The Queen's Journal, Issue 14

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A look at commisioner salaries within the AMS.

Australian PM’s speech brings feminism into focus.

A review of “Small Dramas & Little Nothings” at Union.

Women’s rugby steamrolls Trent in OUA quarter-final.

MMA is more than blood, sweat and chaos.

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Local bike share program proposed AMS, SGPS partnered with City, public health and St. Lawrence College on plan B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

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The Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, spoke of the generosity of two of his Queen’s professors while he was a student in the sixties, at an event in Grant Hall on Saturday.

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Johnston opens lecture series Governor General, a Queen’s alum, speaks of his time on campus B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor Before he was Governor General, David Johnston got a jump start on his law career thanks to Queen’s.

The young student had just completed his law degree at Cambridge in 1965 and was looking to complete his degree in Canadian law. Queen’s allowed him to do this in one year.

“Queen’s very kindly took me in at third year and gave me courses in all three years, which in itself was unusual,” Johnston told the Journal following a talk he gave on campus on Saturday.

Johnston was the inaugural lecturer of the first annual Principals’ Distinguished Visitor’s series. He spoke to a crowd of a few hundred people in Grant Hall, sharing his story about the relationship he forged with two professors who gave him individual tutorials in classes he was missing and couldn’t fit in his time table.

“Enjoy this great place because it is very special,” he said during his talk. “When you leave with your Queen’s degree, recognize that you’ve received a superb education here and have a sense of

giving back to your society because you’ve benefited so much from a superb education.”

Johnston graduated with his Queen’s law degree in 1966 and went on to build his career in academics which began with

Kingston could be joining the growing list of Canadian cities with bike share programs, if feedback to a proposal is positive.

The City of Kingston posted a survey in late September asking respondents how often they see themselves using a bike share program, among other questions.

The survey will run until Oct. 29.

The city has partnered with Queen’s, St. Lawrence College and Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health to propose the service, which would see stations set up downtown and near Queen’s, St. Lawrence College and the Royal Military College’s campuses.

Troy Sherman, AMS municipal affairs commissioner, and Ty Greene, commissioner of the environment and sustainability, began discussing the possibility of

a bike share program over the summer. Upon bringing their idea to the City, they found that they too had been considering such a program.

Greene, PheKin ’13, said demand for more accessible means of transportation between main and West Campus was one of the driving forces behind the AMS’ interest in the project.

“The whole sort of idea of the bike share program came from students and what they want to see in terms of transportation infrastructure,” he said. “The main thing that’s pushing this project is student input and student need.”

According to an information report to the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee, the capital costs of the project would amount to an initial $4,000 to $5,000 per bicycle (including racks, payment machines, etc.), with operating See Student on page 6

a position as assistant professor in the Queen’s Faculty of Law that same year. Before becoming the Right Honourable Governor General, he served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill See Enjoy on page 5

Provincial Politics

Premier backlash McGuinty addressed protesting teachers in Kingston Friday, days before resigning B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor When Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty visited Kingston on Friday, he was greeted by a group of a dozen or so teachers protesting against Bill 115.

The rally, held by teachers representing the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario (ETFO), occurred during a lunch event McGuinty held at the Holiday Inn. McGuinty announced last night that he was stepping down from

his position as Premier of Ontario.

“Now we’re going through a difficult period economically,” he Local teachers demonstrated outside of Premier Photo by Tristan DiFrancesco told the Journal following Friday’s Dalton McGuinty’s talk held at the Holiday Inn. event. “I think we need to find ways to convey, to demonstrate Until a leadership convention from Ontario teachers against that we respect each other, that is held, legislature is prorogued. the bill. we value each other’s judgments McGuinty said he hopes the “I know we’re in choppy waters and advice.” party will continue in its efforts to with some of our teachers now, Bill 115 was passed on Sept. 11 impose a public sector wage freeze but I want to assure you that our by the Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) after legislature is recalled by a new government is committed and and stipulates a wage freeze for OLP leader. dedicated to getting that goodwill Ontario teachers over the next two At the talk, McGuinty addressed back,” he said at the talk. years. The bill also eliminates the issues relating to education and Despite the opposition, he right for teachers to strike during employment in Ontario and said the OLP has made significant See Resignation on page 5 the period. admitted to the strong opposition

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Coca-Cola Canada President addresses issues

Nicola Kettlitz sat down with the Journal to discuss the water bottle ban, Killer Coke and responsible leadership B y J ulia Vriend Assistant News Editor

need to become more sustainable to remain competitive. After his session, he sat down with the Journal for an interview.

Nicola Kettlitz, president of Coca-Cola Canada, stopped by Dunning Hall on Saturday to How do you view your role as speak at the School of Business’ President at a major company like annual Responsible Leadership Coca-Cola (Canada)?

Summit. This year’s speakers also included Bruce Poon Tip, founder My role is to craft, help define, and of travel company G Adventures, help apply the overall company and Anil Gupta, founder of and brand vision to Canada. …

Honey Bee Network, an Indian The ‘business’ we talk about, or company that supports and brings ‘corporations’ are some abstract together innovators. Kettlitz, past entity. But at the end of the day, general manager of the Torino Coke, like another corporation, is and Vancouver Olympic Games, made up of people, with personal told the crowd that all companies aspirations and personal values. It

is enabling those people. First, you have to select the right people, but most of all [it’s about] enabling them to excel. That is what the role is really about.

Since you are speaking here at the Responsible Leadership summit, what does Responsible Leadership mean to you?

At Coke, we are very clear that our business will not exist in the future unless we do our part in creating sustainable communities, sustainable environments … What you are doing enables the communities

to be sustainable. This includes how we diminish our impact on water supply and packaging. We just have to look at what we are doing and what we should be doing. Sometimes we set targets.

For example, we have a target to be water neutral by 2020.

Queen’s is attempting to become more environmentally friendly with initiatives like the water bottle ban, for example. What are your thoughts on this course of action?

First of all, [the water bottle ban] is a student choice, and that is fine and we need to respect it. I do think there are other solutions to the waste problem that comes from bottled water. Bottled water is not about replacing tap water or water fountains. Bottled water plays a role in convenience. The packaging, if properly managed, is not waste [since] it does not go into a landfill. If properly managed and recycled the materials that make up the packaging continues life on as a bowl, clothing, and furniture. It is a resource, a resource that comes from oil, which is not renewable.

How do you respond to allegations about Coca-Cola’s labour laws, specifically the International Killer Coke group’s claims that “Queen’s contract renewal is unethical,” according to a Journal article.

[International Killer Coke director] Mr. Rogers’ comments are not based in fact. Coca-Cola is committed to compliance with local laws and all international labor standards.

The lawsuits he speaks to have been dismissed; independent assessments have found no evidence to support the allegations that bottler management conspired to intimidate or threaten trade unionists. The International Labour Organization, outside law firms and senior executives of Coca-Cola reaching the same conclusion, also has investigated these allegations.

These interviews have been edited for clarity and length. The final question was asked in a followup interview done via email.

C o r r e c t i o n An oversight was made in the last issue of the Journal. An incorrect quote was attributed to Leslie Dal Cin, director of Athletics and Recreation regarding the usage of treadmills. The correct quote is as follows: “Many students also prefer not to use it for exercise — that’s reality.”

Coke Canada President Nicola Kettlitz said the company is working to be water neutral by 2020.

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Incorrect information appeared in the Oct. 12 issue of the Journal. The Journal regrets the error.

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Salaries subject to remuneration review Personnel Committee to conduct first comprehensive examination of full-time pay since 2009-10 B Y R OSIE H ALES Features Editor Over $140,000 in student dollars are spent on AMS commissioner salaries — the equivalent of almost 2000 AMS-specific student fees.

