The Queen's Journal, Issue 22

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Panel debates the legalization of drugs.

Interview with folk musician Old Man Luedecke.

Men’s hockey mid-season report.

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AMS to review ban in new year ASUS president put forward motion to revise Greek ban B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor

Both Israel on Campus and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights held rallies on campus Thursday afternoon.

seems to be receptive to learning about issues, such as the current conflict in Gaza, due to their involvement in the community.

“We’re here to stand with them and to show them that they’re not alone,” Rotman, ArtSci ’13, said

The AMS will create a draft proposal for a new policy on fraternities and sororities at Queen’s by next January.

The decision came after a motion was put forward at AMS Assembly last night by ASUS President John Whittaker after discussion on amendments to the current policy.

Despite this, both President Doug Johnson and Vice-President of Operations Tristan Lee abstained from voting on the motion to draft a policy.

Vice-President of University Affairs Mira Dineen voted against the motion, citing lack of direction from Assembly.

“I am fully in favour of drafting a policy,” she said. “My concern was ending the discussion before we had a more clear direction.”

The AMS executive will consult with commissioner of Internal Affairs, Judicial Affairs director, AMS and University legal counsel, the Human Rights Office, President’s Caucus and the Queen’s University Alumni Association prior to presenting the policy in January.

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A ‘subdued’ history of activism

Rather than actively protest, students often use University’s institutions to spark change B y R osie H ales and A lison S houldice Journal Staff The heart of campus saw students protest yesterday in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza strip.

Almost 100 students and community members gathered to show their support for both sides of the conflict. The relatively small turnout, similar to other recent rallies that have occurred on campus, is in keeping with Queen’s history of “subdued” campus activism, according to University Historian, Duncan McDowall.

A rally hosted by Israel on Campus (IOC) at noon drew approximately 50 students and community members who marched through campus waving flags in support of the Israeli people.

Shortly after, a similar number participated in a second rally run by the Queen’s chapter of

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). Attendees chanted, “let Gaza live” and “free Palestine” while waving Palestinian flags.

Although marks of solidarity were evident yesterday, students at Queen’s have historically been slow to rush into the streets at the drop of a hat, according to Duncan McDowall.

“You want to hear that in 1968 the whole student body was on University Ave. screaming. That did not happen,” he said. “There’s a tendency to talk about it like the ten ’o clock news. [But] activism has other forms.”

McDowall believes that students react to global issues on campus in some cases by using the University’s institutions to incite change. For example, student politicians often work inside the system by sending in petitions and holding referenda.

“Its student culture has been very ‘small c’ conservative,” he said.

Since Kingston isn’t close to

the urban centres and immigration hubs of Toronto or Montreal, there’s less of a focus on contemporary social issues.

Yet for Alexander Rotman, president of Israel on Campus — a group that promotes the Jewish state ­— the Queen’s public at large

Convocation

Carters come to campus Former US president Jimmy Carter awarded honorary degree B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor For former US President Jimmy Carter, receiving an honorary degree from Queen’s was an opportunity to spread a message of peace.

Carter and his wife Rosalynn

paid a visit to Queen’s as part of fall convocation on Wednesday to receive their honorary degrees, their first received outside of the US. They spoke to graduates about the importance of pursuing peace and human rights in other countries.

The Carters were selected

by Principal Daniel Woolf for their “humanitarian efforts and their shared commitment to advancing democracy and human rights, building a peaceful society, improving health and education and helping people both at home and abroad, including their work See Talk on page 8

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Inside Remembering those lost Annual event honours murdered transgender people.

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Women’s worth week observed Violence against women awareness event back on campus this week.

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Interview with Jeffrey Kofman Alum and ABC News correspondent Kofman discusses his career

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Soul Food forum explores privilege Campus club facilitates discussion led by PhD student MaryAnne Laurico B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor

thing, they have to have a good analysis of what they’re doing.”

She spoke to students about what it meant to have privilege and how it could be overlooked in a world where privilege equals power and access.

Laurico used the example of a crosswalk and its light signals to demonstrate how privilege and accessibility were intertwined.

“Experience it [as] if you were blind or in a wheelchair — it’s a completely different experience,” she said. “It becomes an oppressive factor, the fact that the streets or the lights are designed by legislation or practice to cater to

able-bodied people.”

Jonathan Chung is one of two co-chairs for Soul Food, which has been on campus for the past five years.

“Being able to step out of that is really nice,” he said. “It’s helping the students become better and, like [Laurico] said, it’s empowering people.”

The speaker series is part of Soul Food’s mandate to educate the A lot of students will community and increase awareness see Kingston as a about certain issues. separate bubble.

“At our core we’re trying to look at the community and see a need and try to address it,” Chung said.

— MaryAnne Laurico, PhD student “It’s philanthropic in a sense that, yes, we want to see what we can Chung, ArtSci ’13, said the do as students. forum was able to address privilege “It’s what we can do as students in a community where it can seem to cause change that’s positive.” so prevalent.

Privilege was on the minds of students at a forum held on Tuesday night by Soul Food.

The open forum, held in Kingston Hall’s Red Room, was the third of Soul Food’s speaker series focusing on poverty and food security issues in the community. Soul Food is a campus club that facilitates the donation of food from campus cafeterias to local shelters.

The talk, led by Canadian literature PhD student MaryAnne Laurico, gathered eight students for a roundtable discussion about what it means to be privileged.

It’s something Laurico said is often overlooked when it comes to anti-oppressive behaviour.

“Part of anti-oppressive analysis is understanding how you take up space, understanding how you can be an ally [and] understanding making visible invisible privilege,” Laurico, a fifth-year PhD student, said.

Laurico, who has held similar forums six times this year, said it’s important for students in Soul Food to be able to observe issues outside of campus, especially because they cater so much to Kingston as a whole.

“A lot of students will see Kingston as a separate bubble,” she said. “If these activists are out there About eight students attended the forum discussion hosted by Soul Food. Speaker MaryAnne trying to volunteer and do their Laurico has held similar forums six times this year.

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before the rally.

“I think it’s important for the pro-Israel community at Queen’s to stand together and unite themselves, specifically at this event.”

He believes people on campus should see that students are passionate about the issue.

Rotman noted that around 75 per cent of the children of the Israeli town Sderot — which is approximately one km away from Gaza — suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder due to ongoing rocket fire.

“Oftentimes people look at Israel and see Israel as a goliath beating on the Palestinians but it’s important to realize that there are people in Israel that suffer day-to-day struggles,” Rotman said.

He added that while he doesn’t think there is any animosity between IOC and SPHR, different mandates can sometimes lead to the groups butting heads.

SPHR rally organizer Nadine Abu-Ghazaleh said she wants the University to boycott Israeli products or any local companies that support the Israeli cause.

“In light of recent events, we knew this sense of urgency had to come through. Given the ceasefire yesterday, which was a great thing, it’s a perfect time to speak on behalf of the Palestinians,” she said.

Abu-Ghazaleh, ArtSci ’14, said there are many students who are unaware of the current conflict, as

well as global issues as a whole.

“People don’t know a lot about anything outside their own country,” she said. “This is why we’re standing here now. If this will make them go research or do anything to learn about this issue, then we’ll have done our job.”

Most Queen’s students, she said, are involved in charity organizations and non-political clubs. She believes being a student activist can come with professional risks, particularly in her case.

She said there’s always the fear that supporting the Palestinian cause will be equated with anti-Semitism.

to hear “thatYouin want 1968 the whole student body was on University Ave. screaming. That did not happen. There’s a tendency to talk about it like the ten o’clock news.

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— Duncan McDowall, University historian

“That could in the long-run jeopardize future professions or even interviews, but I’m not really afraid of that,” she said.

The debate surrounding Israel-Palestine has been going on for over half a century, but Queen’s students also took a stance on other major global issues long before that.

A 2011 protest on campus was held with the purpose of supporting Egypt’s democratic movement. Nearly 100 students and community members were in attendance.

The AMS hired buses during the Vietnam War to transport groups of students to bigger Canadian cities to partake in the larger student protests and rallies that were occurring.

Between 1970 and 1990, students were opposed to some of the administration’s endowment fund investments in companies such as Noranda, a Canadian mining company with reserves in Chile.

Students were opposed to Augusto Pinochet’s rule in Chile at the time, which they considered undemocratic. Other controversial investments were with companies

In March 2009, students gathered outside of Richardson Hall to voice their concerns about how upcoming budget cuts would affect language programs at the University.

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such as Goodyear rubber in South Africa during the apartheid.

A referendum followed the student opposition and the majority of students voted against the investment, which caused the University to pull its investments out of Chile.

With technology increasingly coming to the forefront of activism, the Internet has changed students’ needs to go out and protest, according to Carlos Prado, a professor of philosophy at Queen’s.

“The Internet sort of robs people of a certain impulse,” he said. “The trouble is that the impact it has in a way is less because you get your views out there [on the Internet], feel they’re being read and appreciated and then you don’t do much.”

After moving from Berkeley to Queen’s in 1963 to complete his PhD, Prado said he noticed a difference in degrees of activism between the two campuses.

In California, a significant number of the demonstrators were liable to be drafted to the war and this gave people a personal interest, as well as a political one, he said.

Prado added that he found the coverage of the war in California was more extensive than in Canada and that protests at Berkeley were often focused on specific parts of the Vietnam War, such as the drafting procedures for university students.

“When I got here, I had the impression that there was genuine outrage and protests but maybe not to the same degree of familiarity with what was going on,” he said.

Much of the activism at Berkeley took the form of a number of sit-ins and students demonstrating with banners outside of the administration building, Sproul Hall.

Prado said people tended to congregate in the area around Sproul Hall, where students were allowed to disseminate war information via 15-20 small booths.

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When these booths were banned by the University, Prado recalled seeing a crowd of approximately 300-400 students outside of the Hall.

The trouble is that “the...impact it has in a way is less because you get your views out there [on the Internet], feel like they’re being read and appreciated and then you don’t do much.

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— Carlos Prado, professor of philosophy

“[The leader] was standing on what I thought was a ladder or platform above the students,” Prado said, adding that on second glance the leader was actually standing on top of a police car.

The students had jammed themselves around the police car after the two students had been arrested and the car was unable to drive away.

The group stayed in place for a full day and into the night with students bringing food for those still there, Prado said. He added that this was one of the best examples of the Berkeley protests because it showed the solidarity of the students.

At Berkeley, Prado guessed that, on average, there were a couple of hundred people protesting when there was a demonstration. The biggest crowd he remembers from his time at Queen’s was a demonstration of 40-50 people gathered outside the Principal’s house.

“I thought the protests at Queen’s were, in comparison, much more subdued. There wasn’t any real violence on the part of the protesters.”

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sentenced to life in prison for his Emily Wong, EQuIP co-chair and hate crime.

ArtSci ’15.

Zapata’s story is one of several Yvonne Ehinlaiye, An intimate gathering of allies in that the remembrance ceremony ArtSci ’12, came out to the event the Queen’s community came hopes to share. The national event to support those around her who together in commemoration for the has been observed since 1998 after experience transphobia.

Although she doesn’t identify Transgender Day of Remembrance. the death of American Rita Hester, The event, which was run by the who was also murdered because of as transgender herself, she shared her story of oppression and her Education on Queer Issues Project her transgender identity.

Rita was the fourth transgender struggle with discrimination.

(EQuIP) on Tuesday, has occurred woman in Boston to be found dead “I am a woman, I am black on campus for over a decade.

