The Queen's Journal, Issue 27

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Administration

Technology

Cultivating a new sound

Second term sought

DC++ is done File-sharing service comes to an end

Committee to consider Woolf’s reappointment

B y Tristan D i F rancesco H olly Tousignant Journal Staff

B y H olly Tousignant News Editor Principal Daniel Woolf doesn’t want his time at Queen’s to come to an end.

With just over one year left in Woolf’s first five-year term as Principal and Vice-Chancellor, the members of a committee led by Chancellor David Dodge Local act Bellfonix opened at the Mansion Sunday night. See page 12 for full story. are soliciting feedback from the community as they consider See Woolf’s on page 9

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PEC’s future potential Three gyms give space for intramurals and examination halls B y R osie H ales Features Editor

News Getting to know the candidates for AMS executive. page 2

Coverage of last night’s undergraduate student trustee debate. page 8

Dialogue Political centrism is dead. page 11

Arts An interview with folk musician Julie Doiron. page 12

Sports Commerce hockey tournament attracts schools from coast to coast. page 14

and development for a health and one of their more contentious wellness centre in the PEC have platform points. become platform points for some “We found that it was definitely The future of the Physical Education AMS executive candidates. going to happen in the summer Centre (PEC) is under discussion Last year, current AMS and we were just overjoyed that after the three gyms at the Centre executives Johnson-Dineen- we were able to accomplish that were reopened last week.

Lee (team JDL) lobbied for the piece [of our platform],” Lee, In December 2012, Bartlett, reopening of the PEC. ArtSci ’12 said.

Bews and Ross gyms were reopened Tristan Lee, vice president According to him, team JDL for exams. Further expansions of operations, said this was See Intramural on page 3

AMS elections: Part 1 of 2

and

The once-popular campus file-sharing service QueensDC pulled the plug Monday after nearly a decade of student-run operation.

Announced on the group’s website last week, administrators ‘AlexiStukov’ and ‘pR0Ps’ cited “dwindling userbase and growing legal pressure” among the factors for their decision.

The service once boasted over 500 regular users, but after a “gradual but substantial decline” year-to-year, it receded below 50.

“Over time, as internet speeds have increased, the speed difference between internal DC transfers and external transfers has dropped,” AlexiStukov and pR0Ps told the Journal via email. “DC clients are more finicky than clients of other technologies.”

Using the widely-available DC++ software, students established a peer-to-peer (p2p) hub in 2003, allowing users to quickly and directly share files across the See Operators on page 9

The team is looking to rebrand CoGro Express as “The Upper Crust” — an outlet that sells grilledcheese and soup exclusively — in order to help increase traffic flow to the second-level of the JDUC and, in turn, bring more traffic into to propose the necessity of a increase StuCons’ pay in order to Tricolour Outlet.

B y N ick Faris , R achel A new web store will also be H erscovici and Vincent M atak wage raise if elected, in order to retain staff.

Plummer said that after speaking designed to increase the market increase job retention. How much Journal Staff their salaries will be raised will with the head manager of the reach for Tricolour Outlet. There Broad changes to AMS corporate be determined by AMS Board StuCons, she found there weren’t would be no cost associated with enough staff working currently for developing the online store, the services aren’t a priority for all of Directors. team said.

PDA — composed of Alexander the service to be fully viable. executive team candidates, but all “Obviously when you have less “We now know that the three have come to a consensus Prescott, ArtSci ’14, Craig Draeger, on making Student Constable ArtSci ’13, and Lisa Acchione, staff you have to put them on more AMS has purchased a web store (StuCon) positions more appealing. ArtSci ’14, plan for a focus on shifts, which kind of decreases their infrastructure business solution for With platforms as varied as the attracting and retaining StuCon morale and their overall level of that,” Berkok, ArtSci ’12, said.

The infrastructure was candidates behind them, teams staff, rather than customers. content,” she said.

BGP, PDA and TNL all stated that Draeger said previous Student Constable purchased this past year, and will the retention rate at the AMS safety advertising campaigns have representatives couldn’t be reached be developed in the summer to potentially raised the service’s for comment. launch this fall. service was problematic. ***** BGP is also looking to According to BGP, StuCons popularity, but haven’t succeeded often have to face unpleasant in attracting more employees. implement an LGBTQ night at working situations; dealing with “Our advertising and Outside their approach to handling Alfie’s, to be held one Thursday inebriated students has contributed recruitment strategy needs to be StuCon retention rates, the three a month.

“It very much empowers the to a “culture of disrespect” more based around how to make executive teams have different toward workers. it an appealing place to work,” priorities for the rest of the AMS LGTQ community which is corporate services. somewhat lacking in a regular large Team members Eril Berkok, Draeger said.

Team BGP has proposed a scale social event like this,” Green Peter Green and TK Pritchard said Team TNL, made up of Troy that previous wage raises for the Sherman, ArtSci ’14, Nicola number of changes to these services said, adding that there would be service had been dismissed. BGP Plummer, Comm ’13, and Liam in order to increase revenue, no changes in pricing within Alfie’s. hopes to gather sufficient evidence Faught, ArtSci ’14, also want to market reach and work standards.

See Retaining on page 8

Candidates talk AMS services Teams BGP, PDA and TNL discuss StuCons, CoGro and more

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AMS elections

Accessibility key for team BGP Many major initiatives will be shaped by student responses to provide representation B y Vincent M atak Assistant News Editor The biggest initiatives planned by team BGP’s presidential candidate Eril Berkok, vice-president of operations candidate Peter Green and vice-president of university affairs TK Pritchard will be shaped by student responses, the team members said.

Their 54-page platform focuses on expanding and integrating AMS services to provide greater accessibility and representation for students.

Other platform initiatives include expanding the blue light

emergency phones and wireless internet around student housing, tailoring coverage in the AMS Health and Dental plan to student needs, as well as gathering mental health professionals to serve students on campus and creating a Student Mental Health Advisory Left to right: Peter Green, Eril Berkok and TK Pritchard are the members of team BGP. Board, with the hope of increasing students’ accessibility to AMS and really optimize the AMS to resources on and off-campus. what they need,” he said. “[The Ams elections Maintaining a critical eye over AMS] has never actually evaluated the internal operations of the AMS its structure and what it does to is vital to ensuring accountability represent students.” and efficiency, Berkok, Berkok is a member of University ArtSci ’12, said.

Senate and the Academic Task “We really want to do our due Force, and currently co-instructs a diligence and stand by students See BGP on page 9

Photo by Alex Choi

Student input a priority for PDA Team aims to change the culture of the AMS to better serve students

B y N ick Faris Assistant Sports Editor

Left to right: Craig Draeger, Alexander Prescott and Lisa Acchione make up team PDA.

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AMS elections

TNL favours attainability Bridge linking the Queen’s Centre and JDUC among platform points B y R achel H erscovici Assistant News Editor

Plummer said.

“We made sure we could do it before we wrote it down,” she said.

Many of their ideas involve Troy Sherman, Nicola Plummer and Liam Faught, the candidates lobbying for change and behind TNL, are running on a empowering students.

“Nothing is impossible,” self-described feasible platform, with a focus on informing and Plummer said. “You just need to keep trying harder.” advocating for students.

Their platform ideas are Faught, ArtSci ’14, is the current AMS commissioner of internal grouped into four “focus affairs, and has spent the year areas”: opportunities, advocacy, working closely with Sherman, accountability and accessibility.

“We built from the ground up,” ArtSci ’14, current municipal vice-president of university affairs affairs commissioner.

Plummer, Comm ’13, has candidate Faught said. “We started extensive involvement in the talking about our platform points Commerce Society, of which she first and then started to realize that is now president. She’s the first all of these points can fit under executive candidate from the themes that are very important to ComSoc to run for AMS executive us as individuals and should be important to the AMS.” in five years.

TNL plans to build a bridge “Win or lose, I hope that other students in the student body see between the JDUC and the that just because you’re not an Queen’s Centre using funds from Arts and Science student, the AMS the $1.2 million dollar JDUC is [still] a service for you,” vice- Renovation Fund.

They hope it will create an easier, president of operations candidate safer route for students to cross Plummer said.

Attainability was important to from one building to the other. A the team in crafting their platform, proposed new lounge area outside

of the Tricolour Outlet and CoGro Express will also increase traffic between the buildings, they said.

Academic ventures in their platform include lobbying for a personal interest credit, which will allow students to take courses

Directors — but their campaign is predicated on reforms they’d like to see within the student government, starting from the top down.

PDA wants the AMS to listen.

“The three of us figured that the Presidential candidate Alexander Prescott, vice president culture of the organization needs to of operations candidate Craig change … so that students have an Draeger, ArtSci ’13, and vice organization that can serve them president of university affairs better, and speak to the real issues candidate Lisa Acchione, ArtSci ’14, that students are facing on campus,” say they’re running a different kind Prescott said, citing mental health of campaign — one that’s intent on concerns, academic quality and opening the student government to increasing constraints on student housing as priorities. the needs of its constituents.

PDA’s campaign is based on a “[The AMS] is very good at projecting their ideas and their 20-point action plan, focusing on actions to the students, but if you slashing unnecessary expenditures question any of those actions, it from the AMS’ budget and feels as if you get gang-tackled returning funds to students. sometimes,” Prescott, ArtSci Under PDA’s proposal, each ’14 said. “We want to change member of the executive would that culture.” kick back 5 per cent of their salary PDA isn’t purely external to to the AMS for each point the team the AMS — Prescott currently fails to accomplish. The success serves as an ASUS Representative or failure of an ambiguous point and Draeger sits on the Board of would be determined by a vote in AMS Assembly at the end of the executive term. outside of their departments “If we get nothing done during on a pass or fail basis. This is our year in office, then we make no meant to encourage students who money,” Prescott said. may be intimidated by courses Financial accessibility is a in other areas of study, who cornerstone of PDA’s campaign, would take them without fearing See Budget on page 9 See TNL on page 9

Left to right: Liam Faught, Nicola Plummer and Troy Sherman comprise team TNL.

Photo by Alex Choi

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Feature quoted “We got a lot of support for the PEC from many students but I know for sure, especially in the debates, there was a lot of criticism [as to whether] the project would be possible.”

— Tristan Lee, AMS vice-president of operations

BGP Supplied by Queen’s Archives

The Physical Education Centre was built in 1930-31 and was closed in 2009 upon the opening of the Queen’s Centre.