This point was raised by Commerce Society President Nicola Plummer at a recent AMS Assembly.

“I would think that a vast majority of students don’t realize this is how their student fees are being spent,” Plummer, Comm ’13, told Assembly on Sept.

27 during a discussion regarding commission budgets.

Plummer brought the concern to Assembly in an effort to ensure accountability regarding student-salaried positions.

Currently salaries for each commissioner are paid through the $70.18 AMS-specific fee, which is collected from each full-time student in undergraduate programs, MBA and Medicine.

Last year, the salaries for the 60 salaried workers within the AMS were raised by five per cent.

“The finance committee met with a variety of individuals and decided to propose a five per cent salary increase to more fairly compensate the amount of work put into the positions,” Rob Gamble, chair of AMS Board of Directors, said.

Gamble, ArtSci ’13, said students ultimately can’t have the last say when it comes to salaries.

“There is a legal obligation in terms of how much we need to be paying salaried employees,” he said. “If you looked at the numbers and did some calculations in terms of what an hourly rate would be, a lot of the commissioners and the executive would be close to minimum wage in terms of their hourly compensation.”

After consulting a salary grid that is reviewed every March, the Board of Directors passes all pay for salaried positions. The pay isn’t

finalized before the hiring period in January, but approximate salaries are listed in the job descriptions of each position.

Base salary amounts on the grid are calculated by taking into account Ontario minimum wage and factors such as time commitment.

Gamble estimates every year AMS salaries rise between 1 and 2.5 per cent due to inflation.

He said the AMS-specific fee also increases every year for the same reason.

This fee goes into the Assembly budget and covers the commissioner’s salaries. All commissioners are paid the same amount and have no say in what their salary will be.

Because the AMS is a non-profit organization, it budgets zero for surplus or deficits each year.

“The total dollar amounts spent on salaries increased; however, the budgets were still drafted with the understanding that we budget for zero in the AMS,” Gamble said.

The AMS-specific fee didn’t increase with last year’s pay raise, but increases each year with inflation.

For the first time since the 2009-10 year, the AMS will undertake a comprehensive remuneration review for the 2012-13 term.

The review is an in-depth examination of salaries and job descriptions in the AMS, and will reveal how the AMS compares with other student governments in Canada.

“Ideally we will want to be done by the end of this semester or very early next semester, just so we can make proper decisions in terms of hiring for the next year,” Gamble said.

After the last comprehensive remuneration review, the AMS-specific fee was raised by $9.02.

The Personnel Committee, of which the majority of its four

After consulting a salary grid, the Board of Directors passes all salaries for student employees of the AMS prior to the hiring period in the winter semester.

voting members are non-salaried, will undertake the review.

“I think it’s significant because the ultimate decisions regarding remuneration of our staff are made without any conflict of interest,” Gamble said “Positions could theoretically be restructured if Board felt that money could be allocated better.

Compensation could change,” he said.

A smaller part of the review will be cross-checking with other student organizations and governments at Ontario universities to see how they compare.

“I would say that the AMS probably has one of the lowest rates of compensation,” he said.

At McMaster University, employees of the McMaster Student Union (MSU) like the Director of the Silhouette, the campus newspaper, the Clubs Administrator and the Director of the campus convenience store work approximately 40 hours a week.

They are paid around $33,000 annually, and make up some of ten full-time salaried student opportunity positions.

The President and three Vice Presidents of MSU are paid approximately $36,000.

Commissioners and service directors of the AMS receive $23, 961 for around 40 hours of work per week.

Amongst other responsibilities, commissioners must oversee committees within their commission, maintain office hours throughout the year and construct a budget, strategic plan and mid-year review.

The AMS executive is currently paid $24,223.50 yearly for 40 hours of work per week.

Mira Dineen, AMS vice president of university affairs, said commissioner pay is calculated at 40 hours a week on the salary grid, but that they often work more.

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generally speaking you also have to be here during the day because you also have committees and students coming to you for questions,” she said. “The hours aren’t a normal nine-to-five schedule, I would say.”

Dineen, ArtSci ’11, added that the philosophy of student jobs at the AMS is what makes it so unique.

“A lot of student associations aren’t like that,” she said.

The University of British Columbia’s Alma Mater Society offers nearly 60 permanent salaried positions, whereas the AMS at Queen’s offers less than 10 permanent positions, but 60 salaried positions for students.

While the AMS emphasizes a student-based workforce, there are requirements that employees must meet in order to be eligible for their position. Most employees must be enrolled in a 40 per cent course load and pay the full slate of AMS mandatory student fees.

“Students have the opportunity to develop skills, grow personally, and refine their career direction, but more importantly, students take on a meaningful role in shaping the Queen’s community through their work at the AMS,” Dineen told the Journal via email.

“If you are a commissioner, you are required to pay approximately $2,800 to even be eligible for your job — and that’s only if you’re an Arts and Science student,” Dineen said.

It’s a reality that not all students can afford to work at the AMS. “If an engineering or a commerce student has an option between a summer internship where they literally will make more than they would at the AMS all year, they can’t afford to take a job at the AMS, unfortunately,” she said.

“Nobody here is making more than a dollar over minimum wage.”

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A joint energy and water conservation research project between Queen’s and St. Lawrence College is underway after receiving nearly $100,000 in funding from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA).

Researchers from the Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre (SEARC) and Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy (QIEEP) will join Utilities Kingston — the city-owned utilities administrative corporation — in an effort to quantify the electrical costs of transporting waste water and sewage throughout the municipal network and reduce them.

“By understanding the embedded energy costs of water usage more accurately, [the project] will develop the evidence needed to profitably offer incentives to end-users that wish to upgrade,” said Utilities Kingston Conservation Officer Stephen Sottile.

The project will likely result in expanding financial incentives already offered to residents and businesses that opt to upgrade inefficient items like leaky spray nozzles and old ice makers.

The collaborators will develop new technologies as well as strategies to deploy local waste-reduction measures in high-demand zones across the central Kingston region which is serviced by Kingston Hydro.

“We will use the findings to design a

program in Kingston that will get us both the water and electrical savings we need,” Sottile said. “If we do our math, other companies could use it.”

Warren Mabee, associate director of QIEEP, will manage a collaborative team of student researchers alongside Adegboyega “Babs” Babasola, MSc, ’10, lead researcher at SEARC. “[Utilities Kingston] wants to look for savings in the next couple of years ... and for that reason we’re focusing on some real, practical technologies,” Mabee said. “[The Queen’s team] is just trying to get a bit more nuanced feel for how geography can help us determine where those technologies can be applied.”

The OPA grants constitute two-thirds of the $150,000 budget that will go towards retaining a PhD-level researcher and a team of four to five student assistants. The team will include a Master’s student and undergraduate from Queen’s. The remainder of the funding has been covered by contributions from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, a federal government agency.

The project is expected to be completed

by December and Mabee said he’s optimistic that this type of research collaboration will continue.

“We want to create a richer learning environment, and a richer experience for our students. It’s involving students at all levels, and I think that’s great.”

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Johnston attended Queen’s in the mid-1960s and briefly taught in the Faculty of Law.

the value of innovation.

“We live in a world where change is a constant,” he told the Journal following the lecture.

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strides in public education since 2003.

“We built new schools, lowered class sizes, hired more teachers, and made Ontario the first place in North America to offer full-day kindergarten,” he said.

Mike Lumb, local president of ETFO and one of the organizers of Friday’s protest, said the recently passed bill infringes on the basic democratic rights of teachers.

“It takes away our right to challenge this draconian piece of legislation in the Ontario courts,” he said. “It’s not going to go unchallenged and without us kicking and screaming that this is unfair.”

