The Queen's Journal, Issue 24

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Reaching too high

Fall reunion

Homecoming to return in 2013 Event will be spread over two weekends B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor

Queen’s Vagabond’s production of Macbeth brought out a darker version of the play. See page 10 for the full review.

Photo by Charlotte GAGNIER

Transportation

Battle of the buses

Student company threatened with letter from Coach Canada B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor A Queen’s student-run bus company — the Kingston Rocket — is facing an investigation by the Ontario Highway Transport Board (OHTB) following a complaint filed by Coach Canada.

The Rocket is a low-cost student travel venture that charters schoolbuses from Kingston to the GTA over major holidays.

Ontario legislation and the OHTB requires companies running a scheduled transportation service to have a scheduled service license, which is traditionally given to one specific transportation company route.

Coach Canada is licensed for the Kingston to Toronto corridor. The Kingston Rocket wasn’t licensed, which is where the trouble began.

CEO Bill Mei, Comm ’15, isn’t convinced that his company needs to follow these regulations.

“We don’t believe we qualify as what’s known as a scheduled service,” Mei said. “There’s some problems with the legislation in terms of the wording and interpretation of the language.”

Coach Canada said on Dec. 13 that they sent a letter to Mei stating that they were the current license holders for the route and that the Kingston Rocket was in violation of the legislation.

Coach Canada said they didn’t receive a reply to their letter and

on Dec. 19, filed a complaint with the OHTB. Currently, the OHTB is looking into whether there is a public need for the Kingston Rocket service and whether or not they fall under this legislation.

Prior to these legal troubles, the Kingston Rocket had collaborated with two students from Western University — Brett Heron and Nancy Li — to share resources and create the London Rocket.

Problems began to arise when

Greyhound pursued the London Rocket for operating within their route without a license, and without the resources to fight back, the student bus company was shut down.

In fear of the Kingston Rocket being a similar target, Mei took his story to press shortly after the loss of the London Rocket in early December and sought legal counsel.

“Now that we have lawyers on our side, it’s a bit less stressful for us See Results on page 6

After a four-year ban on Homecoming, the annual tradition will see an official return in the fall.

Principal Daniel Woolf ’s announcement on Dec. 11 was met with optimism from student leaders and alumni. The decision came after 16 months of planning between the University, the City and Kingston Police.

Discussions on bringing the event back began in Nov. 2011 after Queen’s Rector Nick Francis spear-headed a working group consisting of different stakeholders, such as student leaders, alumni and faculty members.

“Obviously past years went in a direction that didn’t work out,” Francis, ArtSci ’13 said.

“When we first started brainstorming how we could bring it back, we focused on the roots and the essence of what Homecoming means and we built on that.”

This summer, an official planning committee was created to oversee programming and events should Homecoming make a return in the future.

It was decided that Homecoming will be split into two weekends — Oct. 4 and Oct. 19 — to deter mass crowds and unruly behavior.

The split will also give more opportunity to alumni to take part in Homecoming.

The first date will host events for reunion years ending in five, with the second hosting reunions ending in zero. A focus on alumni

and student networking will also be featured during events.

Though the planning committee has met twice since the announcement, any further details for the events are being kept private for the time being.

See Reunion on page 5

Inside News Idle No More movement comes to Queen’s.

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Feature A look at how far a fake ID can take you in Kingston’s downtown bar scene.

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Dialogue Debating the source of gun violence in the US. Page 8

ArtS An interview with Toronto punk rockers Fucked Up. Page 10

Sports Former Gaels coach talks men’s basketball.

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Residences

Details of new residences released Two new buildings will be similar in room structure to Legget and Watts Halls B y J ulia V riend Assistant News Editor Planning for the $70 million new residence project is underway following Board of Trustee’s approval in December.

The two new residence buildings, which will accommodate first-years, upper-years and international students, are expected to be open in fall 2015. “[The new buildings] will eliminate overcrowding,” said Alan Harrison, provost and vice-principal (academic).

For years, campus residences

have had to respond to a high demand for residence rooms for first-years.

This lead to some floor common rooms to be converted into residence rooms and other single rooms to be utilized as economy rooms for two students.

Over 50 rooms have been available for graduate students at Confederation Place Hotel since this fall, and 98 first-years have moved into the JDUC. One of the new residences will border St. Lawrence Ave., Stuart and Albert Streets and the other will be on the south side of campus

on Leonard Field between Morris and McNeill House Halls.

The rooms in the new buildings will be similar to the layout of Leggett Hall and Watts Hall.

There will be single room bedrooms connected by a bathroom.

Both of these new buildings will have air conditioning in every room, Harrison said, an attractive feature to those looking to use Queen’s accommodation over the summer months.

When the doors to the new residences open, students will likely pay similar prices to Watts

and Leggett.

“The market should compel that they are around the same price,” he said.

To compliment the two new residents there will be a new Sodexo food service available within one of the residences, similar to the Lazy Scholar located in Victoria Hall.

The University started looking at different sites for these residences in 2010. Many different sites were considered, including one on West Campus.

The project is being financed through long-term See Buildings on page 6

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Activism

Global protest movement to arrive at Queen’s Idle No More, the protest movement that’s been gaining ground both nationally and internationally since it began in December, will hit Queen’s this afternoon.

The movement “calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water,” according to the official idlenomore.ca website.

At noon today, students and local community members are expected to gather on the corner of Union St. and University Ave. to demonstrate in solidarity with the grassroots movement, which has garnered attention online and in the media since first gaining steam on Twitter with the hashtag #idlenomore.

Queen’s student Sarah Hargan, ConEd ’13, has been interested in the movement since it began.

“When I first learned about it, it excited me, because I’m like ‘finally there’s a voice,’” she said.

“I’ve seen firsthand the social and environmental injustices that my friends in these communities have been facing,” said Hargan, who has spent summers in northern Ontario First Nations communities.

She added that she sees one of the main goals of the movement to be creating indigenous solidarity, “not just in Canada but around the world,” — a goal she thinks has been achieved thus far.

The bill, which was passed by Senate in December, allows First Nations communities to lease reserve land if a majority of voters at a meeting or referendum vote to do so, regardless of how many people are in attendance. Formerly, a majority of eligible voters had to vote in favour.

Also included in the omnibus bill is a reduced environmental protection for lakes and rivers.

hunger strike of Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation, which commenced on Dec. 11.

Spence’s demand was to secure a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston.

Harper offered to meet with Spence on Jan. 24, which she first accepted and then rejected due to Johnston’s decline to attend and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s unavailability. On Thursday, They wanted First Nations Johnston announced he would meet with First Nations leaders at Rideau Hall “I think one of the coolest things about issues addressed in a on Friday. the Idle No More movement is that you serious way by the federal “Some reserves are well-functioning, can’t really point to one leader in the government. multi-million dollar corporate entities, but movement,” she said. “Everyone in the you get … communities that are at the other movement, whether it be children, elders, end of the scale that are dealing with very chiefs, indigenous, non-indigenous people, — Kathy Brock, policy studies professor serious social issues,” Brock said. are all sort of equal.

“These types of conditions we find “Everyone in the movement serves Brock said there’s also a general appalling when we hear about them in the movement.”

Friday’s demonstration won’t be the first dissatisfaction with the way First Nations third world countries and we often want to go over to those countries to help fix held in Kingston. On Jan. 5 a gathering of issues have been addressed in Canada.

These issues include housing, education, them, but they need to be addressed approximately 50 demonstrators was held at land claims agreements and general health of at home too when it comes to our the corner of Princess and Barrie Streets.

First Nations.”

The official website lists over 25 Aboriginal Canadians.

Idle No More has coincided with the upcoming events, including rallies, blockades and dances. Recent blockades of Via Rail tracks have been conducted near Kingston and Belleville.

According to the website, the movement began with four Saskatchewan First Nations Two dozen break-ins Copyright policy changes women — Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, Jessica Gordon & Sheelah McLean — who “felt it was urgent to act on current and Winter term got off to a bad start for a number Queen’s recently announced changes to its upcoming legislation that not only affects our of students who returned to Kingston last copyright policy to reflect the revision of the First Nations people but the rest of Canada’s weekend to find their homes broken into.

Copyright Act, as well as decisions made by citizens, lands and waters.”

Kingston Police Constable and Media the Supreme Court of Canada.

Queen’s policy studies professor Kathy Relations Officer Steven Koopman told the The copyright policy in Canada was last Brock said the creators of the movement Kingston Whig-Standard that 24 reports updated in 1997 and the government has wanted issues facing First Nations of break-ins near Queen’s were reported since been working to modernize these laws communities addressed in a serious way by between Jan. 4 and 6, with most of them to fit a more digital world.

Canada’s federal government. having taken place over the winter holidays.

