The Queen's Journal, Volume 142, Issue 24

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THE JOURNAL QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY — SINCE 1873

Incoming AMS council hired page 4

ACTIVISM

Students support Chapel Hill

QBACC still pushing on divestment page 6

QUMSA looks to raise awareness of Feb. 10 North Carolina shooting B Y C HLOE S OBEL News Editor After three young Muslims were killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina two weeks ago, people looked to the Queen’s University Muslim Students Association (QUMSA) to take a stand.

On Feb. 13, three days after the shooting, QUMSA set up a booth in the ARC intended to raise awareness about the shooting. At the booth was a poster for people to sign, as well as a donation box for Syrian Dental Relief, which was organized by Deah Shaddy Barakat, one of the victims.

QUMSA also made signs reading “#MuslimLivesMatter” and “#ChapelHillShooting” that supporters could be photographed with.

Reyhan Viceer, QUMSA’s chair, said it was unfortunate they didn’t see as many people as they might have due to it being the Friday before Reading Week.

“You have occasional glances, as you can see now, people come by and they just like stare at it, and they’re wondering. We had a couple people who were like, ‘we don’t have time, we’d love to sign it, we just have a bus to catch,’ because obviously, you know, the buses are leaving soon,” said Viceer, Sci ’15.

“But other than that people have been coming around, showing support, standing around ... It’s a really positive thing.”

He said their main goal was to raise awareness about the shooting, and criticized the lack of media attention paid to it.

After the shooting, some criticized media outlets for focusing on allegations that the shooting was motivated by a dispute over parking, rather than a possible religious bias.

“It’s unfortunate that the media never really gave it this much attention, and so we are doing our

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ACADEMICS

Senate approves ArtSci internship program Year-long internship option will begin this fall and be on transcript B Y N ATASA B ANSAGI Assistant News Editor A new Arts and Science paid internship program was approved at the Feb. 24 Senate meeting, paving the way for it to begin this September.

The program would expand on the existing Queen’s University Internship Program, which

ASUS President Adam Grotsky said is mainly geared towards business, engineering and computing students.

It would consist of a 12-16 month internship related to a student’s field of study, to be completed after third year and counted for academic credit.

Employers would provide compensation and the program

would be recognized on a student’s transcript and diploma.

Three courses — one in the fall, one in the winter and one in the summer — would accompany the internship, which would effectively extend a student’s degree to five years.

“Those [courses] are basically going to help coach you or take

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The two sides of perfectionism page 20

Crowds flock to frozen artwork page 13

Laurentian downed, Laurier up next page 14

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FEATURE RACE

Racism alive but subtle at Queen’s Black students report experiences of microaggression and an alienating student culture

B y A nisa R awhani Editorials Editor In her first week at Queen’s, Antonia Akinwumi was approached by an intoxicated female student who said, “Oh my God, there’s a black chick. Oh my God, that’s crazy. I have no black friends — be my friend.”

Akinwumi, ArtSci ’15, said she felt their motivation for hanging out with her had much less to do with her personality than the colour of her skin.

That evening, she went out with her floormates and the intoxicated female student. When they realized her opinions and interests didn’t align with their own, she said, all of them left her.

“I wasn’t a good enough black accessory,” Akinwumi said.

In 2013, 2.1 per cent of undergraduate students who registered at Queen’s were black, according to Queen’s voluntary Applicant Equity Census. The census is administered to all students applying to undergraduate and graduate programs at Queen’s, asking prospective students to voluntarily indicate if they’re of a visible minority.

For many at Queen’s, black or otherwise, the low numbers come as little surprise.

Seven of the eight black students interviewed by the Journal for this story said they were constantly made aware of their minority status, which they said has often led to feelings of alienation and exclusion.

From intentional and unintentional racist comments made by students to Eurocentric course content to University resources that miss the mark, black students said Queen’s and their peers have made it difficult to feel a part of the community.

Akinwumi said she has faced this awareness since she moved to Canada at the age of seven, after living in Nigeria and Tanzania.

The film studies major said she finds that no matter what she does, people find a reason to comment on her race.

“People still question my blackness because of how I act,” Akinwumi said, adding that she regularly hears comments

like, “you’re not that black” or “sometimes I forget you’re black”.

“Because I can speak properly people think ‘oh, you’re white’. Since when is speaking properly a white thing?”

Yema Quinn, ArtSci ’16, also reported similar experiences. She said when she went on a date last Tuesday, her companion called her “the prettiest black girl”.

Quinn said that “awful” experience is an example of a microaggression — “unintended instances of rudeness, embarrassment or systems of power” — which have become “everyday occurrences” for her.

She said other examples include when someone would ask to touch her hair or ask if she was able to wash it. “[When] I, as black woman, get passionate or animated about something, people will say, ‘Oh, calm down, Shaniqua’,” Quinn said, adding that the people who make these comments often find the situation funny ­— even though it can be incredibly harmful.

Quinn is currently the education co-officer of the African and Caribbean Students Association (ACSA). In a previous interview with the Journal, she said each of ACSA’s 80 or so members had experienced microaggressions in some form.

All of the black students the Journal interviewed said they have experienced microaggressions.

Chioma Odozor, LifeSci ’16, said a notable example is the way that students change the way they speak around her, at times “dumbing down” their language.

“They’ll start saying, ‘hey girl’,” said the Toronto-born student. They’ll also call her “sassy” instead of assertive, and some individuals start snapping their fingers at her, she said.

Odozor said she hears comments like, “you’re the whitest black girl I know, or you don’t talk black”, on a daily basis. While the comments are meant to be compliments, Odozor said she isn’t flattered.

All students interviewed, including Odozor, said these “compliments” are often a result of misunderstanding on the part of Queen’s students.

71.5 per cent of undergraduate students who registered in 2013 weren’t visible minorities, according the Applicant

Equity Census.

These homogenous demographics are matched by a homogenous mentality, according to some black students, which they reported is one of the root causes of racist behaviour on campus — intended or otherwise.

Brandon Pryce said he picked up on the homogenous mentality in first year.

“If you’re a minority, you’re aware you’re a minority,” Pryce said. But students who aren’t part of minority groups often don’t accept “that Queen’s might be a little racist or a bit exclusionary”, he said.

Pryce, ArtSci ’16, said Queen’s pride in Scottish traditions made the culture apparent to him as a first-year student.

“Not every student here is Scottish or from the U.K.,” he said. “[But] those are the practices you have to engage in as a Queen’s student.

“I don’t identify with any of them,” Pryce added. “It’s not a part of my culture or my background.”

Like Pryce, several of the students interviewed said they felt they were expected to be happy with how things are. Many said when they or other students have attempted to challenge Queen’s traditions and mainstream conceptions, they experienced backlash or were disregarded by the people around them.

Evelyna Ekoko Kay, ArtSci ’17, said she’s repeatedly been met with backlash when she has pointed out student’s use of racial language.

In her experience, white students — especially males — have often used fetishizing language towards her and other people of visible minorities she knows.

When students find out she’s of a mixed race, they say things like “I want to have a mixed race baby”, she said, adding that she has found people will touch her body without her permission to inspect or comment on her skin.

She said she takes issue with this type of language, because it sets up the person using the word as normal and the “exotic” as abnormal.

Once, while on the Facebook group “QueensU Confessions”, Ekoko Kay read a

post submitted by an anonymous user that described a prospective student using the term “exotic”.

She said she commented on the post and asked members of the group not to use fetishizing language. After this, she said, members of the group repeatedly referred to her as “exotic”, and another individual called her a “spicy Latina” to mock her.

“It’s very dehumanizing,” she said.

With a Cameroonian and Polish mother and an Irish father, Ekoko Kay said her appearance is highly ambiguous, which has often lead to white students questioning her blackness and playing games to guess her race, instead of letting her define her own racial heritage.

“A lot of people want to know, but not want to accept the answer I give,” Ekoko Kay said. “There’s this desire within whiteness to categorize and control people’s identity.”

Ekoko Kay said she has found that white women will assume she’s white because they get along with her — but once they realize she’s of mixed race, they become defensive and make comments like, “Oh, you look practically white. You look so normal.”

Seven of the eight black students interviewed by the Journal said they generally don’t feel comfortable sharing their experiences with white students — and some avoid it entirely.

Most said they found that white students would become defensive and deny their experience when they tried to share incidents of racism they’d been subjected to.

After moving from Sierra Leone to Nova Scotia at the age of “three or four”, Quinn said she became aware of racism in all its forms. When she came to Queen’s, she was shocked to find the majority of students didn’t believe racism existed in Canada.

She attributed this ignorance to the “GTA bubble”.

Students from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), she said, often believe the rest of Canada is as accepting as their own multicultural cities.

Like Quinn, Daniel Quainoo attributed the ignorance to Queen’s demographics — though he said this attitude stems from the portion of Queen’s students hailing from

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Starting from far left: Chioma Odozor, Brandon Pryce, Paighton Newmarch, Evelyna Ekoko-Kay, Antonia Akinwumi, Yema Quinn, Jessica Lyn Wayner and Peju Kazeem.

small towns.

“There’s a tendency for people who haven’t been exposed to a lot of cultures and different ethnicities to come to [Queen’s] and to then be exposed to them for the first time in a closed environment,” he said.

When these students then try to communicate the differences they see in black students’ physical appearances, he said, their comments, though “innocent”, can come off as racist.

Unlike other students, Pryce said he hasn’t experienced outright denial when he shares his negative experiences with white friends, but instead has seen a desire to isolate the incident as abnormal.

“They’ll see it as … just a bad apple, rather than that bad apple being indicative of a larger exclusionary attitude at Queen’s,” Pryce said.

The majority of the students who shared their experiences with white friends found that even when the responses they got were supportive, they were still limited — often because white students haven’t experienced racial prejudice.

“Usually they don’t see it, they can’t see it, and I can totally understand that,” Pryce said, comparing it to the lack of understanding he experiences when female friends bring gender-related issues to his attention.

“I can empathize or I can try to sympathize,” he said, “but you won’t really understand it.”

Like Pryce, Ekoko Kay said she has found that most students will try to listen and understand, but they often miss the mark.

In her experience, white students often interject to share their own experiences — ones they say are similar. But because their experiences have nothing to do with racism, the comparisons only reduce the seriousness of the incident, she said.

According to students interviewed, Queen’s homogenous culture leaks into the classroom.

Quinn, a biology major, said she has found course material to be highly Eurocentric and reflective of oppressive ideals, which has left her feeling disillusioned after three years of study.

She said she finds that her class curriculums have little to do with her, and when they do involve black individuals, black history or culture is present only to reinforce white history by comparison.

“I’ll be a special topic in lecture for 20 minutes when we explore ‘foreign things’ and ‘special additions to the course’…but never the main content of the course,” she said.

Pryce, an economics major, took issue with the way curriculums are taught.

In his experience, professors teach white culture as though it’s the culture and background of all students. When the

course’s focus turns to other cultures, the perspective shifts, and students examine the culture as though they’re on the outside looking in.

Pryce said the perspective should almost always be from the outside.

“If you’re studying white history, if you’re studying black history — it doesn’t matter,” he said. “You should study it objectively, and not put yourself in the position of that group.”

Ekoko Kay, an English major and gender studies minor, said she has found that her courses feature “a lack of [content on] racism beyond the customary lip service.”

She said the lack of minority representation within Queen’s staff is one of the contributing factors to the treatment of race.

Quinn, Pryce and Ekoko Kay’s claims of Eurocentric curricula and lack of diversity in Queen’s faculty are nothing new.

Between 2003-04, a survey was conducted for the Henry Report, with the purpose of understanding the experiences of visible minority and Aboriginal faculty at Queen’s.

270 members of Queen’s faculty responded to the survey — nearly two dozen of whom said they were treated differently at Queen’s because of their ethno-racial status.

Frances Henry, a professor of emeriti at York University, authored the report at the request of Queen’s then-Vice-Principal (Academic) Suzanne Fortier in 2001.

When the report was completed in 2006, it concluded that “white privilege and power continue to be reflected in the Eurocentric curricula, traditional pedagogical approaches, hiring, promotion and tenure practices, and opportunities for research” at Queen’s.