On Oct. 11, it was announced that teachers’ unions across Ontario will be filing a court challenge against the Ontario government, with plans to take the case to the Supreme Court.

“We’re going to have to go to the Supreme Court of Canada which is what we are doing,” Lumb said. “It isn’t about teachers, it’s about all Ontarians’ democratic rights and they’ve taken that away and it can’t go unchallenged.”

The teachers donned red sweaters with caricatures of McGuinty at their protest, with one of the members playing the bagpipes in protest during the Premier’s talk. “[McGuinty] has stated over the past nine years that he won’t rip up collective agreements and how he supports teachers and supports unions,” he said. “And yet, the legislation and everything they’re doing is contrary to that.”

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and social innovation to me are very important concepts and societies that thrive are constantly reinventing themselves.”

Johnston said he’s also an avid supporter of international work and study. He added that if he had his way, every university student would have their chance to spend a semester or year abroad to expand their learning experience.

“Minds, like parachutes, work best when open,” he said.

This new lecture series was established “to provide students, faculty, staff and the Kingston community with the opportunity to engage with visitors of the highest regard and distinction,” according to a Queen’s News Centre release.

“I can’t think of a better person to inaugurate with than a person who is not only Governor General, but has been Principal or President of two other universities and passionately cares about higher education in this country,” Principal Daniel Woolf told the Journal following the talk. “So, it just works out really well.”

The event will be held annually, Woolf said. The next speaker has not been announced, but Woolf said he looks forward to receiving suggestions from community members.

“It will be a tough act to follow for next year.”

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research could help breast cancer patients A Queen’s researcher is hoping his recent study will lead to non-resistant chemotherapy for breast cancer patients.

Xiaolong Yang of Pathology and Molecular Medicine received a three-year grant of $449,100 from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to support his research.

It looks at the causes of drug resistance in breast cancer cells.

“The findings indicate that enhanced levels of a cancer-causing gene in certain breast cancer patients is correlated with resistance to a therapeutic drug used for breast cancer treatment,” he told the Queen’s News Centre.

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costs of $300 to $500 per bicycle annually.

The report suggests that requests may be made to the City and to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, an advocacy group that represents Canadian municipalities, for funding.

Membership would be required for the proposed service. According to the report, for Queen’s and St. Lawrence College students, the service could be covered by student fees in the same way that rides on Kingston Transit buses are.

Greene said the proposed membership fee for students hasn’t been set in stone and that such decisions could be made based off of future surveys or input.

He said he wants to be sure the AMS doesn’t make “these decisions and then

students are saying we don’t want to be spending this money on this.”

In Toronto, bike share memberships — run through the BIXI bike program — costs $95 a year for the general public, and in Ottawa and Montreal it’s $80.50 per year, with monthly, weekly and daily memberships available.

Sherman, ArtSci ’14, said because the proposal is in its preliminary stages, a potential date for implementation hasn’t been determined.

“If it’s overwhelmingly positive we can look at what we can accomplish in the short term, and then look at long term plans,” he said.

In Montreal, the membership fee covers 30-minute bike rides, while rides over 30 minutes incur minor additional fees.

Bike Stations could be established downtown and near Queen’s, St. Lawrence College and Royal Military College campuses.

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The act is undeniably a crime — one that should be punished severely.

bullying

Focus on prevention and punishment T

he recent tragic suicide of 15-year-old Amanda Todd should lead to concrete, preventative solutions to cyberbullying and harsher punishments for its perpetrators.

Todd, a teen from Port

Coquitlam, B.C., had been bullied constantly both online and in person since grade seven. She struggled with depression and anxiety for much of her young adult life, moving schools and even cities to try to prevent the relentless

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bullying she faced.

In any form, bullying is difficult to control. The Internet adds another dimension — users can do or say anything behind the cloak of anonymity that cyberspace provides.

This proved to be true with the man who chose to post photos of Todd topless online.

The act is undeniably a crime — one that should be punished severely. Yet, because of the nature of the Internet, the measures that are in place to deal with such crimes are far too ambiguous.

In B.C., it’s left to the discretion of each individual school to punish cyberbullies — there are no overarching laws in place in the province or in Canada.

In the wake of Todd’s death, politicians, parents and teachers alike have all called for further action to better deal with bullies.

Community leaders should come up with conclusive, concrete and ultimately effective measures to take when dealing with these crimes in the future.

While punishing bullies for their actions is important, we should also be focusing on preventing these sorts of cases from happening in the first place.

Minors such as Todd oftentimes don’t realize how little privacy they have on the Internet and how quickly personal information can spread to unwanted sources.

Illustration by Olivia Mersereau Warning and educating youth as early as elementary school can help reduce the risks they may face online.

However, the problem doesn’t only lie in the Internet. Todd was also fiercely bullied by her peers at school and had been skepticism about whether the beaten up by groups of girls from quality of education will suffer, in her community.

Ultimately, the group mentality light of recent departmental cuts.

When planning a project that behind bullying forms the root of will inevitably affect many other the problem and should be stopped people and services on campus, through the intervention of such questions have to be answered. teachers, parents, and, if necessary, Unfortunately, the Board’s police authorities.

It’s extremely unfortunate that decision to pass the building plans’ budget without consulting a story as tragic as Amanda’s is all pertinent stakeholders lacked what it takes to trigger community leaders to come up with concrete this oversight.

So far, the only investment strategies for dealing with bullying that’s been made has been planning effectively. Hopefully, Todd’s death for these residences, not the actual will further compel politicians, construction of them. If the project parents and other community moves along over the coming years leaders to continue working and more money is fed into it, towards punishing bullies and these questions will hopefully be protecting their victims. answered with greater consultation — Journal Editorial Board from all relevant parties.

Unanswered questions T

he recently announced plan for the building of two new residences on main campus raises concerns about increasing enrolment at Queen’s and the repercussions that may accompany it — ones that wrongfully weren’t answered prior to this decision.

It’s undeniable that Queen’s residences for first-years are overcrowded. Some students are living in the JDUC, while others are stuffed into tiny economy doubles in Victoria Hall. An increased number of beds for first-years could help to reduce this burden.

So far, the Board of Trustees has approved $400,000 for the planning of these buildings.

However, they did so without consulting Senate, and with the disapproval of student representatives.

Given the potential

repercussions of this decision, that consultation could’ve been valuable and should have been made prior to the finalization of the planning budget.

The obvious implication of the planned investment into new residences is that enrollment will increase. While this also suggests that there will be an increase in revenue, it raises many questions as to how exactly the budget will be affected.

Will the programming and planning of services like the ARC and Health, Counselling and Disability Services expand on campus to accommodate this rise in enrolment? Will this revenue help the University balance its budget, or will the money simply get lost as accommodations are made for the new students?

This potential growth also raises

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Baumgartner plummeted to the ground at the speed of sound on Sunday, landing safely on his feet in the culmination of the Red Bull Stratos project — the latest attempted skydive from space.

It’s a statistically impressive feat: the veteran BASE jumper broke the sound barrier with a speed of Mach 1.24, free-falling for four minutes and 20 seconds.

The coverage that surrounded the event alluded to the Moon landings of the 1960s — families crowding around televisions to witness a ground-breaking human achievement.

This time around, the ubiquitous “Red Bull” logo adorned every free surface: shoulders, helmet, parachute and capsule.

Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon were seen as leaps for mankind, not for a corporate patron. The $5-billion company hasn’t disclosed the specific cost of the Stratos project, but reportedly spend around 35 per cent of their budget on marketing anually.

Athletes receive sponsorship from this massive budget. While talented individuals certainly deserve access to their passions, what role does corporate sponsorship have to play beyond traditional contracting?

