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CFRC business manager position reinstated Final plans to remove the position was shot down by majority of Assembly members last night B y R achel H erscovici , Vincent M atak and J ulia Vriend Journal Staff The decision to dissolve CFRC’s business manager position has been repealed in a closed ballot vote at the AMS Special

Corporate General Meeting last night.

Ayanda Mngoma was fired on Oct. 2 after the AMS Board of Directors imposed a new budget model for the station, which attempted to balance the station’s projected $19,000 deficit for the year.

The Special Corporate General Meeting is held every fall to discuss and vote on changes to AMS bylaw.

A similar meeting is held in the winter semester.

Around 22 members voted against proposed changes to the AMS bylaw that would get rid of

the position, while 13 members voted in favour.

A new strategic budget plan for CFRC was presented by Rico Garcia, CFRC volunteer, alongside Lisa Aalders, CFRC’s spoken word programming manager and Neven Lochhead, CFRC’s music programming manager.

As a result of the vote, the AMS will reopen applications to the business manager position at CFRC today.

Part of this includes creating a new continuancy committee that will deal with the station’s ongoing deficit after it becomes financially See New on page 8

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Students, admin discuss future of chaplain position B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor

Queen’s lost a 22-point fourth-quarter lead over Guelph in last Saturday’s OUA semifinal, falling 42-39 after allowing a touchdown pass in overtime. See page 18 for full story.

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Unable to secure unanimous vote, CESA goes without Positive Space sticker again B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

Pipeline project near Kingston raises concerns.

Law student examines articling shortage.

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A review of the Queen’s drama department’s production, Counter Service.

Men’s Rugby set to face archrival Western in OUA championship showdown.

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The University is seeking student input about the future of the Chaplain’s office at Queen’s.

This month, Student Affairs began consulting campus stakeholders — mostly student societies and faith-based groups on campus — to see if the University should keep the position.

The process was initiated after the University’s current chaplain, Brian Yealland, announced his plans to retire in June after 30 years of service. A decision will be made prior to the 2013-14 academic year.

“At this point in time we’re just in the starting the process and really what we’ve asked for is input from a wide variety of [groups],

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a location “in which sexual and gender identity is affirmed and individuals can receive support Members of the Concurrent and information on lesbian, Education Students’ Association’s gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (CESA) council and extended (LGBTQ) issues.”

A unanimous vote by all council voted this year to not to display a Positive Space sticker in members sharing the space is required for the stickers to their shared office space.

“I have heard lot of rumors be displayed. CESA has voted on that … have been going around,” this issue before, Lloyd said, but it’s said CESA President Philip Lloyd. never received an unanimous vote.

“Everybody on council and “I want to make it very clear that CESA is not, has not and will extended council is mandated to never be an association that is not take this training and it’s actually a respectful and compassionate open to everybody within ConEd association and open to every as well,” Lloyd, ConEd ’13 said. single person no matter what their He added that he’s unsure how sexual orientation.” many CESA council members voted The Positive Space Program against the program, but he believes offers informational sessions for the majority were in favour of it. campus groups whose members When Lloyd, External can then vote on whether to display Vice-President Ariel Fan and a sticker denoting the space as See CESA on page 8

such as the AMS and SGPS, as well as individual and deans department heads,” said Roxy Denniston-Stewart, associate dean of student affairs at Queen’s.

Student Affairs has requested input from faculty and staff and the University has plans to meet individually with different faith-based campus groups, she said.

“There’s a very broad range of support that the [chaplain’s] office has provided over the years as well as participating in a number of University functions,” she said. “We believe or hope that we’ll communicate with all members of the community to get a wide opinion.”

The University chaplain is meant to offer spiritual guidance to students from a variety of different faiths, as well as conducting outreach initiatives and wedding and funeral services. Most major Canadian universities employ at least one chaplain.

Currently, the Chaplain’s office provides resources to a number of different campus groups, including the Four Directions Aboriginal Centre, the Geneva Fellowship, Queen’s Hillel, Queen’s University Muslim Students Association and numerous AMS religious clubs.

After graduating from Queen’s Theological College in 1972, Yealland was ordained in the United Church of Canada.

He took the position at Queen’s in 1983 after working in Kingston correctional facilities for 11 years.

He said the nature of his position has evolved greatly over the years.

“It’s quite different than the way it was 30 years ago,” he said.

“People were much more observant of tradition then and now you don’t really expect that from people, especially in a secular community, but that doesn’t mean they’re not interested in keeping it.”

He said he thinks the University needs to take a look at whether the position is still valuable to the community.

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City discusses upcoming Princess St. construction Next phase of work will target sections of Princess, King, Bagot and Wellington Streets this winter B y J ulia Vriend Assistant News Editor It will be out with the old and in with the new infrastructure this February when the City begins phase two of the Princess St. reconstruction.

A meeting was held early Monday morning at the Confederation Hotel to discuss the plans and the concerns of the businesses surrounding the construction area.

Phase two will include the block of King St. between Princess and Queen Streets, as well as Princess St. from King St. to Bagot St., Bagot St. between Queen and Brock Streets

and the lower half of Wellington St. from “We were expecting a 30 per cent drop in budget. According to the City’s website, Princess St. to Brock St. sales, but we did much better because we their 2012 to 2014 capital budgets for In 2010, phase one of the project to were so prepared.” roads, municipal utilities and strategic capital reconstruct Princess St. started at the foot She said she’s not looking forward programs total $72,164,600, $57,860,000 of the street at the Holiday Inn and went to to the upcoming reconstruction, but she and $48,736,000 respectively. the King St. intersection. The project then understands that it’s necessary.

Reconstruction will include making moved to the block of King St. between “Going into phase two we’re less scared changes to the underground infrastructure; Princess and Brock Streets. of the unknown,” she said. The project, the sewer and water, gas lines and hydro need Zoe Yanovsky, owner of Pan Chancho spearheaded by Utilities Kingston and to be replaced because they are beginning to Bakery and Café and Chez Piggy, said her Downtown Kingston!, is expected to be erode and overflow due to the downhill café has been through the construction of completed by the spring of 2014. nature of Princess St. phase one in 2010-11 and now her restaurant During the meeting, Kingston residents “The sewer system needs to be replaced. will be going through the construction for expressed concerns over how bus routes will This will stop a lot of the flooding and we phase two. be affected. For pedestrians, there will be can address these issues by making it new,” “We prepared a year in advance,” she said. no closures of the businesses and navigating Tamblyn said. around the construction should not be too During the meeting, they discussed the difficult, said Rob Tamblyn, the project’s pipes’ tendency to overflow and that they’ll development manager. be separating water and waste to deal with “There will be fences up, so as long as you this issue.

In the previous phase, the committee know where you are going you can get to your destination,” he said. “We encourage looked at the effect the reconstruction had on the businesses on Princess St.; the businesses the students to come downtown.”

The workers will have planned parking didn’t suffer as much as they had anticipated, on the side streets to lower the already high Tamblyn said. “[The success comes from] having a solid volume of cars. Apart from that, there will be business plan, having good promotion, and staff directing pedestrian traffic.

The money for this renovation — which having a team on the ground that is doing will include new sidewalks, cross walks, the construction who is concerned about benches and garbage disposals — comes access to the businesses.” from City Council and their capital works

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At home, families face unique struggle There are 2,192 military families in the city, and many have one or more members who are absent for long periods of time. An absence of over 30 days is officially considered a deployment by the Canadian Forces B y R osie H ales Features Editor When Annie Riel’s husband returned from his deployment to Afghanistan last year, something had changed.

“He was so calm. The roof could have fallen down and his heartbeat wouldn’t have raced.

Nothing was stressful,” Riel, PhD ’14 said.

This was a big change for the mother of two, who had been away from her husband for seven months after his deployment to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011.

Riel said it was then that she stopped taking her husband’s presence for granted and felt lucky he was alive.

The conflict in Afghanistan began in December 2001 and in 2010 Prime Minister Steven Harper announced Canada’s role would be extended in a non-combative presence. Harper plans to have all troops withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014.

While her husband was deployed, Riel enrolled in her PhD in French studies. Now she teaches French to undergraduate students at Queen’s.

Captain Greg Millican, Riel’s husband, said there’s a lot of separation anxiety between himself and his family when it comes to him leaving for deployments.

“You try to spend as much time with your wife and kids to try and take your mind off what’s coming up,” he said.

He also tries to prepare his family for his time overseas by taking care of things like putting winter tires on the family car.

While in Afghanistan, Millican

was able to keep in touch with his family through satellite phone calls and acquiring access to Internet for Skype.

Millican returned home midway through his deployment in Afghanistan for three weeks. But returning to Afghanistan after this leave was the hardest part for both him and his children.

Out of approximately 123,000 residents in Kingston 2,192 Kingston families are supporting soldiers, according to the Kingston Military Family Resource Centre.

was so calm.

“TheHeroof could have fallen down and his heartbeat wouldn’t have raced. Nothing was stressful.

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— Annie Riel, PhD ’14

A family could include just two partners or parents with children.

Tucker Densmore, fourth-year aerospace engineering student at Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), said that students at the College must try to make an effort to communicate with their families.

“The family does sometimes get put on the back burner because your ultimate obligation is towards your duty,” he said, adding military family organizations help with some of the difficulties that can arise with getting deployed overseas.

In Kingston, the Military Family Resource Centre is one of these organizations. It provides support for military families in the city, like childcare, family support and community integration.

Terry Telford, marketing and

Annie Riel and her two children were separated from her husband Greg when he was deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2010-11 during which she began her PhD.

public relations coordinator for the Centre said that part of the transfer process for many families arriving to Kingston is signing in with the Centre.

Telford said programs as simple as ‘Coffee and Chat’ can be helpful

Resources in the city Child and Youth Development & Parenting Support • Casual and emergency childcare • Playroom and teen centre • In-school workshops on topics like staying home alone and babysitting Prevention Support & Intervention • Short-term counseling and crisis support • Self-help groups • Counsellor sessions held for divorce, separation and teen issues Personal Development & Community Integration • Welcome and community orientation for those new to Kingston and military life • Second language services • Referral to local services for newcomers Family Separation & Reunion • School support • Video teleconferencing • “Spousal Battlemind” program: ensures couples are in the right frame of mind before, during and after deployment • “Strong bonds:” helps military members and their children form bonds before and after deployment — Source: Kingston Military Family Resource Centre

as it involves getting the military spouses together for coffee where they can swap stories.