The greatest revision was made to Queen’s “In particular they had objections to Bill The incidents took place on William, Fair Dealing Policy to act in accordance to C-45 and the changes to the leasing of Johnson, Barrie, Albert, Brock, Nelson, Bagot the new laws. Fair dealing is an exception in lands but also changes dealing with less and Earl Streets, all within walking distance the copyright law that allows unpaid copying environmental protections at the federal of campus. of material under certain circumstances. level for land,” she added.

Koopman said there have been a similar Instructors will now be able to share up to number of holiday break-ins over the years. 10 per cent of a copyrighted work with their He doesn’t see it decreasing, despite an extra students without seeking permission from police presence in the area. copyright holders.

“Quite often we are not looking at a Mark Swartz, Queen’s Copyright massive amount of thieves. We are looking at Specialist, said that these changes will have a few,” he said. a positive impact and make it easier for — Holly Tousignant instructors to provide education materials to students.

Videos will now be permitted to be shown Downtown theatre closes in class (provided that instructors have a legal Kingston’s downtown movie theatre — a copy of the material), without buying public local mainstay for over 80 years — officially performance rights.

In addition, instructors may use publicly closed its doors on Dec. 20.

The closure of the Empire Capitol 7 available material on the Internet for theatre came a year after the company educational purposes provided that there’s announced its relocation to a new facility at no clear notice stating the contrary and Divison St. and Dalton Ave. near Highway no laws have been breached otherwise.

401. The new location opened its doors the — Rachel Herscovici day after the downtown location closed.

Any new owners of the former location are forbidden from opening another movie Homeowners not responsible theatre at the location, according to a clause for clearing ice in its sales contract.

The building has been used as a movie The remnants of Kingston’s large December theatre location since the 1920s when snowfall may be diminishing, but on Famous Players purchased the site shortly many sidewalks and driveways the ice and after its construction. Empire Theatre slush remains. began operating at the location in 2005. It’s According to City of Kingston bylaws, uncertain whether the location has been sold. local businesses are required to “remove Holly Vetro, ArtSci ’14, said the snow and ice from the portion of the company’s move uptown will make her sidewalk fronting the location,” “ensure movie viewing experience more inconvenient. slippery sidewalks fronting the location are “Personally I find it upsetting that they’re covered with suitable material, such as salt closing,” she said. “I mean, from a broader or sand,” and to “remove snow and ice perspective than my own, too, it’s really on the roof top and icicles hanging above inconvenient for students who want to see the location.” a movie without having to take the 40+ Failure to do so can be reported to minute bus on the unreliable transportation the City’s bylaw enforcement office that Kingston offers to the new location.” at 613-546-4291, ext. 3135.

She added that the former location had a These bylaws don’t, however, apply special place downtown. to private homeowners; the city website “I also think the oldness of the theatre adds advises that “good neighbours shovel their a nice charm to Kingston, especially opposite sidewalks,” driveways and the alley crossings from the Grand [Theatre],” she said. “It in front of their homes within 24 hours. was endearing.”

— Holly Tousignant — Vincent Matak

Idle No More gains local following B y H olly Tousignant News Editor

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Feature Alcohol

The cost of faking it Fake ID use is an issue for some establishments, but Kingston Police rarely press charges against those using them B y A lison S houldice Features Editor There is little legal risk for underage students who attempt to enter Kingston’s bars with fake identification.

The police are rarely contacted when incidents arise. In 2012, there were just three incidents of the Kingston Police Force (KPF) charging individuals under the Liquor License Act for presenting false documentation.

Section 30.12 of the Act reads: “No person shall present as evidence of his or her age any documentation other than documentation that was lawfully issued to him or her.”

A $125 charge can be fined to those breaking this law. But, licensed establishments often take enforcement measures into their own hands.

Although the number of charges is low, Mike Wieber, the general manager at the Brass Pub said the use of fake IDs is something that bouncers at the establishment are constantly on the lookout for.

The Brass Pub is a part of the Hub Group Inc., a company that also owns the Grizzly Grill, The Ale House and Canteen and Stages Nightclub.

All these bars have ID swiping machines which read the barcodes of the ID cards.

“We usually ask for two pieces of ID and all ID is always swiped.

You can’t tamper with it because [the machine] reads the bar [code] on the back,” Wieber said.

The company began purchasing the machines five or six years ago.

Wieber believes having the devices deters underage people from even trying to get in.

“Usually people who have a fake ID will see the swiper and they’ll just turn around and walk away,” he said.

However, nothing is 100 per cent foolproof. Wieber’s seen

people go to great lengths to fool staff members, like taking a family member’s ID and putting their own photo on the front.

When a perpetrator’s caught, the police are very rarely alerted.

At The Brass Pub, fake IDs are confiscated. If there’s a second incident with that person, police are contacted.

So far this school year, the Brass hasn’t contacted the police for any incidents.

According to Melanie Boyles, the Seargent of Street Crime and a Constable with KPF, fake identification isn’t considered a prominent issue for the police.

“Fake IDs is more of a bar issue than a police issue,” she said.

“It may be an issue for the bars, but they’re not calling us and saying this is a constant problem.”

Having the police more directly involved would mean stationing an officer at the door to bars and clubs, something they don’t feel is necessary.

Over the past four years, the low numbers of incidents reported have remained constant with three in 2012 and 2011, one in 2010 and two in 2009.

Ben Lewis, ArtSci ’16, has never heard of anyone in Kingston being arrested for using a fake ID but said using one is a common occurrence amongst his friends.

Lewis himself is 19 but most of his friends use novelty fake IDs, purchased in downtown Toronto.

He hasn’t typically seen this type of ID accepted in Kingston.

“Usually the bouncers will give people a much harder time … they’ll laugh and tell them to get out of there,” he said. “I’ve only seen very few people get in using the total knockoffs.”

Others, he said, use ID cards from an older sibling or friend.

According to him, less crowded bars are more likely to take fake IDs. He’s noticed that those with

novelty cards often aren’t afraid to have their’s scanned.

“Some people are phased by it, but I know with novelty stores [in] downtown [Toronto], you can buy total knockoffs that will scan.

Just from experience, you can get in,” he said. “I’ve seen people with novelty items go through a bouncer and a swiper.”

Establishments must often deal with the ramifications of false identification, as they are under the watch of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), an organization whose responsibilities include ensuring that licensed establishments don’t serve alcohol to minors.

Instead of seeing this as a “fake ID” issue, the AGCO is more concerned with those under the age of 19 getting their hands on alcohol products.

If establishments are caught serving minors, they can get their liquor license suspended by the AGCO. “There can be cases where someone just has an awesome fake ID,” said Lisa Murray, spokesperson for the AGCO. “We’d look at the situation to determine whether the staff knew or ought to have known whether this ID was fake.”

Unlike some downtown establishments, fake ID use isn’t an active concern for the AMS Pubs Services (TAPS) and Student Constables (StuCons).

According to AMS Hospitality and Safety Services Director Keenan Randall, this is because there have been very few instances of patrons attempting to use fake IDs at AMS-owned establishments the Queen’s Pub (QP) and Alfie’s Nightclub.

“It’s not a problem we face regularly at our bars,” Randall, ArtSci ’13, said.

“Patrons are always IDed. That’s a policy we have across the board.

TAPS has chosen not to purchase ID swiping machines because Student Constables are trained to identify fake documentation.

Whether it’s an alumni or student event, we always ID.” During the day, servers ID customers purchasing alcohol, and in the evenings, StuCons are stationed at the door.

These bars also require patrons to have a Queen’s student card or be a guest of someone with one.

StuCons are trained by Campus Security staff and upper-year constables on proper IDing practice and how to identify false documentation.

Any underage person caught attempting to enter Alfie’s or QP is banned for a six-month period, beginning on their 19th birthday.

Only months between September and April are counted for this period.

When someone is caught using false identification, their case is taken to an AMS-run pub ban committee that determines the repercussions.

The fabled “tri-pub ban” (QP, Alfie’s and Clark Hall Pub) may be true in practice, but not necessarily in name.

Photo by Tiffany Lam

“We never actually call [it the] ‘tri-pub ban.’ [People have] called it that because we do recognize Clark Hall Pub’s ban and they recognize ours,” Randall said. “They’re not the mythical lifelong ban you hear students talk about sometimes.”

TAPS has considered purchasing the ID swiping machines, but Randall said that at the moment, it’s been determined their cost isn’t worthwhile.

“We’re at a point where we do feel that we empower our StuCons to take their time to use their best judgment.”

Randall believes that having to present both regular and student ID makes sneaking in difficult and therefore deters people from using fake IDs. The threat of a ban also serves as a deterrent.

“I think there’s a culture and myth ... students are generally cautious about doing it at our bars, because it could mean in their second or third years they might not be able to come back.”

