The Queen's Journal, Issue 21

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Department retracts bad behaviour clause Chair says professor’s penalties violate students’ rights and counters Faculty regulation B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor The department of psychology has rejected a civility clause for PSYC 300 that deducts 10 per cent of a student’s overall mark for bad behaviour.

Although Jill Jacobson, the professor of the course, had initially received permission to implement the clause from the department, the undergraduate chair went back on her decision when she read the sanctions included in the clause.

“I have talked with the Faculty of Arts and Science and I recognized

that the sanctions at the bottom of the civility clause did not fit within those Faculty regulations and those four lines that describe the sanctions have been removed,” said Jill Atkinson, undergraduate chair for the department.

According to the course syllabus,

students can receive a 10 per cent deduction for their first violation of the clause and can be dropped from the course depending on the severity of the violation.

Atkinson said according to faculty policy, civility clauses can be implemented in classrooms;

however, sanctions usually consist of written apologies or make-up assignments. Students must also be given the right to appeal.

“They have a right to know what allegations are made against them and defend [themselves] and their right to seek support,” she said

Loss of marks or removal from a course can only be determined by the associate dean of studies, she noted. A full investigation into an offense must be conducted by the Faculty prior to imposing academic sanctions.

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Gold for Gaels

Inside news

Film exposes Third World conditions in Canada.

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The men’s rugby team triumphed 29-18 over the Western Mustangs last Sunday at Nixon Field, winning their first OUA title since 2009.

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Surveying theft in the Student Ghetto.

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History

Event showcases a mosaic of memories Organizers of Holocaust Education Week partner with new groups to expand perspectives

Opinions

B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor

Alumnus on why Jimmy Carter shouldn’t be given an honourary degree.

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Queen’s alone after RMC drops basketball.

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Bill Glied looks like any other man of 83 years, but in his life he’s experienced horrors that most of us could never imagine.

He was prisoner number 71572, a survivor of the Holocaust.

On Wednesday, Glied visited Stirling Hall to recount his extraordinary tale of survival and the decisions that made up his experience.

“I speak about the Holocaust because I want to speak about the choices people make,” he told the crowd of approximately 250 people.

The talk was run a part of the Holocaust Education Week, a 32-year tradition throughout Canada.

“I think it’s just important to show people that these are universal themes and universal messages to be learned from this,” said Josh Freedman, Queen’s

Hillel president.

“It’s not something that’s just in a history book.”

Glied’s family had lived a happy life in a small Serbian town

called Subotica.

His life changed the day his teacher announced that he and three other Jewish boys would have to sit in the back of the

classroom. Shortly after, he arrived home one afternoon to discover his family was being forced to leave the next day on a train to an See I want on page 7

Real Estate

Investing in local housing Magazine names area northwest of Queen’s among best to invest in B y J ulia Vriend Assistant News Editor The area northwest of Queen’s campus was recently named one of the top 100 neighbourhoods in the country to invest in by Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine.

After spending six months researching neighbourhoods, by consulting local realtors and mortgage brokers, the results were released last month.

“Our readership will start to invest and put money into Kingston, and then it will create a lot of positive effects for the future economic growth of the city,” said Julia Comitale, the magazine’s marketing and communications executive.

“It’s important for the residents to know because it will just create more jobs by creating condominium complexes.”

The evaluation data included

population, median price, capital growth within 12 months, vacancy rate, crime severity index, infrastructure and proximity to employment centres.

While Comitale is hopeful that these results will bring greater investment into Kingston, not all residents are as positive about the possibility of housing expansion.

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First world’s third world Filmmaker visits Queen’s to talk poverty in Aboriginal communities B y J oanna P lucinska Editorials Editor

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because lately we haven’t seen much youth at the events and I was really surprised that there Documentary filmmaker Andrée were so many young people Cazabon wants Canadians to realize volunteering and really excited to that the third world is far closer to meet us,” she said.

Filmmaker Cazabon reached out them than they may believe.

Cazabon and her team for help from various community visited Kingston from Monday members to organize and advertise to Wednesday of this week as these events, including Michaela part of a tour around Ontario Beynon, MSc ’14.

After seeing the film in 2010 and Quebec to advertise her fifth and latest documentary, Third when it first came out, Beynon went to Northern Ontario and World Canada.

The film focuses on the volunteered her time doing Northern Ontarian community of health education in a First Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Nations community.

This is what sparked her interest known as K.I., and the plight of the Aboriginal people who live in helping out with the Third there. It’s centered on the lives of World Canada tour.

“I was very naïve about the eight siblings whose parents died situation occurring in the North by suicide.

Nineteen-year old Nadine so I came back down to the South Fainnawat, one of the siblings and tried to spread and educate who’s featured prominently in other people about the conditions the film, spoke at the Wednesday and experiences in the North,” night’s screening at Duncan Beynon said.

Cazabon also received support McArthur Hall.

“I wrote a speech and I was not from Queens’ Four Directions planning to read it at all,” she said. Aboriginal Student Centre, along “I finished even though I with numerous Kingstonians who stuttered a lot. I’m really proud of had seen the film and wanted to myself because I’ve never spoken help out.

It’s with this team and her at any of these events before and I’m learning to be film that Cazabon hopes to continue the discussion and spread more confident.”

Fainnawat, who now lives awareness through Canada about in Thunder Bay, said she was the third world that exists in our impressed with the welcoming own country.

“I didn’t consider myself racist atmosphere in Kingston.

“I was really amazed in Kingston until I went up to K.I. and I had

to confront the reality of my own people,” Cazabon said.

“I think what leads to these conditions is a lot of our policies are based on racist paternalistic laws [in Aboriginal communities].”

The conditions she’s referring to include abject poverty, lack of running water and low funding for education in the communities.

“The story follows how the community tries to look after them amidst third world conditions.

In the community of K.I. there are 180 people on the waitlist for housing, so keeping the siblings together is next to impossible,” Cazabon said.

She said she hopes the film will make these issues known to all Canadians, sparking a larger dialogue.

She highlights that members of K.I. and other Aboriginal communities are open to working towards a solution with other Canadians.

The tour is what Cazabon hopes will be the catalyst to sparking this larger discussion.

“The solution is bringing these two groups together,” she said.

“With friendship and dialogue we start to see what we can do together. Any kind of outreach any kind of friendship is tremendous healing for the North.”

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Student Ghetto

Thieves drawn to student areas This year there have been 831 break-and-enters in the neighbourhoods around campus B y N ick P ateras Contributor For the past two years, University Ave. has had one of the highest amounts of thefts in the Student Ghetto.

Thirty-eight houses on University Ave. were broken into in 2011, so far this year there have been 43.

Brendon Holder left his house one evening earlier this semester and returned to find his front door hanging off its hinges. When Holder entered his home he found two laptops and a gaming system stolen from the four-bedroom unit on University Ave. and William St. Holder, Comm ’13, and his three housemates had left their house that night around midnight, making sure to lock the door behind them.

Inside, all of the bedroom doors except the one on the ground floor were locked.

“It’s hard to give advice because the obvious thing is to lock your door — yet that’s what I did and I was still a victim,” Holder said.

The Kingston Police Force (KPF) divides the city into zones for the purposes of tracking crimes such as break-and-enters. The two zones that encompass the University campus and the Student Ghetto have seen 831 break-and-enters so far this year — last year they had a total of 1,048. As the zones extend beyond the Ghetto, it’s unclear how many of these cases directly involve students. KPF was unable to disclose the exact boundaries of the two zones.

This is Holder’s first year with his housemates in the unit. The same unit was broken into last year. He said he isn’t surprised to hear about break-ins happening in the area since most houses aren’t equipped with alarm systems.

“Over my four years I’ve heard regularly of robberies but you’re still stunned when it actually happens,” Holder said. “It’s the kind of thing you assume will happen to somebody else, not you.”

He believes because some students in the Ghetto don’t lock their houses it can be easier for thieves to knock on doors and walk

in if they don’t hear a response.

“It may feel as though the Queen’s community is one where you can trust everyone but we need to be aware that not everyone walking around campus or in the Ghetto is part of that community,” he said. “I’d love to know how many houses in the Ghetto keep their doors unlocked.”

Holder’s locked bedroom door didn’t stop the thieves from kicking it in and taking his backpack containing his laptop.

“It seemed like they were looking for specific things,” Holder said, adding that his watch and stereo system had been spared.

“We had to replace everything.

The annoying part for me was that my laptop had all my files on it,” he said.

The group took note of the stolen items and called the police who took photographs of the inside of their house and told them they’d scour local pawnshops in case the thieves tried to offload the stolen property locally.

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It may feel as though the Queen’s community is one where you can trust everyone ... not everyone walking around campus or in the Ghetto is part of that community.

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— Brendon Holder, Comm ’13

Holder said they were advised to check sites such as Kijiji and Craigslist in case their stolen property showed up online. They never recovered anything.

