The Queen's Journal, Issue 23

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Redford returns

Mental health

Report released Paper includes 116 recommendations for a mental health strategy at Queen’s B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

Former Queen’s student Alison Redford, 14th Premier of Alberta, spoke at Queen’s on Wednesday as part of the Principal’s Campus Forum. See page 2 for story.

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Campus media

centre of excellence in this area.”

The group convened in Sept.

2011 partly in response to what The Principal’s Commission on Woolf called at the time “a rather Mental Health at Queen’s released difficult year” during which seven its final report yesterday morning. students died.

The 53-page report, which The report is comprised of includes 116 recommendations, four pyramid levels, each of which follows the release of the contains its own recommendations.

Commission’s discussion paper The levels include promoting a in June. Since then, the members healthy community, easing solicited further input to devise transitions and fostering resilience, their conclusive recommendations. encouraging help-seeking Principal Daniel Woolf, who behaviour and providing effective launched the commission in 2011, response, service and care. said he’s pleased with the results.

The commission claims that “It’s very thorough in covering nearly half of the recommendations a whole gamut of issues connected have already been undertaken or with student mental health,” he are currently in progress. According said. “I think it will help the to Woolf, this includes the Green University become a potential Folder Initiative (which distributes folders containing information and resources for mental health services to professors and TAs) and updating the Summer Orientation

CFRC rehires business manager

Nearly two months after being fired, Ayanda Mngoma returned to work on Monday B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor After being fired from his position of CFRC Business Manager almost two months ago, Ayanda Mngoma has been rehired, effective this past Monday.

Mngoma was terminated after the business manager position was dissolved on Oct. 2 by the AMS Board of Directors in an attempt to balance the station’s projected $19,000 deficit for the year.

On Nov. 8, CFRC representatives put forward a new budget proposal that was passed at the AMS Corporate General Meeting, which reinstated the business manager position for the station.

Reapplying for the position was a natural step after it was reopened for new applicants, Mngoma said.

“I originally applied for the business manager position and I liked [it] and so once the position reopened, I still had the same feelings I had about the position itself when I applied back in April.”

After Mngoma was fired, CFRC projected a $7,000 loss in advertising sales and in-kind promotional income,

citing disruption in their business operations.

“That revenue shouldn’t be really lost now that I’m back ... we should be

alright and not lose that much.”

The hiring panel for the business manager position consisted of the AMS vice-president of operations,,

the media services director and CFRC’s operations officer as well as the radio club president.

Tristan Lee, AMS vice-president

feature Looking into campus food services.

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Increase in sexual assaults Number of local assaults nearly doubled since 2011

The number of sexual assaults in Kingston have increased from 66 cases in 2011 to 112 cases between January to September this year, according to the Kingston Police quarterly report released earlier this month.

Two recent sexual assaults near campus followed the release of the report. The Kingston Police deduce that the two are linked.

The four per cent increase in sexual assaults can be attributed to the trust that the community puts in the Kingston Police, said Media Relations officer Constable Steven Koopman.

Inside

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Crime

B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor

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“We went from having four officers, 10 years ago, to having eight officers in our sexual crimes office,” he said.

Koopman said that the police hope the number goes down.

“It’s still a relatively small number and it can change from year to year,” he said.

Campus Security hasn’t had any reports of sexual assault this academic year, according to David Paterson, director of Queen’s Campus Security, which patrols main campus as well as the student housing areas close the edge of campus.

They also have an off-campus response team.

He said he encourages students

to take advantage of security resources on campus, including the SeQure app for Apple and Android phones or follow their Twitter account for security updates on campus.

“Trust your intuition,” he said. “If possible, walk with a friend or contact the AMS Walkhome service.”

He said everyone should contact police or push the blue light button if they are uncomfortable or feel like they’re being followed.

Patterson also noted that Campus Security offers a safe walk program on campus and self-defence classes for women.

Debating the merits of Windows 8.

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arts Journal staff choose the best albums from 2012.

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sports Women’s hockey ranked fourth nationally at mid-season.

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postscript Add some holiday tweaks to your favourite sweets.

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also a report of a male student being was walking back to her house hit by an orange on Collingwood accompanied by AMS WalkHome St. and of another female student staff when they were pelted with Several students on campus are hit in the chest with a potato. potatoes from young men hanging nursing bruises after being pelted by Other assaults have occurred out of the window of a vehicle. fruits and vegetables near campus. around Earl and Division Streets This occurred on the corner of On Nov. 24 around 11 p.m., and incidents around campus have Johnson and Albert Streets. the Kingston Police received a been reported to Campus Security.

Luckily for van den Hof, the report that the passenger of a grey Kingston Police said they have a coat she was wearing saved her SUV threw an orange out of the potential plate number and believe from injury. vehicle’s window, injuring a female the assaults to be linked.

“I put what happened to me student as it hit her in the face.

A month prior, on Oct 24., at in my Facebook status and I got a On the same night, there was 11:30 p.m., Anneke van den Hof lot of responses,” Anneke van den Hof, ArtSci ’13, said. “I know of someone who has gotten hit before and it has left a massive bruise on her leg.”

She said she knows of three other students in Kingston who have fallen victim to similar assaults.

“For punishment, I think they should do some kind of manual labour,” she said. “Or maybe we should get them to clean up the streets.”

On a release posted on their website, Campus Security described the vehicle used to pelt the objects as a dark SUV. It’s believed to be linked to the incidents reported to Kingston Police.

Photo by Alex Choi Kingston Police have received several reports of people — With files from Rachel Herscovici being hit with both potatoes and oranges around Earl and Division Streets.

News in brief Prof takes on bullying

Doug Johnson, AMS president, around 100 people in Wallace Hall attributes the decrease to more as part of the inaugural Principal’s Wendy Craig, co-director awareness about the emergency Campus Forum. of PREVNet (Promoting service in residence for first-years.

Recalling her time spent in In 2010-11, around 175 blue Victoria Hall as a first year, as Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network) and Queen’s lights were activated, compared well as Alfie’s and the Queen’s Pub, the 14th Premier of Alberta professor, teamed up with to 194 in 2009-10.

Johnson said he hopes there later addressed more serious Facebook and other agencies to launch the “Be Bold: Stop Bullying will be less than 200 malicious topics relating to energy and economic growth.

Campaign” during Bullying infractions this year.

In September 2012, the AMS “Although energy production Awareness Week Nov. 17 to 23.

As a leading expert on bullying launched an educational campaign is a key factor to the Canadian and its consequences, Craig to raise awareness of the effects economy, we know that it has consulted with governments and of “prank” Blue Light pushes consequences,” she said. “In Alberta, we accept that these changes are organizations across the country. around campus.

As part of the campaign, posters occurring and that global warming Her research has showed that children who are victimized are have been distributed around is a reality … we know that we at greater risk of depression, drug campus in high-density student have to do something about it abuse and eating disorders whereas areas such as lecture halls and because we want the same thing for bullies are more likely to be libraries, as well as Facebook and all Canadians.” involved in criminal activity later Twitter posts.

Part of ensuring long-term “This is an essential safety solutions to these issues is on in life.

The campaign involves other service,” he said. maintaining an open dialogue with agencies such as the Family Channel, voters she added. ­­­­­­—Vincent Matak Kids Help Phone, MediaSmarts, “Political dialogue is people Free the Children and STOP deciding that there are politicians cyberbullying. According to a press Premier visits campus and leaders that they can have release on Canadian Newswire, confidence and trust in to reflect the campaign centred around an Alberta Premier Alison Redford the value of the community and interactive social media pledge stopped by Queen’s on Monday to respect conversation.” app that enabled teens, parents, talk about civic engagement. and educators to make a personal —Vincent Matak Redford, who attended Queen’s commitment to help stop bullying from 1983-85, spoke to a crowd of and recruit friends to join them in C l a r i f i c a t i o n s the movement.

Those who take the pledge to specific actions that will help stop Robert Morrison and Sam McKegney spoke at different events as part bullying can share their pledges of Women’s Worth Week. and stories with friends and family.

The object sought after by the con men in the play, Wait Until Dark! was — Styna Tao a doll, not a stuffed animal.

Less blue light pranks

C o r r e c t i o n s

Queen’s has seen a decrease in malicious blue light infractions on campus this year.

Around 330 emergency blue lights were activated last year without cause. Since September, only 80 have been activated.

The Ban Righ Centre didn’t host all of the Women’s Worth Week events.

The Carters have receieved prior honorary degrees outside of the US. Incorrect information appeared in the Nov. 23 issue of the Journal.

The Journal regrets the errors.

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Digesting campus food options Giving Sodexo a “critical mass” is best practice for the University, according to Housing and Hospitality Services B y R osie H ales and A lison S houldice Journal Staff Five years ago, an external review found that Queen’s campus was overcrowded by independent food operators.

Currently, there’s been no official rule established, but the University has adopted a practice where these outlets are now disallowed from opening.

The University’s primary contractor, Sodexo, serves over $1 million worth of meals per academic year to members of the Queen’s community.

According to Bruce Griffiths, director of Housing and Hospitality Services at Queen’s, providing Sodexo a “critical mass” when it comes to on-campus food services is the best practice and is the way in which almost all universities operate.

“The recommendation of our experts was merely that competing operations divert sales from the University’s food services, which means there is less margin to the University to offset residence fee increases and to support student affairs programs,” he told the Journal via email.

Sodexo has been a vendor at Queen’s since the 1960s. In November 2007, Queen’s engaged in a review process in which four food vendors competed for a contract with the University.

Based on the criteria in the review process and the recommendation given, Sodexo was chosen as the primary contractor.

Common Ground Coffeehouse, the Garden Street Café in Botterell Hall, The Tea Room and the Tim Horton’s operations in Biosciences Complex are among some of the food service establishments on campus not owned by Sodexo.