It’s shocking to see a sponsor take over in a domain that was solely occupied by NASA. Hopefully, audiences will see this event for what it is — a publicity stunt veiled behind an extreme feat of human athleticism.

Baumgartner’s achievement should be applauded, but Red Bull’s part in this should be scrutinized first before it’s consumed without a second thought.

Tristan is the Production Manager at the Journal.

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How are your midterms going?

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Equality

Feminism in the spotlight Our contributor breaks down the Australian PM’s viral speech against misogyny in parliament

Nikolas Lopez, ArtSci ’14 On Oct. 9, the first female Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, made an impassioned speech within the Australian House of Representatives regarding comments made by opposition leader Tony Abbott.

This moment brought together global issues of sexism and misogyny that are often neglected by the media. Her 15-minute retort speech soon went viral and began dominating headlines across the world.

It had recently come to light that then-Speaker Peter Slipper — a former member of Gillard’s government — had sent a series of sexist text messages to a former staff member. Abbott, who himself had a history of making misogynist comments, told Gillard that if she didn’t denounce Slipper’s actions, she would be equally guilty of misogyny and sexism — views that Abbott claimed, couldn’t be held by those in high office.

Gillard rightly fought back by stating, “I hope the leader of the opposition has got a piece of paper and is writing out his resignation.

Because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn’t need a motion in the house, he needs a mirror.”

Critics of Gillard’s speech highlight that it was strategically crafted. Rather than accepting the political controversy that would have surrounded Gillard and members of her caucus, her speech shifted the topic onto something much wider than the initial reaction to Slipper’s text messages.

Gillard’s speech brought focus back to the issues of severe gender inequality within Australia and worldwide.

[I]f she didn’t denounce Slipper’s actions, she would be equally guilty of misogyny and sexism — views thatAbbott claimed, couldn’t be held by those in high office. Gillard rightly fought back.

One in five Australian women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, according to Australia’s Human Rights Commission.

Female representation is poor in the private sector, where only 8 per cent of board members in Australia’s top 200 companies

are female. Comparatively, in Canada, women constitute 47 per cent of board members within Canadian corporations.

Sadly, Canada and Australia both rank 46th in the world in terms of female representation in federal legislatures, with women comprising 24.7 per cent of Parliamentarians according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

These statistics highlight the abhorrent position of women within Australia and other countries such as Canada, both within the private and public spheres.

The inability to be equally represented in society has inhibited women’s capability to be free from discrimination and achieve success.

As a historically marginalized group, women across the globe have faced injustices based on their gender for far too long.

Gillard’s speech is amongst a handful of high profile political speeches that have been delivered to combat patriarchal societal norms and misogyny in today’s modern world. However, the ability to challenge archaic viewpoints shouldn’t be limited to the role of politicians.

Last week, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society hosted the Who Needs Feminism campaign which sought to raise awareness about gender equality through

photos of individuals holding up signs that described why they need feminism The realization of an equal society, regardless of identity, is a goal that still has yet to be achieved. Community events such as the Who Needs Feminism? campaign can have a significant impact in altering the opinions and negative perceptions surrounding gender equality in light of Julia Gillard’s speech.

Canada and Austrailia both rank 46th in the world in terms of female representation in federal legislatures with women comprising 24.7 per cent of Parliamentarians.

In a truly watershed moment, Gillard’s speech has the potential to be the catalyst Australia and the rest of the world needs to become a more equal and progressive society. Rather than following the traditional practice of ignoring these issues, Gillard is taking an active role in being the political voice women both within the Australian body politic and the rest of the world need for greater equality.

Nikolas Lopez is the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society equity officer.

Letters to the editor Ethical support Re: “Ethical not guaranteed”

purchases

Dear Editors, Thank you for publishing such an insightful article about on-campus ethical purchasing. It reminds students so clearly of the inspiring power that students can exercise to effect necessary change, but it also highlights the need for further determined action.

As students, we sometimes forget that life exists outside of our classes and our friend circles, but reactivating our awareness of the grave social and environmental

injustices that remain can mean the difference in halting them.

For example, the second-largest open-pit mine in North America, the proposed Mega Quarry limestone project, is just 5 hours away from us and is threatening to destroy thousands of farming jobs and 2,400 acres of the best agricultural land in Canada (which provides Torontonians with 90 per cent of their potato demand).

Every day, the extraction of this limestone will require 25 per cent of the volume of freshwater that all other Ontarians use in the same period. Can we hope that, as your article suggests, enough public opposition

can be raised to halt or mitigate such destructive projects?

Thanks,

Nisha Midha,

ArtSci ’13

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change

Supporting CFRC Re:“Radio manager terminated”

station

Dear Editors, It has reached me in Ottawa that the AMS has made some major decisions re CFRC. I am an alumnus of Queen’s and CFRC

and have spent a long career in the broadcast industry.

Further, I have become a significant supporter of the station via an independent endowment. I do not wish to see this jeopardized.

From my only source there seems to have been a number of counter-productive decisions taken that unfairly constrain the station and its plans and these seemingly handled in a cavalier and perhaps disrespectful manner.

Yours truly,

Bob Black,

ArtSci ’59 Grant Hall Society Member

“Stressful and caffeine season is back.”

Voila David, ArtSci ’13

“Plenty of coffee and some long library sessions are coming up.”

Duncan Peterson, ArtSci ’11

“Sadly coffee can’t truly replace sleep.”

Chelsey Morphy, ArtSci ’13

“I’m a POLS major, I don’t have midterms.”

John Stanley, ArtSci ’14

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Arts Sophie Jodoin’s exhibit Small Dramas & Little Nothings in the Main Space of Union Gallery highlights themes synonymous with war, such as torture, violence and mutilation.

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Detachment in black and white The message portrayed in Sophie Jodoin’s minimalist exhibit evokes uneasiness and intrigue B y M ark L ouie Assistant Arts Editor It was as if my own limbs had been removed.

With incessant cringe in tow, I felt queasy when I visited Sophie Jodoin’s exhibit Small Dramas & Little Nothings.

The painting series has a graphic nature that’s appropriate given Halloween’s imminent arrival.

With a firm stylistic commitment to black and white, Jodoin’s paintings are visually chilling bitonal images which prove to be striking, yet overwhelming at times.

Set against a snow-white background are images of precious childhood toys being mutilated and stark profiles of little girls carrying 0.44 magnum guns.

As the steady, rhythmic droning of the music being played in the room began to sync with my heartbeat, a dark nervousness urged my departure from the gallery.

Jodoin’s minimalist style is executed with great skill, which makes the images she crafts all the more disconcerting.

Her exhibit, part of a series of paintings on the characteristics of war, features a set of different and

relative themes, such as torture, violence and mutilation.

An image depicting a little girl holding up an empty birdcage with a dead bird on the ground behind her is just one gruesome example of what made this particular trip to Union an uncomfortable one.

There’s something about the separation of children from their harmless nature which enables Jodoin to execute such alarming artwork so well.

Though her art is dark, it’s created expertly and gives a refreshingly honest viewpoint on life, unfiltered in the modern era of censorship.

The silhouettes and featureless faces seemed, to me, to reflect the anonymity that is found on the Internet or in the media.

This made the actions of the figures more tangible, rather than having the qualities of 2-D black and white paint figures on mylar canvases.

As I made my way from the gallery, I felt relieved to be gone from it, but pleased to have been there.

Small Dramas & Little Nothings is in the Main Space of Union Gallery until Nov. 1.

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Brandyn Aikins and Daniel Allen were originally part of Fox Jaws.

Aikins says they were the only two members of the band who got along.

Jodoin’s exhibit includes over 60 different paintings. This is only a small part of her war series.