“We just think it’s really in four years; her death sparked and I am not straight. I feel those important to have allies come criticism over the media’s repeated three layers of oppression already, I can feel them just walking together and recognize how we can usage of her male birth name.

In Canada, 13 per cent of all around normally.” change society for the betterment When Ehinlaiye was in her senior and eradication of transphobia and hate crimes in 2009 were based on year of high school she experienced also to commemorate the lives lost,” sexual orientation.

The website for Transgender intense distaste towards her and said Tess Klaver, EQuIP co-chair.

EQuIP organizers said they Remembrance Day lists over her partner’s identities.

“Even my best friend stopped hope to educate people through 700 names and dates of victims this event and get the message of murdered because of their identity talking to be because [she said] I wasn’t the same person even change across, but they involve beginning as far back as 1970.

“It shouldn’t be something that though I am,” Ehinlaiye said. students in transgender issues somebody has to walk around and “We’re normal people just like you.” throughout the year.

“It’s really important to try to be afraid of that they’ll be attacked change society so we don’t have to based on their identity,” said have this event eventually,” Klaver, ArtSci ’15, said.

This year, EQuIP held a screening of the film “Photos of Angie” to commemorate the loss of Angie Zapata in 2008, an American transgender woman who was murdered because of her identity.

Zapata was ridiculed by family members and dropped out of school because of the constant harassment.

At the age of 18, she met with a man she had met online who beat her to death after discovering that she was transgender.

There were fears that the courts Photo by Rachel Herscovici wouldn’t know how to handle An intimate gathering of people attended the the case but the perpetrator was event at Queen’s on Tuesday.

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product. In order to identify the best solution, ITServices consulted six groups at Queen’s, the Information Queen’s will be switching including undergraduates to an improved Service and Technology Student Advisory Committee. email service in winter 2013.

The committee prepared a Microsoft Office 365, the new cloud-based email and calendar list of recommendations for the software, offers a larger storage new email service which included quota and integration with an integrated email and calendar service and seamless transition of mobile devices.

It also offers accessibility current email to the new system.

With Office 365, ITServices through various web browsers and platforms, according to ensures that five out of the six recommendations have been met.

ITServices’ website.

Cloud-based services are The sixth recommendation, a available on-demand to users on Queen’s email address that will be effective even after graduation, is a network.

“Moving the undergraduate currently being addressed.

“The current mail service students to the cloud for their email, calendaring and collaborative tools doesn’t have a lot of functionality, is a transformational step for us the web interface isn’t very good, here at Queen’s, and one that will it doesn’t work with mobile significantly enhance the student devices,” said Nancy Simon, experience,” Bo Wandschneider, ITServices’ communications and ITServices’ chief information training coordinator. “It doesn’t officer and associate vice-principal offer the features that are standard with email and of information technology now services, told the Journal via email. calendar service.”

The new service will deliver Discussion concerning this transition has been ongoing since a more feature-rich interface, in 2009 when the current email addition to guaranteeing availability system, Java Enterprise System, 99.9 per cent of the time.

This is the first time Queen’s was bought out by Oracle Corporation and declared a dying will be using an externally-hosted

solution for a high-usage enterprise service. A key concern with externally-hosted services, like Facebook and Gmail, is the lack of direct control over data.

“Because people get worried about things like privacy and security, we hired a consultant to make sure that there wouldn’t be any security concerns in terms of what kind of data Microsoft might have access to or how they will be handling it,” Simon said.

“The only information that we’re actually turning over to Microsoft is students’ names and email addresses and they don’t own that information, we still do.”

The migration is planned to occur during off-peak hours in order to minimize disruption.

ITServices plans to notify every account holder with migration process details by the end of next week.

“We’re excited about this because it’s … a pretty robust suite with high reliability and great functionality that’s easy to use,” Simon said. “We think people are going to be really happy.”

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The Ban Righ Centre hosted a week-long celebration of women from all areas of life and raised awareness about violence against women B y J ulia VRiend Assistant News Editor This year, Women’s Worth Week is hoping to use feminism as a way to bridge the gap between the inequalities of the sexes.

The week-long event is meant to honour women on campus, in the community and globally.

Co-Chair Kate McCord believes that the idea of equality can sometimes make men feel victimized.

“There’s this idea of blaming men and we want to stay away from that,” McCord, ArtSci ’13 said.

About 15 people attended the roundtable discussion that

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Friday, Nov. 23 Psychology Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Jason Gallivan Decoding Action Intentions from fMRI Activity in Both the Ventral and Dorsal Visual Streams Ellis Hall, auditorium 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 25 Film screening: Roadmap to Apartheid Food will be served Dunning Hall, Rm. 12 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation Monday, Nov. 26 Flu Shot Clinic School of Medicine, foyer 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Public reading and lecture: “From Grave to Cradle to Now —The Health Care Professional Edition” Ian Powell, author Chernoff Hall Auditorium 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

“Carrying the burden of peace”: Exploring Indigenous Masculinities through Story Panels featuring academic and creative work Watson Hall, Rm. 517 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Help End 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases Corner of University and Union Streets 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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happened this past Monday.

Professors Robert Morrison and Sam McKegney from the English department spoke at the event and gave insight on violence against women on campus.

“Guys have come out to the event,” McCord said. “It’s important that they feel included.”

Last year, the event had all female speakers, except blogger Jeff Perera, co-chair of Ryerson’s White Ribbon Campaign, which is organized by men and works to end violence against women.

Perera spoke again this past Wednesday.

The co-chairs asked Perera to come back for a second year because they like the discussion he brings about how masculinity can be redefined.

“When we ascribe a gender to certain emotions or characteristics it is very sexist,” McCord said.

The organizers started planning this event in the summer.

“We hit the ground running,” McCord said. “It has been very difficult, we had a budget of $50 to run this event . . . the money came from the gender studies department — it was very kind of them.”

The co-chairs are now discussing with the AMS and ASUS the possibility of applying for equity grants if they choose to expand their events.

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News anchor alum launched career at Queen’s ABC foreign correspondent Jeffrey Kofman, sat down with the Journal to talk about reporting B y J oanna P lucinska Editorials Editor Jeffrey Kofman has gone a long way since his days as an eager political science major and student journalist at Queen’s.

Since his career began three decades ago, Kofman, ArtSci ’81, has worked for Global TV, CBC, CBS and now ABC News, where he works as a foreign correspondent covering Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America.

He’s reported from war zones and covered Hurricane Katrina, and on Thursday he stopped by campus to share his experiences with the Queen’s community.

The School of Graduate Studies, the AMS and the Queen’s Student Alumni Association welcomed Kofman to Dunning Hall, where he spoke about “revolution and reform” in a

talk titled “Lurching toward democracy.”

The Journal caught up with him earlier in the week to discuss his time at Queen’s and his life after graduating.

How did you start your career?

I started really in high school and here at Queen’s. I edited something called the Queen’s Journal magazine. One day, I met the editorial page editor of the [Kingston] Whig-Standard and I said, ‘Gee, can I have coffee with you? I want to be a journalist.’

He said, ‘Why don’t you write a column about Kingston from a student’s perspective?’

I went back and wrote something and he was pretty tough on me. He said, ‘Let your personality come through, don’t be so formal, this isn’t a politics essay.’ I went back

and he said, ‘See, that’s better,’ and I ended up writing an occasional column for the Whig Standard.

I also worked at CFRC radio. I hosted a show called Folk Waves, which was a weekly hour-long show about folk music. I knew nothing about folk music. I think it was probably a pretty dull show but, I learned how to spin disks and talk on the radio.

How do you feel your time at Queen’s helped to shape your next step and the rest of your career?

moved, I had to bite my lips, I had tears in my eyes. It was really hard work because we were in the middle of the desert, the conditions were very rough and the closest city was 40 km away. I was filing for Good Morning America, for World News and Nightline, so I was filing from 7 a.m. to 11:30 at night. We were trying to drive back, have a shower at our hotel, sleep for three hours, then go back to the mine site and we did that for days on end and just got completely worn out.

What compelled you to pick a career in TV? I would never have imagined sitting in those political studies classes and those economics I planned to be a print journalist. I had and history classes, that the theory and the no plans to go into TV. I spent a year history that I was reading and we were backpacking through Southeast Asia after talking about would be so relevant to my I graduated from Queen’s and did some career every day. It seemed so distant from writing for the Globe and Mail while I was what you would do in the real world and yet there. I came back in 1982 and there was a here I am, going out and watching rebellions recession. There were hiring freezes and a and revolutions, parliaments form and fail, friend of mine had a very junior job at Global pressure groups exert undue influence. It’s TV. She said, ‘Oh they’re always firing exactly what we talked about in terms of people here, you should apply, they always peoples’ desires and aspirations for freedom, have openings.’

I’d done some summer jobs at the the very uncertain road they have to travel in Edmonton Journal, the Toronto Sun [and] order to secure that freedom. the Stratford Beacon-Herald, the smallest What is one of your favourite stories that newspaper in Canada, so I had a pretty you’ve covered or that you’ve followed over strong resume for a guy who was 23. So they hired me. And she was right, they the course of the years? were always firing people there, it was I think covering the Chile mine rescue was great experience. really one of the most thrilling, fascinating, moving, inspiring stories a reporter could When you first started out at Global TV, you ever ask for. It involved all of the qualities of weren’t a foreign correspondent. How did you transition into that role and decide to great storytelling and great humanity.

There were maybe a dozen reporters take on that undeniably tough career path? from Chile there in this remote desert mine in Northern Chile. By the time they were Well I think I always got into journalism rescued, there were over 2,000 journalists in part for the adventure. I’ve always been there. It was the biggest media event of curious about the world. I’d like to think its kind ever because the entire world was I’ve always had some compassion for people rooting for these 33 miners. It was a rare whose lives are different. Journalism’s always moment where whatever your religion, appealed to me because it has huge creative whatever your political values, whatever challenges: the writing, the storytelling and your nationality, no one wanted to see the discipline of the research. It was always these guys die, everyone wanted to see my goal, I’m a lucky guy. When I was a student at Queen’s, I dreamt of being a them live.

Whether you were Muslim or Christian, foreign correspondent and I have been living whether you were Chinese or American, it that dream. was just a human story of survival against incredible odds. I was there when they came This interview has been edited for clarity and up, and I was broadcasting live. I was so length.

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Plant has longterm effects Hearings delayed on Lake Ontario nuclear power site B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor Public hearings on a nuclear power plant on Lake Ontario were postponed following an overflow of interventions and comments from the public.

Discussions on the possible refurbishment and continued

operation of the Darlington Nuclear Plant were set to be held in Courtice, Ont. last week, but were pushed until early December.

The Darlington nuclear site is the closest nuclear power plant to Kingston.

The refurbishment of the nuclear site would allow the plant to run for another 30 years and

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were protruding from his head.”

The man is being charged with Causing a Disturbance by Being Drunk and Breach of Probation and is facing a Liquor Licence Act offence of Public Intoxication.

The incident has been covered by most major Canadian media outlets, as well as other sources like Gawker and the International Business Times.

Students who miss their beloved pets at home or simply need a few minutes to relax will soon have the opportunity to do so.

ASUS Lost Paws and the AMS Academic Affairs Commission are teaming up to bring various animals on campus starting Monday.

The animals come from St. John’s Ambulance and will be in various rooms of the JDUC — Holly Tousignant and on the corner of University Ave. and Union St. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from Nov. Assaults linked 26 to Dec. 5.