How far can a fake take you downtown?

We sent a Journal staffer downtown during the first week of classes around 11 p.m. to test out a fake ID that was purchased in Toronto with their friend who used a legitimate ID. The staffer is 21 years old and the fake driver’s license identified them as being 23 and from Lansing, Michigan. Both the face and the name on the ID matched the staffer, but the birth date, address and the card itself was fake. In small writing on the back of the ID, there is a paragraph stating that the card should be used “solely for novelty identification.”

The Ale House, 393 Princess St.

The Alibi, 293 Princess St.

The Toucan, 76 Princess St.

Bouncer at the door looked at the ID and accepted it without question. No swiping device was used.

Bouncer at the door accepted the ID without question.

Server asked for ID when a drink was requested and the ID was accepted without question.

Fanatics, 371 Princess St.

The Spot, 394 Princess St.

The Royal Tavern, 344 Princess St.

Server didn’t ask for ID when a bottle of beer was ordered, and the staffer was served.

Bouncer asked for a second piece of ID. When a Queen’s student card was given with a matching name and photo, he shrugged his shoulders, stated “whatever” and the customer was allowed in.

Server inside did not ask for identification and the customer was served.

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Student life

Rifle club rejected Club leaders return members’ funds after status revoked B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor The Queen’s Rifle Team (QRT) is refunding membership fees this week after the AMS rescinded their club status six months after

its inception.

The team had been ratified as an AMS club in June, however, concerns were raised that the club’s mandate could jeapordize the AMS based on its insurance policy, which lead to the team’s dissolution.

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Clubs seeking ratification make an application to the AMS Clubs Manager, which are then brought to AMS Assembly through the Clubs Manager and the Commissioner of Internal Affairs.

The decision to rescind the team’s club status was made by Mira Dineen, AMS vicepresident of university affairs, according to QRT representatives.

“I did not formally rescind the ratification of the Queen’s Rifle Team as I do not have the authority to do so,” Mira Dineen, AMS vice president of university affairs, told the Journal via email.

“I informed the Queen’s Rifle Team that if the club did not voluntarily rescind ratification as an AMS club that I would need to bring forward a motion to AMS Assembly to formally rescind ratification.”

After the Team requested funds from the AMS for guns, ammunition and membership fees, Dineen said she became concerned over the high-risk nature of the club.

It wasn’t until the Team requested space on campus for gun safety classes that the AMS became aware of a potential violation through Campus Security.

After being told the AMS could no longer affiliate themselves with the club, QRT was asked to seek ratification with Queen’s Athletics and Recreation.

“Athletics and Recreation agreed that it would make sense for the Queen’s Rifle Team to be considered an athletic club, given the comparison to the Queen’s Archery Team and given shooting is considered a sport internationally,” Mira Dineen, AMS vice president of university affairs, wrote in an email to the Queen’s Rifle Tem presidents.

However, Dineen, ArtSci ’11, also stated that the scheduled gun safety classes on campus would have contravened Queen’s Weapon Policy, which states that “no person while on property controlled or owned

by Queen’s University, shall store or carry a weapon.”

Weapons listed include explosives, knives, BB guns, crossbows, longbows and martial arts weapons. Any potential

Friday, January 11, 2012 misconduct could have compromised the AMS insurance policy, which the Team had been covered under prior to December, according to Dineen.

According to team representatives, the club had arranged separate insurance coverage from the Canadian Shooting Sports Association prior to proceeding with scheduled events.

Despite this, all affiliated clubs are covered under AMS insurance as per policy.

Athletics and Recreation wouldn’t insure the Team either.

“In a follow-up meeting, it became clear that the University through Athletics and Recreation would in no way support or insure the club because of its high-risk nature,” she said.

She said she plans to include the AMS General Manager and Queen’s Athletics and Recreation in future ratification processes to explain issues pertaining to insurance coverage and appropriate affiliation.

“It’s unfortunate because I want to make this better so it doesn’t happen again,” she added.

“We have annual turnover so that kind of slipped through the ratification process.”

Since the decision, the former team presidents are giving back $5,500 to 55 members for clubs fees intended to go toward space, rifles, firearm safes and insurance.

None of the QRT membership fees had been used.

Jesse Waslowski, vice-president of the Queen’s Rifle Team, said it was difficult to understand the reasoning behind the decision.

“It doesn’t make all that much sense, to put it frankly,” Waslowski, ArtSci’ 13, said.

“There’s also the Queen’s Archery club which makes this kind of inconsistent, but beyond that, I don’t see how [it] goes against AMS policy.”

There are no plans for the club to continue on campus, he added.

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Goodes hall

Coloured stairs cleaned Engineers fix stairs dyed genetian violet by vandals B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor Engineer purpling went too far when the stairs of Goodes Hall were found dyed on the morning of December 15.

Concerned with this act of vandalism, about 13 students rallied to clean the purple stairs incident on their own accord.

“Having the stairs cleaned up, by engineers especially, was extremely important to me but also to the rest of the faculty,” Max Howarth, Sci ’13, told the Journal via email.

Howarth helped in the effort to acquire cleaning supplies during the final period of the clean-up.

Numerous posts could be found on Facebook and Twitter about the incident, which helped raise awareness about the issue.

“Outside of engineering, I think that people were horrified with the vandalism, however, more people were impressed with the effort being put in to clean it up,” Howarth said.

Howarth said the Sci ’16 class, who were at the heart of the clean-up, represented the true values of the Queen’s engineering faculty.

“It made engineers in every ... year

upset that, as a whole, we would be associated with the acts of a few people,” he added.

Other students supported the cause by bringing Tim Horton’s to the volunteers, Howarth said.

Nicola Plummer, president of the Commerce Society, said she was contacted immediately by Engineering Society President Taylor Wheeler to apologize for any inconvenience. Wheeler failed to respond to multiple requests for an interview with the Journal.

“We were disappointed by the use of gentian violet on the stairs of Goodes Hall,” Plummer, Comm ’13, told the Journal via email. “But we were thoroughly impressed with the quick and effective resolution.”

Plummer said that the AMS Judicial Affairs Office is looking into this matter further.

Benjamin Burger, AMS judicial affairs commissioner, couldn’t comment on whether or not there will be a non-academic discipline case concerning the incident due to confidentiality policies.

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Campus Calendar Saturday, Jan. 12

Thursday, Jan. 17

Free Observatory Public Tour Listen to a professional astronomer and view the moon and planets from the outdoor observing deck Ellis Hall, 4th floor 7:30 to 9 p.m.

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Homonationalism, Sex and Disability: Pinkwashing and Biopolitics in the Middle East Surveying recent debates on “pinkwashing”: the use of gay rights by the Israeli government to deflect attention from its occupation of Palestine Dr. Jasbir Puar Robert Sutherland Building Rm. 202 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 Kingston Canadian Film Festival – Volunteer Information Session Screening Room movie theatre, 120 Princess St. 5:30 to 6 p.m.

Reunion weekends slated for October Continued from page 1

Principal Woolf told the Journal on Dec. 11 that he decided to reinstate Homecoming officially after good student behaviour last October.

Though he said the City hasn’t come forward with an official position on the return of Homecoming, Bill Glover, Kingston city councillor for the Sydenham District, said that the University has improved its relationship with the City considerably since 2008.

“There has been a sea of change in the University’s administration since Principal Hitchcock refused to acknowledge any ownership of the issue and that was a big contributor to the standoff,” he said.

“Principal Williams immediately took ownership and started active discussions with one-on-one groups and Woolf has carried

that on.”

Principal Hitchcock served from 2004 to ’08, with Williams replacing her.

Glover said it’s important to be wary of the risks associated with a Alumni will return to the City next fall for Homecoming for the first-time Queen’s Homecoming. since autumn 2008.

“I have no great expectations,” he said.

“How it’s going to be depends on the way students treat it.”

Sara Colozza, ArtSci ’12, said that though she’s excited to return to Queen’s for the official event, she’s wary of student’s behavior and thinks splitting Homecoming into two weeks will be beneficial.

“It’s definitely not going to be as powerful as a traditional Homecoming because not everyone is going to be there,” she said.

“But because we’ve had so many issues with safety and respect, it’s probably for the best.”

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Results of case still pending circulated an online petition which has collected almost and we felt more confident actually 1,300 signatures to help support running,” Mei said. their cause and demonstrate a The Kingston Rocket and their public need. legal representation are currently Ultimately, the issue stretches looking at different options and beyond just this case for Mei. He determining the best next steps said he believes this legislation isn’t to take. effective and would like to see They believe their service transportation services deregulated. doesn’t fall under the legislation “What’s wrong with people because they simply charter buses chartering a bus to go from point and don’t run on a service schedule. A to point B? I mean, that’s what The Kingston Rocket has we’re doing,” he said.