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saw overwhelming student support for the project. This led to them working with Student Affairs who had also been interested in seeing the building reopen.

A proposal was then submitted to Provost and Vice Principal (Academic), Alan Harrison, after which Athletics and Recreation joined the effort.

“We thought that there’s obviously this huge desire for more intramurals space and [the reopening] seemed like a really logical solution,” Lee said.

The PEC, located on Union St. between University Ave. and Division St., was closed in 2009 after the opening of the Queen’s Centre — now home to Queen’s Athletics and Recreation.

The entire renovation cost was $1.4 million. Assessments and cost estimates began in Spring 2012 and work started in the following October.

So far, the gyms are open for

Due to students contributing fees for the Queen’s Centre, TNL doesn’t want students to pay for the reopening of the PEC. Instead, the team plans to use alumni donations as a way of financing their plans.

TNL plans to engage student opinion on the use of alumni donations by using Facebook and other forms of social media.

A ‘Student’s Corner’ will also be added to the AMS executive newsletter to pose questions to students to identify their priorities when it comes

exams and intramurals. They’ve been used for exams in previous years, but were later closed.

Prior to its opening, the building needed to be brought up to accessibility regulations. To “open,” or make the PEC accessible for all, could have cost up to $2 million.

The limestone-clad building was constructed in 1930-31 and cost just under $6 million.

Lee said it was concluded after the assessments that opening the entire building for Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS) wasn’t financially viable due to costs of opening and renovations.

“There’s a lot of the building that’s still closed off,” Lee said.

Ann Tierney, associate vice-provost and dean of student affairs, said there are still a few cosmetic tweaks needed but the space is ready for exams and intramurals.

Just over 300 students can write exams in each of the three gyms at one time.

TNL

to donations.

TNL hopes to establish a Health and Wellness team enforce campus health ideas, Liam Faught, vice-president of university affairs candidate, said.

“We want somewhere central on campus where students can go for health and wellness concerns … if that’s a priority that the University wants to bring forward then I think we’d be more than willing and very equipped to do that and partner up with them,” Faught, ArtSci ’14.

Presidential candidate Troy

“It’s much easier to have large venues,” she said, adding that larger classes won’t be divided between exam rooms now.

Jeff Downie, associate director for business development and facilities for Athletics and Recreation, said since its opening the PEC has allowed the intramural waiting list for students to drop from 1,000 to zero.

He estimated that there are more than 6,000 students playing intramurals at Queen’s.

“When we hear from a student who comes to Queen’s and says, ‘Well I really wanted to play basketball but I didn’t get my team in on time,’ that’s probably the most disheartening for us,” he said.

The goal was to expand gym space to allow more opportunities for students, Downie said.

“We’ve got waiting lists in so many different areas, that if we can … expand it and add more teams then maybe we could start to look at new sports in the ARC or the PEC.”

Sherman said he thinks a revitalized PEC will bring a new life to campus and normalize mental health issues to reduce stigma.

“By bringing it to campus I think it’s going to add to the discussion, it’s going to be a safe place where students can do and find resources and support,” Sherman, ArtSci ’14, said.

— Rosie Hales

The possibility of using the PEC as a location for the impending Health and Wellness Centre is on Team BGP’s radar.

Team Berkok-Green-Pritchard (BGP) have met with both Principal, Daniel Woolf and Associate Vice Principal and Dean of Student Affairs, Ann Tierney to discuss its feasibility.

According to TK Pritchard, vice-president of university affairs candidate, the Health and Wellness Centre would be a viable location for an amalgamation of campus health services.

Moving health services to the PEC would mean more room for counselling and clinics, and a potential physiotherapy space.

Pritchard said the University estimates that the Health and Wellness Centre project will

take between five and 10 years to establish.

While no development would happen next year if BGP were to be elected, they plan to work with the administration to make the project a priority for coming years.

The Centre would be developed in the parts of the PEC that are currently not in use.

“We have no interest in taking away from the athletics space,” Pritchard, ArtSci ’12, said. “This is the first time in a long time where there are no students on the [waiting] list for intramurals … and we have no interest in removing that.”

— Rosie Hales

PDA Craig Draeger, vice-president of operations candidate for team PDA, said they are concerned with increasing the functionality of what the campus already has.

“I think we envision the PEC as part of a broader Student Life Centre that demonstrates the most functionality for students,” Draeger, ArtSci ’13, said.

PDA said that as the PEC isn’t under the Operations and Management Agreement or the Shared Space Policy, the team has chosen to concentrate on the revitalization of the JDUC. Renovations to the JDUC will be paid for out of the AMS’ capital contribution to the Queen’s Centre. Of the $10.6 million that the AMS contributed, $1.2 million was slated to go towards a JDUC rejuvenation project, said a 2012 Journal article. “[For] us it’s about improving what we have, it’s about functionality of the JDUC for

which maintenance was deferred for a decade in the run-up to the Queen’s Centre,” Draeger said.

He added that there are many problems with the JDUC, including sustainability issues.

“If I recall correctly, more power is used in the JDUC than [in the Queen’s Centre] even though it’s a much bigger complex because of how poorly insulated and how draughty the windows are,” Draeger said, adding that the recent retiling project was a good start but more improvement is needed, including lighting.

“We’re not interested in ‘glory projects’ — projects that we need to put a name onto,” Draeger said.

“We’re interested in improving the nuts and bolts that make everything else possible.”

— Rosie Hales

Campus athletic spaces through the ages 1860: Summerhill 1880: Old Medical Building

1896: Mechanical Laboratory (between Clark and Nicol Halls)

1906: Jackson Hall

1931: Physical Education Centre (PEC)

2010: Athletics and Recreation Centre, within the Queen’s Centre

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Faculty elections

CESA teams tackle enrolment and connectivity JAM and MiDAs candidates will face off in first election since 2008 that involves more than one team B y c HloË g ranDe Copy Editor

still want to have that feel of a nice ConEd comfortable voicing opinions. family that everyone knows.”

“I think we can really cater to the group The team also includes presidential outside of CESA that aren’t aware of what’s Issues surrounding growing enrolment candidate Alex Marshall and external going on within it,” Marshall said. are a focus for Team JAM, one of two vice-presidential candidate Hannah Miller.

Another key aspect in their platform is teams running in the Concurrent “Because our faculty is getting so much crowdsourcing.

Education Student’s Association’s (CESA) bigger, change for how our faculty runs “A lot of times people have ideas and their executive election. events has to happen now,” Marshall, [ideas are] so big that they get intimidated,” A priority for the team is implementing ConEd ’14, said. “That’s a really exciting he said. “We really want to connect people changes to accommodate the Faculty’s opportunity to be able to improve on and find people that are also passionate increasing size. the faculty.” about others’ ideas.”

“Primarily, we see ConEd growing and we The team intends to encourage nonFerguson, ConEd ’14, said they want to foster that,” internal vice-presidential CESA members to participate in CESA intend to create two new scholarships candidate Jake Ferguson said. “At the same meetings by providing “cheat sheets” with for undergraduate ConEd students who time, we want it to still be inclusive and a Council information. This resource, they contribute to the Queen’s and Kingston place where people can feel comfortable. We say, would make members-at-large feel more community through education.

“Primarily we’re going to look to the Faculty of Education to see if they would fund it,” Marshall said.

Ferguson added that they would also like to create a “ConEd Week” at the beginning of January involving students from all years.

The event would be similar to Eng Week and would include activities such as Beer with Profs and karaoke.

“We think it’s really key to have this team-building week before we have our Orientation leader hiring because a lot of the time there’s a divide between people that get that Orientation leader position and people who don’t,” Ferguson said.

“We’ve gathered some ideas from several students that we think have an idea of what ConEd wants and the direction it’s heading in.”

All three candidates have past experience with CESA. Marshall and Ferguson were both Orientation Week executives, and Miller currently fills the position of Social Affairs Coordinator for CESA. They are also involved with intramurals.

Photo by alex Choi Marshall said he believes the team offers a Team JAM is focusing on growing student enrolment in their campaign for CESA executive. degree of outside perspective.

“A lot of times CESA can be a little introspective and sort of closed-in,” he said. “There’s a perspective that they’re just self-serving, but we want to show that’s not the case.”

Other issues they plan on tackling include establishing more first-year positions on CESA Council and improving transparency between the executive and students.

“One of the biggest parts of our platform is what we’ve put under a heading called ‘connect,’” Jones, ConEd ’14, said. “There are a lot of educational opportunities out there. We want to help people get out in the Kingston community and give back.”

The Limestone District School Board typically offers volunteer positions as tutors or extracurricular assistants to ConEd students.

He added that the team is interested in linking CESA to other ConEd faculty societies at other schools, such as Trent University and Brock University.

“We want to get better connected to them through talking with their executives and try to get them included in what we’re doing,” he said. “There’s a lot we can learn from each other.”

They also hope to strengthen the relationship between CESA Council and ConEd students.

“We’re hoping to get everyone more involved and maybe not perceive Council as an exclusive club.,” Till said. “One of the ideas that we tossed around is a YouTube channel and maybe starting up a [video blog].”

Low participation rates at ConEd events, especially individual ones put on by year representatives, is another issue that team MiDAs would like to fix.

Jones said the team’s experience as executive members for the Queen’s Conference of Education demonstrates their ability to work well together. Jones was Conference Chair and Till and Asselbergs were Director of Logistics and Special Events, respectively. They also all partake in intramurals and were Teaches — Orientation Week leaders for the Faculty.

This year marks the first time since 2008 that the election for executive hasn’t been a vote of confidence.

“One of the main things we want to ***** stress is that now that there are two teams running in the election, people need to really For team MiDAs, connectivity is key. read the platforms and get a sense of what The executive candidates want to create each team is bringing to the society,” Till a stronger connection between the ConEd said. “We really want to advocate voters faculty itself, as well as between other being informed.”

The team plans on using their Facebook faculties and the Kingston community.

The team is comprised of presidential group to answer questions about candidate Michael Till, external their platform. vice-presidential candidate Brandon Asselbergs and internal vice-presidential Voting takes place on Jan. 29 and 30 via an online ballot emailed to ConEd students. candidate Dana Jones.

“Essentially, we want to make it so CESA Council is much more visible and connected to students,” Till, ConEd ’14, said.

Team MiDAs is making strong links with the City and the Faculty a priority in their campaign.