Visiting hours are from Noon Kingston Police believe two recent to 4 p.m. Students can have 10 sexual assaults near campus are to 20 minutes with a pet in a connected and are currently room or take the pet out for a searching for a suspect in the attack. walk along with one of the Lost The assaults both occurred on Paws volunteers.

Saturday morning between 2:30 The goal of the event, besides and 3 a.m. Sometime after 2:30 helping students relieve stress, is a.m., a woman was groped by to raise awareness for the Humane a male as she entered a parking Society and the academic resources lot around the area of Johnson available on campus to help and Alfred Streets. The man then students during exam time. fled the scene after the woman Fundraising efforts for the screamed. She reported hearing Humane Society will occur at the him laugh before he fled. same time, including monetary A second woman was groped at donations, a raffle and item 2:40 a.m. by a man near Brock and donations such as towels and Albert Streets. Following a short leashes. Organizers are also looking struggle, the victim and perpetrator to repeat the event next semester. fell as the suspect continued assaulting her. The suspect fled — Styna Tao after the woman shouted.

The suspect in both assaults was described similarly. Police Alberta Premier visits are asking citizens to look out for Alberta Premier Alison Redford will a white male, aged 18-25 years be coming to Queen’s next Monday old, approximately 6’0” tall to discuss Civic Engagement at the and 190 lbs with fair features, short hair and a clean-shaven face.

Principal’s Campus Forum.

This is the first event of its kind He was reported to be wearing a at the University. Following the baseball cap, hoodie, dark jacket discussion there will be a short with a possible camouflage pattern, jeans and “skater-type” shoes, Q&A session.

The forum will take place but the Kingston Police said the in Wallace Hall on the JDUC description is “not absolute” and that the man also smelled of beer. from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Two males are thought to have Redford, a Conservative, is the eighth woman in seen the second assault transpire history to serve as a premier and are asked to come forward.

The assaults follow reports that in Canada. sexual assaults are on the rise in — Florence Hogg Kingston, up from 66 in all of 2011 to 66 from January until September of this year.

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A Kingston man was arrested last weekend after yelling at children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.

Kingston Police received a complaint about the 24-year-old man at the Kingston Santa Claus Parade on Nov. 17 after he had been allegedly walking along the parade route telling kids Santa doesn’t exist.

Police say he had his hair “formed to look like horns that

Anyone with information is please asked to contact Detective Nadine Legare at 613-549-4660 ext. 6274 or via email at nlegare@kpf.ca.

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continue to account for about 30 per cent of electricity generated in Ontario.

The proposals brought about discussion surrounding nuclear energy and the environmental and health effects the plant might encompass.

Leslie Bothwell, ArtSci ’14, is against the refurbishment and believes that renewable energy is the way to ensure a better future power generation.

Bothwell told the Journal in a statement that while nuclear power reduces carbon emissions, the waste it leaves behind is a great and unfair task to leave for future generations to deal with.

“The efficiencies of solar power technologies have skyrocketed in the past three years, making these an increasingly effective source of energy,” she said. “With investments the efficiency will improve even more.”

Others share her support for renewable energy sources.

“This is really a decision that will weigh on [Queen’s students] heavily,” said Warren Mabee, a professor in geography and the School of Policy Studies. “We want the cleanest and friendliest technology that we can come up with and I do think that it’s going to be some of the renewables that are going to win ultimately.”

Mabee estimated it may take up to two generations to make improvements to nuclear technologies.

Solar technologies have been advancing and can improve at faster rates than a nuclear reactor design can and thereby improve waste management, he said.

Mabee noted there are two kinds of nuclear waste: the highly radioactive waste needed to be cooled in giant water pools and the low radioactive waste consisting of clothing and materials that has come into contact with radioactivity.

All nuclear plants in Canada keep their waste on site.

“It means that those sites are essentially stockpiling waste,” Mabee said.

Although there have been no major issues surrounding waste management at the present time, Canada has no future plan in place to deal with these wastes, Mabee said.

Despite the ever-improving renewable power sources, the provincial government believes the refurbishment of the Darlington plant will help play a large role in their plan to create a healthier and more environmentally friendly Ontario, Nauman Khan, a spokesperson for the Minister of Energy, told the Journal via email.

“We’re phasing out coal by 2014 to create a healthier environment for all Ontarians, doubling investment in renewable [energy], investing in and expanding our hydro assets, and maintaining our commitment to clean, reliable and affordable nuclear power.”

The price, dates and scope of the project are not yet determined according to Khan, but the project will create an estimated 6,000 jobs in Ontario.

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Talk addressed peace and human rights have also been actively involved humanitarian work. with Habitat for Humanity, a “I encourage you to take the with Habitat for Humanity,” non-profit organization which time to do something for the according to a statement on the helps to provide shelter for those benefit of others, like join Habitat Queen’s News Centre website. in need. of Humanity, before you get too Drawing on his own experiences, Carter was the recipient of a tied down,” she said.

Carter, now 88-years-old, told Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for “It will vastly change your graduates to help those in need. his humanitarian work. Since perspective and that I can “Our [status] puts an obligation 1982, Carter has taught at promise you.” on all of us ... to reach out if you’re Emory University.

Queen’s politics professor rich, and well educated and safe to In his speech, Carter touched on Jonathan Rose co-nominated those that are not,” he said. the current crisis in the Middle East, Jimmy Carter for his honorary In 1982, both Carters saying that principles of peace and created the Carter Center, a human rights should be extended non-government organization to preserving peace in Israel. dedicated to alleviating human “There will be an increased suffering, most notably by reducing chance of conflicts unless we find rates of worm disease in Guinea permanent peace.” from 3.5 million in 1986 to 521 in His wife added that she Continued from page 1 Oct. 2012. recommends students take time Since the early 1980s’ the Carters off after graduating to pursue “[However], I do think that we have a pretty good grasp of the issues and the options moving forward. If there is any doubt of that, we can always draft multiple options,” Dineen said.

Still, the AMS executive team firmly believes that fraternity and sororities shouldn’t be affiliated with the AMS or with Queen’s.

“As an executive, we have serious concerns about the potential for fraternities and sororities — that is, Greek Letter organizations — to introduce a negative and exclusionary quality to the Queen’s community,” she said.

The current policy was written into AMS constitution in 1934 and states that AMS members affiliated with fraternities or sororities will be banned from AMS athletics and social privileges.

Photo by Tiffany Lam The policy was implemented Jimmy Carter told graduates to reach out to those in over concerns that fraternities and need if they’re able to.

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degree. He said Carter’s commitment to leadership made him a worthy candidate.

“The Carter Centre is a superb resource for those of us interested in elections and transparency around the world,” he said. “I think the fact that this is his first honorary doctorate outside the US says something about the esteem he holds Queen’s in.”

Trevor King, MSc ’12, said he

liked that Carter’s speech wasn’t too political.

“I’m not overly versed on much of the political controversy that occurred during his presidency,” he said. “The message of his speech was positive and aimed to inspire us to reach out to the less fortunate.

I thought that he was an excellent speaker for a man of his age.”

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sororities would negatively affect the Queen’s community.

“We recognize that the existing policy is nearly 80 years old and needs to be reviewed,” Mira Dineen, AMS vice president of university affairs, said at Assembly.

On Nov. 21, the AMS released a feedback summary which include 12 arguments for allowing membership in Queen’s— affiliated fraternities and sororities, and 15 against.

Arguments for membership included creating more tight-knit communities within Queen’s, opportunities for bonding among students and networking.

Hazing, exclusivity, elitism and increased alcohol consumption were cited as arguments against bringing fraternities and sororities to Queen’s.

Consultation for the summary began on Oct. 18 after the AMS posted a blog seeking feedback from society leaders.

John Whittaker said the motion

he proposed was directed at the AMS executive team rather than the AMS body because of the executive’s knowledge of the issue.

“I feel that after a certain point of discussion, it became more or less circular and we had enough people mentioning the same overarching issues in their discussion,” he said.

“This way we can move forward with policy and debate it at the next Assembly.”

Leo Erikhman, ArtSci ’14, spoke at Assembly as a representative of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), a Jewish fraternity in Kingston not affiliated with Queen’s. He said he’s happy that the AMS is revisiting the ban.

“I think what’s going on right now is amazing,” he said. “I like that we’re having this discussion and that’s the thing I like to emphasize.”

He said he hopes the new policy will recognize fraternities and sororities who wish to be affiliated with Queen’s.

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CAMPUS CATCH-UPS windsor and Dalhouse consider bike share program The University of Windsor and Dalhousie University are joining the growing number of universities considering bike share programs.

Groups at both schools are considering programs similar to the BIXI bike program in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

The proposals were put forward by the Office of Sustainability at Dalhousie and a student club created through the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at Windsor.

The student group at Windsor told the Windsor Lance that the program would ideally be run entirely by a group like BIXI. In September, the City of Kingston posted a survey to their website asking for feedback on a proposal to bring a similar program to Kingston. They’re currently in the process of developing such a program.

— Holly Tousignant

uBC graduates largest ever class of aboriginal students

western to offer fall break Western University will begin offering a fall break in Oct. 2013, but it’s not the week-long break other schools have seen implemented.

The two-day break, which was passed at Western’s Senate on Nov. 16, came about in response to mental health initiatives on campus. It will take place over the Thursday and Friday before Halloween.

In 2007, students at Queen’s voted against a fall reading week on an AMS referendum question. In 2011, the University confirmed there are no plans to implement one. The University of Ottawa, Ryerson University, Trent University, the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary are among the schools that currently offer fall breaks.

— Holly Tousignant

students win suit against george Brown College

A group of students who studied at George Brown College were recently successful in their class action lawsuit against the school.

The highest-ever number of Aboriginal The international students launched students received PhDs from the University the lawsuit after the international business of British Columbia this week. program they took, which promised The 11 students became the largest group opportunities to complete three industry of students to complete their doctorates designations, failed to follow through on its from a single Canadian institution in one course description. Such designations weren’t year. Their areas of study included prison offered, and students were only prepared on education, aboriginal children in care and how to complete the designations which family violence and healing, according to the would come at an additional cost.

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The 118 students from countries, The University of British Columbia, including India, China and Brazil, sought known for its Aboriginal Law and compensation for the $11,000 they paid for Governance program, has graduated a total the program. The cost in damages George of 43 PhD students over the past two decades. Brown will have to pay the students hasn’t yet been determined.

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Religious freedoms aren’t worth being sacrificed over something so trivial.

Human RIghts

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haircut isn’t a fundamental human right, especially when it offends someone’s religious freedoms.

Faith McGregor was refused a haircut at a Toronto barbershop in June after the owner and the other barbers working there told her that, because of their Muslim faith, they ow much would you pay were unable to touch a woman for a pair of sneakers this Christmas worn by your favourite athlete? Fifty dollars? A hundred dollars? A clean conscience?

For quite some time now, North Americans have been lambasted for the materialistic attitudes that dominate our culture — a culture where professional sports are highly relevant.

But how deep have these behaviours really sunk their teeth?

If you ask the two men stabbed in Pennsylvania this past June over a pair of the relished Nike Air Jordan Retro VII “Olympic” sneakers, the answer would be deep enough to draw blood.

This craving to consume far outstrips reason — a dangerous precedent.

But if consumption is in the veins, then it seems we are tied to a destiny of exsanguination — we will bleed out till the point of irreparable damage.

We’re certainly infatuated with and rubber into the legacy of the charisma of professional sports, Michael Jordan. and more broadly, our celebrities.