These businesses have been able to compete with campus staples like The Lazy Scholar.

The Lazy Scholar processes 2,800 transactions per day on average.

Student-operated Common Ground processes between 1,000 and 1,500 transactions per day.

Some of the non-Sodexo food retail options on campus have been partially developed by Sodexo personnel. For example, the Farmer’s Market at Queen’s was started by Joli Manson, the general manager of Sodexo at Queen’s. “[The Farmer’s Market] began in 2006 as a sustainability initiative with the vision to provide the campus with easy access to locally produced food and to provide an alternative to the traditional commercial food industry,” Griffiths told the Journal in a 2011 email.

In the same year, vendors of the farmer’s market located at Union St. and University Ave. were asked to stop selling hot foods at their stands because the serving of hot food didn’t fall under the traditional definition for farmer’s market food — farm products, baked goods and preserved foods.

Marco Venditti, owner of the Pasta Shelf, withdrew his business from the Farmer’s Market but he understood the reasoning behind the request.

“I thought it was important for us to go every Wednesday,” he said. “We went one week after [the ban started] and we didn’t sell anything.”

Venditti said that the 10 weeks Pasta Shelf had a stand at the Farmer’s Market meant an extra $800-1,000 being made for the company each week. He said that he’d go back to the Farmer’s Market if they were allowed to sell hot food.

“I was a little bit disappointed when we got the boot, but I couldn’t be bothered to fight it,” he said.

Existing campus fry trucks, on the other hand, are still allowed

to operate due to their location on city property.

Lizzy’s Tall Fry, a food truck located on Union St. outside the JDUC, is owned by Liz Gallant who said she’s noticed a slight increase in customers since the hot food ban at the Farmer’s Market. She mostly relies on fast preparation to draw customers there rather than another on-campus food outlet.

[The Farmer’s “Market] began in 2006

as a sustainability initiative with the vision to provide the campus with easy access to locally produced food and to provide an alternative to the traditional commercial food industry.

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— Bruce Griffiths, director of Housing and Hospitality Services

“We try to get food as prepared [ahead of time] as much as we can to make it quick for the students.”

“So they don’t have to wait 10 to 15 minutes for lunch.”

Gallant has owned the truck for 12 years and her husband, Jimmy, has owned Jimmy’s Chip Truck outside Botterell Hall for over 30 years.

“I kind of married into it,” Gallant said.

City bylaws only allow two spots for food trucks on campus and vendors are required to hold a permit — one at Division and Union Streets and one on Union St. close to University Ave. The Licensing and Enforcement division of the City of Kingston doesn’t collaborate with the University when allocating these permits.

Jimmy’s Chip Truck is classified as a semi-permanent establishment

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and doesn’t fall under this specific regulation. Gallant’s truck is parked on the street meaning it doesn’t have to comply with any University regulations.

If Gallant were to up and move to Guelph, she wouldn’t be able to bring her chip truck to the University of Guelph’s campus.

Unlike Queen’s, Guelph doesn’t allow independent food retailers on campus for liability reasons.

This includes hot dog stands and chip trucks.

“If someone comes on campus and poisons someone, the liability for the University is very high,” said David Boeckner, executive director of hospitality services at Guelph.

The fry trucks on Queen’s campus aren’t owned by Sodexo or Hospitality Services, and so liabilities or incidents wouldn’t affect them.

Although Sodexo is the most dominant retail food operator at Queen’s, this isn’t the case at most Ontario universities.

Of the 20 Ontario universities that participated in last year’s Globe and Mail student feedback survey, only two have a contract with Sodexo — Queen’s and Brock University.

Aramark, the most popular food services operator in the province, supplies schools such as University of Toronto, York University, Carleton University and Wilfrid Laurier University.

Some universities operate independently and don’t have

contracts with large companies.

The University of Guelph has consistently received high grades on student feedback surveys spearheaded by publications such as the Globe and Mail and Macleans.

Last year’s survey found that Guelph had the highest-rated food services of all participating Canadian universities. They received an A grade, with Queen’s and Western University tied for second with a B grade.

“We’ve always been successful the last 39 years running it ourselves,” said Boeckner. “I’m sure the contractors have been in to talk to the president and VP. I know they have. But I think they’re fairly pleased with the operation.”

Food services at Guelph have operated independently since 1973.

At Guelph, a Hospitality Services Advisory Committee is comprised of students, faculty and staff and meets biweekly to discuss issues such as pricing and surveys the campus cafeterias every two weeks. Twenty out of the 22 - 23 members are students.

“It gives us a lot of information about what they like, what they don’t like and we are able to respond to them accordingly,” Boeckner said. “A lot of schools don’t [engage students]. This is why they don’t do as well on their surveys, I think.”

Sodexo Contract In 2010, Sodexo was chosen to be the official primary contractor for food services at the University after a review process that took over two years.

Up until that time, Sodexo was the school provider, but had to re-apply when its contract expired. Three other operators applied in addition to Sodexo: Aramark, Brown’s Fine Foods and Chartwell’s.

The successful company was chosen based on three main criteria: management and catering; menus, programs and services; and financials and pricing. Since Sodexo earned the highest grades in these three categories, it was recommended to be the main contractor.

Brown’s Fine Foods was recommended as a secondary contractor.

In Sodexo’s new contract, renovation plans were laid out for some of the food facilities which would be partially paid for by Sodexo.

For example, Sodexo covered one third of the $1.3 million it took to open the Canadian Grilling Company restaurant that opened in Mackintosh-Corry Cafeteria last year.

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The Nomination Period begins Jan. 7th, 2013 and ends Jan. 16th, 2013.

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Mngoma already back to work Continued from page 1

of operations, said Mngoma was rehired because he was best suited for the job.

“We’re happy with how the hiring process went and felt we hired the best applicant for the

position,” Lee, ArtSci ’12, said.

“There’s been a lot of work put in by the CFRC management and its advisory board so that they do have the potential to be financially sustainable.”

In August, CFRC’s original budget model for this year was

rejected by the AMS Board.

Lee said the new budget for CFRC that was passed should have come earlier.

“I believe strongly [that it] should have been done months ago but I’m glad it has been done so we can move forward.”

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Principal Daniel Woolf said he’s pleased with the Commission’s work.

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to Academics and Resources (SOAR). The final report recommends providing optional tours of Health Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS), Queen’s Learning Commons, Athletics and Recreation and other health and wellness resources, in addition to the tours already offered by the service.

I think it will help the “University become a potential centre of excellence in this area. ” — Principal Daniel Woolf

Woolf said the implementation will be overseen by the Provost’s office, with the incoming deputy provost Laeeque Daneshmend at the helm.

“It’s obviously going to involve a lot of offices and central services such as Student Affairs, the Library, [the Centre for Teaching

and Learning] CTL, residences, HCDS of course,” he said, adding that some of the academic recommendations will be discussed at the departmental level and at Senate.

Student input was a driving force behind the report throughout its creation. On Oct. 16, the Commission held a forum to facilitate additional feedback, which was attended by about 20 people. The Commission also met from August to November and during this period, reviewed the input and worked on the writing of the report.

“It’s been a very, very useful process in terms of providing a forum for people to come forward with their concerns about mental health,” Woolf said. “Particularly groups and individuals that feel potentially marginalized, persons suffering from more severe mental illness, as well as people simply feeling anxiety and stress from exams, transition and so forth, which I think has been very, very helpful in the process of further destigmatizing the subject.”

Woolf said the various offices and services will continue working toward implementing the recommendations.

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eDitOriALs — tHe JOurnAL’s perspective

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Athletic education also belongs in the classroom A

thletes deserve their own sort of college education, both on the field and in the classroom.

In his recently published commentary piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education — an American newspaper specializing in university and college affairs — David Pargman argues that varsity athletes shouldn’t have to waste time on degrees they don’t truly want.

Instead, they should be able to specialize in the sport that

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students should have the ability to study what they’re truly passionate about.

they came to school for, earning ‘student’ athlete. something like a Bachelors of As Pargman outlines, a Arts in Sport Performance if they specialized sports degree could so please. allow athletes to dedicate Especially in the US, as their full time to their sport of Pargman outlines, athletes are choice, attending classes about known to go to college solely for sports psychology, scrimmaging the sake of playing a team sport and physiology. there — academics may not Some might argue that such a even come into play. These degree may not carry much value, athletes are unnecessarily forced especially given that many athletic to pursue degree programs careers only last a few years, with which they’re rarely invested in, limited opportunities to achieve wasting their time and money great fame and fortune. for the sake of being called a The same can be said

though of many other post-secondary programs.

Specialized programs exist for those who choose to pursue fine art or theatre — all degrees which can result in career paths that are just as competitive, short-lived and seemingly impractical. If structured appropriately, these degrees can still offer specialized, concrete skills that can lead to successful careers.

Students should have the ability to study what they are truly passionate about; currently, many varsity athletes are instead pushed

into degrees that they could care less about.

While these sorts of programs may be less relevant in Canada, where university varsity sports don’t carry as much weight, this program could save time and money for countless varsity college athletes, giving them a higher quality university experience in general.

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Windows 8 sparks heated debate Operating system divides staff opinion

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Weighty issue causes lawsuit W

hile it’s hard to point the finger in the death of Vilma Soltesz, who was denied entry onto three airplanes as a result of her weight, the whole situation raises undeniable questions about the accessibility of flying in today’s day and age.

The controversy unfolded when Soltesz, an American citizen, wanted to get back to the US in October to see her doctors after she developed complications as a result of her kidney disease while visiting her summer home in Hungary.

After attempting to book flights back to the US on three different airlines and being refused by each one, Soltesz died in Hungary of kidney failure.