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Bill Mei, Comm ’15, took his story to the press after the loss of the london rocket in December.

Photo by tIffaNy laM

Provinces like Alberta are deregulated and have numerous bus companies running the same transportation service corridors for consumers.

“I really believe that consumers should be given a choice and there should not be a reason why these companies should be given a monopoly over their operating area,” Mei said.

Coach Canada President John Emberson said his company also shares these ideas about deregulation.

“We believe that the current regulatory system needs to be modernized to meet the needs of all customers,” he said.

Coach Canada is also restricted by the regulations and can only run on certain lines of transportation, he said.

“Within the current regulatory system we’re restricted on what we can do,” he said. “Everybody has to follow the regulations and that includes the Kingston Rocket.”

Results are still pending for the conclusion of the OHTB proceedings with the Kingston Rocket.

one of the new residence buildings is slated to be constructed on what’s now leonard Field.

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borrowing and then sustained by residence fees.

Once the plans are secure, the construction contract will be available to bid on by construction companies in Kingston in May. “[The new buildings] will

benefit students in a significant number of ways residents are an essential component of the Queen’s student experience.”

— With files from Katherine Fernandez-Blance

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Such small niche campaigns do provide an important check to corporations’ ethical standards.

EMPLOYMENT

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n emphasis on fitting in during hiring can make for a more productive work environment, if certain important factors are kept in mind.

According to a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek, a potential employee’s cultural fit in a workplace is becoming more important in an interview setting than ever before.

Admittedly, this so-called trend is nothing new — employers have always considered more than just hard skills when making hiring decisions. The idea of a work culture existing at any business is expected; it’s evident that companies such as Lululemon or Starbucks look for individuals with certain traits and qualities to represent their brand.

Especially in jobs where collaborative teamwork takes priority, how an employee meshes with their colleagues is extremely important to the long-term productivity of a company. An individual’s cultural interests can also strongly relate to how they interact with their target product demographic as well as their larger work environment.

By asking seemingly trivial questions such as “What is your favourite ice cream flavour?” employers can identify certain desirable personality traits in a potential employee. In seeing how the interviewee answers the question, not necessarily the answer they give, employers can

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o the Queen’s community: it’s time for a change. In our increasingly technology-driven society, we need our education to reform and adapt to innovation.

The Academic Planning Task Force and the Student Experiential Learning Task Force brought

better evaluate a candidate’s fit in the larger institutional culture, thus helping to increase the productivity of the whole team.

These questions shouldn’t be the only ones emphasized in an interview. It’s important for employers to avoid hiring people solely because they think they’ll mesh well with other employees.

A diverse workforce with different personalities and skillsets can help an employer maintain a flow of creative ideas and effective work more so than a culturally homogenous workplace.

Employers also need to be weary of ensuring that their interviews promote cultural

together by the Senate at Queen’s are looking to spearhead these innovations, but there are still countless technological advances that these groups have yet to explore.

To start with, increasing class sizes leave room for distraction.

Lectures are long, discussion is limited and it’s often difficult for students to stay focused in them.

We need to move away from lecture-based learning and towards a blended format.

Courses such as FILM 240 are a prime example of the innovation Queen’s should further aim to champion. In the course, an application called Class Caddy was introduced, making the course material accessible to all students

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he wealthy suburbanite’s love of Canada Goose may soon be shaken up by a small yet effectively specific anti-fur campaign against the company.

The recent campaign, spearheaded by the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals, criticizes Canada Goose for its use of coyote fur, claiming that the trapping system they use to kill the coyotes causes them undue harm and injury.

This Toronto-based campaign isn’t unique in its goal.

Organizations such as PETA are well-known for calling out countless large companies like — Journal Editorial Board KFC for their inhumane treatment of animals.

through their smartphones.

Students are notified when new course material is uploaded and can access all of the content through their smart devices.

Creating these models will let the students go at their own learning pace.

While Queen’s has been technologically ahead of other universities in some capacities, in others, such as platforms like Moodle, we’ve lagged behind. My professors have complained to me in the past about Moodle deleting their students’ information and not updating their marks properly.

As a result of these glitches, they have disregarded the use of the platform and have created their own website to host the material. It

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inclusiveness — the slant of the questions shouldn’t exclude anyone culturally such as new immigrants or individuals who may not have an in-depth understanding of Western culture.

Maintaining a disciplined hiring board and a balanced focus on both social skills and hard skills will ensure that the interview process remains fair.

Keeping these checks and balances in mind, thinking about an employee’s cultural fit in a workplace can lead to a smarter hire and a more productive workplace for all.

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Unfortunately, this campaign might get lost in the noise of all of the other existing animal rights initiatives calling out similar corporate indiscretions.

Where this campaign finds its strength is in its specificity. An initiative of this sort is more likely to bring about change by targeting one company instead of an entire industry.

Regardless of whether Canada Goose’s hunting practices are harmful or not, they have been successful in job creation for Canadians in the hunting and trapping industry. But economic benefit doesn’t negate corporate responsibility.

Such small niche campaigns do provide an important check to corporations’ ethical standards. By raising questions about the way the coyotes are killed for their fur, the campaign could effectively raise awareness about how to create an ethical code for hunting and fur trapping in Canada. If customers demand a more ethical product, companies will likely be more willing to provide it.

The campaign is doing the right thing by starting small. Especially given the targeted nature of Canada Goose’s customer base, the campaign may actually succeed at bringing about changes in the way animals are hunted for their fur in Canada.

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seems counterproductive that the admin is spending so much money on a software program that doesn’t even work properly.

It’s time for Queen’s to be a leader of innovation.

App-based learning should be introduced as an alternative to Moodle. Queen’s should create a faculty-specific template to push out course content. Students are already on their smartphones, so it only makes sense for the University to use this platform for educational purposes.

We can build on existing platforms such as TED-ed, a program that uses TED videos to educate students, then evaluates them on what they’ve learned. With a clean user interface, it engages

students for short amounts of time, keeping their concentration through animations and inspiring educators but also through models that simulate particular learning environments interactively.

This model is one of the most advanced examples of blended learning to date since it actively evaluates students as they learn with multimedia.

These idea are by no means revolutionary or new; they simply haven’t been rightly executed at Queen’s yet. Everybody has great ideas, but execution is what separates the great from everybody else.

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Point/Counterpoint - Gun Violence

Disarming means and mental health

Examining various responses and solutions to dealing with gun violence following tragic mass shootings

Karen Au Yeung, M.A. ’13 On Dec. 14, 2012, what transpired at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. devastated America. Adam Lanza took the lives of 20 children, aged six to seven, six teachers, and his mother, before turning the gun on himself. His weapons of choice: his mother’s legally obtained semi-automatic assault rifle and a semi-automatic handgun.

The events of Sandy Hook left the Newtown community devastated. Unfortunately, this type of violence wasn’t a onetime incident. Two and a half weeks prior to the Sandy Hook tragedy, a 17-year-old — Jordan Davis — lost his life because a man by the name of Michael David Dunn decided that Davis’ stereo was too loud, leading Dunn to shoot him. These incidents are only a glimpse into the bigger picture of America’s gun control problem.

Gun laws in the US are considered rather lenient, especially compared to many other Western countries. For example, in Canada, after the École Polytechnique shooting in 1989, more stringent gun laws were put in place. By 1995, the Firearms Act was passed, placing further restrictions on the acquisition and ownership of guns.

The Act guaranteed uniformity in gun control throughout Canada; establishes a government body which oversees the authorization of gun licenses and applications was established.

The consistent regulation of firearms throughout all of Canada reflects the necessity to monitor and regulate the danger of guns.

The US, on the other hand, views firearms as another consumer product; bought, sold and discussed like a new car or TV set. Different states have their own regulations on gun possession and acquisition.

Some states only require a preliminary background check.

Guns have become ubiquitous in the US, as most individuals can just walk into a store and legally obtain a firearm.

Semi-automatic firearms, like the ones used by Lanza, are

capable of firing multiple shots in a number of seconds. The notion that individuals can privately own these deadly weapons, without proper training and licensing, is a disturbing one, but nonetheless a reality in the US. When comparing the statistics of gun-related crime, accident and suicide rates in the US to other Western countries, the numbers are exponentially higher in America.

For example, in 2008, Japan, a country with one of the strictest gun laws in the world had only 11 gun-related homicides in total; whereas the US had over 12,000.

The numbers suggest that there is a correlation between the number of gun-related crimes to that of gun laws and private ownership of firearms. We need to at least consider having more stringent gun control laws, in hopes of decreasing the number of unnecessary deaths and injuries across the country.