“It’s good to get them together and say ‘what you’re going through is normal,’” he said.

The family does “sometimes get put

on the back burner because your ultimate obligation is towards your duty.

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— Tucker Densmore, aerospace engineering student at Royal Military College of Canada Angela Enman married Lieutenant Cory Gillis 16 years ago and subsequently entered into the life of a military wife. Since then, they have lived in four different provinces for around five years at a time.

Currently, the family is living in Wainwright, Alberta where her husband is posted on the ASG Wainwright base.

Gillis was deployed to Bosnia in 1998 and Kosovo in 2000 and is currently stationed in Ontario until early December. He’s scheduled to return to Alberta this weekend for a visit.

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considered a deployment by the Canadian Forces.

Enman said the constant concern of deployment is the worst part of being a military family.

This fear was realized during Gillis’ second tour to Kosovo in 2000.

Gillis would often tell his wife not to worry if she didn’t hear from him for a week because of the difficulties of communicating overseas from Kosovo.

“Week one passed and week two passed and by the end of week three I started to worry,” she said.

Enman contacted the base in Kosovo to discover that her husband had been hospitalized by a case of salmonella that was destabilizing his kidneys. He had been too sick to request that someone contact her.

Fortunately, Gillis made a full recovery and was able to finish the remainder of the tour.

However his returns home can also be tough, especially after a long deployment, Enman said.

“You have to get used to each other again. They have to get used to you,” she said. “They have to get used to being out of danger.”

— With files from Alison Shouldice

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Environment

Groups say local pipeline project is problematic Enbridge will apply for approval to redirect flow of Sarnia-Montreal line that runs north of Kingston B y A lison S houldice Features Editor

Phase one of the line, which runs from Sarnia to Hamilton, was approved for reversal several years Alberta-based company Enbridge ago. Now, Enbridge is looking has new plans for its pipeline for approval for phase two of the that runs through Kingston, and line, which runs from Hamilton area environmental groups to Montreal. They hope to have it fully functional by the end of 2014. are concerned.

Environmental Defence, a The underground pipeline in question, Line 9 has been in Toronto-based group, held operation for almost 40 years. It a speaking event in Dupuis runs from Sarnia, ON, to Montreal, Auditorium Monday night in QC, through Kingston north of conjunction with local groups Transition Kingston and the Society the 401.

Enbridge, the owner of the line, for Conservation Biology. The host will be applying to the National groups are in opposition to the Energy Board before the end of proposed changes to the pipeline.

This event follows a protest the year in order to get approval to reverse the direction of the flow in held Oct. 22 in front of the the pipe. This would allow diluted JDUC regarding the Northern Monday night’s event in Dupuis Hall to discuss the pipeline was hosted by Environmental Photo by Alison Shouldice bitumen, a type of oil produced Gateway Pipeline set to run from Defence in conjunction with Transition Kingston and the Society for Conservation Biology. by the Alberta oil sands, to be the Albertan oil sands to B.C.’s places,” said Scott, climate and the Southern Ontario towns that water components are removed, transported eastward through West Coast.

At the presentation Monday, energy program manager at the pipeline crosses in order to he said. It goes through a test to Ontario to the coast. raise awareness and unite opposing make sure it’s in the right form As it stands currently, only speaker Adam Scott said that Environmental Defence.

This is because the pipeline voices. Scott said he’s sent an to transport. light crude oil is sent through the bitumen is more likely than light Laura Vaz-Jones, ArtSci ’14, line. Environmental groups are crude to corrode the pipe due to runs just North of the city core, information package regarding the pipeline to Kingston City attended the talk after she learned he added. concerned about the effects that its heavy nature.

Environmental Defence has Council with the hopes he will get about the Line 9 developments at a heavier bitumen oil would have on “Kingston is one of the recent conference in Ottawa. the pipe. most significantly threatened been holding meetings in many of a response in the near future.

Vaz-Jones, who’s been involved At the talk, Scott said he believes that an oil spill could occur with in environmental initiatives on the reversal since there have campus in the past, said she’s Campus been spills with Enbridge lines in opposed to the proposed reversal of the line. the past.

“There are no benefits to this In July 2010, the company faced a crisis when one of its pipelines project,” she said. “There are not spilled over 20,000 barrels of jobs being created, oil is not being oil in Marshall, Michigan. The refined in Canada because it’s incident caused area homes to be intended for export.”

She’s been in contact with spaces, where no advertisements student will act differently to evacuated and affected over 50 km B y R achel H erscovici Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen of waterways in the area. can run, or they are classified as advertisements they see.

Assistant News Editor “Some students won’t care, “Enbridge has a particularly bad and Kingston and the Islands MP student life spaces, where ads A Queen’s senator has raised are free to run; the space Jones and others likely recognize the reputation for their pipeline safety Ted Hsu in order to get them involved in the cause. She also concerns about about commercial is concerned about is part of substantial indirect benefits to network,” Scott said. students in terms of the revenue But according to Enbridge plans to start a petition. advertising on campus following the latter.

She said she thinks many “My concern about it is that they would generate for the spokesperson Graham White, the the release of new floor to ceiling company is confident this type of Queen’s students aren’t aware of ads in the Macintosh-Corry basically that we’re an education university,” he said. the local impact of Line 9, but The questions Jones raised transport is safe. institution, we’ve got an obligation Hall walkway.

“There’s an image out would become more involved if The issue was first raised by to educate rather than advertise,” about the ads were directed over to Doug Johnson because the AMS there … that this is an abrasive type they were informed on the issue.

Mark Jones during question Jones said.

“This event really caught my His question directly referred controls the student spaces in the of crude that has elements of clay period in Senate on Sept. 25 main hallway and water. That’s a fundamental attention. I thought it was an and was brought up again at the to the Target, Apple and Bell Mac-Corry the advertisements misunderstanding of what the immediate issue in Kingston,” she ads that ran in the where Oct. 30 Senate. said. “It’s our drinking water, were displayed, as well as the product is,” he said.

“I submit that it is wrong for Macintosh-Corry hallways.

Before the oil is sent through our wetlands.”

He estimates that these ads JDUC, Queen’s Centre and an institution of public education the pipe, most of its clay, sand and to run commercial ads in its are about 100 feet away from MacGillivary-Brown Hall.

The AMS is only permitted educational space or in connection classroom doors and he said he with its academic mission believes students shouldn’t be to display ads in these designated because this confers the public subject to viewing these ads before student life spaces.

“The greatest benefit we get institution’s educational authority,” they enter their classrooms.

“Maybe students aren’t from advertising [revenue], in Jones wrote in a statement concerned about this, [but] I think the student life spaces, is the to Senate. opportunity to offer as many free Since 2005 there has they should be,” he said.

“If it’s allowed to continue services to students as possible,” been no framework or policy guiding the display of without comment, I think it will Tristan Lee, AMS vice president of get more extensive and I would operations, said. commercial advertisements.

All advertisements come from just rather not see Queen’s When Jones questioned if there would be a policy in place, the plastered floor to ceiling two companies, Rouge Media and advertisements all Newad Inc., that work with the Provost, Alan Harrison responded with AMS and every ad must be by saying there is currently no over campus.”

School of Business Professor approved by the Student Life method to create policies like that made at the moment, but that there will Laurence Ashworth noted that Centre committee, there are some arguments that up of AMS, SGPS and be one in the works.

“To correct both deficiencies, my incremental exposure to ads can university representatives.

In his opinion, Lee, ArtSci ’12 VP colleagues and I are about to become problematic, but these begin working with the university conclusions can’t be verified to said every step is being taken to ensure ads that are chosen to be secretariat on the development of his knowledge.

“Normally, objections to such displayed on campus are screened university policy. Once this is in place, we shall be in a position to effects are based on assumptions for what they see as appropriate.

He also added that the AMS develop a policy on advertising and about the kinds of behaviour consumers should engage in. I is in favour of academic spaces commercial activity.

“I shall keep Senate apprised of would argue students are pretty staying ad free.

“It was never our intention to developments, and want to assure good at deciding for themselves,” disrupt the quality of education Senate that the process will ensure he said.

“I think the main issue here is at this school or the education appropriately wide consultation for any new policy,” he told Senate at whether students are comfortable spaces only the student life spaces with commercial messages in themselves we felt was appropriate the Oct. 30 meeting.

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On campus, spaces are this context.”

Professor Jones brought his concerns to Senate He also added that every designated either as academic after noticing large advertisements posted near classrooms in Mac-Corry.

Commercial ads questioned Senate looks into advertisements in academic settings on campus

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out in different communities. The other three outline criminal, family and ethics and professionalism.

“For now, the teachers can incorporate the Representatives of the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) visited Kingston on Monday modules in their lesson plan in any way they to launch a new curriculum module on want,” Hughes said.

By 2015, a mandatory ethics course will domestic violence for law schools across be introduced to the curriculum for all law the province.

Queen’s currently offers courses that students in Ontario. Hughes said she believes incorporate domestic violence, but the LCO that the new modules will be a large focus in wanted to make sure every graduated law this mandatory course.

Law professor Kathleen Lahey, who is student in Ontario will have experience with also co-director of Queen’s Feminist Legal these topics.

LCO Executive Director Patricia Hughes Studies, said she followed the development of the project closely. spearheaded the kick-off.

“It is an area of curriculum development She believes the new modules can be applied to all areas of law. Lawyers are going that we really need at Queen’s,” she said.

Lahey said the new modules will likely be to come across situations and need to be able to identify signs of abuse even where they implemented in next year’s courses.

“We can’t rule out that there may be some might not expect it, she noted.

The new curriculum is available for components available in other courses in free online to professors of law after being January,” she said.

She said she’s aware of a great interest unveiled at Queen’s.

It can be used as a guideline in the among students for the subject matter.

“There are a number of law school courses classroom, integrated into the course, or spur where this material is probably going to be the creation of a whole new course.

The development of the modules included incorporated,” she said.

“For example, family law, which looks at involvement from members of government, court representatives and representatives a number of situations involving disputes between adults.” from every law school in Ontario.

The new modules break down into — With files from Holly Tousignant five categories; two of them provide background on domestic violence and who experiences them and how these issues play

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culture, and by putting a positive space sticker you are saying that you are willing and able to have that conversation.

Internal Vice-President Catherine Franey were running for office, they advocated building on the previous executive’s changes to the CESA is a little size of the Main Council, which unique in that we have saw it reduced from 43 members a lot of people who to 23. share one office.