And of course, it’s all well These champions we have intentioned, because who doesn’t elected stand for our hopes, our like Michael Jordan? But what dreams and we can be sure that does this mean for society? companies know this.

It means we will continue to Sports merchandising buy that canvas and rubber for companies capitalize on this very hundreds of dollars, because it’s position that these athletes hold in our nature to do so. We will in our society to market their do this, however, without giving products and make them that much a second thought as to what more desirable. compelled us to make this purchase, For who can challenge the nor what consumerist pressures our roar of the crowd when Lebron society emphasizes.

James emphatically drives home The truth at its core is that a lob from Dwyane Wade while the cycle of misplaced value wearing those shoes you covet? and unjustifiably high pricing What about when Kobe Bryant’s will continue to endure as sneakers propel him over an we panic to feed our addiction, Aston Martin? over-consuming largely based on Every time our mirror neurons credit and perpetuating instability fire, and the compulsion to satisfy in our money markets. our craving for the ideal awakens, we encourage the transcendence Mark is the Assistant Arts Editor at of brands. We inevitably transform the Journal. something as simple as canvas

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Furthermore, the barbers worked at a private establishment and by law are allowed to deny anyone service for any reason they deem to be appropriate.

The barbershop could’ve avoided this unnecessary amount of fuss by having a member of staff who wouldn’t be restricted by faith to cut women’s hair. For the many women and children who do go to barbershops, this measure would both promote inclusivity and be a good business decision.

After McGregor made such a fuss over the incident, the owners of the barbershop did offer to give her a haircut at their store from someone who was willing to cut women’s hair.

Even after that, McGregor is continuing on with the case.

In pursuing this case, McGregor is wasting the time and money of the Human Rights tribunal and of the Canadian public that funds it with their tax dollars.

A haircut is something you can get anywhere. Religious freedoms aren’t worth being sacrificed for something so trivial.

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he use of a Navajo headdress in the latest Victoria’s Secret fashion show has become a divisive issue, with some defending the use of cultural symbols in fashion and others calling for a shift away from using them altogether.

After sending Karlie Kloss, a white, European model, down the runway wearing a Navajo headdress and only a bra and panties, the public, Navajo Americans included, have rightfully been less than impressed.

The act is an explicit example of cultural appropriation, where the value of a given cultural symbol is taken out of context.

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could’ve been easily solved.

All she wanted was a haircut — something that she could’ve gotten at one of the many other hairdressers in the city.

The fact that the barbers refused her a haircut isn’t a misogynist statement on their part — it’s a matter of them being allowed to abide by their own religious beliefs.

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who wasn’t a member of their own family.

As a result, she took the barbershop owners to court, claiming that they violated her right to a haircut, making her feel like a “second-class citizen.”

By taking these owners to court, McGregor is making an unnecessary fuss over an issue that

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cultures. In September of this year, their ‘sexy geisha’ outfit caused a similar amount of uproar.

It’s somewhat surprising that they chose to do this again, given their history.

But, little attention has been placed on this sort tokenization in the fashion industry in the past.

“Navajo” is a popular fashion trend, with headdresses and Native American symbols used frequently in fashion merchandise.

Some say that this celebrates Native American culture, expressing its most beautiful aspects to the larger public.

Ultimately, though, this kind of tokenization has flown under the radar previously without being criticized.

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Just because someone didn’t intend to offend someone doesn’t mean that they didn’t — an awareness needs to be raised about how, when cultural symbols are taken out of context, they can become overly simplified.

The company did the right thing by choosing to retract the segment.

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Panel — Drug Legalization

Stirring the legalized pot Our panelists examine the possible choices Canada faces after Colorado and Washington states legalized recreational marijuana earlier this month Continue Status quo

Legalize only marijuana

Colton Carrick, ArtSci ’16

Michelle Gordon, ArtSci ’13

With the recent legalization of marijuana in the US, many Canadians were left in awe at the decision made by our traditionally more conservative neighbour. For decades we Canadians have considered ourselves substantially more progressive on issues such as gay marriage, abortion, healthcare and until now — drug use. However with America’s decision, we are now looking to our own drug laws and questioning their relevance and effectiveness in our modern age. Is the legalization of marijuana the right move for the Canadian government?

Absolutely not.

According to many groups the legalization of marijuana isn’t just a proper course of action, but inevitable. Many reference the vast extent of marijuana use in Canada as justification for its legalization.

According to the United Nations, in 2007 Canada led the industrialized world in its proportion of the population that used marijuana. As the debate over marijuana gains notoriety, pleas for legislation are becoming more and more common. The Liberal Party of Canada has recently become an official advocate for its legalization and advocates are now looking to the government for legislation.

However, the obligation of any respectable government is to improve and maintain a civil and just society. The greatest tool a government has to fulfill this obligation is the ability to make positive change within society through legislation. Essentially, the purpose of legislation is to improve society, not indulge it. To legalize marijuana is to pervert the constructive and beneficial purpose of legislation.

People don’t want to legalize marijuana because they see it as an integral component of a human life lived with dignity or a necessity in the maintenance of the delicate fabric of society.

People want to legalize marijuana because they want to get high. Marijuana use isn’t a fundamental freedom of the individual; it’s a means by which the individual can obtain physical pleasure.

On Nov. 6, the same day that voters in the American states of Washington and Colorado approved the recreational use of marijuana, the Harper government’s Safe Streets and Communities Act came into force, establishing mandatory minimum penalties for the possession and production of pot.

The government has said that pot must remain illegal because of its harmful effects on users and on society, especially young people. As for the effect on users, pot is generally no more harmful, if consumed in moderation, than those legal but controlled substances, alcohol and tobacco. As for harmful societal effects, the current federal policy is itself causing negative consequences.

Millions of Canadians already consume pot, yet Canada is losing an estimated $1 billion in annual tax revenue that legalized sales of pot would generate. We are, meanwhile, spending an estimated $400 million trying to enforce a failed drug strategy.

We are occupying the police and the courts with a victimless crime when their time could be devoted to more serious crimes. And, in the process, we are giving young people criminal records.

The Liberal Party of Canada favours a more sensible approach. At the party’s biennial convention last January, delegates approved a resolution calling for the legalization of pot. This is a policy based on evidence and realism rather than ideology and wishful thinking.

The obligation of any respectable government is to improve and maintain a civil and just society.

The greatest tool a government has ... is the ability to make positive change.

If the Government of Canada legalizes marijuana a dangerous precedent will be set.

The day principle bows down to passion is the day democracy fails.

Now I’m sure that those who advocate for recreational marijuana use will at some point mention freedom. They will either mention the oppressive laws that currently exist with regard to marijuana use or touch on their right to put into their bodies whatever substance they please. Though I admire their passion for freedom it seems that they often See forget on page 12

Millions of Canadians already consume pot, yet Canada is losing an estimated $1 billion in annual tax revenue that legalized sales of pot would generate.

Much of the negative impact which the current criminalization of marijuana has on society would be eliminated if Ottawa were to remove cannabis from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The regulation, sale and taxation of cannabis would then be mostly under the provinces’ jurisdiction, just as tobacco and alcohol are.

The Liberal policy would give amnesty to all Canadians who have been convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and would expunge their criminal records.

This isn’t a radical new policy. The Liberal Party isn’t trying to win votes away from the Canadian Marijuana Party whose sole reason for existence is to legalize Marijuana. It reflects the thrust of two landmark Canadian studies. The Le Dain Commission in 1972 urged repeal of the prohibition against the simple possession of cannabis and cultivation for personal use. The Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs in 2002 proposed that cannabis possession be legal for anyone over 16 years of age.

The Harper Government insists that marijuana must not be legalized because of the incentive this would provide for gang activity and violent crime. However, it’s See the on page 12

legalize all the drugs

Jesse Waslowski, ArtSci ’13

Illegal drugs and controlled substances may be bad for you, but they should be legal to use, sell or produce. Why does any single entity have the right to control how an individual does harm to themselves?

A practical discussion is useful to show the effects of drug legalization.

It’s interesting to note that people haven’t stopped doing drugs because they are illegal. In 2010-11 for example, Canada admitted over 225,000 people to sentenced custody, remand and other temporary detention. Six per cent of those admitted to sentenced custody were admitted on drug offences.

Illegal drugs and controlled substances may be bad for you, but they should be legal to use, sell or produce. Why does any single entity have the right to control how an individual does harm to themselves?

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Compare this with Portugal. Portugal has decriminalized all drugs since 2001, and “illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped,” according to the think-tank CATO. This is the kind of good that can occur when drug users aren’t treated as criminals.

“I hope it’s useful ... do the professors even see them?”

This really begs the question, why is the government wasting money throwing users in jail for victimless crimes? In Matthew Poon, Comm ’15 2010, CATO estimated in the US, “that legalizing drugs would reduce government expenditures by $41.3 billion annually.”

Normally, the government doesn’t arrest an alcoholic unless they’re doing something else illegal. If alcoholics are harming themselves or their social group, they’re allowed to seek or be offered help. This includes medical help or communal help, with groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

“I think students only use the comments when they feel really strongly about When drugs are illegal, the the course.” spontaneous growth of community aid is stunted. If alcohol were illegal, what alcoholic would risk getting caught by Stephie Leung, ArtSci ’14 police so that they could go to an AA meeting? Few if any would take that risk, and the same is true for the user of any drug.

A proponent of decriminalization but not legalization might agree that drug users or addicts shouldn’t be thrown in jail, but this ignores the problem of illegal provision. The provision and production of drugs should also be legalized so that “I only fill in the bubbles.” peaceful businesses can outcompete the violent gangs which currently sell Catherine Yang, MSc(OT) ’12 and smuggle drugs.

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Letters to the editor Carter Deserves Degree Re: “Critical eye on Jimmy Carter” Dear Editors, In last week’s Queen’s Journal, alumnus Michael Shafron argued that President Jimmy Carter’s honorary degree from Queen’s University should be revoked.

What followed in the pages of this newspaper was nothing less than a series of half-truths, non-sequiturs and complete fabrications. One could conceivably fill many pages documenting Mr. Shafron’s misrepresentation of facts and fallacious arguments, but I will focus here on a few.

Mr. Shafron seems to think that the Iranian revolution was President Carter’s fault. In fact, President Carter and his predecessors were ardent supporters of the Shah of Iran — a remorseless despot whose internal security agency, the SAVAK, was responsible for untold numbers of deaths.

Indeed, the United States was responsible for overthrowing the democracy that Mr. Shafron cherishes so adamantly when in 1953 the CIA conducted a coup in Iran to oust the elected government of Mohammed Mossadegh.

The revolution in Iran had absolutely nothing to do with President Carter. When Khomeini supporters attacked the US embassy and held American hostages for 444 days, it was President Carter who cut off ties with Iran. Even after he had lost the election, President Carter worked up until the minute he left the White House to secure the release of the hostages who were freed minutes after the Carter presidency ended.

Mr. Shafron next blames Carter for the Iranian nuclear program and for meeting with leaders of autocratic regimes. On the first instance, either Mr. Shafron is deliberately misrepresenting the truth or he simply has not read anything about Iran’s nuclear program.

It was in the 1950s, not the 1970s that the program began and President Carter refused to sell Iran missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. It was Tel Aviv, not Washington, which conducted secret dealings with the Shah to sell nuclear-capable missiles.