While guns may not be the cause of violent crimes and homicide rates being so high in America, they are a very legitimate and obtainable means. This isn’t to say that banning guns from circulation or making it more difficult to obtain guns may completely prevent atrocities from happening, but looking at countries like Japan and Canada where there are comparatively lower numbers of gun-related incidents and stricter gun laws, the gun laws and the response to gun-related deaths in America needs to be re-evaluated.

The Second Amendment may protect the rights of American citizens to bear arms, but who will look out for the interests of the victims? The debate on gun control has always come back to the rights of people who want to privately own guns. This mentality needs to shift — the innocent individuals caught in the line of fire are those who are paying for this ‘right.’

In the politics of guns and gun control, we don’t want to forget about the mother who lost her son, the husband who lost his wife, the brother who lost his sister, and each individual who has lost their life. There needs to be a space to acknowledge the victims, and not see them just as another casualty of the fight for a certain liberty.

Karen is a Master’s student in the department of sociology.

Christian Rojas, M.A. ’13

A Glock pistol (above) was used for shootings in Tucson, Arizona and Virginia Tech.

A Bushmaster AR-15 (above) was used at the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.

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What do Seung-Hui Cho, Jared Loughner and Adam Lanza have in common? Aside from being the latest perpetrators of gun violence in the US, all three can be categorized as mentally ill and all three also had easy access to firearms. Such incidents have generally been avoided in Canada, where policies are supportive and firearms regulated. The last recorded incident of such magnitude was the École Polytechnique shooting in 1989.

The problem of gun violence in the US can’t be blamed solely on gun control. Firearms aren’t the problem; any item in the right hands at the right time can become a deadly weapon when the situation arises. The problem actually lies in the lack of social support services available to individuals in need, living a society where inequality at different levels — economic, social, racial, etc. — is very much present. Firearms are also too easy to purchase legally.

Seung-Hui Cho — a victim of bullying at a young age — exhibited a number of odd behaviours signalling that he wasn’t okay. Cho wrote “dark” poems, stories and plays, and took photographs of the legs of female classmates. A teacher recommended counselling after these incidents, but he didn’t seek help. Two years later, Cho managed to legally obtain two handguns, went on a shooting spree at Virginia Tech and took his own life at the end.

Jared Loughner, a young man who also had a number of personal issues, opened fire against a crowd in Tucson, Arizona. He had been told to seek counselling, which didn’t happen.

He was able to purchase a gun and ammunition through various local Walmart stores. Loughner was found incompetent to stand trial after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Following intensive psychological treatment, he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges and was sentenced to life in Nov. 2012.

Most recently, Adam Lanza

opened fire against teachers and students at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A number of sources report that Lanza was quiet, a loner, socially awkward and may have suffered from Asperger syndrome.

Lanza’s weapon — an assault rifle — was purchased legally by his mother.

In a number of states, the main requirements include being a US citizen; 18 or over for a rifle and 21 or over for a hand gun; not being guilty or indicted of a felony; and have no history of mental health issues.

No law in any state is explicit in what an individual must present as proof of “no history of mental health issues.” Thus, the honour system applies. It’s then easier for anyone whose mental health issues aren’t on record to walk to the nearest shop and purchase a firearm.

The ease of obtaining a firearm and the meaning given to the weapons — specifically protection — has turned the US into a “gun culture.” Simply put, any act of violence and mass violence perpetrated by firearms can be solved by inserting more firearms into the equation — never the opposite.

The US has taken steps in the wrong direction to combat firearm violence. Instead of focusing on the way they can assist those who are mentally ill and more prone to violent or anti-social outbursts because of their condition, a number of states, including Arizona and Los Angeles have chosen to place armed police officers in schools. Other states have contemplated certifying teachers to carry concealed weapons.

The amount of resources that are going to be spent in placing armed personnel in schools could easily be spent on training teachers to better understand how to spot and address problems of mental illness. A system must also be implemented where counselling recommendations are followed.

At the end of the day, “gun culture” has produced a number of unjustified killings. It won’t solve the problem of firearm violence; rather, it will result in justifying this violence by fear.

Christian is a Master’s student in the department of sociology.

Talking heads ... around campus What’s your New Year’s resolution?

“Attend every class and keep up with my work load.”

Mimi Hijleh, ArtSci ’14

“I don’t have any New Year’s resolutions.”

Dennis Ting, Comm ’13

“Learn something new everyday.”

Mariana Vitaver, ArtSci ’14

“Go to the ARC three times a week.”

Jamie Thomas, ArtSci ’13

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“Get into Talking heads!”

Lucy Vorobej, ArtSci ’13

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Fucked Up and star-struck Band’s bassist talks about being the only girl in a group of wild guys B y S avoula S tylianou Arts Editor Lightning only struck once for Fucked Up, but it’s not something they dwell on.

The hard core punk band from Toronto was the recipient of the 2009 Polaris Prize, a $30,000 reward for their album The Chemistry of Common Life.

Although they were nominated again last year for David Comes to Life, it’s clear that bassist Sandy Miranda isn’t bitter about losing to folk musician Feist.

The Polaris Prize is traditionally awarded to a lesser known Canadian musical act, and this year’s short list for the prize was met with criticism due to popular artists like Drake and Feist being included.

“A prize like that cannot go to

the same band twice unless they are insanely talented,” she said.

“I adore Feist and I have a lot of respect for her. She’s been doing it for a long time, but people may have reacted cynically regarding her winning. The fact is, she’s really good at what she does,” Miranda said.

Fucked Up took a break last year after the success of their latest album, but is now back on tour.

Miranda said the band is slowly starting to work on a new record.

“You can’t play too much because the record will take longer to finish. So we’re playing a few shows now after the break to make sure we don’t get sloppy,” she said.

The group is doing a set of southern Ontario dates before heading to Australia and southeast Asia. Miranda said she can’t believe she’s still playing in a band in her

Arts Fucked Up bassist Sandy Miranda says of all the musicians the band has collaborated with in the past, she felt a connection with Jennifer Castle because of her “female energy.”

thirties, on the cusp of celebrating Fucked Up’s 12-year anniversary.

“I’m in my perpetual state of adolescence,” she said. “You never know when the current state of your life is going to change or move on so I try to make the most of it.”

After being in the band for so long, touring has become very routine, but being the only girl in the group while touring has its own problems, Miranda said.

“It’s fine. My issue is I am very sensitive and I can’t put up with as

much teasing as the guys can,” she said. “I’ve been known to cry on tour — I have to stop doing that.”

Over the years, Fucked Up has had the chance to work with several artists, including Ezra Koenig from indie band Vampire Weekend and rapper Moby. “[Jennifer] Castle is one of my favourites, but maybe I just gravitate towards her because of her female energy. I yearn for a softer person to be with because I’m made of the same stuff,” Miranda said.

The bassist didn’t seem fazed by

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the talented musicians she’s gotten to work with, but when Fucked Up was touring with the Foo Fighters last year, Miranda said she got a little star struck.

“Dave Grohl came to my hotel room after one of the shows and said, ‘Hey, there’s an after party in my room.’ All I could think was, ‘Dave Grohl’s in my room.’”

Fucked Up plays the Mansion on Sunday at 10 p.m.

PLAY REVIEW

Anatomy of a breakdown Queen’s Vagabond’s Macbeth in the Vogt Studio doesn’t get lost in an overambitious production B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor Ambition can lead to the ruin of many, as suggested by the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

The standout performances of the show came from James Gagné and Mary Collier playing Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (above) respectively.

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But Vagabond Theatre’s production of the play doesn’t fall to the same fate.

While many Shakespearean plays become victim to a director’s excessive aspirations, this particular show depicted the production as it should be seen — simple, well-acted and appropriately dark.

The sinister tones presented in the play matched the production well, as the Vogt Studio was filled with the eerie sounds of the witches’ cackling and the ambient lighting dimmed during the soliloquies.

The lighting scheme meant that I couldn’t see the actors’ faces properly at times, but with the play’s dark tone in mind, the move made sense.

The cast is led by the memorable James Gagné as the noble but naive Macbeth and the perfectly calm and cold Mary Collier as his fantastically calculating wife. The cast’s chemistry stands out in the famous plotline — a blue-blooded Scottish couple falls prey to a golden opportunity, one that leads to their ultimate demise.

Movement was an important part of the play, from the choreographed fight scenes to the jarring way that Lady Macbeth

falls to her knees in the midst of an emotional breakdown.

The royal nobility of the play are static and unmoving in their postures, as opposed to the uncivilized witches who spur on much of the action with their wicked manoeuvres.

The witches crept while they cast spells, particularly in the opening scenes, all the while getting too close for comfort to other characters like Macbeth and Banquo.

The characters’ movements across the stage become more erratic as they spar relentlessly, like Macbeth and Macduff in their final battle, or tremble violently like Lady Macbeth in her final “out damned spot” scene.

While blocking is a strong point of the play, in some ways it’s one of its weak points.