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Her husband’s $6 million lawsuit raises questions as to where the responsibility lies.

It was completely reasonable for Soltesz to want to return home to seek treatment for her condition from doctors that knew her condition well. However, it’s unclear with current reports of the story how far in advance the Soltesz’ tried to make accommodations for the flight.

The airlines ultimately have a duty to the safety of all passengers on board. If they were unable to seat Soltesz on the given aircraft as a result of her weight in a way that could guarantee both her safety and the safety of the other passengers on board, they did the in-Focus editors

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Claims that, beneath the new interface changes, the operating system is the next version of Windows Vista are simply knee-jerk reactions that ignore underlying innovations.

With 40 million sales of the system so far, Microsoft is certainly not failing in business terms and is looking at the actual product.

It’s clear that Windows 8 is an improvement.

Specifically, the operating system is faster at the everyday tasks that people need done, from turning on your computer to copying files.

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right thing by denying her a flight.

While Soltesz’ lawyer argues that the airline that had brought her to Hungary initially — KLM — had a duty to accommodate her flight both ways, this isn’t sound reasoning. Every aircraft is different, regardless of what company it’s affiliated with.

Ultimately, it’s at the discretion of the captain to determine what is safest for all passengers on board.

It isn’t clear who should carry the blame in this situation — what is certain is that situations such as this one should be better dealt with in the future so tragedies such as the Solteszs’ can be avoided.

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he recent release of Windows 8 has brought the new operating system mixed reviews, and rightfully so. With a confusing interface and stricter guidelines for developers, Windows 8 has been lacklustre.

One of the biggest features of Windows 8 is the idea of it being mostly touch-centric.

The interface feels more at home on a tablet or a phone, not a desktop. If desktop users decide to stick with Windows 8, they’ll encounter the steep learning curve of using a mouse and keyboard on something that is designed for touch.

This experience feels undeniably awkward, but is the lesser of two evils when compared to how Windows 8 will affect app development.

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Dispelling misinformation about organ donors

Often overshadowed by other charitable initiatives, organ donation is a particularly worthwhile cause and an act that doesn’t receive as much recognition as it warrants.

The recent university-wide Queen’s Gives the Gift of 8 campaign which encourages students to become listed as organ donors, helped raise awareness and spark conversation on the important issue of organ donation.

I thought the campaign was tremendously well executed, demonstrating sensitivity on the issue’s delicate nature while also strongly promoting its powerful

potential. In educating many students about the practice’s details, I feel the campaign addressed many of the common misconceptions and myths that surround organ donation.

By becoming a donor, you’re able to one day save or enhance the lives of up to eight other people, according to the provincial website for the campaign. Partially due to its opt-in policy on organ donation, Canada has one of the worst organ donor rates in the industrialized world, at just thirteen donors per million people.

While the Queen’s campaign succeeded in inspiring over 1,600 students to register as donors during the month of November; in discussing the project with friends, I noticed that many still held reservations about signing up.

Most of the hesitancy on

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easily available virtual sticky notes — are both stupid and impractical, especially given the elimination of the start button. They argue that the basic commands previously found under the start button can’t be so easily relegated.

I disagree. It can normally take anywhere from two to three seconds to move one’s mouse from one part of the screen clicking the start button and then searching for what file or application one’s looking to access.

In Windows 8, a quick tap of the windows key will do the trick.

Much like widgets, a series of virtual tiles are designed to provide glances of relevant information — you no longer need to open your e-mail application to see the number of new emails or the calendar to see your upcoming appointments.

Windows 8 shouldn’t be regarded as a failure because it makes too many changes –— instead, it should be lauded as an example of innovation in advancing the world’s most popular operating system.

What made Windows great in the past was its openness to development. With the strict guidelines of the Windows Store app certification requirements, that openness is now being stripped away. The new Windows Store has complete control over what software can actually be sold.

For example in section 5.1 of the app requirements, it states that no adult content can be contained in an app. While this news may not affect you personally, it affects a vast majority of PC gamers because games like Skyrim would be deemed inappropriate for sale and taken off the Windows Store.

Windows will still allow downloads from third party sources; the new restrictions for Windows 8 application certification may lead some developers to question how much more freedom Microsoft will take away in the future though.

Windows 7 is still sufficient for desktop users. The new version was released too early and while the new system is great for the Microsoft tablet, it suffers as a desktop operating system.

Terence is the Opinions Editor at the Journal.

Jeremy is the Web Developer at the Journal.

Nick Pateras, Comm ’12, Artsci ’13

“I’m going to go cloud watching.”

Queen’s Gives the Gift of 8 took place Oct. 29 to Nov. 16.

the issue may stem from either misinformation or ignorance on the process. For instance, some people I spoke to were under the impression that, in registering, they would be committing themselves to bestowing their body parts while they were still alive, which is simply untrue.

Organ donation can only take place once someone has been declared brain dead or if their families consent to the process after cardiac death.

Others may be opposed as they cringe at the idea of having surgeons poking around inside their body once they have passed.

But, in an appeal to pragmatism I urge them to consider the matter more thoughtfully. Once you’ve died, you have no sensation as to whether your organs are being used to save someone’s life or to feed livestock on a farm. To objectively judge the issue, you must detach yourself from the mental imagery it conjures.

Abstaining from organ donation based on any gruesome imagery you may have in your mind isn’t a practical approach to the issue and shouldn’t be a factor in the decision to donate.

This line typically provokes the objection that organ donation will likely render the donor’s body mangled and worthless, preventing family from celebrating the deceased’s life in traditional ways.

In fact, the operations required to remove almost all organs leave the body presentable enough for an open casket funeral and traditional burial ceremony.

Another common misconception is that organ donation defies the principles of

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many faiths, particularly because it may contradict the appropriate spiritual treatment of the body.

This too is incorrect — organ donation is accepted by practically all major religions, on the condition that the donor is certainly dead before organs are removed and has provided consent.

The Roman Catholic Church recently reaffirmed its position on the matter, citing organ donation as an act of charity and noted the nobility in its purpose of saving another’s life. In embracing this, many religions have encouraged followers to consent to pass on their organs once they die to those in need. In fact, it’s sometimes portrayed as one of the greatest gifts a human can grant another.

Pope Benedict XVI labeled organ donation an “act of love….that remains as a genuine witness of charity which knows how to look beyond death so that life always wins.”

The impact organ donation can have on the lives of others can’t be understated. This sentiment is underscored when we consider that last year over 300 Canadians died waiting for an organ transplant, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Even in countries like the US, the discrepancy between the number of donors and those in need has been described as a crisis.

We spend our entire lives trying to make something of ourselves, taking it upon us as a responsibility to prove our usefulness and actively contribute to our communities: I see no reason why we shouldn’t continue to be useful once we die.

Letters to the editor Gender equality represented Re: “Removing barriers” Dear Editors, As the Co-Chairs of Women’s Worth Week (WWW) we feel it is important to address some errors we perceived in the article written about our initiative, published on Friday November 23rd.

We felt our event was misrepresented. The article framed it as a celebration to honor women in our local and global communities. There are two main pillars that frame each of our events and initiatives: to address violence against women and self-esteem issues that women face.

We aim to accomplish these goals by promoting feminism, gender equality and positivity. Our event rests largely on conceptions of masculinity as well, since this is inseparable from femininity.

Consequently, instead of being ‘a celebration of women,’ our event aims to celebrate all individuals, regardless of gender, by drawing attention to the importance of gender equality. In fact, our event rests largely on conceptions of masculinity as well, since this is inseparable from femininity. Gender equality benefits everyone, feminism is for everyone, and gender-based violence is something we all have a role in preventing.

Finally, information about

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“I will be going home and relaxing with family and friends.”

Travis Rhee, ArtSci ’14

“Jump into Lake Ontario.”

Aly Sferlazza, ConEd ’16

“A bag, a bottle and my boys.”

Justin Mathews, ArtSci ’14

“I’m just going to play Assassin’s Creed 3” our budget, though factually sound, was taken out of context.

The monetary amount of “50 dollars” is not the full story. In our interview, we stressed that funding was not a vital component of WWW’s success but rather success resided in the thoughtful, caring, compassionate, intelligent and engaged community who supported us.

Katie Conway AMS Social Issues Commissioner, Heidi Penning the University Equity Officer, Nik Lopez ASUS Equity Officer, Terrie Easter Sheen Department of Gender Studies, Carole Morrison Director of the Ban Righ Center, Drs. Robert Morrison and Sam Mckegney of the English Department, and Jeff Perera of the

White Ribbon Campaign offered incredible emotional support, access to campus resources, and information. This event could not have achieved all of the success that it did without their help. Our funding is not the focus of our event but rather the positive message that all it takes to effect change is a supportive community.

Gender equality is everyone’s responsibility as gender based violence effects everyone and that is what Women’s Worth Week stands for.

Kate McCord and Naomi Mares Co-Chairs of Women’s Worth Week

Chantelle Ng, ArtSci ’14

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The business of sports — in focus University Sports

Cashing in on championships Men’s volleyball head coach Brenda Willis says investments in recruiting are vital to perennial success B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie drops back, winds up and tosses a 65-yard prayer to the Miami end zone. It’s caught, the Eagles win and the comeback is complete.

It was 28 years ago when Flutie made his infamous game-winning toss against the Miami Hurricanes.

The ‘Flutie Effect’ was coined after a drastic spike in attendance at Boston College.

When the Gaels captured the Vanier Cup in 2009, Queen’s set a new standard for coming years.

Men’s volleyball head coach

Brenda Willis knows those kinds of moments can attract more than just congratulations.

“It really puts Queen’s as a high performance school on the map,” Willis said.

A program’s success often self-perpetuates, namely by attracting more recruits, she added.

