The Queen's Journal, Volume 142, Issue 8

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j the ournal Queen’s University — Since 1873

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Clockwise from the left: Portsmouth, Williamsville, King’s Town and Sydenham Districts, where the majority of students reside.

ACADEMICS

Unnecessary fees eliminated University agrees to ban course charges following two-year process alongside AMS, SGPS B y J enna Z ucker Contributor The AMS has reached an agreement with the University to eradicate wrongfully charged course fees that aren’t justified or permitted under provincial guidelines dictating the charging of ancillary fees.

AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner Colin Zarzour said these fees are often charged under the guise of “lab fees”, but a student’s tuition is “supposed to fund the resources necessary to provide you with the course.”

The University is only permitted to charge additional fees beyond the course fee if the student is receiving additional value — for example, a lab coat or field trip within Ontario, as they become the property of the student, have a free alternative or are beneficial beyond the course.

Zarzour, ArtSci ’15, said he didn’t know how many courses charge ancillary fees, since the number fluctuates as students report the fees.

“This isn’t a new initiative — this is a culmination of a single initiative that has been going on for years, back to previous Academic Affairs Commissioners and AMS executives have been working with the university and both positively and at times at odds to make these fees go away,” Zarzou said, adding the AMS has been engaged with the issues since the 1990s.

“This is just that we’ve finally come to an agreement with the Provost office at the University about making sure they say yes, and we have the go-ahead to destroy these fees.”

Zarzour added the project leading to this initiative has been ongoing for the last two years, including meetings with representatives from the Provost’s office and the Registrar’s office, as well as support from the Society of Professional and Graduate Students (SGPS).

“It’s pretty clear that students do not believe that the levying of these fees freely without any constraints is in line with student interest.”

— Colin Zarzour, AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner

The University administration was unable to comment by deadline.

Queen’s isn’t unique in the practice of charging illegitimate ancillary course fees. Zarzour said similar practices are in place at the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, McMaster University and Western University.

He said the most egregious example of ancillary fees was found at Toronto, where music students were charged an annual instrument fee of $1,000 but were not given a musical instrument at the end of the year.

Zarzour said although Ontario universities are struggling with funding for their programs, charging these fees “as a way to sneakily recover costs for these courses” isn’t what schools should be doing.

The AMS is asking students to report fees they feel aren’t reasonable and have created a form for students to fill out online.

Some students have questioned the legitimacy of charging for course codes and online access codes that expire after a certain point.

Zarzour said the AMS is working to come up with a policy with the University regarding the digital assessment tools as long as they are in line with student interest.

He added more student consultations will be done this year to make sure the correct understanding of what it means to be “within student interest.”

“We’ve done consulting with Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance [and] with Academic Caucus in previous years, and it’s pretty clear that students do not believe that the levying of these fees freely without any constraints is in line with student interest,” Zarzour said.

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HOUSING

663 Princess St. not daunted by fire

After 22 charges laid in connection to December fire, complex still expecting to open in Sept. 2015 B y N atasa B ansagi Assistant News Editor Heralded by an information session Wednesday evening in the ARC, the 663 Princess St. development is back underway after last winter’s fire.

Reconstruction of the building at the corner of Princess and Victoria Streets is currently underway, following a fire on Dec. 17, 2013 that destroyed the original building.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour laid 22 charges on Aug. 26 in connection to the fire.

The charges were laid against two companies: Jay Patry Enterprises, Inc. and Stelmach Property Management Inc.; and three individuals: Jason Patry, Nathan Patry and Troy Stelmach.

Charges against Patry Inc. include failure to inspect every fire extinguisher for defects or deterioration, failure to ensure an adequate means of egress was provided from a work area to permit the evacuation of workers during an emergency and obstruction of a Ministry of Labour inspector.

Two counts of failure to comply with requirements issued by a

Ministry of Labour inspector were laid against Stelmach Property Management Inc. Following a court appearance on Sept. 30 in Kingston, the charges were remanded to Nov. 27.

Patry Inc. was unable to comment on the charges because the legal process is ongoing.

Natania Ziesmann, designer and leasing agent at Patry Inc., led the first information session of the season for the new building.

She said the new building will consist “more or less completely [of] students” and will include units with two to five bedrooms each.

Features of the building — washers and dryers in every unit, free Starbucks coffee, a fitness facility and more — were discussed during the session, as was the lease signing process.

Leasing will begin in summer 2015 and the building will be complete by Sept. 2015.

After the session, Ziesmann told the Journal that there are a lot of misconceptions surrounding wood frame construction.

“Wood is actually most likely better in a fire scenario than steel, ‘cause steel at a certain degree just starts bending, versus wood builds

up the char and it kind of acts as a residential where it’s single family a fire protection to the core of the houses, just houses, and this is held wood,” she said. to a higher standard, it’s so much “I actually took a seminar higher,” he said. after [the fire] happened too, to He said the only thing that be a little more educated about changed when the building was it,” she added. “It’s completely redone was how careful the safe — I don’t see any negative construction workers are, with aspects whatsoever in wood frame more fire extinguishers on-site construction. It’s pretty much than before. safer than any standard residential Cory Houde-Shulman, property family home.” management at Patry Inc., said that Ziesmann added that students if students have concerns about interested in wood frame 663 Princess, they should also be construction should educate concerned about housing in the themselves — by looking at the University District.

Canadian Wood Council website, “Those houses are hundreds of for example. years old, right? And a lot of them “If somebody’s really seriously interested and wants to have an educated opinion, I would really recommend that they do read a little bit up and then understand what we’re actually talking about, and not just say what some person said.”

Adam Green, architectural technologist for Patry Inc., said buildings like malls or 663 Princess Street are much safer than residential single-family homes and are built under a different section of the Ontario Building Code.

“It falls in commercial. So, there’s

are lacking upkeep. This is a brand new building, so once it’s fully constructed, it will be safer than the majority of the buildings you’re staying in right now,” he said.

Houde-Shulman said those opposed to the project are generally more vocal, although there is an equal but less vocal group that’s supportive of the building, including many students he spoke to at this year’s Sidewalk Sale on campus.

He added that he doesn’t know what the cause of the December fire was.

“They did an investigation and they never released the cause.”

RESEARCH

Shining light on dark matter

663 Princess St. was the site of a fire in December.

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New Queen’s professor Gilles Gerbier receives $10 million to study dark matter at Sudbury SNOLAB B y C hloe S obel News Editor The University has received its first Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) holder, with Dr. Gilles Gerbier becoming the CERC in Particle Astrophysics.

The University will receive up to $10 million over seven years to support Gerbier’s research on dark matter, as well as $800,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Gerbier’s research is on the detection of dark matter, and while here he has two primary goals: working on an international experiment that will link European and North American labs, and developing a new spherical gas detector that can be used for work other than detecting dark matter.

He came to Queen’s from the French Atomic Energy Commission in France, and said there were several reasons for his decision to come to Canada and work at Queen’s and at SNOLAB in Sudbury.

“There was an underground lab [in France] to look for dark matter and there is another one here which is actually deeper, so it’s a better site,” he said.

“The team who is working here in Queen’s at SNOLAB is composed of members I knew for years that I appreciated. And that’s also the main reason, is that the funding which was linked to this CERC grant, it’s very good to do experiments I wanted to do.”

Dark matter was first

hypothesized in the 1930s as a way Gerbier said dark matter should swamped by what we call cosmic of explaining missing mass. move like a gas, adding while rays — cosmic rays is known “Stars turn around the centre of it doesn’t typically interact with particles, like protons, electrons, galaxy … and the speed at which matter, it does sometimes interact neutrons which come in from they turn around the centre is fixed and leave tracks in detectors. the sky … produced in galaxies by distribution of mass inside the “Sensitive detectors can detect and active galactic nuclei, in galaxy and gravitational constant this expected hint of presence supernovae,” he said.

G. I mean, this is very simple, you of these particles. So to do that, “If we picked a very sensitive know, the Earth turns around the we cannot do that at the surface, detector to detect dark matter, it will sun at the speed which is fixed because at the surface we are be swamped by this background. by the mass of the sun and the distance to the sun,” he said.

But when this law is applied to galaxies, it doesn’t add up if only the mass of the stars that can be seen is taken into account.

The stars move faster than they should — which means there’s unseen, missing mass that accounts for the higher speed.

“We need some more mass and we do not see it by eye, it doesn’t radiate light. This is a reason why we say it is dark,” he said.

Researchers have some ideas about how dark matter, which they believe is composed of a type PHOTO BY CHLOE SOBEL of subatomic particle, behaves. Gilles Gerbier has studied dark matter for 25 years.

So we go underground because the earth acts as a filter and eliminate all this background from known cosmic rays. And then we can be in an environment quiet enough to be sensitive to these particles.”

Gerbier has been researching dark matter since about 1990.

“Of course you could say, well, you are not discouraged to do that?

No. I think, well, you know, you always learn by doing new detectors, by tuning them, by having ideas to have better instruments to look for what you think you should find,” he said.

Gerbier said he’s looking forward to researching in a university environment and working with young people. He will start teaching next year.

“I am convinced also that doing physics is not only me — I need a team, I need people to work with.

So this is very important, that there is good human relationship, good understanding between people.”

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FEATURE STUDENT CLUBS

Student publications forge on without AMS opt-out fees Smaller publications on campus look for alternative funds after being unsuccessful in the 2013 fall referendum B y L aura R ussell Features Editor

frustrating because we haven’t received it for four years now,” she said. “Going through the referendum is a lot of work for what it’s worth, especially if the student minds think that a small publication like Ultraviolet doesn’t deserve that kind of funding.”

The magazine received $1,300 in grants last fall and winter from the AMS, Bray said, and they’ve since raised $400 through bake sales and an open mic night.

Bray said she thinks smaller niche publications play an important role on campus.

“It showcases a different side of what the student community is involved with,” she said, adding she was disappointed by voter turnout in last fall’s referendum.

other outlets,” Rose said.

“Or it could be that students are exposed to these ideas in free Last October, Ultraviolet media on the Internet.”

Magazine’s $0.50 opt-out student Rose, a political studies fee proposal was rejected in the professor, said it’s important for AMS fall referendum. non-mainstream ideas to be visible Out of 23 groups on on university campuses. the referendum ballot, six “The role of niche media is to were unsuccessful in earning expose students to diverse and approval for their fees — including different perspectives,” he said.

Ultraviolet and three other “It’s important in terms of student-run publications. transparency and accountability for Since then, the unsuccessful people who hold power, but it’s groups have forged on, raising also important to provide a diverse funds in different ways. spectrum of opinion in the media.”

Ultraviolet co-editor in chief For students, there’s a balance Marena Bray, ArtSci ’15, said the between selecting what opt-out magazine planned to put out a fees to pay, Rose said, and ensuring larger publication with the money there’s a diversity of media outlets they would have received. on campus.

A publication devoted to the “People should be exposed to creative arts, Ultraviolet currently Not getting that fee different ideas,” he said, “and publishes one issue a year, again is frustrating small publications can’t usually appearing in print and online and function given their costs, if they’re because we haven’t comprised of student-submitted not supported in some way by Fall Referendum results for student publications. GRAPHIC BY MICHAELLA FORTUNE received it for four pieces ranging from short stories to the students.” years now. music lyrics.

Jaclyn Marcus, editor-in-chief approval — one per cent away club members and from fall “We were going to release more of MUSE Magazine, said Queen’s from receiving the fee. club grants. content, have a bigger launch party — Marena Bray, ArtSci ’15, student publications all contribute MUSE was hoping to use the Life Beat is a bi-annual and get more notice on campus,” co-editor of distinctive perspectives and ideas. money for their printing expenses, publication that focuses on topics Bray said.