Certain monologues began with an actor’s back to the audience, such as one of Macbeth’s final monologues. It’s a confusing move for a play that depends so much on spoken lines and facial expressions.

Gagné as Macbeth was played with more dignity than I’ve ever seen before, his stance unwavering See Staging on page 13

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Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge’s exhibit The Plague draws comparisons between modern day consumerism and the Biblical plagues.

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A plague of politics Artists aim to depict society’s economic and environmental flaws in the six prints of their exhibit B y K atie G randin Contributor The plagues have moved out of the Bible and into society.

The message played out in Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge’s exhibit The Plague doesn’t do so shyly.

Afflicted by the ignorance of society, Condé and Beveridge’s prints thrust the chaos of the corrupt and crumbling world to the forefront of the viewer’s attention.

But this only happened once I got up close to each of the prints on the walls.

Immense details appeared in each of the figures, all of which were digitally composed photo-based prints.

When I first looked at the titular piece in the exhibit, I didn’t know what to make of the swarms of dead frogs infiltrating an

airport gate. The intriguing colours used in the print to depict the decaying animals were fascinating to look at.

I noticed the corporate men in suits, counting their money, reading their Wall Street Journals and observing the stocks which had replaced the airport’s departure schedule.

These men were surrounded by pictures of war, environmental destruction, violence and political corruption as the media is featured at the forefront of it all.

In this piece, Condé and Beveridge managed to successfully depict the idea of today’s consumerism being like a plague on humanity — a theme also present in the other prints in the gallery.

The Fall of Water evoked a similar, busy style but was visually darker and more disturbing. The artists’ message of protest

against the capitalization of global water supplies remained consistent with their own personal experiences with political resistance.

The print features a throng of distorted and distressed people, dead sea animals and waste descending into a pit surrounded by, but without access to water.

Images of a woman straining to grasp what appears to be a last droplet of water, paired with the appearances of name-brand labels for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dasani and Nestlé particularly struck me since those drink products are seen so frequently.

The sense I got from the exhibit is

that global financial powers and capitalist economic systems are plaguing our society at the expense of the common good.

If Condé and Beveridge’s implications in this exhibit ring to be true, the plague is everywhere in the world right now and people should be aware.

Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge’s The Plague is on exhibit in the Frances K. Smith Gallery of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre until Feb. 3.

Get Out There Art Agnes Etherington Art Centre Contemporary Feature Gallery Erin Shirreff’s Available Light Until Jan. 27 Agnes Etherington Art Centre Davies Foundation Gallery David Rokeby’s The Giver of Names Until Jan. 27 Modern Fuel Main Gallery TH&B’s Resurrection Jan. 12 to Feb. 23 Modern Fuel State of Flux Gallery Chris Miner’s Artist Statements Jan. 12 to Feb. 13 Union Gallery Main Space Kelsey-Lynn Corradetti & Emma Kent Jan. 19 to Feb. 8 Union Gallery Project Room Melissa Smallridge Jan. 19 to Feb. 8 Music The Mansion Carvings CD Release

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Conquering an impossible feat Singer Daniel Benjamin says that while making the band’s second album, he barely left the studio B y S avoula S tylianou Arts Editor

he found the experience with the frosh amusing.

“It was really scary, but hilarious Daniel Benjamin remembers his at the same time,” he said.

Benjamin started Moon King first time.

“In 2005, I remember crowd with his childhood best friend, surfing for the first time [in Maddy Wilde. The pair grew Kingston] and it was the sickest up in the Annex in Toronto and feeling,” Benjamin, one half of the credits it as a big influence in their musical styling.

Moon King duo, said.

“Lee’s Palace is down the But Benjamin’s recollection of his past endeavours in Kingston street from where we grew up so we always got to see bands delved into dark times as well.

His last visit playing a gig in play there when we were kids,” town left him running away from Benjamin said.

But their music isn’t just a frosh dressed up as zombies.

“I was in the driver’s seat trying by-product of their environment, to get away. These students came to it’s also because of their families.

“Both of our parents were me with outstretched arms, literally opened the door and reached in,” involved in the old school folk Benjamin said. “We drove away music community in Toronto, from 30 people slowly crawling which is still going strong.”

The “hermit” lifestyle is at the van like the Dawn Of what Benjamin said he’s gotten the Dead.”

While the experience might have accustomed to while making this turned the singer off from coming new record.

That includes calling me via his back to Kingston, Benjamin said

Moon King singer Daniel Benjamin says music has always been a part of his life. Growing up in the Annex in Toronto, he lived down the street from Lee’s Palace, where he used to go see live shows all the time.

laptop, instead of using a telephone.

“I don’t have a phone so I’m talking into my laptop. Canada has

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the most expensive cellphones in the world, so I figured it was easier if I went without one. I also haven’t gone out in a while,” he said.

Benjamin was a few hours late for our interview, but with good reason.

He’d been putting the finishing touches on Moon King’s latest album Obsession II. “We added on a bunch of extra vocals and other little things and as of 20 minutes ago, I think it’s done,” he said.

Benjamin and his musical partner Wilde will soon be traveling a lot while they’re on

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tour withToronto punk rock band Fucked Up. They’ll be playing the Mansion on Sunday and Benjamin said for him, performing is like trying to accomplish an impossible feat.

“Sometimes it succeeds, but it doesn’t always obviously. It’s the best feeling. It’s the only thing worth doing — there’s no reason to do anything else other than to achieve that feeling.”

Moon King plays the Mansion on Sunday at 9 p.m.

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Staging the Bard’s basics like she’s always on the edge of something — be it methodical and his speech clear and powerful, murder or dangerous mayhem. She especially in the famous “Tomorrow, shakes, eyes wide with ambition, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” while plotting the murder of King soliloquy. There’s still, however, an Duncan and the ominous lights obvious portrayal of his hesitation accentuate her face as she shares and fear. her evil plan with the audience.

Lady Macbeth was one of the With a production like this, standout performances of the play. there’s always a risk that the show She’s a character who is played will get lost in translation. This isn’t Continued from page 10

the case with Vagabond Theatre’s Macbeth. With elements that are quintessentially Shakespearean, this show is a good introduction for anyone who has never seen the Bard on stage.

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Rams spoil perfect return Gaels fall in double OT to undefeated Ryerson, but win twice to open year B y Peter R eimer Staff Writer

Head coach Stephan Barrie has led the men’s basketball team to an 8-3 start in 2012-13 — a significant improvement from last season, his first as the Gaels’ bench boss.

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The men’s basketball team has yet to slow down.

After finishing 2012 with a 6-2 record, the Gaels started off the New Year with an 82-74 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues and a double-overtime 82-77 loss to the undefeated Ryerson Rams.

The Gaels had a chance to bury the Rams in regulation last Sunday, when rookie guard Sukhpreet Singh was sent to the free-throw

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Renaissance man and superfan Retired prof and former Gaels coach breaks down this year’s men’s basketball team B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor Geoff Smith calls his love for basketball an illness. Having had knee operations at 15 and 21, he joined Queen’s to teach history and coach basketball in the 1970s.

Despite retiring in 2006, his attachment to Queen’s basketball has hardly wavered. This weekend the “Renaissance man” will miss men’s basketball home games for the first time all year.

“I’m sad because I’m going away with [his wife] Roberta, we’ve got a wonderful cruise coming up,” Smith said, who’ll be without score updates for weeks.

“We should be back for the playoffs and they should be in it this year.”

The former college player and ex-men’s basketball coach knows the team — he’s there, front row centre, at every home game.

But this hasn’t always been the case. “[Last year] I watched two games and realized there was no reason to watch them,” he said.

The Gaels, who were 2-20 in 2011-12, were led by head coach Stephan Barrie during his first year on the job. This year’s team is 8-3, with a cast of 10 new players on the 16-man roster — a transformation similar to the one in 1982 where Smith had helped bring in 14 newcomers to the team.

“The most important thing you can do is recruit,” Smith said, which was a nonexistent practice when he began coaching Queen’s basketball in 1973 alongside legendary football coach Frank Tindall. “[Tindall] was very hands-off,” Smith said. “He would come in and give the tip-off play, and that would be it.”

Smith took over in the 1980s as head coach. It wasn’t until ’85 when he gave up coaching and became the first to devote time to recruiting players for the basketball program.

Smith recalls the struggles of attracting talented new players to suit up for Queen’s.

“One of the problems is ­— as one of the sportswriters in town put it — if they’re smart enough to go to Queen’s, they’re smart enough to know there are better places to play basketball,” he said.

Smith described coach Barrie’s quiet style of leadership as one of the cornerstones of the team’s success.

“In my view, that’s the opposite of me. I’m the Dick Vitale of the gym,” Smith said, referring to the vivacious ESPN broadcaster.