Despite Queen’s history of having a predominantly white population, students said they’ve seen improvement in the number of black students over the years.

When Iby Jumbo began her undergraduate studies in 2008, she said “you could count the black people on your hand.”

Across two degrees, Jumbo, LifeSci ’15, said she has seen a change in the University’s demographics, with an increase in both black and international students.

Despite Jumbo’s perception, only 3.4 of undergraduate applicants in 2013 were black, according to Queen’s Applicant Equity Census.

Odozor said the number isn’t high enough.

The low number of black students applying, according to Odozor, is partially due to the University’s inadequate communication with black high school students on Queen’s resources for black students.

She said she thinks the University should focus on advertising bursaries, scholarships and resources, and better connect students with role models and mentors, so black students feel comfortable coming to Queen’s.

Odozor is a recipient of the Robert

Sutherland-Harry Jerome Scholarship, awarded to black students who have shown academic excellence.

While the number of recipients depends on the funds available, only one or two students typically receive the award each year, according to the Office of the University Registrar.

Odozor said the award has connected her with past recipients, who can serve as positive role models for black students.

Some students said they’ve found Queen’s current resources to be well intentioned, but ultimately ineffective.

Peju Kazeem, ArtSci ’15, said Queen’s often misses the mark — mainly because resources function without an understanding of the needs of black students. She said the current resources appear to be “made up by people who don’t understand the struggle or what’s going on in the diversified community,” such as feelings of marginalization.

Quinn also said the individuals providing the services are ill-equipped to address the needs of black students.

In Queen’s health services, she said, there are few people who can properly assist and support students who are experiencing cultural issues.

“It’s relegated to a couple people, and they’re overwhelmed with students who need help,” she said. “I think it would beneficial to take on more staff or to train the staff that’s already present in things like critical race theory.”

Quainoo, the current co-president of Queen’s Black Academic Society (QBAS), said that while Queen’s support hasn’t always been “efficient”, the Human Rights Office (HRO) and Equity Office have stood out to him as noteworthy.

He said the HRO has done a “great job” in reaching out to different groups and organizations to identify needs and promote discussion.

Stephanie Simpson, the HRO’s associate director, said there’s still “a lot of work to be done” to make the campus welcoming to all students.

Simpson said one of the HRO’s primary concerns is attending to the needs of individuals who come in with concerns regarding harassment or discrimination.

Although several students interviewed said the daily microaggressions and indignities they’ve experienced from strangers aren’t things they can report to the University, Simpson said students can come to the HRO to share any incidents of harassment or discrimination, regardless of whether they wish to file a formal complaint or not.

She said the issues people come to her with are diverse, from overt incidents to general feelings of marginalization and isolation.

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Overt Racism at Queen’s Every month, Quinn and her fellow ACSA education officer organize a presentation for “Soul Food Sunday” — a gathering organized by ACSA. Their presentation topic right before Halloween was black-face.

Quinn said she saw students in blackface on Halloween — and it came as little surprise to her.

“One of my friends got thrown out of Pita Pit for standing up to someone who was wearing blackface,” she said.

“It’s tough … to know you’re sharing a campus with people who see you as less than human, and view your culture as a costume, because they can just wash that make-up off later and then have a laugh about all of the offended sensitive black people — but it really hurts.”

One day, while Kazeem was walking on campus with a group of friends, a man in a passing car shouted, “I’d fuck every one of you except for the black one.”

This was one of three instances where Kazeem experienced racial slurs in her second year. She said the racism she’s experienced during her four years at Queen’s has been both overt and covert.

The incidents of overt racism have always come from men running or driving away from her. A male jogger once greeted her with “hey, blackie” while running past, and on another occasion, a man in a passing car shouted “hey, nigger”.

Kazeem said she usually just “laughs” it off.

Pryce, who has a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother, said that while he’s never been overtly discriminated against in person, it’s a different story online.

“If you’re on Tinder, if you’re on Grindr — any [dating] app like that — it’s very racist, overtly racist,” he said. with someone who has expertise in what they’re experiencing, she said. Even if individuals aren’t going to file a formal complaint, Simpson said the office can equip students with strategies to manage day-to-day microaggressions.

“Some people are very, very happy with their Queen’s experience — but there are just as many or more who have concerns that they are not fully welcome,” she said.

“Queen’s can always do better and do more.”

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AMS

CBW hires 2015-16 council New hires all say they’re looking forward to starting their terms on May 1

From left: Miriam Bart, Matt Kussin, Danielle Kimmerly, Read Leask, Peter Liberty, Tyler Lively, Emma Fuller and Stephanie Harper.

B Y M ISHAL O MAR Assistant News Editor Hiring for the incoming AMS Council has concluded after the incoming executive, consisting of President-elect Kanivanan Chinniah, Vice-President of Operations-elect Kyle Beaudry and Vice-President of University Affairs-elect Catherine Wright, reviewed 31 applications and conducted two rounds of interviews.

Beaudry said while they weren’t looking for one specific attribute when they were hiring their teams, they did place more emphasis on maturity and humility.

“Throughout all of the interviews, whether they were for director or commissioner, those were kind of the common themes we were trying to draw out in our interview questions to make sure that the team dynamic would be strong, regardless of the discussion topic at a council meeting or an issue we’re facing,” said Beaudry, Comm ’15.

Wright, ArtSci ’14, said the executive is excited for the upcoming year.

“The team that we have hired, we’ve seen a lot of potential in them — both from their proposals and from their performance in their interviews. I think we’re really excited for the strong ideas that they’re ready to pursue and we’re really excited to see them expand on that potential,” she said.

Emma Fuller, ArtSci ’16 Media Services Director Emma Fuller said her experience as executive producer for QTV drew

her to the position.

“I definitely want to see Studio Q become very successful, I want to look at making the Journal expand their video news possibilities and look at Walkhome to see what kind of changes we can make so that the service can better service the patrons,” she said.

“I think there’s a lot of new exciting changes coming with the media services portfolio, so I’m excited to see how that will all work out this year.”

learning from experts in different fields and I look forward to learning from experts in academic policy and academic representation so I can serve the students who are members of the society better,” he said.

Stephanie Harper, ArtSci ’15 Hospitality and Safety Services Director

“I would like to be an effective voice for the student body and I believe that through being approachable and available to the student body, I can best represent them.”

Matt Kussin, ArtSci ’15 Municipal Affairs Commissioner Matt Kussin said he was interested in the job due to a passion for student advocacy.

“The portfolio of the Municipal Affairs Commission is so diverse and has so much room to grow and has a lot of potential, so that’s really enticing to me,” he said.

Kussin said he’s looking forward to learning and meeting as many people as possible, adding that his past experiences have developed his strong relationship-building skills.

Stephanie Harper was this year’s Food Purchasing Manager for TAPS. She said she’s excited to continue working within the AMS. Danielle Kimmerly, ArtSci ’15 “There’s so much behind the Campus Activities Commissioner scenes that you don’t realize Danielle Kimmerly said she has a happens and kind of immersing passion for student engagement myself in the other services that I don’t know about and hiring a and student-led events.

“I’ve seen the positive effects of team of really passionate students these events both within myself who want to see their ideas come and my peers and so I definitely to life,” she said.

Harper said she thinks that look forward to helping these Tyler Lively, ArtSci ’16 what’s unique to Queen’s is that events continue,” she said.

Retail Services Director Kimmerly said her first step the AMS is entirely student-run, will be to create a team that can and she’s looking forward to Tyler Lively said he put in a bid for work collaboratively, adding that learning more about her position.

“I think part of it’s the passion the job because of his appreciation she’s most looking forward to for the services and part of that is for what happens in the Orientation Week. also being a really great team player, corporate services.

“This year I served on the working with other students.”

Read Leask, ArtSci ’17 AMS Board of Directors, so Academic Affairs Commissioner I got to learn a lot about how Miriam Bart, ArtSci ’15 the corporations function from a Commissioner of Internal Affairs Read Leask said he’s interested in strategic standpoint,” he said. student advocacy, which led him to “I felt that by applying for one of Miriam Bart said her experience as apply for the position.

“To be provided with an clubs coordinator this year led to the full-time positions, and moving opportunity to advocate for peers her interest in continuing to work up from a volunteer position to a full-time position, I’d be able to and learn from peers is what really for the AMS. “From this experience late in my contribute more to the corporate attracted me to the position,” undergrad career, I became very side of the AMS.” he said.

Lively added that since he was Leask placed emphasis on his excited by the AMS and wanted transition into the position, which to get involved with elections, an external hire, he still has a lot referenda — help strengthen that to learn. will involve a lot of learning.

“I have a real keen interest in and the clubs community,” she said.

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Peter Liberty, Sci ’16 Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainability Peter Liberty said he wants to make sure Queen’s remains as environmentally sustainable and responsible as possible.

“I think it’s a really important issue that a lot of people feel kind of apathetic towards, and I’m hoping that I can help change that,” he said.

“I think I’d like to look into what some other schools have done in terms of increasing their school sustainability — what works for them, what doesn’t work for them.”

Liberty added that he would like to look at Queen’s own history and what the University has done that hasn’t worked.

Alex Chung, ArtSci ’16 Social Issues Commissioner Alex Chung told the Journal via email that she thinks the SIC’s mandate to strive for progress towards an equitable environment is important.

Chung said her love of meeting people and openness to learning will help her in this position.

“Discourse on equity and anti-oppression is an ever-changing field, and I am more than aware that there will always be room for improvement,” she said. “I think this will keep me humble and motivate me to stay a relevant and suitable representative for students and appropriately advocate for student needs and opinions.”

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CFRC

CFRC raises 80 per cent of fundraising goal

10th annual fundraising drive included live programming, gift incentives, option for online donation B y N atasa B ansagi Assistant News Editor CFRC came close to hitting its $25,000 target in its 10th annual funding drive — but its efforts aren’t over yet.

Donations received until April 30 — or until the $25,000 goal is raised — will be counted toward the drive’s total. As of press time, $20,196 had been raised: $18,724 in paid donations and $1,472 in as-yet-unpaid donations The official drive took place from Feb. 6-15.

CFRC Operations Officer Kristiana Clemens told the Journal via email that the money would be used mainly for technical equipment purchases and training programs, adding that the station is looking to improve its website, apps and training programs this year.

New developments in this year’s drive included an online donation platform and gift incentives, including a CFRC Friends Card for discounts at local businesses and a cross-stitch artwork.

The drive’s slogan, Home is

where the Hi-Fi is, fused “home is where the wi-fi is” and “home is where the heart is”.

“Staff and volunteers were brainstorming a slogan for this year’s campaign that would highlight how CFRC is more mobile than ever,” Clemens said.

“Our Funding Drive also happens over Valentine’s Day each year, so we also like to highlight the love our community has for the station.”

CFRC Programming Manager Brendon Wilson said he coordinated with the station’s more than 80 programmers to deliver “live, innovative programming” during the funding drive, which included bringing guests, like musicians and local activists, on air.

An example of this type of programming was an interview with Canadian band Stars, said Wilson, ArtSci ’14.

“They’re a band that started out with community radio and kind of have grown and evolved into a huge band in Canada, and they said some nice things and were very supportive of community

Kristiana Clemens, CFRC’s operations manager.

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radio, even though they’re being played on commercial radio across the country,” he said.

“So that was one piece of programming that really jumped out.”

Wilson also worked with Music Resources Manager Cameron Willis to create “CFRC Sessions”, an album of local and touring bands that have recorded in the station’s studios in the past year.

The album was part of the gift incentives for donors.

Former CFRC music programming manager Michael Morreale is a current donor who said he supported the funding drive because working at CFRC has done “good things” for his career.

He said the station is among the few places on campus where there’s a “meaningful collaboration” between campus and the community.

“Where relations between town-gown can get quite strained, I think this is an example of doing things right,” Morreale said.

CFRC volunteer Libby Drew has been volunteering at the station since 2007. This year, alongside station staff, she sat on a committee to help with the funding drive, during which she included special programming in her weekly show and answered the phone line for donations, among other things.

Drew, ArtSci ’12, said the drive helps connect volunteers to the “bigger picture”.