It’s the “A-list” recruits, she says, that comprise a competitive market. A well-run program is crucial.

“They’re kind of your blue-chippers, the kids who are going to have an impact on your program absolutely.”

Willis said investments are at the heart of recruitment, something

which wasn’t a factor 26 years ago.

Meeting an athlete’s parents over dinner and providing incentives to commit to the school never used to be part of the gig.

“Parents will say: ‘this school, that school, this school,’ and they all make similar overtures,” Willis said.

“They want me to tell them directly: why Queen’s?”

Recent notable expenditures for Athletics are the Queen’s ARC in 2009 and Nixon Field this fall.

Hosting the CIS men’s volleyball championships last spring saw Willis lead her squad to a fourth-place national finish in front

of a packed home crowd in the ARC gymnasium.

Queen’s Athletics matched the venue with financial means and didn’t pass up the opportunity.

“The admin was willing to support us to that level — we figured out what amount of tickets we needed to sell to break even, and everything worked out,” Willis said.

The ARC’s prowess is among several appealing tools for Willis to attract top-end recruits.

During her 26-year tenure as head coach, she’s seen the process of recruitment increase in competitiveness, creating a demand for the University to generate

Professional Sports

Professional options limited Lack of Canadian pro leagues sends Gaels’ basketball and volleyball players overseas B y Peter R eimer Staff Writer Former Gaels are forced to take their talents overseas for professional exposure.

Brittany Moore of the women’s basketball team and Michael Amoroso, Niko Rukavina and

Joren Zeeman of the men’s volleyball team all left Queen’s last spring and started their professional careers in Europe.

With no professional women’s basketball league in Canada, aspiring female basketball players like Moore resort to semi-professional opportunities

Former Gaels men’s volleyball player Michael Amoroso (left) is currently playing for Orkelljunga Volley in Sweden.

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for a chance to play in the upper echelon.

For Moore, that meant heading to Germany to play for TSV Quakenbrück.

“It was either I start my teaching career or I continue to play while my body can still support me,” she said. “Being able to continue to push myself to become a better player and succeed at a higher level is quite an opportunity.”

But Moore is a rare example.

Most of the 650 or so women in the CIS will reach the height of their basketball careers playing for their university team.

As a country ranked ninth in the world in women’s basketball with 44 universities competing at the CIS level, Canada has a void seemingly waiting to be filled by a women’s professional basketball league.

Queen’s women’s basketball

assistant coach James Bambury thinks it would be difficult, based on his four years of coaching experience with Leeds Carnegie, in division 1 of the English Basketball League (EBL).

“Sports teams represent your local town or community, and they’d get about 200-300 supporters per game,” Bambury said. “Whereas we subscribe to the sports and academics model.

Rarely do you find supporters out at semi-professional leagues.”

The CIS is currently the highest women’s basketball level in Canada, but the opportunity overseas is vast, according to Bambury.

“It’s definitely a great opportunity for females, and they don’t have to be First-Team All-Canadians.”

Although there are no professional basketball options See Europe on page 14

more to offer.

The return on investments has been perpetual success, in Willis’ case. The average men’s volleyball crowd sizes never really waver.

Except for the extraordinary moments ­— like Queen’s deep run into last year’s CIS tournament.

“Students tend to be fickle in the sense that they like to go to a game where they can cheer for a winner,” she said.

“You can market till you’re blue in the face to try and draw fans, but if you’re not putting out a contender on the floor, it’s tough.”

Queen’s administration doesn’t want to lose the culture of winning.

“It has a big impact on the school, spirit, reputation, image, all those sorts of things,” said Ann Tierney, Queen’s vice-provost and dean of student affairs.

“We got four national TV appearances during [the Vanier Cup] — that was a big run.”

Queen’s athletic success extended far this fall, with all seven varsity teams ranked in the CIS top 10 simultaneously and a men’s rugby OUA championship win. “[We’re] the only school in Canada this year to achieve that,” Tierney said. “It helps with recruiting coaches and athletes, because they see there’s a culture at the University supporting winning teams.”

Inside Junior Hockey Discussing the objectives of the CHLPA with two Gaels men’s hockey players.

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Point-Counterpoint Debating the potential decertification of the NHL Players Association.

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Assessing the CHLPA Gaels’ ex-OHLers address goals of junior hockey players’ union B y J osh B urton Peter M orrow Journal Staff

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The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has been Canada’s stepping stone for junior hockey players looking to play professionally for 37 years.

In September, the CHL Players Association (CHLPA) acted as a proposed labour union for the CHL and its three constituent leagues: the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

The proposed union sought to protect junior hockey players, making several claims about the state of the CHL. Namely, the union sought to abolish the 12–18 month time limit a player has to utilize the current scholarship packages offered by the three leagues, making them available for up to four years.

The CHLPA also accused the league of having its players working under “sweatshop conditions” for minimal pay, while club owners rake in revenue.

Among former CHL players currently on the Queen’s men’s hockey team are second-year team captain Corey Bureau and third year defenceman Patrick McEachen.

Both are products of the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors in

the OHL. McEachen played one year, while Bureau played three full seasons.

During their time in the CHL, they worked full-time hours (104:30 daily) with an average weekly pay of $50.

Both players sat down to talk with the Journal about the value of the CHLPA’s efforts.

What are the differences between Junior A and Major Junior?

McEachen: There’s a pretty wide gap in skill difference. I think the biggest thing is the OHL is basically pro hockey. Players are paid, there’s sold out rinks, everything is paid for, you travel like a pro team, pro scouts are always at every game. It’s huge step up, especially from Ontario junior, which isn’t a huge deal. That’s the biggest difference: everything is much more professional [in the OHL]. It’s a lot smaller stage in Ontario Junior hockey.

Do you think the 18-month OHL scholarship rule needs to be changed?

McEachen: Not really, no. The amount of guys that have already played two years pro that actually want to go back to school is very small. I can’t think of many guys that do.

Bureau: In my contract, I did get it modified so that rule was a little extended, but even with that it wouldn’t have made a difference. I think for most guys it doesn’t make a difference.

Taylor Hall defended the efforts of the union, saying that the players aren’t getting paid very much while the owners are making lots. Do you see where he’s coming from?

McEachen: I don’t think anyone’s ever thought of it until this CHLPA thing came about.

This is definitely going to raise a lot of eyes.

Bureau: Talking to people who played in the league 15, 20 years ago, they were making the same amount. If you look at how much some of the owners are making — like teams that sell out every game — it seems ridiculous that this $50 thing is still around. I was never one to complain — I was just happy to be there.

The union accused the OHL of making players work in “sweatshop conditions.” What do you think of that statement?

Bureau: That’s a little overboard.

Usually we were treated pretty well anywhere we went. We were there voluntarily — it’s not like we were being forced to play hockey. I don’t

Queen’s men’s hockey captain Corey Bureau (14) played for the OHL’s Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors from 2007-11.

think that argument really has any validity.

What percentage of OHL players are there for the experience, and how many are there to move on to a higher level?

McEachen: Everyone goes there with the intent of going pro.

I don’t think it’s by choice that you don’t get drafted — everyone’s aiming for it. Only a select few actually make it all the way. In my last year, the number of guys who knew they would be in the AHL was maybe five at the most. In Junior A, it’s maybe half and half [between players who go to NCAA and move up to CHL].

Bureau: Everyone plays just to have fun, but I think at the same

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time every guy in the back of their mind has a goal. The amount of guys who actually know that “after this year I’m going to be in the AHL or something” is pretty slim.

Do you guys agree or disagree with the goals of the CHLPA? Bureau: I agree with it. I think there are a lot of variables to account for when setting it up, like sponsorship and what they’re actually trying to accomplish.

McEachen: There would have to some sort of system in place where the teams that make a lot of money pay larger amounts into the pool that pays the players, and the other teams would pay a smaller amount. Otherwise you would lose a lot of teams.

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Point/Counterpoint — NHL Lockout

Lockout talks

Union decertification permeates owner-player dispute

A dam G rotsky, A rt S ci ’15 Desperate times call for desperate measures and with lockout negotiations well into their second month, the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) is now considering the extreme legal path of decertification.

It’s a risky proposition that’s worth pursuing despite how it leaves most of us fans more confused and frustrated than ever.

It’s illegal for competitors in a marketplace to collude and fix that marketplace.

However, due to the protection of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the NHL owners routinely get together as competitors and set regulations, such as the salary cap. More importantly, they can get together and decide to lock out the players.

Decertification is a legal strategy in which the NHL players revoke the authority of the NHLPA to negotiate on their behalf, effectively dissolving the union. In doing so, the rules of the CBA, which protect the NHL from marketplace violations, would no longer apply.

How does decertifying affect the negotiations? If the players choose to decertify, the owners are no longer protected by the CBA, meaning they can be sued for violating marketplace rules (known as antitrust violations). Essentially, the players would be able to rightfully sue the NHL for locking them out.

It’s a risky proposition that’s worth pursuing despite how it leaves most of us fans more confused and frustrated than ever.

While this may sound like a favourable option, decertifying requires a set of time-consuming protocols that would almost guarantee no season this year. First, 30 per cent of the players union must sign a petition in support of the motion. The petition is then sent to the National Labor Relations Board, a 60-day process that ultimately results in the setting of an election date.

On the date of the election, the players will participate in a majority vote to determine whether they will decertify. Only then would the players be able to even begin filing antitrust lawsuits, another extremely lengthy process.

That being said, decertification is a strategy that I believe the players need to utilize, and the quicker the better. We’re two and a half months into negotiations and there is no sign of a deal to break the lockout in the near future. While decertifying may be a tedious approach, it’s a more effective means to resolving this conflict than repeating the same process that continues to fail both owners, players and fans.