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“At Assembly everyone has a voice,” he said. “I want to push it out there so students understand how easy it is to attend.” *****

Team Alli & Zaeem hopes to draw more students to the ASUS Core.

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Faculty Elections

Two teams aspire to ASUS executive Teams Alli & Zaeem and Mason-Tahiri focus on the issues B y A lison S houldice Features Editor Despite a last-minute change in their composition, team ‘Alli & Zaeem’ managed to launch their campaign for ASUS executive at exactly midnight last Thursday.

Allison Williams, ArtSci ’14 and Zaeem Anwar, CompSci ’14, made the decision to run together for the positions of president and vice president less than a week earlier.

“I had another partner I was running with who unfortunately ended up being unable [to run],” Williams said.

She’d been preparing for the campaign since last semester, and quickly recruited Anwar as a running mate. They had met through her work with the ASUS Judicial Committee, where she sits as chair.

Although the team’s platform had been developed, they had to move fast to put together campaign materials.

“It was quite a scramble to get just our materials, posters, our bookmarks, our website,” she said.

In addition to working on the Judicial Committee at ASUS, Williams is a residence don on West Campus, has sat on several other ASUS committees and has done public relations work for Queen’s Meal Exchange.

Williams said that her and Anwar’s platform is strongly based off work that’s already being done by the society.

“One major issue we’ve identified with student government … [is] because you’re only in there for a short time, it’s hard to do much,” she said, adding that her and Anwar have been happy with the way that many of ASUS’s ongoing projects have been handled.

If elected, the pair will support the

creation of an equity commission, a change that’s currently in the works at ASUS. An equity office already exists, but the pair supports its shift to a commission which would extend its reach and resources and would give it more of an advocacy role.

Williams said they also hope to encourage a freer flow of information between ASUS and groups such as Department Student Councils (DSCs) and non-ASUS student advocacy groups like the student senate caucus and the AMS commissions.

“It’s a double-edged sword, having so many voices that work together on all these issues,” she said. “There’s definitely a chance to represent students, but there’s also a chance it could get diluted. So we definitely want to capitalize on that instead of having it become a hindrance.”

The team also hopes to draw more Arts and Science students into the recently renovated ASUS Core, which is located at 183 University Ave. To encourage visitors, the pair plans to offer free coffee and hot chocolate in the Core’s kitchen. With this, they plan to launch a campaign called “vote the roast,” where students will be able to vote for the type of coffee they want served at the Core.

Anwar, who’s currently the Internal Affairs Commissioner at ASUS, wants to move ASUS Assembly outside for one session a year to make it more accessible and approachable for students.

“Having organized it for so long and getting feedback from members at large that regularly attend, the biggest problem is that it seems to be intimidating,” he said.

If elected, he plans to set up Assembly in a visible spot on campus, so students who walk by will feel comfortable to join in.

Team Mason-Tahiri’s plans for ASUS include the creation of an HR office.

Photo by Sam Koebrich

Team Mason-Tahiri has big changes in the works should they be elected ASUS executive.

The team consists of presidential candidate Scott Mason and vice-presidential candidate Irfan Tahiri.

Mason, ArtSci ’14, has experience in ASUS as a committee member, deputy commissioner and speaker. He’s currently the speaker and Chief Electoral Officer for the AMS. For him, the creation of a HR office is a key platform point. Currently, HR matters, including interpersonal disputes, are dealt with solely by the ASUS president.

“With respect, I believe it’s an egregious conflict of interest,” he said. “In almost any case I can imagine, it’s the president mitigating [conflict between] employees that he’s picked or appointed.”

To curb this concern, Mason and Tahiri plan to expand the portfolio of ASUS Business Manager Leanne McNeely by assigning her HR duties in addition to her business responsibilities. McNeely is currently one of two permanent staff positions at ASUS. “She knows the organization. She’s seen every piece of it,” Mason said.

He added that hiring a separate officer would come at a greater cost to the organization.

If elected, they plan to develop a comprehensive plan for the position, including a potential compensation change.

Another one of the team’s main platform points includes reforming the society’s honoraria policy. As a cost saving measure, the pair plans to eliminate the honorarium for the director of the ASUS Movie Theatre, a position that currently receives $1,500 per year.

“In our opinion, the days of watching movies in theatres and whatnot are over, [because] students can watch on their computers. And a better use of funds would

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be somewhere else in ASUS,” Mason said.

Instead of having an AMT director, the pair would hire two volunteer co-chairs.

They also plan to conduct an honoraria review for all positions at the director level.

“Some director positions take a lot of work …. [but] other director positions actually don’t take as much work,” Mason said. Currrently, all director positions receive a $1,500 honorarium.

They also plan to explore the possibility of adding a new director position for graphic design, who would be compensated with an honorarium.

The potential addition of this position reflects the team’s mandate to shift away from print marketing. Mason and Tahiri met in first year and quickly discovered that they had many political disagreements. They believe their differing views complement one another and make them a strong team.

“We’re like an old married couple,” Tahiri said. “We bicker a lot, but we still get along.”

Unlike Mason, Tahiri has no previous ASUS experience. He believes his lack of internal experience could be a benefit.

“I think it’s my greatest limitation but it’s also the greatest asset I can bring,” he said.

Many students like him have had little contact with ASUS while at Queen’s, something the pair wants to change.

One way they plan to reach out to students is through the society’s DSC. Mason-Tahiri plans to have DSC representatives regularly hold class talks in order to communicate DSC issues to the student body. They also hope to make the council more focused on academic issues and less on event planning.

“We feel the DSC is a sort of big army that ASUS has at its disposal to really utilize and get the message across,” Tahiri said.

Voting takes place on Jan. 29 and 30 via an online ballot emailed to ASUS students.

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Trustee Elections

Students vying for trustee talk platform points All three candiates share a focus on engaging the student body through social media B y J ulia Vriend Assistant News Editor

your academic stress through those councilors who are familiar with the unique circumstances within Mental health and overcrowded that faculty.” residences are a priority for Aulthouse, ArtSci ’15 said he Andrew Aulthouse if he’s elected was eager to focus on mental to the position of undergraduate health after talking with the student trustee.

AMS Social Issues Commissioner He supports the idea of faculty- Katie Conway, who brought up specific counsellor for academic similar concerns. stress related issues.

The Faculty of Law and School “That way you can deal with of Medicine each already have a

staff member offering academic and non-academic support for their students. Additionally, Beamish Munro Hall has a satellite service of the Peer Support Centre for engineering students.

Aulthouse said making sure that students have a comfortable place to live ties in with his plan to improve mental health and student experience on campus.

He wants to ensure the

Andrew Aulthouse’s platform include support for faculty-specific counsellors.

Leo Erlikhman plans to create a page on the University Secretariat website for feedback.

Nathan Utioh hopes to establish a position for a first-year intern to the Student Trustee.

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University follows through on its promise to turn the common rooms that are currently housing students back into common rooms.

“They increase enrolment every year, [and] the job of the undergraduate student trustee will be to advocate that enrolment does not increase by the large increments that new residences could allow for.”

Aulthouse said his passion for student government was ignited during his first year at Queen’s, when he acted as a first-year intern to the president of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society.

This year, he’s served as an Arts and Science representative on Senate and as a member of ASUS Assembly, the Non-Academic Discipline Committee and and i on Arts and Science Faculty Board.

“As the vice-chair on the ASUS Board of Directors, I got to approve their budget,” he said, “[which involves] overseeing the finances of the largest faculty budget on campus.”

Aulthouse said it was serving on Senate that convinced him to stay involved with student government.

After meeting with members of the Board of Trustees, including foerm ASUS President Rico Garcia and current Student Trustee Lauren Long, Aulthouse noted the similar ideas they shared, such as focusing on mental health, and incorporated them his platform.

Erlikhman was inspired to run for the position through his campus involvement, which he believes provided him with an idea of what students applying to university look for. He said he knows what Queen’s has to offer and what it lacks.

Much of his insight came from his time as an ASUS rep, a position he held in his second year.

“I love this school a lot and [holding the position of student trustee] would be the best way for me to contribute to the future,” Erlikhman said. *****

Nathan Utioh plans to get students involved from the get go if he’s elected as the undergraduate student trustee.

As someone who got involved in student government positions in first-year, he believes providing firstyears especially with opportunities is essential.

He plans to create a firstyear intern position to the undergraduate student trustee in order for them to see how student government works.

“If we can get the first-years involved, they will hopefully stay for another three years,” Utioh, ArtSci ’15 said. “Once you get involved, you want to stay involved.”

Utioh’s interest in the position began in his first year after he was elected as an ASUS representative ***** to the AMS and sat on both the AMS and ASUS assemblies.

Leo Erlikhman believes the He also interned for perspectives of Queen’s he’s Morgan Campbell, last year’s gained as a tour guide and an ASUS AMS President. representative to the AMS will aide “Ever since I got exposed to him in making the best decisions the student level [of] governance, possible as undergraduate student I wanted broaden how I can get trustee, if elected. more involved with the University,” “I educate myself on everything Utioh said. that happens around this university,” He added that he feels Erlikhman, ArtsSci ’14, said. first-year involvement is His major platform focus is crucial to a successful student opening up the way students can government, and the intern voice their opinion. position he plans to create will He wants to create a page on facilitate this. the University Secretariat website Utioh said many first-year which will allow students to submit students have a “tight knit“ group anonymous feedback. of friends whom they can recruit to “This would allow students to get involved with the AMS. connect directly with the Board [of To create increase participation Trustees],” he said, adding that he’s among the student body, he plans seen a lot of passion from Queen’s to increase the student trustees’ students about issues on campus presence on social media. He wants through channels such as editorials to enable the student community and forums. to voice their opinions on He plans on creating a sites like Facebook and the Facebook page aimed at students AMS website. which will provide updates on the In addition to this online Board’s activities. presence, he also plans to host an Student feedback is especially informal open dialogue meetings important now that the for students to attend and voice administration will be revisiting the their comments or questions. He Campus Master Plan, which will hopes he can get the AMS involved act as a policy framework for the as well.

University over the next 10 to 15 “There will hopefully be an years, he said. involvement the Rector, Student For him, both the short-term Senate Caucus Chair and the AMS and long-terms needs of students executive,” he said. are a priority.