“Every week and year that you’re at CFRC, it can be easy to get lost in your own show. You go in once a week for a couple of hours and

CFRC’s annual funding drive ran from Feb. 6-15, but will continue through April.

then go home,” she said. “[The funding drive is] good because it reminds people that they are part of something really good and positive, as opposed to just the regular routine.”

As a non-profit radio station, Drew said the drive provides CFRC with immediate engagement with

and feedback from the community.

“The funding drive is that perfect time of year that we are accountable to and able to connect with and know that we are impacting the people that we’re producing content for, constantly,” she said.

News in brief Fellowship program looking to recruit at Queen’s Studio Y held a recruitment session at Queen’s on Wednesday to inform students about their fellowship program.

The fully-funded fellowship is based out of the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, which is Canada’s largest innovation and entrepreneurship hub.

Each year, Studio Y selects 25 people aged 18-29 to take part in the eight-month program. The selected hires have the opportunity to build their own innovation and passion projects, work on projects with organizational partners and learn new skills. The hires receive a $20,000 stipend.

Bronwyn Oatley, senior associate of research and partnerships at Studio Y, said Queen’s is one of 30 stops they’re making in their Recruitment Roadshow to inform people of the fellowship opportunity.

“It was a chance for us to give interested students a feel for the program, a chance to ask questions and an opportunity to participate

in some activities that stimulate the Studio Y experience,” she said.

“It went really well — we had about 15 students out and they were really engaged. Many of them had commented on their way out that they would absolutely be applying to the program and it was a good event.”

Oatley added that Studio Y provides a great opportunity to graduating Queen’s students as well as recent alumni.

“It’s really a hybrid work and learning experience so you’re getting hands-on practical experience in the real world as well as continuing to develop your skills,” she said.

“It’s also a great opportunity for recent alums or those who are looking for something different than the traditional academic experience where they’re doing a lot of paper-writing and a lot of listening to lectures. Studio Y is very much experiential and hands-on, and gives you a chance to build your experiences throughout the program.”

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DIVESTMENT

Visual action lends fuel to QBACC’s fire QBACC continues to put pressure on Queen’s to divest from fossil fuels

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Members of QBACC hung a sign advocating a fossil fuel-free Queen’s from the second floor of the ARC on Feb. 12.

B y J udah B atist Contributor Though Queen’s has pledged to explore the feasibility of fossil fuel divestment, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) isn’t taking the pressure off.

As part of their “Responsible Investment” campaign, QBACC held a visual demonstration at the ARC on the afternoon of Feb. 12.

The demonstration began with a speech from Ryan Broe, QBACC’s co-director, who said “it is time for Queen’s to address its investments. Let’s end Queen’s University’s relationship with fossil fuels.”

Broe, ArtSci ’15, also mentioned the ongoing political support given to the fossil fuel industry and the urgency for students to take action, noting, “Over 60 per cent of lobbyists in Parliament are involved with the fossil fuel industry, but we [students] can make a difference.”

As a fourth-year undergraduate student, Broe stressed the

significance of holding these public the AMS assess the feasibility of demonstrations to reach out to divestment from fossil fuels in its younger students and build a strong, Restricted Funds portfolio and the PEF. 73.5 per cent of voters, or ongoing foundation at Queen’s.

“We need to make sure we have 4,127 students, cast their ballot in favour of an assessment. a basis to pass the torch,” he said.

“The campaign is growing in Following his speech, a banner was raised atop the recreation momentum within the student entrance, reading: “We Choose body, as well as gaining a lot a Fossil Free Queen’s, Invest in more support from the faculty, giving us more credibility as a our Future”.

QBACC’s campaign asks the whole,” said Courtenay Jacklin, a University Board of Trustees to QBACC representative. divest from funds received from As a biology student, Jacklin, fossil fuel companies invested in ArtSci ’15, said she’d applied her with money from the Queen’s background to the issue in deciding Pooled Endowment Fund (PEF). to participate in this initiative and Money from the fund comes from help spread awareness.

“It is important to create donations to the University, and withdrawals from the fund go awareness, and students should to funding scholarships, among make the effort to understand both the foundations and significance other things.

The group’s visual action was of this issue in order to shift our in response to a growing student attention from fossil fuels to interest in divestment, as asserted renewable energy,” she said.

There are similar divestment by a majority of student voters in this year’s AMS winter referendum. campaigns occurring at other The referendum posed a universities across Canada, non-binding plebiscite question including UBC, McGill and asking if voters agreed to having Dalhousie. On Feb. 13-14,

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Festival fee moves to AGM If voted through, $12.50 fee will be mandatory, up for triennial review B y J acob R osen Assistant News Editor After roughly five and a half hours of debate, AMS Assembly ratified the incoming 2015-16 council, established a new opt-out fee for Studio Q and passed the ReUnion Street Festival fee on Feb. 12.

Ratification of the incoming council is often done as a procedural measure — the candidates have already gone through a lengthy application process, including two stages of interviews.

But EngSoc representative Dylan Braam opposed the ratification of the entire council at Assembly, claiming that the hiring process wasn’t carried out properly and fairly according to AMS Hiring and Appointment Policy and Procedures section 14.02.

The policy states that “in the event a candidate does apply to two council positions, he/she shall submit a single proposal for one position but during their interview receive questions specific to both positions”.

Braam said when he applied to two positions, he wasn’t asked questions pertaining to both, in violation of the policy. Braam wasn’t hired for either position.

The incoming AMS executive, which was in charge of the hiring process, said the hiring process had been fair.

President-elect Kanivanan Chinniah said all applicants were asked various questions, not all specific to one position.

“We’re looking for one thing: potential,” he said.

The debate over the ratification lasted an hour before ASUS proxy Jon Wiseman referred to Assembly policy, which states that after an hour of debate there must be a motion for assembly to vote on.

There were only three votes in opposition to the first motion of ratification, which was of Peter Liberty as Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainability, and the motion under which Braam registered his objection. The other council members were ratified in an omnibus vote.

Another topic of debate was the amalgamation of Queen’s TV and Yearbook & Design Services (YDS) into Studio Q, and its newly proposed fee.

Chinniah, the current campus services director, gave a presentation about the recent amalgamation and the proposed $24.43 opt-out fee. QTV currently operates with a $3.00 mandatory fee.

Chinniah said QTV has been losing money consistently as accessibility to video technology increases and the difference between amateur and professional videos shrinks.

“In terms of fiscal health that’s not something we want to do,” he said, adding that “you need to spend a bit of money” for professional equipment.

He added that the amalgamation allows Studio Q to provide learning opportunities for students and improve financial sustainability for both services.

As for concerns over Studio Q’s editorial content, Chinniah

supporters of these campaigns hosted actions around the world in solidarity with Global Divestment Day. QBACC hopes this public demonstration will mark the first of many more active demonstrations to follow. The renewable energy platform has gained immense support and continues to grow worldwide.

Ellen MacAskill, a Queen’s

exchange student and QBACC representative, said she felt obliged to get involved in this initiative after having experienced a similar discourse at her home university in Glasgow.

“There is a sheer amount of financial power sent from academic institutions and, unfortunately, activism can sometimes work in an academic cycle,” MacAskill said.

said, “we’re in a situation when QTV hasn’t produced any editorial content since 2012”.

“We’re going to see how we can give the Journal more equipment to improve the video coverage,” he said. “There simply isn’t enough room for more than one journalistic outlet, especially when we haven’t invested enough in the Journal.”

Current Vice-President of Operations Justin Reekie added that volunteers will be able to do news coverage if they ask to.

Assembly passed the new $24.43 opt-out fee for Studio Q, replacing the previous $3.00 Queen’s TV mandatory fee and the $21.43 YDS opt-out fee.

“The rate is usually around 10,000 to 11,000 students that don’t opt-out, so we’ve budgeted based on that,” Reekie said.

After the Studio Q debate, Assembly went into closed session to prepare for debate on the proposed $12.50 mandatory fee for the ReUnion Street Festival.

President Allison Williams said they’ve budgeted for the festival based on sponsorship revenue from the event, the proposed student fee and possible alternative sources such as contributions from the University or donations.

Their hope is that the festival will eventually become self-sustainable.

“We are convinced that this is

the lowest fee we can offer to make sure this event occurs,” Williams said.

“If there isn’t a student fee, the festival will not occur.”

The total cost of the festival, which was funded by the AMS Advantage Fund in its inaugural year, is estimated at $311,250.

One goal the event achieves is improving the relationship with the City, Williams said, adding that “the biggest factor that fractured that relationship was Homecoming”.

Not all students are so enthusiastic about the fee, according to ASUS Representative Steven Patterson.

Patterson was skeptical of the festival’s likelihood of ever becoming self-sustaining, saying the fee may be “here to stay”.

ASUS President Adam Grotsky also brought up his concerns, saying he would have preferred if it went through a referendum.

Reekie criticized the Assembly for not “trusting” the executive, adding that the fee still needs to pass at the AMS Annual General Meeting (AGM), which he said provides more context than a referendum.

The motion passed to establish a three-year $12.50 fee, subject to ratification at the AGM on March 10.

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Canadian homeless connect through radio

CFRC hosts 17th annual Homelessness Marathon, sharing stories of homeless people nationwide B y J acob R osen Assistant News Editor

and experiences with poverty and homelessness, as stations from across the country broadcast stories Over the course of 15 hours, and experiences of homelessness in CFRC played host to the stories their cities.

CFRC Spoken Word and of homeless people from across Canada, taking their experiences Special Programming Coordinator and broadcasting them from Brenna Owen said the marathon Kingston to a national audience in is an opportunity to raise voices of those who experience poverty, lack a quest to raise awareness.

Kingston became the third of support and homelessness in Canadian city to host the annual Kingston and nationwide.

“When folks come to Kingston, Homelessness Marathon from 4 p.m. on Feb. 25 to 7 a.m. on they aren’t familiar with the features of the community and Feb. 26.

The initiative, a 15-hour maybe it takes them a while to radio broadcast aimed at raising notice that we have homelessness,” awareness of homelessness and Owen said, adding that Kingston poverty, began in Geneva, New has a particularly high rate York in 1998. It made its way of youth and women who to Canada in 2003, originally experience homelessness.

A point-in-time count in Oct. hosted by Montreal radio station 2013 found that 52 per cent of CKUT 90.3fm.

The marathon was hosted by homeless people in Kingston CKUT every year since its Canadian counted that day were women. debut until last year, when The nationwide average is 25-35 it was hosted by CJSR 88.5fm per cent.

At 7 p.m., the broadcast moved in Edmonton.

This year, CFRC got its to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, where the Kingston Street opportunity to host the program.

This year, 14 stations across Mission provides meals and shelter six provinces took part in the for those in need. CFRC and 15-hour broadcast. The marathon interfaith students from Queen’s kicked off at 4 p.m. with a live served meals.

“The aim of the marathon is to open mic from Martha’s Table, a non-profit, charitable organization create linkages between Canadian that provides low-cost nutritious communities,” Owen said, adding meals to those in need in Kingston. that there’s a focus on “how Homeless people were different communities with different encouraged to share their thoughts demographics … experience

homelessness differently, and how part of Kingston’s 10-Year Housing collecting Tim Hortons’ Roll Up & Homelessness Plan, which aims the Rim prizes as donations that different municipalities respond”.

The Kingston Street Mission to end chronic homelessness in they plan to deliver to homeless stayed open past its usual midnight Kingston and Frontenac County individuals in need of something warm to drink. closure, hosting the broadcast by 2023.

“We actually believe that it’s The two also shared concerns until 6 a.m.

Mayor Bryan Paterson showed possible to end homelessness, but that spread beyond just the his support for the initiative at we’re putting those investments Kingston community, relating to Wednesday night’s broadcast from and the support structure in place homelessness province-wide. to be able to do that,” Paterson said.

Nelson said he’s worried that, St. Andrew’s.

Vicky MacMunn and Ron as she tries to balance the budget, “Where we can find the support services, where we can open up our Nelson, members of the Kingston Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne doors, where we can reach out to Coalition Against Poverty, were will try to make a push for austerity those in need — I think that’s what also in attendance last night. They measures similar to those that we need to do, that’s what a smart said they’re trying to create a have left hundreds of thousands and caring city does,” Paterson said. presence for the organization in homeless and unsupported in the UK. Affordable housing has always the Kingston community.