Ultraviolet Magazine MUSE is a student-run magazine which total $7,000 a year, Marcus related to health and medicine.

Ultraviolet received a 48 that showcases Queen’s creative said. She added the magazine per cent ‘yes’ vote in last fall’s “The lack of voters was really talent in fashion, entertainment and received $5,000 through opt-out The role of niche referendum. Voter turnout was unfortunate because you have the arts. The magazine maintains fees in 2013, before the fee was media is to expose 15.8 per cent — below a cutoff of the opportunity to vote and help an online blog and releases one voted down. students to diverse and 20 per cent, meaning the threshold out the student population,” she print edition each semester.

“This year, we’ve had to raise for approval was 55 per cent said. “You’re taking away a chance “Having different publications this money,” she said. “All of the different perspectives. instead of 50. for a club or a magazine to get that are showing different aspects money that we raised from last Ultraviolet likely would their funding.” of Queen’s makes a lot more year that we would have regularly — Jonathan Rose, have received between $2,000 Professor Jonathan Rose people interested in it, and proud put into extras, we’ve had to try political studies professor and $3,000 in revenue if they said there are multiple reasons to be a part of it because it’s not just to cover the base of getting the had attained 55 per cent, Bray why students may not have one-sided,” said Marcus, ArtSci ’15. magazine printed.”

Gold, ArtSci ’16, said having said, adding that many student voted in favour of Queen’s In last fall’s referendum, MUSE MUSE has raised funds smaller publications gives students groups rely on gaining opt-out smaller publications. sought to continue their $0.50 by hosting events at Stages, the ability to stay informed on fees through the referendum “It could be that the addition of opt-out fee — which was originally winning a creativity contest run something more specific than to keep themselves running the all of these small fees is a death by a established in 2010 — for the next by McDonald’s and through general campus news. following year. thousand cuts. It could be that they three years. continued sponsorship and Holly Molaski, ArtSci ’15, “Not getting that fee again is don’t subscribe to the ideas of these They obtained 54 per cent advertising efforts. said she hasn’t seen much of Marcus said it was a shame to an on-campus presence from see just 15.8 per cent of voters cast these publications. a ballot in the referendum.

“I’ve never seen them around “Obviously, I think that students campus or social media,” she said. are passionate about students “If they want to be getting more writing at Queen’s,” she said. “As funding then they need to get long as we keep pushing students more awareness.” to come vote, the results will be She said student publications more positive this year.” should try to gain awareness The two other publications that through social media and print were unsuccessful in obtaining more copies to be more accessible 55 per cent of the vote last fall to the Queen’s community. were Life Beat Newspaper and “It’s really important to have Golden Words. these smaller publications because Life Beat unsuccessfully sought it lets out a different voice for the to establish a $0.25 opt-out fee, students,” Molaski said. receiving 53 per cent approval.

If more students had voted Golden Words wanted to increase in last fall’s referendum, Molaski their mandatory fee from $2.00 to said, the publication would have $2.50, but earned just 52 per cent received more votes. of votes.

“A big part of why they didn’t get In January’s winter referendum, their funding is probably that no 66 per cent of voters approved the one is voting,” she said. continuation of Golden Words’ fee “Maybe the real issue here for the next three years. isn’t the actual publications, Nick Gold, social media editor but it’s the Queen’s community of Life Beat, said the newspaper being uninvolved in their PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN Rose said it’s important for students to be exposed to different ideas through niche publications. receives their funds mostly from student government.”

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MUNICIPAL POLITICS

Civil candidates B y N atasa B ansagi , M ishal O mar , J acob R osen Journal Staff

With 41 candidates for City Three of the four official candidates Council across Kingston’s 12 for Sydenham District — Adam districts, the race, which ends Koven, TK Pritchard and Peter with the Oct. 27 election, is Stroud — debated, followed by the looking crowded. six mayoral candidates.

The first all-candidates meeting The fourth Sydenham candidate, took place on Sept. 30, presented by Bonnie Ferguson, didn’t attend the Sydenham District Association. the debate.

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Stroud, who said he would only accept campaign donations from individuals rather than from businesses, asked Koven

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if he had accepted donations stopped including students in from development or real Kingston population counts. estate companies.

The bylaw was struck down Koven said he took a check by the Ontario Municipal Board, from a family member made out allowing students to continue to in a company’s name, but that have the right to vote in Kingston. it wouldn’t influence him if he’s Voters can do so in person, over the elected. He added that councillor phone or online. candidates can’t disregard The Journal spoke with businesses, since many business the Council candidates for owners live in Kingston.

King’s Town, Portsmouth, The Sydenham District race is Sydenham and Williamsville one without an incumbent, and Districts — which encompass follows an attempt by City Council the main areas where last year to dissolve the district students live — about and redraw electoral boundaries. student issues.

By-Law 2013-83 would also have

Portsmouth District Maureen Good Maureen Good is running for Council as a way to give back to the community.

Good has been a resident of Kingston her whole life and is a St. Lawrence College alumna.

“Now that I’m retired I would like to give back,” she said.

Her focus on Council would be on economic development, including tackling youth unemployment and supporting the arts community in Kingston to maintain the richness of culture that the city has to offer.

Some of Good’s goals for representing Portsmouth District are creating economic growth and ensuring public dialogue in regards to property development.

“I want to see a municipal government that realizes that it is time to start driving economic development. I think we have to change our whole framework and mindset and we have to drive it ... The heart of my platform is driving economic development,”

she said.

“The first step I would take is that I want Council to force an examination of all current economic development programs we have in Kingston. We have to determine whether or not they’re working, and if they’re not working we have to have the courage to say that and redirect. We have never had performance indicators for our economic development department — and I think that’s what we have to do.”

Good said an important issue that needs to be addressed among students is their career plans after graduating.

“I think sometimes when you get into school it’s all so busy, and I think students end up graduating and it’s just a black hole out there, because they haven’t had the instruction or opportunity to actually figure out how they can present what they have to offer to the job market,” she said.

Part of her campaign strategy

Alexander Young Alexander W. Young said he wants to address the issue of the small job market in Kingston if elected to City Council.

Young, who owns Elegant Thunder DJ Service, graduated from St. Lawrence College in 2011.

“I’ve just found that there’s not a lot of opportunity in the city of Kingston. That was an impetus for me to run — I needed an opportunity for myself, and I wanted to create opportunity for

Alexander Young.

others,” he said.

“If post-secondary students want to stay in Kingston specifically, there has to be more opportunities than food service jobs and retail jobs. There’s just a serious lack of new business and innovative enterprises in Kingston.”

He said he wants to figure out how to attract entrepreneurs to Kingston or help recent graduates engage in entrepreneurship.

“So one of my main focuses is

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Liz Schell

for reaching out to students is getting them on the voters’ list.

“I’m just trying to drive home the point that even if they’re not on the voters’ list, it’s very important to vote. I’m trying to convince them that Kingston really needs them, we really need them to stay

and give Kingston a chance because without young people, we have no economic viability at all,” she said.

“I’m asking them to question Liz Schell has been the Portsmouth what Kingston needs to do to hold representative since 2010, and has their interest.” decided to run for the position once again.

— Mishal Omar A resident of Kingston since 1960, Schell said she has been an active member in the community for decades, speaking up against various developments that she felt would negatively affect Kingston.

“Over the years I have been involved in a few community events, such as speeders on Mowat Avenue, when someone wanted to build a huge high-rise on the waterfront, so I got involved back in the 70s … by going to public meetings and speaking up,” she said.

Schell’s first taste of campaigning was when she joined Helen Cooper’s successful mayoral campaign in the 1980s. Cooper became Kingston’s first female mayor in 1988.

Schell is running on a platform focused on community development, including pushing SUPPLIED Maureen Good. for the Fairway Hills Parkette project and economic development and creating unity between to increase funding to Kingston he said. the student population and Economic Development “We need to broaden our permanent residents.

Corporation, or come up with other tax base or else it’s a dying “There’s a huge increase in ideas that will bring new business to city, with thousands of students the number of people buying Kingston and attract entrepreneurs, graduating every year from these homes and housing students in or even encourage post-secondary post-secondary institutions and a them — which is perfectly legal and graduates from St. Lawrence lot of them not staying in the that’s the way of the world — but College or Queen’s University to be city — not because they don’t love it creates problems for people that entrepreneurial themselves.” it, but they have to leave just to thought that their home would be Young also emphasized the have a livelihood. beside a family. importance of students staying “We’ve got to continue all in Kingston once they graduate, — Mishal Omar this working together, to make something that could help everybody comfortable,” she said. the economy.

Schell also proposed designating “It’s a priority for me to create certain areas for students alone. opportunity. Everybody needs this,” “I think we need housing for students ... We really have to address it,” she said.

“I don’t think students like [overpopulation] anymore than the neighbours, being crowded into a house,” she said.

She added she feels it’s important for students to be involved in the election, and for their votes to be counted in light of last year’s attempt to stop counting students in Kingston’s population data.

“There were three councillors who spoke at the OMB hearing in favour of counting students. I was horrified, actually,” she said.

“You have to count them. In a city that has nearly 30,000 students in the heart of the city … this is a big chunk of our economy, of course you have to count them.”

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— Mishal Omar

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King’s Town District Lindsey Foster Lindsey Foster said she wants to get the message out to students that voting and taking action in municipal politics is an important part of living in Kingston.

As a first-time candidate for City Council, Foster found her inspiration last year when attempting to maneuver through the ice and snow on unclear sidewalks and roads became an unacceptable winter routine.

Foster has been a resident of Kingston since she moved here 21 years ago, working in the news and broadcasting industry.

She believes that her past experience at Corus Entertainment as News Director of CKWS-TV, and jobs at the former Country-96 and GTO-960 radio stations, provide her with the skills necessary to reach out to the citizens of the King’s Town community.

She said the most important issues in City Council concerning post-secondary students are the sub-standard conditions of student housing, snow removal and garbage and recycling pick up. She added that all of these issues are due to inefficient government services.

“The problem is not about more money, or more

people — it’s about managing them more efficiently,” she said in regards to city-provided services.

Foster said she’s concerned about the retention of students graduating at post-secondary institutions in Kingston. She said she believes that economic development, as well as development of existing business, is important in retaining skilled students graduating from schools in Kingston.

She added that she wants to see more discussion on fellowship and internship programs to try to keep skilled workers in Kingston and develop the city’s economy.

Foster has been going door-to-door speaking to residents in the King’s Town district, promoting her campaign and encouraging residents to go out and vote.

According to Foster, King’s Town had a voter turnout of 28 per cent in 2010, something she said needs to improve.

The student vote is important, she said, not only for her campaign but so that the students that make up a large part of the Kingston community can be represented by the government of their choice.

“On all my flyers I’ve put voting information — with the online voting it should be easy for students to vote,” Foster said.

— Jacob Rosen

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Ryan Low Ryan Low’s decision to run for City Council stems from his involvement in student politics at Queen’s.

Low graduated from Queen’s University in 2011 with a degree in chemical engineering, and decided to remain in Kingston post-graduation.

He’s campaigning on a platform that focuses on infrastructure investment in Kingston, including the extension of Wellington St. to John Counter Blvd. to reduce high-speed traffic securing funding from federal and provincial governments for the third crossing.