He also hopes to seek out “We need to see what is good specific student groups for feedback for students now and students 10 and give them a chance to talk to years from now,” he said. “For him directly. example, we are increasing the “I want to get to a few club number of students that we have meetings once a month, just but our faculty ratio is at its lowest. stopping in and introducing myself These are the things that need to and talking about the issues,” be addressed.” he said.

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Trustee candidates go head to head Aulthouse, Erlikhman and Utioh answered questions in front of a crowd of 30 people last night B y J ulia Vriend Assistant News Editor The lower ceilidh of the JDUC hosted a debate between the candidates running for undergraduate student trustee last night.

The position, requires a two-year commitment and grants voting privileges on the Board of Trustees — one of the governing bodies at Queen’s.

About 30 people were in attendance at the debate as the candidates discussed how they plan to increase opportunities for students and improve the University’s budget.

Early on in the two-hour debate the candidates were asked a question about whether they support Principal Daniel Woolf’s reappointment for a five-year term.

Andrew Aulthouse, ArtSci ’15, said he believes Woolf’s leadership has gained Queen’s a reputation internationally.

“He can lead us to a better university by completing the Queen’s Centre project,” he said.

“I also think his focus on the international school is the kind of leadership we need.”

Leo Erlikhman, ArtSci ’15, commented on Woolf’s direct confrontation of the issues.

“If we look at his overall quality of a leader, he took us out of fiscal issues, restored Homecoming, restored our reputation, and created the initiation campaign.”

Nathan Utioh, ArtSci ’15, said he was impressed with the Principal’s outreach to the students.

“He has a social media presence,” he said. “He takes his vision and reaches out into the community.”

Following that question, the candidates were asked what they think is the greatest challenge currently facing Queen’s.

In his response, Aulthouse focused on the budget plan that the Board of Trustees approves annually. Faculty should get the pension plans that they deserve without changing the budget enough to affect the student experience, he said.

Utioh told the crowd he thinks

enrolment should be the focal point for improvment at Queen’s.

“As we continue to grow, we are putting the strain on our University,” he said. “Our University is too big and we don’t have the space to provide the space for new students.”

Erlikhman said he believes the focus should be on the student to faculty ratio and each accessibility in the classroom.

“Every room on campus needs to be accessible for any student with disabilities,” he said.

A prominent theme in the debate was for student involvement and on making students more familiar with what the undergraduate student trustee does.

“If we have 200 students engaged, that’s great, but 2,000 that’s better”, said Erlikhman.

Aulthouse agreed that the position isn’t well known.

Utioh said that the students that he met are “excited” to hear that they have such a significant voice at a high level upon learning about the position.

The candidates all pledged to push the presence of the student trustee on campus and online. They also offered different solutions to the reality that only one student can hold the two-year term.

Aulthouse said he understands that the Undergraduate Student Trustee may be a difficult position to fill alone but that he believes he

is self-motivated and can handle the role.

Erlikhman said he wants to look into other universities and see what they can implement at Queen’s, and compare what is or isn’t working.

Utioh wants to implement a first-year intern for the Undergraduate Student Trustee so they immediately can get involved with student government and hopefully influence others and give the students another person to approach to voice their concerns.

The night ended with Lauren Long, the present undergraduate student trustee, initiating the Oil Thigh as per tradition every year at the end of this debate.

Retaining StuCons important to teams Continued from page 1

In contrast with BGP’s approach, Team PDA won’t introduce comprehensive changes to corporate services.

The team plans on amending AMS Human Resources policy in order to allow for year-round hiring. According to Draeger, PDA’s proposed policies would benefit students and employers alike.

“When we hire students, we agree that we’re going to give them six hours of work a week,” Draeger said. “Often that doesn’t work for them, and often it doesn’t work for

the AMS, because we don’t need all these staff on at services at the times that we do [have them on].

“It would serve to spread out the wages budgets in our services to a greater number of students, and for greater efficiency at those services.”

In order to capitalize on peak business periods at the beginning of each term, PDA would establish a roster of reserve employees who could be hired temporarily for a variety of services.

Draeger said the addition of reserve employees wouldn’t necessarily reduce the number of full-time staff.

TNL shares a similar approach to PDA, with no major changes planned for many corporate services. They plan on taking incremental steps to build upon the fundamentals of these services.

Management consultation is a big focus for the team.

“It’s not really the VP Ops’ role to decide what they want to do within the individual services,” Plummer said, noting that this is more under the purview of service managers.

“You can’t reinvent the wheel every single year with every single service.”

TNL believes that updating websites and social media frequently will be another way to inform students and promote these student-run services.

In addition to their plan to offer soup at CoGro Express, TNL will look to take small steps to keep improving Common Ground and continue its success.

“CoGro has worked hard to build the brand that they have now and I think it would be kind of silly if we just threw away the past three years of the marketing of CoGro just so we could have another big idea,” Sherman said.

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Woolf’s first term will come to an end next year Continued from page 1

his reappointment.

Woolf’s term ends in June 2014.

Hewas first appointed in 2009 and took over the principalship in September of that year.

Since then, he has established eight key objectives with the Board of Trustees which the Joint Board/ Senate Review Committee claim have “endured throughout the term to date and continue.”

These objectives are outlined online for those who wish to submit their views.

Woolf said he’s pleased with many of the advances the University has made since his term as principal began.

“I would say I am very, very

comfortable with our relationship with the City of Kingston now, including our ability to restore, with their blessing, Homecoming ,” he said.

“I am particularly pleased, though I must say it was not something that I had either planned on or anticipated when I arrived, in the enormous strides Queen’s has made in the area of campus mental health,” he added. “I’m very pleased that after a particularly tragic year in 2010/11, that we do seem to have not just put that behind us but we made some very, very positive strides and established Queen’s as a leader in this area.”

He said it’s not just the work of the Principal’s Commission on Mental Health — which released

its final report in the fall – that he’s pleased with, but also the engagement with students that he’s seen in the issue of mental health.

“I can’t seem to open the Journal or look at Twitter or look at the website without seeing some activity every month that has to do with mental health.”

Woolf said he thinks Queen’s has generally received positive press as of late. “[Queen’s Communications Specialist Kristyn Wallace] sends out a daily summary of Queen’s in the news and it always gladdens my heart in the morning when I see no [negative] Queen’s issues today,” he said.

Woolf said he’s also pleased with achievements that fall under

Operators faced legal pressure Murray, whose research provide or facilitate.

“The law is new and we don’t interests include copyright law, said know how it will be used or the cost of legal fees associated campus network.

Since then, various student users interpreted in court yet,” Queen’s with copyright infringement operating under their hub aliases copyright expert Mark Swartz can be more “scary” than the have modified and improved told the Journal via email, “but actual damages.

“The legal fees are huge. the mechanics of the system [Section 27] is specifically designed voluntarily despite the to deal with sites that enable file Copyright lawyers cost four or five sharing, so I would guess that any hundred dollars an hour,” she said. inherent risks.

While AlexiStukov and pR0Ps “It was an easy decision,” pR0PS individuals providing those types of services are now at much higher posted on a reddit.com thread.

“In order for a DC network risk for a lawsuit.”

A 2011 Journal article states to exist now, it has to be run completely anonymously (which that Queen’s lodged an average of is impossible in its current state) eight complaints a day from film and without a single point of companies regarding illegal file failure ... With a peak of only about sharing on the University’s server.

Continued from page 2 In the same article, ITServices 50 users and bill C-11 out in the wild, the risk vs. reward just reported that no attempts had been highlighted by a proposed made to shut down the program. reduction to the mandatory $70.18 isn’t there.”

In addition to the monetary They declined to comment on the AMS Specific fee and increased costs of hardware, domain and current situation. insurance coverage for students While Judicial Affairs Director that rely on prescription drugs or Internet service provider fees, Burger couldn’t psychiatric counseling. there’s a risk of legal repercussions Benjamin for those who maintain and comment on whether a nonAlongside their 72-page develop a service that potentially academic discipline (NAD) case platform, PDA released a proposed has or has not been brought budget for every AMS service, facilitates illegal sharing.

But QueensDC has never forward due to confidentiality, commission, office and governing recieved any direct complaints he said there’s certainly a risk of body, identifying roughly $160,000 during AlexiStukov and pR0Ps NAD punishment beyond formal in inefficient spending. tenure, they claim, likely criminal charges in a potential case “I went into the expenses of every due to the security features of student involvement. individual committee, and broke Queen’s professor Laura Murray down what’s necessary and what’s and protective levels of anonymity embedded in of the department of English completely superfluous,” Draeger said the damages associated with said. “Most of that is things that I the system.

Under Bill C-11, anyone copyright infringement are greater would simply call waste – vacations, operating a file sharing service, hub for services that store content on discretionary funds that don’t need or “digital network” may be legally their servers, as opposed to those to be the size that they are.” culpable if copyright infringement who simply enable the sharing occurs over the connection they of files.

what he called “nuts and bolts” internal issues, such as reforming for Queen’s governance bodies.

He said the reform of Senate is well underway and steps have been taken to shrink the Board of Trustees and reorganize its committees.

“University Council is virtually reinventing itself after many years of not being entirely sure what its role was,” Woolf said, adding that the Council appoints the Chancellor and now elects one quarter of the Board of Trustees.

Woolf counts the reorganization of senior administration— including the creation of a provost position—and working toward financial sustainability, as well as a move toward a “culture of planning,” as other accomplishments. This planning includes a Senateapproved academic plan, a Senateapproved research plan and an international strategy.

Woolf said he believes the University has made strides towards re-establishing its presence at Queen’s Park, but he didn’t spend as much time in Ottawa as he’d planned when he first began his term, which was a priority due to how much funding comes from the provincial government.

He noted that he thinks the tension between being available on-campus to students and offcampus to politicians and donors will continue to be a challenge.

If reappointed, Woolf hopes to continue working toward increasing Queen’s internationalization, a big goal of his. He hopes to stay on at Queen’s in the history department even after his role as principal ends.

The Joint Board/Senate Review Committee will solicit input until Feb. 15, and will present their decision to the Board of Trustees in May.

have abandoned the project with no apparent heirs, they advocate a decentralized successor, called Advanced Direct Connect, acknowledging the flaws of the QueensDC retiree.

“This allows a community to exist by itself, free of a central point of failure. An open-source project

called Dtella (currently in use at Cambridge University) implements such a distributed network, and can be modified for use on any campus.”