“We’re also trying to dive in “If they do that, there’s not going been a priority issue for City Council in the past, he said. It and actually help, not just create to be 100,000 homeless — there’s going to be two million homeless,” was also a topic in the October awareness,” MacMunn said.

The organization has been he said. municipal election.

“It’s a priority of this Council as well,” he added.

“We’re going to be putting money towards it, looking for ways that we can partner with the private sector to build more units so that people don’t end up on the streets, so that they have options.”

Paterson also spoke of a new model for dealing with the issue of chronic homelessness called Housing First, which was developed in Los Angeles in 1988 and is in operation in a number of cities across Canada. The program prioritizes getting people off the streets into affordable housing with no obligation to enter substance PHOTO BY ALEX PICKERING abuse treatment. Housing First is CFRC’s booth outside St. Andrew’s Church.

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you through the steps to develop the proper skills to excel once you have that internship,” said Grotsky, ArtSci ’15.

Opportunities for internships are “limitless”, he said, because students can find an internship through the Career Services portal or on their own, as long as it’s approved for the program.

Grotsky said he detailed ASUS’s goals and objectives this year during a presentation made for the deans and directors of the Faculty of Arts and Science.

“One of our top goals was to improve experiential opportunities for students, notably through an internship program,” he said.

“We got pretty lucky because the Faculty had the exact same goal and they were working towards the exact same project.”

The Faculty drafted a proposal for the program, which included a letter of support from Grotsky showcasing the student perspective and value of the program.

The Faculty of Arts and Science, along with Career Services, will mainly implement the program beginning in September, Grotsky said, although ASUS may advocate for more flexibility as it develops.

For example, Grotsky suggested a process whereby the internship would occur in three four-month segments — instead of continuously for a period of 12-16 months — so that students could work on completing it during the summertime and finish their degree

in four years rather than five.

He said the internship program is important because it provides students with tangible skills that may be lacking in an Arts and Science degree program.

“You come here and you learn a lot about critical thinking, or a lot or skills that, albeit are very important, may not show on a resume to employers,” Grotsky said.

“And that’s where experiential opportunities have a huge role — is showing that we are more than the degree that we have right now, that we can develop concrete skills to put us at an advantage when we enter the workplace.”

Career Services and the Faculty of Arts and Science were unable to comment by press time.

According to the “New Undergraduate Program Proposal” approved by the Senate this week, however, the Faculty of Arts and Science consulted and worked with a variety of stakeholders — ASUS, department heads, undergraduate chairs, Career Services, the Registrar and “industry partners” — while developing the program.

Based on an October survey conducted by the Faculty of Arts and Science to gauge demand for an internship program, 87 per cent of respondents answered “extremely high” or “relatively high” when asked, “If such an internship program was offered, what priority would you place on enrolling while completing your undergraduate degree program?” A

total of 192 respondents answered this survey question.

Career development workshops will occur prior to the internship, the proposal said. Students will submit a final work term report and performance evaluations every four months, graded as pass or fail.

The proposal estimated

40 students will enroll in the program in 2016-17, and that it will see a “steady-state” of 200 by 2020-21. It said an Academic Program Co-ordinator would be hired in 2016-17 and another in 2019-20, contingent on enrolment targets being met.

Marketing strategies will be

targeted towards high school students and second-year Queen’s students, based on the proposal. Information sessions, cross-marketing with ASUS, career fairs and a social media campaign would be used to inform current students about the new internship opportunity.

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job as a community just kind of out and raising awareness about this event, and just let people know that every life, a human life is a blessing, is important, and should be respected,” Viceer said.

“That shouldn’t be a strange concept to anyone.”

He said a lot of people — Muslims and nonMuslims alike, as well as people from the University — reached out to QUMSA following the shooting.

“I talked to the Student Life Centre to do this and, without hesitation, they were like, ‘okay we’ll give you this much space, we’ll give you this and that’, so it was really nice of them to show that support,” he said.

“We’re just really happy that we’re doing this and people are supporting it.”

Viceer said by collecting donations for the dental fund, QUMSA is hoping to continue Barakat’s, Yusor Mohammad Abu-

Salha’s and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha’s legacy of charity.

“Two weeks before this tragic event happened, they were still doing charity, they were providing dental stuff and food for 75 homeless people, and it’s just amazing to see that someone can do this to three individuals,” he said.

QUMSA collected a total of $143 for the fund.

Viceer added that QUMSA

is trying to do its part as a community to raise awareness of injustice everywhere.

“Our main goal is basically to … show in a positive way that every life is important and should be respected,” he said.

“If something’s wrong, you should speak out towards it, you shouldn’t keep it inside or just be silent. You should come out and support it.”

PHOTO BY CHLOE SOBEL

Reyhan Viceer, fifth from left, and members of QUMSA gathered in the ARC on Feb. 13 to support the victims of the shooting.

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DIALOGUE

Editorial Board Editors in Chief

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Opinions Editor

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Editorials — The Journal’s Perspective

EDUCATION

Sex ed curriculum on point Ontario’s new sexual education curriculum appropriately addresses the educational needs of primary and secondary students.

The new curriculum was revealed on Monday and will replace the current, alarmingly outdated program — established in 1998 — in September.

Approximately 300 people protested the curriculum’s content on Tuesday outside of Queen’s Park in Toronto.

The sex-ed curriculum has received particular backlash from some parents who believe it introduces certain material at too young an age — such as sexting as a topic in grade four, and oral and anal sex in grade seven.

It’s understandable for

some parents to be initially shocked by the topics included in the curriculum. Some involve newer technology and weren’t factored into their own sexual education — but their children are living in a different context and need updated material.

It’s naive to assume that by having this information, students will be more likely to engage in sexual activity. The curriculum is justifiably proactive, which should ensure students receive accurate information from a reliable source and are able to discuss the material in a safe environment.

The new curriculum’s emphasis on teaching consent is an exceptional addition. With sexual assault cropping every day in the

media it’s critical that students learn the importance of consent from a young age.

While parental input shouldn’t be entirely discounted, it was adequately considered in the construction of the new curriculum.

Since some parents are strongly opposed, it would be in the best interest of schools to host sessions to inform parents about the new curriculum. This would help them better understand the material and continue education at home.

Particular attention should be paid to ensure that sex-ed teachers are properly trained, so that they’re able to create safe spaces and address any concerns students raise.

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ALCOHOL

Address drinking at the root Breathalyzer tests aren’t the solution to impeding prom drunkenness.

A pair of students in Toronto recently took their high school — Northern Secondary School — to court after the school attempted to make breathalyzer tests mandatory for all students attending prom.

The duo won the case earlier this week, as an Ontario judge ruled that requiring students to take breathalyzer tests went against their constitutional rights.

The ruling was correct, but even if mandatory breathalyzer

tests were ruled to be a legitimate measure, they would have done little to address the issue of underage drinking, as there’s a strong culture of after-prom partying and drinking among high school students.

Schools promoting alcohol education — outlining the dangers of drunk driving and how drunk behaviour can ruin experiences for others — is a proactive solution that would see much better results.

While breathalyzers are a breach of constitutional rights, the school’s efforts to restrict

alcohol consumption at a schoolsanctioned event is understandable, as they could be held liable for events they’re unable to prevent.

Many parents have placed pressure on Northern and other high schools to guarantee their child’s safety. While the school is obligated to ensure student safety, there’s a point when parents need to take responsibility for their children’s behaviour, and warn them of the potential dangers of indulging in alcohol.

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The new curriculum’s emphasis on teaching consent is an exceptional addition. With sexual assault cropping every day in the media, it’s critical that students learn the importance of consent from a young age.

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Natasa Bansagi

Be present Waiting for things in the future or longing for things that have happened in the past can cause us to wish away the present.

One of my political studies professors reminded me of this earlier this term.

We should take full advantage of the ability to pass our university days thinking and educating ourselves, she said, since real life presents fewer opportunities for this same kind of freedom.

By wishing away the present in favour of the past or the future, we rid ourselves of opportunities to create new memories that may turn out to be just as significant as those we’ve already lived.

Have you ever met someone that you really related to, but the short time you spent together left only a handful of memories you kept replaying in your mind?

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you’ve felt your every waking hour is an effort to achieve that goal?

Past memories can act as inspiration that propels us to future feats and challenges. But if our present longing for past experiences gets in the way of living and enjoying today — because we want nothing more than to be transported back — it may become problematic.

It’s not unheard of to focus on the completion of tasks because the outcome may seem more appealing than the process of getting there.

In looking to the future, we may assume that “if only we ___”, we’d have made it.

But there will always be something to look back to or ahead in life.

My mom once told me the only way I can get back to some of the best times in my life — or something remotely akin to them, at least — is by focusing on the present, working hard and using the memories as fuel and encouragement to push ahead.

I think she’s right.

Because when we don’t, we risk teeter-tottering our attention back and forth and losing out on what we should care most about: the here and the now.

Natasa is one of the Journal’s Assistant News Editor. She’s a fourth-year political studies major.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Overcoming oppression

Many minority groups haven’t resorted to extremism when facing poverty or discrimination Farbodkia’s graduating class of 2008 from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) had to learn in secret to avoid persecution from the Iranian government.

SABA FARBODKIA, PHD ’16 The belief that oppression and poverty are the root causes of violence often becomes the centre of discussions on religious extremism.

Last month’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris and this month’s shooting outside a synagogue in Copenhagen were both carried out by radicalized individuals.

In light of these events, some people have identified oppression as an explanation for extremism. At last week’s White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism, U.S President Barack Obama said a link exists between radicalism and the deprivation of basic human rights.

He referred to organizations like ISIS and al-Qaeda, noting that oppression creates a “ripe environment for terrorists to exploit”.

But this radicalism doesn’t always manifest itself in marginalized groups. There are many examples of minority groups around the world remaining

make change. peaceful in their protests against their lives.

One of their goals was to gain When I entered BIHE as their oppressors. We can’t assume violence is a common response a student in 2003, things had recognition outside Iran, since recognition inside was impossible. changed significantly. to abuse.

In the late 1990s, some BIHE Since 1997, under the The perseverance and triumph government of graduates had been conditionally of the Baha’is in Iran is a clear reformist instance where oppression didn’t Mohammad Khatami, Iran had admitted into Canadian universities lead to violent actions. The stopped executions of Baha’is to pursue a Master’s degree, Baha’i Institute for Higher and the number of Baha’i “prisoners starting with Carleton accepting students in 1998.

Education (BIHE) — an Iranian of conscience” had decreased.

The BIHE, which mainly In Canada, they had a chance to university for Baha’i people who are prevented from attending operated through correspondence show that despite all its limitations, other schools — is an example learning courses — where the BIHE’s quality of education was of the peaceful resistance of an teacher mailed class material high enough for these students to to students — in its early years, be admitted into graduate studies oppressed community.

The Iranian Baha’is created the had begun to hold periodic without extra training.

Queen’s — along with McGill BIHE in 1987 as a response to the in-person classes in Tehran.

To minimize costs and facilitate University, the University of British systematic denial of their right to higher education by the Islamic the process, many Baha’is Columbia, the University of Republic of Iran. living in Tehran hosted BIHE Ottawa and others — also accepts From 1980-87, the Islamic students at their houses. They BIHE graduates. This is the reason regime put Iran’s academic system risked their safety to host the classes I’m a Queen’s student.

Triumphing over a ruling through a “cultural revolution”, of an illegal educational institution. removing all western and The sacrifices these regime doesn’t only pertain non-Islamic elements. students made to pursue their to the Baha’i people. The book They prevented new admissions education weren’t easy to make. Small Act of Resistance by Steven of any Baha’i students and expelled What made the school’s founding Crenshaw and John Jackson all enrolled Baha’i students and and success possible was the covers more than 80 stories positive resistance to working professors from all combination of unrelenting of universities. Some of the professors religious faith and strong bonds oppression in different kinds were executed. of love and unity that a suppressed of communities. experiences in One such story is of The Baha’is planned small community Uruguayan citizens participating when creating the BIHE. Members difficult times.