According to the KPF, many stolen items are taken with the intent of reselling them. Brandon Wilson, manager at the Hock Shop, a pawnshop in the Frontenac Mall, said the shop works hand-in-hand with KPF in order to recover potentially stolen goods.

“We report everything we buy with serial numbers and identification,” he said, adding that

all items are held in a back room and are subject to police review on a weekly basis.

If the police notice any similarities between items in the store and reported missing items, they will investigate.

“It is inevitable, and we do our best to get the merchandise back to the customer,” he said.

“Having stolen goods is no good for business.”

Steven Koopman, constable and media relations officer for the KPF said thieves target the student area because they expect students to possess valuables such as cell phones and computers.

Being able to identify valuables — for example, through a laptop’s serial number — can make it easier to retrieve stolen items, Koopman said.

He added that it’s important that students record the serial numbers of any appliances, or note key identifiers on their belongings — like stickers on a laptop.

Cases of break-in theft, also spike when students leave for home for extended periods of time, like winter break, Koopman said.

Chris Michael, a student who lives at Earl and Frontenac Streets came home from winter break last January to find that approximately $3,000 of his personal property had been stolen.

Even though he had made sure all the doors were locked, the thieves went to the rear of the house and managed to enter by smashing in a window and forcing open every bedroom door.

“The whole place was just trashed when we got back,” Michael, ArtSci ’14, said, adding that the thieves took household items, such as shower gel, as well as valuable electronics.

Expensive sports jerseys that were hung up in the living room were packed away into suitcases stolen from the residents and carried out of the house. All tenants had insurance and the group’s landlord offered help in whatever way possible, including repairing the window and doors.

Michael said the police were

thorough in helping their house file a report and eventually arrested one of the culprits a few days later. They said he was a known criminal and had broken into about 20 houses in the Ghetto previously, although none of the stolen belongings were retrievable as they had either been sold or were unidentifiable. Michael didn’t know whether the thief was charged or not.

Theft charges are classed as theft under $5,000 or theft over $5,000. Theft under $5,000 is punishable by imprisonment for up to two years and theft over $5,000 could involve prison time for up to 10 years.

do our best “toWe get the merchandise back to the customer ... having stolen goods is no good for business.

Break-in breakdown According to KPF, thieves will sometimes target student areas because they expect students to own valuables like laptops and cell phones.

The following are statistics for break-ins on four main streets in the Student Ghetto.

2012 (to date) University Ave.: 43 William St.: 19 Earl St.: 35 Aberdeen St.: 4 2011 University Ave.: 38 William St.: 28

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— Brandon Wilson, manager at Hock Shop, Frontenac Mall

Michael was covered by his parents’ insurance and was given a case number by the police which made it easier to file an insurance claim.

In order to prevent thefts, the AMS offers a Holiday House Check program at no cost for students over winter and summer breaks. Volunteers from the Municipal Affairs Commission trample snow on walkways, gather mail and inspect the house for signs of a break-in.

Last year over 100 houses participated in the volunteer-run program, which covers from West Campus and several blocks north of Princess St. A landlord with over 10 houses in the area and 40 years experience in the business agrees that theft rates in the Ghetto are relatively steady. The landlord, who wished to remain anonymous due to security reasons, has constantly found theft to be a problem.

“Unfortunately, the thieves are getting more aggressive,” she said.

Earl St.: 62 Aberdeen St.: 4 — Source: Kingston Police Force She gets two to three reports of break-ins each year from her tenants. She added she was shocked at how brazen some thieves could be — she’s heard stories of houses being broken into while people were inside studying, sleeping or having a party.

She also said she’s seen suspicious individuals scoping out houses during the September move-in period.

“There are always suspicious people walking around the houses, like the people who collect bottles,” she said.

The landlord said she installs bars on the back windows of some of her houses, as well as spotlights to ensure that areas at the back of the houses are well lit, but added that these measures are just deterrents.

“If people want to get in, they will.”

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National scholarship returns Program seeks to bring top academics to teach at Queen’s B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor

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costing a total of $1 million.

The designated funds will be directed to separate faculties, who are then responsible for supplementing the funds for the chosen recipients.

The selection process will also change to include letters of intent for applicants prior to making full submissions.

“The committee will select a limited number of them and those will be invited to make a full submission,” Harrison said.

The program will also increase eligibility to all departments at the University, rather than maintaining quotas for certain fields of research.

“The Principal said he wanted it to be an open competition,” he said.

“He doesn’t want to privilege one area of study, that doesn’t say that will be the outcome, but we want the very best to come forward.”

SGPS President Matthew Scribner, PhD ’12, said that while restricting fields for the program creates healthy competition between faculties, bringing back the program will be beneficial for the University.

“They can put more effort into finding people they couldn’t ultimately get,” he said. “This will ultimately help bring more diversity into Queen’s and into teaching.”

Scribner added the program will help graduate students looking to find employment at the University.

“So many grad students are just going into adjunct positions and to have any job opening is a sign of good things to come across the University sector,” he said. “Hopefully one day the QNS program will be able to offer more openings and people will advance.”

The Queen’s National Scholar (QNS) program, which was created in 1983 to attract exceptional professors to Queen’s, will be reinstated in June 2013.

The program was cut in 2009 due to budget cut by thenprincipal Tom Williams. Current Principal Daniel Woolf announced its return last February in order to help boost the University’s academic reputation.

“The Principal said to me at the time that he had been going around talking to lots of people and he heard consistently from other people about how highly they valued the QNS program,” Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Alan Harrison said. “So when he felt we could, we should reinstitute the program ... it’s really part of a general strategy of trying to hire the best possible people for faculty members at Queen’s.”

The reinstated program will feature significant changes from its former structure, which were discussed at Senate on Oct. 30.

Previously, QNS limited appointments to two for humanities and social sciences and one in sciences, with the principal making the final decision.

The revamped program will see two new scholars appointed per year for five years, with a total of Sidney Eve Matrix was a recipient of the Queen’s National Scholar $100,000 given to each recipient, program in 2007 for her work in film and media studies.

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No turns for exec interns Executive team decided not to hire first-year interns this year B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor Despite 21 first-year interns employed throughout the AMS offices this year, the AMS executive team hasn’t hired any of their own.

Unpaid interns, typically hired in September each year, are among the many positions that firstyear students can apply for upon coming to Queen’s. These include volunteer and service staff positions.

This year, the AMS executive team opted not to hire any first-year interns, an issue addressed by Nathan Utioh, ArtSci ’15, in AMS Assembly on Nov. 8.

“This, to me, is a very disappointing decision. Not only is the exec taking away an opportunity for first year students to get involved, they are closing first-years off from

the day-to-day functions of the have the option to apply to take AMS and the University,” he on an intern, creating proposals said in a statement made to be submitted to the Human to Assembly.

Rights Office and to the AMS ViceUtioh interned for AMS President of University Affairs.

President Morgan Campbell “The three of us [on the AMS last year. executive team] felt that our First-year interns are tasked broadening portfolios would with learning about the specific prevent us from providing the position they’re interning for, attention needed for an intern to in addition to holding an open have a valuable experience and to role on council allowing them learn from us,” said AMS President to learn about other Doug Johnson in an email statement to the Journal.

AMS internships.

“We felt it would extremely “I learned more from [Campbell] about the AMS and the University unfair to hire executive interns and its history and direction for … even though it is something the future than I learned from we desired to do,” Johnson, attending Assembly or any other ArtSci ’12, said. ways I got involved with the — With files from University,” Utioh, who currently Rachel Herscovici holds the positions of residence facilitator, said.

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News in brief University hires new deputy provost The University recently announced the hiring of a new deputy provost who will replace Susan Cole in the new year.

Laeeque Daneshmend will assume his new role on Jan. 1.

Currently the department head of mining, Daneshmend has been with the University since 1995 and is cross-appointed to cultural studies.

According to the University, Daneshmend will oversee the implementation of the recommendations from the Principal’s Commission on Mental Health that are the responsibility of the provost’s office.

Current deputy provost Cole began what was intended to be a five-year term in June, 2010.

Cole, who will be returning to her work in the department of pathology and molecular medicine, will remain as a special advisor to the provost.

— Holly Tousignant

Queen’s Debating Union excels It’s been a good year for the Queen’s Debating Union, according to club president Amelia McLeod.

At the end of December, six competitors will be attending the World Universities Debating Championship in Berlin.

Although they didn’t do as well as they hoped last year, McLeod said this year they expect to do better.

“We’re putting a much greater emphasis on style which we think is going to help us at Worlds.”

The QDU competes in national and international tournaments almost every weekend, travelling to universities including U of T, McGill and Yale.

This year, the club has had a team in the finalsat every Canadian tournament.