“I’ve always been interested in politics. I was in student politics when I was at Queen’s in the Engineering Society, and now that I’ve put my roots down and I’m not moving anywhere, it’s something I want to get back into,” he said.

“I didn’t want to be an idle bystander just complaining about things, I wanted to take an active approach to be able to be part of a solution. I thought there were initiatives that needed to be addressed.”

Low also wants to improve the quality of life for post-secondary students in Kingston through initiatives like keeping property taxes as low as possible.

“One of the issues that students don’t always directly see the impact of is property tax, and property tax increases. Most students don’t own their own property while they’re in Kingston, but they do pay for the property tax indirectly through their rent,” he said.

“When property taxes keep going up by two to 2.5 per cent every year even if inflation is not that high, then that’s going to be a direct impact back to students who are already tight on money.”

He said he also wants to address housing standards thanks to student feedback.

“I believe it starts with the landlord making a better investment in the properties so that the students are actually happy with

Sean Murphy.

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the rentals they have,” he said.

Low said the attempt to realign the districts last year and not count student votes was a major factor that influenced his decision to run.

“There’s been a lot of issues that I thought weren’t handled well by the current council.

Trying to realign the districts without counting students seemed to be a gross miscalculation

by Council,” he said.

“There’s no difference between anybody else who rents and a post-secondary student who rents in this city, and the fact that the City Council tried to make a distinction there is very undemocratic.”

— Mishal Omar

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Rob Hutchison

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Rob Hutchison is looking to be re-elected for a third term as the King’s Town Councillor.

Hutchison said he feels as though, despite eight years of work on Council, there are still projects in the city that he wants to complete and improve.

During his years on Council, he’s focused on many student issues including an express bus service, park revitalization, green bin recycling and stricter property standards.

He said he also believes there should be more improvement of the waterfront, which is something he said students would take notice of.

Hutchinson said one of the ways he has been in contact with students, aside from door to door canvassing, has been his

communications with the AMS Municipal Affairs Commissioner.

He added that during the past two terms the AMS has worked with the city on the issue of property standards for students and garbage removal information.

“I’ve always encouraged students to consider themselves full citizens [of Kingston] and to vote,” Hutchison said.

Hutchison’s campaign also focuses on citywide issues like the casino proposal and urban sprawl. The Oct. 27 ballot will include a referendum on the casino proposal, asking if voters are in favor of a casino in Kingston.

This would smooth the path for moving the 1000 Islands Casino from nearby Gananoque to downtown Kingston.

“The costs outweigh the benefits,” Hutchison said.

With regards to urban sprawl and development, Hutchison wants to make sure that the residents of downtown Kingston aren’t paying for the low-density developments outside of the area.

Hutchinson said he’s not anti-development but would rather focus on how we build the city and the form of development.

— Jacob Rosen

Sean Murphy Looking to make an impact on the city and district that he grew up in, Sean Murphy is basing his campaign on his ability to listen and learn from the citizens he hopes to represent.

Murphy, who attended St. Lawrence College and currently works at an IT company in Kingston, said he feels an obligation to take an interest and get involved in city politics.

As a part-time student at Queen’s University, Murphy said he wants to inspire students and citizens to take an interest in municipal politics, regardless of past experience.

He said he may not be the most experienced candidate in the running, but he believes his dedication and availability will allow him to really listen to the concerns of the citizens.

“I should be asking you what the issues

are,” Murphy said in response to a question of what he believes the main issues are for post-secondary students in his district.

Although Murphy has based his campaign on his approachability, he said he has yet to reach out to students on and around campus.

He added that his campaign platform is not as detailed as the other candidates, but he still believes that, win or lose, it is important for all residents of Kingston to take an interest in the city that they live in.

He said he thinks Kingston’s environment revolves around the post-secondary students that flood in during the school terms and leave Kingston quiet during the summer.

— Jacob Rosen

Jordan West

Jordan West believes he’s the candidate in his home district of King’s Town that best represents the district’s post-secondary students.

With eight years of managerial experience, the last five as the owner and operator of The Spot Nightclub, West believes his leadership skills and experience with the post-secondary students of Kingston make him the best candidate to address student issues.

Since last year’s attempt to take away students’ rights to vote, West encourages students to “make an example of what Council tried to do and have [your] voices heard”.

West has been canvassing door-to-door, informing students about their right to vote and even said he plans to have a bus on the day of the vote in The Spot’s parking lot, to transport students to the polls.

One of the issues West’s campaign is focused on is student housing, which he believes needs to improve. He said basements and “dwellings” are not proper living situations for students, adding that students need to demand proper living situations

like homes with windows and proper ceiling height.

West said he’s more concerned with “student health over landlord profit”.

He added he plans to implements an online service to help the relationship between students and landlords so that students are more comfortable bringing up issues with their property.

West mentioned ideas of developing the city’s entertainment and visual art galleries to build a culture that keeps citizens interested in their city and its heritage.

He added that he’s looking to represent the youth in a district that suffers from one of the worst voter turnouts among Kingston’s roughly 36 per cent voter turnout overall.

“I believe that I can represent the youth in Kingston more appropriately than the old boys’ club we have now,” he said.

“We want to make sure that their experience while they’re in Kingston is top-notch.”

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Sydenham District Bonnie Ferguson Bonnie Ferguson, who was the first registered candidate for the 2014 Kingston municipal elections, told the Journal in January she was inspired by God to live with the homeless.

Ferguson spent several months in 2009 living in her car to experience homelessness firsthand. She said religious inspiration brought about the change.

“I was called to do that by God,” she said.

Ferguson said she has been thinking about running for City Council since 2010, but felt she wasn’t ready until now. Her involvement in charity and social issues led her to her decision, she added.

“I’m passionate about our city. We live in an awesome city and I’ve been involved in the community for a long, long time,” she said.

She added she has no specific policy ideas that will appeal to students, but she will support anything her constituents feel strongly about.

“I’m like a voice for them before council.

Whatever they’re interested in, I’m interested in,” she said.

Although Ferguson lives in King’s Town

Bonnie Ferguson.

Adam Koven

District, she said she felt that Sydenham District was the right place for her.

“When I think of that district, it has the hospital, it has Queen’s, I’m excited to work with you guys,” she said.

Ferguson is the author of the book The Streets of Kingston. The book was published

by City Wide Ministries, a Christian charity organization that she founded. She said she’s currently the only member.

Examples of its work, she said, include feeding the homeless and handing out socks.

In one instance, she said, she helped rescue a homeless man who had stopped in the middle of traffic.

“Me and a police officer took him and got him back into the side of the road,” she said. “City Wide Ministries is really just doing good works and looking after city issues.”

Her experiences with students, she said, include one occasion when she sat in on a radio show at CFRC with radio host Rick Jackson.

Adam Koven, who was born and raised in Kingston, said he wants to work towards retaining Queen’s students in the city.

“I have 20,000 students, graduate, post-graduate, who have all agreed they want to live in Kingston, whether it’s for four years or two, but they are here,” he said.

“They have agreed that this is a good place to learn, and I hope they’ve seen it’s a good place to live. What are we doing municipally — and we’re probably one of the municipal governments that don’t do very much by comparison — to retain educated [students]?”

Koven met with Rector Mike Young, Municipal Affairs Commissioner Ariel Gonzalez and SGPS President Kevin Wiener to consult with them on student issues, something he has pledged to maintain should he be elected.

“A lot of residents will say we’ve got a problem. And Queen’s will say we have a problem, but here’s a solution … In black and white, Ariel presents me with, ‘here’s what — Sebastian Leck we suggest’, and some of the suggestions were, ‘we might not be right, so here’s two options’.”

Koven said that during his meeting with Young, Gonzalez and Wiener, they brought

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Adam Koven.

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TK Pritchard.

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TK Pritchard TK Pritchard’s work on the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) appeal during his 2013-14 tenure as AMS vice president of University Affairs ignited his interest in municipal issues.

“I’ve always been involved in advocacy, so this was a way to bring those two passions together. It really opened my eyes to different issues that we had within the district, within the city, and ways that they could better be represented,” he said.

Pritchard said snow and ice clearing were an issue for students, as well as the one-bag garbage policy implemented in September 2012, talent retention and working to improve town-gown relations.

“The city did implement the one garbage bag policy within the last couple years, and it definitely disproportionately affected students, because you’re more likely to have a higher number of individuals in one dwelling than you are for a non-student residence,” he said.

He suggested changing the one-bag policy to be more flexible.

“We could be looking at reversing it and doing more recycling education. We could also look at keeping the one bag policy but looking at changing it for certain times of year — so holidays, around move-in, move-out times, when it’s very difficult to meet that one bag restriction,” he said.

Pritchard also said the Queen’s noise bylaw exemption is at the forefront of student issues, since the exemption will expire in

up the issue of snowplowing and sidewalk clearing, a problem during the 2013-14 winter. Koven said he wants to reclassify the area around Queen’s as level one priority for road clearing.

“There was a Queen’s professor that had to run on the street years ago who was hit by a car because the sidewalks weren’t clear,” he said.

“I don’t want to wait for tragedy.”

He had a booth at the Sidewalk Sale this year and pledged during his interview with the Journal to go every year if he’s elected.

“That was what I was hearing at the street sale — ‘we don’t feel that we’re part of the community, we don’t feel that we’re appreciated’, and that comes from day one.”

At the Sidewalk Sale, he said, he stopped students walking past to remind them that they almost lost the ability to vote in Kingston municipal elections.

“Don’t let them, whoever it was, say that you weren’t going to count. I’d hate to see two, three, four per cent voter turnout from the Queen’s population. I don’t want them to ever say, ‘well, we were right’.”

June 2015.

“It’s very important that as soon as the election happens, if I’m elected, that we’re proactively holding town halls and discussions and getting feedback from everybody, including non-student residents who live near the field, from athletes, from students, from the University and from everyone who’s kind of involved so that we’re not kind of not down to wire with this decision and scrambling to make the sides come to an agreement, that we’re working right out of the gates to find a solution that’s going to work,” he said.

He said last year’s attempt by City Council to dissolve Sydenham District, redraw electoral boundaries and stop including students in city population counts made it clear that Sydenham needs a councillor who represents and works for all residents in the district.

“It really made it clear that there are a lot of people who don’t feel that students are residents and who don’t understand that students pay rent so they do pay taxes,” he said.

“Students participate in the community, they add a lot to the community, and have the same rights to access their councillor, have the same rights to bring issues forward to City Hall, and deserve to have their voices heard.

Peter Stroud After being urged several times to run for the Sydenham District seat, Peter Stroud decided to run after the OMB appeal was decided in 2013.

“For me, it was a matter of principle.

It was a fight that had to be fought. What City Council did was just plain wrong. I just advocated for standing up and taking it to the OMB because it was essentially a smokescreen,” he said.

“So I have a strong sense of fair play in everything that I do — it’s why I became an activist.”

Stroud, who graduated from Queen’s in 1991, said the OMB appeal highlighted how well students and permanent residents can

work together.

“It got me thinking that that should be a permanent partnership, not just with the AMS, but students and permanent residents should always be close, because the Sydenham District, as a region, gets picked on by the rest of city,” he said.

Stroud said the one-bag limit on garbage was unfair to students and suggested that, rather than give every household one untagged bag per week, each house should receive 52 tags at the beginning of the school year.

This way, he said, students will have enough to get through the entire school year, since many don’t stay in Kingston for a full twelve months.

Stroud has three children, the oldest of whom is in grade one. He became involved in activism after his son was born seven years ago.