His analysis of Barrie delves deeper: tactical and behavioural traits are outlined as imperatives to the team’s success. The players have bought into Barrie’s system and it’s paid off. According to Smith, what separates Barrie from his predecessors are his focus on the controllable factors in a game and not mulling over the odd missed shot.

“Everybody touches the ball, everybody can shoot and everybody can contribute,” he said. “It’s not the ‘can’, but the ‘must’.”

He says 2004-05 was the last time Queen’s basketball was in good hands. Under head coach Chris Oliver, the Gaels were helped to their first record over .500 since the 70s.

Oliver left for Windsor in summer 2005 to coach the Lancers, who’ve had a winning record for seven seasons and counting under his reign.

Queen’s could now also earn

its first winning record since 2008-09, much to the relief of fans like Smith.

“I found its been painful to watch Queen’s basketball [last year], because there’ve been so many fundamental, mental errors,” he said.

It’s that same mental

preparedness that Smith prioritizes in both basketball and teaching.

“Execution, timing is everything when you’re lecturing,” he said. ‘[You need] a plan, and you have to execute it if you can or modify it if you can’t.”

“Basketball’s the same goddamn thing.”

line with 0.3 seconds left, and the Gaels trailing by one point.

Singh’s split pair of free throws sent the game into overtime tied at 65.

“I wasn’t really nervous,” Singh said. “I just wanted to win the game, but I just let [the second free throw] slip out of my hands.”

The deadlock continued in the first overtime period with Ryerson taking an early four-point lead, but the Gaels came back with five straight points of their own.

With 14 seconds left and the game tied at 70, Singh pulled up from the foul line on a fast break without hesitation. He drained a 15-footer to put the Gaels up by two with 10.6 seconds on the clock.

“I knew I let the team down, missing that free-throw, so I knew I had to make it up,” Singh said.

But the Gaels couldn’t come up with a stop on defense to steal a win from Ryerson in the first overtime period, which ended tied at 72.

After a Greg Faulkner free-throw put the Gaels ahead 77-76 in double overtime, they hit an offensive drought, with the Rams scoring six straight points to close out the game.

Picking up double-doubles on Sunday, Faulkner had 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Singh put up 10 points to go with his 10 boards.

Forward Nikola Misljencevic finished the game with 19 points, shooting 75 per cent overall.

Head coach Stephan Barrie said the Gaels executed their game plan well, but the team still has to improve.

“If it was a win, we’d have to take that we still missed a lot of free-throws and we had a few box-outs we missed,” he said. “Maybe [a loss] makes us understand it a little bit faster and a little bit better, but it’s really about the overall process — the big picture.”

See Down on page 18

Inside Men’s Hockey

Key forwards step up for Gaels in opening split

Social media

Top Gaels tweets of the fall term

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Commentary

Men’s hockey reporter Josh Burton calls out Canadian hockey fans

Geoff Smith played NCAA basketball at UC Santa Barbara before joining the Gaels as an assistant coach in 1973.

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Men’s Hockey

Top trio steps up Gaels snag three of four points to open New Year B y J osh B urton Staff Writer Last year’s top scoring trio re-emerged, helping the Gaels start 2013 with a weekend split.

Queen’s topped the RMC Paladins 3-1 before falling 3-2 in overtime to the Toronto Varsity Blues last weekend.

It marked a turn-around for forwards Tyler Moore, Kelly Jackson and team captain Corey Bureau. Moore scored three goals over the weekend, while Jackson added a goal and three assists. Bureau scored a goal and an assist against RMC. “Practice the last week has been sharp and I felt like my game was on,” Bureau said All three forwards struggled in the fall, each failing to break double digits in points

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Head coach Brett Gibson said it was a promising sign to see production from his top skaters.

“The difference was their work effort was there this weekend,” he said. “You can’t just throw on a jersey and rely on past laurels to get you through things.”

Although the Gaels sit seventh in the OUA East Division with 18 points, they remain only eight points behind the first-place Carleton Ravens (12-4-2).

The division’s parity has kept the Gaels in the hunt despite a 7-7-1 record entering the holiday break. They’ve collected six out of eight points in their last four games.

“Our record really indicates where we are because we’ve been inconsistent,” See Division on page 18

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Hockey fans miss the call on CIS competition Repercussions of NHL work stoppage show why students should turn to interuniversity action

B y J osh B urton Staff Writer The dark cloud that has loomed over Canadian hockey fans for the past four months is all but passed.

Pending official approval from the NHLPA, the new CBA will end the NHL lockout and have players back on ice Jan. 19.

Minor hockey leagues like the CIS were expected to see boosts in attendance from fans missing the comfort of Hockey Night in Canada. Unfortunately, it seems we’re a nation largely uninterested in hockey outside of the most marketed leagues.

This marks the second time in eight years the NHL has faced

a labour stoppage, the previous coming in the completely lost 2004-05 season. Although the NHL has likely done severe damage to their casual fan base, the hardcore fans, many of whom just weeks ago were advocating a boycott of the league next season, are running back with open arms.

TV ratings may be down for the first month while those still sour from the lockout are slowly coaxed back to their teams, but come playoffs, the frenzy and excitement will have returned to its usual epic proportions.

What’s disconcerting is the failure of an NHL lockout to significantly stimulate fan interest in other levels of hockey, like CIS. Canada is clearly a hockey-crazed nation.

Fans destroyed their sleep schedules to get up at 4:30 a.m. to watch Canada’s lackluster

performance at this year’s World Junior tournament.

Why does this love for hockey fail to translate to the collegiate level?

In a year when fans craved to watch a high quality hockey product, many CIS rinks lay empty.

There was no noticeable increase in attendance at Queen’s home games, which average slightly over 100 fans per game.

The potential negative stigma surrounding the quality of players in the CIS is ludicrous — it’s no boy’s league. The bulk of its players are CHL grads that play a fast, physical and competitive

in the upper echelon of the OUA, but fans were amazed at the quality of the on-ice product.

If fans are willing to give the OUA a chance, I guarantee they won’t be disappointed.

The product isn’t nearly as glamorous as the NHL, but it doesn’t mean the OUA has no entertainment value.

Heading out to the local arena to see players giving it their all simply for the love of the game is exactly what hockey fans need.

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The Alberta Golden Bears topped a collection of Canadian World Junior hopefuls 4-1 last month in exhibition play.

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Last year’s game was played in the K-Rock Centre in front of 2,576 fans, showcasing the oldest rivalry in hockey history.

Gaels head coach Brett Gibson said everyone he spoke to after the game “[couldn’t] get over how good the hockey is.”

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Women’s hockey primes for title push

The Gaels ended their two-game losing skid by defeating the York Lions 70-63 without the aid of their co-captains, Liz Boag and Sydney Kernahan.

“We’re still a little bit unstable; not totally confident in everything we’re doing,” said head coach Dave Wilson.

Point streaks characterized the game.

With less than three minutes to go in the final period, the Gaels saw their comfortable 17-point lead dwindle to seven after a 10-0 run by the Lions.

In the first half, the Gaels kept heavy pressure on the Lions by attacking the paint, going to the line 15 times and making 12.

Despite checking out late in the first quarter by picking up two early fouls, post Hannah Koposhynska still finished one rebound shy of a double-double. She posted 15 points, nine rebounds, and two blocked shots.

Wing Jenny Wright finished with a gamehigh 18 points, shooting 46.6 per cent (7/15).

Post Kernahan is expected to be out for few more weeks with an ankle injury she sustained over the break during tournament play in Puerto Rico.

— Jerry Zheng

The Gaels remained active during the break by taking part in the Theresa Humes tournament hosted by Concordia University.

The Gaels dominated the Carleton Ravens in their first game of the tournament, winning 10-2. Centre Morgan McHaffie led the way with three goals and one assist.

The Gaels fell short in their second game of the tournament, falling 4-3 to the Ottawa Gee-Gees, before wrapping up the tournament with a 5-4 victory over the Concordia Stingers.

Through 17 OUA games, the Gaels have posted a record of 14-2-1. They sit one point back of the conference-leading Laurier Golden Hawks with nine games remaining on their schedule.

McHaffie leads the team with 25 points on the season, while three other players are scoring at a point-per-game pace. Goaltenders Karissa Savage and Mel Dodd-Moher continue to sit first and second in the OUA in goals against average.

The Gaels start the regular season tonight at home against the UOIT Ridgebacks, before travelling to face the York Lions on the road tomorrow afternoon.

— Sean Sutherland

The Gaels alternated wins and losses throughout the tournament, topping the Memorial Sea-Hawks 3-0, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Western Mustangs and beating the Sherbrooke Vert et Or 3-1.

Queen’s faced Japan’s Budo University in their final match, falling 15-13 in the fifth and final set and losing 3-2.