With the addition of more extended council positions, however, the total number of — Philip Lloyd, CESA president voting members is currently 47, all of whom share one space.

“If you’re able to take a vote “CESA is a little unique in that we have a lot of people who share on whether you’re able to have a one office,” Lloyd said. “A lot of conversation like that, I think that’s other faculties have fewer people contradictory to what the positive who share an office or they have a space is all about.”

But Positive Space Committee lot more individual offices. I don’t have my own office, for example.” Coordinator Jean Pfleiderer He said it’s important to said the CESA vote exemplifies him that those 600 students feel exactly how the program is comfortable and safe visiting supposed to work. “[The voters]should be able to be CESA’s office despite the Positive anonymous,” she said.

Space Program not being in place.

She said many faculties, “We are always working to make sure that even though the sticker is student groups and administrative not there that CESA presents itself as a respectful and compassionate association,” he said. “It’s my belief that the commitment of the majority of the council and extended council members will uphold this environment and will drown out the small percentage of people who may work to disrupt that.”

Robert Barnett-Kemper, ConEd ’14, said he agrees that the CESA office is a tolerant place.

“Whether there’s a sticker or not on a CESA office I can promise you, you won’t find anyone who’s discriminating,” he said. “I think that what happened is some people were confused about maybe how the positive space sticker works.”

Barnett-Kemper, who’s not a member of the CESA council or extended council, said he doesn’t think positive space status is something that should have to be voted on.

“You should have to have a positive space sticker,” he said.

“The idea of the positive space is that people are allowed to go and Many faculties have Positive Space stickers, Positive talk about issues that relate to queer Space committee coordinator says.

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groups on campus display large group stickers and many others have smaller stickers for their individual offices.

The positive space committee encourages a high level of participation in the two-hour training sessions for all groups considering positive space status, she said, as well as unanimous support from its members in order to get a sticker.

She added that she doesn’t want people to be under the impression that faculties or groups are under an onus to vote in favour of the program if any of their members aren’t comfortable with it.

“If they were to post the sticker and there are people who are in the space who aren’t comfortable with it, we can’t be comfortable that it will be a really safe space,” Pfleiderer said.

“It’s not fair to advertise that it’s going be a positive space if some people there are not aware what that means.”

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It will be comprised of representatives from CFRC stakeholders, with a member from the AMS, SGPS, the University and the community.

The committee will seek to develop a campaign in the winter to raise CFRC’s AMS mandatory student fee from $5.03 to $7.05 and its SGPS fee from $3.75 to $7.50 through referendum, in order to give the station greater financial stability.

In the event that the student fees fail to increase, CFRC will make cuts to staff salaries and restructure their management system.

“I think [the stability plan] showed people that we were serious about our future and the fact that we do have a plan, it’s just that we need this extra member of

staff to be able to implement it,” Aalders said.

She added that the business manager plays an important role in garnering funding for the station.

The sponsorship and outreach position, a volunteer honoraria-based position designed to replace the business manager position, was much more focused just on advertising which only bring in about five per cent of CFRC’s total budget revenue, she noted.

“Right now we’ve been really stretched thin in terms of our ability work from a day to day basis so planning for the future seemed next to impossible but now we’re confident moving forward,” she said.

Tristan Lee, AMS vice president of operations, said the strategic plan put forward by CFRC should have come earlier.

“I do think that this document

should have been put forward way in advance of this meeting, about four months ago, before the decision to remove the business manager was made,” Lee, ArtSci ’12 said.

Instead of waiting for the SCGM in November, the AMS needed to take action immediately in early October, said Rob Gamble, Chair of the AMS Board of Directors.

“The problem was that we received a budget in August but our budgeting process was time sensitive, that is why we took action,” he said.

“We still think [removing the Business Manager Position] was a good idea, but the members of Assembly were a little more divided on that.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF fourteen protest McGuinty’s proroguing of legislature Yesterday afternoon, Premier Dalton McGuinty’s proroguing of the Ontario legislature drew 14 protesters to MPP John Gerretsen’s office building on Princess and Bagot Streets.

The protest, organized by the Kingston NDP, ran from noon to 1 p.m., ending with a walk to the front door of MPP Gerretsen’s office.

The Premier’s decision to prorogue legislature, announced alongside his resignation, has drawn much criticism from citizens.

Among the group of protesters was Kingston’s provincial NDP candidate Mary Rita Holland and the NDP MPP for London-Fanshawe, Teresa Armstrong.

Pamphlets bearing the words “The Liberals shut down Queen’s Park. Together, we can get MPPs back in their seats” were distributed to passersby.

People were asked to sign a petition against the proroguing. According to Holland, 50 signatures were gathered by the end of the protest, part of a campaign that began the night before.

“This is a beginning of a campaign,” Holland said. “We’ll be going door to door getting more signatures.”

— Janina Enrile

Ban right Centre gets $5,000 from Wind Mobile The Ban Righ Centre, which provides services and support for mature women students, was recently awarded a $5,000 grant by WIND Mobile through the WINDthanks program.

Wireless carrier WIND Mobile launched their new Kingston location at 1096 Princess St. yesterday and officially gave away the funds.

The WINDthanks program recognizes one local organization in the market that WIND is expanding into and awards a grant to encourage continuing improvement of the community.

Organizations are nominated and voted on, and the organization with the most votes receives the grant.

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The organizations can raise awareness through social media and encourage people to vote.

There are no specific qualities that WIND looks for in its grant recipients and they are generally “broadly beneficial” and important to the local community.

Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEO of WIND Mobile, said the program is about “empowering consumers by way of user engagement and community engagement.”

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Spiritual guidance for all faiths and religions

groups who are more likely to interact with this position,” Dineen, ArtSci ’11 said.

“I would think that one of the voices Despite this, the AMS has no official out there at the moment would say that in opinion on whether to keep the position, she this day in age we can surely do without a said, adding that the AMS is redirecting their chaplain or a religious person of any kind,” consultation process to Student Affairs.

“We aren’t really doing the leading, but he said. “Is it worth keeping the position, or reaching out to AMS clubs on behalf of should [they] try and save money.”

— Styna Tao Despite this, he said he thinks the Student Affairs,” she said.

Mirza Tahir Ahmed, president of the University still needs to maintain support Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association, said with different religious groups on campus.

“Our office has had a very strong place the Chaplain’s office is vital to maintain Squirrels destroy City park looking after students and that’s something respect for religious diversity on campus. holiday lights “All religious communities should support the University should maintain,” he said. “You don’t want to lose resources in that area for that there should be one guy who plays a Kingston squirrels may be notorious these students ... nowadays, we have a much neutral role among all of them,” Ahmed, amongst Queen’s students for their erratic greater diversity of religious backgrounds in PhD ’14, said. “The position is valuable behavior, but now they’re also accused our students who are encouraged to be open because while it promotes the differences of different religions on campus, it also joins of interfering with a time-honoured and celebrative of their faith.”

Mira Dineen, AMS vice president them based on those differences.”

Kingston tradition.

“We need to have dialogues with each Squirrels have been eating the Christmas of university affairs, said the AMS will lights used to decorate trees in City Park, meet with faith-based campus groups other and discover our common interests and we need somebody who will promote for consultation. organizers say.

“We also had a discussion at AMS council that and religious equality at Queen’s.”

The squirrels have been devouring the lights ever since the Kingston Electric and we concluded to get in touch with Association, who oversees the project, made the switch to LED lights.

“They’ve tried to munch on them from time to time but the old style [lights] they couldn’t break through the coating,” Association member Gary Oosterhof told the Whig-Standard.

Members of the association have searched online for solutions and tried covering the strands of lights with turpentine but have had no success in deterring the squirrels.

The squirrels never ate the older Christmas lights before the switch to LED lights, likely due to the older lights’ larger wire and thicker coating.

Because of the problem, only one 25-foot tall tree in the southwest corner of City Photo by aLeX choi Park will be lit this year instead of the Current University Chaplain Brian Yealland will retire in June. traditional 40.

In the past, the cost for the lights was raised through local businesses and excess funds were given the Salvation Army and the Partners in Mission food bank.

Many are now worried that with fewer trees decorated, less money will be raised and there will not be funds left over for charity.

— Shannon Hill

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DIALOGUE

EDITORIALS — THE JOURNAL’S PERSPECTIVE

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They are also making a distinctly normative statement — one that all members of a given gender won’t necessarily agree with.

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Behavioural grades Computing stereotypes A

professor’s decision to deduct 10 per cent for bad behaviour in class has the potential to be constructive, but treads a fine line.

A rule is currently in place in Professor Jill Jacobson’s PSYC 300 course outlining that any disruptive or threatening behavior, either in class or via email, won’t be tolerated towards a fellow student, TA or professor.

It isn’t clear what constitutes this type of behavior. The rule seems too vague to be fairly enforced.

This sort of ambiguity could be worrisome for students participating in the course.

Instead of participating in class and openly disagreeing with the professor, they may instead choose to keep their opinions to themselves for fear of losing grades.

This could be an infringement on academic freedom if the rule isn’t delineated more clearly to all those in the class.

The premise behind the rule isn’t necessarily a bad one. Students who are disrespectful in class should be reprimanded.

Everyone in class has paid for their education and deserves to learn in a respectful and constructive environment.

You shouldn’t be solely evaluated on your academic performance — how you interact with the learning environment you’re in should also form part of your grade.

There are many ways in which these class rules could be established more succinctly for all.

A discussion could be carried out at the beginning of each semester with all students present to clearly delineate what sorts of behaviours everyone would consider distracting and disrespectful.

Such rules can be effective in creating a more positive class environment for all students, but the rules need to be clear and specific in order to avoid infringements on academic freedom.

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ujitsu has jumped on the current bandwagon of promoting their products through explicit and simplistic gender stereotyping.

The company has made a laptop targeted at women called the Floral Kiss, which comes in a small, ‘feminine’ size and carries a distinct floral motif. It even features a power status light and caps lock key adorned with a diamond cut stone.

This sort of product construction implies countless stereotypes about the female gender, which are both — Journal Editorial Board restrictive and one-dimensional.

The attempt by the company

to use gender stereotypes to market to a certain audience unfortunately isn’t uncommon.

Honda recently announced that it would be selling a car specifically for women in Japan. The car would be equipped with a special air conditioning system to help purify women’s skin.

Three months ago, Bic released a line of pens designed to be exclusively ‘for women,’ coming in an array of ‘feminine’ colours and with a thinner design for slender fingers.