President Carter’s 2008 meeting with Khaled Mashal, the leader of the Hamas government in Gaza led to Hamas declaring support for a Palestinian state on the 1967 lines — which is also the American position — and a 10 year truce offer. Carter’s 2010 meeting with Hamas ended the impasse between the two sides over Gilad Shalit, the captured Israeli corporal. Hamas should be held accountable for its actions (as should Israel), but refusing to meet with leaders you dislike is amateurish and the ultimate form of weakness.

The broader question here is this: Does Mr. Shafron think that Western statesmen should meet only with leaders with whom they agree? President Nixon met with Chairman Mao and reestablished relations with China. President Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev numerous times in the pursuit of peace.

I would like to remind Mr. Shafron that it was the late Moshe Dayan — Israel’s legendary defense minister — who said, “If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends.

You talk to your enemies.”

The most egregious part of Mr. Shafron’s incoherent bromide against President Carter is that he mentions the Camp David Accords only in passing. Jimmy Carter was the first and only president to achieve Middle East peace and US-brokered deal is the linchpin of regional security today.

Israeli-Egyptian peace is the reason why a ceasefire was reached in the recent Gaza War. Again, it is unclear whether

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forget freedom’s inseparable companion: responsibility. The civil rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.”

Freedom isn’t meant to allow the citizen to do what they want, it’s meant to allow the citizen to do what they ought.

The use of marijuana impedes a citizen’s ability to fulfill his or her full potential as a citizen. The acute symptoms of marijuana use include impaired coordination, balance, attention, judgment and short-term memory. Persistent symptoms include sleep, memory and learning impairment; and long-term use can lead to addiction, anxiety, depression and amotivational syndrome I am not naïve to the realities of marijuana use. I myself know that many people frequently use the drug and experience little or no negative side effects.

Though this may be the reality for the majority of marijuana users, the fact of the matter is that it can have devastating effects on a small group of individuals — a small group of individuals can impact society in a major way.

One need only look at the millions of dollars spent on alcohol rehabilitation, the countless lives lost because of drunk driving, the hundreds of families torn apart because of alcoholism, and thousands of other alcohol related deaths to see that a mild recreational drugs can have lasting and horrible effects on a community.

The difference between alcohol and marijuana is that marijuana has yet to become a part of mainstream culture. It isn’t too late to stop marijuana in its tracks.

Government isn’t about giving you what you want. It’s about giving you what you need.

the status quo — the criminal prohibition of marijuana — that endangers Canadians by promoting gang-related crime and weapons smuggling.

A Liberal government, while legalizing marijuana, would ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution and use. A Liberal government would also maintain strict penalties for illicit trafficking and illegal importation and export of pot.

Last October, a B.C. organization called Stop the Violence, which includes former judges, police chiefs and health experts, launched a high-profile campaign to “end the cannabis cash cow of organized crime.”

The B.C. coalition reported that marijuana prohibition fuels gang warfare and that school children now have easier access to pot than to alcohol or cigarettes, due to the reach of organized crime. Thus, a misguided policy ostensibly to protect young people from pot, turns them into the clients of drug dealers and often gives them criminal records.

The B.C. coalition, like the Liberal Party, advocates the regulated sale of marijuana similar to that of cigarettes, so that it can be controlled and taxed and its use eventually reduced.

Of course, legalization of marijuana wouldn’t mean legalization of other narcotics such as heroin, cocaine and ecstasy. Those drugs are far more addictive and dangerous.

But even for marijuana, a Liberal government would underwrite education programs to raise awareness of its health risks.

Just as the lawful sale of tobacco hasn’t thwarted the success of public health efforts to lessen its use, neither would the legalization of marijuana be at odds with efforts to curb its excessive consumption.

world doesn’t need another Mexico-like “military-led offensive” against drug cartels, under President Felipe Calderon’s terms where 42,000 people have died between 2006 and 2011.

Just as the prohibition on alcohol once led to the creation of violent gangs, the prohibition on marijuana and other controlled substances is doing the same thing today.

Currently, illegal organizations find it profitable to buy guns and use these guns to protect their goods (drugs) from police and rival gangs.

The purchase of violent weaponry would become unnecessary and therefore unprofitable, if drugs were legalized, because the legal property (drugs) would be subject to the same protection by police as all other legal property. Therefore, the legalization of drug production and provision would reduce violent crime.

I prefer price wars in the market over drug wars in the street.

Finally, those that are the most vulnerable economically have the most reason to risk joining a gang or selling illegal substances, since this risk is compensated monetarily. These people, because of their illegal activities, are at greater risk for not advancing economically if they receive a criminal record.

Prohibition on drugs therefore perpetuates poverty and aggravates systems of discrimination that interact with poverty.

Controlled substances should be legalized because there is no right to stop someone from doing to themselves what they choose. Legalization improves the health of users and reduces violence, whereas prohibition perpetuates poverty and discrimination.

Colton Carrick is a member of the Queen’s University Conservative Association.

Michelle Gordon is vice-president provincial with the Queen’s University Liberal Association.

Jesse Waslowski is a member of Queen’s Students for Liberty.

Mr. Shafron was trying to deliberately mislead readers or he simply did not know how important the Camp David Accords were.

President Carter was not a perfect president. His support for the Afghan resistance and unsuccessful attempt in 1980 to rescue American hostages by military means had long-standing consequences.

Carter’s ineffectual response to the 1979 energy crisis is still remembered by many.

Yet, at the same time, President Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaties, continued constructive relations with China, signed a second round of nuclear arms reduction treaties with the Soviet Union, and appointed Paul Volcker to the Federal Reserve where he would eventually crush stagflation. Also, it must be noted, President Carter deregulated the American beer industry.

I am proud to have graduated from a university wise enough to grant President Jimmy Carter an honourary degree. At my current university in England, I have told my peers about Queen’s decision to widespread acclaim.

President Carter has been awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom as well as a Nobel Peace Prize.

He holds honorary degrees from too many universities to count, but among them are the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa. His Queen’s University degree will hang alongside degrees from these and many other esteemed institutions of learning.

I only hope that President Carter was not handed last week’s edition of the Journal while he was in Kingston, as his regard for the academic reputation of this University may have dwindled markedly after reading Mr. Shafron’s benighted polemic.

Omer Aziz ArtSci ’12

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Banjo vibes Old Man Luedecke recalls how he first started his folk music career B y J oanna P lucinska Editorials Editor Save the tissue boxes for someone else — Chris Luedecke’s heartbreak only needed the purchase of a banjo to be solved.

It’s this broken heart that sparked Luedecke’s love for music.

“I hitchhiked from Vancouver to the Yukon [in 1998] and I met a girl up there. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with myself after that summer. I was looking for a mode of expression. I got a banjo on the whim to have some sort of expression,” Luedecke said.

Originally from Chester, N.S., Old Man Luedecke ended up in Dawson City in the Yukon in 1998 and that’s where he bought his first banjo.

“It’s a great vehicle for what I have to say.”

Nine years later, Juno-award winner Luedecke has just finished putting together his sixth and latest album, Tender is the Night.

Luedecke said his recording style hasn’t changed much since that first EP. “All of my records are recorded live. There are few solo instruments or vocal harmonies, but mostly what you hear is how we played that day and what we played in the moment and how we got down to business,” he said.

With this new album, Luedecke decided to switch up a few things, leaving Canada behind to head to the city where country music dreams tend to come true.

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Arts Ebonnie Hollenbeck, BFA ‘13, went on hunting trips in Quebec to gather the components of her exhibit Into Your Hideout IV.

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Untamed wings of solitude Ebonnie Hollenbeck’s new exhibit depicts wild animals in their rawest form B y C arling S pinney Copy Editor Ebonnie Hollenbeck’s on the hunt and you’re her prey.

Hollenbeck, BFA ’13, has successfully concocted a striking fusion of science and nature in her exhibit Into Your Hideout IV. In this installation, the Project

Room’s walls are patterned with black trees, creating a forest scene.

The paint seemingly trickles down the trunks, reminiscent of animal saliva or blood. This hunting imagery is Hollenbeck’s almost obsessive subject matter in a lot of her work.

I noticed bullets lying on the ground and lone feathers hanging

Wool on Wolves has a changing musical style to match their changing instruments on stage.

In the past four years, the band has successfully made an unintentional shift from rural folk music to harder rock and roll.

in the air — the remnants of some ominous event.

The forest-painted walls gave me the feeling I was being watched between the trees.

I almost expected to hear a branch snap under my feet.

This unsettling effect quietly sneaks up on the viewer.

The most striking part of the

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Intense instrumentation Alberta natives Wool on Wolves bring rock feel to their latest album

Wool on Wolves guitarist Thomas Reikie says he and his bandmates met while they were studying at the University of Alberta.

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As guitarist and lead vocalist Thomas Reikie tells me, the band doesn’t categorize themselves under any musical umbrella, something he said as he stood under an awning in Vancouver while rain poured outside.

Starting out as a folk group with their debut release Hate is Poor, Wool on Wolves has moved

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towards an edgier and more anthemic rock sound with their latest release Measures of Progress.

Like many other musicians, Reikie said he and his band mates try to avoid being labeled as any specific genre of music.

“We try to avoid labels so to speak. It’s inevitable in an attempt to understand what you’re doing

to try to say that it’s something, but I would definitely say we’re not using an umbrella,” Reikie said.

According to him, what makes his band unique is the number of instruments they incorporate in their songs.

“We would be rehearsing and someone would just say, ‘You know what would sound great on this? A violin.’ And it just so happened that one of us played violin,” he said.

The members of Wool on Wolves are fluent in banjo, mandolin, trumpet and slide, earning them the rights to the title of being multi-talented individuals.

“I don’t think you aim to have a schtick when you start a band, it just ended up being a bit of a byproduct,” Reikie said.

While other bands may rely solely on revved up guitar solos or astounding vocal riffs, Reikie said his band realized the possibility of using other instruments to create unique sounds.

“It’s not just about guitar, bass and drums. You can do all kinds of different things,” he said.

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exhibit was the chandelier-like cluster of splayed wings and window panes dangling from the ceiling. I couldn’t help but continuously look above my ahead at what was suspended there.

Although the artist’s mother bred domesticated animals for pet shops, Hollenbeck says in her artist’s statement that she’s drawn to more untamed and wild animals.

Hollenbeck astutely points out that, in a sense, she performs the very themes she’s interested in expressing. Those of hunting and being hunted.

The artist scavenges for feathers and hunts down deer skulls for her artwork. Knowing that each material used in the exhibit was hand-picked was impressive, but also creepy.

Two deer skulls, acquired from a Quebec hunting trip, are attached half-way up the wall opposite the entrance. Their eeriness was matched by the Canadian geese and macaw feathers found hanging in the space.

Because the Project Room is tucked away in Union Gallery, the exhibit truly becomes a “hideout” or refuge from the outside world.

Earlier, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what the winged pieces called to mind, but then it hit me — they reminded me of the moment of impact when a bird collides with a window.

The feathers are spread out in panic, yet they’re jarringly still, like a horrific snapshot in time. The show is initially a welcome recluse, but simultaneously unnerving.

Into Your Hideout IV blurs the line between safe and sinister by making you question whether you are observing the exhibit or it’s observing you.

Into Your Hideout IV is on exhibit in the Project Room of Union Gallery until Nov. 27.

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Joseph Sekine and Charlotte Boyer shone as the two leads in Wait Until Dark! The play tells the story of three con men vying to get a stuffed animal laced with heroin.

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tHeatre review

Wait until the lights go out to scream Fifth Company Lane Productions puts on an impressively intricate show with Wait Until Dark!

B y n ick Faris M ark l ouie Journal Staff

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With a title like Wait Until Dark!, the viewer is immediately left with an ominous feeling.