“If he follows the path that I took, I want him to find that as a student at Queen’s … he will find more acceptance from the community around him than I did when I was a frosh. If that happens then I’ll feel like I made a difference,” he said.

“If I could just leave people with an idea of the passage of time — that if we don’t work for positive change, this will happen again. City Council will try to take away Sydenham District’s councillor again, and the students and the residents at that time will have to fight it again.

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Williamsville District Jim Neill Jim Neill has been a councillor for 10 years and has represented Williamsville since 2010.

Neill, a Queen’s graduate, said he decided to run again because he’s “really enjoying it” and there’s a lot happening in Williamsville in terms of development and infrastructure.

“The whole community is going through a real rejuvenation, and I support that and would love to be on Council to help kind of usher that to its completion,” he said.

Neill said he’s been asking students during his door-to-door campaigning if they remember last year’s attempt to redraw Sydenham District — a decision that would have excluded students from being counted in the city population.

“I totally supported the AMS challenge on that and supported the neighbourhood association. And I was a key witness at the OMB appeal that helped to overturn that decision,” he said.

Those who supported the decision not to count students in the population — “with the exception of, arguably, the mayor” — did not represent an area with a high concentration of students, he added.

Jim Neill.

“[I]t was an attempt, almost in Southern American red state fashion, to gerrymander so that they would have an extra vote on council,” he said.

He said he was one of few that voted against the development of 663 Princess St., where there was a fire in Dec. 2013, before construction began.

“I voted against it because I had concern with the total lot coverage and the density and the fact that it was a five-story wood structure,” he said.

Neill said the last couple of AMS executives have done a good job communicating with the city.

He added that the University administration “should take a lesson from AMS.” “When [the AMS] come to the City for frosh week or for Homecoming and say, ‘we’d like these noise exemptions and this is how we’re going to mitigate any issues around that’, it passes unanimously because they’ve done that communication.”

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Ed Smith.

Ed Smith

Ed Smith is running for Williamsville City Councillor after a four year hiatus, having previously served from 2003-2010.

While on Council, Smith said he was seen as a “friend of the University” by the administration and student government.

“Even since I’ve been off Council, I get calls from the vice principals at Queen’s,” he said.

— Natasa Bansagi “For instance, when the mayor inappropriately used social media during the last Homecoming a year ago, I was called by vice principals to ask my advice on how they could handle it and minimize the damage that he had caused.”

Smith said he sees the importance of the university to the community, economically and socially, and that students are an important element in the community. Students support many charities, offer tutoring services and “provide vitality to the community,” he said.

Issues of housing, walkable and bikeable streets, noise bylaws, sidewalk clearing during the winter and recycling are important for post-secondary students, he said. He added PHOTO BY NATASA BANSAGI that sidewalk snow removal was not done

well this past winter.

He said he would look at the AMS asking City Council to consider a single-stream recycling program, where all recyclables are put in a single bin and sorted after delivery to a recycling plant, as an option.

Although he wasn’t on Council during the Sydenham District boundary dispute, Smith said he “supported the students and the Sydenham District Association that contested to the OMB,” both financially and actively.

To reach out to students, Smith said he’s knocking on student doors and handing out brochures or postcards that showcase his activity in the student community.

“But, mainly I’m walking up onto students’ doors and being invited in in some cases and spending, you know, five, 10 minutes talking to students and encouraging them to get out and vote and put a sympathetic councillor, that’s sympathetic to university issues, back on Council.”

— Natasa Bansagi

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New law clinic to join Queen’s family Five-year framework developed by dean of Faculty of Law looks to adapt to changes in the profession B y J acob R osen Assistant News Editor

the addition of new faculty at 303 Bagot St. and has started members is also a priority for the renovating in preparation for the Faculty of Law. The current student clinics’ relocation.

Faculty of Law Dean William to teacher ratio is 19 to one.

The clinics are expected to Flanagan has developed a five-year By 2019, the number of staff move by the end of November, framework for the development of will increase by 35. establishing what Dean Flanagan the Faculty.

The framework also stipulates called “a Queen’s presence in Flanagan’s framework, which new undergraduate programming, downtown Kingston”. he presented to the Board of including online courses, by 2016.

Flanagan told the Journal the Trustees on Sept. 19, addressed Law Students’ Society President increase in enrolment would allow the various ways the faculty plans Sean Coughlin said increased the faculty to enrich its resources to adapt to changes within the enrolment was an initial concern without altering the character of profession, as well as new ways to for some students because of the school. enrich learning and research. potential increase in competition.

“The clinical program would not The changes, which include Based on Orientation Week, be possible without the enrolment increasing enrolment, hiring Coughlin said he hasn’t noticed a increase, which will bring in an additional faculty and creating lack of community, but added that additional $2 million to fund the an additional clinic, were first it’s too early to tell what the effects clinic over the next four years,” proposed last year. The changes of increased enrolment will be. he said. took effect for the 2014-15 Another addition to the Faculty Queen’s, along with six other academic year. of Law is the establishment of a schools in Ontario, has been The number of first-year Family Law clinic. Queen’s Law granted $400,000 in funding for students entering the law program already offers four other clinics: the next three years from Legal will be raised from roughly 165 to Queen’s Legal Aid, Prison Law, Aid Ontario (LAO) for the Family almost 200 in order for the school, Elder Law and Business Law. Law clinic. considered one of the smallest With the addition of the Family The establishment of the Family in Ontario, to compete with Law clinic, approximately 100 Law clinic is also one of the ways larger schools. upper-year students will be able the dean plans to adapt to the Tuition fees for Ontario law to participate in clinical programs changes in the legal profession. schools were deregulated between each year.

“There is great legal service for 1998-2004, but the Faculty didn’t Currently, the various clinics those who can afford it, but for the raise tuition as high as the University are scattered, in various rooms in working class, they are finding it of Toronto and Osgoode Hall law Sir John A. Macdonald Hall. To a little out of their reach,” he said. schools, making the quality of their create one central location for the “So the profession needs to resources less comparable. clinics, the University has leased rethink the way they package In order to increase enrolment, the top floor of LaSalle Mews and provide these services to

make it more accessible and more affordable.”

Nye Thomas, the director general, policy and strategic research of Legal Aid Ontario said there’s been a recent “crisis” in the family law courts of Ontario where “half the people appearing in family law courts in Ontario are not represented by a lawyer”.

“There are two purposes to the funding,” he said.

“One is to provide family law services to those who can’t afford it.

The second is that we’re hoping that funding this clinic will encourage law students to go into family law and choose it as a career.”

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Editorials — The Journal’s Perspective

“Survivors shouldn’t have to trade off severity of punishement for a swifter process.”

SPORTS

NFL dormant on violence

The NFL’s recent devotion pay for a first offence and of commercial time to a second offence earns an anti-domestic violence PSAs is indefinite ban. a retroactive and insufficient This policy is inadequate. All attempt at saving face. it does is increase the number The public service of games a player has to miss announcements — which were if they’re found responsible for conducted by NO MORE, sexual and physical misconduct an anti-domestic violence — if they’re found responsible and sexual assault campaign at all.

— aired during last It wasn’t until September week’s games.

— when explicit footage of In light of the domestic abuse Rice physically abusing his controversies surrounding NFL fiancée emerged — that the players Ray Rice and Adrian Baltimore Ravens terminated Peterson, it’s clear these ads are a poor attempt on the league’s part to boost their tainted image following their pitiable handling of these cases.

Video of Rice dragging his fiancée out of an elevator emerged in February, and a grand jury indicted him for third-degree aggravated assault in March. Despite this, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell didn’t rebuke Rice until July, in the form of a two-game suspension.

It was only following a month of immense criticism that Goodell introduced a new NFL domestic violence policy, where players are given a six-game suspension without

Rice’s contract.

The NFL’s inaction is by no means unique to Rice’s case.

When Peterson was indicted on child abuse charges in September, the Minnesota Vikings responded by deactivating the running back for one game — then reinstating him. He was then barred from the team indefinitely two days later.

Time and time again, Goodell and the NFL have had the opportunity to be

Assault case process ambigious swifter process.

Universities like Brown are offering victims a streamlined process, but their misrepresenting the results, as they don’t have the same judicial power of a court to punish.

Sean Sutherland

Nix the make-up call

Ever heard of a make-up call in sports?

Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended for the team’s game on Sept. 20 for yelling “Fuck her right in the pussy” — a line from a viral video — in the middle of FSU’s student union.

That’s the epitome of a make-up call.

After all, Winston wasn’t suspended for a single game during the 2013 season after being accused of sexual assault. Hell, he even won the Heisman Trophy and led FSU to the national title.

It’s disturbing he was allowed

— Journal Editorial Board

ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAELLA FORTUNE

CRIME

It’s painfully clear that universities need to establish a proper system for handling sexual assault cases.

In Aug. 2013, former Brown University student Lena Sclove was strangled and raped by a fellow student. When she disclosed this to the university, they advised her to file her case with Brown administration instead of the police, because the court system is notorious for its lengthy process.

Following eight months of proceedings, Brown’s Student Conduct Board found Sclove’s rapist guilty of misconduct and suspended him for one year.

Sclove filed an appeal, stating that her rapist shouldn’t be allowed to return to campus, but the appeal was denied.

In response, Sclove held a press conference where she publicly revealed the details of her case, including the name of her rapist.

If universities assume the responsibility of handling sexual assault cases, they need to have appropriate structures in place to effectively manage cases.

The allure of filing with a university is understandable. It can ensure rapists are punished and potentially removed from campus sooner, while the court system is generally a drawn-out affair.

But survivors shouldn’t have to trade off severity of punishment for a

proactive in punishing their players’ misconduct. Instead, any disciplinary action has been the result of immense pressure by the public.

The NO MORE PSAs alone are inadequate. Awareness of domestic violence is important, but PSAs aren’t what’s needed to reform the NFL. If NFL owners genuinely wish to challenge domestic violence, stronger league policies need to be implemented and individual teams need to take greater disciplinary initiative.

The relationship between police and universities is ambiguous and they often seem mutually exclusive. A clear partnership needs to be formed between police and universities to ensure they have the same type of judicial process.

It’s understandable why

Sclove named her rapist, but in doing so she’s taken attention away from Brown’s alleged mishandling of her case.

Although many recent incidents have been focused in the United States, the same standards need to be applied to Queen’s, where the proceedings for sexual assault cases are unclear.

— Journal Editorial Board

to start for the Seminoles last year. didn’t discipline him when he did While he was never charged with something legitimately wrong. any crime related to the alleged It’s a larger problem affecting assault, there still should have been sports right now: organizations some form of discipline. screw up and then resort to Instead, his skill outweighed making pitiful make-up calls, the negative aspects. Suspending often as a result of pressure from him after the allegations were outside sources. made would have cost him his Look at how the NFL recently Heisman and the Seminoles their handled two high-profile domestic championship, a pair of feathers in violence cases. Ray Rice was FSU’s cap. originally suspended for two games One year later, he was suspended for knocking out his then-fiancée in for something that’s negligible. As an Atlantic City elevator in February. university students, we’ve probably Adrian Peterson, meanwhile, was all said stupid things in public that only slated to miss one game after don’t merit punishment. being accused of child abuse. Both If the justification for FSU’s have since been banned indefinitely. decision is that Winston damaged Like FSU’s handling of Winston, the school’s reputation, surely the athlete’s skill level was too he should have been suspended strong to warrant a long suspension in 2013. in both situations — until public Winston is the face of the pressure came in.