The Baha’is intelligently in mass peaceful protests in the of the community selected a few bright applicants to start their managed resources, and channeled 1970s against the junta military own school. This was all done anger and frustration that regime, which inflicted violence in secrecy. Attending any such could have otherwise arisen on its political opponents. gathering could have cost them into energy to create goals and Today, this regime has ended and

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junta leaders are now in jail.

Last fall, protestors took to the streets of Hong Kong to demand legitimate democratic practices, without resorting to violence. Protestors returned to the streets earlier this month; they’ve become more disruptive in voicing their beliefs to tourists and daily shoppers, but still remain nonviolent.

Like BIHE, these examples show how minority groups can take a crisis and turn it into a victory — or at least have their voices be heard.

History shows us that suppressed communities don’t always respond with violent unrest and terrorism when faced with adversity.

It’s important to keep this in mind when discussing the origins of radical terrorist organizations.

The Baha’is took anger and frustration and turned it into the energy to build a university. They took the violation of their rights and turned it into support for the community.

If they can succeed like this, hopefully others can as well.

Saba Farbodkia is a fourth-year PhD student in neuroscience.

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Should high schools subject students to a breathalyzer test at prom?

“[Students] are minors. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using [breathalyzers].”

“If you’re responsible, there’s no harm in taking a breathalyzer.

It’s reasonable.”

“It is fair because when I went to prom, students showed up drunk and it ruins the fun for everyone.”

CARLY RODGERS, ARTSCI ’16

STEPHANIE LIEW, CON ED ’16

SINDI SKITI, ARTSCI ’16

“You need [breathalyzers] because [drunk students] ruin [prom] for everyone and make it hard for teachers.”

TALISSA MOHAMAD, ARTSCI ’18

“I don’t think [breathalyzers] are necessary. It’s an infringement on rights.”

BLAIR MACMILLIAN, ARTSCI ’18

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CAMPUS ART

The anatomy of sculpture Profile of fourth-year fine art student Lindsey Wilson

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Wilson plans to pursue teaching fine art in the future.

B y K ashmala O mar Arts Editor Inspired by the human body and her own experiences, Lindsey Wilson creates art that’s whimsical and expressive.

The fourth-year Fine Art student takes a multidisciplinary approach — her main form focuses are sculpting and printmaking.

Her most recent collection of sculptures, entitled On the Mend,

is loosely representational of organs in the human body, such as hearts, lungs and other organs that the viewer may perceive these sculptures as.

“These works are ceramic and crochet,” Wilson said. “I made a bunch of objects that aren’t directly representational, but I’m referencing organs and hearts — that kind of stuff.”

The works in this collection portray a juxtaposition between

the use of cool ceramics and soft textile materials such as yarn.

“I was working with crochet last year so it’s not a brand new thing for me,” Wilson said. “I’ve been incorporating it into my work for a while now. It came naturally so I thought I could attach flexible ‘veins’ to the ceramics as long as I have holes to stitch the yarn into.”

This concept is distinctive in itself, but the collection symbolises deeper ideas tied to Wilson’s

ICE ART

Illustrations between ice Froid d’Art presents Kingston with frozen artworks

Froid d’Art showcases illustrations frozen inside blocks of clear ice.

B y O livia L oncar -B artolini Arts Editor A Queen’s alumnus is making the most of the winter season by bringing art to Kingston’s streets.

Froid d’Art is an outdoor art project launched this year by David Dossett, ArtSci ’83. It consists of 14 artworks individually enclosed in ice and placed at 14 different locations in Kingston, including The Mansion, Rideau Public School and several private homes.

The works consist of drawings on 14x36 pieces of mylar — each by a different local artist — sealed in 300-pound blocks of clear ice. The blocks remain outdoors and are placed on a light, which illuminate the art at night.

“I thought, ‘How are we going to have art outside?’ and then I thought, ‘Let’s put it in a block of

ice and since it’s dark, why don’t we have it lit up,’” Dossett said.

Dossett, who began spearheading the event this year, originally envisioned this project as a solo exhibition for himself.

He specializes in acrylic landscape art, drawing inspiration from the Group of Seven.

“In the winter, there’s really not much after Christmas, so it’s kind of dull because everyone puts stuff away and there are no lights or anything,” Dossett said.

“I thought it would be nice to have an outdoor display, and that would be kind of a unique way of getting art in front of people because it’s very public.”

Dossett said he opted to make it a collective showcase after speaking to local artists who expressed interest in contributing to the project.

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life experiences.

“My work has been representing the body for a while,” she said.

“Last semester my dad had open heart surgery and it was a really weird experience — I started looking at the body in a completely different way.

“I was dealing with the female body before and then I shifted it a little bit. While this work isn’t directly about that, it’s really influenced by that experience — I was starting to think about what’s going on inside of the body and how that affects the way you carry yourself and interact with society.”

Art has been Wilson’s way of expressing her thoughts about concepts such as clothing and how they relate to art in society.

“Clothing has a very lovely d’Art. Businesses and homes that housed the artwork on their property donated $150 each, and artists contributed $25 but were reimbursed by Dossett.

The rest of the costs were shouldered by Dossett.

He added he wants to improve the social media reach of the Froid d’Art festival for next year.

He said that he would like to see more Queen’s students get involved.

“Anybody can do this, but I think next year what we want is a lot of interest from Queen’s, especially something from arts,” Dossett said.

“There’s a lot of creativity, there’s things I cannot think of. I know Queen’s students would blow us away with their ideas.”

association to the body already,” Wilson said. “They really have this intimate connection — I thought it would be interesting to invert that.

“Clothes are usually a protective layer that you wear to cover yourself, or to represent yourself to the world, and I thought it’d be interesting to invert that relationship to relate them to what’s going on inside of the body as opposed to something that covers or protects it.”

The artist enjoys being immersed in the actual processes that make up sculpting and printmaking.

“I love stuff that has a lot of steps to it,” Wilson said. “A process that I can really get involved in is something I kind of gravitate towards.”

In terms of printmaking, Wilson takes comfort in the steady accumulation of images that come to life before her eyes.

“You create your drawing and image, and then go through all these steps to execute it,” Wilson said. “It’s nice to slow things down a little bit — you stop thinking too hard about it and just focus on getting the image to exist on the page, which I really like.”

The artist’s work has also been heavily influenced by her gender studies minor.

“Since I’ve been dealing with the body a lot, being able to study the broader social implications of what I’m doing or the ideas around my art has changed a lot of things for me,” Wilson said. “I really like where things are going right now.”

In terms of her future plans, Wilson plans to pursue fine art through a Master’s degree.

“I want to keep making art for the rest of my life,” Wilson said.

“Something I really want to do is teach at the university level.”

Wilson’s collection On the Mend is currently on display at the Union Gallery.

Toronto-based artist Lori Kallay is one of the artists taking part in the Froid d’Art show. Her work is on display at The Rosemount Inn. “The point of the show is to get people outside, even though it’s been a wickedly brutal cold winter, and to get them to discover their neighbourhoods and communities,” Kallay said.

“You get a real sense of place by walking around and seeing everything.”

Much of Kallay’s art focuses on natural landscapes, and so the piece that she submitted to the exhibition was a sharpie-drawn landscape of birch trees.

Kallay added that the exhibition, which she described as Dossett’s “brain child”, showcased his creative vision and passion for his community.

According to Dossett, the hardest part was determining how to construct and install the sculptures.

“I thought of all different things like maybe taking a clear block of ice and cutting it, putting the art in and putting it back together,“ Dossett said.

“But my kids who are in engineering at Queen’s right now, they said it wouldn’t work because you’d get air inside of there.”

He ended up calling Ice Culture, the same company that produced the clear ice for the Canadian Tire ice truck.

Each block cost $340 to produce, totaling to just under $5,000 for the project.

Dosset received $1,000 in grant money from Awesome Kingston, a foundation that provides grants for startup ideas like Froid David Dossett’s ice artwork sits outside of the Kingston tourism office.

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ART EXHIBIT

Rembrandt’s impact Artists in Amsterdam is a culturally rich exhibit B y D iana A nton Contributor Artists in Amsterdam is a startling visual portrayal of the myriad of influences that shaped the art culture in the city beloved

by Rembrandt.

Viewed together at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC), the pieces in this exhibit effectively embody the socio-cultural evolution that took place in Amsterdam from the 1630s to the 1670s, as the city steadily grew into a major metropolitan hub for the European community.

It was at the beginning of this Cultural Revolution that Rembrandt found the spark and inspiration needed to establish his presence and importance in the art world.

His presence is one whose influence can be found in many of the early works from this period, many of which have been placed in this collection.

One of these pieces is by Rembrandt’s student, Abraham van Dijck, created in 1633 and titled Portrait of a Fifty-year-old Woman. This piece displays the influence of Rembrandt’s preference for bold lighting,

colour and sombre backgrounds, which draw the observer’s eye to the portrait of the old woman in the painting.

But the progression of pieces in the exhibit demonstrates how, as Amsterdam became more established, wealthy and ambitious merchants became attracted to the emerging artistic culture and the large market to be found there.

The lofty aspirations of the merchants sparked competition in the art world as the Flemish style of painting. This style emphasizes emotions and figural presentations, and the encompassment of exotic landscapes that became popular.

The Flemish style of painting is evident in the striking piece created in 1671 by Jan van Noordt titled Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert.

What’s depicted here is the second banishment of Hagar, concubine of the Old Testament Patriarch Abraham, who agonizes over her son Ishmael dying from the heat in the desert.

Here, a clear importance is placed on displaying the emotions of the subject, which was notably absent from the work of Rembrandt and his contemporaries.

The exhibition showcases Rembrandt’s periodic influence.

The exhibit finishes with a final stage in the evolution of the socio-cultural history of Amsterdam. This is the replacement of the Flemish and Baroque style with a new preference for the classical models of art from France and Italy.

Embodying this style is the piece created in 1676, A Garden with an Artist Drawing from Antiquities, by Johannes Lingelbach. It pays homage to this trend by depicting young students studying ancient statuary in an Italian garden — gone are melodramatic scenes

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characterizing the Flemish style and the sombre sense of Rembrandts painting.

This historically rich exhibit has beautifully represented the complex and growing art culture that boomed in Amsterdam from the 1960s and 70s, by demonstrating the intertwining influences of diverse styles of art.

The Artists in Amsterdam exhibit will run at the AEAC until December.

ARTS CALENDAR Saturday, Feb. 28

Wednesday, Mar. 4

Spoken Word Workshop Raissa Simone Mac-Corry Hall B201 2-4 p.m.

Rich Aucoin The Grad Club 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Sunday, Mar. 1 Kingston Canadian Film Festival Film Lab Grand Theatre 1 p.m.

Mom’s the Word A comedy by Carson Domino Theatre 8-10 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 2

Friday, Mar. 6

Colliding Scopes: The Great Gatsby 2-4 p.m.

New Music Kingston Series The Isabel Bader Centre 8-10 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 3 ZZ Top Concert The K-Rock Centre 7-10 p.m.

Panoramic River Landscape with Hunters by Philips Koninck.

Thursday, Mar. 5

Saturday, Mar. 7 Scorched Theological Hall 7-9:30 p.m.

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RUGBY SEVENS

SPORTS

Canadian contingent A pair of ex-Gaels make their marks on the international stage B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor

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Former Gael Liam Underwood has racked up 34 points in 11 games since being named to Canada’s senior men’s rugby sevens team.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Offensive frenzy Key threes lead way in win over Lady Vees B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor Women’s basketball rode a large first-half lead to victory in the first round of the post-season.

Queen’s beat the Laurentian Lady Vees 80-52 at home on Wednesday to set up an OUA quarterfinal matchup with the second-seeded Laurier Golden Hawks. A victory in tomorrow’s game would push the Gaels to the OUA Final Four for the second straight year.

Laurier eked out a 56-53 victory at the ARC when the two teams met on Nov. 15 — a game in which the Gaels shot a putrid 23.6 per

cent from the floor.

Head coach Dave Wilson said Queen’s will need to meet their highest capabilities on offence to outlast the Golden Hawks.