In 2011, the NFL players union decertified in a process that lasted four months before the sides could reach an agreement. In the same year, however, the NBA players union took the route of decertification, filed lawsuits against their employers, and the league settled within a couple of weeks.

After seeing last year’s effects of decertification from the NBA and NFL, it’s possible that the threat of such action alone would pressure the NHL into making a deal. The reason for this is that decertifying puts the players in control of the situation.

Furthermore, it puts the NHL at risk of losing millions of dollars and damages their credibility as a league.

If I were one of the players, I would have decertified yesterday. This is the best tactic to resolving these negotiations and it’s the best opportunity for the players to regain some momentum in the talks.

As fans, we’re going to have to come to terms with the fact that the possibility of an NHL season is slim. The threat of decertifying is likely the last chance of seeing our teams strap up their gear this year.

Adam Grotsky has played 10 years on various teams in the Greater Toronto Hockey League.

C hase H einemann , C omm ’15 The NHL lockout seems longer now in 2012 than it did back in 2004-05 when a full season was lost. This time around, the lockout isn’t just about the game but about money. What started out as the major issue — the allocation of league revenue — has now turned into a full-scale long-term lockout.

The risky solution of decertification would cause consequences that would be felt beyond a season-long lockout.

There are several key issues that the lockout rests on: the players’ percentage of league revenue dropping from 57 per cent to 50 per cent and a $182 million gap in the compensation between the players and the league for this drop are striking. Also at play is the change of restricted free agency from seven to eight years and the implementation schedule of the new percentage split.

There has been a standstill between the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) and the NHL (the owners). They have tentatively agreed to the split but can’t agree on paying out existing contracts.

There has been some talk of the NHLPA decertifying their union. This is a foreign concept to some people, but basically, the NHL uses the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CB to guard itself with regards to a couple points.

A number of things that the league and many other professional leagues do are considered illegal. Competitors in a marketplace aren’t allowed to come together and set a salary cap or working conditions.

The CBA allows the NHL to do this and not be penalized by law. If the NHLPA did decide to decertify their union, the CBA would stop protecting the NHL from these laws.

The risky solution of decertification would cause consequences that would be felt beyond a season-long lockout.

The NHL wouldn’t be allowed to lockout the players and there would have to be hockey. This seems great, right? There is a downside to this.

Without the CBA, all of the work that has gone into the forming of the current league will be thrown away. There will be no salary cap, allowing big market teams to dominate the league once again.

The entire league will have to go back to square one. For some people, some hockey is better than no hockey. However, the process of decertification is a lengthy one. There’s a good chance that there would be no hockey in 2013.

This route also wouldn’t guarantee the NHLPA gets everything they want. The NFL went this route in the past and when the players filed a lawsuit for the games to

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resume, the courts sided with the league.

The suit failed but the tactic won — the sides came together and reached a settlement.

After considering the variables, the decertification route is much too risky. Not only does it not guarantee hockey in the near future, but it risks the league that we have come to love. Hockey would become a lot less entertaining if the big market teams could buy their players again or if the best

player in every entry year didn’t go to the worst team. These rules outlined in the last CBA made the NHL a much more successful league. I would like to see it stay this way.

Chase Heinemann is the Public Relations manager of the Cure Cancer Classic, which runs hockey events to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Foundation.

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Local lockout repercussions Restaurants feel pain, Frontenacs gain from NHL fallout B y J oanna P lucinska Editorials Editor Fallout from the NHL lockout has trickled its way into smaller cities.

Fans in Kingston, just as fans in Ottawa and Toronto, have been reacting to the lack of NHL hockey.

Pearse McCann, a manager at The Brass Pub, has observed the difference first-hand.

“I think that consistently scheduled hockey games such as Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada … people have grown so accustomed to having that on their TVs or having it for a reason to go and have wings or dinner or watch the game,” McCann said. “People miss it.”

But it’s not only fans who are left disappointed.

The lack of hockey on TV has definitely taken a hit on business at local sports pubs.

While Corey Tassone, the Dining Room Manager at Fanatics Sports Lounge, said business is still good, the lockout’s effects haven’t gone unnoticed. “[It used to be] pandemonium on a Tuesday night — now we’re just busy,” Tassone said. “We’re still kind of the same, but it’s not the crazy kind of hectic atmosphere that you sometimes have when it’s Toronto against Ottawa or Toronto against Montreal.”

Alternatively, some businesses are seeing revenues flourish.

Justin Chenier, the executive director of business operations for

OHL teams.

“A lot of other clubs have players who were drafted last year or the year before by NHL clubs,” Chenier said. “They wouldn’t be playing in the OHL this year had there been an NHL season.”

the Kingston Frontenacs, said this season has been one of the best years the franchise has had in years.

According to Chenier, the Frontenacs have seen a rise in attendance and merchandise sales this year over previous ones.

He emphasizes that this doesn’t solely have to do with the lockout.

“We’re simply a better team winning more games [this year],” Chenier said. “And, frankly, we’ve had a better marketing strategy this year than we’ve ever had.”

Chenier credits this, along with a focus on building brand loyalty from fans and acquiring hockey talent for the 20 per cent increase in attendance.

According to him, the effects of the lockout aren’t as palpable because Kingston isn’t an NHL town.

“We don’t have people who are upset that they can’t go to a Leafs or Sens game, and are instead turning their attention to the Frontenacs,” Chenier said. “We’ve done a lot of work building that fan base and loyalty.”

While the Frontenacs have thrived, he acknowledges that many OHL teams have likely received more attention this year.

“I think most OHL clubs would probably admit that the lack of NHL has seen more focus on the OHL or at least the idea that there should be more focus on the OHL,” Chenier said.

This is partially due to the migration of NHL talent to

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Pearse McCann, a manager at the Brass Pub, says people miss regularly scheduled hockey games, like Hockey Night in Canada.

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for women, the newly developed National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) is a domestic option for men looking to enter the professional ranks.

“For its inaugural year, the league mandated that each team must carry two Canadian players on their roster,” said Susan Gordon, deputy commissioner of the NBLC. “That number has been increased to three, and the number of Canadian players is expected to increase further as the level of Canadian talent continues to grow.”

Canada is currently ranked 26th in the world by the International Basketball Federation.

It was previously the only top-30 basketball nation without a professional league of its own, prior to the development of the NBLC. “[The NBLC] gives Canadian basketball fans the opportunity to

see live, high quality basketball at an affordable price, and it gives Canadian players the chance to continue their basketball careers beyond college [or] university in their home country,” Gordon said.

Canadian volleyball players aren’t given the same options at home, as Rukavina and Amoroso experienced first-hand.

Both players signed contracts to play in Sweden this year, with Habo Volley and Orkelljunga Volley, respectively.

“Ever since I started playing for Queen’s, my ultimate goal was to get a contract playing professionally,” Rukavina said. “There are no pro leagues in North America, so being able to go overseas and play is an extremely exciting achievement.”

The state of men’s and women’s volleyball in Canada is currently quite similar: ranked 18th and 23rd in the world, respectively, and outsourcing their players to leagues around the world.

The development of a Canadian

professional league would offer opportunities for more domestic players — not just a select few.

“To play at home in front of friends and family would mean the world,” Amoroso said.

A domestic pro league would be beneficial on several fronts, according to Amoroso. Players would have the opportunity to play well into their 20s, growing the talent available to the Canadian national team.

Amoroso said the biggest thing holding back Canada is the money.

“There isn’t enough money to pay coaches and players who have finished with their university careers, and if the interest is high enough — which I think it is — it has not been marketed properly and tapped well enough,” he said.

“Canadian players play in the best leagues in the world — it is by no means a skill issue.”

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QJBlogs: DJ Yoo Johnny Yoo touched his first set of turntables when he was in his first year at Queen’s in 2008. The economics student had a strong background in music (he played piano, drums and string bass in high school), and was able to pick it up immediately. Unlike most beginner DJs, he started with CDs. “I started out with just my ears, no computer at all, which no one really does anymore, which is something I’m pretty proud of.”

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When I asked Johnny who his favourite DJs were, he was quick to respond: DJ Vice, Headspin and Skratch Bastid because of their “roots in turntablism.”

Curious, I asked Johnny how he gets pumped up for his weekly shows; it turns out he follows quite a specific routine.

“I usually spend three or four hours ahead of time reading through music blogs which pumps me up. Afterwards I’ll have a power nap, go do my sound check and honestly afterwards go to Starbucks and grab a coffee to relax”.

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concert review

Solitary ecstasy

Arts

Mother Mother plays with set designed for Guldemond’s strengths B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance Editor in Chief The difference between hearing something through your laptop speakers and seeing it live can be heartbreaking.

Thankfully that wasn’t the case when I stepped into Ale House last Sunday to see one of my favourite bands live for the first time. Their musical prowess was evident. But their likeability was less permanent.

The crowded show began with an intoxicatingly eerie version of “The Sticks,” the title track off the band’s latest album.

The audience didn’t need any warming up as they effortlessly began to sing along, the atmosphere just rowdy enough for a

Sunday night.

Within minutes, “The Stand,” the band’s 2011 hit began with an instinctively danceable beat, immediately recognized by the crowd as Mother Mother’s most popular song.

Lead singer Ryan Guldemond’s energy was the constant of the evening, shining early on with his belts of “Everyone’s fucked and they don’t even know” reverberating across the stage.

But he remained largely trapped in a solitary ecstasy for most of the night, unable to connect enough with his audience. We all knew he was having a good time, but I wasn’t convinced he cared if we were having a good time with him.

Mid-show I realized it was easy to get engrossed in the band’s

lyrical maturity, but as I looked on stage all I saw was Guldemond and his backup band.