Other less explicit examples of such stereotyping are found with car commercials that

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portray rugged aggressiveness to sell their product to the male demographic.

In making these products clearly gendered, these companies are obviously attempting to capitalize on a given market.

However, they’re also making a distinctly normative statement — one that all members of a given gender won’t necessarily agree with.

While it may be the intention of the company to cater to their customers based on gender, it’s highly unlikely that women will actually find much need in a woman-specific product such as this laptop.

After all, do women need a diamond-encrusted keyboard?

The product implies that women aren’t equipped to use regular laptops — a premise that is offensive and degrading.

Not all women want a diamond-encrusted keyboard, in the same way not all men drive trucks and have a tendency to partake in rugged, sporty activities.

It’s disappointing that, in our day and age, companies are still using these sorts of restrictive and unsubstantive stereotypes to sell their products.

While Fujitsu’s gendering of its laptops isn’t an anomaly in marketing, it’s ultimately still offensive and demeaning to women.

— Journal Editorial Board

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LABIBA HAQUE

Fighting for votes I

t’s just one click, but it can determine the future of many students on campus.

With the recent Fall Referendum

results sealing the fate of Union run in collaboration with arts Gallery, I question if groups are professionals and students, lost its utilizing the referendum system mandatory fee renewal by just 28 most effectively. student votes.

The system as it stands now, With a referendum turnout of although a unique aspect of 26.33 per cent, it’s troublesome Queen’s, leaves the future of that such a small amount of any group who wants to renew votes can change the course of or increase a mandatory or operational funds for the gallery. opt-outable fee largely in the hands Even with the option of taking of a small voting group. the result to AMS Annual General Students and organizers need to Meeting, groups such as Union realize that they have to proactively Gallery face limitations like having promote their groups and attain a to wait until the next year to more visible presence on campus. appeal, leaving them in financial Just last referendum, Union uncertainty for the time being.

Gallery, a non-profit organization The problem wasn’t that

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students weren’t aware of the existence of the Gallery, but rather they weren’t aware what the Gallery was about.

Groups need to realize that they can’t solely publish fee statements and promote renewals casually through a Facebook group leading up to referendum.

But students also need to realize that the power to vote for something like this is valuable to various institutions at Queen’s. And they can only do so by putting a face or a voice to the cause.

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occurring, organizations like Union Gallery need to be proactive with their advertising. Just writing a statement and participating in inconsistent promotions here and there isn’t enough. We need to make our groups more visible.

We need to show students why we belong on campus. Show them that our groups are worth fighting for.

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Talking heads

Opinions — Your Perspective

... at Science Formal Photos By Terence Wong

How are you feeling about this year’s Sci Formal?

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Apprenticeships

Articling deserves a clean slate

“I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love everyone in Sci ’13!”

Ahmad Antar, Sci ’13

Our contributor examines articling in Ontario and the potential solutions to shortages

Aarondeep Singh Bains, JD ‘14 On Nov. 22 the ‘benchers,’ as the Law Society of Upper Canada’s governing board is known, will be voting on the fate of articling in Ontario. Currently articlingis in practice with multiple countries in the Commonwealth and consists of a professional training program at a firm completed after passing the bar and before becoming a qualified lawyer.

Many students wish for the status quo system to remain, however, the Law Society has motioned for a dramatic change to a two-tiered articling system.

Examining the pros and cons, the best choice may in fact be to scrap it all and start fresh.

The routes of articling lay in the English common law. Articling traces back to England where it began as a means to train young apprentice lawyers in the art of the law and its practical nature.

This usually involved a student cowering in the corner of a senior barrister’s office frantically taking notes. However this is very far from what articling is today in Canada. In Ontario articling is seen as the in-between stage that a law student goes through after graduating and before becoming a full-fledged lawyer. At the moment it’s a necessary step to become qualified.

This necessity has more recently transformed into a miserable reality for students. At this time, second-year law students are vying off against each other for coveted eight to 10 (or less) summer positions at Ontario’s largest and medium sized firms.

Securing one of these spots allows students to secure an articling position when they graduate from law school the next year.

Second-year placements have been steadily dropping.

It is suggested in a Macleans article titled, “Should articling be scrapped?” that up to 15 per cent of students will fail to secure articling positions; unable to qualify as lawyers until such positions are found.

In order to combat this issue the Law Society of Upper Canada formed the Articling Task Force in 2011. The task force put forward a motion to the benchers to adopt a new system to sit parallel to the current articling system, known as the majority report.

Many students wish for the status quo system to remain, however, the Law Society has motioned for a dramatic change to a two-tiered articling system.

The report outlines a system whereby students unable to place in articling positions will apply to a course instead. This course would involve an in-class portion for several months, and a placement in the field for the remainder. The system would be in place for five years before being re-evaluated.

This model is criticised for being two-tiered; some students being paid to qualify and others paying to qualify. There’s a real fear that students of this parallel program will bear a stigma for being unable to place in articles.

In response to the majority report, the Advocates Society of Ontario released a report this semester, known as the minorities report, to abolish articling all

together. Other professions such as accounting, have taken this approach and abandoned articling — moving immediately to hiring students after graduation.

If the majority report were adopted, it would still allow for those unable to place in articles to become lawyers. The fear of not being able to qualify as a lawyer is far greater than the fear of having to do a course or bear an imaginary mark of shame. The program also provides a standardized form of qualification as there is a worry that many large firms are no longer being stringent enough in preparing lawyers.

Unfortunately, the system would force some students to add to their already large student debt to pay for a course and skills that many of their classmates will be paid to learn. It’s inevitable that a two-tiered system will result.

The report leaves more questions unanswered than those which it’s trying to answer. There’s no indication of who will structure or create this course, especially if it only lasts five years. If the number of placements is already reducing, where will they find these co-op type placements to put the students in?

Following the minority report, the legal system would follow other professions and simplify their qualification process. Students will simply write the bar exam and learn the necessary skills at the firms they choose to practice at.

The problem the two-tiered system or systems unable to accommodate the number of students is avoided with this method and a clean slate is put forward.

The problem is that hundreds of years of tradition are abandoned due to an inability to find a solution. If any doubts of proper qualification existed, abolishing

articling will only exacerbate them.

There will be no means to maintain a standard of professional skills for lawyers entering the field and clients will be unable to know if their lawyer has the necessary skills to defend them.

Law is unlike other professions and articling serves an important purpose. It may not be what it was, but it isn’t so arcane to be shelved and forgotten. Senior lawyers pass on the knowledge of not only routine realities of law but also ethical wisdom.

The system would force some students to add to their already large student debt to pay for a course and skills that many of their classmates will be paid to learn.

Young lawyers learn the value of communication and how to learn from their peers.

As the number of articling positions continue to decline and as the competition for those remaining increases, it’s evident that a means to qualify all law students is necessary.

Tradition is important, but I would have to choose the path that abolishes articling rather than choose an option which increases the financial burden already facing students.

Abolishing articling is radical, however it avoids a two-tiered system and law students are relieved of the stress of being unable to qualify as lawyers. Therefore, the most radical idea is also the most rational.

It will be in the hands of current lawyers to ensure that those who practice the law have not merely passed the bar, but are truly skilled in the art of the law.

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Falling back on sports Every Gaels varsity team cracked the CIS top 10 this fall season, each finishing in the OUA’s top four.

Journal photographers Alex Choi, Tiffany Lam and Colin Tomchick captured the season’s highs and lows.

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Campus cooking

Move over tofu

Travel

Exchange diaries: Mumbai, India part 7 A conversation with a classmate really opened my eyes to the crushing effect that underfunding and overpopulation has had on the post-secondary classrooms of India. Our Mass Media program has only two coordinators who work to organize the entire program, manage all 200-or-so students and teach a number of classes on top of that. Combine this with the fact that there’s only one room available that holds 24 weekly classes, the situation becomes even more desperate.

Our other professors are guest lecturers who maintain positions in alternate fields while managing to teach and mark papers without the help of a TA. When there are on average 60 students per class I imagine this becomes a extraordinary task.

With this in mind, it’s amazing that these people are able to maintain such a solid program despite the lack of resources. It also makes me even more grateful for the amount of personal attention they’ve given me since my arrival.

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With the term commenced — IT’S TIME TO TRAVEL! The mid-semester break and the Diwali vacation overlap, has given me around a month before I have to be back in school. This gives me a fair bit of time to explore something other than the city of Mumbai. The problem is, where to go?

What to see? India is such a vast country with so many varying regions and cultures.

So, from Oct. 23 on, that’s where I’ll be; making my way across northern India, without a definite plan, and by any means necessary (bus, train, bike or foot). I only hope that I make it back with some interesting stories.

Most students are familiar with tofu, chickpeas, lentils and beans. As standard meat alternatives, they pack in protein and healthy carbohydrates. Tempeh, though equally nutritional and easy to prepare, tends to fall under the radar. Although I grew up eating and loving tofu, it wasn’t until recently that I had my first encounter with tempeh.

Suffice to say, tofu has got some competition.

Tempeh is a whole soybean product that originates from Indonesia. Tempeh boasts more protein, dietary fibre and vitamins than other soy alternatives and boasts a firm texture and earthy flavour. You can find — Jonny Klynkramer tempeh in health food and grocery stores alongside other soy-based products.

When paired with a simple marinade,

tempeh gives chicken strips a run for their money. I find the firm, nutty texture and flavour preferable to tofu’s milder taste and consistency. My go-to tempeh recipe, which I adapted from vegetarian cookbook, Fresh at Home, is available online. I used a specific marinade, but feel free to play with Mexican, Indian, Thai or other flavoured marinades.

— Trilby Goouch

Columns

Buying your first sex toy The sheer number of options can make the choice intimidating for a first-time buyer of sex toys.

And since everyone experiences pleasure differently, that toy you heard about on Sex and the City years ago or the one your super

open friend swears by may not be right for you. In all likelihood, finding a sex toy that you love as much as it loves you will be a trial and error process. So where to begin? Think about what sort of pleasure you enjoy, either from a partner(s) or from masturbation. Whatever you enjoy, there’s a sex toy designed to stimulate that body part!

Photo by Alex Choi

— The Expert Sexpert

Fashion

Bill Cunningham: eye on street style

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At first glance, Bill Cunningham looks like your average 83-year-old; his greying hair, twinkling eyes and sweater vests portray him as someone who isn’t consumed with fashion or trends. Yet Bill is perhaps the most influential photographer in today’s fashion industry. He hates money, glamour, status and technology, yet his passions lie in world that goes against so much that he stands for.