McLeod, ArtSci ’13, attributes the club’s recent competitive success to their focus on training and high recruitment rates, with 25 new members out of 70.

She added that one of their speakers at the Chancellor’s Cup, a tournament hosted by Queen’s, placed in the top ten at Worlds in previous years.

“Queen’s is probably the best debating club out there, not because we’re necessarily the most competitively successful, although we are definitely always in the top three,” McLeod said.

“It’s more that we have a certain level of camaraderie and community that a lot of other clubs don’t.”

The QDU, Canada’s oldest debating club and Queen’s oldest club, has been around for 169 years and is currently ranked 16th in the world.

“We’re the oldest club at a university that thrives on tradition, and I think it really helps bring us together.”

— Chloë Grande

Queen’s fares well in Maclean’s ratings Maclean’s recently issued their 22nd annual rankings of the fortynine top Universities in Canada.

Maclean’s assesses the schools based on the quality of students, faculty, library and finances and uses fourteen indicators to rank them.

The schools are ranked in one of three categories: Medical Doctoral, Comprehensive or Primarily Undergraduate schools.

Queen’s falls under the Medical Doctoral category as it has a medical school and offers a wide range of PhD programs.

Like last year, Queen’s was ranked fourth out of 15 schools, coming after McGill, UBC and Toronto.

Simon Fraser ranked first in the Comprehensive category and Mount Allison ranked first in the Primarily Undergrad category

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They also ranked first in overall operating expenditures dedicated to student services.

In both overall average entry grade and the amount of money allotted for scholarships and bursaries Queen’s placed second.

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Students dance to win biology competition A group of student biologists won big at a recent synthetic biology competition after merging dance and science to present their research.

Queen’s Genetically Engineered Machine Team’s research was illustrated through the movements of experienced dancers, who performed the choreography of Devon Ryan, Sci ’14. The dance was performed at the regional International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, where the team received the best model award.

They were one of 14 teams from the eastern half of the Americas to move on to the World Championship held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was won by the Natherlands’ University of Groningen.

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List could bring greater investments to Kingston He said because enrolment is expanding, Queen’s students are taking less “a community driven” online news source, 78 desirable options.

According to Queen’s online financial per cent of the 122 people polled who were against the idea of expansion of student service report, Queen’s has a growing housing, which is increasingly growing in the enrolment, with an increase in 2010 of 12 per cent from 2005. neighbourhood in question.

The report also outlines plans for 2010-14 Dana Jones, ConEd ’14, currently resides on Beverly St. which is just west of to increase undergraduate enrolment almost 8 per cent. the University.

Keilty said he suggests changing the He said his neighbourhood has a mix of zoning in the area around the University to students and permanent residents.

“Families are going about their business allow taller complexes to be built, which is currently prohibited. while we go about ours,” he said.

He said the lack of student parking on “We spend so much time in our Queen’s bubble that we don’t really think campus as a contributing factor in the housing about the residents outside the bubble issue. Because of this, students are unwilling or even the non-student residents within to commute from further neighbourhoods, he added. [the bubble].”

“Since it gets cold fast, students want to He believes that change is imminent for the housing areas surrounding the University. live closer to campus,” he said. “Once the “The dynamic of life between students and zoning changes, investors will invest in new non-students are just some of the inevitable building because there is no risk.”

Right now, students are paying for houses changes, for possibly better or worse,” that are at times, pretty run down, he said. he said.

“We don’t want any more investors, we However, A.J. Keilty, owner of property management company Varsity Properties, need brand new houses in brand new builds,” said he believes there’s a way to stop students he said.

“The problem is over time, the use of from taking over the family residential areas.

“There needs to be a major zoning change that land has changed and the zoning hasn’t changed.” for the area around Queen’s,” he said.

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unknown destination with only the possessions they could carry under their arms.

Not a single neighbour or townsperson spoke up when the family and 3,000 other Jewish people were marched onto the train, Glied said.

After two days, the trains stopped and everyone was ushered out and quickly separated into lines; Glied and his father were sent one way and his mother and sister went the other.

“It’s the last time I saw them,” he said. “I never hugged my mum or sister goodbye.”

He found himself at Auschwitz-Birkenau, in 1944 and was soon transported to Dachau where sickness consumed the

entire camp and lives were lost Hungarian Holocaust survivor.

They have three daughters and every day.

All Glied had was a uniform of eight grandchildren.

He noted that every step of his grey striped pajamas and his father.

“Mostly I am here because I was journey was the result of a choice fortunate in the fact that I had my someone made.

“Promise yourself that you dad with me, who looked after me, tried to make sure I got the will do the right thing,” he told easier job that was possible, that I the audience.

“Promise yourself that every got protected as much as possible.

He took the blame as much as day you will do one good thing because if all of us would do one possible,” Glied said.

“He would say to me ‘you know, good thing then and we’ll have I am so full, I have this half a slice 35 million good things happening of bread, do you want it?’ when every day,” he said.

Glied was just one of many now I know that he must have been as hungry and debilitated as I Holocaust victims and survivors acknowledged during the week, was at that time.”

Glied’s father died of which was themed “Mosaic of typhoid fever nine days before Victims” and aimed to promote the education on the many different their liberation.

Following the war, Glied backgrounds of Holocaust victims, came to Canada and married a including homosexuals, Roma people and prisoners of war.

“It makes it appeal to the broader Queen’s community and shows them maybe a different side of the Holocaust that they don’t know,” Elana Moscoe, Queen’s Hillel education chair, said. Bill Glied spoke to a crowd of 250 in Stirling Hall about Photo by Vincent Matak “There’s always more to learn.” his experiences in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Although the clause has been in effect since September, Jacobson said she only became aware of the issue last week, after which she met personally with Jacobson.

She added that civility clauses in general raise important questions pertaining to academic freedom in the classroom. “[Civility clauses] might work to quash more than disrespectful comments, such as disagreements

that actually teach something.”

They might also be counterproductive in attempting to enforce good behavior, she added.

“Punishment in general doesn’t teach as well as talking to students about how a course can be more stressful than most and how they might feel frustrated,” she said.

“I don’t assume that at this age students don’t already know that it’s not okay to be racist, discriminatory or harassing.”

Jacobson said she doesn’t think

the clause limited her students’ academic freedom in class.

“I also instituted a test enhancing [the] learning process and many students don’t like that and they’ve had no issue coming to me and emailing me or posting it on Moodle that they’re unhappy,” she said.

“That’s just evidence that it isn’t shutting down discussion down, but that we’re going to be respectful toward each other which

will enhance discussion.”

Jacobson implemented the clause after seeing an increase in enrolment in the class, which makes the learning environment more difficult, she said.

Enrolment for the class has risen from 90 to a 140 students since 2005.

So far no students have violated the civility clause since PSYC 300 began in September.

Violations are determined by

whether or not discriminatory, disruptive or racist remarks are directed personally toward the professor, TA’s or other students.

“It would have had to be quite large of an event to take it that far with it,” she said.

“I’d just like to say that bullying is not freedom of speech.”

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CHAPLAIN

Multi-denominational support needed A

transition doesn’t necessarily make for an overhaul.

With the upcoming retirement of Queens’ chaplain, Brian Yealland, the University is looking to discuss

what the chaplain’s office should look like moving forward.

There’s undeniable value in the office as it stands, whether it be in a practical or spiritual sense.

RACIAL POLITICS

The Chaplain’s role in organizing Remembrance Day ceremonies, funerals and other official spiritual ceremonies is a necessary and important part of

university life and should be kept in place.

It’s the spiritual aspect of the chaplain’s job that’s more debatable.

When Yealland started his chaplaincy at Queen’s 29 years ago, the school was likely a less religiously diverse place.

Yealland himself was a minister in the United Church of Canada prior to starting his position at Queen’s.

In his time in the position, the role of the Chaplain has shifted into one that caters to many different denominations and faiths.

This is an important part of the position — the focus should remain on accepting and promoting multi-denominational spiritual support.

While some schools have multiple chaplains representing different faiths, this isn’t necessary at Queen’s.

The position is already expensive enough, with the Chaplain’s salary reaching over $100,000 a year.

What is important is that the next chaplain has leadership experience in his or her given religion, but also has vast knowledge and a deep ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA MERSEREAU understanding of other important religions.

This is a strength that Yealland already has, and that any proceeding Chaplain should also carry.

They should be able to provide counselling to any student, further explored the subtleties that regardless of their beliefs.

In further determining what he claims can be racist.

Instead of implying that all the position should look like in white people are inherently racist, the coming years, the University he could’ve gone into greater should continue making an effort depth about the distinct situations to spark dialogue amongst different in which this sort of racism religious groups on campus.

It should also be acknowledged can arise.

Ultimately, in taking a different that Queen’s is a secular institution. approach to his article and focusing Speaking to non-religious members more so on exploring the subtleties of the University about how they of racism, he would’ve had a more want the Chaplain’s office to serve cohesive statement that was less them is valid and important.