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Budget a focus for PDA

TNL built from ‘ground up’

AMS Assembly currently allots $15,000 to “Discretionary Executive” funds. Draeger, the AMS’ Clubs Manager in 2011-12, said he believes these are often used to finance extravagant staff retreats during the summer and over transition weekends in April.

Tristan Lee, the current AMS vice-president of operations didn’t comment on PDA’s issue with the funds, but he said the funds are used in part for “staff development and appreciation throughout the year.”

“Discretionary budgets and certain line items in the budget are some of the most dubious expenditures we see in the AMS,” Draeger said. “We’d eliminate this type of stuff.”

PDA’s commitment to

transparency is not only financial, but also social. The team plans to introduce a publicly elected Ombudsperson to act as a liaison between the AMS and the general student body and schedule monthly town hall meetings to communicate with students directly.

Along with Acchione, current vice president of discipline of the Main Campus Residents’ Council, Prescott and Draeger believe their proposed structural reforms can return the AMS to relevance among the student body.

“When you juxtapose us with the other teams, I feel like we’ll be the ones bringing professionalism, reality and the leadership that students deserve from their student leaders,” he said. “We’ll be the better choice.”

BGP to do ‘due diligence’

have lost and do it all over again,” he said. “When Eril came to see me, it took a lot of restraint to not first-year math course.

According to Pritchard, the say yes because I did love what AMS needs to ensure that its we could do ... despite the fact presence extends to every student that I knew what it was like to not presidential candidate Sherman on campus. be successful.”

Continued from page 2 said. “You want to make sure you Pritchard served as the Social “Students still don’t really know can work together and be friends who [the AMS] is and what we do,” Issues Commissioner last year, and academic repercussions.

Connecting with students is together and we’ve done a very Pritchard, ArtSci ’12 said. “You has been involved with Education important to TNL, and social media good job at that.” have to reach out to those students on Queer Issues Project and The team members said they and we need to be very clear that Queen’s Pride Project since he came is a major tool the team wishes to utilize; they hope to launch understand how the AMS works we want to hear from students to Queen’s. Green, who joined an AMS app, which will provide and will easily adapt to their new who don’t like us, otherwise the team later, was approached students with access to various roles, should they be elected. as a student leader you are by Berkok and Pritchard for his “You do it because you feel, being ineffective.” student services and information external perspective. all in one place, should they genuinely, you have something “I’m coming into this from the He added that his passion for else to offer. You do it for the the position’s portfolio lead him to outside the fishbowl, not within,” be elected.

Each member believes they each society,” Sherman said. “You have join Berkok after running for the he said. “I have a very accurate bring something different to the the ideals, hopes and dreams of same position last year with team perspective of how students the student body at heart and GPP and losing to team JDL. team and complement each other. perceive the services and the AMS “We clicked, and that for me it’s you job to voice them and “I believe so strongly in this in general.” was the biggest thing—you have advocate for them and find position that I’m willing to run and “The diversity of perspectives in to have good team chemistry,” different solutions.”

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our team speaks to our self-critical nature,” Berkok said. “We are cognisant of AMS operations and how they are perceived … having that at the executive level would be tremendous.”

Green added that his experience outside of the AMS gives him greater perspective in handling its operations.

He worked as a Bank Manager at Scotia Bank, and is a member of the board at Union Gallery.

“Coming from an external perspective, I see that in years past the AMS seems to be an elite [group] and there are very few people who know what is happening within it,” Green, ArtSci ’13, said. “We need to make sure there aren’t any groups who feel marginalized or disenfranchised by the AMS.”

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DIALOGUE

Reform needed t’s time for the government to be more open-minded about cannabis use in Canada.

While marijuana has been illegal in Canada since 1923, there has been an increasing call for a change in perceptions surrounding the use of the drug.

As a recent article in the Canadian University Press explains, today’s youth views the substance very differently from their parents’ generation. While marijuana once carried a stigma, today’s generation doesn’t seem to take these previous stereotypes to heart.

The dissipation of this stigma isn’t without reason. As the BBC claims, the main critique of cannabis is that it has addictive properties and can be detrimental to concentration and development.

What lawmakers consistently fail to take into account is that this can also be said for tobacco and alcohol, both of which are legal substances.

There are known health benefits to cannabis use. According to the BBC, cannabis has been known to help reduce side effects of chemotherapy and ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis. It has also been used in the treatment of alcoholism and headaches.

There seems to be no reason for cannabis to be illegal while other equally, if not more, harmful substances are available to

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Be “the Man”

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he recent passing of Stan Musial, “Stan the Man,” the one described by George Vecsey of the New York Times as “the star who stood out by not standing out,” denotes the death of a much needed mentality in sports culture.

Musial was a role model for all the right reasons. He was considered by some as the

the public.

Cannabis is already very accessible to youth — prohibiting the substance hasn’t worked in diminishing its use in society. If anything, it’s only given criminal records to individuals who are caught using the substance. This only adds a financial burden on the government due to increased incarceration rates.

Cannabis can still be dangerous in some circumstances — however, through legalization, significant regulation of the drug can be put in place, as it is with tobacco and alcohol, to ensure that it’s used safely.

Legalization with education could also bring larger benefits to the government. Regulating cannabis usage means that the government can ensure the public health of the Canadian population.

It also means that they will likely reap tax benefits from the sale of cannabis products.

The benefits of legalization or decriminalization outweigh the costs — it’s time to put aside antiquated stigma and move towards educating a responsible population about a substance that carries similar risks to tobacco and alcohol use.

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t’s time for Queen’s to meet the new university standard and look further into implementing a co-op program at the school.

Co-op programs, which offer work placements for academic credit, have become increasingly popular at post-secondary schools in the country. There are 37 of these programs in place in — Journal Editorial Board Ontario alone.

They equip students with invaluable interview and practical skills which are crucial for this generation, especially given that a best baseball player of his time, university degree alone is often not namely from 1945-55. What’s enough to secure employment for equally notable is what he stood students post graduation.

Universities such as Waterloo for — the humble, 92-year provide leading examples of scandal-free legacy.

Suppose sportsmanship didn’t successful co-op programs, offering exist. If the whole point of sport students paid or unpaid placements is to win, we might as well clump at major organizations in their him in with Tiger Woods — who’s given field of study. five major golf championship wins away from the all-time record, and a genuine prick. Both are winners, teammates who objected to taking and neither cheated. the field against Jackie Robinson, Both are role models in their the first black player to see the time, Woods even more so than major leagues.

Musial. Two years after Woods was The bottom line is that pro discovered to be an adulterer, he’s athletes are role models. To be a still playing good golf and making role model today, you’ve got to be headlines for it. a first class athlete but not always a Musial’s story is less first class person. Musial was both. complicated. He was a family man In my books, what’s coolest about until his passing. To grasp a picture Musial’s story is that he never had of his character, Vecsey wrote to sacrifice dignity for the top prize. that in 1947 he declined to join Woods, Lance Armstrong, Barry

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While a co-op program could bring benefits to Queen’s students and Kingston, it’s undeniable that it would cost the school more money.

Waterloo employs over 135 staff to oversee their program and has to employ them full-time in the summer to stay in line with the co-op schedule — something that is surely a costly endeavour.

Queens’ doesn’t necessarily need to create a program as extensive as the one at Waterloo though. The University could pool its existing resources, such as Career Services and the Queen’s University International Centre, to come up with a program uniquely tailored to this school.

A co-op program would benefit not only Queen’s students, but also the larger Kingston community.

As The Kingston Economic Development Corporation

outlined in a recent report, the City often laments the fact that Queen’s students rarely stay in Kingston upon graduating. Creating co-op placements in local companies could help retain talent for future employment opportunities.

Co-ops don’t need to be available in every department or every faculty at the school right off the bat. However, the introduction of such a program could allow students who would want to take advantage of co-op opportunities to receive credit for employment.

Co-op programs are increasingly becoming the standard to meet at many colleges and universities; it’s time for Queen’s to join the trend.

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Sports don’t need any more Bonds and Mark McGwire are a epic moral failures on the parts few who missed the memo.

Musial’s humble character of pro athletes who are also landed him less fame than others role models.

While Lance Armstrong weeps of his time. Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams were both more dazzling in Oprah’s arms, let’s celebrate baseball stars. Sports need those the athletes who are more like “the Man.” characters too.

In some ways, sports need showmanship as much as they need Peter is the Sports Editor at sportsmanship, and all the types in the Journal. between. Not everyone can be Stan “the Man” Musial, clearly.

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Nikolas Lopez, ArtSci ’14

Death of the political centre Contributor argues the merits of having a dead last centrist party in Canadian parliament

Steve Mattiussi, ArtSci ‘14 Recently Canadian politics was presented with the beginning debates of those running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. The inevitable discussion on where the Liberal Party is heading in the coming weeks, months and years will follow. This discussion is the definitive ground for why getting rid of the political centre is the best thing to happen in Canadian politics in ages.

This once mighty party, as some used to say, the “natural” party of government, was reduced to 34 seats and less than a fifth of the vote in the May 2011 election. The goal of the next Liberal Leader, whomever that may be, is to convince the electorate of Canada that their party is once again ready for government.

Conversely, that same electorate must ask themselves, do we really want to give the Liberals a shot at government again? The last election was notable in that for the first time in Canadian politics, we have a Conservative Party in government facing off against a social-democratic Opposition in the New Democratic Party (NDP). The Liberal voice of Parliament has been reduced to nothing more than a whisper in the middle of a shouting match, and rightly so.

This decision by the people of Canada was perhaps one of the best to come out of the voting population in 40 years. The idea that our Parliament is divided

Left-Right, Tory-Dipper, with only a small bunch holding the centre ground, is one to rejoice.

For decades, even perhaps a century, the Liberal Party had wafted left to right on the important matters of the day.

When it suited their interests, they slashed government spending by 20 per cent, as evidenced in the 1995 budget presented by former Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Paul Martin. On the other hand, when the polls showed a boost, they spent exorbitantly, as demonstrated by the amount of debt racked up by Pierre Trudeau.

The Liberal voice of Parliament has been reduced to nothing more than a whisper in the middle of a shouting match, and rightly so.

This nuance in ideology, this uncertainty of purpose the Canadian centre portrayed was, at first, camouflaged as pragmatic governing, a “big red tent,” as former leader Michael Ignatieff called it, that all Canadians could find shelter under.