He lives and breaths for fashion; not the status, the money or the celebrity, but the sheer beauty of a rippling silk or biased cut.

For Bill, style comes from the streets; it’s the everyday New Yorkers that define the newest trends. For over 40 years Bill has been found biking through the streets of New York, camera slung around his neck, constantly on the lookout for a potential shot.

Bill Cunningham’s eye is one of the most sought after in the media, because he’s one of the few who have avoided the corruption of Hollywood; he only photographs what he sees as beautiful. He provides a vision of

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clarity in a world skewed by status; an elderly woman dressed in a colourful silk scarf will take precedent over Lady Gaga’s latest get up, even if the latter will attract more viewers.

— Trilby Goouch

wHAT’S NEXT Hidden gems

Holiday lookahead

Taking a look at some of Kingston’s less-known restaurants.

Tips and tricks for surviving the upcoming Holiday season.

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Theatre Review

Gypsy gets gimmicky Kinsmen Club of Kingston puts on mediocre show of Broadway classic B y K atie G randin Contributor Clothes aren’t the only thing lacking in the Burlesque-centered musical Gypsy.

Continuity between scenes and the characters was also missing from the Kinsmen Club of Kingston’s production at the Grand on Wednesday night.

The seminal Broadway classic is set in the 1920s, deep in the glamorous world of show business.

It depicts the tensions of a showbiz life, as Momma Rose, the epitome of stage moms, who forces her daughters through the Vaudeville variety circuit.

With its demise, the stage mom gets her daughters into Burlesque entertainment, living out her own dreams vicariously through their successes.

As the house lights reluctantly dim, the overture attempts to suggest the anticipated comedic tone of the show with its upbeat Broadway air and a cartoonish quality. The use of a multimedia projection screen with sepia-toned photographs gives the audience the feeling they are in the right time period.

The young talent showcased was impressive, an observation echoed by the mumbling of the audience. Maeve Tomalty delivered an excellent performance in Baby June’s rendition of the show’s carrying number, “Let Me Entertain You,” unfortunately outshining the supporting adults in the opening of the play.

But the attempt at humour in the opening of the show was overdone, often creating the opposite effect of confusion for the audience.

The play’s opening carries the air of amateur community theatre, from poor microphone quality to out of sync choreography, a few minor line slip-ups and a quirky, yet juvenile cut-out car.

But as the play picks up and settles into the core of its story, the cast also seemed to settle into their element. While the smaller child actors still shone during the musical, the adult actors held their own as well.

Specifically, the cast was led

by Amie Bello and Emily Fennell playing the lead roles of Momma Rose and Louise respectively. The two women proved that the show isn’t lacking in vocal talent.

Arts Gypsy’s largely female cast stole the show on Wednesday night with strong performances from Amie Bello and Emily Fennell, but Daniel Carp as Tulsa shined as a male lead as well.

In a production carried mainly by women, Daniel Carp as Tulsa gave a strong male performance in his number “All I Need Is The Girl,” displaying both vocal chops and fancy footwork. Other than Carp, the males in the cast were lacking in staying power and didn’t remain in my memory for long after the show.

In a show about Burlesque, any and all expected sensuality was missing. Instead, numbers like “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” consisted of a purposefully funny, self-deprecating and awkward strip tease that should have been more enthralling than it was.

Ironically, the sexiest performance was Bello’s rendition of “Rose’s Turn,” the ultimate ballad about ambition.

Though the musical numbers

are catchy and enjoyable, they fall just short of being memorable.

However, as the themed

interview

For my mom, love from John Saskatchewan native John Antoniuk dedicates his latest album to his late mother B y J oanna P lucinska Editorials Editor Sometimes, playing music is an addiction.

“My friend said that all the songs we’re playing were like smokes, because playing the music was more addictive than smoking,” said singer-songwriter John Antoniuk.

“I’d light a smoke, set it in the ashtray, then play the songs until the cigarettes burned out.”

Antoniuk is currently touring with his latest album, Always With You — his first album released using his real name. The album is a tribute to his mother who passed away in 2010 from cancer.

Antoniuk said the decision to record the album under his real name is a result of the nature of the content.

“This album is for people who knew people or lost people to cancer,” he said. “They didn’t have to look down at the cover and see the word ‘killer.’”

While he’s known largely for his matchless acoustic stylings, the new album has a larger lyrical emphasis.

It carries a distinct narrative, weaving stories of his mother’s life and the lessons she taught him before her passing.

“I found making the record really hard for me because I felt it

coming from a dark place, but I feel that the songs are a lot more hopeful than the place they originally came from,” Antoniuk said.

Each track has its own significance. One speaks about his mother’s strength, while another details the life lessons she taught her kids.

Before his mother’s passing, the Saskatoon native was working part-time as an AV tech while he struggled to support his music career on the side.

“She wished for all of us that we grabbed our lives by the reins and didn’t wait around for something to happen because life’s too short, and it goes by so fast,” Antoniuk said.

It’s in an effort to send this healing message to a larger audience that he’s now pursuing his full-time music career around Canada.

“I was in a band before in the late 90s, but one day I think I just looked at the guys and said, ‘I don’t think we’re ever going to be Pearl Jam.’ Then I sort of ended up doing it myself.”

Antoniuk said he hopes his show at the Mansion next week will be his chance to shine on the indie scene in Kingston.

“As an indie musician, everyone

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number “Let Me Entertain You” suggests, their purpose is just that — to entertain.

Kinsmen Club of Kingston presents Gypsy is playing at the Grand Theatre until Nov. 17. See grandtheatre.ca for ticket details.

theatre review

Intuition changed Queen’s drama department gives you action, French accents and songs B y M ark L ouie Assistant Arts Editor

You’re served more than you expect when watching Counter Service.

The mise en abyme — a play within a play — at what could have been the performance’s conclusion was incredibly startling.

By the time of the applause, I found myself severely skeptical of my own interpretations.

When we think of a ‘play within supplied John Antoniuk says his mom was the first person to tell him to a play,’ usually what comes to mind is a performance whereby actors pursue music for a living. act out a literal play within the plays the Mansion and I wanted audience with his big-hearted lyrics. performance; however, what I to be part of that. I wanted to “I really wanted this project to encountered was what seemed to have it on my resume,” he said. be for other people what it was for be two, irreconcilable parts placed “It’s hopefully going to put us in me as far as being therapeutic.” beside one another. front of some people who are The first component of the music supporters.”

John Antoniuk plays the Mansion on Queen’s drama department’s It’s clear this small-town Thursday at 9 p.m. production of Counter musician wants to touch his See Theatre on page 17

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Sleep, drink, sing B.C. band Current Swell has a routine of taking it easy before a gig B y A lex D ownham Contributor

Current Swell lead singer Scott Stanton says the band always goes out of their way to make sure they get to play a gig in Kingston while they’re touring.

Bring a hardhat to the Mansion for Current Swell’s gig — it might be useful.

The B.C.-born indie folk group is making another stop in Kingston and this time, lead singer Scott Stanton said they’re going to make it a memorable trip for the band and the audience.

“We do have surprises in store for the audience — big

surprises. Possible explosions and pyrotechnics will be involved,” he said.

Stanton said coming to Kingston was a first choice when they were planning their tour dates.

“We always go out of our way to play Kingston, so we’re pretty stoked,” he said. “We always give our 110 per cent, especially when in front of a crowd we love.”

Making reference to Kingston’s reputation as being an ‘oldie goldie town,’ Stanton said it’s not just the student audiences the band enjoys playing for.

“We just love to perform in general. If we perform in front of a bunch of people with grey hair, we don’t care — we just want to have fun.”

If the show starts a little late,

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don’t be alarmed. Stanton said the group is just resting up for the show ahead.

“I love to take a nap in the afternoon, hammer away at my guitar a little bit, drink a glass of wine and hang out in a quiet room,” he said.

The routine may seem silly, but it’s effective.

“Sometimes it’s funny how

exhausting thinking can be, so if you just turn your mind off before a show, I find I play way better,” he said.

Fans of the music of Eddie Vedder, The Tragically Hip and The Dirty Heads will enjoy Current Swell’s brand of twangy indie music with a kick.

The band’s been on tour in the US, Brazil and Australia, leading Stanton to a life he never imagined for himself.

Even though both his parents loved music, they tried to steer their son in a different direction.

“When I was young, my mom put me in dancing classes. I remember being in grade three and being like, ‘I hate this! I don’t want to do this anymore!’” Stanton said.

Now that the group’s realizing more success with the signing of a new record deal, Stanton can’t picture doing anything else with his life.

“We have such a passion for it that we always play to the best of our ability.”

Current Swell plays the Mansion on Nov. 21 at 9 p.m.

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Life story in art Local artist Lisa Figge tells audiences about her Multiple Sclerosis through her work B y S avoula S tylianou Arts Editor

Lisa Figge’s exhibit I Can Only Make It Up Once has four parts: an installation piece on the stairs, a marionette with no arms and two videos.

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It’s safe to dance Popular 80s group Men Without Hats play Kingston with new album B y M ark L ouie Assistant Arts Editor While some bands may become increasingly frustrated if they’re defined by their greatest hit, Men Without Hats is just the opposite.

Frontman Ivan Doroschuk said the fact that his hit song “Safety Dance” is still so popular today makes him smile.

“I love it, man. Just the smile on people’s faces when we play it, that could keep me going forever,”

he said.

It seems things haven’t changed too much for the creators of “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats, since the 80s — and that’s the way they like it.

“For me it’s a blessing. To have people remember me for ‘Safety Dance’ and ‘Pop Goes the World,’ it takes a lot of pressure off. It’s freed me up to do what I want,” Doroschuk said.

It’s incredible to me that such hits are still relevant today.

“I was just sent a video of an Argentinian football stadium where there was 80,000 people singing ‘Pop Goes the World, and it’s a soccer chant. I’ve got a nine-year-old son, and he found out about safety dance through the Disney channel.”

While the band will always be known for its beloved roots, that doesn’t mean Men Without Hats isn’t coming out with new music. In fact, you might be interested to hear of the band’s

Watch your step — there’s artwork on the floor.

Kingston artist Lisa Figge is trying to tell you her story.

Her exhibit I Can Only Make It Up Once contains four separate installation art pieces in Modern Fuel. You don’t have to look far for the first one — it’s underneath your feet when you walk inside.