Seminoles’ athletic program as its The onus is on FSU and the star football player and a talented NFL — and sports leagues in baseball player. FSU once made general — to realize that make-up him untouchable; now, they’re calls don’t solve problems. If you suddenly holding him to a higher don’t screw up in the first place, standard than any other student. you don’t have to make things right It’s misleading to make it seem the second time around. as if this suspension has anything to do with what he yelled. Winston is Sean is the Journal’s Sports Editor. being punished because the school He’s a third-year English major.

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Knowledge over profit

Canadian universities should strive for autonomy from the corporate world

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Should smoking be banned on campus?

“Yes, because Queen’s is a public place and people shouldn’t be [smoking] in public.”

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Such a strong emphasis on It’s their presence in the larger employment has taken its toll on corporate hiring pool that seems the true meaning of a university more important. degree. No longer is university University of Saskatchewan regarded as an institution of higher Professors Howard Woodhouse learning, where students challenge, and Alexander Ervin explained develop and grow their passions. in a July piece for Rabble how Emily Pascall, ArtSci ’15 Rather, students use it as corporations are increasingly a stepping-stone to leverage, dominating Boards of Governors at University students are constantly network and obtain a career. Our Canadian universities, representing told that employment and income academic careers are often filled corporate interests rather than are what matters after graduation. with this rhetoric: the importance student interests.

The transformation of of getting a job combined with the With decreasing government universities from institutions of unlikelihood — or so we hear — of funding, universities have had higher learning to a hiring pool actually obtaining one. to rely on corporate sponsors. for the corporate world, though, By referring to our degrees only Queen’s, McGill and the University has harmed the actual purpose of in this manner, we neglect the of Toronto have had representatives post-secondary education. knowledge we’ve learned along the on their board of governors from In order to gain funding and way: how to critically question the TD Bank, Molson, Teleglobe and remain competitive with other world around us, how to challenge Bombardier, to name just a few. schools, Canadian universities our political and moral convictions Barbara Palk, senior are falling to the wills of private and how to use our voices to vice-president of TD, and Edward corporations. Corporations should become active and engaged Speal, former president and have less investment and influence members of our communities.

CEO of BNP Paribas — a French at Canadian universities — and Strong corporate presences on bank — both currently sit on shouldn’t be the primary sources Canadian university campuses have Queen’s Board of Trustees, which for decisions that are made. altered the academic atmosphere. oversees all financial and property The focus on the job market Whether we’re walking through decisions at the University. within Canadian society has the Athletics and Recreation Queen’s Board of Trustees become a daunting environment Centre glancing up towards the needs to be more diverse in order for many post-secondary students. long poster advertisements hanging to represent the views of minorities Unemployment rates for university from the ceiling, or participating and the broader Kingston graduates have gone up since in employment recruiting activities, community. A heavy corporate 2006, according to the Globe and students are reminded that influence doesn’t serve the interests Mail, while salaries for humanities their presence on campus is not of the students, who are concerned graduates have dropped. necessarily the most important one. more with the quality of their

Haley Golding, ArtSci ’18

education than whether Queen’s can cater to the business elite in order to gain funding.

Corporate entities on campus have largely been responsible for shifting the academic environment to resemble something closer to a business model “seeking to maximize profit, growth, and marketability”, according to “It shouldn’t be banned. Because [that’s] a violation of a 2010 article by the Journal of personal rights.”

Higher Education.

James Turk, executive director Sam Chow, ArtSci ’16 of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), said in a 2013 statement released by CAUT that “In the majority of [university-corporation] agreements we reviewed, universities have agreed to terms that violate basic academic values.”

This corporate-training ground culture has negative implications on students by creating a competitive pool of individuals “No, it’s your own choice. You’re who submit to the same ideologies. entitled to the right to [smoke].”

It’s not uncommon to see Erin Prysiazny, ArtSci ’16 students sacrificing their interests and passions in order to join organizations, clubs and events that only serve to better their resume.

Students may feel pressured to pursue education that would make them attractive to future employers, as opposed to what they are most interested in.

Universities have begun to move away from their original purpose – a search for truth, “For non-smokers it would be nice, but for smokers it would knowledge, and the greater good be inconvenient.” to focus on churning out factorymade diplomas. Students tailor Linsay Fox, ArtSci ’16 every step of their education to make sure they seem appealing to the corporate world.

We should begin to shift our dialogue. While finding a job is surely important, the reality of whether or not we find one directly after graduation shouldn’t affect the way students view their university experience.

The overarching emphasis on employment hinders the human “University is hard enough. experiences we’ve learned along the Students deserve whatever they need to cope.” way in our studies — compassion towards our peers, understanding, Emily Blyth, ArtSci ’15 empathy and acceptance.

When we regard a university degree as important only if it gets you a job, we really do a disservice to ourselves about what else our degree teaches us about life.

Fundamentally, universities should aim to educate students and promote the pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking. This foundation should be maintained in order to serve students.

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One of the competitors performs her piece at Queen’s Poetry Slam night.

POETRY SLAM

Slamming the status quo Students take the stage at Queen’s Poetry Slam event B y L uke K essaram Contributor Queen’s Poetry Slam has seen a rise in participants this school year, which founder Danielle D’Entremont finds encouraging.

The AMS — ratified club, established last year, hosted their first event of the school year this Monday at the Grad Club.

A poetry slam is a spoken word competition where judges vote on two of the best poems. The poems are performed over 2-3 minute intervals.

Monday’s event featured 14 poets from both the Queen’s and the Kingston communities. Four poets performed during the open mic session that opened the evening.

The remaining 10 competed in the poetry slam.

The house was packed and the room was buzzing — thanks in part to D’Entremont, who took the role of emcee.

“The most important thing for me is that it’s a positive and safe space and everyone is free to speak their mind,” said D’Entremont, ArtSci ’15.

Poet Ben Sterlin opened the night with a poem he wrote last week as a birthday present for his mother. Sterlin’s performance was both delicate and vigorous; words subtle yet precise.

Sterlin’s heart-stirring set the bar for the evening, but none of the other poets failed to meet it.

Bob MacKenzie followed with five quick poems in rapid succession, aided by his soothing voice.

To end the open mic, Sean

Waldbillig offered a poem he wrote the morning of. It was Waldbillig’s first performance at the Slam, having just moved to Kingston last month.

The poem was courageous, insightful, funny and sincere, and he delivered it with deft and charm.

Following the open mic, D’Entremont introduced the poetry slam. Poems had to be less than three minutes and were judged on a scale from one to 10.

Among the poets, there were Queen’s students and Kingston community members, both first-timers and long-standing supporters. They spoke on diverse subject matters, touching on the lighthearted and humorous, the spiritual and the emotional, without being exclusive.

The top two placing poets were

both in their first year of their undergraduate programs, with Emily Keeler, ArtSci ’18, taking first place.

D’Entremont knows the therapeutic power of community art spaces firsthand.

“It’s so wonderful to see the young talent coming up and

it’s so inspiring,” D’Entremont said, lauding the passion and genuineness of the young poets.

“It almost reinvigorates me to write poetry.

“Poetry is free therapy to me,” she added. “I really want to provide this for people in any way that I can.”

ARTIST PROFILE

Nick Faye’s resonant sound A fresh perspective from Regina native and his band B y O livia L oncar -B artolini Arts Editor A good artist will often cope with the everyday struggles of life by channeling their experiences, feelings and thoughts into their music, and that’s exactly what singer-songwriter Nick Faye does.

Hailing from Regina, Sask. Faye and his band bring with them from the prairies a unique and refreshing indie-rock sound.

Fresh off the success of his latest album, Worry, which came out this June, Nick Faye and his band spent the whole summer performing.

The band consists of four members: Faye as the lead singer and guitarist, Byron Chambers on bass guitar, Adam Ennis as the drummer and Jonathon Neher on

keyboard and trumpet. Together, they give a sound reminiscent of The Foo Fighters or The Barenaked Ladies.

Faye has been playing the guitar from a young age, but didn’t become passionate about making music until the age of 16.

“I started to go out to a summer camp in Saskatchewan, so when I was out there all of a sudden everyone was playing guitar around the campfire and I saw that and thought it would be a cool thing to do,” he said. “After that I started practicing more and I started writing more.”

But it wasn’t only those moments at summer camp that defined his music.

“I became more self-aware and dealt with more mental

illnesses and things that kind of really affected my everyday life,” said Faye.

“I just found that this was a good outlet that I could communicate the themes and the tones that I was feeling.”

In this album Faye explores some darker themes including the struggle of coping with depression.

Faye said the band is planning to take a little break before heading back into the recording studio.

“I’m on a bit of a holiday right now, I mean I’ve been working since we started recording this last album in December and it’s just been non-stop,” he said.

“From Newfoundland to Vancouver and anywhere in between we were touring all summer so I’m in Europe right

Faye (second from the left) and band members.

now, taking a break and getting the creative juices flowing.”

After he recharges his creative batteries, Faye said he plans to continue putting out more music.

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“I’ve been writing a few new songs and I might put something out next summer, we’ll see how it goes but for now I’m just enjoying my time,” he said.

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FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Campus music festival makes its debut QPOP Music Festival kicks off this weekend with over 15 bands and four venues B y K ashmala O mar Arts Editor Involving eight different bodies and featuring 15 different bands, organizing QPOP Music Festival for the first time was no easy feat.

QPOP was created in order to emphasize the presence of student and community talent at campus establishments, thereby bringing the Queen’s community together.

Alex Marshall, Hospitality and Safety Services Director at the AMS, was the main event organizer.

Marshall helped coordinate the festival’s venues and will focus on ensuring that QPOP runs smoothly from behind the scenes.

“It’s a lot of behind the scenes stuff,” said Marshall, ConEd ‘14.

“I manage a lot of the relationships with the bands in terms of making them feel welcome. The job also includes working on getting the sound technicians on board through

Kingston Sound-Works, and festival promotion.”

The concept of the festival started with the AMS alongside the Engineering Society, the Student Life Centre (SLC) and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS).

From there, the organizations met with the Grad Club, Clark Hall Pub, The Underground and Common Ground Coffeehouse (CoGro) at the Queen’s University pub meeting, where they introduced the idea to the establishments, Marshall said.

“We all met and had a discussion about a collaboration that’s never really been done before with the establishments,” he said. “So that’s where it came from, an idea that we want to celebrate the campus and community — and there’s no better way to do that than a music festival.”

The process of planning the

event began in May, after the AMS yearly position turnover. The initial focus was to showcase Canadian and student artists.

“We got in contact with Virginia Clarke from the Grad Club — she has a lot of contacts within the Canadian music scene,” he said. “After that point we did a call for student bands, who sent in applications and have got a lot of energy — we really appreciate that.”

The festival will be split up into the four venues on or near campus (The Grad Club, Clark Hall Pub, CoGro and The Underground) between the two nights. Some of the bands playing throughout the venues include Lost Cousins, Sweet Jets, Wildlife, Will Hunter, July Talk, Rich Aucoin and more.

“In terms of the venues, we said we’re not competing with another,” Marshall said. “So we worked together for something really special,

something that could potentially be a long run of a festival if it’s successful.”

They didn’t want to shoot too big and have an outdoor festival, Marshall said. They wanted to celebrate campus space and look to see how well it does, then go from there in terms of the festival’s future.

He added that one of the festival’s goals is to create a space where audiences can support student artists as well as appreciate the

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value of the campus establishments where the performances will take place.

“It’s really awesome to bring people’s attention to campus venues that can go unnoticed.

They’re wonderful places that are for the student community,” Marshall said. “We also wanted to have a cross-venue festival so we could celebrate and show a lot of the musical talent on campus, and really draw students to it to help those artists succeed.”