What began in 2004 however, with the election of the minority government of Paul Martin (also known by the nickname “Mr. Dithers”), was a slow realization by the latest generation of Canadian voters that in fact, liberalism in Canada (not to be confused with liberalism of the classical sense) was an empty choice. It was a party that drifted wherever the political winds were blowing.

One year corporate tax cuts would be seen as a way to

improve Canada’s economic situation, the next, in order to prevent defeat in the House of Commons, the Liberals — pushed by the NDP — withdrew these tax cuts, claiming it’s families and not businesses that need a break. The centre has constantly criticized the NDP and the Tories for being too ideologically strict, a criticism easily made when you have no ideology to speak of yourself.

The current Parliament, with all its scandals, speeches and marathon debates, is perhaps one of the best to come to Ottawa for a long time. Because it’s not being burdened by endless national unity debates, constitutional wrangling or the inability to know where the government was planning to take the country next.

Majority governments in this sort of left-right politics is more likely to produce, and allow for administrations that can come through on their campaign promises without having to toss those promises for new ones 18 months later.

Although the Liberal leadership contest is already showing signs of revitalizing Liberal fortunes, Canadians should be wary of buying into the politics of centrism once again. Principled government with parties that stand true to their views will come about through a system where actual policy differences are the cause of debate, and not how long a party can keep themselves in office.

In France, the centre holds two seats in the National Assembly. In Germany, the Free Democratic Party — coalition partner to Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats — is sitting at four per

cent in the polls after going back on most of its platform. The Liberal Democrats in Britain have MPs admitting their platform in 2010 included unrealistic promises that were too easy to toss in the rubbish bin when they entered into a coalition. The New Zealand Association of Consumers and Taxpayers party in 2011 was reduced to one per cent of the vote and one seat.

In France, the centre holds two seats in the National Assembly. In Germany, the Free Democratic Party ... is sitting at four per cent in the polls after going back on most of its platform.

It seems the Canadian electorate are the most recent example of voters finding their home in more ideologically strict parties, who enunciate a clearer vision of where their countries should be heading.

Where will Canada’s politics be in 2015?

Will we continue to have a party of the right debating a party of the left?

A party arguing freedom of opportunity through individual efforts, against a party arguing the government’s role in society is to help those who can’t help themselves?

Or will the Canadian political landscape be once again controlled by the indecisiveness, thirst for power, and ideological ambiguity of the Canadian centre?

Leadership and opinion polls change, and as always is the case in politics, time will tell.

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Interview

Arts

Julie Doiron’s due for a break Julie Doiron discusses why she’s taking a pause from making music B y C hloë G rande Copy Editor

Folk musician Julie Doiron says after touring for 20 years, she’s ready to take a break from music and start enjoying it as something outside her job.

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Don’t be surprised if Julie Doiron shows up late for her own show.

Arriving last minute is one of the Juno award-winning folksinger’s favourite ways to perform.

“I love being late for a show,” she said. “Just getting there and having no other choice but getting right on stage … You don’t have time to get nervous or think about what you’re going to do.”

As much as Doiron enjoys the thrill of running late, she’s trying not to make it a habit.

“I’m a little more responsible these days and I try to show up to the shows on time.”

don’t have time “toYou get nervous or think about what you’re going to do.

”

— Julie Doiron

concert review

Lonnie in the living room London bands bring distinct local sound to the Mansion B y Tristan D i F rancesco Production Manager I walked up the stairs to the Mansion’s Living Room Wednesday night with no expectations.

I stumbled down the stairs three hours later, completely impressed by the distinct alternative rock sound brought forth by Wild Domestic and Lonnie in the Garden, of London-based Out

of Sound Records.

The groups were engaging — each brought a fresh sound to a Kingston rock scene that has been chronically entrenched in either post-punk or folk.

Both bands are fundamentally driven by the distorted alt-rock guitars of a generation that grew up listening to Nirvana and Sonic Youth alongside Floyd and Zepplin.

Lonnie in the Garden played an eclectic set that defies classification.

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Both Lonnie in the Garden (left) and Wild Domestic (right) brought a guttural sound to their performances on Sunday.

Frontwoman Lynne Craven’s mature vocals are what especially made Lonnie so innovative.

Her confidence and theatricality reminded me of Nina Hagen, with guttural technique.

That comparison was remarkable when Craven looped vocal harmonies to create a choral effect. Just as I fell in love with the artificial harmonies, Craven kicked the loop pedal. From then on, she was singing solo while the other band members hardly touched their mics.

The looping left a void in the vocals: Craven was an unbelievably powerful singer, yet the harmonies were missed once she shut the pedal down.

She later told me about her background in choral singing, which made complete sense — even with the rest of Lonnie providing some great instrumental backing, her melodies were at times lonely.

The rest of Lonnie was generally a fantastic and technically astounding band. There was one specific moment when Craven wailed over lost love while the band road a rhythmic wave complete with intense climaxes and time changes.

Wild Domestic was a self-described post-rock group, meaning they’re largely instrumental and rhythmically experimental. They brought along an enormous and dynamic sound on their Ontario tour — part psychedelic-rock and

With So Many Days, her ninth album under her belt, Doiron has chalked up an impressive two decades worth of touring experience — but life on the road doesn’t come cheap.

Instead of getting hotel rooms each night, Doiron prefers staying over at people’s houses, whether they be friends or completely jam band.

Two kits and drummers created a captivating core to their sound.

The sum of their interplay was much more dynamic and consistent, which made their uniform groove all the more impressive.

I’m not sure if the lacklustre bass playing was part of the package of being shoe-gazing post-rockers,

complete strangers.

“I just announce it from the stage that I’m looking for a place to stay and people always offer,” she said. “Everyone’s always been super nice and really welcoming and way more hospitable than they have to be.”

Even though she loves the touring life, according to Doiron, this may be her last tour.

“Once I do all the required touring that’s already booked, I’m not planning on touring for quite a while,” she admitted. “I’m planning on taking quite a long break.”

Doiron is considering looking for a job outside of music once her tour wraps up Feb 2.

“I’ve been touring for 20 years and it’s always fun … but I think something that has happened to me in the last year is that I often dread doing music because now it’s totally become my job.”

It’s easy to lose excitement over performing after doing it for so long, she said.

“I just want to try music as a hobby and really have fun doing that and not rely on it as a job and actually find the joy in playing again.”

Julie Doiron plays the Grad Club on Saturday at 9 p.m.

but it certainly didn’t get in the way of the technical and melodic guitars.

Even in a small room of barely two dozen listeners, Lonnie in the Garden and Wild Domestic brought a passionate and fresh brand of alt rock to their show at the Mansion.

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Living and working ‘on the move’ Dustin Bentall and his backup band the Smokes are currently on tour supporting Lindi Ortega B y K atherine Fernandez -B lance Editor in Chief When you’re booked to play a two and a half hour gig, you’ve got to pull out all the stops.

That’s what Dustin Bentall had to do when he first came to Kingston six years ago, he tells me, softspoken on the other end of the phone.

“I played the Merchant to about four or five people. I was really green — it was the first time I had ever gone out on the road,” he said. “I had to play three sets, 45 minutes each, I didn’t even know that many songs.”

Bentall said he used every resource he had.

“I had to play every single song I’d ever written up to then and pretty much every song I knew,” he said.

No longer new to the scene, the psychedelic country singer is returning to Kingston with his backup band The Smokes as they tour with country star Lindi Ortega.

While some may get homesick spending weeks on the road, for Bentall, home is wherever his van takes him.

“I’m not the type of personality to have a steady job and live in one place — I love to be on the move,” he said. “All the people

I’ve met across the country, the friends I have, I never really feel far from home.”

His latest video for “You are an Island” just premiered on CBC boasting a melody as meandering as Bentall’s tour schedule.

I had to play every “single song I’d ever

written up to then and pretty much every song I knew.

”

— Dustin Bentall

The track appears on the band’s latest EP Orion.

Like many musicians, Bentall said that picking his favourite song to play live is like “picking a favourite child.”

He takes a moment to ponder Dustin Bentall says his favourite song from his band’s new EP is the titular track “Orion.” He says the my question, and then offers up audience loves the song and the spark that it creates with the musician.

“Orion,” the title track from his October EP. “I’m not 100 per cent “Something happens during comfortable playing it, which can that song that sparks a connection be a good place to be,” he said. with the crowd,” he said. “I don’t “If you know something too well know exactly what it is.” you don’t have to think about Although Bentall said he it … there’s a stronger energy that’s couldn’t put his finger on why happening here.” it was a crowd pleaser, he credits it partially to it still being Dustin Bentall and the Smokes play largely unfamiliar repertoire for The Grad Club Friday at 9 p.m. the audience.

Lindi Ortega says her music inspirations range from older musicians like Sam Cooke and “Blind” Willie Johnson to classic country musicians like Loretta Lynn and Kris Kristofferson.

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Brooding balladeer Country singer Lindi Ortega brings her morose music to Kingston B y A lex D ownham Assistant Arts Editor Every musician needs to have at least one murder ballad.

Country rocker Lindi Ortega is no different, paying homage to the Johnny Cash tradition of writing a murder song of her own, “Murder of Crows.”

“It’s a song about burying a body in the backyard and I didn’t actually do that,” she said.

“Sometimes I write fictional stories but a lot of the time it comes from personal experience.”

That being said, Ortega’s favourite song to play remains her darkest one.

“I think it’s a lot of fun — it’s a dark, spooky kind of tune and changes the flow of the set to bring in a different vibe.”

While some can’t be bright while embracing the darkness, Ortega is someone who’s upbeat and enthusiastic most of the time.

“People might expect from some of the content in my songs that I’m some kind of brooding, dark character, but I’m not like that.”

Ortega said fans shouldn’t be thrown off by her lyrics because her personality in real life is more uplifting.

“Especially on stage, I have a lot of energy,” she said. “I’m more absurd and quirky.”

Even before going on stage, Ortega has no intense rituals before singing her powerfully pensive songs.

“I usually spend a good portion of my time curling my hair — that’s exciting.”

The country blues singer’s tours have taken her all over the world,

“Murder of Crows” is one of Lindi Ortega’s songs that she calls a Johnny Cash-like murder ballad.

including her personal favourites Switzerland and Belgium.

“I’ve toured all over Europe so that’s one of the coolest places I’ve been to. I went to Switzerland and Belgium, which I think is awesome.”

With touring comes a new adventure every day, Ortega said.