Figge has Multiple Sclerosis and her muscles have started deteriorating, making everyday activities difficult, like climbing the stairs.

As you walk into the gallery and up the main stairwell, there are blue painted words on each step reading words like “shift” and “scooch.”

Some words were centred, while others were on the left or right.

The title of the exhibit was clear as I saw the blue painted words “I can only make it up once” written on the ground — Figge was trying to explain to her audience how hard an everyday activity is for her when it only takes us seconds.

Brows furrowed, I kept walking up the stairs.

Once I saw the video presentation in the State of Flux Gallery, I understood. The video portrayed Figge climbing up the stairs, sitting on each step and having to lift herself up to every new step. The words painted on unorthodox methods.

“I was sitting in the back of the bus and I started putting down ideas on my iPad in garage band.

By the end of the tour, I had a dozen songs ready to go,” he said.

the stairs described the actions she completed to take her up the stairs.

I understood, but that didn’t mean I enjoyed the work as an art exhibit.

Figge’s use of her story in her art was powerful, but I wasn’t necessarily moved.

When I finally understood the message, I didn’t know what to do with the artist’s bottom line.

Although I didn’t know what I was supposed to be taking away from the show, I did think I was able to get an accurate understanding of the difficulties Figge faces.

But my first reaction was pity — an emotion I’m not sure was intended by the artist.

The video of Figge climbing the stairs was filmed on the opening night of the show, and you could see the audience members watching her as she made her way up. It was extremely uncomfortable to watch as I didn’t agree that Figge was brave to put herself out there for people to stare at.

Figge was using her art to speak to audiences about her disability in a creative way — I got it. She accomplishes her goal, but I don’t know if she made a lasting impression on me with her artwork.

Lisa Figge’s I Can Only Make It Up Once is on display in the State of Flux Gallery of Modern Fuel until Nov. 24.

Fortunate for fans of the classic sound, the band knows what they’re good at, and they’ve stuck with it.

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Service relies on typical compositional conventions.

The show’s opening — shady bars, bustling diners and swarms of overbearing neighbours decorated with French accents set the tone for what at first appeared to be somewhat in line with my expectations for the production.

Centred around an incredibly deluded young woman named Thérèse, played by Catherine Zulver, a stunning array of pain and discouragement are brought forth.

Flocks of judgmental neighbours perched all over the stage form a choir of condescendence, bearing down on the targeted Thérèse, a woman on the run from her debts and doubts.

Although I thought this factor of the play was rather overstated, as the performance continued, animosity and accusation began to

manifest elsewhere.

Confident best friend, Pierrette, played by Miri Makin, would join in the cause to point out the play’s antagonist’s imperfections, from a place of concern and regret rather than contempt.

I was pleased to find myself immersed in an exchange that was by all means wonderful entertainment — sincere and emotional — but I wondered how much more could have been done to differentiate the characters from the typical.

This was only the beginning.

Before long, the plot would zero in, displaying an even more intense intimacy.

As terrible Thérèse stumbled home in drunken squalor, the stage was set for the show’s most prominent star.

In a moment, Thérèse, crippled in the realization of her delusion, and lay vulnerable as a fetus

on the ground, comforted by her mother. Alyssa LeClair put in a jaw-dropping performance of a mother dealing with family issues and trying to hold it all together.

Such a tender moment was delectable to watch. But this was shortly disrupted by the most absurd of devices employed during the ending.

Before I knew it, I was bombarded with an array of social comments through song and dance — some that seemed to veer awkwardly away from the plays former direction. I certainly was not expecting to be told about the inequity of low corporate taxation for example; I certainly got more than an order of fries watching Counter Service.

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with a sound that was like it was made a week after we came out with ‘Safety Dance.’ We went back and got the same gear, and last year we played one of the songs at a show, and only the really die hard fans could tell it was a new song,” he said.

It seems Doroschuk had the right idea.

“One of the best comments I’ve heard about our new record is that we didn’t try and re-invent the wheel, we didn’t come out with a dub-step record. We stick to what we know,” he continued.

But you might be surprised to know, however, that there is

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another dimension to Doroschuk’s musical influence.

“I was classically trained. My mother was a voice teacher at McGill University for 25 years,” he said.

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Final frontier Unbeaten Ottawa up today in CIS semis B y J ordan C athcart Staff Writer

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Queen’s late meltdown against Guelph last Saturday was their second in three weeks. On Oct. 13, they lost a 25-point lead in the second half, falling 33-28 and surrendering the OUA’s second playoff bye.

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Can’t close in Guelph Recurring errors haunt Gaels, lead to early elimination B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor Ten minutes away from returning to the Yates Cup, Queen’s suffered a devastating collapse they won’t forget.

The Gaels fell 42-39 to the Guelph Gryphons in last Saturday’s OUA semifinal, losing a 22-point fourth-quarter lead and allowing a

long touchdown pass in overtime.

The final, fatal quarter of Queen’s season was a microcosm of the troubles that plagued them all year — untimely turnovers, blown punt protection and the occasional disappearance of the offense.

From the outset of 2012, it appeared the Gaels were primed for second place in the OUA, with the Western Mustangs set to regress

and no team prepared to make substantial gains.

The OUA hierarchy fell as it was supposed to — except for Guelph.

The Gryphons tiptoed past a slew of OUA lightweights before overcoming a 25-point deficit to upset Queen’s on Oct. 13.

Guelph’s advantage is clear: a mental fortitude and resilience the Gaels couldn’t overcome.

Men’s rugby

Clash of the titans Western returns to Nixon Field for championship rematch

Gunning for a three-peat, the Gaels have secured their place in the national semifinal.

Queen’s defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 2-0 yesterday in the CIS quarter-final in Victoria, B.C., with goals from fourth-year midfielders Alexis McKinty and Riley Filion.

They’ll face the first-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees tonight at 7:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the national final.

The Gaels qualified for nationals the hard way, going to penalty kicks in both of their OUA Final Four matchups last weekend.

Queen’s fell 1-0 to the Laurier Golden Hawks in the semifinal and captured the OUA bronze medal by topping the McMaster Marauders 2-1 in a thrilling shootout last Sunday.

The match against McMaster was the third straight game Queen’s had gone to extra time or penalty kicks. They squeezed by to earn their fourth straight trip to nationals.

Gaels head coach Dave McDowell found the bronze medal match much more challenging. “[McMaster] was very well organized — they had a lot of people behind the ball,” McDowell For teams with Yates Cup aspirations, rolling through the conference’s lesser clubs is a formality. Only a few games a year truly matter, and Queen’s couldn’t win the biggest ones in 2012.

The season certainly had its bright spots. Just a week before the semifinal defeat, the Gaels looked unstoppable in a 34-0 demolition of the Laurier Golden Hawks. An emotional 18-11 home victory over Western on Sept. 15

B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor Two men’s rugby heavyweights will duke it out for the OUA crown this Sunday at Nixon Field.

The Western Mustangs defeated Queen’s in last year’s final, but Gaels winger Graham Turner believes this year’s a different story.

“We have the best team in the OUA,” Turner said. “We showed it in the regular season, and we’re going to show it on Sunday.”

A lot has changed since Queen’s beat Western in London three years ago for the OUA title, but the rivalry is still intact.

Recent history favours the Mustangs (7-1), who’ve won the past two OUA championships.

They’ve also beaten Queen’s in every contest since the 2009 final.

Queen’s (7-1) placed first in this year’s OUA standings, despite having lost 22-20 to the Mustangs earlier this season.

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said. “They tackled hard and stayed well organized, so it was very hard to break them down.”

After Queen’s allowed an own goal, Filion scored in the 87th minute to send the game to extra time.

Both teams missed four straight shots in the shootout, before midfielder Laura Callender scored in the eighth round to win the game for the Gaels.

McDowell praised first-year goalkeeper Madison Tyrell on her poise during the penalty kick rounds.

“Tyrell was absolutely fabulous for us, and Mac had about three penalties that could have eliminated us,” McDowell said. “She either stopped them or they missed, but she made one absolutely fantastic fingertip save in the bottom corner that kept us around.”

Saturday saw the Gaels come out on the losing end of the shootout. After a scoreless 120 minutes, Laurier prevailed 5-4 in six rounds of penalties.

After the OUA semifinal loss, Gaels co-captain Chantal McFetridge said the team never lost focus on qualifying for nationals.

“Immediately after the game [against Laurier], the only thing in our mind was winning and securing a spot in Victoria,” she said. established Queen’s defence as one of the nation’s best.

There’s plenty of reason for optimism heading into next year.

The Gaels’ fearsome defensive front will return intact, with linemen John Miniaci, Derek Wiggan and Cory Dyer and linebacker Sam Sabourin all set to build on superb individual seasons.

Despite receiver Giovanni Aprile’s pending return to the CFL and the possibility of running back Ryan Granberg joining him, the team shouldn’t be overly concerned with reloading.

Granberg was the latest in a storied lineage of Queen’s running backs, and based on his early output, second-year Jesse Andrews could be the next. Andrews surpassed 100 rushing yards in both of his playoff starts, stepping See Visible on page 23

Inside Women’s Rugby

Win over Acadia clinches fifth place in the country.

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Basketball

Men’s and women’s teams tip off this weekend.

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semifinal. Queen’s won 46-3 to advance to Sunday’s championship game against the Western Mustangs.

Tight losses in Final Four stymie CIS aspirations.

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Women’s rugby

Fifth-place finish in Nova Scotia Gaels settle for consolation prize at CIS championship tournament after impressive OUA campaign B y J osh B urton Staff Writer It was a break-out year for women’s rugby, despite a disappointing grand finale.

After running through competition en route to a close second place in the OUA, their season derailed.

Entering the CIS Women’s Rugby Championship with hopes of a medal, the Gaels were eliminated from medal contention after crumbling in their two round robin

games by a combined score of 82-10.

The Gaels managed to find redemption in their nationals trip, defeating the Acadia Axewomen 36-22 to secure fifth place in Antigonish, N.S. Third-year prop and team captain Claragh Pegg believes there’s silver lining for the young Gaels team.

“I think we just really didn’t know what to expect [at nationals] and with experience in years to come we’ll have more success,” she said.

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Beaten in overtime Missed call keeps Gaels from clean homestand B y J osh B urton Staff Writer A controversial overtime loss on Saturday overshadowed Friday’s hard fought Gaels’ victory last weekend.