The spirit of the chaplaincy as it accusatory and overly simplified.

There’s definite benefit to raising stands today is not a far cry from awareness about the different, how it should evolve in the future, subtle ways in which racism can showcasing the importance of the manifest itself. However, accusing office’s existence at Queen’s. all white people of being racist — Journal Editorial Board right off the bat isn’t the most constructive way to do so.

Subtle racism oversimplified

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acism is a deeply entrenched aspect of our society — one that, in today’s day and age, often isn’t blatantly obvious.

In a recent article published in the McGill Daily, a fourth-year cultural studies student rightfully expounded this fact by pointing out that racism is more subtle, appearing in day-to-day conversations and activities.

Racism can manifest itself in a simple comment or question — something that many people gloss over or seem to forget.

In bringing up these concerns, the author is correct.

However, the author of the article made some overly simplified implications as to what it means to be racist.

The author clearly states that he believes the foundation of racism

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is based in whiteness. His theory outlines that racism is based on the assumption that everyone who is white is pure whereas all those who aren’t are seen as lesser.

While there’s an undeniable history of colonialism and racism related to white people, xenophobia and racism can manifest itself in a variety of contexts.

Racism isn’t solely a Western phenomenon where white people have historically oppressed other races — it exists in Asia, Africa and throughout the rest of the world.

To argue that xenophobia and racism can only be rooted in whiteness is narrow-minded and doesn’t explain the whole situation — while white people can be racist, being white does not automatically make you racist.

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ox News is biased. Deal with it. Every media outlet is going to have some sort of bias. MSNBC and CBS often reflect liberal views when it comes to their stories. In the same way, Fox News is often painted as the broadcasting station of the Republican Party.

In my opinion, Fox News is just another network trying to appeal to its viewership.

In past years, I’ve been disgusted by the conduct of certain Fox News anchors and personalities such as Bill O’Reilly and Ann Coulter.

For example, Coulter gained notoriety for calling the president a “retard” on Twitter. O’Reilly has a number of similar soundbites, including telling the son of a 9/11 victim to “shut up” on live TV. However, putting aside the antics of the station’s employees, it seems as if Fox News is beginning to realize that America is changing. The “angry old white man” stereotype that once made up much of Fox News’ viewership is becoming less and less prevalent.

The current state of Fox News can be summed up by one instance during their coverage of the recent election.

When Fox’s decision desk gave Ohio to the Democrats, political commentator Karl Rove, who had helped fund the Republican campaign, said the call was premature. Anchor Megyn Kelly, in response, walked to the decision desk and asked the head of the decision team Aaron Mishkin if he stood by his call.

Mishkin replied with: “We are actually quite comfortable with our call in Ohio.”

So is Fox News really the voice of the GOP? I don’t think so. It’s just another television channel trying to appeal to its viewers.

As their viewership changes, so will the channel.

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What do you want to see from the Office of the Chaplain?

“I think it could play a larger role in the community.”

Heather Mackay, ArtSci ’16 Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, is due to recieve an honorary degree from the University next Wednesday, Nov. 21.

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Critical eye on Jimmy Carter Alumnus writes on why ex-president shouldn’t receive an honorary degree from Queen’s

Michael Shafron, MBA ’87 Next Wednesday, on Nov. 21, the reputation of Queen’s will be tarnished. The odd thing is that this will occur by granting a prestigious honorary degree to Jimmy Carter at Fall Convocation.

Upon receiving an alumni email that proudly announced the fall 2012 recipients of honorary degrees, I asked myself: who made this decision and why did they believe this to be a benefit to the Queen’s community?

While I believe that Jimmy Carter’s creation and participation in Habitat for Humanity is commendable, that’s where people should end their accolades for the ex-president.

Jimmy Carter, by almost all measures, was a failed president. The overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979 has led to the march of Islamic extremism that we will deal with for generations.

His failed foreign policy allowed the Ayatollah Khomeini to leave France and lead the Islamic Revolution that turned Iran into an American and Israeli hating camp.

Now the world faces a real threat due to Iran’s quest for

nuclear materials.

After he left office, Carter founded the Carter Center in Atlanta that was to promote human rights, yet it has ironically accepted donations from countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, even though these countries lack certain freedoms like freedom of the press.

The Carter Center has described the United Arab Emirates as “almost completely free and open” yet prominent research-based NGO, Freedom House lists the two countries as “not free.”

After he left office, Carter founded the Carter Center in Atlanta that was to promote human rights, yet it has ironically accepted donations from such countries as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

In another example of his wrong-headedness, Carter has met repeatedly with the leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal.

Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood that both Canada and the US have declared a terrorist organization.

This week we’re witnessing the launching of over 200 unguided rockets into Israel by none other than Hamas.

To top it off, Jimmy Carter has been in North Korea and Cuba meeting with declared enemies of the country he was once president

of. Given his peacemaking role with the signing of the Camp David Accords it’s bewildering that he has constantly criticized Israel disproportionately in comparison with the non-free Middle Eastern countries.

It’s inconceivable that a former president would criticize a longstanding friend and ally in favour of despotic regimes that offer their citizens virtually no freedoms whatsoever.

Carter has even remarked that Hugo Chavez’s electoral process this year is “the best in the world” despite numerous reports to the contrary.

Jimmy Carter, who claims to be knowledgeable on the Middle East and other topics, wrote and published a book in 2006 titled Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.

Being that Carter had been to Israel many times during his term, I wonder if he ever saw bathrooms, water fountains and lunch counters labeled “Jew” and “Arab?”

Has he forgotten that Georgia, the state where he grew up and served as Governor in the 1970s, practiced this form of segregation and institutionalized racism for at least 80 years?

I believe that Jimmy Carter is partially responsible for the budding movement known as “Israel Apartheid Week,” whose goal is to delegitimize the State of Israel.

As a result, there have been numerous physical

confrontations, on North American campuses, between pro-Israel students and those whose goal is to delegitimize Israel. One has to look no further than York, Carleton and Concordia Universities.

I am, of course, a believer in free speech as it applies to the marketplace of ideas. It’s the physical threats and violence that I truly abhor.

[Jimmy] Carter, has even remarked that Hugo Chavez’s electoral process this year is “the best in the world” despite numerous reports to the contrary.

I have urged the Principal of Queen’s to withdraw the offer previously made to Jimmy Carter by the honorary degree committee.

In an email response, the Principal stated that “he regrets that the committee’s decision displeases me.”

It’s not about being displeased; it’s about honouring and protecting the Queen’s brand and its reputation by taking a stand against those who give comfort to radical organizations.

Nothing less than the school’s reputation is on the line.

Michael Shafron currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

“I’d like to see the office raise awareness to show that it caters to multiple faiths.”

Yamini Boddu, Nurs ’13

“I think it should interact with students more than it does now.”

Barrie Li, ArtSci ’12

“I want them to reach out to students because I don’t know what they do.”

Jessica Ruprecht, ArtSci ’16

“It needs to present itself as a health resource that’s available to everyone.”

Eusra Syed, ArtSci ’13

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Examining fraternities Re: “From fraternity to beyond” Dear Editors, As the AMS reviews the current ban on Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) at Queen’s I hope they will include the alumni voice in their deliberations. As alumni, we bring a “post-campus” perspective of the value of the Queen’s community as it has developed over the decades.

I fear that in the 3-4 years of their degree most students are in the middle of while discussing this issue, there is insufficient perspective to help in deciding if this is a good change — not for individual students but for the institution as a whole. It’s not just about current students; it’s about determining the fate of our school.

The debate on campus has in part been sparked by the questions on the legality of the current GLO ban — can the AMS really prevent its members from belong to fraternal orders? Doesn’t the Charter of Human Rights of Canada protect rights of association? Not quite.

The laws do not apply to private groups such as the AMS — they govern federal and provincial institutions. The balancing of the AMS right to self-organize and individuals’ rights to form associations would say that the individuals have the choice of which group to belong to (a decision made when they chose to attend Queen’s), not the right to impose new membership rules on the AMS.

The rationale for the AMS specifically prohibiting members from also belonging to GLOs is actually quite simple. It is essentially a non-compete clause. If one reads the list of benefits that are described by the president of AEPi in his earlier article, I see nothing that the AMS and its member associations do not already offer to individual members. There is literally nothing new that fraternities are bringing to the community. So given that they are in direct competition for students’ time and energy, as well as costing additional membership fees, why would the AMS encourage the formation of fraternities or sororities?

GLOs were originally created for environments that do not exist in Kingston. Lack of close-to-campus housing, extremely large student populations, the overabundance of schools in the USA which makes networking difficult — all these factors made GLOs desirable in other places. Queen’s has none of these issues. If you are a “joiner” there are more opportunities to be involved in clubs etc. than on any other campus in Canada. If you are not a “joiner,” you are automatically a member of a proud community anyway, without any effort beyond acceptance into Queen’s (admittedly a big effort these days!)