Jasmin Parkin and Molly Guldemond undoubtedly brought their vocal harmonies forward and Jeremy Page and Ali Siadat kept the night going with their crisp strums and beats, but it was obvious that everything was performed to complement Guldemond’s strengths.

Whatever disjointedness was apparent on Sunday night did little to affect the overall quality of Mother Mother’s sound.

Their show was something of an unrequited love. Mother Mother may have given it their all, but I was left expecting more.

Mother Mother played Ale House on Sunday night to a packed crowd. They covered songs from their previous albums along with new material from their latest album The Sticks.

art review

Let it shine Exhibit questions perceptions of its viewers B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor Step into Erin Shirreff’s Available Light exhibit and you’ll leave with an ostentatious realization about the tricks of illumination.

In the Contemporary Feature Gallery at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, you’ll find light as the primary agent in changing your perception of what you see.

The trickery of lighting highlights Shirreff’s usage of epistemological themes through her minimalist sculptures, video projections and photos on the walls of the gallery.

The first sight that caught my attention was UN2010, a loop video that showed the scene surrounding the building in downtown New York. The scene was still, except for the slow transitions between shadows and sunlight.

The same scene purveyed a different mood five minutes later, although none of its physical properties actually changed. One minute the scene of the national building was a welcoming blue sky, but with the change in day lighting,

the next minute it was a gloomy dark green and black scene. It made me question how my observation of the building could have changed so quickly just because of an adjustment in the colours of the lights.

The ash sculpture in Shirreff’s exhibit, called Untitled, was enveloped in light shining from the ceiling. It occurred to me that the bright artificial lighting gave the sculpture a more upbeat feeling when the artist may have intended it to be something different given the time when she created it.

It was this piece that went a long way to prove Shirreff’s point.

She chose minimalist structures and video projections to show that the art isn’t in the eye of the beholder, but in the light.

After I’d been in the gallery for 20 minutes, a video of a full moon, no bigger than that of a kiddie pool, was suddenly projected on the wall in front of me.

The moon was full up close, but its features appeared different based on changing lights in the video projection that created shifting shadows. Before this, I had never

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stopped to think that the moon we stare at every night may have interview different faces depending on what kind of light you were to shed on it.

Shirreff’s exhibit painted a clear line between the objects and the viewer’s perception of them.

Whatever I saw in that exhibit was truly defined by whatever “available light” in the room allowed me to see. The objects remained the B y S avoula S tylianou same — what changed was the lights Arts Editor around them.

Daniel Romano can sing the hell Erin Shirreff’s Available Light is on out of a ballad — and he can exhibit in the Contemporary Feature also vault.

Gallery of the Agnes Etherington Art The country singer once saw a Centre until Jan. 27. possible future as a gymnast but an encounter with teenage romance put an end to that future quickly.

“I was an amateur gymnast when I was 14 and I was casually seeing this girl. She called my house once and when my parents told her I was at gymnastics practice, she broke up with me,” Romano said. “It’s not that I was interested in her, but it was the principle of the thing.”

His quick departure from the sport was good for Romano’s fans, who’ve followed him from his Attack in Black days. They’ll tell you that Romano is unique for his brand of slow, soulful country.

“I don’t bring the rock, so it’s good that people aren’t disappointed by that. They know how to control themselves in tender situations.”

Romano is currently touring with photo by alex choi Erin Shirreff’s exhibit toys with the idea that an object will always remain the same, but our his back-up band, The Trilliums, over weekends this month, hitting perception of it is subject to change at any moment given the lighting in the space.

Multiple jobs Daniel Romano: producer and musician Ottawa tomorrow, Kingston Saturday and St. Catharine’s on Sunday.

Romano said he’s only doing weekend tour dates this time around so he can have more time for his “day job.”

Romano co-owns You’ve Changed Records with his friend and fellow musicians, Steve Lambke and Ian Kehoe, also known as Baby Eagle and Marine Dreams, respectively.

Romano’s currently producing the new Marine Dreams album and The Weather Station album, reuniting him with the people he played a showcase with at this year’s Wolfe Island Music Festival.

“I’m not well-versed enough to call myself almost a Kingstonian, but I would consider myself a fan of the town,” he said.

After four solo releases and five releases with Attack in Black, Romano has known the touring game for a while, but he said he never gets used to it.

“I’m not the biggest fan of touring. If it’s longer than two weeks, I tend to not want to do it.

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Music

Best of 2012: The albums that hit the mark Journal editors reveal which albums released this year made their list of must-listens Bloom B e a ch H o u s e

Heart A u d r e y A ss a d

Night Visions Imagine Dragons

Boys and Girls Alabama Shakes

With their newest release Bloom, Beach House continues to do what it does best — build you up for a musical climax.

The soaring instruments take you to the big reveal where a cymbal roll or Victoria LeGrand singing impassioned long notes gesture you out of the song.

Mellow tunes, soft beats and Audrey Assad’s soothing voice form a wonderful synthesis of lyrical modesty and emotional engagement in Heart.

“Breaking You”’s inspirational lyrics left me simultaneously wanting a hug, then getting a virtual one from Assad.

Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions is my go-to “conquer the world” soundtrack. Mirroring the tenacity of a child’s first attempt to fly, the band gets the listener involved in each song.

When lead singer Dan Reynolds breathes in after singing “I’m breathing in the chemicals,” I inhale my breath at the same time.

Alabama Shakes shakes up my dormant bluesy soul with lead singer Brittany Howard’s powerhouse vocal stylings.

The melancholy autobiographical lyrics provide the listener with an inside look into Howard’s deepest soul and the hungry guitar riffs left me wanting more and more.

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The Idler Wheel... opens with the track “Every Single Night,” a song that brings about the typical Apple fanfare — an intro with light piano that leads to Apple’s heavy, dynamic vocals. What’s different with this album is that we see a more complicated but, dare we say it, forgiving Fiona Apple.

But, of course, she’s still emotional and inwardly chaotic. There’s nothing simple about any of it and that’s the grand takeaway.

Skyworld Two Steps From Hell

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Powerful orchestral set pieces, randomized rhythmic ranges, and discernable vocals.

This is the make up of Bergersen and Phoenix’s Skyworld.

If you only give one track a listen, pick the title song and prepare your auditory senses to be bombarded in ways that few other songs can accomplish.

From tracks like “Six Weeks” to “Sloom,” this Icelandic group proves they can do the buoyant, upbeat tunes just as well as they do the unhurried, leisurely slow songs.

My Head Is An Animal leaves me smiling in the most sheepish of manners after realizing I’m not, in fact, Nanna.

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Passion Pit is the perfect 30-second dance party soundtrack, because 30 seconds is more than enough.

It’s the first love that leaves the deepest imprint on your music memory.

But Two Door Cinema Club’s second album proves the second attempt cuts just as deep.

Beacon’s dance-able pop music gives the listener the false impression they are in a crowd singing along with Alex Trimble as he croons “The World Is Watching.”

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that, but for the performer, you’re just in a different room,” he said.

That’s why he sometimes prefers to be the producer instead of the artist.

“I border on being a bit of a recluse, so I guess the producer side does flourish because I have to go less far to do it — going into another room rather than going into another town.”

Daniel Romano and the Trilliums play the Grad Club Saturday night at 9 p.m.

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Sports Women’s Hockey

Filling in the blanks Gaels ride extended shutout streak to first place in OUA B y S ean S utherland Staff Writer It’s been 10 periods since the women’s hockey team last gave up a goal.

Back-to-back shutouts at home last weekend continued a dominant streak for the Gaels, who dispatched the Toronto Varsity Blues 4-0 and the Ryerson Rams 3-0.

Queen’s has given up only 18 goals this season, best in the OUA. Goaltenders Karissa Savage and Mel Dodd-Moher have split time in net, combining for seven shutouts. Savage sits at the top of

the OUA in goals against average and save percentage.

“It takes a real team effort to play good defensive zone coverage,” said head coach Matt Holmberg, “And that’s what we’re getting.”

The Gaels are also being helped by solid special teams play. The team’s power play is converting on an OUA-leading 25 per cent of their opportunities.

The penalty kill has overcome a slow start to the season, sitting fifth in the OUA and perfect through Queen’s current five-game winning streak.

But the penalty kill hasn’t been seen often this season, as the Gaels

Women’s Basketball

Brock badgers gridlocked Gaels Third straight weekend split for women B y J erry Z heng Staff Writer Head coach Dave Wilson thinks his team should have beaten the Brock Badgers last Friday, despite Brock’s perfect record.

The Gaels suffered a 53-49 loss to the Badgers and won 80-67 over the McMaster Marauders last Saturday.

“If we play [Brock] ten times, I think we’re going to beat them seven times,” Wilson said. “I’m more disappointed [about the loss] because I think it’s a team we should beat.”

Matchups were favourable for the Gaels due to their depth

in the front court, giving them a rebounding edge. Queen’s was able to limit Badgers’ leading scorer Nicole Rosenkranz to 10 points.

The Badgers were held to only four points in the second quarter, making only two of their 14 field goal attempts after winning the battle in the first by a margin of seven points.

Brock outscored Queen’s by nine points in the second half, cutting a five-point halftime deficit to take the win.

“The frustrating part is I thought we had a lot of opportunities to win the game and weren’t able to capitalize on that,” Wilson said.

The Gaels won handily against

Women’s Volleyball

Halfway home Sweep of RMC caps off promising start B y L auri Kytömaa Staff Writer Women’s volleyball head coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane reflects positively on her team’s first semester of play.

“We started slow and had a couple of losses early,” Christian-Macfarlane said. “We finished stronger and it would be

Inside Power Rankings Measuring the success of Queen’s fall varsity teams.

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are the least penalized team in the league — something Holmberg has wanted since the start of the season.