The Gaels defeated the Brock Badgers 6-4 on Friday night, with six different skaters scoring. Forward Tyler Moore netted the game winner at 15:36 into the first period, the fifth goal of the period for his squad.

Saturday night saw the Gaels take a 2-0 first period lead over the Nipissing Lakers only to squander the rest of their chances, allowing the Lakers to claw back for a 3-2 victory in overtime.

“I thought we played fairly well [against Nipissing],” said assistant coach Andrew Haussler. “I think in order for us to make the next step, we’ve got to find a way to win these close games. Being there in a moral victory isn’t going to get us up the standings

Mustangs end streak Queen’s still first after splitting weekend games Queen’s eight-game winning streak was snapped on Sunday against the Western Mustangs.

The 3-2 defeat was the Gaels’ (8-1-1) first regulation loss this season. They still sit atop the OUA standings with 17 points.

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Queen’s raced to a 5-1 win over the Windsor Lancers last Saturday.

the season brought promise for the years to come.

“I think we can look at the fact that we’ve accomplished quite a bit through the season as a team and as a collective in terms of individual honours as well as some team benchmarks,” she said.

While the season is over for now, there is little turn around for the athletes. The team will soon be looking forward to the 2013 campaign.

“We haven’t set team goals for next year, but we’ll certainly be taking a bit of time off for recovery,” Barz said. “Then back to the gym and back to training at the end of November and into December.”

“It’s really hard to all of a sudden finish one season and then look ahead and see another one, but that’s the nature of sports, I guess.”

any faster.”

The Lakers scored the OT winner after forward Lucas McKinley appeared to snap a Gaels defender’s stick with his own, creating a turnover that led to the game-winner.

Haussler acknowledged the blown call, but made no excuses for his team’s inability to win in regulation.

“It’s a tough break, but we should have found a way to not give up a two-goal lead and not been in that situation to begin with,” he said.

The loss drops the Gaels’ to 3-2-2 on the season, sitting in seventh place in the OUA East.

Forward Kelly Jackson believes his team can climb back to a top-four spot in the division.

“The [scoring] chances are great and The Gaels finished 8-3 overall, including an OUA semi-final win over Waterloo. its good that [they are there], but shore up things in the defensive zone and it’ll all happen.”

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Despite the disappointing end, there were several highlights to the 2012 campaign.

The Gaels were able to avenge their stinging 5-3 loss to the McMaster Marauders from 2011, which ultimately led to their early elimination in the OUA semi-finals.

They defeated the Marauders this season in convincing fashion, winning 32-10.

In the 2012 OUA title game against the Guelph Gryphons, the Gaels were only four points away from completing a legendary upset.

Most promising was the emergence of star rookie centre, Nadia Popov, who was awarded the OUA Rookie of the Year.

“It’s definitely a huge honour when you look back at all the other great athletes who’ve won [this award] in the past,” Popov said.

For Gaels head coach Beth Barz,

Despite the loss, head coach Matt Holmberg said the Gaels outworked the Mustangs at times.

“In the bigger picture of us continuing to improve, I’m happy, but I’m still disappointed with the loss,” he said.

The weekend had a mixed result, as the Gaels defeated the Windsor Lancers 5-1 on Saturday, with goals coming from five different players.

Centre Chelsey Verbeek and wingers Brittany McHaffie and Taryn Pilon each scored in the first period, while centre Morgan McHaffie and winger Courtenay Jacklin netted goals in the second.

Goaltender Mel Dodd-Maher made 21 saves for the win.

On Sunday, Western got an early jump into the game. The Gaels fell behind 2-0 before Brittany McHaffie scored with four minutes left in the second period.

After Western scored with six minutes remaining, Pilon converted on a late power play to draw within one. Despite the Gaels’ continued pressure, they couldn’t score the equalizer. Goaltender Karissa Savage had 19 saves in the loss.

The Gaels have now played each team in the OUA once, with the top four teams separated by just two points.

“There’s some really good teams and it’s going to be tight, particularly amongst the top four,” Holmberg said. “I think we have the ability to remain one of the top teams if we keep playing like this.”

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Moving forward Men’s basketball takes the court with nine new recruits, while women’s team seeks to replace superstar guard

Men B y Peter r eiMer Staff Writer After taking over as head coach of the men’s basketball team last year, Stephan Barrie spent his first full off-season revamping the Gaels’ roster.

Only five players return from last season, when Queen’s finished 2-20. Headlining the team’s nine recruits is former Carleton Raven Greg Faulkner, a third-year transfer student and Kingston native.

The 42-2 record and national championship that Faulkner brings to a young Gaels team from his two years (2009-11) at Carleton is invaluable. “[Faulkner’s] a very talented player, good athlete, and he’s still adjusting to a new system and having a year off,” Barrie said. “He’s going to give us a lot on the floor on both sides of the ball.”

Eight first-year recruits will have to contribute as well. Guards Roshane Roberts and Sukhpreet Singh have put up the most promising preseason numbers and Third-year forward Nikola Misljencevic averaged 11.4 will play important secondary roles points per game for Queen’s in 2011-12. for the Gaels this year.

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Rookie forward Ryall Stroud also had a good preseason, and poses a legitimate threat in the key for the Gaels, whose post presence was negligible last season. “[Our first-year players are] going to have a major impact on whether we succeed,” Barrie said. “Every game, five to seven of them are going to be playing significant minutes.”

The team will rely most heavily on returning players Mackenzie Simpson, Nikola Misljencevic and Ryan Golden for consistency and leadership. The trio led the team in scoring last season.

With an even younger team than last year, the rookies’ learning curve will ultimately determine the team’s fate.

“This is certainly one of the youngest teams in the country,” Barrie said. “As long as we keep getting better every week, we’ll be in a pretty solid spot by the end of the year, hopefully secure a playoff spot, and then be a dangerous team heading into playoffs.”

A playoff berth would be their first in three years. It’s an attainable goal, and though they won’t be bringing home any championships this season, the Gaels’ long-term picture looks very promising.

“Once some of these rookies come back in a year from now and they’ve put on weight, got a year of experience, and changed their bodies, some of them have the potential to be tremendous players at this level,” Barrie said.

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WOMen B y J erry Z heNG Staff Writer Rebuilding isn’t in head coach Dave Wilson’s vocabulary.

Wilson chose the word “fortifying” to describe his off-season efforts in reshaping the women’s basketball team. With the addition of six recruits and the return of second-year wing Gemma Bullard, the team has bolstered their depth in the frontcourt.

Their off-season player recruitments were largely made on one major consideration: size. With the additions of four first-year posts, the Gaels now have five players standing six feet or taller — three more than last year.

Queen’s on-court chemistry will be tested with six new members on the team.

The Gaels will be looking to fill in the scoring void left by Brittany Moore, the second all-time scorer in OUA history, with balanced scoring across the board.

Second-year forward Jenny Wright will be inserted into the starting lineup this year. Wright was named to the OUA East All-Rookie Team after an impressive campaign coming off the bench in 2011-12.

Bullard will also find herself in the starting lineup, though she missed all of last season because of a torn ACL. Third-year guard Liz Boag will most likely supplant Moore as team captain, and fourth-year forward Sydney Kernahan will see increased playing time.

Opposing teams will only have to prepare for one Kingston team when they face the Gaels

this season. OUA teams usually play two local teams on weekend road trips, but the RMC Paladins’ program folded in the off-season.

Wilson will likely have to adjust his fast-tempo offense to accommodate his recent personnel additions and play a slower, inside-out style.

This season’s team is deep, but a slow start is expected with the large number of rookies. If Bullard can put up similar numbers to her rookie year and Wright continues her impressive play, the Gaels will be formidable, even with Moore’s departure.

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Forward Jenny Wright was named to the OUA East All-Rookie Team in 2011-12.

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Young players see time in wins over Toronto teams B y s eaN l ieBich Contributor Gaining match experience is still a priority for the rebuilding men’s volleyball team.

The Gaels topped the Ryerson Rams 3-0 and the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-2 at home last weekend, aided by developing players.

“I made the decision to continue to develop our depth,” said Gaels head coach Brenda Willis after the win over Toronto. “I went with a different right side, and our younger setter who’s going to take the reins next year.”

Fourteen Gaels saw the court against Toronto. Second-year setter Matt Bonshor played in the first three sets, before fifth-year setter Jackson Dakin finished with the match-tying and match-winning sets.

“It was really a struggle emotionally on our side to keep our errors low and manage ourselves,” Dakin said. “Because when we played well, it wasn’t even close.”

Queen’s responded after a first-set loss with a 25-10 second-set rebound, before pulling out the fourth and fifth sets by scores of 25-23 and 15-13.

“Really the key was to keep our execution good, be efficient and we would have beaten them three straight,” Dakin said.

Throughout the five-set battle, the Gaels committed 14 service errors and managed only one ace.

“On our side, there’s a lot of stuff that we can improve on and we’ve identified that,” Dakin said.

“The result speaks well, but we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

The two wins put the Gaels at 3-1 on the season, fourth in the OUA.

Second-year setter Matt Bonshor (left) played in the first three sets of Queen’s 3-2 win over Toronto last Sunday.

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Rapid recovery Gaels top Toronto after five-set loss B y l auri kytÖMaa Staff Writer The women’s volleyball team had mixed results this past weekend They dropped their Saturday match to the Ryerson Rams in five sets and rebounded to beat the Toronto Varsity Blues three sets to one on Sunday afternoon.

The Gaels opened slowly against the Rams and were unable to

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First-year Brett Hagarty (left) celebrates against Toronto last Sunday.

recover. They overcame a two-set deficit to force a fifth, but the Rams took it 15-9 to claim the match.

Head coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane said the team’s early mistakes were costly.

“We gave them lots of points in the first two sets and then settled down for the last two. They are a good team and they played great defense, we couldn’t find a way to win in the fifth set,” she said.

Against the Varsity Blues, the Gaels needed only one set to find their footing. After dropping the first set 25-19, they rattled off three straight sets to take the match in four.

Outside hitter Colleen Ogilvie, right side hitter Kelsey Bishop and middle blocker Katie Neville all made above 10 kills and libero Shannon Walsh finished with a team high 22 digs.

Neville said moving forward, the team needs to focus on its service return. “[The return has] improved a lot, but we have a lot of first-years on the court that are new in the OUA and aren’t used to the level of serving that they are dealing with now,” she said.

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Dream season done Gaels finish fourth in OUA after losses to McMaster, York B y Peter r eiMer Staff Writer The men’s soccer team’s surprising season is finally over.