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Interview

A return for second helpings Indian Handcrafts is looking to make new memories in Kingston B y S avoula S tylianou Arts Editor Indian Handcrafts is hoping to break the bank with their second album — just enough to become billionaires.

“It’s fun and heavy and has a bunch of new songs. We’re proud of it, and hopefully it will make us billionaires,” he said.

Barrie-born Aikins and music partner Daniel Allen, recorded the album in Los Angeles in March, despite Allen nursing a broken hand.

They were both previously in the band Fox Jaws, which disbanded in 2010 because of disputes between bandmates.

“Being in the band was fun, but at the end of the day, it was taxing to have everyone else fighting, when me and Dan were the only ones who got along.”

Now a heavy metal power duo, Indian Handcrafts is going on tour with their second album Civil Disobedience for Losers — a title stemming

from the lyrics in their song “Red Action.”

“I got the idea from an old Soviet handbook published by the rebels that said ‘How to be civilly disobedient,’” he said.

The duo returns to Kingston after having been outdone by Canada’s national pasttime during their visit last year.

“It was the last game of the Stanley Cup finals and we were playing a pub down by the water so there were lots of people there to watch hockey,” Aikins said.

Needles to say, it was a disappointment for a band that has a unique heavy metal style, heard best at loud volumes.

Aikins said the people in the pub weren’t the only ones who didn’t understand the power of heavy metal music.

“My mom came to one show two years ago and said, ‘It’s nice, but it’s so aggressive! I can’t believe someone like you would be so aggressive,’ and I just said, ‘You don’t understand me, Mom.’” Heavy metal and screamo,

often synonymous musical styles, couldn’t be more different for the band.

Aikins was quick to tell me that his band wasn’t in the business of making screamo music.

“When I think of screamo, I think of dudes with eyeliner, quaffed hair and meshed gloves screaming words you can’t really understand at all,” Aikins joked.

“If you called me screamo, I would hang up the phone.”

One thing’s for sure — behind the heavy metal guitar lines and politically humoured lyrics, Indian Handcrafts isn’t a duo of divas.

“After shows we go home and go to bed — unless there’s a cool party going on. If you have tacos and kegs of beer, we’ll play in your living room free.”

Indian Handcrafts plays the Mansion tomorrow night at 9 p.m.

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‘Atmospheric chamber string folk’ The Wilderness of Manitoba loses one lead singer, but gains three more for their new album B y e MiLy M iLLer Contributor It’s not often you lose a tour van.

But when you’re over 5,000 kilometeres away from home on a U.K. tour, things happen.

“It could have been so much worse — we could have lost everything,” said Will Whitwham, lead singer and guitarist of The Wilderness of Manitoba.

Despite having their tour van stolen while abroad, the band remained calm — a sense similar to the ethereal sounds of their music.

Lead singer Melissa Dalton departed amicably from the band after they completed their tour with their second album When You Left the Fire last year.

“I think when you’re in a band, it’s that ebb and flow of living and breathing — we were on the road a lot at that time and ultimately, she decided touring wasn’t for her,” Whitwham said.

After losing Dalton, the group opened themselves to the opportunity of having not one, but three female vocalists alternate as lead singer on their third album.

“It was something we’d never done before,” Whitwham said. “It showed us that we can keep changing direction if we

need to.”

Amanda Balsys, vocalist and violinist for popular Kingston indie/folk band The Gertrudes, does the majority of the heavy vocal lifting on the new album Island of Echoes.

According to Whitwham, she’s a perfect fit.

“The singers we asked to participate were our favourite female vocalists we knew,” he said. “I’ve wanted Amanda in the band for a few years now, so it’s pretty great.”

The Wilderness of Manitoba first got together in the summer of 2008, when Whitwham and Scott Bouwmeester, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for the group, began writing songs together in the basement of their Toronto home.

Both musicians started recording more melancholy folk tunes, then recruited Stefan Banjevic to incorporate the layer of cello harmony they were craving.

“We had a bit of a mini choir on the song ‘Evening,’ which my mum wrote in the late sixties,” Whitwham said. “It was a cover I wanted to unearth and we wanted to dive in and out and swim around the harmonies.”

He described the band’s current album, Island of Echoes, as “atmospheric chamber

Amanda Balsys’ s vocal talents were lent to The Wilderness of Manitoba for their third studio album. Balsys is also part of Kingston-based band The Gertrudes.

string folk.”

The steady drum beat and haunting group vocals on “The Island of the Day Before” is an example of the whole album’s calming folk feel.

And the band will bring this calm feeling and intrinsically wistful sound to the audience in Kingston this Saturday night at The Mansion.

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“All audiences are great, but it’s a great demographic when you go to a university town like Kingston,” he said. “There’s a youthful, carefree vibe that derives from student audiences.”

The Wilderness of Manitoba plays The Mansion on Saturday night at 9 p.m.

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Football

Sports

Bye to the bye

Women’s Rugby

Gaels cruise in quarter-final

Gaels surrender fast route to OUA semi-finals B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor For nearly two full quarters on Saturday, Queen’s was on the verge of locking down second place in the OUA. Then it all fell apart.

The Guelph Gryphons scored four straight touchdowns to erase an early 25-point deficit, topping the Gaels 33-28. Queen’s didn’t score in the second half, committing five turnovers in the process.

With the victory, Guelph (6-1) clinched a bye to the OUA semi-finals, where they’ll have home-field advantage. The Gaels (5-2) will be forced to play a quarter-final game on Oct. 27.

“No points in the second half was a real disappointment,” said head coach Pat Sheahan. “We let them crawl back into it, and they capitalized on our mistakes.”

The Gryphons’ comeback was kick-started late in the second quarter on a special-teams miscue.

Guelph recovered a blocked punt in the Gaels’ red zone, eventually leading to a four-yard touchdown rush from running back Robert Farquharson.

Gaels quarterback Billy McPhee threw four second-half interceptions. Gryphons defensive back MacKenzie Myers returned one 76 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Five minutes after Myers’ score, Farquharson added another four-yard touchdown run, giving the Gryphons their first lead of the game.

“Overall, we just didn’t play

One win away from trip to Nationals B y J osh B urton Staff Writer

Forward Bronwyn Corrigan scored four tries in Queen’s quarter-final win over Trent, recording 28 total points.

well enough in the second half to win a big football game,” Sheahan said.

The Gaels’ early performance was a complete departure from previous weeks. After failing to record a first-half offensive touchdown in three straight games, they raced to a 28-3 lead, with several points coming in unorthodox fashion.

Defensive tackle Andrew Sauer scored the Gaels’ first defensive

Photo By Alex Choi

touchdown of the season in the second quarter, pouncing on a fumble in the Gryphons’ end zone.

Later in the quarter, Queen’s capitalized on a fake field goal, with See Likely on page 15

Claragh Pegg believes this year’s women’s rugby team has the chemistry necessary to succeed.

The Gaels defeated the Trent Excalibur 62-15 on Saturday in the OUA quarter-final. Queen’s has yet to lose a game this season in OUA action.

The team is one win away from qualifying for the CIS National Championships — an honour they fell just short of in 2011.

“There’s more of a family feeling this year,” Pegg, the team captain, said. “Not going to [Nationals] last year really put a hunger in us to work hard.”

“All off-season we’ve been working our butts off, doing all we can to be better as a unit, and I think all the hours in the gym this summer really paid off.”

Third-year forward Bronwyn Corrigan recorded four tries and four converts against Trent. She finished second in the OUA in regular-season scoring, and now sits first after one playoff game. “[Corrigan] had 28 points on the day, so it’s nice when you get half of your season total in one

game,” said head coach Beth Barz.

“She was identifying gaps three, four or five seconds ahead of time, so that was awesome.”

Within 21 minutes, the Gaels held a comfortable 24-0 lead. Barz attributed her team’s success to a well-structured game plan.