QPOP Music Festival occurs this Friday and Saturday.

QPOP MUSIC FESTIVAL LINEUP: Friday, Oct. 3 - DJ Klynk - Ivory House - Rich Aucoin - Pick Brothers - Sweet Jets - Wildlife

Saturday, Oct. 4 - Will Hunter Band The Sweet Jets are performing at this weekends QPOP Festival.

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ALUMNI PROFILE

Art conservationist looks back Alumna Srebrenka Bogobic-Zeskoski and her art ventures B y O livia L oncar -B artolini Art Editor Queen’s Art History programme has produced plenty of successful alumni, and Srebrenka Bogovic-Zeskoski is no exception.

Graduating from Queen’s Masters of Art Conservation program in 1985, Bogovic-Zeskoski works as both an art conservationist specializing in painting conservation and a professor of visual arts at York University.

“Conservation for me married the two disciplines that I was very fond and that I graduated in: chemistry and art history,” said Bogovic-Zeskoski told the Journal via email. “There was no other field except conservation that I am aware of in which the two are so well suffused and balanced.”

Being a Queen’s Master’s graduate, Bogovic-Zeskoski has been able to use her specialized

degree to restore and conserve numerous artworks and make a career out of it.

“Art conservation is a specific discipline which has changed remarkably over a period of time,” she said.

There are always art objects in need of “looking after”, she said.

According to her, Queen’s conservation program isn’t just proficient, but one of the best in the world.

“The programme, which was started by professor Ian Hodkinson, really prepared us to be confident in our knowledge and skills. The programme balanced the theory and the ‘hands on’ practice so well,” Bogovic-Zeskoski said.

Today, she runs a successful restoration business which goes by the name In Restauro, and owes much of her professional accomplishments to her education at Queen’s.

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“Graduating from this programme enabled me to start a very successful private practice called In Restauro,” she said.

“The name was chosen — as I remember — traveling as a student in Italy,” she said. “I once went to see a particular work of art only to find a note saying ‘in restauro’, advising the museum goers that the artwork is not available for viewing as it was being restored.”

During her two years at Queen’s, Bogovic-Zeskoski also completed two obligatory internships: one at the Restoration Institute in Zagreb, Croatia and the other at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

“The best part for a conservator is a very satisfied client who thought that his/her cherished artifact is beyond salvation,” she said.

“Often this need not be something of a great monetary value, and often it is not, but it is of a great sentimental importance.”

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SPORTS

All for a cause Gaels take on many charitable initiatives B y B rent M oore Assistant Sports Editor If there’s a group of carolers on your doorstep this year, it might just be the cross country team.

For more than 15 years, the Gaels squad has sung Christmas carols to raise donations for Martha’s Table, a Kingston-based non-profit organization that serves nutritious low-cost meals to those in need.

One night each winter, the team splits into groups of four, who dress up and sing carols on the front porches of houses off-campus. The carolers have been visiting the same neighbourhoods for years.

Team captain Evan Andrin has served meals as a Martha’s Table volunteer in the past, and said he became excited with the project after joining the Gaels last season.

“We take [song] requests, which is pretty fun,” he said. “I really like monetary donations as opposed to food because I think they can use that money better than other people can buying in bulk.”

With another year of CIS eligibility after this season, Andrin said he’ll look to get the team more involved in the coming months.

This includes joining other athletes to participate in CIBC’s Run for the Cure in support of breast cancer

research, education and awareness.

“I personally am pretty involved with these volunteer initiatives,” Andrin said. “Since my election as captain, I’ve been trying to push the team to that direction.”

Besides Andrin, head coach Steve Boyd and co-captain Julie-Anne Staehli are committed to these charitable endeavours.

For the past two years, Staehli has worked with the Varsity Leadership Council, a group of student-athletes that helps build relations in both Queen’s and Kingston communities.

“Our coach Steve Boyd is also a big advocate for social participation and being a bigger presence both within the university and in the Kingston community in general,” Andrin said.

Boyd said he supports the caroling and sees positive outcomes from undertaking charitable activities.

“Heading out on a cold night in December and singing to strangers for money takes some real commitment and team camaraderie,” Boyd told the Journal via email. “It’s therefore great for the team as well as Martha’s Table.”

He said the initiatives spearheaded by Andrin and Staehli may develop into team

The cross country and track teams have raised donations for Martha’s Table and are looking to take on more initiatives, including this weekend’s CIBC Run for the Cure.

traditions that continue after the athletes graduate.

“This is what good captains do: they create team legacies,” Boyd said.

Another event that’s important to many Gaels is CIBC’s Run for the Cure. This year’s event is on Sunday and will feature several teams made up of athletes, students

and staff.

Last year, the men’s rugby team raised $38,775.39 for the campaign. Days away from this year’s race, they’re up to $23,000.

Fifth-year flanker Brendan Sloan said the rugby team has taken part in the event for several years.

“As long as I’ve been here, it’s been our main community

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initiative,” Sloan said. “The boys really get behind it and we raise a lot of money every year.”

While the coaches take part by donating money, raising the funds is a player-led endeavor throughout all levels of the rugby club system.

“We have close to 200 guys in the club right now, and it’s See Charitable on page 16

ATHLETE PROFILE

Rugby record-holder After a pair of injuries, reigning MVP has become prolific scorer B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor

Lauren McEwen has tallied 163 points during her four years with the Gaels, the most in the program’s history.

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In four years, Lauren McEwen has gone from injured rookie to Queen’s highest-scoring women’s rugby player of all time.

The fourth-year centre back has racked up 163 points since rolling into Kingston in 2011.

That number looks all the more impressive considering she struggled through shoulder injuries in both of her first two seasons with the Gaels.

Women’s rugby head coach Beth Barz said she admired the effort McEwen put forth in bouncing back from shoulder surgery in consecutive years.

“I think the hardest thing for an athlete is coming back from an injury because your body isn’t doing what you want it to do,” Barz said. “The ability to push back and basically say ‘no I’m going to do this’ is pretty incredible, especially when you’re going through the same surgery twice — well, one shoulder and then another shoulder — and it really hasn’t held her back at all.”

McEwen’s breakout campaign happened last year, when she tallied

54 points and was named the OUA Russell Division MVP on the way to Queen’s first provincial title.

She’s upped her play to a greater level this year. Her 87 points through four games are more than twice as many as the league’s second-highest scorer.

Barz said McEwen’s presence is equally strong off the field, where her lead-by-example style benefits her younger teammates.

“She does a lot of chatting with people, either in practice or in terms of explaining things,” Barz said. “By all means, she’s somebody the first- and second-years all look up to and want to emulate.”

Part of the reason for McEwen’s added offensive output over the past two seasons came from being named to Canada’s Under-20 women’s team in the summer of 2013.

With the call to the national team came a temporary positional change. McEwen switched to flanker from centre back, marking her first time playing forward.

She said the position shift helped develop the defensive and physical sides of her game, as well as her ability to read opposing offences at a higher level.

“It was such an incredible experience, because I got to focus on parts of my game that I usually don’t get to focus on,” McEwen said. “I remember coming back and Beth being like ‘you’re not the same player’ because my defence just got a lot better.”

At the same time she improved her defensive game, McEwen also worked on becoming stronger at kicking. This season, she’s connected on 22 converts and a penalty goal.

Part of the reason for this is an increased in-game focus. McEwen said she makes a point to write “ice” on her wrists prior to games.

“To be cool as ice and not get riled up and not get fired up, just be cool,” she said. “See the game in slow motion and just read and react.”

While her mind is mostly preoccupied with rugby and the Gaels’ opportunity to repeat as OUA champions, McEwen said she uses her time as a Fine Arts student to take a mental break from rugby.

“I don’t really like to intertwine my two worlds,” she said. “I like to have the separation. I think about rugby all the time, except when I’m See One on page 16

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MEN’S RUGBY

Back on Nixon Field Second-place on the line in home clash with Guelph B y S ean S utherland Sports Editor After a loss to the McMaster Marauders snapped their 19-game winning streak, men’s rugby is looking to get back on the right track this weekend.

The Gaels host the undefeated Guelph Gryphons tomorrow

afternoon. Winning by more than seven points would move Queen’s into a tie with the Gryphons for second place in the OUA, while scoring four tries would give them sole possession of second.

Despite the potential playoff implications, the Gaels aren’t focused on where they’ll sit in the standings after Saturday.

“It’s not so much about [playoff position],” flanker Brendan Sloan said. “Obviously, you don’t want to look too far ahead into the playoffs. In the season, you kind of want to focus the game that’s right before you.”

He added that the Gaels have been looking forward to facing Guelph since the year began, but they aren’t letting the anticipation get to their heads.

“They’re some of our main competition that we see throughout the year,” he said. “So this is a big game, but we’re just looking at it like any other game.”

Sloan said Queen’s is looking to avoid the mistakes that plagued them in last Sunday’s 18-13 loss to the Marauders. The Gaels’ defence didn’t play up to the standard they’ve set in previous matches.

“We didn’t really play as well defensively [against McMaster] as we probably should have. We JOURNAL FILE PHOTOS kind of let them charge into us The two-time defending OUA champions have a little bit,” he said. “We need to outscored opponents 135-35 this season. tighten up a little bit on defence, especially against a team like “We’ve been progressing over own home field. We’re just really Guelph — they’re quite strong the past few weeks and getting excited to have a big crowd again.” runners and they’re big, and quite stronger and stronger,” Sloan said.

Queen’s prevailed 22-3 last a physical team.”

“I think if we just stick to the same October in their most recent The Gaels will have to match game plan that we’ve been with meeting with Guelph. The this physicality, something Sloan every other game, I think that we’ll 19-point margin of victory made said fits right into their style of play. do just fine against Guelph.” for the second-closest game of the “We’ve got to be sure to After two weeks on the Gaels’ season. outmatch them physically and get road, the team is back at Nixon A defensive battle should be back to what we’re good at. Which Field, giving them the benefit expected again this year, as the is smashing them with our bigger of home-field advantage in the Gryphons and Gaels rank first boys,” he said. important match-up. and second, respectively, in points Another key aspect of their “All the boys are really excited conceded. Guelph has given up 14 game Queen’s will rely on against to get back to be playing on Nixon points, while Queen’s has allowed the Gryphons is their ability to stick Field,” Sloan said. “It seems like it’s 35 through four games. to their game plan and systems. been awhile since we played on our Both squads also have players ranked within the OUA’s top five scorers. Gaels full back David Worsley sits fourth with 38 points, while Guelph’s Joe Newman and Adam Maahs are first and third. to a tee, and at the end of the our roster depth. With numerous Maahs has accumulated 10 tries day the professionalism shown by injuries, it’s very essential that many in 2014. the players resulted in a successful of our players who may not have The chance to kick start a new win,” Hoefler said. began the season on the pitch step win streak is there for the Gaels The physical competition up and follow through with our tomorrow. Sloan said the team buzzed with a playoff atmosphere, game plan,” Hoefler said about the is looking to find their footing as close scoring chances were seen upcoming matches. heading forward. from both sides.

“Going up north is never easy “We’re just ready to get back Keeping the Gaels in the game but we have a plan and if we stick out there and show everybody was goalkeeper Max Materne, to it we’ll be successful.” what we’ve got, and prove back to who performed flawlessly through ourselves after that loss last week,” the duration of the match.

— Kylee Pedersen he said.

Fourth-year midfielder Henry Bloemen put the Gaels up 1-0 in the 49th minute, burying a goal into the back of the Ravens’ net from inside the enemy box.