After losing to the McMaster Marauders 5-2 in overtime of their OUA semi-final, the Gaels lost to the York Lions 1-0 in the bronze medal game. McMaster claimed the OUA title with a 5-0 win over the Carleton Ravens.

The Gaels were first in the OUA East this year and qualified for the Final Four — a feat none of the players had previously achieved.

“I’m proud of each and every one of them,” head coach Chris Gencarelli said. “[This weekend] doesn’t take away from our success this year. We’ve grown a lot as a

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Last Saturday, the Gaels played McMaster for a spot at nationals and a chance to play in the OUA championship game.

Early in the game, fourth-year forward Nathan Klemencic put a long shot over the Marauders’ goalkeeper and into the back of the net, celebrating with his signature flip.

Tied at 1-1 in the second half, Gaels captain Joe Zupo re-claimed the lead on a penalty kick to make it 2-1.

The Marauders evened the score again in the 78th minute, sending the game to overtime.

McMaster scored five minutes into extra time and added two insurance markers, finishing the

game 5-2.

Gencarelli said the game could be looked at as a learning experience.

“One thing we can work on, moving forward as a program and a team, is just not giving too much respect to opponents,” he said.

“We just have to be a bit more aggressive, and play with a bit more of a chip on our shoulder.”

After York lost their first game of the season 1-0 to Carleton in overtime, the Gaels squared off against the Lions on Sunday for bronze.

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Queen’s is looking to avenge last year’s 21-15 OUA final loss to Western.

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“There’s a bit of a chip on our shoulders,” Turner said. “Ever since last year, we’ve been waiting for another crack at these guys.

“I think it’s in the back of [Western’s] minds — they know we’re the best team in the league this year.”

The return of several key players will make an impact on Sunday’s game. Both squads had players on representative sides across Canada, who missed most of the OUA season as a result.

The Gaels’ Liam Underwood and Dan Moor played alongside Mustangs Seb Pearson, Rory Tomlinson and Ryan Tomlinson for the Ontario Blues during September and October, missing several OUA games in the process.

Underwood was able to transition easily

back into the team, scoring 43 points in just three games. “[I was] maybe a little rusty that first game back in Guelph, but it’s been three games now,” Underwood said. “I think we’ve played together long enough.”

Mustangs’ inside centre Conor Trainor helped beat the Gaels in September, but his status is questionable for Sunday. The Canadian international missed the semifinal against Guelph and is rumoured to be sidelined by a shoulder injury.

The 2009 OUA championship win over Western is a distant memory for Underwood, but he’s aiming to bring the feeling back to Queen’s.

“We won it in our first year but we haven’t won it again since,” Underwood said. “It’ll be nice to win with all these guys again — before everyone leaves.”

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in admirably after Granberg’s late-season injury.

Quarterback Billy McPhee made immense strides in his third season, completing 63 per cent of his passes and nearly topping 2,000 passing yards. To contend for the Yates Cup next season, he’ll have to overcome the turnover troubles that hampered him in both Guelph games.

The Gaels are better today than a year ago, when the McMaster Marauders shellacked them in the playoffs. Still, the improvements have yet to pay dividends in the playoffs, and Queen’s will rue the two late leads they blew in Guelph.

Another seven-win season is nothing to scoff at, but the Gaels left too many missed opportunities on the field in 2012. The talent was there, but it wasn’t enough.

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YATes dReAM dAsHed B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor Trailing by 22 points to start the fourth quarter last Saturday, Guelph fought back from the brink of elimination.

The Gryphons scored three straight touchdowns in the final ten minutes of regulation, adding a last-minute two-point conversion to even the score.

After kicker Dillon Wamsley hit a 39-yard field goal to start overtime, Guelph quarterback Jazz Lindsey hit receiver Michael Fortino with a 35-yard touchdown pass, sealing the win. “[There’s] tremendous disappointment with the outcome,” said Gaels head coach Pat Sheahan. “Credit to Guelph — they came back, played hard, didn’t give up,

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took advantage of some miscues and made the most of it.”

Despite committing seven turnovers, the Gaels led 36-14 through three quarters. A touchdown off a blocked punt and an 80-yard scamper from Lindsey cut the deficit to eight points.

With 44 seconds left, Gryphons receiver Saxon Lindsey snagged a one-yard touchdown pass, before receiver Carl Trivieri secured the tying two-point conversion.

“The game came down to a couple plays, which is always unfair because we had our opportunities to win it before overtime,” Sheahan said.

The Gaels’ defence did their part early on, holding Guelph to seven offensive points through three quarters.

Impact plays on special teams spurred the Gaels in the first half. Receiver Giovanni Aprile started a first-quarter touchdown drive with a 93-yard missed field goal return, while defensive back TJ Chase-Dunawa returned a shanked punt 34 yards for a second-quarter touchdown.

Ultimately, it wasn’t sufficient.

Playing into a steady wind, Queen’s picked up just two first downs in the fourth quarter, setting up the comeback.

“It’s hard to feel that 39 points wouldn’t be enough to win a game, but as we know, sometimes it isn’t,” Sheahan said.

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The game ended 1-0, with Queen’s finishing fourth overall in the OUA. Although there was a bronze medal on the line, there were young The men’s soccer team is looking to finish first in the OUA JournaL fiLe Photo faces in the Gaels lineup Sunday. East again next season, in order to host the 2013 OUA Final Four.

Gencarelli said the experience of playing in high-pressure games is invaluable for returning players.

“Our objective next year is first in the OUA East again,” he said.

“That way we can host the Final Four championship.”

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postscript pop culture

Hooked on the musical revolution After modern pop music’s development over the past century, are we ready for a new kind of pop?

B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor With over 674 million views on YouTube and a number two spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it seems that “Gangnam Style” might be bringing in a new type of pop music.

“I think it’s opening doors,” said University of Toronto professor Ken McLeod.

Despite this, Korean pop doesn’t seem to be reaching landmark heights anytime soon.

“Do I see this as a major watershed moment for Asian pop music?” McLeod, who teaches in the Faculty of Music, said.

“Not necessarily.”

“Gangnam Style” is a July hit that went viral in August by Korean performer PSY. It represents one of the first times Asian music has successfully crossed into a Western market.

“The basic tenets of what creates a pop hit in Asia and what creates a pop hit in America are pretty much the same,” McLeod said.

“It has to be catchy. It has to capture people’s imaginations.”

A 2005 study by Dartmouth College found that people respond to gaps of silence left in familiar songs by filling them in, singing the

“Gangnam Style” doesn’t necessarily mark a North American trend towards Korean pop music, said professor Ken McLeod.

song in their heads, as measured through an MRI reading.

Pennsylvania State University professor Keith Duffy said this phenomenon indicates that “a catchy song makes the auditory part of the brain ‘itch,’ and the only way the itch can be scratched is by

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Pop’s catchiness comes from its melody, as seen from the songs on the Billboard Top 100 End of Year charts.

listening to the song.”

Despite any psychological effects pop music may have, through the past century it’s been youth culture that has pushed the genre forward.

“Music is a really rich mode for youth to be able to identify who they are and who they aren’t, both as separating [themselves from] adults and separating from one another,” said Queen’s University Faculty of Music professor Kip Pegley.

This differentiation began in the 1950s, with the birth of rock and roll.

“When rock and roll began, it was the first time that music was kind of targeted towards a youth culture.”

In recent years, Pegley said pop music’s most popular demographic continues to get younger, with singers like Justin Bieber and bands like One Direction aimed towards the preteen and younger set.

“It started off as being teenage rebellion. Now it’s music that [appeals to] much younger folks,” she said.

Pegley said marketing directly to a younger demographic is a result of how capitalism has influenced pop culture.

“If you look at how jeans are sold or how makeup is sold, it’s something that doesn’t just appeal to the teenage market anymore,” she said. “[The industry was] missing out on a whole broad part of the market … who might put pressure on parents.”

Economical ideas don’t just apply to pop music’s listeners though.

Musicians are often criticized for “selling out” — that is, compromising part of what makes them an original artist in order to make money.

Pegley said this happened with singer Bruce Springsteen years ago.

“He was booed off the stage because [the audience felt] he

wasn’t identifying as working class New Jersey anymore.”

According to Pegley, people were offended by Springsteen’s move to California, away from his roots in New Jersey.

“People invest a lot in rock artists … to kind of speak on their behalf,” she said. “They speak on behalf of people in ways that movie stars and TV stars don’t.

It started off as “being teenage

rebellion. Now it’s music that [appeals to] much younger folks.

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— Kip Pegley, professor in the Faculty of Music “There’s a connection.”

With pop music, however, Pegley said “selling out” is part of the business.

“That’s kind of an expected part,” she said. “You’re going to market on different levels.”

It’s all part of the business strategy behind the pop music market, Pegley said.

Taylor Swift, who has an endorsement deal with Maybelline Cosmetics and has acted in film and television, has a current net worth of around $85 million.

Nowadays, Pegley said music is more cross-generational, and less divided by age, such as with teenagers listening to classic rock familiar to their parents’ generation, or parents who listen to today’s pop.

It’s a result of the emotional connection that’s driven by familiar music, Pegley said.

“The more exposure we have to music of all types, the more we can open to it,” she said. “Exposure’s the key to everything.”

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Pop music is a genre that, according to Queen’s University Faculty of Music professor Robb MacKay , has been developing for over a century.

MacKay said modern incarnations of pop music has the same main origins — folk music, Western European music, Afro-Cuban music as well as church music and art, or classical, music.

According to MacKay, folk music paves the way for blues music, a genre that originated from African-American communities in the southern states in the late 19th century. “[They] were work songs, sung by labourers that sort of brought things together,” he said. “Sometimes it was a report on what’s happening in the community.”

Folk music then gained new popularity during a wave of African immigration in early 20th century United States.

At the same time Tin Pan Alley, a genre of music that came from late 19th century New York City, was growing in popularity.

According to MacKay, early forms of rock and roll came out of a blending of these genres.

“When we think of pop music today we tend to think of the boy bands and the young girl singers [but] they’re still very much along the lines of Tin Pan Alley,” he said.

According to him, modern pop music is still light, non-aggressive and unchallenging for the average listener — a characteristic from Tin Pan Alley’s songs that talked about escapism and romance.

“It tends to revolve around themes of romance,” he said. “It’s supposed to be easy. It’s supposed to be escapist.”