“Laurier has been a thorn in our side for a couple of years. They’ve done a good job of shutting us down,” Wilson said. “We need to be confident with the basketball and do the things we’re capable of doing.”

Potent offence carried the Gaels through the opening half of the Laurentian contest. They held a 46-26 advantage heading into the interval.

The team connected on 40 per cent of their shots, including

As rugby sevens’ Olympic debut nears, two former Gaels are making an impact internationally.

Former men’s rugby standout Liam Underwood and ex-women’s rugby player Nadia Popov both made their first starts for Canada’s senior rugby sevens teams earlier this month. Underwood’s debut took place during the fourth leg of the Sevens World Series, while Popov’s took place during the women’s competition’s second leg.

The top four teams in the World Series are guaranteed a spot in the sport’s debut at the Summer Olympics — the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Sevens is a speedy variation of rugby in which both teams field seven players. Non-championship matches feature seven-minute halves, while championship game halves run for 10 minutes.

Underwood’s spot on the national team is an interesting case.

He’s no stranger to international competition — having earned seven caps for Canada’s 15-man team — but he has only been focusing on sevens for the last few months.

He said teammates on the sevens roster have a different relationship than those on the larger national team.

“The sevens team is maybe closer-knit because we all train together — we’re all based out of Victoria and we train out here together,” he said.

While Gaels men’s varsity rugby plays at the OUA level, Queen’s sevens team competes at the National University Sevens Rugby Championships. The sevens eight of 15 from beyond the three-point line.

Guard Abby Dixon helped Queen’s pull away late in the first quarter, draining a pair of threes 31 seconds apart to keep the Gaels tight with the Lady Vees.

After fifth-year guard Liz Boag sank a three-pointer of her own to

Fifth-year guard Liz Boag led the Gaels with 19 points in the team’s 80-52 victory over the Laurentian Lady Vees in their playoff opener. The game was Boag’s final career contest at home.

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Popov had previously lineup is partially funded by both Queen’s Athletics and the varsity represented Canada in the junior ranks, but focused on her goal of rugby program.

Underwood never played sevens making it to a world rugby tour. at Queen’s, but he was a force with She said competing at the senior the varsity team, being named an level was a major step up.

“The competition is a lot faster, OUA All-Star in 2011 and winning the league’s Rookie of the Year a lot stronger, a lot smarter,” she said. “Many of the other countries award in 2009.

In September, Underwood are centralized like we are. Going moved to Rugby Canada’s base from the development tournaments of operations in Langford, B.C. to that I had been playing in the train with the sevens team. When last couple of years, I’m used to several players suffered injuries, he playing against teams who aren’t received the call-up to the senior necessarily training everyday together — but on the circuit, men’s lineup.

The men’s team struggled at everyone is full-time.”

Popov competed in Sao Paulo, a tournament in Wellington, New Zealand from Feb. 6-7, Brazil with the women’s senior finishing 13th among the 16 team from Feb. 7-8, earning her first start with the squad in countries competing.

The Canadians found success Canada’s victory over France in the two weeks later in Las Vegas, bronze medal game.

“First tournament, you’re not though, tying for seventh at that competition. They currently sit going to get the same playing time 13th in the World Series standings as some of the more experienced girls,” she said, “but getting that after five of nine events.

Underwood scored 34 points first start was something special See Olympic on page 17 over 11 games, including six tries.

He was sidelined leading up to the New Zealand event with a concussion, so taking part in a MEN’S HOCKEY second tournament gave him additional sevens experience.

Underwood said his performance was stronger in Las Vegas than in New Zealand “For me, it’s a lot about getting experience,” he said. “In that second tournament, I felt more comfortable having played before.”

Like Underwood, Popov claimed OUA Rookie of the Year honours during her time at Queen’s, winning in 2012 — the only season she spent with the B y A dam L askaris Gaels. She left Queen’s before her Staff Writer second year to train full time with Seventeen seconds was all it took the national program out west. for men’s hockey’s season to take a drastic change. put Queen’s up 16-14, the team Queen’s held a 1-0 lead over didn’t trail for the remainder of the McGill Redmen with just the game. over seven minutes left in the Wilson said the important second game of their OUA East thing for the Gaels was to keep semi-final last Saturday, but allowed the pressure on Laurentian after the Redmen to come back. gaining the lead. When the teams McGill defenceman Samuel met in regular season play on Labrecque scored a pair of power Jan. 10, Queen’s led the Lady play goals just 17 seconds apart to Vees 55-17 after two quarters, but give the Redmen a 2-1 lead. They only came away with an 89-62 later added an empty-netter to win victory after being outscored in the the game 3-1 and sweep the series. second half.

Labrecque’s first power “It was actually a great lesson in play marker came after Gaels the sense of having that to refer to, defenceman Warren Steele was saying ‘we don’t want to have that called for cross-checking. After happen in this game’,” Wilson said. McGill tied the game up, Gaels “It’s maintaining that focus when head coach Gibson received a you have a big lead. We never really bench minor for disagreeing with felt the game was in doubt.” the initial penalty.

Boag and Dixon led the way “It’s never a good feeling with 19 and 16 points, respectively. to lose,” Gibson said. “But our Dixon added nine rebounds, tied program made some big strides with forward Andrea Priamo for this season.” the most in the game.

The series as a whole was a The game was the final home low-scoring affair, with just seven contest for several veteran Gaels, goals combined over the two games. including Boag. Wilson said Queen’s goalie Kevin Bailie finished the atmosphere added to the the post-season with an OUA team’s desire to come away with playoff-best .957 save percentage the victory. through five games, including 55 “This was just a nice way to saves in the Gaels’ game two loss. finish it off, with a great crowd “I think he’s the best player in on hand here,” he said. “Liz being the league.” Gibson said. “Even a local player, as well, is always when he has an off day, his good is nice. But she’s just that kind of better than most guy’s best efforts.” competitor — she’s going to play Bailie was ultimately bested by

Late collapse

Pair of third-period tallies eliminate Gaels

See Quarterfinals on page 17

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Finished by familiar foe Hawks bump Gaels from post-season amidst questionable calls B y D ylan Y egendorf Contributor After two straight trips to the OUA final, a first-round playoff exit feels like a disappointment for the women’s hockey program.

The Gaels were swept by the Laurier Golden Hawks in a rematch of last year’s championship series, losing 1-0 in triple overtime last Thursday and 3-2 on Saturday.

Both games ended in heartbreaking fashion for the Gaels. Queen’s had a pair of goals waved off by the referee during the first overtime of game one, while Laurier scored twice in the last 2:55 of game two, completing a frantic comeback and the series sweep.

The Gaels were regarded among the OUA’s best teams this season, finishing in third place with a 16-5-3 record. Boasting a deep lineup of young guns, rising stars and wily veterans, they seemed poised for an extended playoff run and a shot at their third OUA title in five years.

The Gaels had beaten Laurier twice this year: 5-4 in overtime on Nov. 22 and 3-1 on Feb. 7.

Despite the losing effort, Gaels head coach Matt Holmberg said

his team played effectively, adding that he wouldn’t place the blame for the loss on his players.

“We had two goals that were called back by the ref [in game one], and at least one of them — if not both — could have legitimately counted,” Holmberg said. “Unfortunately, at his own discretion, the ref decided that neither of them were a goal … It was very frustrating not to come away with a victory in that game.”

Golden Hawks netminder Amanda Smith made 49 saves in the marathon first game, but was beat twice on goals that were called back after she dislodged the net from its moorings.

Holmberg said his team played “pretty darn close to domination” in spite of the losses, and attributed the series sweep to “bad calls against [the Gaels] and good breaks for Laurier”.

Those calls and breaks led to the two disallowed goals in game one, as well as Laurier’s series-winning goal on a broken play in their game two victory.

Twenty-three seconds after Laurier knotted the game at 1-1, Gaels winger Addi Halladay was penalized for tripping. A scramble on the ensuing power

play saw Laurier’s Haley Baxter pot the game-winner and end Queen’s season.

Regardless of the post-mortem to be concluded, the Gaels shouldn’t be discouraged for next season.

The team possesses favourable depth, with over half the roster in first- or second-year. With effective off-season recruitment, Holmberg said the Gaels will remain competitive.

“Big picture, we are still in a good, competitive phase,” he said.

Queen’s saw contributions from several rookies this year, including Halladay, who finished seventh in the OUA with 23 points. Captain Shawna Griffin contributed veteran leadership and 26 points of her own.

Griffin, defenceman Mary Coughlin and centres Fiona JOURNAL FILE PHOTO Lester and Chelsey Verbeek are Gaels captain Shawna Griffin led the team in scoring this all graduating, but the rest of the season with 26 points, third-highest in the OUA. team’s core should be back for next season. fourth in the OUA with 25 points rearview mirror, Holmberg Of the returning players, winger on the year, and has racked up 20 described his team’s future in Taryn Pilon and defencemen Alisha or more points in all four of her simple fashion.

“The Queen’s women’s hockey Sealey and Danielle Girard will seasons as a Gael. be key contributors. Pilon finished With the Laurier loss in the program is looking good,” he said.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

One and done

Four-set loss ends underwhelming season B y B rent M oore Assistant Sports Editor Men’s volleyball’s first-round playoff exit wasn’t the ending they had in mind back in September.

The Gaels dropped their post-season contest with the York Lions in four sets on Feb. 15. The game had been postponed from the previous day due to a power outage on York’s campus.

Queen’s took the opening set 25-19, before losing the remaining sets 22-25, 27-29 and 20-25.

“I think we came in as ready as we could under the circumstances,” said Gaels head coach Brenda

Willis. “We served very well in the first set and we put them in trouble quite a bit.”

Willis added that the delay affected the play of the Gaels, but she was confident after winning the first set.

“I was feeling things were on track and that we’d weathered that a bit,” she said. “I don’t want to use it as an excuse.”

York went onto clinch OUA bronze and a spot at the CIS national championships.

The Gaels finished the regular season in fifth place with a 12-8 record, an improvement on last year’s 9-11 result.

The Laurier Golden Hawks eliminated Queen’s from the playoffs for the second straight season.

They had seen success against York during the regular season,

With every starter except Philippe Goyer returning next year, the Gaels’ returning core has the potential to improve on this year’s first-round playoff exit during the 2015-16 season.

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defeating the Lions in four sets on Nov. 29 and sweeping them on Jan. 11.

Willis said the team’s season goal was to qualify for the CIS championships. The Gaels had the potential to represent the OUA at nationals, but late-season losses to the Western Mustangs (11-9) and Windsor Lancers (9-11) demonstrated their offensive inconsistency.

The Gaels also dropped two winnable games at the beginning of the season — a five-set loss to Windsor and a shutout defeat against Western.

Scoring may have been inconsistent at times, but the Gaels were able to rely on a pair of heavy hitters.

Outside hitter Mike Tomlinson was fifth in the province with 3.31 kills per set, while fellow outside hitter Philippe Goyer wasn’t far behind with 2.97.

Tomlinson led the OUA with 0.44 service aces per set, leading to a spot on the league’s First All-Star

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Team. He’s also the OUA’s nominee for the CIS Dale Iwanoczko award — presented to an athlete who excels in athletics, academics and community service.

Third-year libero Ivo Dramov was also recognized for his individual performance this season.

He was named the CIS libero of the year for his OUA-leading 3.37 digs per set.

The Gaels faced tough mid-season exhibition competition during a Christmas tournament and in a November friendly against Team Canada FTC — a senior competitive roster filled with former university players.

The men took on three of Western Canada’s top teams over the first weekend of 2015, returning to OUA play with three straight 3-0 victories.

With only one starter — left outside hitter Goyer — scheduled to graduate, Willis’ goal of a CIS championship berth could come to fruition in the 2015-16 season.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Last gasp falls short Gaels miss post-season after 87-79 loss to Toronto in final game B y B rent M oore Assistant Sports Editor A slew of injuries prohibited men’s basketball from entering the post-season.

Their loss against the Toronto Varsity Blues (6-13) last Saturday sealed the Gaels’ (5-14) fate. They finished last in the four-team OUA East — one win away from the league’s final playoff spot.