Queen’s upped the pressure for the remainder of the half and continued to perform into stoppage time, as third-year midfielder Will Twardek sealed the deal with a breakaway goal in the final seconds of the game.

Hoefler said the energy of the crowd added to the intensity of the match, as many Queen’s supporters and alumni were present to cheer on the Gaels.

The result will give the team needed momentum as they head back out on the road with two games this weekend.

The Gaels will look to come home with six points, as they play the Laurentian Voyageurs (3-5-2) on Saturday and take on the Nipissing Lakers (2-5-3) Sunday.

“Right now it comes down to

SOCCER IN BRIEF Women draw with Ravens Women’s soccer only managed a single point on the road against the team they’re battling for third place in the OUA East.

The Gaels (5-2-3) played to a 1-1 draw Wednesday evening against the Carleton Ravens (5-2-3) to remain in a tie for third in the division.

Both teams struggled to register shots on net. Queen’s keeper Madison Tyrell stopped four of five shots while the offence tallied four shots, including a goal from midfielder Jessie de Boer.

The Gaels had several strong chances inside Carleton’s box during the first half, but couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities. The team twice failed to record a shot from in tight.

Queen’s had to storm back from an early second half deficit, when the Ravens’ Vanessa Germano gave Carleton the lead. The goal happened after Tyrell slid to strip the ball from an attacker, but couldn’t get back into position to make the save on Germano’s shott. de Boer evened up the score after a give-and-go with striker Tara Bartram. de Boer slipped behind her defender and chipped the ball up and over the Ravens’ goalie for the marker.

The tally gave de Boer goals in each of the Gaels’ last three contests.

Neither team was able to muster another offensive opportunity as the match ended 1-1. With the draw, both the Gaels and Ravens stayed even in the OUA East standings, nine points back of the first-place Ottawa Gee-Gees (9-1-0).

After kicking off the year with three consecutive victories, Queen’s has captured only two wins in their last seven games.

This weekend, the women travel north to face the Laurentian Lady Vees (3-5-2) on Saturday and the Nipissing Lakers (2-7-1) on Sunday.

— Brent Moore

Big win on road A massive mid-week win lifted men’s soccer back into contention for a first-round playoff bye.

The Gaels (6-2-3) played a high intensity match against the Carleton Ravens (6-2-3) Wednesday night in Ottawa, and after 90 minutes of focused play walked away with a 2-0 victory.

Head coach Christian Hoefler said the result was “absolutely fantastic.”

“I believe we followed the plan

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mandatory for each one of them to register,” Sloan said.

Much of the money is raised by soliciting family and friends, in person or through social media.

Some players also go door-to-door seeking sponsorship.

Much like how caroling has brought the cross country team closer together, Sloan said the Run for the Cure event is an effective team building exercise for men’s rugby.

“It’s something that brings us all together for a common cause,” he said.

It’s not the only cause the men have gotten behind.

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This year, the squad also teamed up with Soul Food, a student-run organization that delivers unconsumed food from campus cafeterias to Kingston shelters. Members of the team handle deliveries every Wednesday night.

They’ve also recently gotten involved with the White Ribbon campaign, a group that asks men to pledge never to commit or condone violence against women and girls.

The team has been involved with bringing a White Ribbon seminar to Queen’s in November, Sloan said.

“It’s definitely something that all the boys really back,” he said. “It’s very important to us.”

Lauren McEwen’s point totals in her last seven OUA games.

Sept. 27, 2014 vs Trent

— 24 points Sept. 20, 2014 @ Toronto

— 29 points Sept. 14, 2014 @ McMaster

— 5 points Sept. 6, 2014 vs York

ON DECK CIRCLE WOMEN’S RUGBY Saturday Oct. 4, 7 p.m.: Gaels (3-1) vs. Western Mustangs (2-2).

Lady Vees (3-5-2).

Sunday, Oct. 5, 12 p.m.: Gaels @ Nipissing Lakers (2-7-1).

MEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S RUGBY Saturday, Oct. 4, 1 p.m.: Gaels (3-1) vs. Guelph Gryphons (4-0).

WOMEN’S SOCCER Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 p.m.: Gaels (5-2-3) @ Laurentian

— 24 points JOURNAL FILE PHOTO

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2:15 p.m.: Gaels (6-2-3) @ Laurentian Voyageurs (3-5-2).

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2:15 p.m.: Gaels @ Nipissing Lakers (2-5-3).

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painting. It’s so nice to have that break from the constant obsession with the sport.”

Tomorrow’s match against the Western Mustangs marks the Gaels’ final regular season game. While McEwen said she’ll probably return to Queen’s for one more year — hopefully for teacher’s college — she’s also thinking about the end of her

university career, and the chance to improve on last year’s result.

She said the team’s goal for this year is to capture a CIS championship, after placing fifth at the tournament in 2012 and winning national bronze in 2013.

“I’ve been thinking about that lately, of my final chapter to my book,” she said. “It’d be so nice to have that last sentence in my book be ‘and we won CIS gold.’”

Oct. 26, 2013 @ Guelph (OUA Championship)

— 4 points Oct. 19, 2013 vs Western

— 24 points Oct. 11, 2013 vs Trent

— 17 points Up Next

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LIFESTYLE

Hypersexualization hypnotization The representation of female minorities, especially black women, is rooted in colonial ideologies B y A nisa R awhani Editorials Editor 19.6 million views in 24 hours.

With these numbers, Nicki Minaj’s music video “Anaconda” shattered Vevo’s record for amount of clicks within a day of release.

The video centres on Minaj and her fellow dancers’ twerking buttocks as an assertion of female sexuality.

But the assertion of female sexuality is by no means the issue at hand. In Minaj’s case, it’s the method of assertion that’s harmful.

It hypersexualizes the black female form.

It’s important to understand that Minaj’s music video, among countless others, is a product of a culture that has historically hypersexualized minority women.

The video’s popularity further perpetuates harmful stereotypes.

The hypersexualization of black women specifically finds its roots in colonialism and slavery. At the time, white slave owners manufactured a stereotype of the black woman as a creature with an insatiable sexual appetite.

This stereotype was created in order to justify their sexual relations with black female slaves.

I say sexual relations, but the reality is that the majority of sexual acts were a result of coercion and rape.

Depictions of black women from the time are primarily nudes that emphasize their breasts and backside. This set a precedent where black women were heavily associated with their bodies.

The image is still very much alive today — the black female form continues to be known for “that booty”.

From this, it should be Minaj’s “Anaconda” video primarily features the singer’s backside and extremely sexual dancing.

understood that despite the record-breaking popularity of “Anaconda”, it’s by no means unique, but rather comes from a long-standing history of media that reinforces this caricature of the black woman as overly sexual.

This sexualization isn’t exclusive to a certain race of women; however, it would be inaccurate to suggest that certain minority groups, such as black and Latina women, don’t experience it in a stronger manner.

The “bootylicious” black woman has an equivalent in the “spicy” Latina, as seen by Jennifer Lopez’s music video “Booty”.

Although the video does feature Iggy Azalea, a white woman, it still reinforces this association between Latina identity and the body.

Adult Onset, Ann-Marie MacDonald’s latest, hit shelves Sept. 30.

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Book review: Adult Onset

A powerful, yet humourous drama B y Z oe K elsey Staff Writer What happens over the course of a week? You tidy the kitchen, play with your dog, call your mom.

But even in an uneventful week — grocery shopping, laundry, maybe lunch with a friend — one’s entire universe may shift.

Best-selling Canadian author Ann Marie MacDonald’s latest work Adult Onset is the story of

a week in the life of Mary Rose MacKinnon, or “Mister”, a play on her initials MR. She’s a stay-at-home mother, wife, concerned sister and beleaguered daughter. At the beginning of the novel, the story feels almost as if it’s in real time, with no detail withheld.

Drinking a cup of tea includes rising from a chair, finding the cup, the tea bag, boiling the kettle, a quick look at the calendar — and

Within top-grossing films, it was found that Latinos account for less than five per cent of speaking roles, while Latinas were more likely than females from any other race to be shown partially or fully naked on screen.

These numbers emphasize the frequency in media of Latina women being represented as sex objects.

These stereotypes are harmful as they limit the identities of minority women as bodily.

Women who possess these typical physical characteristics are automatically sexualized.

As well, there are a whole other set of implications for women who don’t fit within the mould.

“My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun”

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and “Fuck those skinny bitches” are both examples in “Anaconda” where women who don’t fit this sexualized stereotype are shamed for their natural divergence.

There’s a lot of awareness of the unrealistic expectations that the media sets for men and women, and strides have been made to break these down.

However, there are a whole set of expectations that are directed towards black women that have gone unaddressed.

With 19.6 million views in 24 hours, it’s clear there’s a demand for this sort of media.

But as a part of those millions of viewers, we need to recognize that we’re being complicit in the perpetuation of these harmful stereotypes.

so on. with the memories of her own healthy mother she aspires to But the tedium of those activities traumatic childhood, from her be is ultimately a successful isn’t tedious; it’s fascinating as a mother’s physical abuse to her one — or at least, as successful as result of the stunning and richly parent’s joint rejection of her upon it can be. Admittedly, the journey told psychological realism. their daughter’s coming out. occasionally felt a little prolonged The novel mirrors the mind’s The use of the flashbacks for me as a reader, especially as fragmentation between the past paints a circular portrait of family someone who hasn’t had children. and the present, the present relationships and inheritance.

However, I could recognize and and our dreams, through the Repeated phrases, actions and identify with the other elements of insertion of vivid and emotional emotions are deployed with a family relationships, daily life and flashbacks. As Mary Rose receives jarring effect. fun, distinctly Canadian references a Christmas tree stand in the mail, Watching Mary Rose’s to connect with the book. her grandmother miscarries at the unresolved issues burst into rage That connection was also age of 14. at her two-year-old daughter just facilitated by the humour of Adult The juxtapositions throughout as her mother did to her is a Onset. Amazingly, despite all of the Adult Onset imbue the present harrowing experience. tragedy and heavy subject matter of with an eeriness and profound I sat with the book in my MacDonald’s novel, it’s hilarious. poignancy. The effect is one of lap pleading with her, entirely The darkness is so deftly handled “temporal layering”, a term created consumed by the realism of the it isn’t overwhelming or depressing.

by Queen’s University professor moment: “Don’t do it, Mary Rose!

MacDonald is capable of the Dr. Patricia Rae, in which many You don’t have to be your mom!” kind of humour every writer out times exist simultaneously.

This last sentiment lies at the there is shooting for. She’s at Mary Rose is physically and novel’s emotional core and rings turns sarcastic, punchy, subtle and emotionally abused and neglected a bit like the opening of a Carrie equally laugh-out-loud funny and as a child, ultimately resulting in Bradshaw column — “Even if we smirk inducing. her developing bone cysts in her fight it, are we really all destined to The novel is a triumphant arm. The “adult onset” of that pain become our mothers?” balancing act of humour and in her arm in the present stimulates Spoiler alert: the answer is tragedy, routine and magic. In her anxiety about the past. no. Mary Rose’s journey to short, her writing style alone is As she interacts with her own acknowledge the failings of her brilliant and entirely worth the two children, she is consumed parents in order to become the price of a 384-page novel.

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POSTSCRIPT

Stressed to impress The pressure to be busy is placing an unhealthy strain on Queen’s students who want to do it all B y K ate M eagher Assistant Lifestyle Editor You’ve probably encountered everyone’s newest, least-favourite mode of communication: the bragplain.