“I’m certainly proud of the team’s ability to turn the other cheek,” he said. “That’s been a big part of our success, to be able to play five-on-five or power play.”

On the offensive side of the board the Gaels are led by centre Morgan McHaffie’s 23 points, second in the OUA. Wingers Taryn Pilon, Brittany McHaffie and Courtenay Jacklin and centre Shawna Griffin also sit among the league’s top 20 scorers.

Katie Duncan and rookie Alisha Sealey both rank in the top five for points by defenders, with 13 and 12, respectively.

“It was going to be a key thing for us this year to make sure we get the depth of scoring,” Holmberg said. “In order for this team to be successful, we need all three lines going.”

That balance was on display last weekend, with nine different players recording points against Toronto and Ryerson. The two wins bring the Gaels’ win total this McMaster on Saturday. After wing Jenny Wright gave Queen’s an early lead on a jumper in the final minutes of the first quarter, the Gaels didn’t relinquish the lead for the rest of the game.

Post Sydney Kernahan had a team-high 14 points and collected 12 rebounds in the game. She also handed out a season high in assists with four.

The Gaels currently sit at 3-3, tied for third place in the OUA with the Laurentian Voyageurs and the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

Queen’s three losses have come by an average of 5.6 points.

With two games to go before the holiday, Wilson believes his team is just scratching the surface of their potential.

“I don’t think we fully comprehend how good we can be and we’re just feeling our way through that.” Wilson said. “[Our players] always assume everybody’s pretty good from reputation. No, we’re pretty good.”

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Fifth-year defender Katie Duncan is tied for 19th in OUA scoring with 13 points, having netted four goals in 15 games.

season to 13, one fewer than they had all of last year.

Their current success brings to mind the Gaels team that captured the 2010 OUA championship, but the team isn’t thinking about past results.

“We enjoyed it while it happened, but we’re really trying to move on,” said Gaels captain Kristin Smith. “We’re playing with the players we have now and I

men’s Volleyball

New objectives Rebuilding Gaels team sits third in OUA B y S ean L iebich Contributor The Gaels have exceeded expectations through the first half of the season. Short-term success has suddenly changed the team’s long-term perspective.

The Gaels swept the RMC Paladins 3-0 last Friday, wrapping up their ninth of 18 season games.

The team has registered a 6-3 record, which puts them in third place going into the holiday break.

“Probably the biggest barrier we’ve had to overcome has been our youth,” said second-year middle Scott Brunet. “We learned a lot from the beginning, so we can improve on just little things.”

nice to carry that momentum into the second half.”

A 3-0 sweep of the RMC Paladins last Saturday gave the Gaels their fifth straight win and a record of 7-2. They’re tied for third place in the OUA halfway through the regular season.

With a successful first half of the season under their belt, the Gaels still have a ways to reach the OUA banner they won last season.

The team lost in straight sets to the York Lions in their season opener and battled to a five-set defeat against the Ryerson Rams on Nov. 3.

Next semester presents the Gaels with plenty of challenges, as they face off against both Setter Matt Bonshor (3) recorded 29 assists last Friday See Paladins on page 22

think we have a really good chance if we keep playing our game.”

Forward Brittany McHaffie, who set up all three goals in the Gaels’ win over Ryerson, believes the team’s balance will pay dividends in the postseason.

“We have a lot of good new recruits [and] our vets are playing the best they’ve ever played,” McHaffie said. “I think we’re going to go far.”

against RMC, while middle Scott Brunet (11) had six kills.

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The Gaels 17-player roster consists of 12 players in their second year or below, and only five upper-year students.

“It’s a pretty young group in terms of CIS experience and playing together,” said Gaels head coach Brenda Willis.

The team’s initial long-term goals were to develop their youth, their depth and to hopefully make the playoffs.

“Our goals are long term,” said Willis. “Our job is just to get a little better at everything every day.”

The Gaels are now looking ahead to a seven-week break from OUA competition, during which the team is set to attend several training sessions.

“Based on the first half, I would say we have to be a better team out of the middle,” Willis said.

“We [also] need to improve on our attack efficiency.”

The team will compete in the York Excalibur tournament from Jan. 2-4.

Willis said she sees the tournament as the launching pad for the second half of the season.

With nine games remaining, the Gaels will resume OUA play on Jan. 12 against the Guelph Gryphons (2-7).

The team’s new objective is to remain in the OUA’s top three, according to Willis.

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Varsity Power Rankings

National recognition for fall Gaels OUA champions, CIS finalists highlight remarkable 2012 campaign for Queen’s fall varsity teams B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor

1. Men’s rugby Everything came together for the men’s rugby team this year.

The veteran Gaels capped off a storybook season by reclaiming the OUA championship, topping the Western Mustangs 29-18 in the title game.

The result avenged a heartbreaking 22-19 loss to Western earlier in the year — the lone blemish in a season where Queen’s outclassed the rest of the OUA. The team demonstrated unparalleled depth to compensate for the prolonged absence of star fly half Liam Underwood, who spent much of the OUA season competing at the national club level.

Third-year wing Graham Turner scored nine regular-season tries, the most in the OUA, while the Gaels led the league in both points for and against.

Underwood and captain Dan Moor excelled in the title game against Western. Both scored tries to seal Queen’s first championship since 2009.

Moor played on the Gaels’ fifth side during the 2009 title run. His stunning progression shows the importance of Queen’s club system under OUA Coach of the Year Peter Huigenbos.

2. Women’s soccer The women’s soccer team teetered between elimination and domination for much of the season, ultimately falling just short of a third straight national title.

After winning three shootouts en route to the 2011 CIS championship, Queen’s fell in penalty kicks to the Trinity Western Spartans in this year’s national final.

The Gaels’ early-season struggles seemed to signify a changing of the OUA guard.

A five-game shutout streak to end the regular season righted the ship, before Queen’s secured the OUA’s third and final nationals berth by the skin of their teeth.

A CIS semifinal rematch with the Ottawa Gee-Gees saw the Gaels pot four goals — three more than Ottawa had conceded all year.

All-Canadian striker Jackie Tessier led the OUA’s most potent offense with 14 goals.

Midfielder Riley Filion and defender Jessie De Boer joined Tessier as OUA First-Team All-Stars.

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Men’s rugby beat the Western Mustangs at Nixon Field to win the OUA championship.

Strikers Breanna Burton and Brittany Almeida both notched 10 goals, while rookie goalkeeper Madison Tyrell shone in the CIS tournament. The onus will be on them to carry a retooled Gaels roster heading forward.

3. Women’s rugby Queen’s came within four points of toppling a dynasty.

The Gaels nearly dealt the unbeaten Guelph Gryphons their first OUA loss since 2007 in this year’s final. After averaging over 64 points per game in the regular season, Guelph managed just 10 against Queen’s, barely capturing their fifth straight provincial title.

Although two defeats at the CIS championships denied Queen’s a spot on the national podium, the Gaels made terrific strides in 2012.

A 32-10 victory over McMaster on Sept. 22 secured first place in the Russell Division and assured the Gaels a clear path to the OUA final.

Third-year All-Stars Bronwyn Corrigan, Claragh Pegg and Taylor White anchored a powerful forward line, while centre Nadia Popov took home OUA East Rookie of the Year honours.

Nearly every impact player will return in 2013. An OUA championship and a top-three finish at nationals are well within striking distance.

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Women’s rugby fell 10-6 to Guelph in a tightly-contested OUA championship game.

Women’s soccer came within a shootout loss of claiming their third straight CIS championship.

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4. Rowing

6. Football

The Gaels women reclaimed the OUA championship in 2012, while the men snagged yet another bronze-medal finish.

Victories in the heavyweight eight, heavyweight double and lightweight four allowed the women to clinch their seventh provincial banner in 10 years.

Queen’s overcame borderline freezing weather and the second-place Western Mustangs to secure the overall OUA points title.

Assistant coach Zola Mehlomakulu was named OUA Women’s Coach of the Year.

The Gaels men won OUA bronze for the fourth straight season, finishing well back of the host Brock Badgers. A gold medal in the lightweight eight marked the team’s first since 2008.

The McMaster Marauders loomed as the Gaels’ most dangerous opponent this season — but no one anticipated Guelph.

The Gryphons pulled off the two largest comebacks of the OUA season against Queen’s. They stole the league’s second playoff bye on Oct. 13 and stunned the Gaels in the semifinals three weeks later.

Turnover troubles and offensive inconsistency hampered the Gaels for much of the season, most notably in their second-half meltdowns at Guelph. Failing to

5. Men’s soccer It’s a testament to the achievements of Queen’s fall teams that men’s soccer is slotted this low.

The Gaels rebounded from a disappointing first-round playoff defeat in 2011 with their most successful campaign in years.

A stunning 4-0 win over the Carleton Ravens on Sept. 16 set the tone for Queen’s 11-1-2 season, culminating with a first-place finish in the OUA East.

Queen’s 2-1 quarter-final victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues came in thrilling fashion. The Gaels advanced to the OUA Final Four after scoring a late overtime equalizer and surviving seven rounds of penalty kicks.

Consecutive defeats to McMaster and York denied the team a shot at nationals, but head coach Chris Gencarelli has laid the foundation for future success.

Goalkeeper Dylan Maxwell was a revelation in his first season as the starter, backstopping the OUA’s most stringent defensive corps. Until the Final Four, Queen’s didn’t allow more than one goal in any game.

Central defenders Joe Zupo and David Tom were both named OUA East First-Team All-Stars, while midfielder Chris Michael led a balanced offensive attack with five goals.

Fifth-year midfielders Nick Pateras, Adrian Rochford and Patrick Zanetti won’t be back next year, but the Gaels will be more experienced as a whole. The defensive troika of Maxwell, Zupo and Tom could lead a charge for the 2013 OUA title.