After facing the OUA’s top four teams — and losing to each one — the Gaels met Toronto in a season finale that decided which of the two would move on to the playoffs.

The Gaels were down by six points at the half and three going into the final frame. A jumper from third-year guard Sukhpreet Singh brought the Gaels within one with seven minutes remaining, but Toronto sealed their 87-79 victory with clutch shooting from the free throw line.

“It was a frustrating game for us, obviously to not be able to pull out that win in a game that would’ve gotten us into the playoffs,” said Gaels head coach Stephan Barrie. “[It] was very disappointing.”

Barrie added that the Gaels could have won if they had been

able to close the gap more in the final quarter.

The men’s record reflects a team plagued by injuries.

They began the year 0-5 and lost the last five games of the season.

Five Gaels missed significant time during the season. Star guard Greg Faulkner underwent shoulder surgery in early 2014 — something that limited his play all year, though he still finished fifth in the OUA with 19.6 points per game.

“I think it was a tough year for us — certainly as tough a year as I’ve had in my coaching career from an injury standpoint,” Barrie said.

Barrie scoured his bench for replacements. Rookie Tanner Graham averaged 23 minutes per game, while fellow first-year guard Sammy Ayisi averaged 18.

Both players appeared in all 19 regular season games, an impressive feat for the young ballers.

The season’s high point may have been Singh’s buzzer beater layup to down the Western Mustangs (12-8) 75-74 on Jan. 31.

Singh, who hadn’t played the first half of the season while recovering from surgery, charged end to end and hit the shot with multiple defenders in the lane.

The Gaels suffered several close losses early in the season, including a 98-89 overtime loss to the Brock Badgers, a 54-51 defeat by the Lakehead Thunderwolves and a four-point home loss to the Waterloo Warriors.

“If we have different results there, that last game against U of T may not be the same scenario,” Barrie said. “The OUA right now is so competitive that one game is going to [be] the difference between making the playoffs or finishing with a home playoff game or getting a bye.”

Experiencing this adversity may be beneficial for some of the up-and-coming Gaels, Barrie said.

PHOTOS BY ALEX PICKERING Faulkner is graduating at the end Gaels’ leading scorer Greg Faulkner played this of the year, allowing for younger season after coming back from shoulder surgery in early 2014. players to take on a larger role in He scored 17 points in the hard way is going to help them the offence.

Graham — Queen’s Gaels’ Feb. 14 loss to the OUA’s moving forward,” Barrie said. fifth-leading scorer this number one seed, the Ottawa “For us, it’s about taking those lessons and using them as we season — has been pegged as one Gee-Gees (18-1). of the rookies who may eventually “I think, especially for our move forward.” take on a key role. young guys, to maybe learn the

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Beat by East’s best Gaels swept by Toronto in playoff return B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor Women’s volleyball’s post-season run came to a quick end against a top-ranked opponent.

The Gaels faced the Toronto Varsity Blues on Feb. 14, falling in straight sets on the road and ending their playoffs in the first round. The Varsity Blues lost only once during the regular season and had topped Queen’s in both their previous meetings, on Nov. 1 and Jan. 24.

The Gaels were no match for Toronto in the playoff bout, as they fell 14-25, 12-25 and 17-25.

The squad was plagued by attacking errors, committing 19 over the course of the match.

The lone Gael to shine against the Varsity Blues was outside hitter Brett Hagarty, who recorded 10 kills.

The early exit wasn’t the result Queen’s was looking for, but their first season under new head coach Michael Ling was an improvement from 2013-14, when the team failed to crack the post-season for the first time in seven years.

The Gaels finished the regular season 12-7 — good enough for the fourth and final playoff spot in the OUA East, with a record that

Rookies Sammy Ayisi (13) and Tanner Graham (12) have logged lots of court time ­— 18 minutes per game for Ayisi and 23 minutes for Graham — as veteran teammates missed action due to injury.

reflected their position relative to their opponents.

They lost all four games they played against the division’s top

First-year outside hitter Caroline Livingston was named to the OUA East All-Rookie team.

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two teams — the Varsity Blues and the Ottawa Gee-Gees — and dominated lesser clubs, dropping just one set through four matches with the Nipissing Lakers and RMC Paladins and handily beating most of their OUA West competition.

The Gaels’ most important game of the year came in their season finale, when they blew a 2-1 set lead and lost to the Guelph Gryphons. Had Queen’s held on to win, they would have overtaken the Ryerson Rams for third place in the East and set up a slightly easier playoff game against Ottawa.

Queen’s found some success on an individual level, as Hagarty earned a spot on the OUA East Second All-Star Team. She recorded the eighth-most kills per set in the division with 2.67, and her 4.00 digs per set ranked fourth.

Libero Becky Wilson sat third in the entire league with 4.60 digs per set.

Two other Gaels received solo accolades for their regular season performance. First-year setter Danielle Blumentrath and

outside hitter Caroline Livingston were named to the division’s All-Rookie Team.

Blumentrath averaged 6.35 assists per set, while Livingston recorded 38 kills and eight blocks in 36 sets.

Several Gaels will depart at the end of the year, including four veterans of Queen’s 2011-12 OUA championship roster: in libero Alexa Scarcello, outside hitter Shannon Hopkins and middles Emilie Normand and Katie Hagarty, who was a Second-Team All-Star last year.

Despite the departures of those veterans, a relatively young team will have a chance to improve on this season. Wilson and Brett Hagarty and fellow key contributors Niki Slikboer and Shannon Neville are all heading into their fourth season with the Gaels, and should continue to improve.

While this year ended early, Queen’s looks primed for a deep playoff run in 2015-16.

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Olympic hopefuls Abraham, Greenaway shine Continued from page 14

to me.”

It was Canada’s second straight third-place finish in a World Series event, slotting them behind only Australia and New Zealand in the overall rankings. Popov said the team’s performance allowed them to close the gap with the top two countries.

“There’s a lot of positives that came out of it for the team,” she said. “It’s exciting to come back to training with a little bit more of a fire under our butts to push for that first place.”

Neither squad has named its roster for future World Series competitions. The next men’s

event goes from March 27-29 in Hong Kong, while the women’s takes place two weeks earlier in Atlanta.

The World Series events are particularly crucial, since they help determine which countries will progress to next year’s Olympics.

Still, Popov said the possibility of playing in Brazil isn’t her focus right now.

“Obviously, that’s the end goal.

It has to be that bigger purpose that you’re training for every day,” she said.

“You have that in the back of your mind, but when it comes down to it and it’s game day and you’re at the tournament, that’s all you can really focus on.”

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an equally impressive performance in the other net. McGill’s Jacob Gervais-Chouinard gave up just two goals in the series, posting a .944 save percentage through five playoff games.

Forward Andrew Wiebe scored the Gaels’ lone goal in a 2-1 game one loss on Feb. 18, while Patrick McGillis netted for Queen’s in game two.

Gibson said the Gaels didn’t lack competitive fire over the course of the series. Instead, he said McGill’s ability to create chances and capitalize on their opportunities played a major role in his team’s loss.

Queen’s advanced to the divisional semi-finals when Kelly Jackson scored the overtime winner in game three of their first-round series against the Laurentian Voyageurs on Feb. 15.

It was just the Gaels’ second series win in the past 10 seasons.

The playoff success came off the heels of a middling regular season.

The Gaels finished 13-12-1 and suffered through a stretch of seven

losses in eight games from Nov. 29 to Jan. 23.

First-year defenceman Spencer Abraham led Queen’s with 28 points on the year, while fellow rookie Darcy Greenaway racked up a team-high 16 goals.

Four players from this year’s roster won’t return next year.

Jackson, captain Corey Bureau and fourth-year forwards Braeden Corbeth and Tyler Moore are all graduating.

Gibson said the majority of his off-season efforts will be focused on recruiting, exit interviews with his players and facilitating workouts.

With fewer spots than usual to fill, Gibson added that the growth of his 17 first- and second-year players will be key moving forward.

“You can’t replace the leadership of the guys we’re losing,” he said.

“But we’re confident in the group we have.”

Rookie Darcy Greenaway tallied a team-high 16 goals for the Gaels this year.

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Nadia Popov was named OUA Rookie of the Year in 2012, her sole season as a member of the Gaels.

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that hard every day.”

The Gaels finished their regular season with wins over the Carleton Ravens and the Toronto Varsity Blues and losses at the hands of the

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Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Ryerson Rams, spread over the season’s last two weeks.

Boag said those four games helped Queen’s prepare for their playoff clash with the Lady Vees and for their upcoming game

with Laurier.

“It was good just to get your flow going. You want to be peaking at this time of year, and we’ve played some of our better basketball these past few games,” Boag said. “So that’s always reassuring.”

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What are you wearing?

Fast fashion may be trending, but What’ll I Wear offers quality vintage clothing B y E mma M ac N aught Contributor “What’ll I wear?” It’s a thought that crosses most of our minds each morning.

For Janet Strong, those three words were the perfect name for her second-hand clothing store.

Strong opened What’ll I Wear on Princess St. in 1995, with experience working in consignment since she was 16. The business is a funky hole-in-the-wall store filled with costumes galore and great vintage-inspired pieces.

Second-hand shopping is the most effective way to discover PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN great pieces at low costs. You can What’ll I Wear boasts a wide selection of second-hand costumes and men’s clothing. find all sorts of one-of-a-kind items, Strong’s mother used to work well, it is what it is. I would love from designer suits to unique dated can be incorporated into someone’s wardrobe today,” she in a factory making blouses in to see people wear this stuff on a costume jewelry.

Apart from being fashion gold said. “A lot are costume pieces England. At the time, her mother regular everyday basis,” she said.

“What with your Lulus, that seems mines, second-hand stores benefit and crazy things, but you know was only 14.

“She had to make the whole to be the uniform in Kingston.” local businesses and are also more there are some things that can It isn’t all bad news for thrift blouse. It wasn’t like one person environmentally friendly than be adapted.”

Compared to today’s shift [only] made the seams … and stores, though. What’ll I Wear’s purchasing new clothes. clientele represents a vast array of mass production, there was quality control.”

Strong amasses her clothing towards Unfortunately it’s difficult tastes, budgets and backgrounds. through a variety of sources, Strong said clothing used to be “[Thrifting] is for smart people ranging from friends in the industry manufactured with higher quality to find such well-made clothing nowadays. According to Strong, who want to have a unique look or to estate sales. She has a particularly and more attention to detail.

“Clothing doesn’t fit. Fabric is fashion trends are one of the main keen eye for the outrageous.

“I am interested in the fabrics, crap. It is throwaway fashion now,” culprits behind the decreasing sales naturals particularly. I like she said. “It is hard to recycle in the second-hand industry. “[Queen’s students] are often interesting classic colours and because it is not really worth much just buying for costumes, which, cuts — things that may be to begin with.”

quality piece that they aren’t going to find in a big box store, where you see racks and racks of the same thing,” she said.

One of her most memorable experiences was a customer who wore a dress to a major awards show 15 years ago.

“Although I can’t remember exactly what the dress looked like, I did have a dress from here go to the Screen Actors Guild Awards,” she said.

“And that’s kind of exciting. It wasn’t anyone famous — it would have been someone for writing or editing.”

Strong stressed the importance of keeping an open mind while thrift shopping. “[It’s] hard to come in with a preconceived notion of what you want,” she said. “You have to go through and see. Even though it may be a man’s shirt, it may be exactly what you want.”

Even though it may be small in size, What’ll I Wear is worth checking out for a refreshing dose of quality clothing and its impressive men’s selection.

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Awkward and apologetic Academy Awards disappoints Star-studded night lacks diversity and tasteful jokes B y Z oe K elsey Staff Writer It was Oscar night this past Sunday, and everything was — most decidedly — not awesome.

Maclean’s Jamie Weineman even referred to the 87th Academy Awards as a night of “guilt and shame”.

After weeks of intense criticism and scrutiny regarding the nominations, the ceremony felt apologetic and heavy under the weight of its own self-consciousness.

The first joke of the night heralded the coming onslaught of politically charged moments, with host Neil Patrick Harris welcoming audiences to “the best and whitest — I mean brightest” night in Hollywood.