“We really knew what we [were up] against, so we changed our strategy a little bit,” she said. “We just kicked the ball down the field a little bit more instead of having to run into bodies.”

The Gaels executed their game plan effectively, spinning the ball wide and using their speed to score three tries off runs of 15 yards or more.

First-year centre Nadia Popov scored 14 points and set up winger Caitie Ryan for an impressive 45-yard run for a try.

“I think it’s been clear if we play our game, we have the ability to do great things,” Popov said.

With the victory, the Gaels advance to the OUA semi-finals, where they’ll host the Waterloo Warriors on Oct. 20 at Nixon Field.

Waterloo finished second in the OUA Shields (West) division at 5-1, defeating the Western Mustangs 24-7 in the quarter-final.

Men’s Soccer

Top of the table Pair of northern road wins ensure first-round bye, home-field for playoffs B y Peter R eimer Staff Writer Queen’s has secured first place in their division, but they’re aiming even higher.

The Gaels beat the Nipissing Lakers 2-0 on Saturday and topped

Inside Hockey

Men’s and women’s teams triumph in home openers.

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Road Hockey

AMS, Commerce committee host tournaments.

Rowi-ng

Success at Brock bodes well for OUA championship.

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the Laurentian Voyageurs 4-1 on Sunday. With a record of 10-1-2, they’ve assured themselves a firstround playoff bye.

“It’s nice to clinch first,” head coach Chris Gencarelli said, “but our objective was to make the Nationals, and that’s still our objective. We’re still looking ahead.”

The Gaels drew first blood against Nipissing in the 25th minute on a goal from striker Eric Koskins.

Midfielder Adrian Rochford increased the Gaels’ lead early in the second half, converting on a chance from the top of the 18-yard box.

The Gaels controlled the majority of the game against Nipissing, allowing the Lakers only three shots on goal.

“We came out strong, worked really hard, and won a lot of first and second balls,” Gencarelli said.

If the Gaels defeat the Waterloo Warriors next Saturday, they’ll qualify for the CIS championships.

“We really applied pressure on them early, creating some good scoring opportunities.”

In Sunday’s game against Laurentian, the Voyageurs opened the scoring in the 14th minute with a 25-yard blast from Stephen Fattore.

The Gaels responded before half time with a goal from Lucas Lobo to tie the game at 1-1.

Lobo continued where he left off in the second half, giving

Queen’s the lead with another goal in the 70th minute.

With four goals scored in the last four games, Lobo has begun to fulfill expectations.

“We always knew he was a quality player,” Gencarelli said.

“He’s really starting to come into form late in the season, and could be someone who could really push us to the next level when it comes to the playoffs.”

Nick Pateras and Chris Michael

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each added a goal before the final whistle.

Next Sunday, the Gaels will host the Trent Excalibur in their final regular season game — a match that Gencarelli plans to treat like any other.

“We’ve done a good job of taking each game one at a time,” he said. “We’ll focus on possessing the ball well, moving it quickly and staying solid and organized defensively.”

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Off comes the rust

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Whitlock backstops Gaels to win over Ryerson B y J osh B urtoN Staff Writer The Queen’s Gaels shook off some rust by beating the Ryerson Rams 6-3 in their season opener on Friday night.

It took a full period before either team looked fully awake. The Rams pressed 15 shots in the first frame to the Gaels’ six, but goaltender Riley Whitlock kept the game scoreless.

Ryerson opened the scoring less than a minute into the second period with a power play goal. The Gaels answered back with two goals in three minutes and never surrendered the lead again.

Gaels head coach Brett Gibson was happy to secure the two points despite a sloppy start.

“It was an ugly win,” he said. “Our first period wasn’t good and our second period wasn’t better, but the guys dug deep.”

Six different skaters scored for the Gaels against Ryerson. Forwards Jordan Mirwaldt and Joey Derochie led the team with a goal and two assists each.

“I thought [they] were great tonight,” Gibson said. “They haven’t played together this year, but I had them together tonight and I thought they were the two best players on the ice.”

On the defensive end, Whitlock’s .936 save percentage was key on a night where the Gaels were outshot 47-33.

“We had three first-year guys playing defence tonight that were thrown to the fire and did an excellent job,” Gibson said. “[Whitlock] held us in it too, thank God.” Queen’s new players were led by first-time captain Corey Bureau. The second-year forward echoed his coach’s feelings about the win.

“We were a little rusty out of the gate, but that’s what we expected,” Bureau said.

“There were a couple problems we had to

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Six different players scored in the Gaels’ 6-3 win over Ryerson on Friday.

sort out — figuring out who’s [covering] who and being a little harder on pucks — but I think overall, we stuck to our game plan.”

The forwards managed without Tyler Moore, who was a healthy scratch on Saturday. Moore tallied 21 points alongside Bureau and Kelly Jackson last season — the second highest on the team.

The Gaels enter the 2012-13 season with 11 first-year players on the roster, but Derochie said he doesn’t believe this will hinder the team.

“We’ve got a young core, but they’re all solid hockey players.”

Women’s HocKey

On the defensive

Women extend shutout streak in home opener

Allie Biglieri scored in the first period against York on Saturday.

B y s eaN s utherLaNd Contributor A little extra motivation helped Queen’s blank the York Lions 3-0 in their home opener on Saturday night.

The Gaels (3-0-1) are currently on a three-game winning streak, after topping York and defeating the UOIT Ridgebacks 5-1 on Sunday.

The victory over York (1-3-0) had special meaning to the Gaels.

“We want to play every game as it comes, no matter the opponent, but it was nice to

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beat York,” said head coach Matt Holmberg.

“They beat us out in the playoffs last year, so to put that little bit to rest was doubly sweet.”

The Gaels brought the pressure early in the game — an approach Holmberg specifically wanted to see from the team.

“I thought the girls did a great job on the forecheck, right at the beginning,” he said. “Spending the first five or six minutes in the York end was really key to getting that momentum.”

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Rowing

Final tune-up Queen’s impresses in warm-up events B y L auri Kytömaa Staff Writer

Over 150 players participated in the AMS and Cure Cancer Classic tournaments last weekend.

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Queen’s rowing teams aren’t favourites, but they’re in fine form heading into the season’s biggest competition.

The Gaels rowing team traveled to St. Catharine’s on Saturday for the Brock Invitational — its final regatta before the OUA championship on Oct. 27.

The team posted strong finishes on both the men’s and women’s sides as they faced off against their top competiton: the Brock Badgers and Western Mustangs.

The highest finish of the day on the men’s side came from the lightweight eight boat, which beat

Rec Sports

Hockey survives in the streets Tournaments overcome scheduling conflicts, strive to establish campus presence B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor Lovers of Canada’s game hit Queen’s campus roads in droves this weekend.

On Saturday, an AMS-led road hockey tournament sought to build town-gown relations, while another, unrelated tournament raised money for cancer.

The former experienced community backlash in September, before it even began. The event, which spans across two weekends,

had its playoffs scheduled to occur in downtown Market Square on Oct. 20 — the same time the farmer’s market is normally scheduled.

Vendors vocalized concerns regarding the rumoured location of the tournament and the venue was duly changed.

Instead of Market Square, the tournament will complete its playoff rounds in front of City Hall, forcing a road blockage of Ontario St. between Brock and Clarence Streets.

The City of Kingston’s Director of Recreation & Leisure Services, Wally Ferris, said the decision was never officially announced or finalized, but it was under consideration.

He said the Kingston Public Market Vendors Association received notice of the idea before decisions were reached.

“Ideally we could’ve communicated with them first, but a piece of communication was sent

Men’s hockey player Brandon Perry controls the ball.

out too soon,” Ferris said. “It’s a busy time for [the market] too; produce is in full swing.”