So if there is no new benefit to forming GLOs in Kingston, is their net impact neutral? Emphatically, no. It is absolutely negative. And this is where the longer perspective of alumni comes into play.

In Queen’s’ history, our community has been built

around spirit through loyalty to various levels of our student life — year, faculty, discipline and overall, school.

Depending on what level of the community we are interacting with, those loyalties come into play and help us express our place in the community and outside of it. Once you graduate and leave Kingston, this does not change much! The alumni network of Queen’s is incredibly strong in Canada and globally. Ask any recent graduate how the network helped them in their job search — ask any older alumni how it influences their hiring decisions.

We share a common experience, undiluted by external loyalties.

The sheer size of the international fraternal alumni groups would make this same type of loyalty unlikely.

We are part of a smaller yet influential community by virtue of our common degrees and the common experiences we had earning them. Alumni branches are active the world over to help as you head out of school and the ties that we feel to our alma mater are strong.

We studied, partied and grew up as a cohesive community, with natural subdivisions that were not dependent on anything beyond age and program choice.

No formal barriers due to gender, finances, religion or grades separate us.

Now consider the school community if the fraternity ban is lifted. I do not for a moment believe the assertion that “there wouldn’t be an influx of Greek life.” GLOs have been attempting

to gain a foothold on campus for as long as they have existed.

They are just waiting for their opportunity. Queen’s has a smaller population than many schools, with an uncommonly high proportion of wealthy families and high academic achievers and very little preconception of what each fraternal order offers. It is ripe for Greek life in that sense. There will in fact be a huge influx of groups in the following years.

Let’s be honest about the stereotype of a Queen’s student — overachievers and social animals. It’s an earned stereotype. So the natural reaction to the presence of fraternities and sororities will be competitive. Application processes will be aggressive and it will rapidly develop into a situation where the non-pledged students are on the margins of campus social life. Meanwhile, the GLO groups will dominate the social structure of campus life and socializing, philanthropy etc. In place of faculty jackets and the prevalent Queen’s swag, students will proudly wear their GLO affiliations.

Eventually, alumni will return to campus to find it a foreign place, where they can no longer identify where they belong in the community hierarchy that used to exist. Feeling alienated by current students, they will find it harder to provide financial support to the school.

Meanwhile, members of the GLOs, as they graduate, will be under pressure to fund bursaries etc of their group for which they have developed a stronger affinity than the school as a whole. A doomsday scenario for the future

of Queen’s for sure, but I think it is entirely realistic.

I believe that the current AEPi members have misunderstood the very clear injunction against dual membership. To say you are an active member of AMS sanctioned clubs and politics while being a due-paying member of a local fraternity is to say you have no respect for the rules of one of your groups. To claim to be “off campus” is facetious given that they recruit frosh directly from Queen’s.

The simplest sanction that could be applied is to bar roles in campus groups to fraternity members and to deny AMS voting rights to these individuals as well.

After all, “civilization is choice.”

I think as future potential members see how much they are giving up to join a small closed group, the current fraternity will die a natural death on campus without further interference.

I will leave you with words from our past: “This University has no fraternities and no sororities. I will correct myself: It has one fraternity, and that is the brotherhood that without the key of wealth and any distinguishing mark or race or creed is open to all who seek and find within the walls of this place true patriotism, a sacred thirst for learning, the love of truth, and the hatred of intolerance and cruelty.” by Rector Leonard W. Brockington.

Krystyna Williamson, ArtSci ’86 Former executive member of University Council

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Artful anatomy BFA students inspired by the human figure B y S ierra M egas Contributor

Arts Jaclyne Grimoldby and Anicka Vrana-Godwin’s exhibit Anatomy Studies uses paintings, lithographs and prints to encourage viewers to question what’s below the surface of skin.

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Beneath your skin lies raw, unsheathed art.

Anatomy Studies revels in the unknown and the undecided, and challenges the viewer to see the body in new ways.

Fourth-year fine arts students Jaclyne Grimoldby and Anicka Vrana-Godwin present a collection of paintings, lithographs and prints that culminates in a collision of physical and non-physical realms.

Both artists share an interest in gross anatomy and discovering the body at a macroscopic level.

They use images of human biology to explore the relationship between the physiological and the psychological.

The exhibit is immediately striking due to the massive size of the works. The large-scale pieces were, at first, overwhelming, yet not overbearing. Larger-than-life faces and lengthy limbs were boldly exposed in thick strokes of paint and dark ink.

The contours of the human body were unabashedly emphasized. I noticed the deep crease in a folded arm, the faint shadow between two shoulder blades and the subtle dip in the slope of a nose.

Both artists mastered a careful balance of fragility and strength.

The faces and bodies depicted in these paintings, prints and lithographs suggest an emotional depth that is held together by bone and flesh.

Wide brush strokes juxtapose the detailed carving that has clearly gone into the wood-cut prints. The variety literally opens up the bodies for the viewer to study the anatomy

in these works.

Grimoldby’s artist statement explains that she “tries to represent psychological and internalized emotions in a physical way.”

To explore this idea, she uses a palimpsest of faces in the black and white lithograph Self-Awareness and Portrait.

One face stares out at the viewer with wide eyes and its edges blend into another face gazing away.

At the centre of the lithograph, behind the faces, is the stark bone of a skull. It reminds the viewer that basic anatomical structures are always behind human experience.

It seems that her paintings suggest that understanding emotion is dependent on understanding the physical body and that each informs the other.

Vrana-Godwin uses oil on canvas paintings that hang from the ceiling of the main space on invisible wire.

Her two canvases are entitled The Ten Foot Woman and green and blue and stand at five and six feet tall. The bodies of these women are unafraid to inhabit space — they fill the canvas in a way that presents the body as something substantial and significant.

Interestingly, the title of this exhibit hints at its willingness to question its own subject matter.

Grimoldby and Vrana-Godwin’s pieces not only investigate the relationship between the physical and the psychological, but also suggest that no final answer can be arrived at regarding this complex relationship.

Anatomy Studies is on exhibit in the Main Space of Union Gallery until Nov. 27.

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Satisfying, if not epic Gentleman Reg’s seventh album is a synthetic pop dream B y Z oe K elsey Contributor Gentleman Reg will turn to his record player of 70s rock before his phone book of famous musician friends for inspiration.

His seventh album Leisure Life Part Three marks an auditory shift in direction, with a purposefully more synthetic sound than his prior work.

“I wanted that sort of new wave vibe for the songs, and we reference a lot of stuff like The Cars, The Eurythmics and Gary Newman …

I wanted it to be big, very summery, and sort of California.”

He describes his new album as “satisfying.”

“I feel like people are overusing the word epic, I’m hearing that word every day — it’s too much,” he said. “Satisfying. That maybe encompasses it.”

And while “epic” may be overused, when I listen to the album I can’t help but feel

it’s applicable.

He has toured with Stars, Broken Social Scene and Greg Millson of the Great Lake Swimmers.

“I was there at the beginning playing in cafes with Feist. So I’ve seen the progression,” he said.

“I think the way they influence me is in their drive, their determination and, their

proficiency. When I’m hanging out with Broken Social Scene, I don’t want to sound like them per se, but I’m inspired by all the things they get done in the studio.”

And while he may be deeply engaged in the contemporary Canadian indie scene, Reg is also inspired by music from the past.

The Toronto-based singer-

Gentleman Reg says while he’s in Kingston, he’ll visit his friend Sarah Harmer and check out the local poutine scene.

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songwriter’s fifth full-length album is a self-produced, indie-poprock-synth dream. Reg’s maturity as an artist can be felt in the blend of genres in songs like “Waiting Around for Gold” and “I Could Be What You Wanted.”

In the past, Reg said he had written songs in waves, but with his new album he made a conscious effort to make song-writing more consistent.

“This time it was very like, ‘Okay, I’m going to treat it like a day job,’ and I was really pleased too,” he said. “It could go either way — it could be a bore or you could find yourself inspired — but it works.”

Reg said he’s excited to be returning to Kingston for two reasons: the food and the company.

“I love the poutine takeover that’s happening — it’s happening in Toronto too,” he said.

Along the way, he plans to visit old friend and folk musician Sarah Harmer.

With no other concrete plans for his trip to Kingston, Reg said what will happen after the show is up in the air.

“It depends if I have my own hotel room, if we’re on a bus, if we’re all sleeping in one room, if I’m sleeping on someone’s floor or if someone’s managed to pick me up at the show.”

Gentleman Reg plays the Grad Club on Nov. 30. at 10 p.m.

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Carvings lead singer Mac Cameron says the student culture at Queen’s is more interested in club music than rock and roll.