“Every tour is different so there’s always some sort of adventure that comes up. There’s always a story to tell with every tour you do,” she said.

Ortega is currently on tour with Dustin Bentall and the Smokes

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with plans to stop in cities all over Canada and US. Although her influences include many older country musicians like Sam Cooke and “Blind” Willie Johnson, she’s made room for the classics as well.

“There’s the country standard people would expect — Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings.”

Lindi Ortega plays the Grad Club on Jan. 25 at 10 p.m.

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Rec Sports

Rivalries alive on ice Commerce-run charity hockey tournament featured 10 Canadian business schools, helped raise $10,000 for cancer B y Peter M orrow Sports Editor This weekend’s marquee matchup didn’t feature the Queen’s Gaels or Western Mustangs.

Instead, Queen’s Commerce took on Ivey School of Business last Friday in front of 300 heckling Queen’s fans at the Memorial Centre — a round robin fixture in the annual Cure Cancer Classic (CCC).

Post-game, Ivey team captain Ray Abramson took a minute to soak in his school’s 4-2 round robin win over Queen’s.

“The Queen’s-Ivey rivalry’s pretty legendary, obviously,” Abramson said. “It just means so fucking much to come away with

the win and have that energy.”

As always, the Queen’s vs.

Ivey matchup was a high stakes affair. Fans — primarily Queen’s Commerce students — arrived in busloads, provided by the Commerce Society, to support their faculty’s hockey team.

It just means so “fucking much to come

away with the win and have that energy.

”

— Ray Abramson Ivey team captain “We loved the atmosphere.

[The game] got chippy but at the end of the day, we’ll all be at the

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Queen’s 4-2 loss to Ivey put them out of playoff contention, while McGill earned their third straight CCC championship.

same bar tonight,” Abramson said.

The loss for Queen’s meant Ivey took their spot in the playoff rounds. Queen’s goaltender and tournament Public Relations Manager Chase Heinemann was quick to brush off the loss post-game: “We just didn’t get the bounces.”

Score line aside, Heinemann couldn’t hold back excitement over this year’s tournament success. The crowd support was bigger than any Gaels home game to date, the $10,000 fundraising goal is likely to be reached and there was no shortage of sponsorships.

“The amount of support we got for the tournament is just unbelievable,” Heinemann said.

“It was great to see everyone out, especially for this cause.”

The game was made more riveting by howling Queen’s fans.

An eruption went off after every goal — either boos or cheers. At times, it seemed a microcosm of the off-ice tensions between schools.

“These two hate each other — it’s always been that way,” said Larry Cote, a Queen’s Commerce graduate whose son was playing wing for Ivey.

“They’re the number one and number two schools in business, and they just keep competing,” he said, without specifying which was number one.

Queen’s hosts the event annually as part of a year-long initiative to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society, attracting nine business schools

Sports from coast to coast.

UBC students made the trek for the second time in three years, aided by $5,000 fundraising from Sauder School of Business.

“We’re looking to take out McGill, definitely,” said UBC team captain Sean Wheeler, after suffering a 4-2 loss to McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

It was McGill who ended UBC’s tournament hopes two years ago in the semifinals en route to the CCC crown.

This year, McGill beat Guelph 5-1 on Sunday in the championship game to earn their third straight CCC title.

“They’ve got a target on their backs,” Wheeler said.

Men’s hockey

Vital comeback Overtime win in Toronto keeps Gaels alive in the OUA top-four playoff hunt B y J osh B urton Staff Writer It took an comeback road win to snap the Gaels’ three-game losing streak.

Joey Derochie’s overtime winner secured the Gaels a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues Saturday after getting blanked 3-0 by the Nipissing Lakers Friday night.

The Gaels came back from a 2-0 deficit in the second and tied the

OUA East Men’s Hockey Standings 1. Carleton [16-5-2] — 34 pts 2. UQTR [15-5-1] — 31 pts 3. McGill [14-6-1] — 29 pts 4. Toronto [12-6-4] — 28 pts 5. Ottawa [11-7-4] — 26 pts 6. Nipissing [11-9-2] — 24 pts 7. Queen’s [8-9-4] — 20 pts 8. Ryerson [8-14-0] — 16 pts 9. Concordia [5-14-3] — 13 pts 10. RMC [2-18-2] — 6 pts

game at 3-3 with a late third-period goal from captain Corey Bureau.

“Going into the game against Toronto we talked about getting the job done whether it was in regulation, overtime or shoot-out,” Bureau said. “We had to fight through adversity of being down by two early and stayed positive and we ended up getting two points.”

The come-from-behind victory featured some much-needed clutch play late in the game — something the Gaels were previously lacking.

“We needed that kind of break to put us in a position to win and hopefully that gives us confidence moving forward,” Bureau said.

The Gaels fired 32 shots on net against Nipissing, but were stonewalled by Lakers netminder Daniel Spence.

“He stopped [32] pucks, so obviously he played well,” said head coach Brett Gibson. “We threw pucks at the net but the quality chances weren’t there.”

Despite notching 45 combined penalty minutes, neither team were able to capitalize with the man advantage.

In the six games since the

women’s Volleyball

‘Stangs spiked Gaels take Western in straight sets B y L auri Kytömaa Staff Writer The defending OUA champions’ win streak just reached eight.

The women’s volleyball team beat the Western Mustangs (7-4) on the road in straight sets on Saturday afternoon.

The win marked a turnaround from the previous week, when the Gaels struggled to beat lowly Brock and Waterloo, 3-2 in both matches.

Team captain Katie Neville, said the Gaels played well because of greater focus from the onset.

“Last week we were sort of going through the motions,” she said. “[Against Western,] we really stepped on the court and fought for every point.”

Neville said that the Gaels shifted their offensive attacks to come from both the middle and the right side.

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Inside Fourth-year forward Joey Derochie scored the overtime winner in the Gaels’ 4-3 win over Toronto last Saturday.

winter break, stars Tyler Moore, Kelly Jackson and Corey Bureau have combined for seven goals and five assists. Gibson noted the need for strong performances from his top-line forwards.

“The reason we won that game against Toronto was because our best players were our best players,” Gibson said. “They need to be those guys, or we’re just average.”

Although the Gaels (8-9-4) sit one game below .500, they’re only eight points behind fourth-place Toronto. They’ll face the RMC Paladins at home on Wednesday

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night before rematches against both Toronto and Nipissing on the weekend.

“Wednesday is a trap game,” Gibson said. “[RMC] really thinks that they’re our rivals so they come out and play hard against us.”

If the Gaels play a similar style going forward, Gibson believes a top-four finish is still within reach.

“I still feel we can move up in the standings and if we put these next few games together against Toronto and Nipissing, we’re right there with them.”

Women’s hockey

Tough shoot-out loss drops Gaels to third place.

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Men’s VOLLEYBALL

Tomlinson, Dakin step up in comeback road win.

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Men’s BASKETBALL

Gaels blown out by CIS first-ranked Carleton.

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Women’s Basketball Injury-riddled Gaels suffer two road losses.

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Last-minute letdown leads to loss Gaels surrender one point in shoot-out loss, triggered by Toronto goal scored with 40 seconds left B y S ean S utherland Staff Writer The women’s hockey team felt a hiccup en route to first place in the OUA. After 65 minutes and five rounds of a shoot-out, Queen’s fell short 2-1 against the Toronto Varsity Blues Saturday night. The Gaels put 41 shots on net but were only able to score once in regulation.

“We had our chances and we didn’t bury them,” head coach Matt Holmberg said.

The Gaels scored their only goal 10 minutes into the first period, when winger

Chantal Morais potted a power play goal.

Despite 10 more Toronto penalties, Queen’s OUA-leading power play was unable to capitalize further.

The Gaels penalty kill made up for the woeful power play by killing off all six straight Gaels penalties. Queen’s goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher was a big part of the penalty kill stopping 27 of the shots she faced.

“If we had to take a positive away from the game [our penalty kill] would be the biggest one for me,” Holmberg said.

Dodd-Moher made a game-changing stop in the second period where she lost both her stick and her blocker while making a save.

“I thought [Dodd-Moher] played outstanding,” Holmberg said. “She kept us in there and was a big reason why we got that point.”

The Gaels had a goal disallowed in the second period for a crease violation. The ruling proved costly, as the Blues scored with 40 seconds remaining in the third to force overtime.

“I certainly would think that going into the third period up 2-0 probably would have made it a much, much different game,” Holmberg said. “I guess he saw someone that was in the crease, and I guess he was there to call it.”

Varsity Blues’ netminder Nicole Kesteris backstopped the Varsity Blues to their second shoot-out victory over the Gaels this season.

The Gaels go on the road this weekend to face the Guelph Gryphons and Brock Badgers. The Gaels are trailing the second-place Gryphons by two points.

“For us to come away with four points on the road next week, we better be ready,” Holmberg said.

OUA Women’s Hockey Standings 1. Laurier [18-1-2] — 38 pts 2. Guelph [17-3-2] — 36 pts 3. Queen’s [16-2-2] — 34 pts

The Gaels only capitalized once out of 11 powerplay opportunities.

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4. Western [14-5-1] — 29 pts 5. Toronto [12-8-1] — 25 pts 6. Windsor [11-8-2] — 24 pts 7. UOIT [9-9-2] — 20 pts 8. Waterloo [6-11-3] — 15 pts 9. York [5-12-3] — 13 pts Photo by Terence wong

Chantal Morais was the first of five Gaels to miss their shoot-out try.

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Mike Tomlinson posted 31 kills against the Lancers.

B y S ean L iebich Contributor Mike Tomlinson and Jackson Dakin rallied the Gaels to a crucial comeback win against the Windsor Lancers.

The men’s volleyball team posted a 1-1 record on the road this past weekend. The team fell in straight sets to their rival Western Mustangs on Saturday afternoon and beat the Lancers 3-2 on Sunday.

The Gaels failed to match a Western team who moved to 10-2

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this season.

“Against Western nothing was working,” Gaels head coach Brenda Willis said. “It was an extremely frustrating game for us.”

Sunday’s match showcased a grittier effort from the Gaels. After losing the first two sets, the team clawed their way back to take the final match 16-14.

“I give a lot of credit to both Jackson Dakin for distributing the ball well and Mike Tomlinson, who was absolutely on fire,” Willis said.

The comeback was led by second-year right side Tomlinson, who posted 31 kills out of 49 opportunities for an attacking efficiency of over 50 per cent.