A relative of the humble brag, the bragplain occurs when an individual construes his or her own success as inconvenient in order to gloat without seeming arrogant.

If you’re not sure whether you’ve encountered the phenomena, consider the following statements: “I wish I could go out with you, but I just have so much work to do.

It’s really tough being co-president this year while keeping my average high, I just can’t afford to take a night off like you can …”

“I was really looking forward to yoga, but it looks like I have another breakfast with my team. I would skip but I kind of have to go, being the captain and all …”

Most frequently encountered on social media, the bragplain generally condemns the hectic nature of fitting all of one’s many accomplishments and commitments into the meagre 24 hours in a day.

Even a quick scroll through my Twitter feed reveals such complaints about being overly prepared for lectures and getting in such good shape that their clothing no longer fits.

One person even griped about having too many groceries.

As tempting as it is to write these comments off as the conceited PHOTO BY EMILIE RABEAU compliment fishing of a few, highly Students struggle to express their stress without resorting to bragplaining , but can’t resist overcrowding their schedules. undesirable individuals, it’s hard to deny that sentiment resonates with School Board. like, that students don’t recognize from participating. their involvement. most students.

“Everyone seems to have one the importance of just having But for some students like Rya Whether they think they’re Most will be quick to tell thing that they commit themselves that downtime … And not have Marrelli, nothing can dissuade spread too thin, or haven’t you about our huge selection of to at least,” said Snow, ArtSci ’16. to be entertaining themselves or them from getting involved. joined enough, the importance of available clubs — and just as quick The problem with our attitude distracting themselves, or working, “I feel like I’m at a place right extracurricular activities isn’t lost to follow up with which ones towards involvement lies in this but they can literally just chill, you now where there’s so much to anyone on campus. they run. sense of commitment. know?” she said. available to me that will never This tension between wanting Like it or not, being involved, It’s one thing to put your all into “Get a little bored. I think be available to me again so I to have more time for our friends and talking about how involved we something you’re passionate about, that your generation hasn’t been might as well get everything I can and wanting to compete with our are seems to be as integral to the but what about when that comes at exposed to that as much because out of it while I’m here,” said peers in a competitive job market Queen’s experience as tams and the cost of your health? of all the technology and the Marrelli, ArtSci’15. contributes heavily to feelings late nights in the library.

Dr. Joan Lacoursière, a family pressures that are put there and This now-or-never approach to of stress.

Jackie Tessier is in her first year doctor with HCDS, said she’s the competition.” extracurricular activities is widely Every student characterized of teacher’s college at Queen’s, but concerned about the damage that The consequences of crowded responsible for the cramped talking about stress as ranting, having done her undergrad here an overcommitted student might schedules do more serious harm schedules running rampant whining or complaining. as well, she’s intimately familiar be doing to other facets of their life. to a student than any benefit they on campus.

The stress of keeping busy with the community’s propensity Lacoursière often deals with might gain from the club.

Kathleen Chayer, however, said combined with a fear of arrogance for involvement. students who struggle to cope with Furthermore, the threat of this non-discriminatory approach leaves many students with no way “It’s not just, you know, ‘Go the pressures of involvement. adverse effects can even be enough to extra-curricular activities isn’t to describe how they talk about through your degree and enjoy the “What I see is that the healthy to deter students from getting necessarily conducive to individual feeling overwhelmed, thinking of ride,’ it’s, ‘You have to enjoy the lifestyles go by the wayside. So involved in the first place. development. themselves as a nuisance to those ride and the only way you’re going their sleeping gets messed up, their Laura Belford said most Reflecting back to her high they tell. to do it is by joining this and this diet, you know, they don’t eat a first-years are intimidated to school and first year experiences, But despite this, each student and this and this and make sure balanced diet or eat regular meals,” join clubs.

Chayer claims to have joined too said the activities they choose that you take all the opportunities she said.

“I think a lot of people as much, even when the clubs she to participate in enhanced their that are thrown at you in a mildly “They stop exercising is a really first-years tend to be hesitant to chose had little significance for her. student experiences. organized fashion,” said Tessier, big one, and that’s so good for get involved — I know I am,” said “I’m not sure I put a lot of Jared Delarge, ArtSci ’16, said ConEd ’16, who plays both soccer helping with stress management Belford, ConEd ’18. thought into why I was getting by neglecting to take part in for the women’s varsity team and mood management and just, “Just because you don’t know involved in stuff, it just seemed like extracurricular activities, students and trumpet for Legally Blonde: you know, overall well-being.” what the workload is going to be that’s an expectation that I had deprive themselves of valuable The Musical.

According to Lacoursière, the like and it’s so new. There are so for myself that I should be and opportunities for growth.

But even more important to expectation to be constantly busy many things to join that you don’t that’s how I made myself feel like “I think you’re going to come students than the breadth of their is simply unrealistic. know what to join.”

I was doing alright in life,” said out with a richer experience at involvement was the depth.

While certain individuals are According to Belford’s view, all Chayer, ArtSci ’16. university if you’re more involved,” “What I’ve come to learn is that naturally more equipped to juggle that bragplaining about having “I’m currently trying to scale he said. everyone kind of finds something a number of commitments, the no free time, combined with our back a bit and also just really be “You’re going to meet more that they enjoy and that they can pressure of school alone can be eagerness to support more clubs mindful of what I’m choosing to people, you’re going to learn a lot find something. overwhelming for others. than any one person could possibly get involved in and why and maybe of skills through all the activities It’s such a broad community that Lacoursière believes that the name, has created a culture to take on less, but do a better job that you do. there’s some little thing our there root of the issue can be seen in that can be overwhelming for with the few organizations that I “Whether or not it’s learning for everyone,” said Taylor Snow, the approach students take to some students. am involved in.” how to stay in the tube during who stage manages this semester’s their schedules.

As a result, the actions of If one thing is clear, it’s that innertube water polo or whatever, major drama production and “I think that the thing that I see involved students might be students are heavily preoccupied I think you’re going to learn a lot of tutors with the Limestone District as a trend is that it seems almost more likely to discourage others by the implications of skills with any activity that you do.”

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QJ COLUMNS — HEALTH

Sugar’s bittersweet side

The truth about sugar might leave a bad taste in your mouth

B y C aela F enton Contributor

in fruit.

The best thing is to be mindful.

The new daily value will consider Look at the label before you eat all sugars equal — a decision that’s something, not in an obsessive way It seems as though we’re constantly questionable to many nutritionists. (you can still eat the chocolate bar if bombarded not only by the latest The sugar found in healthy foods you want it), but just so that you’re ‘superfood’ that we should be like berries, bananas, apples and so making an informed decision. eating (acai, chard, coconut oil, on, shouldn’t be eliminated from Many of the times, companies etc.), but also with the newest your diet. also make the serving size smaller ‘evil food.’

Where did the figure of a round than the average portion that a The most recent of which is 100 grams come? Health Canada person eats. I know I never eat none other than our favourite said 100 grams is easy to remember only a half-cup of cereal in the sweetener — sugar. and understand, which is appealing morning, so be aware of how much Recent studies have shown that for consumers trying to make they’re recommending. there’s increasing evidence that a change.

Consider healthy swaps, like sugar consumption has ties to heart Currently, the average Canadian flavouring your own yogurt with disease, diabetes and obesity, some takes in around 110 grams of sugar cocoa powder or cinnamon instead of the biggest names in the health a day, so setting the limit at 100 of buying flavoured varieties. If care world. grams means that although people you have fruit in the morning, Obesity alone costs Canada will have to make alterations, they’ll maybe make your afternoon snack between $4.6-7.1 billion annually. still feel the number is achievable. incorporate veggies.

According to The Journal of the Australia, New Zealand and the When flavouring dishes, opt American Medical Association, European Union (all of whom set for spices rather than prepackaged those who get 25 per cent more of their sugar limits before Canada) sauces or mixes that are often the daily caloric intake from added chose 90 grams as the target for packed with added sugars. Make sugars are three times more at risk their citizens. your own salad dressing, using for death of heart disease.

But how well do you know olive oil, lemon juice and red wine Stemming from this concerning your sugar content? The amount in or balsamic vinegar and you’ll save evidence, the Canadian Ministry of these common foods may surprise yourself a ton of sugar.

Health has decided to implement you. A banana has 17 grams, Finally, the most important a percentage value for sugar on ½ cup of raisins has 46 grams, a can thing is to lead an active lifestyle. nutritional labels. of Coke has 39 grams, ½ cup of Sugar really gets you if you’re Currently, the number of grams oatmeal has two grams and an egg sedentary, so make time to move. of sugar in a product appears, but has zero grams. there’s no daily value percentage to contextualize the amount to consumers.

The ministry has decided that 100 grams of sugar will be the maximum recommended daily value, although less is desirable.

The “100 gram solution,” as The Globe and Mail has tongue-in-cheek described the move, may not be solving the root of the problem, though.

The Ministry of Health won’t be differentiating between added sugars and those that are naturally PHOTO BY ARWIN CHAN occurring, such as the ones found Swap processed sweets for healthier alternatives.

STREET STYLE

Classy in the classroom

Sartorial inspiration from one of Queen’s best dressed profs B y C laudia T sang Staff Writer Coco Chanel once said, “A girl

should be two things: classy and fabulous”. These are words Heather Evans, an English professor at Queen’s, clearly lives by.

Upgrading simple, timeless black-and-white ensembles with distinctive handmade jewellery, a classic pair of heels and accented scarves, Professor Evans maintains an effortless, refined style.

How long did it take you to get dressed today?

I had a really hard time getting dressed today [knowing I was getting interviewed]! Probably around an hour. I usually take approximately 45 minutes. I don’t like to get rushed.

Describe the outfit you’re wearing: I don’t know any of the brands I’m wearing. I think I got the skirt at Winners. I’m not sure where I got this t-shirt. I have these plum heels I bought a few years ago that are my back-to-school heels. But I think what distinguishes my style is my use of accessories — I made all the jewellery I’m wearing!

Evans’ homemade jewelry adds a touch of charm.

PHOTOS BY CLAUDIA TSANG

See queensjournal.ca for the full interview.

ACROSS 1 Harmonization,

for short 5 Floral neckwear 8 Burden 12 Twosome 13 Charged bit 14 Competent 15 Obvious 17 React to yeast 18 Second person 19 Tabloid worker 21 Necktie alternative 24 Vicinity 25 Bank transaction 26 Hunger 30 Emeril’s shout 31 Figure of speech 32 Extinct bird 33 OK 35 Weaponry 36 British school 37 Beginning 38 Crazy one 41 Have bills 42 Once more, colloquially 43 Sweater decoration 48 “Star Wars” hero 49 Miler Sebastian 50 Pout 51 Lecherous look 52 Longing 53 Fill till full DOWN 1 Resort 2 Puppy’s call 3 Pinch 4 Coloring stick 5 Stead 6 A billion years 7 Crime-fighting group

based in Lyon, France

8 Lasso 9 Final notice 10 As well 11 Antelope’s playmate 16 Deteriorate 20 Consider 21 Actress Jessica 22 Laundry need 23 Bivouac 24 Pertaining to bees 26 Support of a cause 27 Don of radio 28 Color quality 29 Right on the map?

31 Tittle 34 “A Few Good Men” director 35 Layered rock 37 Hooter 38 Shoppers’ mecca 39 Chills and fever 40 “Swoosh” company 41 Tournament format 44 “The Raven” writer 45 Sine — non 46 Last (Abbr.)

47 — out a living

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