The play that follows its title is suspenseful in all the best ways.

Based on the 1966 Frederick Knott play, criminal mastermind Harry Roat Jr. and blind housewife of Sam, Susy Hendrix, face off in a tale of manipulation and criminal ambition.

Roat’s object of desire is a children’s doll laced with the heroin he yearns for, elusively veiled in the confines of Susy’s kitchen.

Roat coerces two penniless con

men recently released from jail to assist with his criminal plot.

As a dangerous game of chess unfolded on stage, both the black and white sides of the characters drove the play to great success, honouring the complexity and intelligence with which the script was crafted.

In what could have been a clichéd dialogue of suspense terminology, the word choice was clever, using choppy sentences that packed a punch when they needed to.

A visually dynamic set further enabled the plot by using ordinary kitchen items wielded by the characters to achieve their end goals. Making inspired

use of lighting, the villain and damsel-not-so-in-distress brilliantly personified the evil and contra-evil the writing intends.

On one side of the negotiations is Roat, the malicious crook, played by Andrew Sekine, who appears a champion of wit from his first entrance through the plot’s spectacular dénouement. Ricci was nothing but a pleasure to watch, maneuvering about the stage with suave style and believable assurance.

The all-encompassing consideration of the characters for detail and contingency were reminiscent of the Wolf in Pulp Fiction. To his credit, Ricci also managed an impressive balance

between his character and the two other personalities he forged in his endeavors to secure the doll.

In stark contrast is Susy, who is initially written off as a marginal player but soon proves a worthy adversary. Behind vacant eyes, the character applies logic in a way that leaves the audience pleasantly surprised.

Through the strength of Charlotte Boyer, what at first is blindness becomes a poker face, calculating and unyielding to fear.

Seemingly outmatched, Susy relies on her ingenuity and an admirable dose of courage to fend off her opponents.

In a stellar cast that had a marvelous script to play with, Vince

Ricci and Joseph Garrett were serviceable as the two con men, even though their delivery seemed overacted and overdramatic at times, like in the final scenes when their façade is revealed.

Wait Until Dark! didn’t disappoint — the inherent mysterious tone of the title ran throughout the play.

The audience was left in a state of anticipation right until Roat delivered his very last line.

Wait Until Dark! runs tonight and tomorrow night in the Vogt Studio at 8 p.m.

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A song to warn Inlet Sound uses their experiences to give listeners a life lesson B y M ark L ouie Assistant Arts Editor

Inlet Sound keyboardist, Sean Hardy, says their harder and edgier rock sound has been influenced by learning from past mistakes.

It’s a cautionary tale, not one of pessimism.

Toronto band Inlet Sound’s latest album is all about the power of experience.

While I was speaking with keyboardist Sean Hardy, he revealed that the band’s essence is the loss of youthful perspectives.

Hardy said this realization came when he and his friend Michael Wexler first started the band in 2009.

“Mike and I, who founded the band, lived together in a crappy apartment in Toronto two summers ago. Mike had just finished

undergrad and I was going back for another year, and we felt the chasm of the future stretching out in front of us,” Hardy said.

The inspiration for their newest album The Romantics came from the duo’s experiences with anxiety for the future, Hardy said.

“It’s a contrast between the idealism that we carried with us going into university and the reality. That is probably one of the biggest things that you’ll find in The Romantics,” he said.

The band’s latest album, released in October, is a convincing expression of

those sentiments.

According to Hardy, the band’s message of expectations being wrong isn’t just relevant to the band members.

“One thing that applies to almost our entire generation is the notion of being able to go forth and prosper and live long, productive and relatively stable lives without much incident,” he said. “That, for us, is something that we’ve come to terms with — maybe the world isn’t as accommodating as we first thought.”

In the case of The Romantics, Hardy said he especially feels these notions have set the tone for the band’s latest sound.

“Things that would really bring out the feelings we were trying to transmit in the songs. That’s how the harder edge came out.”

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Inlet Sound isn’t trying to discourage their listeners, just give them a warning.

“I say that as if it’s some kind of bummer, but it’s not about coming away from experiences with a darker view, but a more accepting, resigned view of things,” Hardy said.

Using their own experiences to influence their music, the band has a message with each of their songs.

“The world won’t give us things as easily.

There’s more work to do and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe the world is a more complex creature, and you move ahead appreciating that.”

Inlet Sound plays The Grad Club next Friday.

Doors open at 9 p.m.

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After his group Attack in Black broke up, Spencer Burton continued on a solo career performing under the stage name Grey Kingdom.

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Grey nights for Grey Kingdom Musician Spencer Burton talks about touring solo B y A lex D ownham Contributor

A few helpful tips from the

Office of the University Registrar regarding December exams.

Check the timetable for your exam location Remember to bring your student card!

Be there early. The doors open 15 minutes in advance.

Don’t bring your cellphone. You can’t use it during exams and it’s probably a good idea to leave all your valuables at home anyway.

The PEC location is the Physical Education Center on Union Street near Division Street. It houses three gyms, BART, ROSS, and BEWS. Enter the venue from Union Street.

Haven’t seen the December exam timetable yet?

http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/currentstudents/exams.html

All the best!

The musical cocktail of Spencer Burton is one shot classic country and one tablespoon of dark humour.

He proves that the stranger the person, the more they’re worth listening to.

I spoke with the quirky songwriter who performs under the alias of Grey Kingdom.

“You can ask me anything you want, sir. You can even ask me what I had for breakfast if you like,” he said, starting off what would continue to be a relatively light-hearted conversation.

After trading in his electric guitar from his Attack in Black days for an acoustic one, Burton started off on his solo career in 2009. He’s currently on tour with his latest solo album Light, I’ll Call Your Name Out ‘Darkness.’

Burton made me a fan with his calming lullabies and blissful guitar melodies. (Not that he needed my support, since he’s a fan of his work as well.)

“If I could describe my album in five words, I’d say it’s pretty good,” he said.

Currently on tour with the album, Burton said touring is often lonely and sometimes scary.

He recalled one incident where he had his very own Ghost Busters moment.

“You know those websites that have all those ghost, demon and ghoul sighting videos and stuff? Yeah. Well I was watching them on my way home from an American tour, and it

was awful having all those thoughts flood my head when I was alone,” he said.

“I went to the back of my van, sat down, watched my breath turn to fog, fog to dust, and yeah. It was a terrible, paranoid experience.”

Just when I thought things were going to take a turn to the dark side, Burton started serenading me with an old Willie Nelson tune. He said the US country artist’s songs are some of his favourite to perform.

“I just ended up jamming to it one night at a show and it was awesome,” he said.

“They’re just such good songs. It was one of the greatest times I’ve had performing in a long, long time.”

After this, I asked Burton the one question that was burning in my mind: would there be an Attack in Black comeback in the future?

“Nah, I think that we’re all off doing our own separate things. I’d say that the likelihood of us doing more stuff together is very, very low. Sorry dude.”

My heart sank with his response.

Although Burton attempted to justify himself as “a man with no heart and no soul,” the sincere messages he puts into Grey Kingdom’s music reflects his passion for storytelling.

“I feel confident about it. It’s a real cool time.”

Grey Kingdom plays the Grad Club tomorrow night with Old Man Luedecke. Doors open at 9 p.m.

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Going the distance for the music Toronto producer Rich Kidd and Vancouver rapper SonReal collaborate on first album together B y M egan S carth Contributor As far as rap duos go, SonReal and Rich Kidd have their relationship figured out.

“Unless he pisses me off and I want to rip his guts out, then we’ll always be good.”

Toronto rapper/producer Rich Kidd’s found his musical counterpart in Vancouver rapper SonReal. The duo just released their first album together entitled The Closers.

Rich Kidd said he met SonReal back in the days of Internet chatting before Twitter and Facebook became popular.

“I met him on MSN back in like, ’06 or ’07. He hit me up first because he heard I made beats and stuff like that,” Rich Kidd said. “He spit on the first mix tape that I dropped and since then, we just stayed in contact.”

Years of knowing each other allowed them to become friends as well as frequent music collaborators.

“SonReal sees the real me and I see the real him. We vibe off that, and as long as we keep vibing and as long as we keep collaborating and making good music, then we won’t ever have a problem.”

Rich Kidd has produced most of SonReal’s

solo albums, and SonReal returned the favour by making guest appearances on Rich Kidd’s independent releases. The Closers will mark Rich Kidd’s first full-length album release.

Son, I wanted to get “in With the room with him and

really hammer out music just because I know we work best that way together.

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— Rich Kidd

“We basically went to L.A. to record the majority of the album, which was originally supposed to be an EP, but since we recorded so many good joints, the label wanted to turn it into an album,” Rich Kidd said. “I produced most of the stuff back at home, but brought my beats over there and then we laced it up.”

Going to L.A. was a perfect solution to the barrier of geography.

The duo spent ten days in the sunny state recording the album since Rich Kidd said rather than emailing sections of songs to each other, the pair wanted to meet in person.

“With Son, I wanted to get in the room

Rich Kidd says he met SonReal for the first time over MSN in ‘06 or ‘07.

with him and really hammer out music just because I know we work best that way together.”

Now the rap duo is on tour with the

Not bluegrass, just great folk Continued from page 13

from the last few records,” Luedecke said.

“In some ways, it’s not all that different at all because I still made a record in four or five days.”

While recording the album in Nashville, Luedecke said he got inspiration from the bluegrass musicians he was playing with.

“In Nashville, you listen to a lot of bluegrass music, which is a world I’m familiar with, but I also don’t write or sing in a

bluegrass style,” he said.

Luedecke said he had a great experience in the new recording environment in Nashville.

“In terms of basic recording, I was playing with some great musicians and we had a great time playing off of each other.”

Luedecke is currently on tour in Canada with Tender is the Night.

The tour has also taken Luedecke outside of Canada’s boundaries.

“I’ve been playing in the [Northeast] US

Old Man Luedecke is returning to Kingston tomorrow night before continuing on his tour in the US and overseas in the next few months.

group will always stay true to the music first.

“By that token, we’re never going to force it,” he said.

Reikie’s said he doesn’t switch instruments as much as his fellow band members do — he gets to focus on playing his guitar.

“It’s an incredible instrument and I really love it,” he said.

Reikie’s guitar skills are evident in songs from the new album like “Be the Change” and “Midnight Avenue.”

He said making Measures of Progress was a collaboration between all members of the

new album all over the country. Having just returned from doing gigs in Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary, SonReal and Rich Kidd are going to be hitting Kingston next week for the first time.

Rich Kidd said no show is ever boring.

After a smoke before going on stage, he’s always excited about what the gig could bring for the future.

“Every show is a good opportunity to meet new people, gain some new fans and turn people onto what we do.”

SonReal and Rich Kidd play the Mansion on Wednesday at 9 p.m.

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this week and I’ll go to England and Australia next year.”

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band. The group first got together during their time completing their degrees at the University of Alberta.

“Brody [Irvine] served as the linchpin. I met him through a job we both worked and he was roommates with Gord [Brasnett] who worked with Kevin [George] and everything came together that way,” Reikie said. “It made sense — it was the perfect storm.”

6 scheduled daily flights from/to Toronto & Kingston

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Men’s Basketball

Middle at midway mark

T-Wolves topped Gaels upset CIS Top 10 opponent

Gaels just over .500 through 11 games B y J osh B urton Staff Writer A win streak is hard to come by for the men’s hockey team.