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Carving out future plans Queen’s band talks about being trapped in the bubble of their school B y M ark L ouie Assistant Arts Editor Queen’s is the small pond to rock band Carvings’ big dreams.

Carvings, who regularly open for bands playing the Mansion as a stop on their tours, have plans to relocate the band

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after graduation.

Three of the bandmates — Mac Cameron, Dan Hughes and Geoff Parent are all Queen’s students, while their bandmate Tom Hinchcliffe dropped out two years ago and their other bandmate Ben Webb lives in Kingston.

Over coffee, I had a chance to listen to

Band to end farewell tour in hometown of Guelph

A band break-up doesn’t have to be like a funeral — sometimes it’s a celebration.

The four bandmates of Lifestory: Monologue are currently on their farewell tour after nine years.

But guitarist Jason Gormley said there’s no “fuck you’s” to be said to one another.

“It’s not us at each other’s throats, it’s just putting the band to rest at the appropriate time.”

Gormley said the reason for the split came six months ago when lead singer Jay Reid had an announcement for his band mates.

“Back in June, he told us that he was getting married this upcoming June and that once he got married, he was going to be moving on from the touring lifestyle to spend more time with his fiancée.”

While this may be the end of Lifestory: Monologue, Gormley said he hopes to continue on in the music industry. But not before putting this band to rest properly.

The band has been friends since high school, so Gormley said there’s no way there could be bad blood between them about splitting up.

“We started this group in grade nine or 10, so I’ve kind of spent my formative years

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he said.

Recently the band recorded an EP called These Days. According to Cameron, the EP is mostly about his mixed feelings towards his school.

“It’s a four-song collection, and goes through what it’s like to be here, and why I’m angry about being here, and why I regret coming here, and how it all came together.

But also why I’m happy I came and the good things,” he said.

These Days, the first song and the title of the EP, seems to particularly capture these set of mixed emotions with a resemblance of the more angst-filled past work of the Killers.

Cameron mentioned an advantage to the band’s current setting of a university town.

“Playing in Kingston has been good for us in a sense. It introduced us to the reality that there isn’t always going to be people at shows — we understand that,” he said.

Looking to the future, the band has their sights set on big city fortune.

“As soon as we’re done school, we want to relocate to Toronto. Geoff, Dan and I are all from around there and Tom and Ben are both ready to move.”

Carvings lead singer Cameron’s perspectives on the two-sided experience that Queen’s has been for him and the rest of his bandmates.

Cameron, ArtSci 13’, speaks fondly of his time at Queen’s, mostly spent working on his music.

“The culture of focus on school, and then when you’re not doing that, [to] go out and party is great for some people, but we’ve never really felt like we fit in,” he said.

Cameron said he finds that when students are looking for a place to go on a Friday night, they go to clubs for electronic music, not rock and roll.

“Even the rock bands that are big aren’t even rock bands. Like, Mumford & Sons, for example, they are a folk band.”

The general population of Queen’s students isn’t always in the mood for a live with these guys. We’re all good friends and rock gig, Cameron said.

Carvings plays the Artel tonight at 7:30 p.m. totally understanding,” he said.

“Other than our friends, nobody really with Lifestory: Monologue and plays the “It’s not only about starting new cares to look further into what we’re doing,” Mansion on Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. with Monster Truck. friendships, but about having the means to Q journal ad AIRPORT_airport ad holidays #2 01/11/12 12:56 PM Page 1 do that.”

The 23-date tour is the perfect way to put the group to bed for Gormley.

“We would rather do it this way and see it out properly than just burn out and let it fade away,” he said.

Gormley said some of his best memories from being on the road with Lifestory: Monologue have been the times outside the tour bus.

“There’s gems of people you come across.

In Trenton, Nova Scotia, for example, and if I hadn’t been doing this, I would have had no business being in that town and meeting those people,” he said.

On the tour, the band will play a lot of songs from their most recent album, but will also hit all the old favourites.

“It’s a love letter to the fans and for us as well. A year ago we were pushing this new album on tour, but with this one, we get a chance to bring all the old songs out of the vault.”

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Silver by a sliver Gaels lose national final in penalties B y J ordan C athcart Staff Writer The 2012 campaign showed why Queen’s women’s soccer program continues to be a national powerhouse.

The women’s soccer team advanced to the final game of the CIS tournament, losing in a heartbreaking penalty shootout to the Trinity Western Spartans. The game was played in rainy conditions in Victoria, B.C. on Sunday and no goals were scored in regulation.

The Gaels faced three penalty Photo by Alex choi Captain Dan Moor scored a solo try in the opening minute of Sunday’s 29-18 win over Western. shootouts in their last five games, including a loss in the Men’s RUgby OUA semifinal to the Laurier Golden Hawks.

Gaels head coach Dave McDowell isn’t a fan of penalty kicks.

“I’d rather just have us figure it out on the field, but I understand why they do it,” McDowell said.

“We had 120 minutes to score and B y Peter M orrow “We’ve been working hard 12 Peter Huigenbos. “I couldn’t ask we didn’t but neither could they, so while it’s not my first choice Sports Editor months of the year for this, and I’ve for a better captain.” seen first-hand the effort the boys Fly half Liam Underwood I understand why they’ve chosen It was a win men’s rugby captain have put in,” Moor said. scored 14 points against Western, Dan Moor had trouble putting Moor set the tone on the earning OUA athlete of the week into words. game’s opening kick-off, blocking honours for his performance.

Queen’s overcame the Western a Western kick and running in One of Underwood’s more Mustangs 29-18 at Nixon Field for a try. dazzling runs was broken up ten on Sunday to claim the OUA The fourth-year outside centre feet from the Mustangs try zone title — their first since 2009. played for the Gaels fifth side in after a series of fake-passes and It was redemption for last year’s 2009, and worked his way up sidesteps. Scrum half Brendan 21-15 championship defeat to the to become team captain for two McGovern finished the play with Mustangs at Western. Winning years running. a try, putting the Gaels up 22-6 to the title has been the objective “Dan Moor, I’m just so happy start the second half. ever since. for the kid,” said Gaels head coach Underwood followed up with a try in the 74th minute, and capped it off with a conversion.

Basketball “To have [Underwood] finish it off there, I mean, it’s typical Liam Underwood style,” Huigenbos said.

The Gaels were tasked with holding the lead in the second half but the forwards managed to control possession, slowing down

Queen’s crowned

Gaels overcome Mustangs to reclaim OUA championship

that method.”

Although the Gaels came up just short of their ultimate goal, McDowell considers this season one to remember.

“Again, I couldn’t be prouder of them, a team that fought through lots of injuries and sort of a slow start,” he said. “It is a season worth remembering and the girls understand that.”

The Gaels were forced to overcome injuries all season.

Midfielder Melissa Jung missed the entire season, while leading scorer Jackie Tessier sat out the first quarter of the year with a nagging knee injury.

Co-captain Chantal McFetridge and midfielder Alexis McKinty both missed significant time towards the end of the season.

Even with the plethora of injuries, co-captain Riley Filion knew the Gaels would be fine if they performed well come playoff time.

“The ultimate goal was winning nationals and we came extremely See Prime on page 18

RMC sidelined Gaels teams face new challenges after Paladins slash basketball program B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor The OUA basketball season tipped off last weekend with just one Kingston team.

Last June, RMC abolished their men’s and women’s varsity basketball programs following an extensive evaluation of the school’s

Inside Men’s Basketball

Gaels match last year’s win total in first weekend.

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Women’s Hockey

Queen’s tied for first in OUA after two road wins.

Quidditch

Thirteen teams take to Tindall for Canadian Cup. Page 16

athletics department.

After the review, commissioned in 2010, the school downgraded from 11 varsity teams to seven.

The decision was made to reduce the number of teams relative to student population.

“Even after the changes, we’re still the highest in Canada on a per-capita basis, but we’re more in line with the other schools,” said Darren Cates, RMC’s director of athletics.

Basketball was the only program to be slashed entirely, while RMC’s taekwondo and running teams were demoted to the competitive club level.

Cates said several elements were considered in the decision to eliminate the basketball programs, including the teams’ on-court performance.

From 2004 onwards, the Paladin men and women combined for five wins in 352 OUA games.

Both went winless in 2011-12.

“A key factor was our perceived

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ability to compete in basketball going forward,” Cates said.

The school plans to revisit the status of the affected programs after the 2016-17 season — four full seasons from now.

While RMC’s withdrawal is unlikely to impact the OUA standings, the resulting changes to the league schedule will affect Queen’s in particular.

The majority of the basketball schedule is composed of weekend doubleheaders, with teams travelling in pairs to another region to face two local teams. Before RMC’s departure, the Paladins were paired with the Gaels.

This season, the Gaels men’s and women’s teams will still play two games every weekend — but their opponents will only play one.