— Nick Faris

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Guard Lisa Minutillo penetrates the York defence in last night’s win.

The Gaels continued their promising rebuilding campaign with five exhibition games last week.

Queen’s opened 2013 at the York Excalibur Volleyball Classic, finishing 2-3 against OUA and international competition.

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Gibson said. “But over the last four games — the two before Christmas and the two after — I’ve really liked what I’ve seen.”

The Gaels will have a chance to prove their recent success hasn’t been a fluke when they host the division-leading Ravens on Tuesday night.

“The funny part about it now in the season is it’s kind of out of my hands — it’s up to the 20 guys that put on the jersey each weekend,” Gibson said. “They know my systems, they know what we need

OUA East Men’s Hockey Standings 1. Carleton (12-4-2) — 26 pts 2. UQTR (12-3-1) — 25 pts 3. McGill (11-6-1) — 23 pts 4. Toronto (10-5-3) — 23 pts 5. Ottawa (9-5-4) — 22 pts to do to win — it’s just consistency right now.”

Among their 11 games remaining is the annual Carr-Harris Challenge Cup against RMC on Jan. 31 at the K-Rock Centre.

Queen’s will look to win its sixth consecutive Cup. “[The game’s] a nice way to

Down to the wire Continued from page 14

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With the team’s general progress in mind, the Gaels’ 82-74 win over Toronto on Saturday wasn’t necessarily a step in the right direction.

Although the Gaels were able to produce offensively, led by Faulkner’s 27 points and nine rebounds, they struggled in other areas against the Varsity Blues.

“Our rebounding was awful,” Barrie said. “We gave the 11 offensive rebounds in the second half, and that’s to a team that, statistically, has not rebounded very well at all.”

To the Gaels’ credit, they responded when the game was on the line after Toronto tied the game

6. Nipissing (9-8-2) — 20 pts 7. Queen’s (7-6-4) — 18 pts 8. Concordia (5-11-3) — 13 pts 9. Ryerson (6-12-0) — 12 pts 10. RMC (2-15-2) — 6 pts showcase CIS hockey,” Gibson said. “It’s unfortunate that people only come to one game a year because when they leave that game the feedback I always get is “I can’t get over how good the hockey is.”

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Misljencevic kicked off a 10-0 run with a three-pointer, and the Gaels never looked back.

After a decisive 92-72 over the York Lions last night, the Gaels’ only game this weekend is tomorrow night against the Laurentian Voyageurs (5-5).

Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.

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Downtown Kingston

It’s all in the search

For these antique dealers, items from the past never get old B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor Alleycat Antiques will never stop surprising customers.

The 4000 square-foot group shop, located near Wellington and Princess Streets, holds antiques from seven local vendors. Tucked down a long alleyway, the store’s size always gets customers.

“They always walk up and say, ‘Oh my gosh we love this space,’” Susan Goodale, owner and founder, said.

Goodale opened Alleycat

Gary Dawdy has tried never to fall in love — with his furniture, that is.

“You’ve got to remember, do not fall in love with this stuff,” he said. “This is your living. You have to sell everything.”

It started when Dawdy, who is married to Gayle, bought a new home from an antique dealer.

According to Dawdy, the house’s style, with its pine walls, meant that it needed antique furnishings.

But he didn’t know what an antique was until an auction in the late 1970s, where he bought pieces for that home.

It’s an unexpected start for Dawdy, who said he still enjoys antique dealing decades after.

“I always say God put me on the Earth to be an antique dealer,” he said.

Now the house, shared with his wife, is filled with primitive furniture, a style that uses wood painted with unsaturated colours for a rustic feel.

We walk around his items in Alleycat. The area is lined with glass cases that hold collectible vases, among other

18 years ago, first as a space to sell antique paintings and frames.

With the dark exposed ceilings and creaky wooden floors, the ambience was what she envisioned for an antique store, she said.

Lamps litter the store now, along with rugs to soften footsteps. A dog or two pad around the antiques, which number in the thousands.

“I want everyone to be able leave with something,” Goodale said.

After her first year, Goodale brought in other dealers to create a

things — items for the serious antique collector.

“They know what they’re looking [for],” he said.

On the way through the aisles, we pass by a 1950s vending machine. Paint job fading with age, it sits waiting for someone who could see it in their “man cave,” as Dawdy describes it.

The vending machine is only one part of a collection that numbers in the thousands.

There’s a working jukebox for sale too, along with a water buffalo foot. It sits on the bottom shelf of a locked case, sure to spark questions from passing customers.

It’s easy to see why Dawdy, who used to work for a telecom company, feels best as an antique dealer. He knows a lot about each piece in his collection — how he came upon it, what era it’s from and how much it costs to make it yours.

He said it helps with the diverse clientele that come into Alleycat.

“Every walk of life, people collect antiques,” he said.

large, group shop.

Goodale said she’s never regretted the decision, especially since the group frequently helps each other out.

“No dealer knows everything about everything,” she said. “You get a broader sense of style of antiques than if you were one dealer in one store.”

From vintage clothing to delicate china, each dealer has their unique specialty and personal love of antiques. This much is clear after a conversation with anyone from the store.

Ted Watson was working on a crossword puzzle when I first meet him at Alleycat.

He greets me from the back of the store, sitting at a low wooden dining table with his copy of the Globe and Mail. The antique dealer gets up, leaving his crossword puzzle to make his way over.

“Now what’s interesting about me,” he said, pondering for a while.

“I’m 83 and I started collecting antiques when I was a kid.”

He grew up surrounded by a big family, he tells me, with grandparents who had their own fondness for antique furniture.

It only made sense that Watson would fall in love with the same things.

Watson, who has been at Alleycat for about 15 years, began antiquing whilst growing up in Toronto.

Gayle Dawdy spends most days sifting through other people’s clothes.

Some of them go for sale on the multiple racks of clothes in Alleycat. Other items remain in the glass counter near the front of the store, a grand showcase of unique costume jewelry and vintage handbags.

Dawdy, who started Kate’s Vintage Closet in Alleycat insists it’s not all about the display — she said it’s the search for items that’s the real fun.

“I do a lot of house calls [to pick up clothes],” she said. “A lot of people call me and say … they’re downsizing or someone’s passed away.”

When Dawdy bought her first antiques at the age of 18 — a rocking chair and two vases — there was no way of knowing her hobby would lead her to Alleycat.

Dawdy leads me through the lines of clothing racks that stand out in the shop full of old furniture and fragile collectibles.

Named after the Dawdys’ daughter, the Closet boasts items such as neatly-arranged 1920s velvet hats to vintage sunglasses.

“Look at this dress.” From the rack, she pulls a black A-line dress with a fitted bodice. “It’s a 1960s dress that’s still in style today, and

“On Queen Street in Toronto, there’s all sorts of stores to go into, so I’d buy lamps and paintings and things,” he said.

He stands in his part of Alleycat, surrounded by tables of china dishware and walls of oil paintings.

We stop mid-conversation to survey the collection.

“I just love paintings,” he said, then stopping to admire one of a woman who looks mid-dance.

“Look at that,” he said. “I think

it’s so cute, eh?”

Dawdy puts the dress back among many unique pieces that fill Kate’s. They’re sold to a variety of customers that have walked into Alleycat Antiques over the years.

“There were a couple of girls here the other day and they’re starting a tea party,” she said, adding that they found vintage dishes and teaspoons for their monthly event.

of people come “in Aandlotthey can’t see something. That’s where I come in.

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— Gayle Dawdy, dealer at Alleycat Antiques Antiquing doesn’t just come down to buying an item for its initial appearance. While it’s possible to alter nearly any item, it’s up to a customer to decide how to customize a vintage item.

One customer, Dawdy tells me, is a ballroom dancer who gets each vintage piece custom-fitted for her performances. Otherwise, Dawdy said she helps point customers in the right direction when it comes to certain pieces of clothing or furniture.

“A lot of people come in and they can’t see something,” she said.

“That’s where I come in.”

that’s just marvelous.”

After getting married, it was his first house that really put things into motion, however.

“I got [furniture] from the attics and basements of my relatives, and they were antiques,” he said. “And then I fell in love with them and I’m still in love with them.”

Watson is enthusiastic. He picks up piece after piece to describe their backstories with detail.

He holds up a small white plate with a scenery painting on it.

“I’ve been doing things so often I can tell it’s made in 1820, in England,” He turns it over as if to verify, even though he knows that he’s right.

I ask him how he came upon it.

He’s quiet as he searches his memory. There’s only the hum of a vacuum cleaner in the other room.

The floor creaks as he shifts his feet, dismissing the question.

“Oh I don’t know,” he said.

“I’ve been buying things for so long, I can’t even remember.”

TIPS FOR THE NEW ANTIQUER Check out a photo gallery and an antiquing guide on queensjournal.ca/postscript