Keeping with the season’s “win one, lose one” trend, the Gaels dropped a 4-3 decision at home to the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday after easily defeating the Ryerson Rams 4-1 on Thursday.

It was the second time this year that the Gaels blew a second period lead against the Lakers.

Now they’re sitting at 5-4-2 for the season.

Rookie forward Taylor Clements was dissatisfied with his

play, after a two-goal night which featured a top shelf backhand shot.

“As the season goes on I’m going to score more goals,” Clements said. “What I really care about is winning hockey games because that’s when the team celebrates it.”

The loss featured many of the problems that have plagued the Gaels in the first 11 games of the season: stagnant power play, blown leads and an inability to score go-ahead goals late in the game.

The Gaels’ power play unit is operating at only 14 per cent and has hurt them in several games thus far.

“Your power play’s not going

B y Peter R eimer Staff Writer

they lack a goal scorer who can average a point or more per game.

Clements is tied with Jordan Mirwaldt for the team lead in points with eight, but sits only 71st in OUA scoring. Gibson doesn’t believe the team’s lack of a top goal

The Gaels have won more games than all of last season after defeating a nationally-ranked opponent.

The Gaels (3-1) dropped the seventh-ranked Lakehead Thunderwolves 96-87 last Friday night and fell to the Guelph Gryphons 83-73 on Saturday.

Head coach Stephan Barrie said the team still has some inconsistencies to work out.

“The game of basketball is a game of runs,” Barrie said. “Limiting runs

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The Gaels lost a 3-2 lead against Nipissing last Saturday, allowing the Lakers to come back for the second time in two weeks.

to score every time — penalty kills and goalies are too good,” head coach Brett Gibson said, “but it can’t gain momentum for other teams.”

Although the Gaels play a dump and chase style that complements the physical nature of the team,

Men’s Volleyball

Stopped by the ‘Stangs Outside hitters Goyer, Tomlinson 1-3 in OUA scoring race B y S ean L iebich Contributor The youthful men’s volleyball team showed their progression in a tight match with Western last weekend.

The Gaels went 1-1 at home, edging the Windsor Lancers 3-2 on Saturday and losing to the Western Mustangs 3-1 on Sunday.

Inside Sideline commentary

Yahoo!’s Andrew Bucholtz on the state of CIS football.

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Women’s Hockey

Nationally fifth-ranked Gaels win third straight.

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“I’m happy with how we came out today,” said outside hitter Philippe Goyer after the loss to Western. “Our effort [against Windsor] wasn’t as good as we wanted it to be.”

Goyer and outside hitter Mike Tomlinson both posted season highs in points this past weekend, moving them into first and third in the OUA kills race respectively.

Tomlinson posted 28.5 points in Saturday’s win and Goyer put up 29 in the loss to Western.

Fifth-year setter Jackson Dakin recorded 49 assists against Western, nearly enabling an upset over the third-place Mustangs (5-1).

“We had a long, hard battle [against Windsor],” said Gaels head coach Brenda Willis. “[Western] had three quick games [on Saturday] and probably didn’t play all their starters, and we had a

long five-setter.”

Fatigue may have been a factor for the Gaels, but Willis placed lack of execution as blame for the loss.

“We were good enough to beat them and we didn’t finish,” she said. “We missed serves … and we didn’t put the ball away when we needed to.

Despite the loss, the Gaels are optimistic about future meetings between the teams. “[We’re] showing some progression and some depth, because I played some different guys there — Darren Edwards and Ivo Dramov came in,” Willis said.

Dramov played two sets for the Gaels on Sunday and recorded nine digs, a season high for the first-year libero.

The 1-1 result from the weekend puts the Gaels at 5-3, fourth in the OUA. Outside hitter Mike Tomlinson is currently third in the OUA with 107 kills.

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Scoping the state of CIS football Saturday’s Vanier Cup could benefit Canadian football, but lingering parity issues must be addressed

A ndrew B ucholtz , A rt S ci ’09

From many perspectives, this year’s Vanier Cup may be an ideal situation for CIS football. Pairing it with the Grey Cup in Toronto could provide a boost for the CIS product — but the league’s disparity remains a prevalent issue.

Last year, the Vanier Cup and Grey Cup were held in the same city for the first time since 2007, and the McMaster Marauders and Laval Rouge et Or put on a spectacular show. Everything suggests that this rematch would be a great showcase for the CIS product and something that will boost Canadian university football going forward.

However, it may not be enough to overcome CIS football’s chief problem: a growing lack of parity.

The same four teams won their conferences in 2011 and 2012 — the first time that’s ever happened in back-to-back seasons, and none of the conference finals

were particularly close or exciting.

The national semifinals were even worse from a perspective of game quality: the Uteck Bowl saw Laval dismantle Acadia 42-7, while McMaster thumped Calgary 45-6 in the Mitchell Bowl.

Those blowouts were bad enough, but the parity issues within CIS football go even deeper.

Atlantic University Sport teams’ inability to compete with other conferences is growing. Beyond the Uteck Bowl blowout and previous similar losses on the national stage, AUS teams also went 1-3 in their interlock against Quebec this year, with the lone win coming via forfeit.

The trend is particularly troubling, but across the country, we’re seeing the field tilt more and more towards programs with tons of money.

State-of-the-art playing and training facilities, top coaching hires, large numbers of full-time assistant coaches and extensive athletic scholarships for football represent huge advantages in recruiting, retaining and developing talent, but not everyone can afford them. That contributes to the growing stratification of the game.

This disparity is problematic from several fronts.

One is interest in the regular season. It’s tough to get fans to

Only 2,432 fans attended Queen’s 35-7 blowout victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues on Oct. 20.

come to likely blowouts, so it’s not surprising that Queen’s final 2012 regular-season game — a 35-7 win against the basement-dwelling Toronto Varsity Blues — drew just a listed attendance of 2,432.

Across the country, we’re seeing the field tilt more and more towards programs with tons of money.

Similar logic applies to broadcasts; no one wants to televise or watch a beatdown. That’s part of why there are only a handful of CIS games broadcast each week during the season; it’s tough to

WoMen’s Volleyball

Promising returns Win streak reaches four as Gaels crumple Lancers at home B y L auri Kytömaa Staff Writer The only teams better than Queen’s right now are undefeated.

Underneath the York Lions and the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the OUA are the Gaels (6-2), who rolled over the Windsor Lancers last Saturday for a fourth straight win.

They won it in three sets, taking each by at least five points (25-14, 25-20, 25-17).

Team captain Shannon Walsh said the three-set finish was something the team was working towards.

“The little points in other games that we haven’t been as successful with, we really took care of those this game,” she said.

Walsh said the team’s focused on position strategy to help improve execution. “[We’re] making sure we are in the right position and [making] sure the ball gets to the target … You need to make sure we are disciplined and are taking care of every ball like it was the last point of the game.”

After the Gaels tough five-set loss to the Ryerson Rams on Nov. 5, the team’s yet to look back from their early season struggles.

“We feel really connected.

We’ve been working really hard in the weight room and in the gym every day,” Walsh said. “At this point, it’s feeling positive going into the winter break and hopefully it

sell broadcasters on more coverage without better games.

Another issue is that disparity in college sports tends to self-perpetuate: do well, get more funding and donations, recruit even more talent, do even better.

Thus, things may only get worse from a parity standpoint.

Without a doubt, this year’s Vanier will benefit from some of the extra publicity thanks to the 100th Grey Cup. Laval and McMaster play on Saturday in a rematch of last year’s stunning Vanier.

With close to 30,000 tickets already sold by Tuesday, the organizing committee decided to open up the upper bowl, and demand for those seats has looked strong thus far as well.

It’s a cheaper ticket than the Grey Cup, although the pricing of $40-$60 for the cheapest seats is higher than some preceding Vaniers. This year’s will be held in a location that’s extremely close for McMaster students and is at

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least theoretically driveable for the Laval contingent.

This year’s Vanier should be a great showcase for CIS football, but administrators can’t assume all is well. For one thing, the 2013 Vanier may not be paired with the Grey Cup, thanks largely to hotel issues in Regina, and some CIS types aren’t all that happy with the pairing overall despite the benefits (including expanded attendance and media coverage).

There are also CFL resentments over drafted players refusing to report to camp and going back to CIS. The CIS talent level has arguably never been better, but there are significant issues with the week-to-week product, especially around parity.

The 2012 Vanier could provide a boost for CIS football, but it alone won’t solve everything.

Andrew Bucholtz is a former Journal Sports Editor (2008-09). He covers all levels of Canadian football for Yahoo!

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Buzzer beater Pearson’s heroics key overtime win B y J ordan C athcart Staff Writer

Outside hitter Colleen Oglivie recorded 10 kills last Saturday against Windsor.

continues to go uphill from there.”

The victory moves the Gaels to a 6-2 record and a third-place position in the OUA with only one game remaining before the Christmas break.

In their final game of the semester, the team will face off

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against their cross-town rival, the Royal Military College Paladins, at home this Saturday.

“We are excited because it is just the one game so we can put all of our energy and focus into one Saturday night.”

Queen’s secured a thrilling win last Friday in a game that came down to the wire.

The Gaels topped the Lakehead Thunderwolves 67-63 in Thunder Bay, followed by a 62-71 loss last Saturday to the Guelph Gryphons.

The more notable loss was that of guard Meaghan MacDougall, who suffered an ACL injury and will likely miss the rest of the season.

The Gaels led in the first half against Lakehead by 18 points, before the Thunderwolves eventually took the lead late in the fourth quarter. With the Gaels down two with no time left, first-year post Robyn Pearson hit a 15-foot jumper to send the game to an extra frame.

The Gaels outscored the Thunderwolves 8-4 in overtime to win the game. Second-year wing Gemma Bullard led the charge with 16 points and six rebounds.

Co-captain Liz Boag believes the win was a reflection of the team’s character.

“The win in overtime was very exciting — it shows the depth of our team and how many people can contribute,” Boag said.

Gaels head coach Dave Wilson took the win with a grain of salt.

“There are lessons to be learned whether [Pearson’s] shot went in or didn’t go in,” Wilson said. “I told the players that it’s much easier to learn those same lessons after a win than after a loss.”

Saturday’s game against the Gryphons was a much different story, as Queen’s lost 71-62 while shooting a dismal 30 per cent from the field.

Sitting at 2-2 after four regular season games, fourth-year post Hanna Koposhynska has a positive outlook on the remainder of the season.

“It’s a very different team this year, but I think our chemistry improves each week,” Koposhynska said. “I’m happy with how we are all learning to play with each other and our strengths.”

The Gaels visit the undefeated Brock Badgers tonight and the McMaster Marauders on Saturday.

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WoMen’s Hockey

Power play leads way Offense, defence in sync in shutout of Waterloo B y s ean s utherLand Contributor Another dominant defensive performance led the Gaels to their third straight victory last Friday night.

Queen’s topped the visiting Waterloo Warriors 4-0, marking their second shut-out against the Warriors this season. The Gaels

have now played half their season and sit atop the OUA standings with 23 points.

“I’m extremely proud of the way the girls have prepared for each game and I’m happy with the team unity,” head coach Matt Holmberg said.