Claire Casher, AMS campus activities commissioner, said the issue was fully resolved by the city.

“We’re right beside [the Market Square], and we get to play on an actual road now,” she said.

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The next obstacle for the tournament was equally short-lived.

An entirely separate tournament took place Saturday, led by the Cure Cancer Classic (CCC) — a student-run Commerce initiative that runs hockey-related events throughout the year in support of cancer research.

Women’s soccer

One step closer to playoff boost Second-place Gaels concede no goals, claim six points on northern road swing B y J ordan C athcart Staff Writer Bad weather and playing conditions didn’t faze the Gaels en route to a weekend sweep of Northern Ontario teams.

The Gaels scored a 6-0 victory over the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday, followed by a gritty 1-0 win over the Laurentian Voyageurs on Sunday.

The two wins put Queen’s (10-2-2) 11 points back of the OUA-East leading Ottawa Gee-Gees (14-0-1). With two regular season games remaining, the Gaels are comfortably in second in the OUA heading into the postseason.

Gaels head coach Dave McDowell was happy with the

way the team fought through unfavourable playing conditions.

“It’s always a tough weekend when you have so much travel involved and two very poor grass fields,” McDowell said. “We’ll take the six points — they were pretty important.”

First-year striker Brittany Almeida led Queen’s offense, netting two goals in the victory over Nipissing. Breanna Burton,

Jackie Tessier, Jessie De Boer and Kayla Crnic rounded out the Gaels’ scoring.

Sabrina Carew made 11 stops to preserve the shutout against the Lakers.

Captain Riley Filion scored Queen’s lone goal in the victory over Laurentian on Sunday, while first-year goalkeeper Madison Tyrell stopped four shots to earn the Gaels’ clean sheet.

OUA East Women’s Soccer Standings 1. Ottawa (14-0-1) — 43 pts 2. Queen’s (10-2-2) — 32 pts 3. Toronto (8-3-2) — 26 pts 4. Carleton (8-5-2) — 26 pts 5. Laurentian (8-5-1) — 25 pts

6. RMC (4-9-1) — 13 pts 7. Trent (3-9-1) — 10 pts 8. Ryerson (1-12-1) — 4 pts 9. Nipissing (0-11-3) — 3 pts

Queen’s next action comes Friday in Ottawa, where the Gaels will have an opportunity to avenge a 3-0 loss the Gee-Gees handed to them on Sept. 5.

McDowell isn’t overly concerned about the results of the team’s final two games, preferring to see a complete roster come playoff time.

Fourth-year Alexis McKinty is among the sidelined players. Part of the team’s force in the midfield for the past two seasons, her presence could be missed in the playoffs.

“To be playoff ready, we need to be healthy,” McDowell said. “The big thing is getting some of those players who are close [to returning] back for next weekend.”

out Western by three seconds to finish in first place.

Other top results were from the heavyweight four, the heavyweight eight and the lightweight four, which all placed third.

Men’s coach Alex Condello said the team doesn’t plan to change anything in its final two weeks of preparation.

“We have a plan, we are sticking to it,” Condello said. “We are racing each other every day, and other than that, we are just holding the course.”

The women’s team, who last won the OUA banner in 2010, continued their past success.

They finished in first place in the lightweight four, the heavyweight eight and the heavyweight double races.

The women also finished the lightweight eight in third and the lightweight single in second.

After seeing the results at Brock, head coach John Armitage said the women’s team has a shot at OUA medals.

“It was the first time we’ve beaten Western in eight years [in the heavyweight eight],” he said.

“Winning the heavyweight double was an excellent result that puts them as a potential gold medal crew for OUAs.” Despite the Gaels’ success at Brock, Armitage deflected the pressure onto Western.

“The Western [women’s] team won the banner last year,” he said.

“They’re the favourites.”

On the men’s side, Armitage feels the situation is no different, as the men’s team boasts a number of players returning from the national side.

“We couldn’t avoid [the conflict] and neither could they,” Casher said. “We’ve been planning this for months now.”

With 15 to 16 teams each, neither tournament suffered.

Held on the Tindall Field parking lot, the CCC allocated $800 as a fundraiser starting point.

This was the second annual CCC road hockey tournament — part of the committee’s efforts to improve their fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society.

“Fifteen teams, 75 guys total, everyone’s guaranteed four hockey games and all the money goes towards the Cancer Society,” said Chase Heinemann, the CCC’s public relations manager.

The road hockey crowd at Tindall was treated to an All-Star game after the round robin, where a selection of men’s hockey varsity players took on a selection of skilled players from the tournament.

Gaels captain Corey Bureau, four other veteran players and goaltender Ryan Kaszuba all suited up on Saturday.

The CCC celebrated the tournament’s end with a kegger, prolonging the fundraising efforts.

“At the end of it all, it’s about a $1,500 day,” Heinemann said. “The ultimate donation at the end of the year, after all the events … we’re aiming for a $10,000 donation, up from $6,800 last year.”

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Likely postseason rematch OUA Football Standings 1. McMaster (7-0) 2. Guelph (6-1) 3. Queen’s (5-2) 4. Western (4-3) T5. Laurier (3-4)

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holder Justin Chapdelaine sprinting through the middle of the line for a 34-yard score.

McPhee threw for two touchdowns in the first quarter,

highlighted by a 75-yard bomb to receiver Giovanni Aprile — his longest completion of the season.

“We threw the ball extremely well [at the start],” Sheahan said.

“The guys really came ready to perform.”

Queen’s will face the Toronto Varsity Blues (2-5) at home on Oct. 20 in their regular season finale, before hosting a quarter-final the following week.

If they prevail, they’ll return to Guelph on Nov. 3 to meet the Gryphons in the OUA semi-final.

Sheahan pointed to what needs to change for the Gaels to redeem themselves.

“You can’t commit five turnovers,” he said. “We’ll look ourselves in the mirror, try to shore that up, play better and be more precise under pressure.”

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first period. Brittany McHaffie scored on the power play early in the second period and Chantal Morais added a power play goal of her own in the third period.

The Gaels shut out their opponents in regulation for the third consecutive game. Holmberg said defence was something that the team went into the season focusing on.

“The team has really bought into [playing defensively],” he said.

“Forwards are back-checking hard, the [defenders] are playing tough in front of the net and both of our goalies have been playing [outstandingly].”

Goaltender Karissa Savage recorded her second shutout in a row, making 28 saves to claim the victory.

“Right now we’re doing well in our zone, which helps us out as goalies,” Savage said.

The shutout streak came to

The Gaels have yet to lose a game in regulation.

an end on Sunday against UOIT (2-2-0), when the Gaels gave up a third-period goal on the way to a 5-1 victory.

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Courtenay Jacklin added three assists. Mel Dodd-Moher made 24 saves in goal for Queen’s.

The Gaels will host the Brock Badgers on Saturday and the Guelph Gryphons on Sunday.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF Rugby posts season-high in points

Guelph race serves as tune-up for OUAs

Volleyball hosts national tournaments

The men’s rugby team dismantled the Toronto Varsity Blues in their second shutout of the season on Saturday.

Behind four tries from Graham Turner, the Gaels cruised to a 93-0 victory.

Beginning with a try in the fourth minute of the game from fly half Brendan McGovern, the Gaels finished the first half with 36 points.

After David Worsley converted his first of three kicks, Turner scored back-to-back tries to keep the Gaels comfortably in front. Matt Wolfe added two tries of his own before halftime.

The second half featured 56 points for Queen’s, with Adam McQueen hitting six kicks for a 12-point performance on the day. The Gaels scored 15 tries all together.