Later Harris joked that the $160,000 gift bags given to each nominated performer included “an armored car ride to safety when the revolution comes.”

The annual award show functions as a kind of State of the Union address for pop culture, marking the relevant issues of the

year, signalling trends to come and going on for way, way too long.

This year, the burning issues were disease-related awareness, immigration reform and gender and racial inequality.

The discussion of gender inequality started on the red carpet, as actresses like Reese Witherspoon took to social media with the request to #AskHerMore.

This initiative intended to engage actresses in more thoughtful conversations about their accomplishments.

“We are more than our dresses,” Witherspoon told one interviewer on the red carpet. #AskHerMore grew out of The Representation Project, an organization designed to provide educational resources.

The organization was inspired by the 2011 documentary Miss Representation, which examined gender representations in the media.

The gender conversation continued into the ceremony, with Patricia Arquette using her precious victory speech seconds to call for wage equality in America.

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The awards weren’t playing someone with ALS, card?” — before announcing accepted his award with the Birdman’s win induced a collective wholly without any light self-conscious tone of the evening. groan, and seemed to reinforce the moments, however.

Neil Patrick Harris’ opening He said he was “fully aware” evening’s anxious desire to check musical number was Harris doing that he was a “lucky, lucky man”, its privilege.

The most inspiring of the what the Tony award winner adding that his Oscar “belonged to those people ... battling ALS.” political moments came from does best. With the help of Anna Redmayne’s win is particularly Common and John Legend’s Kendrick and Jack Black, the relevant after a year of ice-bucket performance of “Glory” from performance started the show on challenge videos and fundraising Selma, and the pair’s subsequent a high note.

Other highlights included Lady speech after winning for best for ALS. Gaga startling the von Trapp The issue of immigration original song.

After bringing the audience out of us with a brilliant Julie reform in America and the Sound growing call to include Mexicans to tears, Legend eloquently said, Andrews-approved in equity dialogue was represented “Selma is now because the struggle of Music medley — in honour in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s win. for justice is now. We know that of the musical film’s 50th The Birdman director claimed the the voting rights that [the civil anniversary, — and J.K. award for best picture. rights activists] fought for 50 years Simmons’ advice to call Upon accepting the Oscar, ago are being compromised in this our parents to tell them we loved them.

Inarritu asked that Mexicans living country today.”

All of this, however, couldn’t in America “be treated with the With all 20 performance same dignity and respect of the nominees and 94 per cent of save the show from flat jokes, ones who came before and built the Academy voters being white, awkward moments and a dismal this incredible immigrant nation.”

Selma’s moment of protest drop in ratings, with the lowest Sean Penn’s crack — “Who couldn’t have been more relevant viewership since 2009.

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BOOK REVIEW

Life lessons from Lena Lena Dunham’s memoir hits the mark for humour and wit

B y K yla C raig Staff Writer Lena Dunham isn’t one to shy away from controversy.

The Girls creator and actress’s first novel Not That Kind of Girl is no exception. Published in September, Dunham covers taboo topics from losing her virginity and rape to body image issues and mental health.

The memoir-style novel is composed of many autobiographical essays, falling under the sections Love & Sex, Body, Friendship, Work and Big Picture. Dunham shares personal and often comical recollections of experiences she’s had throughout her life within each section.

The novel’s subtitle “A young woman tells you what she’s ‘learned’” basically sums up the theme of Dunham’s stories. Each one touches upon a lesson that she’s learned over the course of her life. Ultimately, the reader is left with some sort of insight or understanding about the adventures of childhood, adolescence and early-adulthood.

Not That Kind of Girl is a very entertaining read. Dunham has a rather blunt and brutally honest sense of humour that made me laugh out loud many times while reading. One of the most unique images she presents is the time she took a shower with the lower half of her body under the running water and the upper half laid out on a bath mat, while eating a loaf of bread.

It’s no surprise that Dunham’s memoir has also made headlines for its controversial material. Last fall, she came under fire for accusations of molesting her younger sister. In December, Dunham’s accused rapist threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against the writer.

It was brave for Dunham to write about her sexual assault, especially because it took her a while to realize what had happened was actually rape and not a normal sexual encounter. Sexual assault is a huge issue in our society and Dunham’s openness about her experience shows that it’s important to speak out.

Even though some of her stories are dramatic, they’re quite relevant.

Young adults won’t have any trouble relating to her discussion of falling in and out of love, creating meaningful friendships or finding work after graduation.

In contrast to Dunham’s relatable nature, some aspects of her stories seem unlikely to have occurred — or at least not to such a dramatic extent. Certain stories are so over-the-top that they simply become hard to believe.

For example, Dunham writes about a class trip she took as a child where “the counselors shackled [them] together with jump ropes so [they] were like slave families and then released [them] into the woods.”

Apparently, the children were given a map and had to “find freedom in the North.” This seems almost too horrible to have actually happened and it’s unlikely that an adult would do this to a group

of children.

In one chapter, Dunham even openly admits that she’s an unreliable narrator, which makes the reader question which parts of what we’ve read are actually true.

When reading an autobiography, I hope the information included is authentic, but I understand if Dunham may have falsified some events for entertainment purposes.

If that’s the case, she definitely succeeded in creating amusement.

Overall, Not That Kind of Girl is

an enjoyable novel that’s fun and easy to read. I would recommend it specifically to any young woman in her late teens or early 20s because the stories are generally targeted toward that audience.

After reading the novel, I feel I have a greater understanding of what the trials of adolescence will mean later. I’m also more hopeful that my future will turn out the way I want it to, regardless of what may happen along the way.

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In pursuit of perfection

Perfectionistic behaviour extends beyond academics and can be a double-edged trait

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According to clinical psychology PhD student Hanna McCabe-Bennett, perfectionism has two opposing sides: adaptive and maladaptive perfection.

B Y N ATASA B ANSAGI Assistant News Editor

maladaptive perfection.

Studies have shown that highly perfectionistic people tend to I’ve lost track of how many exhibit slower performance.

“If they expect that they times I’ve been told, “You’re might be able to achieve perfect a perfectionist.”

Admittedly, I strive to hold performance on a task, then they myself to the highest standards might take longer to complete the in life and school, but I’ve task or use their time less efficiently,” often hinged my satisfaction McCabe-Bennett said.

She added that those who on the full attainment of these don’t expect to attain “perfect measures alone. might act Many times, I’ve focused more performance” on planning a task rather than more impulsively.

Perfectionism may also extend actually doing it.

And yet, I’ve somehow beyond academics to other areas, convinced myself that my such as interpersonal relationships.

This arises from an assumption perfectionism is a good thing. After all, it’s improved the quality of my that other people have high work and motivated me to reach standards for you or because you set high standards for other people. higher goals.

The majority of Perfectionism can be adaptive on interpersonal or maladaptive, and consequently research of perfectionism affect academics differently, aspects according to Ryerson clinical has focused on romantic psychology PhD student Hanna relationships, McCabe-Bennett said. In this case, perfectionistic McCabe-Bennett.

“If someone is just setting high tendencies can be identified standards for themselves, they’re by a gap between expectations likely to see that as motivating. So, and reality.

“What that might look like they can use that as motivation to accomplish their goals and would be say, you’re living with to achieve very high standards,” your partner and you have a very specific idea of how the she said.

“At the same time, if the standards dishes should be washed or how are too high and if they’re criticizing they should be loaded into the those assignments too harshly, then dishwasher, for example,” she said.

“And if your partner does that it can get in the way.”

The definition of perfectionism in a different way or does it in that most researchers agree on, she a way that you feel is not good said, involves “a combination of enough, then that’s where some setting a high standard and also of that discrepancy would come being quite harsh with your own up between your expectations and evaluation of whether or not your behaviour.”

This discrepancy has also you’ve achieved the standard.”

In a study she was involved been associated with relationship in that examined beliefs dissatisfaction, she added.

More so than men, women tend towards perfectionism, McCabe-Bennett said that positive to experience anxiety when it’s beliefs tended to be associated with felt that their partner isn’t meeting their “standards.” Despite these adaptive perfectionism.

This type of perfectionism negative aspects, perfectionism in refers to setting high standards romantic relationships may also be without being disappointed associated with loyalty.

“It’s possible that it could lead if these standards aren’t met.

Negative beliefs towards to disappointment and feeling like perfectionism, therefore, were your partner is not living up to found to be associated with your expectations, but it can also

help you to stay committed to by recognizing the problem excellence”, Parsons said, adding that partner and keep working and why he wants to be perfect, that it can be problematic in cases then evaluating whether his goal that don’t call for “uncompromising, together,” McCabe-Bennett said. defined standards.”

Simon Sherry, a registered is realistic.

“One thing that we see is, a “And I sort of readjust that, psychologist and an associate professor at Dalhousie University, because perfectionism sort of lot of students who experience said perfectionism is a double-edged motivates me to adjust to something perfectionism, it’s in the writing process,” she said. “It’s this feeling trait, adding that perfectionists are that’s achievable,” he said.

Perfectionism tends to focus on that you need to move right from often very self-critical, chronically self-doubting and highly concerned details, Lee said, so part of his brainstorming your ideas right to strategy is looking at the big picture. writing the perfect draft that you over mistakes.

“Maybe I spend a lot of time can hand in.

“There are parts of perfectionism “And it can be crippling and that can drive a person to great worrying about the little things, success and there are parts of but in reality I ask myself: does debilitating to feel like you need to perfectionism that can drive a it really matter … and what’s move from these ideas right into a final draft.” the outcome?” person to great distress,” he said.

One of the approaches that “[Perfectionism] includes a Learning Strategies takes to demand for the self to be perfect, tackle perfectionism in writing sometimes a demand for other is “validating” the writing stages people to be perfect and often a between brainstorming and real sense that other people are producing a final product. demanding that you be perfect.”

“There’s all of these very messy This binary characterization of stages in between that can be a perfectionism is likewise present real challenge for somebody whose in academics. goal is perfect and whose goal is Perfectionism is associated with excellence,” Parsons said. a higher GPA in university, Sherry “So, we just try to validate that said. But it’s also linked to “a it’s an okay and valid part of the host of academic difficulties” such writing process.” as stress, procrastination, public Because time demands, speaking anxiety and test anxiety. resources and assignment “Perfectionists are often dealing — Simon Sherry, weighting may render perfection with negative emotions that make it hard to focus on work,” he said. registered an impractical goal, she said another strategy involves redefining “Perfectionism may generate psychologist and one’s goals from perfect to depression, which in turn slows Dalhousie University “good enough”. down academic progress.”

“Good enough being [a mark of] “Perfectionists often feel lonely associate professor 80 per cent or just handing it in on and disconnected from others, and I think that their inability Learning Strategies Advisor time or just an idea of good enough to get along with others, to find Elizabeth Parsons meets with as the goal rather than perfect, is connection and closeness around hundreds of Queen’s students the goal that can shift things.”

Finally, Parsons advises others, may actually be key to every year for one-on-one advising the difficulties that perfectionists appointments to discuss topics like replacing the inner critic — an experience in terms of depression, perfectionism in academic contexts. inner, negative voice that espouses anxiety and so forth,” Sherry said.

Poor time management, lack feelings of inadequacy — with an Joseph Lee has experienced of confidence in writing and inner coach.

“Tell yourself things that a coach both sides of perfectionism during uncertainty about a writing his time at Queen’s. assignment may be confused with would tell you. So, ‘you can do this’ Lee, ConEd ’17, said that while perfectionism, Parsons said, but and ‘you are working hard and you do deserve this grade’, or whatever perfectionism can lead him to they shouldn’t be. produce his best work, it can also “Those are distinct from ‘I’m it is,” she said.

“If you’re a little bit nicer to lead to procrastination in writing not working on writing’ or ‘I’m assignments and studying for tests. anxious about writing because my yourself and quiet that negative voice, that can really help alleviate “It’s a fine line between hindering goal is perfection,’” she said.

Learning Strategies a lot of the stress and anxiety and helping,” he said.

In order to move ahead defines perfectionism as an around academics.” with a writing task, Lee begins “uncompromising pursuit of

There are parts of “perfectionism that can drive a person to great success and there are parts ... that can drive a person to great distress.

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