James Bambury, assistant coach of the Gaels’ women’s basketball team, said this could put Queen’s at a physical and mental disadvantage.

“The fact that [opposing teams] don’t have to play a second game

Brothers Tim and Pat Richardson won their second OUA championship in their fifth seasons with the Gaels.

allows them to give everything they can for 40 minutes, as opposed to 80 each weekend,” Bambury said.

The Gaels hired Bambury as an assistant coach this past August — two months after RMC’s decision to cut basketball left him out of a job.

Bambury, who played for Queen’s from 2000-03, spent the past two seasons as the head coach of RMC’s women’s team. He led the Paladins to a 64-47 win over Waterloo on Nov. 5, 2010 in his coaching debut.

As of now, that victory is the last in school history.

“I think [the elimination

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of basketball] was an incredibly disappointing result when it came down,” Bambury said. “Anyone below the highest administration had absolutely no say in what was going to happen.”

Bambury said the decision has severe implications on RMC’s student-athletes, who benefit from varsity competition on and off the court.

“There’s no greater learning tool when it comes to teamwork and leadership than sports at an elite level,” he said.

“I felt there was no better way of being able to prepare young officers for what was to come.”

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Men’s BasketBall

New team, new results Faulkner, rookie guards lead Gaels to first perfect start in past eight seasons B y Peter r eiMer Staff Writer The men’s basketball team has already matched their win total from last season.

The Gaels defeated the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks 83-80 in their season opener last Friday, before topping the Waterloo Warriors 83-63 on Sunday. The team is 2-0 for the first time since 2004-05.

With a pair of double-doubles, Carleton transfer student and Kingston native Greg Faulkner scored a combined 44 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in his first regular season games with the Gaels.

Faulkner said he’s looking forward to the rest of the season on a new team.

“We’re a young team, so it’ll be a roller coaster year, and we just have to keep working hard,” he said. “We’re really excited for the challenge.”

The new-look Gaels played their first game of the regular season last Friday against Laurier, in front of a crowd of 450 at the ARC. “I’ve been coming to Queen’s games since grade nine and I’ve never seen that many people [out], and they’ve never been that loud,” Faulkner said.

The Golden Hawks sprinted to a 40-35 halftime lead and went on an 11-0 run in the third quarter.

Rookie guard Sukhpreet Singh scored 15 points in the second half to cue the come-from-behind win.

a young team, so it’ll “beWe’re a roller coaster year. ” — Greg Faulkner, forward

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Forward Greg Faulkner scored 18 points last Sunday against Waterloo, including two dunks.

Faulkner led the Gaels with 26 points and 11 rebounds, while Singh had 19 points and six assists.

With impressive inaugural regular season performances from Singh and Roshane Roberts, head coach Stephan Barrie said the rookie guards have a lot of confidence in their abilities.

“They’re coming in with a winning attitude, confidence and while not at this level, they’ve been in these situations a lot before,” Barrie said. “Their mindset is set

from the past — they expect to win.”

Faulkner once again led the Gaels on the stat sheet in Sunday’s win over Waterloo, with 13 rebounds and 18 points, highlighted by two dunks. Forward Mackenzie Simpson added 14 points, finishing a breakaway with a two-handed slam of his own.

Despite Faulkner’s dominant debut, Barrie said the Gaels’ offense allows anyone to have a standout night.

“As talented as [Greg] is, he has the ability to go off within that system,” Barrie said. “Some nights, teams may do a really good job of locking him down, and that’s why we don’t want to feature one Photo by Peter lee guy — because we’re going to need other Rookie guard Sukhpreet guys to win.”

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The women’s hockey team found themselves back on the right track last weekend.

After the Western Mustangs handed Queen’s their first regulation loss on Nov. 4, the Gaels (10-1-1) came back with a 4-1 road victory over the Ryerson Rams (2-7-0) Friday night.

Back in Kingston on Saturday, the team prevailed 3-1 over the York Lions (4-7-1).

Head coach Matt Holmberg was impressed by the team’s ability to regroup after the Western result.

“It was important for the team to move on from [the loss],” he said. “It was a great bounce-back weekend and certainly showed the character of the team.”

The comeback showed from the start against Ryerson, as winger Chantal Morais scored the opening goal just 2:26 into the game. It was the fourth time this year the Gaels opened the scoring in the first five minutes of the game.

Centre Shawna Griffin scored just 98 seconds later to double the Gaels’ lead.

Winger Courtenay Jacklin potted two goals and left winger Taryn Pilon added three assists.

Goaltender Melanie Dodd-Moher had 27 saves for the victory.

Saturday’s game had fewer penalties, but still saw the Gaels continue their hard-nosed playing style and grit.

Down 1-0 in the second period, the offense mustered three goals and goaltender Karissa Savage made 21 saves to record the win.

“York is a team that plays us tough every time [and] we knew it would be close,” Holmberg said.

An improving penalty kill helped the Gaels. After some early season worries, the unit has been successful on 22 of their last 24 attempts, killing off all 12 shorthanded scenarios this weekend.

“I think the team realized that if we didn’t [improve on the penalty kill], it would cost us some games,” Holmberg said.

The penalty kill was one of the Gaels’ focuses throughout the week, said centre Chelsey Verbeek.

“We’ve been working on it a lot in practice, just working out the kinks, and I think we’re finally starting to have a really solid penalty kill,” she said.

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Queen’s hosted the Canadian Quidditch Cup last Sunday at Tindall Field. The team placed fourth out of 13 different university and collegiate teams.

After a strong start to the day, beating the University of Toronto (St. George) and the McGill B team, Queen’s fell short to the University of Ottawa in the semifinal match.

McGill took the gold cup back to Montreal for the second year in a row, while Ottawa and Carleton placed second and third, respectively.

In the bronze cup match, Queen’s caught the golden snitch for 30 points, forcing extra time.

In the end, Carleton caught the snitch in overtime to take home the victory.

First-year chaser Alex Morgan said Queen’s performed well despite their level of experience.

“We’re a new team with all new players,” he said. “The McGill team practices every day, and we’re just not that dedicated.”

Morgan, who got started playing the formerly fictional game during his time at the Castle this summer, said winning aside, the Queen’s team showed their passion at the game.

“We had the most spirit and the most power — we were pretty powerful out there.”

Even with a fourth-place finish, the Queen’s team still had the support of their school at the tournament.

The Queen’s Bands surprised the players with their rendition of the Harry Potter theme song and it was also the Bands who started jeering “Hufflepuff” at opposing teams.

Queen’s captain Zoe Scantlebury said if Queen’s hadn’t hosted the championship games

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this year, the event wouldn’t have happened at all.

“McGill and us were the only two schools to put in a bid to host, but they ended up dropping their bid because of insurance issues, so we got it,” she said.

Scantlebury said the executive had been preparing for the event since April.

A Harry Potter fan herself, she was pleased with how the tournament turned out.

“Nothing came up on the day and we even got the best weather of the whole week.”

Queen’s Quidditch team placed fourth out of 13 university and collegiate teams last Sunday.

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One and one Narrow loss, big win to start season B y J erry Z henG Staff Writer

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The Gaels cruised to a 92-70 home win over Waterloo.

The Gaels were a few baskets away from a perfect home weekend.

The women’s basketball team opened their season last Friday with a disappointing 68-64 home loss

Men’s hockey

Stagnant results Second straight weekend split for Gaels B y J osh B urton Staff Writer Splitting a weekend’s games is becoming an all too familiar result for the Gaels.

Sitting just above .500, the Gaels followed up a 5-2 drumming of the UOIT Ridgebacks last Friday with a 4-0 shutout loss at the hands of the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday.

“Friday and Saturday were night and day,” said team captain Corey Bureau. “Friday we dictated the play and were aggressive on everything. [We] used our speed on the forecheck and it worked.”

“Saturday we were complacent and watched the play instead of controlling it, which led to us chasing pucks.”

Forward Jordan Mirwaldt netted

two goals against the Ridgebacks.

He currently leads the team with three goals and eight points.

The Gaels have now failed to win back-to-back games since taking their first two regular season contests against the Ryerson Rams by a combined score of 11-6. They are currently sixth in the OUA East.

Bureau knows his team needs to go on a winning streak if they hope to climb to a top-four spot in the standings.

“We need to have a sense of urgency and realize whatever happened the game before doesn’t matter anymore,” he said.

“We can’t be complacent and happy with a win one, lose one mentality.”

Last night, Queen’s defeated the Ryerson Rams 4-1 on the road.

to the Laurier Golden Hawks, but followed up with a 92-70 blowout victory over the Waterloo Warriors on Sunday.

The Gaels’ opening game was tightly contested, with both teams trading leads throughout the night.

When the Gaels played the Golden Hawks last season, they lost by a margin of 20 points.