With this win, Queen’s remains second in the OUA standings behind the undefeated Guelph Gryphons.

On Saturday, the Gaels will take on the Brock Badgers at home. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on Nixon Field.

The women’s cross country team is clinging on to medal contention heading into the OUA championships in Toronto on Oct. 27.

The Gaels finished in a tie for third overall with the McMaster Marauders at the Guelph Open on Saturday. The host Gryphons took first and the Toronto Varsity Blues took second place.

Gaels rookie Julie-Anne Staelhi posted a 10th-place finish in the women’s 5 km event — the highest out of all Queen’s runners.

Her 18.12 minute finish was still a full minute behind first-place McMaster runner Lindsay Carson’s time of 17.11.

Queen’s men’s team placed sixth overall at the Guelph Open — fourth among OUA teams. Guelph took gold, Windsor took second and McMaster placed fifth among OUA competitors.

Gaels runners Clay Patterson and Tyson Loney lead the way, finishing 20th and 21st respectively.

The women’s cross country team is ranked ninth in the country, while the men’s team sits at fourth heading into the OUA finals.

Queen’s men’s and women’s volleyball teams both finished 1-2 in tournaments held at the ARC this past weekend.

The men hosted the second annual Coast to Coast Classic, placing third of four teams from across the country.

After defeating the Sherbrooke Vert & Or 3-0 on Friday afternoon, the Gaels dropped two narrow decisions, falling 3-1 to the champion Winnipeg Wesmen and 3-2 to the second-place Ryerson Rams.

Queen’s setter Jackson Dakin was selected to the tournament All-Star team.

The women’s team finished third at the Queen’s Invitational with an identical set of results.

The Gaels blanked the Cape Breton Capers 3-0 on Friday night, before falling 3-1 to both the Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Dalhousie Tigers.

Dalhousie’s victory over Queen’s on Sunday afternoon clinched the tournament championship.

Gaels fourth-year setter Anna Pedjase and second-year hitter Alexandra Heine were both named to the tournament All-Star team.

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postscript Martial Arts Planet’s Gladiator Fight Team class has students fight in three-minute-long sparring matches which feature a multitude of kicks, submission holds and punches.

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Combat camaraderie With intense physical and mental strategy, mixed martial arts isn’t the bloodsport people typically think it is B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor Among fluorescent lights and punching bags, fighters touch gloves and start sparring.

In the next three minutes, I witness intense hand-to-hand combat, interspersed with sweaty submission holds. The fighters grunt as they plot their next move.

From where I’m standing on the edge of the mat, it’s clear that this is a match of wits as much as physiques.

Quickly, the match ends with one fighter locking another in a grappling hold. The fighters grin and get ready for the next round.

This is mixed martial arts (MMA) — a combination of different martial arts disciplines such as judo, Muay Thai boxing and karate.

With a seemingly hyper-violent reputation, the sport sometimes gets a bad rap.

“People have a lot of misunderstandings of MMA. They see it as human cockfighting,” Chris Wellstood, co-owner of Martial Arts Planet, said. “They see the blood and blood sells unfortunately, but it’s a very cerebral sport.”

Martial Arts Planet, located at Princess St. and Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd., has been teaching the sport for around a decade.

“People come in the door almost daily saying they want to be a fighter,” Wellstood said. “When they find out how much hard work it is they pretty quickly change their mind.”

At Martial Arts Planet, he said it can take a student up to two years before feeling ready for fighting MMA-style. The students in today’s group have all undergone extensive training in other martial arts before this class.

After hands-on tutorials of new moves, students pair off for sparring matches.

Here’s where the gloves, specially designed for close contact combat, come on. Using their

hands, elbows, knees and feet, fighters go head to head in a tense struggle of strength and strategy.

Through aching muscles, they forget all else and focus on the art of getting the upper hand.

Compared to more traditional discipline like taekwondo and kickboxing, MMA itself has a short history. It started with Vale Tudo, a sport that originated in early 1900s Brazil. The sport uses full-on combat techniques to knock an opponent down, with few rules in between.

It’s a philosophy that’s embodied in the “rear naked choke,” a move that MMA fighters can use in a match to get their opponent to submit quickly.

Kneeling behind Janet Smith, the other owner of Martial Arts Planet, Wellstood guided me into a well-delivered chokehold. I was told to place the crook of my elbow firmly around Smith’s neck, flexing my biceps until I nearly cut off the blood circulation to her brain.

Some call this move the

“sleeper hold” but I just call it uncomfortable.

“You have to get closer,” Wellstood told me after my first attempt.

The move is supposed to restrict blood flow to the brain via the neck’s carotid arteries.

It’s an effective move, Wellstood explained, and it can be taught to just about everybody.

The mechanics of MMA involve more than a well-placed arm around an unsuspecting neck.

In official MMA organizations, matches are five minutes and feature a multitude of rules which prevent eye-gouging and hitting of the groin and throat. A fighter can lose the match by knockout, submission or a decision made by the fight’s judges.

Students interested in learning MMA will take a mixture of Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai classes to prepare for the sport’s intense contact combat style. Despite a lack of a formal belt series system for MMA, it takes years

of training before a student can fight in competitive MMA. At Martial Arts Planet, several of the students have already been in Jiu-Jitsu competitions.

With the 1993 establishment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) — MMA’s equivalent of the NHL — the sport’s popularity has reached new heights.

Headlining fights between well-known names can garner millions of views. In 2010, the televised finale of the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” peaked with 5.2 million viewers.

People come in the “door almost daily saying they want to be a fighter.

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— Chris Wellstood, co-owner of Martial Arts Planet “I think people have sort of gotten tired of the silliness of professional wrestling [such as in organizations like World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.] and this has all the drama,” he said. “It’s real.”

The Gladiator Fight Team class, designed for advanced martial arts students, is where those interested in MMA can practice their art.

The class is led by Rob Wynne,

Mixed martial arts is a combination of disciplines such a Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai boxing (above).

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photo by janina Enrile

a retired MMA fighter. A Federal Correctional Officer at Kingston Penitentiary on the side, Wynne teaches two MMA classes per week to a group of six to eight students.

MMA is a sport that Wynne admires for its complexity, he said.

Among the students and gym members are a portion of Queen’s students and faculty members.

“Boxing, wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu — on their own, [they’re] very 2-D. MMA is like a 3-D puzzle,” he said. “It’s kind of beautiful.”

He’s been training in martial arts for the past 22 years, having retired from MMA in 2008.

Wynne, who began fighting in 1999, began practicing MMA before its popularity really took off. Having trained in karate, Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling previously, Wynne decided to test himself with MMA. With stories of matches taking place in Wisconsin biker bars, Wynne fondly describes the sport with an air of nostalgia.

“It was a bunch of ruffians,” he said. “I got paid $200 [to fight] but we were excited to do it.”

With the sport’s increasing profile, it’s undergone changes.

“Back in the 90s, you knew who everybody in Canada was fighting because there were only 15 to 20 guys. Now there’s so many you can’t keep track,” he said. “I loved that camaraderie and the closeness and knowing everybody.”

But that sense of brotherhood is still in his Gladiator Fight Team.

In Wynne’s MMA class of six men, sparring matches are interjected with fighters asking each other if they’re alright, especially after a particularly well-placed kick.

After a match, students, who may have knocked each other to the ground only minutes before, discuss striking techniques. They compliment each other’s moves and talk fighting strategy.

Since 2007, there have been three MMA fatalities, all in sanctioned fights.

Compared to sports like boxing, where a fighter can’t “tap out” of the game, this number is low.

Wynne said injuries, paired with an aging physique, can prevent a fighter from continuing his career.

Despite that, Wynne said he still loves the sport.

“Win or lose in the ring, it’s a great adrenaline rush.”