to TPOC is through such as Critters on Campus, which is hosted by the student-run the people that we got my dog Frodo from,” she said. organization Lost Paws.

“Frodo’s father was a Animal-assisted therapy, or AAT, is about more than service dogs therapy dog.”

She has since become very who assist those who suffer from a visual impairment or disease. involved in TPOC and describes AAT is used to help treat people her volunteers as a group of people with stress-related issues, autism who want to share the gift of the and social interaction issues, just to animals in their lives.

In order to volunteer with name a few.

This form of therapy also TPOC, applicants and their dogs helps children with concentration must submit to a challenging difficulties in class, helping screening process, overseen by them to calm down and focus certified evaluators.

“This test is a graduated on work.

But what effect does this have evaluation,” she said, “and so we start off with basic on a stressed-out student?

In the Handbook, several elements and we move to more studies are cited which prove the stressful tests that the handler and

Animals, such as cats and dogs, have proven to have therapeutic effects with students.

the dog or cat could encounter in a visiting situation.

“They’ll be looking for not only the handling ability of the person but the social skills of both the handler and the dog, or cat, and basically looking to see the overall temperament of the dog or cat.”

Handelman said some of the scenarios in the screening process included volunteers mimicking the behaviours that could be exhibited by children or seniors to see how the handler and their pet react.

Although the screening process is difficult, Handelman said the rewards are amazing. She described taking her dog Frodo to visitations and said the residents often talk about their own pets or former pets.

“People will come together to pet Frodo when normally maybe they wouldn’t, you know. So he’s kind of a focal point, so you can create good conversations and happy memories,” she said.

“The happy memories are wonderful.”

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Campus events, such as Critters on Campus, bring pets to students during exam times.

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homes also inspires physical movement to go see the animal and to touch or brush the pet, bringing about conversation and evoking good memories.

In TPOC’s Paws to Read Program, pets and their handlers are brought to classrooms in schools.

Handelman said when children read to the pets their self-esteem and confidence increases. “[It] can help to improve their social skills because they’re interacting with the animal and it helps teach them respect for others.”

Handelman said she’s never received any negative feedback about any of her programs and is always in-demand from groups in the Kingston and Napanee area.

She also said she’d love to run a Paws Room — a program that partners with universities to provide emotional support during exam times — at Queen’s or other schools in the area, but the number of available teams makes it difficult to do so at the present time.

Fortunately, the ASUS organization Lost Paws runs a similar service to TPOC that runs twice during the year.

Their annual event, Critters on Campus, brings dogs from the Kingston Humane Society to the JDUC during exam season to help students relax during this high-stress time.

Jennifer Patton is an animal-lover herself, owning a dog, cat and two alpacas back home.

Patton, ArtSci ’15, attended two of the Critters on Campus events and had nothing but positive feedback about the event.

“Before I attended the Critters on Campus event, I was definitely stressed out and worn down,” Patton told the Journal via email.

“I had a lot of essays and assignments due and I was a little worried about taking time out of studying to go hang out with an animal. After I left the event I definitely felt sort of a renewed and less stressed.”

In the end, it was well worth the study break.

“I do think that the time that I spent at Critters on Campus helped me to study more effectively. It was a really good break that I wouldn’t

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have taken otherwise but that I probably needed.”

Patton said she’d be very happy to see more Critters on Campus events take place throughout the year.

“An exam or essay seems so incredibly important in that moment but crazily sometimes it only takes … a small break with a dog to realize that that exam isn’t the end of the world,” Patton said.

In an atmosphere where stress and anxiety can be so prevalent, especially among students who are new to the university lifestyle, introducing animals to campus can provide the calm environment students need.

Cuddling with a cute puppy or furry cat can provide the relaxation so many students need after stressful situations.

These therapeutic animals can also help students assuage the anxiety they might be feeling if they’re separated from their pets at home.

Leaving behind a pet at home isn’t easy, especially when they are so embedded in our daily routines.

Sadly, animal-assisted therapy isn’t for everyone. Some people find an animal’s presence to be an added stressor rather than the relaxing object they’re meant to be. Others may have allergies to certain types of animals.

For those who don’t have the financial means to care for their own pet, TPOC provides its programs free of charge as it’s completely volunteer-run. This way, everyone can benefit from their variety of programs.

The effects a registered therapy dog, animal from the Humane Society or even your own pet can have on your mental wellness are extraordinary.

As seen by studies, the addition of an animal to an uncomfortable or stressful situation can help decrease your blood pressure and increase your happiness.

Animal-assisted therapy is an excellent way to bring together those suffering from an issue with pets who provide the warm and loving support they need.

And what better way to relax than to pet a cuddly animal?