Coach Dave Wilson believes the Golden Hawks’ roster revamp during the offseason was the reason for their close contest.

“They’re working through some new players as well. They also lost a few players in their lineup,” Wilson said.

After missing all of last season with a torn ACL, wing Gemma Bullard was one rebound shy of a double-double, posting 16 points and nine rebounds.

Gaels co-captain Liz Boag scored 16 points and tallied five assists. Doreen Bonsu led the Golden Hawks with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

In Sunday’s win over Waterloo, Boag posted 14 points and dished out eight assists, while fourth-year co-captain Sydney Kernahan scored 20 points and corralled eight rebounds.

Wilson said Kernahan’s come an especially long way since her first year.

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Prime for postseason Continued from page 14

close, proving many people wrong,” Filion said. “I think that our results during the season weren’t as good as other years, but what matters is how you do in playoffs and at CIS. “We peaked at the right time.”

Postseason improvement seems to be the Gaels’ trademark. The Gaels only have one OUA title banner to show for the last three seasons, but have advanced to the CIS finals three years in a row, winning twice.

of Queen’s most successful athletes.

They each have four CIS tournament appearances, two national championships and an OUA championship to show for their service. The Gaels leaned heavily on the leadership and skill of their veterans to make it back to

the CIS finals.

Tessier is grateful to have been a part of the historic four-year run.

“I’m just so proud of how our girls played for and represented Queen’s,” she said. “It’s been an amazing run.”

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Tessier attributes a refusal to give up and strong team chemistry as keys to their success.

“We had to fight every step of the way to get to a third straight championship match,” she said.

“The fact that we made it that far shows the incredible character and depth of this team.

“We always believed in ourselves and it’s our cohesiveness and passion as a group that got us the historic chance at a three-peat.”

Five Gaels received OUA East All-Star nods this season, with Filion, Tessier and second-year defender Jessie De Boer earning first-team honours. McKinty and veteran defender Mikyla Kay were named to the second team.

The graduating Gaels — Filion, Kay, McFetridge, McKinty, Tessier and defenders Sara Buckham and Meredith Raddysh may be some

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Queen’s held the Mustangs to six first-half points.

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play and eating up minutes.

“It wasn’t pretty but obviously it paid off,” he said.

It was nearly a reversal of last year, when the Mustangs held on to win 21-15 on their home turf.

“This year, we knew what we had to do in different situations,” Huigenbos said.

“I don’t think I prepared them as well as I could’ve last year.”

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Gerow was a flanker and wore number six, which Huigenbos chose to retire for the whole season.

Fourth-year prop Doug Davidson credited Huigenbos for developing the proper team mentality prior to Sunday’s final.

“He got us so prepared, so ready — [he’s a] phenomenal coach,” Davidson said.

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With overuse, people grow desensitized to swear words, disassociating them from their negative meaning, said department of philosophy professor Adèle Mercier.

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“There is nothing that will serve better,” department of philosophy professor Adèle Mercier says at the end of our interview, as an afterthought of sorts.

“Offensive words serve a kind of purpose in language,” she said earlier in the conversation. “They serve to express disgust — either emotional or physical.”

So the phrase — an expression used in situations of great disgust or anger — is an appropriate expression, yet it doesn’t exactly represent what the word means.

Though it doesn’t have any clear-cut origin, the word can translate to any sort of copulation or sexual act.

Profanity like “fuck,” however, have become so entrenched in our everyday language, Mercier said, that it’s lost all meaning.

“They are expressive,” Mercier, who specializes in the philosophy of language, said. “When you say ‘fuck’ because you banged your nail with a hammer, the meaning of ‘fucking’ is not a part of that expression.”

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, swearing is the use of profane and impolite language.

Cursing, which is sometimes mistaken for the same thing, usually involves damning another individual with a wish of ill will — not exactly the same as the stray swear word uttered after a poor mark on an essay.

In June, a Massachusetts town banned swearing in public with individuals who didn’t abide by the rules incuring a fine of $20.

While we don’t completely understand why people use profanity, Mercier said there’s some biological basis for the act.

And it has to do with two regions of the brain: the basal ganglia and the amygdala.

The basal ganglia package routine movements together, so the brain doesn’t have to do it anew each time, Mercier said.

“And the amygdala is what helps

invest memories with emotion, especially negative emotion,” she said.

According to Mercier, the amygdala will “light up” when someone sees an angry person or hears a taboo word.

“There is a connection between the amygdala and swearing in the sense that a bad negative emotion will trigger the amygdala which is somehow close to the basal ganglia,” she said. “It’s a reaction.”

Despite this connection that’s in all humans, certain groups are associated with profanity more than others.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that teenagers experiment with swearing simply because teenagers experiment with language as a way of creating their own separate culture,” Mercier said.

Profanity isn’t solely characteristic to youth, however.

According to a 2012 Forbes article, swearing or cursing in the workplace can be seen as a trait of the uneducated.

Mercier said swear words are used as fillers in speech, a way of holding one’s place in a conversation by preventing others from butting in.

“Educated people do that less because they have a wider vocabulary,” she said. “They make less use of fillers and they have also been trained to avoid certain kinds of fillers.”

There are five kinds of taboo words that occur across all languages — sexual terms, religious profanity, terms that deal with bodily functions, words about death and disease, and words for groups held in contempt.

Not all profanity is negative, though. Sometimes it can be used in happiness or surprise.

“As an expression of joy, the taboo words that would be used would be preferentially those that have lost all real disgust attached to them,” Mercier said.

An example of this is the term “holy crap.” It can be used to express surprise, because it’s no longer commonly associated with fecal matter.

The word is still retained as

a reactionary word, without any negative emotion associated with the amygdala, according to Mercier.

Other words, like “queer” have been detached from negative emotion, simply through a community reclaiming them.

It’s a matter of desensitization through overuse.

“There’s a big discussion right now over the [‘n’ word],” Mercier said. “Some people want it to be used over and over again, like rappers, so that by overuse you can get rid of its sting.

“Other people like the Reverend Al Sharpton [an American Baptist minister and civil right activist] said it’s very dangerous to sanitize a word.”

According to a 1993 New York Times article, the use of the word in raps is simply a representation of street vernacular in black culture, which plays a prominent role in the rap community. Others feel that the word, which has been seen as a term of contempt and abuse, shouldn’t be used at all.

It’s a cultural aspect that’s up to political debate, she said.

According to Mercier, cultures in Mediterranean countries, such as Spain, Italy or Greece, lack the “pudeur” that Northern cultures, like in Germany or England, have.

It’s a French word that translates to modesty or propriety, but Mercier uses it to describe the hang-ups that a culture might have over using certain profanities.

“In Italy, in Spain, people are very free with their tongues.

These are cultural temperamental differences,” she said. “Latin cultures tend not to censure outward displays of emotions, whereas cultures of the north do.”

On the streets of Italy, Donato Santeramo, a professor in the department of Spanish and Italian, said the country’s Catholic background has led to profanities geared to the church.

“In order to curse, you have to go against a set of rules or a set of beliefs,” he said. “Because the Catholic Church has a system of

saints, it is not uncommon to hear curses against saints.”

It’s a stark difference from curses in the English language because of its Protestant origins.

“In English, curse words have god in it,” Santeramo said. “It’s not very common to have curses against saints because in Protestant tradition you have no saints.”

Italian profanity isn’t just limited to the church, though.

“Vaffanculo,” the Italian expression for “fuck off,” is so commonly used that there’s now an unofficial holiday called “V-Day” or “Vaffanculo Day,” created by popular Italian comedian Beppe Grillo in protest against corruption in the government.

But the appropriation of profanity through overuse isn’t just limited to Italian cultures, Santeramo said.

“There are some in every culture but then there are so many variations,” he said. “This happens all over the world.”

Profanities of the past In case you’re wondering what the swear words of yesteryear were like, take a look at these profanities from the Victorian era.

Bloody Literal meaning: Containing blood or consisting of blood.

Slang: An intensifier used in a negative sense.

Origin: Germanic.

Charlatan Literal meaning: An empiric who pretends to possess wonderful secrets, especially in the healing art.

Slang: A pretentious imposter.

Origin: French.

Doxy Literal meaning: The term for the unmarried mistress of a beggar or a rogue.

Slang: A mistress or prostitute.

Origin: Germanic.

Drat

Pettifogger

Trollop

Literal meaning: A synonym for “hang,” “dash” or “confound.”

Slang: A vulgar way of expressing anger or annoyance.

Origin: English.

Literal meaning: An inferior legal practitioner who dealt with petty cases.

Slang: A derogatory term for a lawyer who abuses the law.

Origins: Anglo-Norman, French, Germanic.

Literal meaning: To hang loosely or untidily.

Slang: A morally loose woman; a slut.

Origins: German, French.

— Source: Oxford English Dictionary

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