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The football team lost a 22-point fourth-quarter lead against Guelph in the OUA semifinal.

advance to the conference final was a catastrophic result, particularly for a team firmly embedded in the CIS Top 10 all year.

Aside from the Guelph games, Queen’s defence stood tall, while the offense demonstrated explosive capabilities.

Defensive linemen John Miniaci and Derek Wiggan, linebacker Sam Sabourin and defensive backs TJ Chase-Dunawa and Andrew Lue were all pegged as OUA First-Team All-Stars.

Third-year quarterback Billy McPhee enjoyed a breakout statistical season, while running back Ryan Granberg finished second in the CIS in rushing yards and touchdowns.

It’s impossible to pin Queen’s failures on any single player or unit. To win a potential Yates Cup matchup with McMaster, the Gaels would have needed a flawless team effort — one they couldn’t muster this season when it mattered most.

7. Cross Country A standout rookie highlighted Queen’s cross country results this fall.

First-year Julie-Ann Staehli was named to the CIS Second All-Star Team after finishing 14th at the national championships. She led the Gaels women in every event the team entered this season, earning a season-best third-place finish at the Queen’s Invitational on Sept. 15.

Staehli’s individual exploits have her primed to lead the Gaels women heading forward, while fellow rookie Charlotte Dunlap also put forth promising results at the OUA and CIS meets.

Queen’s men secured a spot on the OUA podium through a collaborative effort.

Four Gaels runners placed in the top 20 at the provincial championships, leading the team to their second straight bronze medal.

Third-years Jeff Archer and Tyson Loney were both named OUA Second-Team All-Stars.

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Ryerson and York a second time, as well as the second-place Ottawa Gee-Gees.

Christian-Macfarlane said that the team needs to improve on communication going forward. “[Against RMC] our communication broke down quite a bit,” she said. “They were scoring points on things that we could normally pick up.”

Captain Katie Neville led the way with nine kills, three aces and three block-assists to receive the Gaels’ player of the game honours.

Christian-Macfarlane stressed the importance of maintaining a consistent effort throughout an entire game.

“I think when it comes to finishing a match, you need to keep the focus,” she said. “The Photo by Alex Choi other team is fighting for their life Middle Katie and you need to up the intensity.” Neville had nine kills against RMC.

SPORTS IN BRIEF men’s basketball perfect on road swing The men’s basketball team improved to 5-1 last weekend thanks to Mackenzie Simpson’s sharpshooting.

The Gaels topped the Brock Badgers 85-51 last Friday and beat the McMaster Marauders 77-73 on Saturday.

After a slow start against Brock, the Gaels were down 16-13 at the end of the first quarter, but roared back in the second, scoring 30 points to the Badgers’ seven. The deficit was too much for Brock to overcome.

Greg Faulkner led the Gaels, who shot an uncharacteristic 53.8 per cent (14/26) from beyond the arc, with a game-high 20 points.

Simpson added 14 points and four three-pointers.

Saturday night’s matchup against McMaster was a back-and-forth affair, with 12

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Sukhpreet Singh drained a game-high 22 points, and Simpson dialed in four more times from three-point range, finishing with 18 points on the night.

Faulkner recorded his third double-double of the season, pulling down 11 boards to go with his 15 points.

— Peter Reimer

men’s hockey stumbles in ottawa A weekend road trip to the nation’s capital didn’t go as planned for the men’s hockey team.

Gaels forward Brendan MacDonald opened the scoring 14 seconds into Friday’s 2-1 loss to the Ottawa Gee-Gees. The game was tied late until Gee-Gees forward Mathieu Tangay-Theriault netted the game winner with 3:41 remaining in the third period.

Saturday’s afternoon tilt with the Carleton Ravens played out completely differently, but with the same results.

The Gaels’ usually rock solid goaltender Riley Whitlock was pulled after allowing three first period goals on 15 shots. Carleton would survive a late third period Gaels’ push to win 4-2.

Three straight losses have left the Gaels at 5-6-2 on the season.

Their lack of scoring and dismal power play hurt the team again over the weekend, going 1 for 7 with the man advantage.

With two games remaining before the winter break, the Gaels will look to finish the first half of their season on a positive note.

They return home to face the Concordia Stingers tomorrow before facing the OUA East division-leading UQTR Patriotes on Saturday night.

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A hunger for the holidays

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A collection of treats that use seasonal tweaks to customize classic favourites B y J anina E nrile , R achel H erscovici and Tiffany L am Journal Staff During the restful, post-exam stretch of the holidays, it’s easy to be lazy and forgo making homemade treats.

Take a step away from the store-bought cookies to try your hand at these classic treats with a holiday flavour.

Caramel popcorn My undying love for popcorn translates well into this easy-to-make snack. Before you start, keep in mind that you’ll need three sets of 9x13 pans for this recipe. Fear not, though. The sweet, rich taste of the caramel is enough to make anyone want more.

INGREDIENTS 3 bags of salted, buttery popcorn, popped with unpopped kernels removed 3/4 cup butter 1 ½ cups brown sugar 1/4 + 1/8 cup light corn syrup 1/4 + 1/8 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla extract Red and green food coloring DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 250 F. 2. In a medium saucepan, melt together the butter, brown sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Boil over low heat for five minutes.

Remove from heat and add the baking soda and vanilla.

3. Place a bag of popcorn in each pan coated with cooking spray. Pour approximately 1/3 of the caramel over one pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.

4. Place half of remaining caramel in medium bowl and add red food coloring until you reach the desired shade of red. Immediately pour over second pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.

5. Add green food coloring to the remaining caramel until you reach desired shade of green. Immediately pour over third pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.

6. Bake for 45 minutes, rotating pans and stirring each pan with a spatula coated with cooking spray every 15 minutes. Cool completely before serving.

— Janina Enrile Source: bakedperfection.com

This series of holiday baked goods and drink is sure to please.

By combining peppermint with year-round sweet tooth favourites, these treats are what you’ve been missing out on this year.

So with the wide expanse of free time ahead of you, try these recipes and be sure to share with friends and family — or keep them all to yourself. It’s the holidays, after all. photo by janina enrile

Mint chocolate cupcakes Turn the original chocolate cupcake recipe into the perfect seasonal treat. A rich mint chocolate experience makes it a holiday favourite, leaving your taste buds ultimately refreshed. Its deep rich moisture with a minty tinge gives them an overly satisfying aftertaste. I guarantee they’ll be gone within seconds and returned with only compliments.

INGREDIENTS Cupcakes: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup cocoa powder 1 bar (100g) Lindt Excellence Intense Mint Dark Chocolate (or 1 tsp peppermint extract, for those with nut allergies) 1/2 cup of margarine, softened 3 small eggs 1 ½ cup sugar 1 ½ tsp baking soda 1 ¼ cup milk (or water) 1/2 tsp salt Frosting: Betty Crocker Creamy Deluxe French Vanilla icing 1 drop of green food colouring Red and green sprinkles or candy canes DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line muffin pans with liners or non-stick spray.

2. In a large bowl, beat eggs and milk or water.

3. Melt the margarine and mint dark chocolate, then add it to the mix.

4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Gradually add to large bowl mixture.

5. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.

4. Let cool for 15 minutes.

5. While cooling, add a drop of green food colouring to the icing for the minty colour and stir well together.

6. Finish it off by frosting cupcakes and garnish with crushed candy canes or festive sprinkles.

photo by janina enrile

Peppermint white hot chocolate I decided to try replicating an old Starbucks standby for this year’s holiday drink. The smooth flavours will come together nicely in this sugary drink that’s perfect for those of us with a holiday sweet tooth.

INGREDIENTS 3 ½ cups milk 8 oz. white chocolate, chopped 1/2 tsp peppermint extract or substitute with 8 finely-crushed peppermint candies Additional coarsely crushed peppermint candies Whipped cream DIRECTIONS 1. Bring milk to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium to high heat.

2. Add white chocolate;

— Tiffany Lam Adapted from: withsprinklesontop.net, Paula Deen

whisk until melted and smooth. Bring to simmer, whisking constantly.

3. Mix in peppermint extract or crushed peppermint candies.

Ladle into four mugs.

4. Top with whipped cream.

Sprinkle with additional coarsely crushed candies and serve.

— Janina Enrile Adapted from: epicurious.com

photo by tiffany lam

White chocolate pomegranate cookies Pomegranates aren’t only super good for you, they add a delicious burst of fresh flavour to these sugary delights. Not into pomegranates? Try craisins or other dried fruits instead; almost anything goes with white chocolate. I added a dash extra of vanilla for my own personal preference and a pinch more salt to offset the super sweet taste of the white chocolate. Never get boxed in by a recipe and have fun, it’s the holidays!

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup old fashioned oats 1 cup white chocolate chips 1 cup pomegranate arils (the seed

part of the fruit) DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. You can line your baking sheets with parchment paper, but the cookies contain so much butter there is no need to worry about possible sticking.

2. In the bowl, cream butter and sugars together by beating on high until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat on medium until well combined.

3. In a separate bowl whisk reshape and flatten slightly onto together flour, baking powder, cookie sheets. baking soda and salt. Slowly 6. Bake cookies for 11 minutes, add flour mixture to the wet until the cookies are golden ingredients in three parts. Mix brown. Remove from oven and until just incorporated. let cool on baking sheet for one 4. Stir in the oats and white minute. Transfer to a wire rack to chocolate chunks. Don’t be finish cooling. afraid to use your hands to incorporate ingredients.

5. Make dough balls — about 1 tbsp of dough per cookie.

— Rachel Herscovici Tuck about 6-8 pomegranate Adapted from: arils in each cookie dough ball, twopeasandtheirpod.com

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