The Gaels’ defence continues to shut down opposing teams, having allowed a league-low 18 goals in 13 games. Goaltenders

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OUA Women’s Hockey Standings t1. Queen’s [11-1-1] — 23 pts

7. UOIT [5-7-2] — 12 pts

T1. Laurier [11-1-1] — 23 pts

8. York [4-7-1] — 9 pts

3. Guelph [10-3-2] — 22 pts

9. Waterloo [3-8-2] — 8 pts

T4. Western [9-3-1] — 19 pts

10. Ryerson [2-10-0] — 4 pts

T4. Windsor [9-4-1] — 19 pts

11. Brock [1-12-1] — 3 pts

6. Toronto [8-4-1] — 17 pts Karissa Savage and Mel Dodd-Moher have combined for five shutouts, with both sitting in the OUA’s top three in goals against average.

Defence wasn’t the only thing the Gaels had going for them last Friday. Centre Shawna Griffin took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play to open the scoring and winger Taryn Pilon made it 2-0 later in the first.

“Waterloo plays a tight … defensive system, so it’s hard to get some shots through,” Holmberg said. “We were just patient and made sure we capitalized on our chances.”

The OUA-leading power play came through again late in the second period when right winger Brittany McHaffie scored with

57 seconds remaining. Her sister Morgan scored the final goal of the game just over three minutes into the third period.

“We knew Waterloo would give us a tough game but I think we matched them,” Morgan McHaffie said. “[We] put a couple of goals in and our goaltending was stellar once again.”

McHaffie’s third period goal was her 20th point of the season. Last year’s OUA leading scorer, she once again finds herself on top of the scoring charts.

“I would attribute [the scoring lead] a lot to my teammates and my coaches helping me personally become a better player,” McHaffie said. “It’s more of a team statistic to me.”

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‘A game of runs’ The Gaels blanked Waterloo 4-0 last Friday, marking their second shutout of the Warriors this season.

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and trying to maximize your own is really the name of the game.”

Rookie guard Roshane Roberts scored 14 points during the Gaels’ second-quarter 25-2 run, which was enough to hold off Lakehead.

After losing to Carleton and McGill in the preseason, a win over a CIS Top 10 team is a milestone for the Gaels.

“We just had not been able to beat a team that was in that upper echelon,” Barrie said.

“That’s something now that we’ve added to what we’ve done, but hopefully we’re not satisfied with that.”

Five Gaels finished the game in double digits. Greg Faulkner and Roberts led the team with 22 and 17 points, respectively.

The Gaels fell behind early against Guelph on Saturday, but were able to battle back and secure a 29-22 lead. The Gryphons went on

a 15-4 run to end the first half up 37-33, but the Gaels closed the gap to two points by the end of the third quarter.

A 8-0 Gryphons’ run to start the fourth sealed the Gaels’ fate.

Faulkner scored a team-high 17 points, while rookies Sukhpreet Singh and Mark Paclibar contributed 14 and 11 points, respectively.

Barrie said the team’s lack of energy at different key points in the game hurt the Gaels.

“We want to be a team that’s pushing the ball, and we want to be pressing on defence,” he said. “But we also want to make sure that we’re making good decisions, and we’re not being aggressive to a fault.”

The Gaels play against the Brock Badgers tonight and the McMaster Marauders tomorrow.

ON DECK CIRCLE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Nov. 23, 8 p.m.: Gaels (3-1) @ Brock Badgers (1-3) Saturday Nov. 24, 8 p.m.: Gaels @ McMaster Marauders (1-3) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Nov. 23, 6 p.m.: Gaels (2-2) @ Brock Badgers (4-0) Saturday Nov. 24, 6 p.m.: Gaels @ McMaster Marauders (1-3) MEN’S HOCKEY Friday Nov. 23, 7 p.m.: Gaels (5-4-2) @ Ottawa Gee-Gees (5-3-4)

Saturday Nov. 24, 3 p.m.: Gaels @ Carleton Ravens (7-4-1) WOMEN’S HOCKEY Friday Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m.: Gaels (11-1-1) vs. Toronto Varsity Blues (8-4-1) Saturday Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m.: Gaels vs. Ryerson Rams (2-10-0) MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Friday Nov. 23, 7 p.m.: Gaels (5-3) vs. RMC Paladins (0-8) WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Saturday Nov. 24, 7 p.m.: Gaels (6-2) vs. RMC Paladins (2-5)

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Queen’s top scorers are currently tied for 71st in the OUA’s scoring race.

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scorer has hurt them significantly.

“I’d rather have four lines that can score than have, for example, Payton Liske two years ago who scores 19 goals and the next closest

OUA East Men’s Hockey Standings 1. UQTR [8-3-1] — 17 pts 2. Toronto [7-3-2] —16 pts 3. Carleton [7-4-1] — 15 pts T4. Ottawa [5-3-4] — 14 pts T4. Nipissing [7-6-0] — 14 pts T6. McGill [6-5-0] — 12 pts T6. Queen’s [5-4-2] — 12 pts 8. Ryerson [4-8-0] — 8 pts T9. Concordia [2-9-1] — 5 pts T9. RMC [2-10-1] — 5 pts

guy has eight,” he said. “That makes it very easy on teams to check us.”

Gibson rolls all four forward lines and uses all three defensive pairings. So far, it’s landed the Gaels above .500 in winning percentage — results which could be worse due to sidelined starters.

Injuries have forced the Gaels to turn to depth players. Rookie defensemen Joseph Luongo and Drew McLaughlin have dressed most games.

In total, the Gaels have started nine rookies in 2012.

“We’ve gone through a lot of injuries again [this season],” Gibson said. “That seems to be the story of the last three years but it’s allowed me to play rookies in major minutes.”

Goaltender Riley Whitlock has been a force. He’s currently second in the OUA in saves, posting a

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Despite their mediocre record, the Gaels benefit from an extremely even OUA East division.

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“We’ve won a couple games we probably shouldn’t have and we’ve lost a couple where [the other team has] squeaked in and I thought we deserved a better fate,” he said. “That’s the problem when you have a younger team but our schedule has been pretty tough.”

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Behind the DJ booth With new technologies available, anyone can rock the virtual turntable B y A lison S houldice Features Editor Boris Boitsov says anyone can be taught to DJ, but I’m not so sure.

As someone whose musical abilities are questionable at best, I worry I’ll be the lone exception when it comes DJing — the process of playing and mixing music for a live audience.

But as it turns out, on a basic level, the process, which can involve mixing samples from well-known songs, is simpler than it seems.

Boitsov, ArtSci ’12, has been professionally DJing for the past year and a half in Kingston under the alias DJ Red Star.

Nervous about trying to mix music for the first time in my life, I meet with Boitsov and his laptop to try some DJ skills out for myself, hoping for the best.

When Boitsov DJs events, he brings just two main items to the venue: his laptop and a controller, a small grey box with knobs and dials that can control a song’s frequency, tempo and volume.

He drops two Avicii songs for me to mix into the virtual DJ software, a program he purchased online for about $300.

With their synched tempos, the songs melt into each other for a seamless transition. If the songs don’t have the same tempo, the DJ can manually synch them through the software.

I wait for the first song’s last few measures, called the outro, and then hit play for the second song.

This transition is triggered down to the second, so that the beat sequences of both songs match.

My unsteady hand presses the button at the wrong moment, playing the second song out of synch with the first. I worry that I’ll

A new sound When it comes to compiling samples and beats to make something danceable, look no further than these tracks.

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Basketball Camp – “Midnight-Galactic (M83 vs. Beastie Boys)” A mix of M83’s “Midnight City” and Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic” results in an unforgettable sound. http://soundcloud.com/mash-wednesday

Girl Talk – “Triple Double” “Triple Double” is part of Girl Talk’s latest album, All Day — a complex and seamless compilation of mash-ups, ranging from well-known modern hits to obscure 80s pop. http://soundcloud.com/madeon

The Notorious B.I.G. + The xx – “A Juicy Intro (Ha! Yes Remix)” There are many mash-ups of Biggie and The xx online, but this combination of “Juicy” and “Intro” is sure to stand out.

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Boris Boitsov, or DJ Red Star, said it takes about four to five hours to compile a playlist.

have to start again. Luckily, though, the controller has an auto-synch button to re-match the tempos and fix my mistake.

“If the tempo is the same in both songs, you can piece them together perfectly,” he tells me.

When it’s time to mix the songs, only one thing needs to be done: a simple volume adjustment. I raise the volume of the second song, letting the first one fade out.

It hasn’t always been that simple, though. DJs used to work exclusively with vinyl and turntables before the advent of CDs. Now it’s all done digitally with units like the one Boitsov owns.

“The DJ world has been changing. It’s transitioning away from CDs to these controllers. It’s quite literally a hardware unit that’s all digital and it’s a USB plugin.”

With modern digital technology, DJs can have larger music collections than ever before. This lets Boitsov break out of simple transition work to use complex mixing techniques.

“The problem with just doing intros and outros is that it’s not particularly interesting,” Boitsov said. “If you’re going to listen to the whole song and wait for the outro to exit, the crowd is going to get bored.”

Boitsov keeps his ear tuned for parts of songs that would go well together. Their compatibility doesn’t just depend on the artist though, but rather on the pitch.

“One song might have a really good buildup and the other song might have a really good drop,” he said.

Getting a gig in the first place was all about connections for Boitsov, who got his first Stages gig after a friend heard him perform.

This was at a time when DJ culture was on the rise in Kingston, due in part to simpler technologies, like the DJ program Ableton.

Even though the job

interest is in town, Boitsov said he doesn’t find the scene too competitive.

“In my case, I do it for the fun of it. I’m not in it to make any money or things like that. If I don’t get a show, I won’t be upset,” he said.

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not in it to make any money or things like that.

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— Boris Boitsov/ DJ Red Star, ArtSci ’12 Last year, he DJed once a week at Stages Nightclub and MyBar, usually making about $100 per gig This year, he plans to do four or five gigs in the Hub. Boitsov estimates it takes him about four to five hours to put together a quality set, along with practicing transitions for two hours before each gig.

“It’s just kind of like learning to play a guitar,” he said. “You have to practice.”

At the beginning of the night, he’ll choose more obscure songs.

As the headlining act approaches, better-known tracks will dominate the speakers.

Although house music and mainstream tracks are most common in the Hub bars, there’s a market in the city for different sounds.

Queen’s campus radio station CFRC offers a free DJ service that focuses on alternative and independent music. The station, which holds training sessions twice a year for volunteers, has members who regularly DJ community events.

“You’re not going to find the top 40 hits and mainstream club music that commercially-oriented DJs will be into,” said Kristiana Clemens, operations manager at CFRC.

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The station has a basic set of portable equipment to loan to volunteers — a turntable, a two-deck CD mixer, headphones, microphones and other external sound sources.

At its workshop sessions, volunteers are trained in music mixing, beat-matching and how to set up equipment.

Clemens sees a variety of equipment used by the station’s DJs. Today, the majority use either CDs or laptops, but as recent as three years ago, she said there were still people using vinyl records. Now, things have changed even further.

“We have people DJing off of iPads,” she said.

Clemens, who herself DJs on occasion under the handle DJ Sealegs, began working with vinyl records in 1998 — a time when everyone used the same type of gear.

“I think that was an advantage to DJ culture 15 years ago. It was pretty easy. There was a lot of peer learning and mentoring and people could help each other out,” she said. “[Now,] DJs have to be a bit more self-reliant in terms of figuring out what kinds of gear they want and learning how to use it.”

As a DJ, the best way to make yourself accessible is to know your crowd, she said.

According to Clemens, this is best done by preparing a variety of music and being open to audience interaction.

“Sometimes that means taking requests. Sometimes that means veering off into a different genre than you expected,” she said.

“You can really only handle that spontaneity successfully if you have really listened to all your music and you’ve really planned things out in advance.”

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