“Tomlinson just kind of decided he was not going to be stopped by Windsor,” Willis said. “And he just went on a tear.”

The offensive explosion from Tomlinson is his season high so far and moves him into seventh place in the CIS in points per set.

“He was as good today as Joren Zeeman ever was on the right side,” Willis said, referring to the Queen’s graduate who led the Gaels to fourth in the CIS last season.

The team’s next game is against their cross-town rivals, the RMC Paladins on Friday night.

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Outshined in Ottawa Upstart Gaels swept in road trip to nation’s capital B y Peter r eiMer Staff Writer The men’s basketball team hit a roadblock against the CIS first- and 10th-ranked teams.

The Gaels lost two consecutive games for the first time this season, falling 75-58 to the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday and 104-63 to the first-ranked Carleton Ravens on Saturday.

Against Ottawa’s 10th-ranked team, the Gaels faltered due to a complete offensive meltdown.

“Guys need to come and make sure they play to their capability — that’s the bottom line,” head coach Stephan Barrie said.

The Gaels scored just nine points in the first quarter and the Gee-Gees took advantage of the Gaels’ woes, scoring 21 points in each of the first three quarters.

Ottawa dominated the boards on both ends of the court, holding the Gaels to just six offensive rebounds.

“I’m not in this business to try and externally motivate people to do things,” Barrie said. “They’re not 10-year-old boys — these are men, and they need to

OUA East Men’s Basketball Standings 1. Carleton [12-1] — 24 pts 2. Ryerson [11-2] —22 pts 3. Ottawa [11-2] — 22 pts 4. Queen’s [9-5]— 18 pts 5. Laurentian [7-6] — 14 pts 6. York [5-8] — 10 pts 7. Toronto [2-11] — 4 pts

show up if they want to win and compete.”

In their 75-58 loss, Greg Faulkner and Sukhpreet Singh led the Gaels in scoring, with 14 and 12 points, respectively.

At Carleton the next night, the Gaels were at the mercy of the nation’s top-ranked team.

The Ravens shot 65 per cent from the field in the first half and held the Gaels to their second lowest point total of the season. “[That was a] typical game when you play the best team in the country,” Barrie said. “[We] played a good defensive possession, and they hit a shot with someone in their face — there’s really no defence for that.”

Unlike Friday’s loss to the Gee-Gees, Barrie recognized the tough Carleton game as something the youthful Gaels can build on. “[Carleton’s] good for a reason,” Barrie said. “They put in a tremendous amount of time, especially in the off-season, into their game. Our guys can learn from that, and have that kind of work ethic when the season ends.”

The Gaels are on the road again this weekend as they play the sixth-ranked Ryerson Rams Friday night and the Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday.

“If we play as unmotivated and dispassionate as we did against Ottawa, then we’re going to be in tough,” Barrie said, “but if we play as hard as we did against Carleton, I think we’ll be in good shape this weekend.”

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Women’s Basketball

Topped by top teams Four starters sidelined as Gaels suffer pair of hefty losses B y J erry Z heng Staff Writer The Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Carleton Ravens capitalized on the depleted, injury-ravaged Gaels over the weekend.

The Gaels lost 66-43 to Ottawa on Friday and 64-38 to Carleton on Saturday.

Third-year wing Rachel Urosevic and rookies Emily Hazlett, Robyn Pearson, and Nicole Morse took on larger roles in the absence of four starters.

The Gee-Gees bookended Friday night’s game with double-digit runs.

Ottawa got off to a 15-0 start before a jumper by Hazlett ended the Gaels’ drought.

The Gaels gradually cut

the deficit to three, but the Gee-Gees quickly answered with an 18-0 fourth-quarter run to ice the game.

Despite their losing effort, Gaels coach Dave Wilson saw positives from his team.

“This is what we needed to find out: when the going gets really tough, who’s going to go and who’s going to lie down?” Wilson said.

“We got some great performances out of our rookies who just said ‘No, I’m going to play hard and stand up to this and compete.’”

Carleton’s defence frustrated the Gaels on Saturday, forcing 28 turnovers and limiting Queen’s to 30.6 per cent shooting from the field.

Urosevic was the only player able to score in double-digits with

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11 points. Second-year wing Jenny Wright wasn’t able to find her groove as she shot 1-8 for the night.

“I was still impressed with the gutsy performance by some of our rookies and second-year players, so I think it bodes well for our future,” Wilson said.

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The team’s average number of kills on attacks (kill percentage) was 22 per cent, compared to Western’s average of 7.4 per cent.

Third-year middle Katie Hagarty led Queen’s offensively with 11 kills on 20 total attacks.

Second-year Katie Spadoni had her first career start as a setter and

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played a major role with 33 assists and 10 digs.

“I thought [Spadoni] did an awesome job — she stepped on the court and really took care of business,” Neville said. “It was her first big shot and she really stepped up.”

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“If we aren’t prepared to fight on the court, we aren’t going to be performing and get the outcome that we want,” Neville said. “They are a great team, but if we take care of business on our side we can do fine.”

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The critical and satirical Modern satire has political undertones but there’s more to it than mockery B y J anina E nrile Postscript Editor The audience laughs as Jon Stewart mocks the outcry against Obama’s latest push for more gun control, but there’s a sober message behind his tone.

Stewart is one of the few political satirists on TV — a well-known personality who use comedy and exaggeration to criticize.

And according to University of Toronto history and philosophy of education professor Megan Boler, satire, especially the political kind, can help push people into action, like The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

The 2010 rally was held in Washington D.C. by news satirists Stewart and Stephen Colbert, which brought together over half a million people against the current state of American politics.

According to Boler, figures like Stewart and Colbert help raise awareness across the world. “[Fake news] is effective in terms of popularizing current events in a culture in which many young people have at least ostensibly, we are told, disengaged from news broadcast,” she said.

Although discontent with modern media is evident, Boler said people are increasingly tuning in to fake news, especially after growing tired of traditional news.

“People are aware that there are multiple versions of reality and truth,” she said. “Fake news offers a ‘reality check’ when you’re in the context of a government and

media system that is consistently misleading the populace.”

Kenneth Hall, a political studies student, said he regularly reads The Onion for its political take on current events.

“Satire is instinctively political,” he said. “It’s an opinion on politics which is the domain of opinion.

“It’s the artful representation of an opinion, ultimately.”

The Onion, a satirical news organization that’s available online and in print, recently posted an article titled “The 6 Best Dresses At The Golden Globes,” consisting of an online gallery of photos from war-torn Syria.

It’s entities like The Onion that Hall said defines satire — a subtle criticism of a social issue, through the use of exaggeration, irony and humour.

Satire is instinctively “political.

It’s an opinion on politics which is the domain of opinion.

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— Kenneth Hall, ArtSci ’13

“[The Golden Globes slideshow] was full-frontal criticism and it hit home, but at the same time it was funny because it was outrageous,” Hall said.

According to Queen’s film studies professor Blaine Allan, satire has been around long before The Onion’s Internet fame.

Arising in the 1960s, television shows like That Was the Week That Was and This Hour Has 7 Days

TV hosts Jon Stewart (above) and Stephen Colbert (below) use satire to criticize current events.

helped bring satire to the family living room.

Television satire lets the audience get more comfortable with its subtlety, Allan said, unlike the more obvious satire in film and literature.

“I think that’s part of what makes [television] effective,” he said. “Perhaps it’s a matter of presenting discomforting situations and materials in a situation that is typically familiar.”

Allan uses The Simpsons to describe the typical middle class family gone awry, with humorous plots laden with classic satire.

“What [satirical TV shows] do, and do best, is point to an issue incisively or point to what might be thought about or seen in a particular issue,” Allan said.

Though shows like The Colbert Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes use satire to criticize,

A society of satire Television 30 Rock (2006-present)

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American Psycho (2000)

Catch-22 (1961)

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30 Rock goes behind the scenes of a Saturday Night Live-like sketch series. The show features commentary on life in late night comedy, Hollywood, corporate America and much more.

Also see: The Simpsons (1989-present) South Park (1997-present) The Boondocks (2005-present)

Based on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel, the film follows Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. On the surface, he’s a wealthy investment banker living in 1980s Manhattan.

Beneath all that, Bateman is a psychopath, highlighting the film’s social satire.

Also see: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Starship Troopers (1997)

Joseph Heller’s World War II novel chronicles the daily life of a US Army squadron. A satire on military and bureaucratic life, it’s cited as one of the greatest modern literary works of all time.

Also see: George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) — Janina Enrile

Allan said some viewers see it as a way to get their daily news.

“In some ways I think it’s sad,” he said. “In other ways I think it’s really quite commendable because often shows like The Daily Show will present elements of news events that … could be quite obvious and yet aren’t part of the accepted formats of conventional journalism.”

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What [satirical TV shows] do, and do best, is point to an issue incisively or point to what might be thought about or seen in a particular issue.

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— Blaine Allan, film studies professor But satire isn’t always an effective medium, according to English professor Christopher Fanning.

“Satire always runs the risk of being too local and specific: picking at things that will be forgotten or unimportant in the near or distant future,” Fanning told the Journal via email.

With modern satire, though, there’s more of a “performative element,” Fanning said, where the satirists become a completely new character.

“The victims of these performance artists rarely get the irony — which enhances our pleasure by making us in on the joke,” he said.

Though some people enjoy being in on the joke, there are limits to satire.

“The problem of satire is that it is always preaching to the converted.

If we get the joke … then we’re already on the right side.”

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Global satire Contemporary satire isn’t limited to Colbert, Stewart or The Onion. Countries around the world have delved into the comedy of criticism.

India Launched in 2008, Indian satirical news website Faking News warns readers who are “too religious, too political, too sentimental, too serious, too liberal, or too anything” to stay away.

Iran Parazit is a now-defunct Persian news satire show circulated online and on bootleg DVDs in Iran. ‘Parazit’ means static, a reference to Iran’s government-blocking foreign satellite programming.

Japan Though Japanese satire typically stays away from discussing politics, TV figures like Hikari Ota of Hikari Ota’s: If I Became Prime Minister use skits to poke fun at Japanese politicians.

Spain Founded in 2009, Spanish online newspaper El Mundo Today takes a satirical look at worldwide events in a mock-newspaper style. It’s like The Onion — if you’re fluent in Spanish.

— Janina Enrile

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